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L HIS Edition of the Holy Bible is an exact reprint in Roman letter
of the Authorized Version published in the year 1611 in large black
letter folio, copies of which may be seen in the British Museum, at
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Oxford, November 23, 1833.
VARIOUS READINGS.
1611.
1613.
Gen. 2. 24.
and shall cleaue
and cleaue
3. 5.
day ye eate thereof, then your
day when ye eate thereof, your
7.20.
vpward
vpwards
she was faire
12. 14.
shee was very faire
14. 24.
portion of the men
portion of the olde men
22. 13.
Abraham lifted
Abraham lift
25. 19.
are
are
27. 44.
furie turne away
furie passe away
45.
of you both in one day
make thee fruitfull
of you in one day
make the fruitful
28. 3.
89. 6.
bread which he did eate
bread he did eate
42. 31.
said vnto him
said vnto them
47. 5.
are come vnto thee
are came vnto thee
26.
of the priests onely
of priests only
Exod. 4. 10.
0 my lord
0 my Lord
5. 1.
feast vnto mee
feast to me
14. 10.
And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the
And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the
children of Israel lift vp their eyes, and
children of Israel lift vp their eyes.
behold, the Egyptians marched after
and behold, the Egyptians marched
them, and they were sore afraid : and
after them , and they were sore afraid :
the children of Israel lift vp their eyes,
and the children of Israel cried out
and beholde, the Egyptians marched
vnto the Lord.
after them, and they were sore afraid:
and the children of Israel cried out vn-
to the Lord.
21. 19.
cause him to be
cause him to be
26.
let him goe free
N. B. some of the copies read them.
let them goe free
26. 27.
boards of the side
boards for the side
27. 7.
shall be vpon the
shall be on the
38. 11.
hoopes of the pillars
hookes of the pillars
40. 7.
and shalt put water
and thou shalt put water
Lev. 4. 35.
shall burnt them f
shal burne them
7.25.
the fat of the beast
the fast of the beast
13. 27.
if it be spread
if it spread
55.
it is vncleane — whether it be
it vncleane — whether it it be
J 56.
the plaine be
the plague be
17. 14.
shall not eat
shall eate
18. 3.
doings of land of Canaan
doings of the land of Canaan
19. 10.
shalt not gleane
shalt gleane
25. 6.
thy mayd, and for thy
thy mayd, for thy
26. 24.
also walke contrary
also wake contrary
40.
the iniquitie
the iniquities
against me, and that also
against mee, that also
27. 18.
yeere of the lubile
yeere of lubile
Numb. 1. 50.
Tabernacle of Testimonie
Tabernacle of the Testimony
53.
Tabernacle of Testimonie . . . Taber-
Tabernacle of the Testimonie . . . Ta-
nacle of Testimonie
bernacle of the Testimony
3. 9.
giuen vnto him
giuen him
41.
in stead of all the first borne
in stead of the first borne
VARIOUS READINGS.
1611.
1613.
Numb. 3. 45.
I am the Lobd
I am the Lord
4. 4.
This sMl bee
This shall bee
9.
tongs, and his snuffe dishes,
tongs, his snuffedishes
9. 12.
vnto the morning
vntil the morning
10. 8.
Aaron the Priests
Aaron the Priest
11. 26.
went not out vnto
went not vnto
13. 4.
■were their names
were the names
23.
and of the figs
(and hath followed mee
and of figs
14. 24.
(and he hath followed me
15.38.
make them fringes
make their fringes
16. 3.
lift you vp
lift ye vp
20. 7.
Lord
Lord
32. 9.
Lord had giuen
Lord hath giuen
23.
and bee sure
and be ye sure
35. 15.
These sixe cities shall be
These sixe shalbe
Deut. 1. 39.
had no knowledge
had not knowledge
42.
least ye be smitten
lest you be smitten
5.33.
that ye may prolong
thou shalt haue eaten
that you may prolong
6.11.
thou shall haue eaten
12. 21.
thou shalt kill
thou shall kill
18. 9.
come into the land
come in the land
19. 5.
slippeth from the helue
slippeth from the helme
21. 22.
sinne worthy of death
sinne worth of death
22. 20.
virginitie be not found
virginitie not be found
28. 40.
cast his fruit
cast his fruits
32. 21.
which is not god
which is no god
Josh. 2. 18.
thou shalt binde
thou shall binde
3. heading
The Lord
The Lord
24. 8.
destroyed them from before you
destroyed them before you
Judg. 9. 20.
deuoure Abiraelech
deuoured Abimelech
16. 30.
vpon all the people
vpon the people
19. 11.
turne in into
turne into
Ruth 2. hfodiriff
1 Sam. 10. 16.
carieth to Naomi
caried to Naomi
matter of the kingdome
water of the kingdome
14. 28.
father straitly charged
father straightly charged
17. heading
armour, armed
armour, being armed
27. 3.
dwelt with Achish
dwelt in Achish
N.B. some of the copies read with
2 Sam. 2. 29.
thorow all Bithron
thorow Bithron
11. 1.
the yeere was expired
the yeeres were expired
25.
it ; and encourage thou him
it ; encourage thou him
13. 29.
gate him vp vpon his mule
gate him vpon his mule
14. 15.
I am come to speak e
I am come speake
29.
sent him to the king
sent him the king
21. 12.
Philistines had hanged them
Philistines hanged them
22. 47.
rocke : and exalted
rocke: exalted
24. heading
eleuen thousand
thirteene hundred thousand
1 Kings 1. 52.
not an haire
not a haire
3. 6.
sit on his throne
sit vpon his throne
15.
and offered peace offerings,
Omitted
20.
shee arose
shee rose
4. 27.
vnto king Solomons table
vnto Solomons table
8.30.
when they shall pray
when thou shalt pray
9. 10.
built the two houses,
built two houses
19.
cities for his charets
cities for the charets
22.
bondmen
bondman
14. 7.
Forasmuch as I exalted thee
Forasmuch I exalted thee
15.29.
the house leroboam
the house of leroboam
VARIOUS READINGS. (
1611.
1613.
1 Kings 15. 29.
left not to leroboatn
left not leroboam
20. 3.
euen the goodliest
eiien thy goodliest
5.
came againe, and saide
came, and said
22. 20.
on that manner
one that maner
2 Kings 5. 12.
So he turned
So he returned
7. 4.
and if they kill vs
if they kill vs
17. 38.
shall ye feare
shall feare
20. 8.
goe vp into the house
goe into the house
21. 19.
twentie and two yeres old
twentie and two yeere old
22. 3.
eighteenth yeere of
eighteenth were of
24. 14.
princes, and all the
princes, and the
1 Chr. 1. 40.
And the sonnes
The sonnes
2. 3.
the Canaanites. And Er
the Canaanitesse, and Er
4.30.
and at Hormah
and Hormah
5. heading
halfe of Manasseh
halfe tribe of Manasseh
2.
Josephs
Josephs)
22. 13.
Statutes and Judgements
Statutes and the Judgements
26. 24.
ruler of the treasures
ruler ouer the treasures
31.
at lazer of Gilead
as Jazer of Gilead
29. 3.
mine owne proper good
mine proper good
2 Chr. 2. 6.
and heauen of heauens
and the heauens of heauens
who am I then that I
who am J that J
6. 5.
my people Israel
my people of Jsrael
10.
in the roome of Dauid
in the throne of Dauid
19.
and the prayer
and to the prayer
13. 11.
they burne vnto the Lord
they burnt vnto the Lord
21. 9.
compassed him in, and
compassed him, and
25. 10.
that was come to him
that was to come to him
12.
children of ludah
children of Jsrael
30. 6.
King and his Princes
King and the Princes
32. 15.
out of mine hand
out of my hand
Ezra 1. 4.
let the men of his place
let men of his place
3. 5.
of all the set feasts
of all set feasts
willingly offred, offered a free
willingly offered a free
7. 18.
to thee, and to thy brethren
to thee, or to thy brethren
9. 2.
rulers hath bin chiefe
rulers haue bin chiefe
10. heading
reforme the strange manages
reforme strange marriages
Neh. 4.14.
to rest of the people
to the rest of the people
8.10.
vnto our Lord
vnto the Lord
10. 31.
wee would leaue the
wee would not leaue the
Esther 5. 9.
and with a glad heart
and of a glad heart
Job 1. heading
God
God
4. heading
excellencie of Creatures
excellencies of creatures
10. 4.
seest thou as man seeth
seest thou as a man seeth
11. 16.
forget thy misery
forget tlie misery
19. 15.
my maides count me
my maidens count me
29. 3.
I walked through darkenesse
J shined through darkenesse
30. 1.
disdained to haue set
disdained to set
33. heading
by afflictions
by affliction
36. 29.
spreadings of the clouds
spreading of the clouds
Psal. 11. 1.
Flee as a bird
I'lie as a bird
18. heading
in the day that
in the day that
15.
chanels of waters
chanels of water
25. 16.
me : for I am desolate
me : 1 am desolate
28. 5.
they regard not
they regarded not
48. 2.
Sion, mi the sides
Sion, on the sides
57. 1.
yea in the shadow
yea, the shadow
60. 10.
Wilt not thou
Wilt thou not
a
VARIOUS READINGS.
1611.
1613.
Psal. 65. heading
Dauid prayeth God
Dauid prayseth God
67. 2.
thy way may bee knowen
thy way be knowen
68. 23.
tongue of thy dogges
tongue of the dogs
69. 8.
and an ahant
and am an aliant
16.
according to the multitude
according vnto the multitude
72. 18.
Blessed be the Lord
Blessed is the Lord
74.23.
that rise vp
that arise vp
78. 39.
they were but flesh
they were but flesh
84. 11.
a sunne and shield
a Sunne and a shield
107. 29.
He maketh the storme
He make the storme
110. 3.
Thy people shalbe willing
The people shall be willing
111. 4.
the Lord m gracious
the Lord is gracious
113. heading
for his Mercy
and for his mercy
118. 14.
my strength and song
my strength and my song
119. 57.
I would keepe thy words
I will keepe thy words
123. 2.
vntill that he haue mercy
vntill hee haue mercy
125. 2.
are round about lerusalem
are about lerusalem
136. 3.
thankes to the Lord
thankes vnto the Lord
139. 2.
thought afarre off
thoughts afarre off
144. 4.
Man is like to vanity
Man is like vanity
147. 10.
he taketh not pleasure
he taketh no pleasure
Prov. 4. 11.
lead thee in right pathes
led thee in the right pathes
6. headlnff
to the studie of wisedome
to studie Wisedome
14.
almost in all euill
almost in an euil
8. 7.
For my mouth shall speake
For mouth shall speake
11. 20.
abomination to the Lord
abomination vnto the Lord
14. 15.
simple beleeueth euery word
simple beleeue euery word
30. 31.
an hee-goate also
and a hee goate also
Eccles. 10. 11.
babbler is no better
babbler is no better
11. heading
to be thought on
to thought on
12. 14.
euer secret thing
euery secret thing
Cant. 1. 8.
beside the shepheards tents
besides the shepheards tents
13.
my welbeloued
my beloued
2. 7.
till she please
N. B. some of the copies read he
till he please
Isai. 7. 3.
Ahaz, thou, & Shear-iashub
Ahaz, and Shear-iashub
9. 8.
The Lord sent
The Lord sent
18.
lifting vp of smoke
lifting vp of the smoke
13. 8.
woman that trauelleth
woman that trauaileth
19. 5.
the riuer shalbe wasted
the riuers shalbe wasted
13.
the stay of the tribes
the stayes of the tribes
21. 3.
woman that trauelleth
woman that trauaileth
28. 13.
they might goe
they may goe
17.
the waters shall ouerflow
the water shall ouerflow
38. 16.
0 Lord
0 Lord
44. 13.
he maketh it out
he marketh it out
14.
heweth him downe cedars
heweth downe Cedars
47. 12.
inchantments
inchantment
49. 1.
from farre
from afarre
2.
mouth like a sharpe sword
mouth a sharpe sword
20.
too straight for me
too straite for me
51. 20.
head of all the streetes
head of the streetes
57. 10.
art wearied
art wearie
59. 7.
shed innocent blood
shed blood
21.
mouth of the seede
mouth of thy seede
60. 4.
come from farre
come from afarre
61. 7.
land they shal possessc
land shall they possesse
10.
ornaments, and as a bride
ornaments, as a bride
VARIOUS READINGS.
1611.
1613.
Isai. 65. 25.
and dust shalbe
and the dust shalbe
Jer. 4. 2.
and in Righteousnes
and Righteousnesse
5. 24.
later in his season
latter in his season
22. 3.
deliuer the spoiler
deliuer the spoiled
18.
or ah sister
or ah my sister
23. 6.
The Lord &c.
The Lord &c.
25. 15.
furie at my hand
furie at mine hand
30. 6.
trauaile with child
trauaile with a child
31. 40.
vnto the Lord
vnto Lord
36. 21.
fet the roule
fetch the roule
27.
Then the word
The word
31.
punish him and his seede
punish him in his seede
37. 15.
made that the prison
made that prison
39. 4.
forth out of the citie
foorth out the citie
42. 17.
with all the men
with all men
48. 3.
Spoiling & great destruction
Spoyling an great destruction
24.
farre or neere
farre and neere
50. 29.
hath done vnto her
hath done, doe vnto her
51. heading
booke of this prophecie
booke of his prophecie
52. 20.
all these vessels
all y vessels
Lam. 2. 10.
daughter of Zion
daughters of Zion
Ezek. 5. 5.
This is lerusalem
Thus is lerusalem
6. 8.
that he may haue
that ye may haue
14.
stretch out my hand
stretch out mine hand
14. 18.
sonnes nor daughter
sonnes nor daughters
18. 29.
way of the Lord
way of the Lord
21. 17.
and I wil cause
and I will also cause
23. 7.
she defiled her selfe
she delighted her selfe
46.
and will giue them
and I will giue them
24. 7.
powred it vpon
powred it not vpon
40. 6.
went vp the staires
went vp to the staires
42. 6.
pillars of the courts
pillars of the court
7.
forepart of the chambers
forepart of the chamber
46. 8.
porch of that gate
porch of the gate
12.
burnt offering, and his peace
burnt offering or peace
Dan. 2. 23.
for thou hast now made knowen
for thou hast made knowne
34.
that toere of yron
that were yron
4. 13.
watcher and an holy one came
watcher holy & anone came
9. 12.
confirmed his words
confirmed his word
Hos. 6. 5.
shewed tfiem by the Prophets
hewed them by the Prophets
9.15.
wickednesse of their doings
wickednesse of their doing
10. 2.
now shall they be
now they shall be
13. 3.
smoke out of the chimney
smoke out the chimney
Amos 1. 9.
captiuitie to Edom
captiuitie of Edom
Obad. 1.
saith the Lord God
saith the Lord God
Mic. 7. 7.
vnto you the Lord
vnto the Lord
Hab. 2. 5.
nations, & heapeth vnto him all
Omitted
3. 3.
holy on
holy one
Zeph. 1. 8.
the day of the Lords
the dales of the Lords
3.14.
with all the heart
with all thy heart
Hagg. 1. heading
promiseth Gods assistance
promiseth God, assistance
filled with drinke
filled with the drinke
Zech. 11. 3.
howling of the shepheards
howling of the shepheard
Mai. 1. 8.
And if hee offer
And if ye offer
1 Esdr. 1. 15.
leduthun, who was
leduthun, was
22.
was this Passeouer kept
was the Passeouer kept
2. 1.
that hee had promised
that he promised
3.19.
of the poore man and of the rich
of the poore and of the rich
a2
VARIOUS READINGS.
1611.
1613.
1 Esdr. 4. 15.
King and all the people
King and the people
6. 8.
vnto our lord the King
vnto our I^ord our King
2 EsHr. 7. 66.
And that is of great mercie
And that he is of great mercy
10. 22.
Name that is called vpon vs
Name that is named vpon vs
11. 37.
mans voyce vnto the Eagle
mans voyce into the Eagle
46.
deliuered from thy violence
deliuered from the violence
12. 51.
flowers of the fielde
flowres of the fields
Tob. 4. 14.
giue him it out of hand
giue it him out of hand
6. 3.
drew it to land
drew it to the land
7.16.
After Raguel called his wife
For Rague! called his wife
8.15.
and let al thine Angels
and let thine Angels
Judith 2. 26.
compassed also all the children
compassed also the children
5. 22.
that he should kill him
that he would kill him
6. 12.
vsed a sling from comming vp
vsed a sling kept them from comming vp
11. 13.
which things it is not lawfuU
which thing it is not lawful!
16. 21.
ludeth
ludah
Esth. 16. heading
decree procured by Aman . . . deliuer-
decree pronounced by Aman . . . deli-
ance to be kept holy
uerance to be kept
Wisd. 7.21.
such things as are either secret
such things are either secret
8. 16.
into mine house
into mine owne house
10. 14.
gaue them perpetual! glory
gaue him perpetual! glory
13. 4.
mightier he is that made them
mightier is he that made them
15. 7.
potter tempering soft earth
potter tempering of soft earth
16. 6.
commandement of thy Law
commandement of the Law
21.
declared thy sweetnesse
declaretli thy sweetnesse
tempered it selfe
tempered himselfe
22.
the fruits of the enemies
the fruite of the enemies
17. 9.
hissing of serpents
hissing serpents
Ecclus. 16. 13.
The sinner shall not escape with his
spoiles, and the patience of the godly
shall not be frustrate.
Omitted
14.
Make way for euery worke of mercy:
for euery man shall finde according to
his workes.
22. 2.
euery man that takes it vp
euery man that taketh it vp
27. 4.
filth of man in his talke
filth of a man in his talke
30.
sinfull man shall haue them
sinfull man will haue them
29. 28.
These things are grieuous
These are grieuous
31. 10.
then let him glory
then let them glory
23.
report of his good housekeeping
report of thy good housekeeping
36. 26.
skippeth from citie to citie
skippeth from the citie
37. 14.
mans minde is sometime wont
mans minde is sometimes wont
44. 5.
reiected verses
recited verses
45. 17.
Israel in his lawes
Israel his lawes
Bsruch 6. 39.
gods of wood, and which are
gods of wood, which are
44.
how may it then be thought
long suffering, very merciful!
how may it be then thought
Pr. of Manasses
long suffering, merciful!
1 Mace. 2. 37.
die al! in our innocencie
die in al! our innocencie
4.29.
met with them ten thousand
met them with ten thousand
37.
into mount Sion
into the mount Sion
5.68.
when he had pulled downe
when they had pulled downe
6.10.
my heart faileth
mine heart faileth
7.39.
Bethoron, where an hoste
Bethoron, and where an hoste
9.11.
slingers and archers
singers and archers
23.
all the coasts of Israel
all coasts of Israel
10. 47.
entreated of peace
entreated of true peace
2 Mace. 12. 27.
towards Ephron
toward Ephron
42.
ludas exhorted the people
ludas exhorteth the people.
VARIOUS READINGS.
1611.
1613.
Matth. 2. headififf
lesus and his mother
lesus his mother
6. 3.
what thy right doeth
what thy right hand doeth
20.
breake thorow, nor steale
breake thorow, and steale
8.25.
and awoke, saying
and awoke him, saying
10. 2.
who is called Peter
which is called Peter
13. 4.
by the wayes side
by the way side
8.
some sixtie fold
Omitted
31.
like to a graine
like vnto a graine
16. 11.
I spake it not to you concerning bread,
that
Omitted
18. 30.
went and cast him
went out and cast him
31.
told vnto their lord
told their lord
22. 24.
If a man die
If any man die
26. 67.
the palmes of their hands
the palmes who is of their hands
68.
Christ, who is he that smote thee
Christ, he that smote thee
27. 6.
not lawful! for to put
not lawfull to put
28. 12.
money vnto the souldiers
money to the souldiers
Mark 2. 28.
Sonne of man is Lord also
Sonne of man also is Lord
9. 24.
helpe thou mine vnbeliefe
helpe my vnbeliefe
Suffer little children
10. 14.
Suffer the little children
12. headins
the Scribes held
the Scribe held
13.
And they send vnto him
And they sent vnto him
14.
they say vnto him
they said vnto him
Luke 5.30.
But their Scribes
But the Scribes
8. 2.
And certaine women which
And a certaine woman which
9. 16.
gaue to the disciples
gaue to his disciples
13. 14.
because that lesus had
because lesus had
25.
hath shut to the doore
hath shut the doore
20. heading
warneth his disciples
warneth the disciples
John 2. 8.
beare vnto the gouemor
beare it to the gouernour
23.
hee was in Hierusalem
hee was at Hierusalem
4. 42.
heard him our selues
heard him of our selues
5. 3.
a great multitude of impotent
a great company of impotent
6. 7.
euery one of them may take
euery one may take
16.
downe vnto the sea
downe into the sea
9.25.
I was blind, now I see
I was blind, I now see
12. 2.
sate at the table
sate at table
14. 23.
If a man loue mee
If any man loue me
15. 9.
Father hath loued me
Father loued me
16. 13.
when hee the spirit
when the Spirit
16.
I goe to the Father
I goe to my Father
18. heading
lesus is taken
lesus taken
20. 25.
put my finger into the print of the
nailes, and
Omitted
Acts 6. 5.
and Philip, and Prochorus, and
and Philip, Prochorus, and
12.
and came vpon him
and came vnto him
11. heading
reliefe to the brethren
reUefe to their brethren
13. 51.
against them, and came vnto Iconium
against Iconium
15. 11.
grace of the Lord lesus
grace of our Lord lesus
16. 40.
prison, and entred into
prison, entred into
17. 11.
then those in Thessalonica
then those of Thessalonica
19. 15.
but who are ye .''
but what are ye ?
21. 38.
Art not thou that Egyptian
Art not thou the Egyptian
Rom. 4. 24.
if wee beleeue on him
if we beleeued on him
10. 21.
day long I haue stretched
day long haue I stretched
11. 22.
but towards thee
but toward thee
thou also shalt be cut off
thou shalt be cut off
15. 16.
offering vp of the Gentiles
offering of the Gentiles
VARIOUS READINGS.
1611.
1613.
Rom. IG. postscr.
1 Cor. 5. heading
seruant of the Church
seruant to the Church
are to be shamed and auoided
are to be shunned and auoided
7. 5.
Defraud you not one the other
Defraud you not one another
10. 19.
sacrifice to idols
sacrifice vnto idoles
11. 2.
that you remember me
that ye remember me
17.
I praise you not, that
I praise you that
16. 14.
Let all your things be done
Let all your doings be done
2 Cor. 2. 8.
wotild confirme i/our loue
would continue your loue
9. heading
thanksgiuings vnto God
thankesgiuing vnto God
Gal. 1. 3.
Grace bee to you
Grace be to you
4. heading
1 Thess. 3. 6.
We were vnder the Law
Wee are vnder the Law
brought vs good tidings
brought good tidings
4. 3.
eu£fi your sanctification
euen your sanctification
12.
ye may haue lacke of nothing
ye may lacke of nothing
2 Thess. 2. 15.
by word or our Epistle
by word, or by our Epistle
1 Tim. 1. 10.
for men-stealers, for liars, for
for men-stealers, lyars, for
4. 6.
put the brethren
put thy brethren
2 Tim. 4. 5.
full proofe of thy ministery
full proofe of the ministery
16.
may not bee laid to their charge
may be layd to their charge
Titus 1. 5.
wanting, and ordaine Elders
wanting, ordaine Elders
Heb. 4.12.
and is a discemer
and is discemer
7. 11.
another Priest should rise
another should rise
10. 36.
that shall after ye haue done
that after ye haue done
11. 32.
what shall I more say
what should I more say
James 1. 4.
that ye may be perfect
that ye be made perfect
1 Pet. 1. 8.
though now ye see him not
though ye see him not
22.
purified your soules
purified your selues
5. heading
constant in the faith
constant in faith
Rev. 2. 18.
feete are like fine brasse
feete are like brasse
4. 10.
him that liueth for euer and euer
him that liueth for euer
5. 4.
no man was found worthy
no man was worthy
7.11.
Angels stood round about
Angels stood about
14.
out of great tribulation
out of tribulation
20. 10.
false prophet are
false prophets are
^
m
1
TO THE MOST
HIGH AND MIGHTIE
Prince, Iames by the grace of God
King of Great Britaine, France and Ireland,
Defender of the Faith, &c.
THE TRANSLATORS OF THE BIBLE,
wish Grace, Mercie, and Peace, through Iesvs
Christ our Lord.
Reat and manifold were the blessings (most dread
Soueraigne) which Almighty God, the Father
of all Mercies, bestowed vpon vs the people of
England, when first he Gent your Maiesties
Royall person to rule and raigne ouer us. For
whereas it was the expectation of many, who
wished not well vnto our Sion, that vpon the
setting of that bright Occidentall Starve Queene
Elizabeth of most happy memory, some
thicke and palpable cloudes of darkenesse would so haue ouershadowed
this land, that men should haue bene in doubt which way they were to
walke, and that it should hardly be knowen, who was to direct the vnsetled
State : the appearance of your Maiestie, as of the Surme in his strength,
instantly dispelled those supposed and surmised mists, and gaue vnto all
that were well affected, exceeding cause of comfort ; especially when we be-
held the gouernment established in your Highnesse, and your hope
full Seed, by an vndoubted Title, and this also accompanied with Peace
and tranquillitie, at home and abroad.
But amongst all our loyes, there was no one that more filled our hearts,
then the blessed continuance of the Preaching of Gods sacred word a
mongstvs, which is that inestimable treasure, which excelleth all the riches
of the earth, because the fruit thereof extendeth it selfe,not onely to the time
spent in this transitory world, but directeth and disposeth men vnto that
Eternall happinesse which is aboue in Heauen.
Then, not to suffer this to fall to the ground, but rather to take it vp, and
to continue it in that state, wherein the famous predecessour of your High
nesse did leaue it ; Nay, to goe forward with the confidence and reso
b lution
The Epiftle
lution of a man in maintaining the trueth of Christ, and propagating it
farre and neere, is that which hath so bound and firmely knit the hearts of
all your Maiesties loyall and Religious people vnto you, that your
very Name is precious among them, their eye doeth behold you with
comfort, and theyblesse you in their hearts, as that sanctified person, who
vnder God, is the immediate authour of their true happinesse. And this
their contentment doeth not diminish or decay, but euery day increaseth
and taketh strength, when they obserue that the zeale of your Maiestie to
wards the house of God, doth not slacke or goe backward, but is more and
more kindled, manifesting it selfe abroad in the furthest parts of Christen-
dome, by writing in defence of the Trueth, (which hath giuen such a blow
nto that man of Sinne, as will not be healed) and euery day at home, by
Religious and learned discourse, by frequenting the house of God, by
hearing the word preached, by cherishing the teachers therof, by caring
for the Church as a most tender and louing nourcing Father.
There are infinite arguments of this right Christian and Religious af-
fection in your Maiestie : but none is more forcible to declare it to o-
thers, then the vehement and perpetuated desire of the accomplishing and
publishing of this Worke, which now with all humilitie we present vnto
your Maiestie. For when your Highnesse had once out of deepe iudg-
ment apprehended, how conuenient it was, That out of the Originall sa-
cred tongues, together with comparing of the labours, both in our owne
and other forreigne Languages, of many worthy men who went before vs,
there should be one more exact Translation of the holy Scriptures into the
English tongue; your Maiestie did neuer desist, to vrge and to excite
those to whom it was commended, that the worke might be hastened, and
that the businesse might be expedited in so decent a maner, as a matter of
such importance might iustly require.
And now at last, by the Mercy of God, and the continuance of our La-
bours, it being brought vnto such a conclusion, as that we haue great hope
that the Church of England shall reape good fruit thereby ; we hold it our
duety to offer it to your Maiestie, not onely as to our King and Soue-
raigne.but as to the principall moouerand Author of the Worke. Hum
bly craning of your most Sacred Maiestie, that since things of this quality
haue euer bene subiect to the censures of ill meaning and discontented per-
sons, it may receiue approbation and Patronage from so learned and iudi-
cious a Prince as your Highnesse is, whose allowance and acceptance of
our Labours, shall more honour and incourage vs, then all the calumniati
ons and hard interpretations of other men shall dismay vs. So that, if on
the one side we shall be traduced by Popish persons at home or abroad,
who therefore will maligne vs, because we are poore Instruments to make
Gods holy Trueth to be yet more and more knowen vnto the people,
whom they desire still to keepe in ignorance and darkncsse : or if on the
other
Dedicatorie.
other side, we shall be maligned by selfe- conceited brethren, who runne
their owne wayes, and giue liking vnto nothing but what is framed by
themselues, and hammered on their Anuile ; we may rest secure, supported
within by the trueth and innocencie of a good conscience, hauing walked
the wayes of simplicitie and integritie, as before the Lord; And sustained
without, by the powerfull Protection of your Maiesties grace and fauour,
which will euer giue countenance to honest and Christian endeuours, a
gainst bitter censures, and vnchari table imputations.
The Lord of Heauen and earth blesse your Maiestie with many and
happy dayes, that as his Heaucnly hand hath enriched your Highnesse
with many singular, and extraordinary Graces; so you may be the
wonder of the world in this later age, for happinesse and true
felicitie, to the honour of that Great God, and the
good of his Church, through Iesvs Chrjist
our Lord and onely Sauioiu'.
IF
THE
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Anacharsis
with olliers.
Locri.
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Oregory the
Diuine.
Nauclerut.
{.Sam. 11.22.
THE TRANSLATORS
TO THE READER.
Eale to promote the common good, whether it be by deuising
any thing our selues, or reuising that which hath bene labour-
ed by others, deserueth certainly much respect and esteeme,
but yet findeth but cold intertainment in the world. It is
welcommed with suspicion in stead of loue, and with emula-
tion in stead of thankes : and if there be any hole left for
cauill to enter, (and cauill, if it doe not finde a hole, will make
one) it is sure to bee misconstrued, and in danger to be con
demned. This will easily be granted by as many as know
story, or haue any experience. For, was there euer any thing
proiected, that sauoured any way of newnesse or renewing, but the same endured
many a storme of gaine-saying, or opposition? A man would thinke that Ciuilitie,
holesome Lawes, learning and eloquence. Synods, and Church-maintenance, (that we
speake of no more things of this kinde) should be as safe as a Sanctuary, and ||out
of shot, as they say, thiit no man would lift vp the heele, no, nor dogge mooue his
tongue against the motioners of them. For by the first, we are distinguished from
bruit-beasts led with sensualitie : By the second, we are bridled and restrained from
outragious behauiour, and from doing of iniuries, whether by fraud or by violence
By the third, we are enabled to informe and reforms others, by the light and feeling
that we haue attained vnto our selues : Briefly, by the fourth being brought together
to a parle face to face, we sooner compose our differences then by writings, which
are endlesse : And lastly, that the Church be sufficiently prouided for, is so agreeable
to good reason and conscience, that those mothers are holden to be lesse cruell, that
kill their children assoone as they are borne, then those noursing fathers and mothers
(wheresoeuer they be) that withdraw from them who hang vpon their breasts (and
vpon whose breasts againe themselues doe hang to receiue the Spirituall and sincere
milke of the word) liuelyhood and support fit for their estates. Thus it is apparent,
that these things which we speake of, are of most necessary vse, and therefore, that
none, either without absurditie can speake against them, or without note of wicked-
nesse can spume against them.
Yet for all that, the learned know that certaine worthy men haue bene brought to
vntimely death for none other fault, but for seeking to reduce their Countrey-men to
good order and discipline : and that in some Common-weales it was made a capital!
crime, once to motion the making of a new Law for the abrogating of an old, though
the same were most pernicious : And that certaine, which would be counted pillars
of the State, and patemes of Vertue and Prudence, could not be brought for a long
time to giue way to good Letters and refined speech, but bare themselues as auerse
from them, as from rocks or boxes of poison : And fourthly, that hee was no babe,
but a great clearke, that gaue foorth (and in writing toremaine to posteritie) in pas
sion peraduenture, but yet he gaue foorth, that hee had not scene any profit to come
by any Synode, or meeting of the Clergie, but rather the contrary : And lastly,
against Church-maintenance and allowance, in such sort, as the Embassadors and mes-
sengers of the great King of Kings should be furnished, it is not vnknowen what a
fiction or fable (so it is esteemed, and for no better by the reporter himselfe, though
superstitious) was deuised ; Namely, that at such time as the professours and teach-
ers of Christianitie in the Church of Rome, then a true Church, were liberally en-
dowed, a voyce forsooth was heard from heauen, saying ; Now is poison powred
down into the Church, &c. Thus not only p - oft as we speake, as one saith, but also
as oft as we do any thing of note or consequence, we ojbiect our selues to euery ones
censure, and happy is he that is least tossed vpon tongues ; for vtterly to escape the
snatch of them it is impossible. If any man conceit, that this is the lot and portion
of the meaner sort onely, and that Princes are priuiledged by their high estate, he is
deceiued. As Ihe sword deuotireth asrvell one as the oilier, as it is in Samuel; nay as
the
The best
things haue
been calum-
niated.
To the Reader
The highest
personages
haue been
calumni-
ated.
His Maies-
ties constan-
cie, notwith-
standing ca-
lumniation,
for the sur-
uey of the
Knglish
translations.
The praise
of the holy
Scriptures.
the great Commander charged his souldiers in a certaine battell, to strike at no part
of the enemie, but at the face ; And as the King of Syria commanded his chiefe Cap-
taines tojight neither with small nur great, save oneltj against the King of Israel : so it
is too true, that Enuie strii<eth most spitefully at the fairest, and at the chiefest.
Dauid was a worthy Prince, and no man to be compared to him for his first deedes,
and yet for as worthy an acte as euer he did (euen for bringing backe the Arke of
God in solemnitie) he was scorned and scoffed at by his owne wife. Solomon wa.s
greater then Dtinid, though not in vertue, yet in power: and by his power and wis-
dome he built a Temple to the Lord, such a one as was the glory of the land of Israel,
and the wonder of the whole world. But was that his magnificence liked of by all ?
VVe doubt of it. Otherwise, why doe they lay it in his sonnes dish, and call vnto
him for || easing of the burden. Make, say they, the grieuons scruititde of thij father,
and his sore yoke, lighter. Belike he had charged them with some leuies, and trou-
bled them with some cariages ; Hereupon they raise vp a tragedie, and wish in their
heart the Temple had neuer bene built. So hard a thing it is to please all, euen when
we please God best, and doe seeke to approue our selues to euery ones conscience.
If wee will descend to later times, wee shall finde many the like examples of such
kind, or rather vnkind acceptance. The first Romane Emperour did neuer doe a more
pleasing deed to the learned, nor more profitable to posteritie, for conseruing the record
of times in true supputation ; then when he corrected the Calender, and ordered the
yeere according to the course of the Sunne : and yet this was imputed to him for no-
ueltie, and arrogancie, and procured to him great obloquie. So the first Christened
Emperour (at the leastwise that openly professed the faith himselfe, and allowed others
to doe the like) for strengthening the Empire at his great charges, and prouiding for
the Church, as he did, got for his labour the name Pupillits, as who would say, a waste-
full Prince, that had neede of a Guardian, or ouerseer. So the best Christened Em-
perour, for the loue that he bare vnto peace, thereby to enrich both himselfe and his
subiects, and because he did not seeke warre but find it, was Judged to be no man at
armes, (though in deed he excelled in feates of chiualrie, and shewed so much when
he was prouoked) and condemned for giuing himselfe to his ease, and to his pleasure.
To be short, the most learned Emperour of former times, (^at the least, the greatest
politician) what thanks had he for cutting off the superfluities of the lawes, and di-
gesting them into some order and method ? This, that he hath been blotted by some
to bee an Epitomist, that is, one that extinguished worthy whole volumes, to bring
his abridgements into request. This is the measure that hath been rendred to excel-
lent Princes in former times, euen. Cum bene facerent, male audire. For their goo<l
deedes to be euill spoken of. Neither is there any likelihood, that enuie and malignitie
died, and were buried with the ancient. No, no, the reproofe of Moses taketh hold of
most ages ; You arc risen vp in your fathers stead, an increase of sinfnll men. What is
that that hath been done ? that which shall be done : and there is no new thing vnder the
Sunne, saith the wiseman ■ and S. Steuen, As your fathers did, so doe you. This, and
more to this purpose, His Maiestie that now reigneth (and long, and long may he
reigne, and his offspring for euer, Himselfe and children, and childrens children ahvayes)
knew full well, according to the singular wisedome giuen vnto him by God, and the
rare learning and experience that he hath attained vnto; namely that whosoeuer at-
tempteth any thing for the publike (specially if it pertaine to Religion, and to the
opening and clearing of the word of God) the same setteth himselfe vpon a stage to
be glouted vpon by euery euil eye, yea, he casteth himselfe headlong vpon pikes, to
be gored by euery sharpe tongue. For he that medleth with mens Religion in any
part, medleth with their custome, nay, with their freehold ; and though they finde
no content in that which they haue, yet they cannot abide to heare of altering. Not-
withstanding his Royall heart was not daunted or discouraged for this or that colour,
but stood resolute, as a statue immoueable, and an anuile not easie to be beaten into plates,
as one sayth ; he knew who had chosen him to be a Souldier, or rather a Captaine,
and being assured that the course which he intended made much for the glory of
God, & the building vp of his Church, he would not suffer it to be broken off for
whatsoeuer speaches or practises. It doth certaincly belong vnto Kings, yea, it doth
specially belong vnto them, to haue care of Religion, yea, to know it aright, yea, to
professe it zealously, yea to promote it to the vttermost of their power. This is their
glory before all nations which meane well, and this will bring vnto them a farre
most excellent weight of glory in the day of the Lord lesus. For the Scripture saith
not in vaine, The7n that honor me, I will honor, neither was it a vaine word that Euse-
bius deliuered long agoe, that pietie towards God was the weapon, and the onely
weapon that both preserued Constantines person, and auenged him of his enemies.
But now what pietie without trueth.'' what trueth (what sauing trueth) without the
wore'
I.King. 2-2.31.
2. Sam. 6. 1«.
l.King.12.4.
C. Cccmr.
Plutarc/i.
Conttantine.
Auret,
rictor.
TJieodosius,
Zosimus.
lustinian.
Numb.32.14,
Eccles. 1. 9.
Acts 7. SI.
AVTOf, »«)
fr«r?ir, Jtaj
Suidas.
UffTtO TIS
Tl^irptTTOl
xat aKftaty
I.Sam. 2.30.
Eusebiustib,
HI cap. K.
The Tranflators
S. August,
confiss. IU>.
8. cap. 12.
S,jiugust.cle
vlUU. ere-
dendi cap. 6.
SJIieToni/m.
ad Derne-
Iriad.
.9. Cnil. 7».
contra lulu
OAUm.
Tertul. ad.
uers.Hermo.
Tertul. de
came
Christi.
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'. Wftr^i^r,
*iif Tl.
S. Basil.
[ a-i^J riftiff.
xai Tiofae
a^TtvSy iceu
xarvXi^y ttai
iXeun, &c.
An oUue
bow wrap,
ped about
with wooll,
wherevpon
did hang
figs, & bread,
and honie in
apot,&
oyle.
tUlftf to.
S. Basil, in
PtaLpri-
mum.
. Cor. 14.
word ofGotl? what word of God (whereof we itiay be sure) without the Scripture? The
Scriptures we are commanded to search. loh. 5. 39. Esa. 8. 20. They are commended
that searched & studied them. Act. 17. 11- and 8. 28, 29. They are reproued that were
vnskilful in them, or slow to beleeue them. Mat. 22. 29- Luk. 24. 25. They can make
vs wise vnto saluation. 2 Tim. 3. 15. If we be ignorant, they will instruct vs ; if out
of the way, they will bring vs home; if out of order, they will reforme vs; if in heauines,
comfort vs; if dull, quicken vs; if colde, inflame vs. Tollc, lege; Tolle, lege, Take vp
and read, take vp and read the Scriptures, (for vnto them was the direction) it was
said vnto S. Augustine by a supernaturall voyce. Wluitsoaiur is in the Scriptures, beleeue
me, saith the same S. Augustine, is high and diuine ; there is verily tnielk, and a doctrine
most Jit for the refreshing and reneiving of mens mindes, and trueltj so tempered, that euerij
one majj draw from thence that which is sufficient for him, ifhec come to draw with a devout
and pious minde, as true Religion requireth. Thus S. Augustine. And S. Hierome: Amn
scripturas, S^ amabil le sapienlia 4'C. Loue the Scriptures, and wisedome will loue thee.
And S. Cyrill against Inlian ; Euen boyes that are bred vp in the Scriptures, become most
religious, S^-c. But what mention wee three or foure vses of the Scripture, whereas
whatsoeuer is to be beleeued or practised, or hoped for, is contained in them .'' or three
or foure sentences of the Fathers, since whosoeuer is worthy the name of a Father, from
Christ? time downeward, hath likewise written not onely of the riches, but also of the
perfection of the Scripture } I adore thefulnesse of the Scripture, saith Tertullian against
Hermogenes. And againe, to Apclles an Heretike of the like stampe, he saith ; I doe
not admit that which thou bringest in (or concludest) of thine otvne (head or store, de tuo)
without Scripture. So Saint lustin Martyr before him; Wee must know by all meanes,
saith hee, that it is not lawftdl (or possible) to learne (any thing) of God or of right pielie,
saue onely out of the Prophets, who teach vs by diuine inspiration. So Saint Basill after
Tertullian, It is a manifest falling away from the Faith, and a fault of presumption, either
to reiect anyqf those things that are written, or to bring in(vpon the head of them, (•ndadr/ttv)
any of those things that are not written. Wee omit to cite to the same effect, S. Cyrill
B. of Hierusalem in his 4. Cataches. Saint Hierome against Heluidius, Saint Ausustine
in his 3. booke against the letters of Petilian, and in very many other places of his
workes. Also we forbeare to descend to latter Fathers, because wee will not wearie the
reader. The Scriptures then being acknowledged to bee so full and so perfect, how
can wee excuse our selues of negligence, if we doe not studie them, of curiositie, if we
be not content with them ? Men talke much of dpea-iay^, how many sweete and goodly
things it had hanging on it ; of the Philosophers stone, that it turneth copper into gold ;
of Cornu-copia, that it had all things necessary for foode in it ; of Panaces the herbe,
that it was good for all diseases ; of Catholicon the drugge, that it is in stead of all
purges ; of Vulcans armour, that it was an armour of proofe against all thrusts, and all
blowes, &c. Well, that which they falsly or vainely attributed to these things for bodily
good, wee may iustly and with full measure ascribe vnto the Scripture, for spiritual!.
It is not onely an armour, but also a whole armorie of weapons, both offensiue, and de-
fensiue; whereby we may saue our selues and put the enemie to flight. It is not an
herbe, but a tree, or rather a whole paradise of trees of life, which bring foorth fruit
euery moneth, and the fruit thereof is for meate, and the leaues for medicine. It is not
a pot of Manna, or a cruse of oyle, which were for memorie only, or for a meales meate
or two, but as it were a showre of heauenly bread sufficient for a whole host, be it
neuer so great; and as it were a whole cellar full of oyle vessels; whereby all our neces-
sities may be prouided for, and our debts discharged. In a word, it is a Panary of hole-
some foode, against fenowed traditions; a Physions-shop (Saint Basill calleth it) of pre-
seruatiues against poisoned heresies ; a Pandect of profitable lawes, against rebellious
spirits; a treasurie of most costly iewels, against beggarly rudiments; Finally a fountaine
of most pure water springing vp vnto euerlasting life. And what maruaile? The origi-
nal! thereof being from heauen, not from eartli ; the authour being God, not man ; the
enditer, the Iioly spirit, not the wit of the Apostles or Prophets ; the Pen-men such as
were sanctified from the wombe, and endewed with a principal! portion of Gods spirit ;
the matter, veritie, pietie, puritie, vprightnesse ; the forme, Gods word, Gods testi-
monie, Gods oracles, the word of trueth, the word of saluation, &c. the effects, light of
vnderstanding, stablenesse of perswasion, repentance from dead workes, newnesse of
life, holinesse, peace, ioy in the holy Ghost ; lastly, the end and reward of the studie
thereof, fellowship with the Saints, participation of the heauenly nature, fruition of an
inheritance immortal!, vndefiled, and that neuer shall fade away: Happie is the man
that delighteth in the Scripture, and thrise happie that meditateth in it day and night.
But how shall men meditate in that, which they cannot vnderstand } How shall
they vnderstand that which is kept close in an vnknowen tongue > as it is written.
Except I know the power of the voyce, I shall he to him that speaketh, a Barbarian, and
he
Translation
necessarie.
To the Reader.
The transla-
tion of the
Okie Testa-
ment out of
the Hebrew
into Greeke.
he that speakcth, shalhe a Barbarian to me. The Apostle excepteth no tongue ; not
Hebrews the ancientest, not Greeke the most copious, not Latine the finest. Nature
taught a natural! man to confesse, that all of vs in those tongues which wee doe not
vnderstand, are plainely deafe; wee may turne the deafe eare vnto them. The
Scijtliian counted the Athenian, whom he ilid not vnderstand, barbarous: so the
Romane did the Syrian, and the lew, (euen S. Hierome himselfe calleth the Hebrew
tongue barbarous, belike because it was strange to so many) so the Emperour of Con-
stantinople calleth the Latine tongue, barbarous, though Pope Nicolax do storme at
it : so the leives long before Chri.it, called all other nations, Lngnazim, which is little
better then barbarous. Therefore as one complaineth, that alwayes in the Senate of
/?07rte, there was one or other that called for an interpreter: so lest the Church be
driuen to the like exigent, it is necessary to haue translations in a readinesse. Trans-
ation it is that openeth the window, to let in the light ; that breaketh the shell,
that we may eat the kernel ; that putteth aside the curtaine, that we may looke into
the most Holy place; that remooueth the couer of the M'ell, that wee may come by
the water, euen as lacob rolled away the stone from the mouth of the well, by which
meanes the flockes of Lahan were watered. Indeede without translation into the
vulgar tongue, the vnlearned are but like children at lacubs well (which was deepe)
without a bucket or some thing to draw with : or as that person mentioned by Esai/,
to whom when a sealed booke was deliuered, with this motion, Reade this, I pray
thee, hee was faine to make this answere, / cannot, for it is sealed.
While God would be knowen onely in lacob, and haue his Name great in Israel,
and in none other place, while the dew lay on Gideons fleece onely, and all the earth
besides was drie ; then for one and the same people, which spake all of them the
language of Canaan, that is, Hcbrewe, one and the same originall in Hebrew was
sufficient. But when the fulnesse of time drew neere, that the Sunne of righteous
nesse, the Sonne of God should come into the world, whom God ordeined to be a
reconciliation through faith in his blood, not of the Jew onely, but also of the Greeke,
yea, of all them that were scattered abroad ; then loe, it pleased the Lord to stirre
vp the spirit of a Greeke Prince {^Greeke for descent and language) euen of Ptolome
Philadelph King of Egypt, to procure the translating of the Booke of God out of
Hebrew into Greeke. This is the translation of the Seuentie Interpreters, commonly
so called, which prepared the way for our Sauiour among the Gentiles by written
preaching, as Saint John Baptist did among the lewes by vocall. For the Grecians
being desirous of learning, were not wont to suffer bookes of worth to lye moulding
in Kings Libraries, but had many of their seruants, ready scribes, to copie them out,
and so they were dispersed and made common. Againe, the Greeke tongue was
well knowen and made familiar to most inhabitants in Asia, by reason of the con-
quest that there the Grecians had made, as also by the Colonies, which thither they
had sent. For the same causes also it was well vnderstood in many places of Europe,
yea, and of AJf'rike too. Therefore the word of God being set foorth in Greeke, be-
commeth hereby like a candle set vpon a candlesticke, which giueth light to all that
are in the house, or like a proclamation sounded foorth in the market place, which
most men presently take knowledge of; and therefore that language was fittest to
containe the Scriptures, both for the first Preachers of the Gospel to appeale vnto
for witnesse, and for the learners also of those times to make search and triall by.
It is certaine, that that Translation was not so sound and so perfect, but that it
needed in many places correction ; and who had bene so sufficient for this worke as
the Apostles or Apostolike men ? Yet it seemed good to the holy Gliost and to them,
to take that which they found, (the same being for the greatest part true and suf-
ficient) rather then by making a new, in that new world and greene age of the
Church, to expose themselues to many exceptions and cauillations, as though they
made a Translation to serue their owne turne, and therefore bearing witnesse to
themselues, their witnesse not to be regarded. This may be supposed to bee some
cause, why the Translation of the Seuentie was allowed to passe for currant. Not-
withstanding, though it was commended generally, yet it did not fully content the
learned, no not of the lewes. For not long after Christ, Aquila fell in hand with a
new Translation, and after him Theodotion, and after him Symmaclms : yea, there
was a fift and a sixt edition, the Authours wherof were not knowen. These with the
Seuentie made vp the Hexapln, and were worthily and to great purjiose compiled
together by Origen. Howbeit the Edition of the Seuentie went away with the
credit, and therefore not onely was placed in the midst by Origen (for the worth and
excellencie thereof aboue the rest, as Epiphanius gathereth) but also was vsed by the
Greeke fathers for the ground and foundation of their Commentaries. Yea, Epipha-
nius aboue named doeth attribute so much vnto it, that he holdeth the Authours
thereof
Clem. Alex.
1°. Strom.
S.Hieronym,
Damaso.
Michael.
TlieophUiJU.
2. Tom.
Concil. ex
edit. I'etri
Crab.
Cicero R°.
dejinilnu.
Gen. 29. 10.
Ioh.4. 11.
Esay 29. II.
See S. Au-
gust, lib, 12.
contra
Faust, c. 32.
Epiphan. de
mensur. ^
pOTuleribiis.
SeeS.-liigiist
i''.dedoctrin.
Christixm. c.
15°. Nouetl.
iHata,r. 146.
^liffftf XV-
reiis.
The Tranllators
En. 31. 3.
£. Hieron.
de Optimo
generein-
lerpnt.
S.Avgu»Hn.
tie doctr.
Christ, lib.
. cap. 11.
S.Hieront/m.
Mareell.
Zosim.
2. King. 7.9.
5. Hieron.
prof, in 4.
EuangeU
S. Hieron.
Sophronio.
.^ir.-'ien.libA.
Alplioiu a
Castro lib. 1.
CO. 33.
S. Chrpsost.
in lotutn.
cap.l.hom.1.
Theodor. 5.
Therapeui.
P.IHacon.li.
12. Itidor. in
Chron. Goth.
Sozom. li. 6.
cap. 37.
f^aseusin
Chron
Hitpan.
Poll/dm:
Firg. 5. his-
tor. Anglo-
rum tettatur
idemdeAlu-
redo nottro.
Auentin. lib.
4.
thereof not oncly for Interpreters, but also for Prophets in some respect : and Iwtinian
the Emperour enioyning the lewes his subiects to vse specially the Translation of
the Seuentie, rentlreth this reason thereof, because they were as it were enlijfhtened
with propheticall grace. Yet for all that, as the Egyptians are said of the Prophet
to bee men and not God, and their horses flesh and not spirit : so it is euident, (and
Saint Hierome aiHrmeth as much) that the Seuentie were Interpreters, they were not
Prophets ; they did many things well, as learned men ; but yet as men they stumbled
and fell, one while through ouersight, another while through ignorance, yea, sometimes
they may be noted to adde to the Originall, and sometimes to take from it; which
made the Apostles to leaue them many times , when they left the Hebrew, and to de-
liuer the sence thereof according to the trueth of the word, as the spirit gaue them
vtterance. This may suffice touching the Greeke Translations of the old Testament.
There were also within a few hundreth yeeres after Christ, translations many
into the Latine tongue: for this tongue also was very fit to conuey the Law and the
Gospel by, because in those times very many Countreys of the West, yea of the
South, East and North, spake or vnderstood Latine, being made Prouinces to the
Romanes. But now the Latine Translations were too many to be all good, for they
were infinite (Latiiii Interpretcs millo modo numerari possunt, saith S. Augustine.)
Againe they were not out of the Hebrew fountaine (weespeake of the Latine Trans-
lations of the Old Testament) but out of the Greeke streame, therefore the Greeke
being not altogether cleare, the Latine deriued from it must needs be muddie. This
moued 5. Hierome a most learned father, and the best linguist without controuersie,
of his age, or of any that went before him, to vndertake the translating of the Old
Testament, out of the very fountaines themsehies ; which hee performed with that
euidence of great learning, iudgement, Industrie and faithfulnes, that he hath foreuer
bound the Church vnto him, in a debt of speciall remembrance and thankefulnesse.
Now though the Church were thus furnished with Greeke and Latine Transla-
tions, euen before the faith of Christ was generally embraced in the Empire: (for
the learned know that euen in S. Hieroms time, the Consul of Rome and his wife
were both Ethnicks, and about the same time the greatest part of the Senate also)
yet for all that the godly-learned were not content to haue the Scriptures in the
Language which themselues vnderstood, Greeke and Latine, (as the good Lepers
were not content to fare well themselues, but acquainted their neighbours with the
store that God had sent, that they also might prouide for themselues) but also for the
behoofe and edifying of the vnlearned which hungred and thirsted after Righteous-
nesse, and had soules to be saued aswell as they, they prouided Translations into the
vulgar for their Countreymen, insomuch that most nations vnder heauen did shortly
after their conuersion, heare Christ speaking vnto them in their mother tongue, not
by the voyce of their Minister onely, but also by the written word translated. If
any doubt hereof, he may be satisfied by examples enough, if enough wil serue the
turne. First S. Hierome saith, Mullarum gentiil Unguis Scriplura ante Iranslata,
docet falsa esse quce addita sunt, Sj'C. i. The Scripture being translated before in the
language.^ of many Nations, doth .shew that those things that were added (by Lucian or
Hesychius) are false. So S. Hierome in that place. The same Hierome elsewhere
affirmeth that he, the time was, had set forth the translation of the Seuenty, .s-va
lingvoe hominibus. i. for his countreymen of Dalmatia. Which words not only Erasmus
doth vnderstand to purport, that S. Hierome translated the Scripture into the Dal-
matian tongue, but also Sixtus Senensis, and Alphonsns a Castro (that we speake of
no more) men not to be excepted against by them of Rome, doe ingenuously confesse
as much. So, S. Chrysostirme that lined in S. Hiermnes time, giueth euidence with
him : The doctrine of S. lokn (saith he) did not in suck sort (as the Philosophers did)
vanish away : but the Syrians, Egyptians, Indians, Persians. Ethiopians, and infinite
other nations being barbarous people, tramlated it into their {mother) tongue, and haue
learned to be {true) Philosophers, he meaneth Christians. To this may be added
Theodorit, as next vnto him, both for antiquitie, and for learning. His words be
these, Euery Counlrey that is vnder the Sunne, is full of these wordes (of the Apostles
and Prophets) and the Hebrew tongue (he meaneth the Scriptures in the Hebrew
tongue) is turned not onely into the Language of the Grecians, but also of the Romanes,
and Egyptians, and Persians, and hidians, and Armenians, and Scythians, and Sauro-
matians, and briefly into all the iMnguages that any Nation vseth. So he. In like maner,
Vlpilas is reported by Paulus Diaconus and Jsidor (and before them by Sozomen) to
haue translated the Scriptures into the Gothicke tongue : lohn Bishop of Siuil by
Vasseus, to haue turned them into Arabicke, about the yeere of our Lord 717: Beda
by Cistertiensis, to haue turned a great part of them into Saxon : Efnard by Trithe-
mius, to haue abridged the French Psalter, as Beda had done the Hebrew, about the
yeere
Translation
out of He-
brew and
Greeke into
Latine.
llie transla-
ting of the
Scripture in-
to tlie vulgar
tongues.
To the Reader,
The vnwU.
lingnes of
our chiefe
Aduersaries,
that the
Scriptures
should be di-
uulgedinthe
mother
tongue, &c.
The speach-
es and rea-
sons, both of
our brethren,
and of our
Aduersaries
agamst this
worlce.
yeere 800 : King Alured by the said Cixlerlienxis, to liaue turned the Psalter into
Saxon : Methodius by Auenthiiis (printed at lugolstad) to haue turned the Scriptures
into \\Sclauonian: Valdo, Bishop of Prising by Beahis Rhenanus, to haue caused
about that time, the Gospels to be translated into Dulch-nlhrne, yet extant in the
Library of Corhininn : Valdus, by diuers to haue turned them himselfe, or to haue
gotten them turned into French, about tiic yeere II60 : Charles the 5. of that name,
surnamed The wise, to haue caused them to be turned into French, about 200. yeeres
after Valdus his time, of which translation there be many copies yet extant, as wit-
nesseth Beroaldus. Much about that time, euen in our King Richard the seconds
dayes, lohn Treuisa translated them into English, and many English Bibles in
written hand are yet to be scene with diuers, translated as it is very probable, in
that age. So the Syrian translation of the New Testament is in most learned mens
Libraries, of Widminstadius his setting forth, and the Psalter in Arabicke is with
many, of Auguslinus Ncbiensis setting foorth. So Po.9/c/ affirmeth, that in his trauaile
he saw the Gospels in the Ethiopian tongue ; And Ambrose Thesius alleageth the
Psalter of the Indians, which he testifieth to haue bene set forth by Polken in Syrian
characters. So that, to haue the Scriptures in the mother-tongue is not a quaint
conceit lately taken vp, either by the Lord Cromtvell in England, or by the Lord
Radeuil in Polonie, or by the Lord Vngnadius in the Emperours dominion, but hath
bene thought vpon, and put in practise of old, euen from the first times of the con
uersion of any Nation; no doubt, because it was esteemed most profitable, to cause
faith to grow in mens hearts the sooner, and to make them to be able to say with
the words of the Psalme, As we haue heard, so me haue scene.
Now the Church of Rome would seeme at the length to beare a motherly affection
towards her children, and to allow them the Scriptures in their mother tongue: but
indeed it is a gift, not deseruing to be called a gift, an vnprofitable gift: they must
first get a Licence in writing before they may vse them, and to get that, they must
approue themselues to their Confessor, that is, to be such as are, if not frozen in the
dregs, yet sowred with the leauen of their superstition. Howbeit, it seemed too
much to Clement the 8. that there should be any Licence granted to haue them in
the vulgar tongue, and therefore he ouerruleth and frustratetli the grant of Pius the
fourth. So much are they afraid of the light of the Scripture, {Lucifugw Scriptura-
rum, as Tertullian speaketh) that they will not trust the people with it, no not as it is
set foorth by their owne sworne men, no not with the Licence of their owne Bishops
and Inquisitors. Yea, so vnwilling they are to communicate the Scriptures to the
peoples vnderstanding in any sort, that they are not ashamed to confesse, that wee
forced them to translate it into English against their wills. This seemeth to argue a
bad cause, or a bad conscience, or both. Sure we are, that it is not he that hath
good gold, that is afraid to bring it to the touch-stone, but he that hath the counter-
feit ; neither is it the true man that shunneth the light, but the malefactour, lest his
deedes should be reproued : neither is it the plaine dealing Merchant that is vn-
willing to haue the waights, or the meteyard brought in place, but he that vseth
deceit. But we will let them alone for this fault, and returne to translation.
Many mens mouths haue bene open a good while (and yet are not stopped) with
speeches about the Translation so long in hand, or rather perusals of Translations
made before : and aske what may be the reason, what the necessitie of the employ-
ment: Hath the Church bene deceiued, say they, all this while.' Hath her sweet
bread bene mingled with leauen, her siluer with drosse, her wine with water, her
milke with lime.' (Lacte gypsum male miscetur, saith S. Ireney,) We hoped that we
had bene in the right way, that we had had the Oracles of God deliuered vnto vs,
and that though all the world had cause to be offended and to complaine, yet that
we had none. Hath the nurse holden out the breast, and nothing but winde in it.'
Hath the bread bene deliuered by the fathers of the Church, and the same proued
to be lap'ulosus, as Seneca speaketh .' What is it to handle the word of God deceit-
fully, if this be not.' Thus certaine brethren. Also the aduersaries of ludah and
Hierusalem, like Sanballat in Nehemiah, mocke, as we heare, both at the worke and
workemen, saying ; What doe these weake Jewes, ^c. mill they make the stones whole
againe out of the heapes of dust which are burnt? although they build, yet if n foxe goe
vp, he shall euen breake domne their stony wall. Was their Translation good before .'
Why doe they now mend it .' Was it not good .' Why then was it obtruded to the
people.' Yea, why did the Catholicks (meaning Popish Romanists) alwayes goe in
ieopardie, for refusing to goe to heare it.' Nay, if it must be translated into English,
Catholicks are fittest to doe it. They haue learning, and they know when a thing is
well, they can manum de tabula. Wee will answere them both briefly : and the for-
mer, being brethren, thus, with S. Hierome, Damnamus veteres? Minime, sed jwst
c priorum
Circa
annum 000.
U. Ithenan.
rerum Her-
man. lib. 2.
Beroald.
Thuan.
Psal. 48. 8.
^9* KOVK 0VII-
Sv/jhocles.
See the ob-
seruation
(set forth bj-
Clemen, his
authority)
vpon the 4.
rule of Pius
the 4. his
making in
I the Index,
lib. profiib.
pag. 15. ver.
5.
TertuL de
resurxarnis,
loan 3. 20.
S.Iren.3.lib.
cap. 19.
Neh. 4. 3.
S,Hieron.A-
jMilofrjutuers.
Kufin.
The Tranflators
Jrist. 2.
meUiphffS,
cap. 1.
S. Epiphan,
loco anti
citato.
S. Augttstin.
lib. vj. rff
ciuU. Lei c.
7.
ludges 8. 2.
2 Kings 13.
18,19.
S. Hieron.
in Ezech.
cap. 3.
Ierein.23.28.
Terlul. ad
Martpr.
Sitanti vUis-
Mmum vi.
trum,quanti
fjretiottis.
nimum Mar-
Karitum :
Hieron. otl
Sahun.
prionim studia in domo Domini quod jMssumtis Uiboramus. That is. Doe we condemne
the ancient ? In no case : but after the endeuours of them that were before vs, wee take
the best paines we can in the house of God. As if hee said. Being prouoked by the ex-
ample of the learned that lined before my time, I haiie thought it my duetie, to assay
whether my talent in the knowledge of the tongues, may be profitable in any mea-
sure to Gods Church, lest I should seeme to haue laboured in them in vaine, and
lest I should be thought to glory in men, (although ancient,) aboue that which was
in them. Thus 5. Hierome may be thought to speake.
And to the same effect sa)' wee, that we are so farre off from condemning any of
their labours that traueiled before vs in this kinde, either in this land or beyond sea,
either in King Henries time, or King Edwards (if there were any translation, or cor-
rection of a translation in his time) or Queene Elizabeths of euer-renoumed memorie,
that we acknowledge them to haue beene raised vp of God, for the building and
furnishing of his Church, and that they deserue to be had of vs and of posteritie in
euerlasting remembrance. The Judgement of Aristotle is worthy and well knowen :
If Timotheus had not bene, we had not had much sweet musicke ; but if Phrynis {Timo-
theus his master) had not beene, wee had not had Timotheus. Therefore blessed be
they, and most honoured be their name, that breake the yce, and giue th onset vpon
that which helpeth forward to the sauing of soules. Now what can bee more auaile
able thereto, then to deliuer Gods booke vnto Gods people in a tongue which they
vnderstand } Since of an hidden treasure, and of a fountaine that is sealed, there is
no profit, as Ptolomee Philadelpk wrote to the Rabbins or masters of the lewes, as
witnesseth Epiphanius : and as S. Augustine saith ; // man had rather be with his dog
then with a stranger (whose tongue is strange vnto him.) Yet for all that, as nothing
is begun and perfited at the same time, and the later thoughts are thought to be the
wiser : so, if we building vpon their foundation that went before vs, and being
holpen by their labours, doe endeuour to make that better which they left so good ;
no man, we are sure, hath cause to mislike vs ; they, we perswade our selues, if they
were aliue, would thanke vs. The vintage of Abiezer, that strake the stroake : yet
the gleaning of grapes of Ephraim was not to be despised. See ludges 8. verse
2. loash the king of Israel did not satisfie himselfe, till he had smitten the ground
three times ; and yet hee offended the Prophet, for giuing ouer then. Aquila, of
whom wee spake before, translated the Bible as carefully, and as skilfully as he
could; and yet he thought good to goe ouer it againe, and then it got the credit
with the lewes, to be called Kara. aKfi^nav, that is, accuratly done, as Saint Hierome
witnesseth. How many bookes of profane learning haue bene gone ouer againe and
againe, by the same translators, by others? Of one and the same booke oi Aristolles
Ethikes, there are extant not so few as sixe or seuen seuerall translations. Now if
this cost may bee bestowed vpon the goord, which affordeth vs a little shade, and
which to day fiourisheth, but to morrow is cut downe; what may we bestow, nay
what ought we not to bestow vpon the Vine, the fruite whereof maketh glad the
conscience of man, and the steinme whereof abideth for euer } And this is the word
of God, which we translate. What is the chaffe to the tvheat, saith the Lord? Tanti
vitrcum, quanti verum margarittim (saith Tertullian,') if a toy of glasse be of that
rekoning with vs, how ought wee to value the true pearle.? Therefore let no mans
eye be euill, because his Maiesties is good ; neither let any be grieued, that wee haue
a Prince that seeketh the increase of the spirituall wealth of Israel (let Sanballals and
TMahs doe so, which therefore doe beare their iust reproofe) but let vs rather blesse
God from the ground of our heart, for working this religious care in him, to haue
the translations of the Bible maturely considered of and examined. For by this
meanes it commeth to passe, that whatsoeuer is sound alreadie (and all is sound for
substance, in one or other of our editions, and the worst of ours farre better then
their autentike vulgar) the same will shine as gold more brightly, being rubbed and
polished; also, if any thing be halting, or superfluous, or not so agreeable to the
originall, the same may bee corrected, and the trueth set in place. And what can
the King command to bee done, that will bring him more true honour then this }
and wherein could they that haue beene set a worke, approue their duetie to the
King, yea their obedience to God, and loue to his Saints more, then by yeelding
their seruice, and all that is within them, for the furnishing of the worke > But be-
sides all this, they were the principall motiues of it, and therefore ought least to
quarrell it: for the very Historicall trueth is, that vpon the importunate petitions of
the Puritanes, at his Maiesties comming to this Crowne, the Conference at Hampton
Court hauing bene appointed for hearing their complaints : when by force of reason
they were put from all other grounds, they had recourse at the last, to this shift,
that they could not with good conscience subscribe to the Communion booke, since
it
A satisfac-
tion to our
brethren.
To the Reader.
An answere
to the impu-
tations of our
aduersaries.
it maintained the Bible as it was there translated, which was as they said, a most
corrupted translation. And although this was iudged to be but a very poore and
emptie shift; yet euen hereupon did his Maiestie beginne to bethinke himselfe of
the good that might ensue by a new translation, and presently after gaue order for
this Translation which is now presented vnto thee. Thus much to satisfie our
scrupulous Brethren.
Now to the later we answere ; that wee doe not deny, nay wee affirms and auow,
that the very meanest translation of the Bible in English, set foorth by men of our
profession ( for wee haue seene none of theirs of the whole Bible as yet) containeth
the word of God, nay, is the word of God. As the Kings Speech which hee vttered
in Parliament, being translated into French, Dutch, Ilalian and Laiine, is still the
Kings Speech, though it be not interpreted by euery Translator with the like grace,
nor perailuenture so fitly for phrase, nor so expresly for sence, euery where. For it
is confessed, that things are to take their denomination of the greater part ; and a
natural! man could say, Feriiin vbi multa nilent in carmine, non ego paucis ojfendor
maculis, S^c. A man may be counted a vertuous man, though hee haue made many
slips in his life, (els, there were none vertuous, for in many Ihini^s rve offend all) also
a comely man and louely, though hee haue some warts vpon his hand, yea, not onely
freakles vpon his face, but also skarres. No cause therefore why the word translated
should bee denied to be the word, or forbidden to be currant, notwithstanding that
some imperfections and blemishes may be noted in the setting foorth of it. For
what euer was perfect vnder the Sunne, where Apostles or Apostolike men, that is,
men indued with an extraordinary measure of Gods spirit, and priuiledged with the
priuiledge of infallibilitie, had not their hand ? The Romanistes tlierefore in refusing
to heare, and daring to burne the Word translated, did no lesse then despite the
spirit of grace, from whom originally it proceeded, and whose sense and meaning, as
well as mans weakenesse would enable, it did expresse. ludge by an example or
two. Plutarch writeth, that after that Rome had beene burnt by the Galles, they fell
soone to builde it againe : but doing it in haste, they did not cast the streets, nor
proportion the houses in such comely fashion, as had bene most sightly and conue
nient ; was Catiline therefore an honest man, or a good Patriot, that sought to bring
it to a combustion .'' or Nero a good Prince, that did indeed set it on fire.'' So, by
the story nf Ezrah, and the prophesie of Haggai it may be gathered, that the Temple
built by Zerubbabel after the returne from Babylon, was by no meanes to bee com-
pared to the former built by Solomon (for they that remembred the former, wept
when they considered the later) notwithstanding, might this later either haue bene
abhorred and forsaken by the lewes, or prophaned by the Greekes ? The like wee are
to thinke of Translations. The translation of the Seiientie dissenteth from the Origi-
nall in many places, neither doeth it come neere it, for perspicuitie, grauitie, maies-
tie; yet which of the Apostles did condemne it? Condemne iti" Nay, they vsed it,
(as it is apparent, and as Saint Hierome and most learned men doe confesse) which
they would not haue done, nor by their example of vsing it, so grace and commend
it to the Church, if it had bene vnworthy the appellation and name of the word of
God. And whereas they vrge for their second defence of their vilifying and abus^
ing of the English Bibles, or some pieces thereof, which they meete with, for that
heretikes (forsooth) were the Authours of the translations, (heretikes they call vs
by the same right that they call themselues Catholikes, both being wrong) wee mar-
ueile what diuinitie taught them so. Wee are sure Tertullian was of another minde :
Ex personis probamus fidem, an ex Jide personax ? Doe we trie mens faith by their
persons? we should trie their persons by their faith. Also S. ^«^!w<«'«e was of an
other minde : for he lighting vpon certaine rules made by Tychonius a Donalist, for
the better vnderstanding of the word, was not ashamed to make vse of them, yea, to
insert them into his owne booke, with giuing commendation to them so farre foorth
as they were worthy to be commeniled, as is to be seene in S. Auguslines third booke
De doclrind Christiana. To he short, Origen, and the whole Church of God for cer-
tain hundred yeeres, were of an other minde : for they were so farre from treading
vnder foote, (much more from burning) the Translation of Aquila a Proselite, that
is, one that had turned lew ; of Symmachtts, and Theodolion, both Ebionites, that is,
most vile heretikes, that they ioyned them together with the Hebrew Originall, and
the Translation of the Seuentie (as hath bene before signified out of Epiphanius)
and set them forth openly to be considered of and perused by all. But we weary
the vnlearned, who need not know so much, and trouble the learned, who know it
already.
Yet before we end, we must answere a third cauill and obiection of theirs against
vs, for altering and amending our Taanslations so oft ; wherein truely they deale
c 2 hardly
Horace.
lames 3. 3.
Plutarclt. m
Camilto.
Ezrah 3. IS.
Tertul. de
prtsscripf.
CQiUra
htsreses.
S.Aiiguat 3.
de doct.
C/irist. cap.
3(1.
The Tranflators
9.
5. Aug. lib.
Betractat.
Video inter'
dum vitia
meOyS.Aug.
Epist.».
Durand.lib.
i. cap. i.
Horat.
Oalat.4.16.
Sixtut
Seneiu.
Heb. 7. 11.
&.8. 7'
SiMtuii.
prtefiU.JLra
Biblijt.
hardly, and strangely with vs. For to whom euer was it imputed for a fault (by
such as were wise) to goe ouer that which hee had done, and to amend it where he
saw cause ? Saint Aiigvstine was not afraide to exhort S. Hierome to a Palinodin or
recantation; the same S. Augustine was not ashamed to retractate, we might say
reuoke, many things that had passed him, and doth euen glory that he seetli his in-
firmities. If we will be sonnes of the Trueth, we must consider what it speaketh,
and trample vpon our owne credit, yea, and vpon other mens too, if either be any
way an hinderance to it. This to the cause : then to the persons we say, that of all
men they ought to bee most silent in this case. For what varieties haue they, and
what alterations haue they made, not onely of their Seruice bookes, Portesses and
Breuiaries, but also of their Laline Translation? The Seruice booke supposed to be
made by S. Ambroxe ( Officium Ambrosiatuim) was a great while in special! vse and
request : but Pope Hadrian calling a Councill with the ayde of Charles the Empe
rour, abolished it, yea, burnt it, and commanded the Seruice-booke of Saint Gvegorie
vniuersally to be vsed. Well, Officium Grcgoriamim gets by this meanes to be in
credit, but doeth it continue without change or altering ? No, the very Romane
Seruice was of two fashions, the New fashion, and the Old, (the one vsed in one
Church, tiie other in another) as is to bee seene in Pamelius a Romanist, his Preface,
before Micrologus. The same Pamelius reporteth out of Radulpkus de Riuo, that
about the yeere of our Lord, 1277. Pope Nicolas the third remoued out of the
Churches of Rome, the more ancient bookes (of Seruice) and brought into vse the
Missals of the Friers Minorites, and commaunded them to bee obserued there; inso-
much that about an hundred yeeres after, when the aboue named Radulpkus hap-
pened to be at Rome, he found all the bookes to be new, (of the new stampe.) Nei-
ther was there this chopping and changing in the more ancient times onely, but also
of late : Pius Quinlus himselfe confesseth, that euery Bishopricke almost had a pecu-
liar kind of seruice, most vnlike to that which others had : which moued him to
abolish all other Breuiaries, though neuer so ancient, and priuiledged and published
by Bishops in their Diocesses, and to establish and ratifie that onely which was of
his owne setting foorth, in the yeere 1568. Now, when the father of their Church,
who gladly would heale the soare of the daughter of his people softly and sleightly,
and make the best of it, findeth so great fault with them for their oddes and iarring;
we hope the children haue no great cause to vaunt of their vniformitie. But the dif-
ference that appeareth betweeiie our Translations, and our often correcting of them, is
the thing that wee are specially charged with ; let vs see therefore whether they them-
selues bee without fault this way, (if it be to be counted a fault, to correct) and whe-
ther they bee fit men to throw stones at vs : 0 tandem maior parcas insane minori
they that are lesse sound themselues, ought not to obiect infirmities to others. If we
should tell them that Valla, Slapulensis, Erasmus, and Viucs found fault with their
vulgar Translation, and consequently wished the same to be mended, or a new one
to be made, they would answere peraduenture, that we produced their enemies for
witnesses against them ; albeit, they were in no other sort enemies, then as S. Paul
was to the Galalians, for telling them the trueth : and it were to be wished, that
they had dared to tell it them plainlier and oftner. But what will they say to this,
that Pope Leo the tenth allowed Erasmus Translation of the New Testament, so
much different from the vulgar, by his Apostolike Letter & Bull ; that tlie same Leo
exhorted Pagnin to translate the wliole Bible, and bare whatsoeuer charges was
necessary for the worke? Surely, as the Apostle reasoneth to the Hebrewes, that if
the former Law and Testament had bene sufficient, there had heenc no need of the latter :
so we may say, that if the olde vulgar had bene at all points allowable, to small pur-
pose had labour and charges bene vndergone, about framing of a new. If they say.
It was one Popes priuate opinion, and that he consulted onely himselfe; then wee
are able to goe further with them, and to auerre, that more of their chiefe men of all
sorts, euen their owne TrenZ-champions Paiua & Vega, and their owne Inquisitors,
Hieroni/mus ah Oleaslro, and their own Bishop Isidorus Clarius, and their owne Car-
dinal! Thomas a Vio Caietan, doe either make new Translations themselues, or follow
new ones of other mens making, or note the vulgar Interpreter for halting ; none of
thetn feare to dissent from him, nor yet to except against him. And call they this
an vniforme tenour of text and iudgement about the text, so many of their Worthies
disclaiming the now receiued conceit? Nay, we wil yet come neerer the quicke:
doth not their Prtrj'.v-editlon differ from the Louaine, and Hentenius his from them
both, and yet all of them allowed by authoritie ? Nay, doth not Sixtus Quintus con
fesse, that certaine Catholikes (he meaneth certaine of his owne side) were in such
an humor of translating the Scriptures into Latine, that Satan taking occasion by
them, though they thought of no such matter, did striue what he could, out of so
vncer-
To the Reader.
Tlie purpose
of the Tran-
slators, with
their num-
ber, furni-
ture, care
&c.
vncertaine and manifold a varietie of Translations, so to mingle all things, that nothing
might seeme to be left certaine and firme in them, &c ? Nay further, did not the
same Sixlus ordaine by an inuiolable decree, and that with the counsell and consent
of his Cardinals, that the Lalinc edition of the olde and new Testament, which the
Coiincill of Trent would haue to be authenticke, is the same without controuersie
which he then set forth, being diligently corrected and printed in the Printing-house
of Vatican ? Thus Sixlus in his Preface before his Bible. And yet Clement the eight
his immediate successour, publisheth another edition of the Bible, containing in it
infinite differences from that of Sixtux, (and many of them waightie and materiall)
and yet this must be authentike by all meanes. What is to haue the faith of our
glorious Lord Iesvs Christ with Yea and Nay, if this be not? Againe, what is
sweet harmonic and consent, if this be? Therfore, as Demaratus of Corinth aduised a
great King, before he talked of the dissentions among the Grecians, to compose his
domesticke broiles (for at that time his Queene and his sonne and heire were at
deadly fuide with him) so all the while that our aduersaries doe make so many and
so various editions themselues, and doe iarre so much about the worth and authoritie
of them, they can with no show of equitie challenge vs for changing and correcting.
But it is high time to leaue them, and to shew in briefe what wee proposed to our
selues, and what course we held in this our perusall and suruay of the Bible. Truly
(good Christian Reader) wee neuer thought from the beginning, that we should
neede to make a new Translation, nor yet to make of a bad one a good one, (for
then the imputation of Sixtus had bene true in some sort, that our people had bene
fed with gall of Dragons in stead of wine, with whey in stead of milke:) but to
make a good one better, or out of many good ones, one principall good one, not
iustly to be excepted against ; that hath bene our indeauour, that our marke. To
that purpose there were many chosen, that were greater in other mens eyes then in
their owne, and that sought the truth rather then their own praise. Againe, they
came or were thought to come to the worke, not exercendi causa (as one saith) but
exercitati, that is, learned, not to learne: For the chiefe ouerseer and ipyoiitiKTrif
vnder his Maiestie, to whom not onely we, but also our whole Church was much
bound, knew by his wisedome, which thing also Nazianzen taught so long agoe, that
it is a preposterous order to teach first and to learne after, yea that to ev wSj) nffaulay
jA,a,v6a.veiv to learne and practise together, is neither commendable for the workeman,
nor safe for the worke. Therefore such were thought vpon, as could say modestly
with Saint Hierome, Et Hehrceum Sennonem ex parte didicivnis, S^ in Latino pene ah
ipsis incunabnlis Spc. delriti sumus. Both we haue learned the Hebrew tongue iti part,
and in the Latine wee haue beene exercised almost from our verie cradle. S. Hierome
maketh no mention of the Greeke tongue, wherein yet hee did excell, because hee
translated not the old Testament out of Greeke, but out of Hebrerve. And in what
sort did these assemble? In the trust of their owne knowledge, or of their sharpe-
nesse of wit, or deepenesse of iudgement, as it were in an arme of flesh ? At no hand.
They trusted in him that hath the key of Dauid, opening and no man shutting ; they
prayed to the Lord the Father of our Lord , to the effect that S. Augustine did ; 0 let
thy Scriptures he my pure delight, let me not be deceiued in them, neither let nte deceiue
by them. In this confidence, and with this deuotion did they assemble together ; not
too many, lest one should trouble another ; and yet many, lest many things haply
might escape them. If you aske what they had before them, truely it was the
Hebrew text of the Olde Testament, the Greeke of the New. These are the two
golden pipes, or rather conduits, where-through the oliue branches emptie themselues
into the golde. Saint Augustine calleth them precedent, or originall tongues ; Saint
Hierome, fountaines. The same Saint Hierome affirmeth, and Gratian hath not spared
to put it into his Decree, That as the credit of the olde Bookes (he meaneth of the
Old Testament) is to hee Iryed by the Hehrewe Volumes, so of the New by the Greeke
tongue, he meaneth by the originall Greeke. If trueth be to be tried by these tongues,
then whence should a Translation be made, but out of them ? These tongues there-
fore, the Scriptures wee say in those tongues, wee set before vs to translate, being
the tongues wherein God was pleased to speake to his Church by his Prophets and
Apostles. Neither did we run ouer the worke with that posting haste that the Sej)-
tuagint did, if that be true which is reported of them, that they finished it in 72.
dayes ; neither were we barred or hindered from going ouer it againe, hauing once
done it, like S. Hierome, if that be true which himselfe reporteth, that he could no
sooner write any thing, but presently it was caught from him, and published, and
he could not haue leaue to mend it : neither, to be short, were we the first that fell
in hand with translating the Scripture into English, and consequently destitute of
former helpes, as it is written of Origen, that hee was the first in a maner, that
put
Nazianzen.
MeminApo-
toget.
S.Aug.lib.U.
Con/ess. cap.
2.
S. Atigxtst 3.
de doclr. c 3.
c.
Hieron-ad
Suniam S^
Fretel.
S-Hieroruad
Lucinium,
Dist. 9. vt
velemnu
Anttq.tib.li.
S.Hier<m.ad
Pammac,
pro tihr.
ailuers. lo-
uinian
Tlie Tranilators
*»tUf
ratra rk
atneyxiuet
S. Chtysost.
m a. Thess.
cap. 2.
S. Aug. 2. de
doetr.Christ.
cap. 9.
S.AugustH,
8. de Genes,
ad liter, cap,
s.
r«| Kiyim
fiUtU,
put his hand to write Commentaries vpon the Scriptures, and therefore no marueile,
if he ouershot himselfe many times. None of these things : the worke hath not bene
hudled vp in 72. dayes, but hath cost the workemen, as light as it seemeth, the paines
of twise seuen times seuentie two dayes and more : matters of such weight and con-
sequence are to bee speeded with maturitie : for in a businesse of moment a man
'■('')'/*' '"If fe&Teth. not the blame of conuenient slacknesse. Neither did wee thinke much to
f^"" consult the Translators or Commentators, Chaldee, Hcbrctve, Syrian, Greeke, or Latine,
Soukoc. in no nor the Simnish, French, Ilalian, or Dutch ; neither did we disdaine to reuise that
J^*''- which we had done, and to bring backe to the anuill that which we had hammered :
but hauing and vsing as great helpes as were needfuU, and fearing no reproch for
slownesse, nor coueting praise for expedition, wee haue at the length, through the
good hand of the Lord vpon vs, brought the worke to that passe that you see.
Some peraduenture would haue no varietie of sences to be set in the margine, lest
the authoritie of the Scriptures for deciding of controuersies by that shew of vncer-
taintie, should somewhat be shaken. But we hold their iudgmet not to be so sound
in this point. For though, whatsoever things are necessary are manifest, as S. Chry-
soslome saith, and as S. Augustine, In those things that are plainely set dorvne in the
Scriptures, all such matters are found that concerne Faith, hope, and Charitie. Yet for
all tnat it cannot be dissembled, that partly to exercise and whet our wits, partly to
weane the curious from loathing of them for their euery-where-plainenesse, partly
also to stirre vp our deuotion to craue the assistance of Gods spirit by prayer, and
lastly, that we might be forward to seeke ayd of our brethren by conference, and
neuer scorne those that be not in all respects so complete as they should bee, being
to seeke in many things our selues, it hath pleased God in his diuine prouidence,
heere and there to scatter wordes and sentences of that difficultie and doubtfulnesse,
not in doctrinall points that concerne saluation, (for in such it hath beene vouched
that the Scriptures are plaine ) but in matters of lesse moment, that fearefulnesse
would better beseeme vs then confidence, and if we will resolue, to resolue vpon
modestie with S. Augustine, (though not in this same case altogether, yet vpon the
same ground) Melius est dubitare de occultis, qudm litigare de incertis, it is better to
make doubt of those things which are secret, then to striue about those things that
are vncertaine. There be many words in the Scriptures, which be neuer found there
but once, (hauing neither brother nor neighbour, as the Hebrewcs speake) so that
we cannot be holpen by conference of places. Agaiiie, tliere be many rare names of
certaine birds, beastes and precious stones, &c. concerning which the Hebrewes them-
selues are so diuided among themselues for iudgement, that they may seeme to haue
defined this or that, rather because they would say something, the because they were
sure of that which they said, as S. Hierome somewhere saith of the Septuagint. Now
in such a case, doth not a margine do well to admonish the Reader to seeke further,
and not to conclude or dogmatize vpon this or that peremptorily? For as it is a fault
of incredulitie, to doubt of those things that are euident : so to determine of such
things as the Spirit of God hath left (euen in the iudgment of the iudicious) ques-
tionable, can be no lesse then presumption. Therfore as S. Augustine saith, that
varietie of Translations is profitable for the finding out of the sense of the Scriptures :
so diuersitie of signification and sense in the margine, where the text is not so cleare,
must needes doe good, yea, is necessary, as we are perswaded. We know that Sixtus
Quinlus expresly forbiddeth, that any varietie of readings of their vulgar edition,
should be put in the margine, (which though it be not altogether the same thing to
that we haue in hand, yet it looketh that way) but we tliinke he hath not all of his
owne side his fauourers, for this conceit. They that are wise, had rather haue their
iudgements at libertie in differences of readings, then to be captiuated to one, when
it may be the other. If they were sure that their hie Priest had all lawes shut vp in
his brest, as Paul the second bragged, and that he were as free from errour by spe-
ciall priuiledge, as the Dictators of Rome were made by law inuiolable, it were an
other matter ; then his word were an Oracle, his opinion a decision. But the eyes
of the world are now open, God be thanked, and haue bene a great while, they find
that he is subiect to the same affections and infirmities that others be, that his skin
is penetrable, and therefore so much as he prooueth, not as much as he claimeth,
they grant and embrace.
An other thing we thinke good to admonish thee of (gentle Reader) that wee haue
not tyed our selues to an vniformitie of phrasing, or to an identitie of words, as some
peraduenture would wish that we had done, because they obserue, that some learned
men some where, haue beene as exact as they could that way. Truly, that we might
not varie from the sense of that which we had translated before, if the word signified
the same thing in both places (for there bee some wordes that bee not of the same
sense
Reasons mo.
uing vs to set
diuersitie of
sences in the
margin,
where there
is great pro-
bability for
each.
S.Aug.2'.de
doctr. Chris-
tian.cap. 14.
Sixtui 5.
prtcf.BibUa.
Plat-inPau.
lotecundo.
rfurif y al
Xfiit uri.
wtXunuui.
Reasons in.
ducing vs
not to stand
curiously
vpon an
identitie
of phrasing.
To the Reader,
S.Chrysost.in
epUtadRom.
Cap.\i. orat.
2(1. in
^itvoy iripohpit
Abed.
Niceph.
Calisl. lib. 8.
cup. 42.
A'. Ilieron.
in 4. lonte.
See S.Aug:
epist: lu.
XtTToXay/K.
TO aveuad-
;!<> Wi 09C~
See Ettseb.
OKIV.
H. 12. ex
Platan.
sense euery where) we were especially careful!, and made a conscience, according to
our duetie. But, that we should expresse the same notion in the same particular
word ; as for example, if we translate the Hebrew or Greeke word once by Purpose,
neuer to call it Intent; if one where lourneying, neuer Traueiling; if one where
Thinke, neuer Suppo.ie ; if one where Paine, neuer Ache; if one where loy, neuer
Gladnesse, &c. Thus to minse the matter, wee thought to sauour more of curiositie
then wisedome, and that rather it would breed scorne in the Atheist, then bring
profite to the godly Reader. For is the kingdome of God become words or sylla-
bles ? why should wee be in bondage to them if we may be free, vse one precisely
when wee may vse another no lesse fit, as commodiously ? A godly Father in the
Primitiue time shewed himselfe greatly moued, that one of newfanglenes called
Kjid^^anii (tk/^tiouj, though the difference be little or none ; and another reporteth,
that he was much abused for turning Ciicurbita (to which reading the people had
beene vsed) into Hedera. Now if this happen in better times, and vpon so small
occasions, wee might iustly feare hard censure, if generally wee should make ver-
bal! and vnnecessary changings. We might also be charged (by scoffers) with some
vnequall dealing towards a great number of good English wordes. For as it is
written of a certaine great Philosopher, that he should say, tliat those logs were
happie tliat were made images to be worshipped ; for their fellowes, as good as they,
lay for blockes behinde the fire : so if wee should say, as it were, vnto certaine words.
Stand vp higher, haue a place in the Bible alwayes, and to others of like qualitie.
Get ye hence, be banished for euer, wee might be taxed peraduenture with S. lames
his words, namely. To be partiall in our seines and iudges of euill thoughts. Adde
hereunto, that nicenesse in wordes was alwayes counted the next step to trifling, and
so was to bee curious about names too : also that we cannot follow a better patterne
for elocution then God himselfe ; therefore hee vsing diuers words, in his holy writ,
and indifferently for one tiling in nature : we, if wee will not be superstitious, may
vse the same libertie in our English versions out of Hebrew & Greeke, for that copie
or store that he hath giuen vs. Lastly, wee haue on the one side auoided the scrupu-
lositie of the Puritanes, who leaue the olde Ecclesiastical! words, and betake them to
other, as when they put washing for Baptisme, and Congregation in stead of Church :
as also on the other side we haue shunned the obscuritie of the Papists, in their
Azimes, Tvnike, Rational, Holocausts, Prapuce, Pasche, and a number of such like,
whereof their late Translation is full, and that of purpose to darken the sence, that
since they must needs translate the Bible, yet by the language thereof, it may bee
kept from being vnderstood. But we desire that the Scripture may speake like it selfe
as in the language of Canaan, that it may bee vnderstood euen of the very vulgar.
Many other things we might giue thee warning of (gentle Reader) if wee had not
exceeded the measure of a Preface alreadie. It remaineth, that we commend thee to
God, and to the Spirit of his grace, which is able to build further then we can aske
or thinke. Hee remoueth the scales from our eyes, the vaile from our hearts, open-
ing our wits that wee may vnderstand liis word, enlarging our hearts, yea correcting
our affections, that we may loue it aboue gold and siluer, yea that we may lone it
to the end. Ye are brought vnto fountaines of lining water which yee digged not ;
doe not cast earth into them with the Philistines, neither preferre broken pits before
them with the wicked lewes. Others haue laboured, and you may enter into their
labours ; O receiue not so great things in vaine, O despise not so great saliiation !
Be not like swine to treade vnder foote so precious things, neither yet like dogs to
teare and abuse holy things. Say not to our Sauiour with the Gergesites, Depart
out of our coasts ; neither yet with Esau sell your birthright for a messe of potage.
If light be come into the world, loue not darkenesse more then light; if foode, if
clothing be offered, goe not naked, starue not your selues. Remember the aduise of
Nazianzene, It is a grieuous thing (or dangerous) to neglect a great faire, and to seeke
to make markets afterwards : also the encouragement of S. Chrijsostome, It is altogether
impossible, that he that is sober {and watchfull) shmdd at any time be neglected : Lastly, jj"_ __
the admonition and menacing of S. Augustine, They that despise Gods will inuiting' y^.„ <ra«a-
them, shalfeele Gods will taking vengeance of them. It is a fearefull thing to fall intoifii;. ««; t»h.
the hands of the lining God; but a blessed thing it is, and will bring vs to euerlast-i *«'''■«'»■{«>-
ing blessednes in the end, when God speaketh vnto vs, to hearken; when he setteth 'J"'^'.'* '"
his word before vs, to reade it; when hee stretcheth out his hand and calleth, to^'^'^lj,^^
answere. Here am I ; here we are to doe thy will, O God. The Lord worke a care ar/ic. sibi
and conscience in vs to know him and serue him, that we may be acknowledged of
him at the appearing of our Lord lesus Christ, to whom with the holy Ghost, be all
prayse and thankesgiuing. Amen.
Gen. 2e. 15.
lerem. 2. 13.
Matth. 8. 34.
Hebr. 12. 16.
Nazianz.
Tt^i ay.
falsa obiect.
Artie. 16.
Heb. 1(1.31.
f
The names and order of all the Bookes of
the Olde and New Testament, with the
Number of their Chapters.
Enesis hath Chapters 50
Exodus
Leuiticus
Numbers
Deuteronomie
loshua
ludges
Ruth
I.Samuel
2. Samuel
I.Kings
S.Kings
1. Chronicles
2. Chronicles
Ezrah
Nehemiah
Ester
lob
Psalmes
Prouerbs
40
27
36
34
24
21
4
31
24
22
25
29
36
10
13
10
42
150
31
Ecclesiastes hath Chapters 12
The song of Solomon 8
Isaiah 66
Jeremiah S2
Lamentations 5
Ezekiel 48
Daniel 12
Hosea 14
loel 3
Amos 9
Obadiah 1
lonah 4
Micah 7
Nahum 5
Habakkuk 3
Zephaniah 3
Haggai 2
Zechariah 14
Malachi 4
)J< The Bookes called Apocrypha.
Sdras hath Chapters 9
2.Esdras 16
Tobit 14
ludeth 16
The rest of Esther 6
Wisedome 19
Ecclesiasticus 51
Baruch with the Epistle of I eremiah 6
The song of the three childreik
The story of Susanna.
The idole Bel and the Dragon.
The prayer of Manasseh.
I.Maccabees 16
S.Maccabees 15
ih The Bookes of the New Teftament.
Atthew hath Chap. 28
Marke 16
Luke 24
John 21
_ The Actes 26
iplstle to the Ro-
manes 16
I.Corinthians 16
2.Corinthian8 13
Galatians 6
Ephesians 6
Philippians 4
Colossians 4
l.Thessalonians 5
2.Thessalonians hath Chapters 3
l.Timotheus 6
2.Timotheus 4
Titus 3
Philemon 1
To the Hebrewes 13
The Epistle of lames 5
I.Peter 5
2.Peter 3
l.Iohn 5
2.Iohn 1
3.Iohn 1
lude 1
Reuelation 22
THE
The creation
Chap.j.
of the world.
Paal. 33. 6.
and 136. 5.
acts. 14. IS.
and 17. 24.
hebr. 11. 3.
THE
FIRST BOOKE
OF MOSES,
caUed GENESIS.
2. Cor.
4.6.
t Hebr. be-
tweene the
light and be-
tweene the
darkenesse.
t Hebr. and
the eueninir \
was^ and the\
morningwas
' PsaL 136.
5. ier. 10. 12
and 51. 15.
t Hebr. Ex-
pansion.
CHAP. I.
1 The creation of Heauen and Earth, 3 of the
light, 6 of the firmament, 9 of the earth se-
parated from the waters, 1 1 and made fruit-
full, 14 of the Sunne , Moone, and Starres,
20 of fish and fowle, 24 of beasts and cat-
tell, 26 of Man in the Image of God. 29 Al-
so die appointment of food.
N* the beginning
God created the
Heauen, and the
Earth.
2 And the
earth was with-
out forme, and
voyd, and darke-
nesse was vpon
the face of the deepe : and the Spirit
of God mooued vpon the face of the
waters.
3 And God said, *Let there be Hght:
and there was light.
4 And God saw the light, that it was
good: and God diuided tthe light from
the darkenesse.
5 And God called the light, Day,
and the darknesse he called Night: tand
the euening and the morning were the
first day.
6 U And God said , * Let there be a
t firmament in the midst of the waters :
and let it diuide the waters from the
waters.
7 And God made the firmament ;
and diuided the waters, which were vn-
der the firmament, from the waters,
which were aboue the firmament: and it
was so.
8 And God called the * firmament,
Heauen : and the euening and the mor-
ning were the second day.
9 IT And God said, *Let the waters
vnder the heauen be gathered together
vnto one place, and let the dry land ap-
peare : and it was so.
10 And God called the drie land.
Earth, and the gathering together of
the waters called hee. Seas : and God
saw that it was good.
1 1 And God said. Let the Earth bring
foorth tgrasse, the herbe yeelding seed,
and the fruit tree, yeelding fruit after his
kinde, whose seed is in it selfe, vpon the
earth : and it was so.
12 And the earth brought foorth
grasse, awd herbe yeelding seed after his
kinde, and the tree yeelding fruit, whose
seed was in it selfe, after his kinde: and
God saw that it teas good.
13 And the euening and the morning
were the third day.
14 IT And God said. Let there bee
* lights in the firmament of the heauen,
to diuide +the day from the night: and
let them be for signes and for seasons,
and for dayes and yeeres.
1 5 And let them be for lights in the
firmament of the heauen, to giue light
vpon the earth : and it was so.
16 And God made two great lights :
the greater light t to rule the day, and
the lesser light to rule the night : he made
the starres also.
17 And God set them in the firma-
ment of the heauen, to giue light vpon
the earth :
18 And to * rule ouer the day, and
A ouer
■ Ier. «i. 15.
• PsaL 31 7.
and 136. 5.
iob. 38. 8.
t Heb.tender
grasse.
Deu.4.19
psaL 136.7.
t Hel>r. be-
tweene the
day and be-
tweene the
night.
t Hebr. for
the rule of
the day, ^c.
* Ier. 31. 31
The creation of man.
Genelis.
The firft Sabbath.
wherein there is f life,! haue ffiueneuery
greene herbe for meat : and it was so.
31 And * God saw euery thing that
hee had made : and behold, it was very
good. And the euening and the mor-
ning were the sixth day.
CHAP. II.
1 The first Sabbath. 4 The maner of the crea.
tion. 8 The planting of the garden of Eden,
10 and the riuer thereof. 17 The tree of
knowledge onely forbidden. 19. 20 The
naming of the creatures. 21 The making of
woman, and institution of Mariage.
Hus the heauens and the
earth were finished, and
all the hoste of them.
2 *And on the seuenth
day God ended his worke,
which hee had made: And he rested on
the seuenth day from all his worke,
which he had made.
3 And God blessed the seuenth day,
and sanctified it: because that in it he had
rested from all his worke, which God
t created and made.
4 U These are the generations of the
heauens, & of the earth, when they were
created; in the day that the LORD
God made the earth, and the heauens,
5 And euery plant of the field, before
it was in the earth, and euery herbe of
the field, before it grew : for the LORD
God had not caused it to raine vpon the
earth , and there was not a man to till
the ground.
6 II But there went up a mist from
the earth, and watered the whole face of
the ground.
7 And the LORD God formed man
t * of the dust of the ground, & brea-
thed into his nostrils the breath of life;
and * man became a liuing soule.
8 f And the LORD God planted
a garden Eastward in Eden ; and there
he put the man whom he had formed.
9 And out of the ground made the
LORD God to grow euery tree that
is pleasant to the sight, and good for
food: the tree of life also in the midst of
the garden, and the tree of knowledge
of good and euill.
10 And a riuer went out of Eden to
water the garden, and from thence it
was parted, and became into foure
heads.
11 The name of the first is *Pison :
that is it which compasseth the whole
land of Hauilah, where there is gold.
12 And
■ 4. Esdr. 6,
47.
I Or, cree-
ping.
t Heb. soule.
iHeb.face
qfihe firma-
ment o/hea-
uen.
• Chap. 8.
17. and 9.1.
• Chap. 5. 1
and 9. 6.
1. corin. 11.
7. ephes. 4.
14. coLs.
10.
Matth. 19
4. wisd. 2.
23.
• Chap. 9. 1,
t Heb. eree-
peth.
t Hebr. see-
ding leed.
* Chap, a 3.
ouer the night, and to diuide the light
from the darkenesse: and God saw that
it was good.
19 And the euening and the morning
were the fourth day.
20 And God said, *Let the waters
bring foorth aboundantly the || mouing
creature that hath tlife, and foule that
may flie aboue the earth in the t open
firmament of heauen.
21 And God created great whales,
and euery liuing creature that moueth,
which the waters brought forth aboun-
dantly after their kinde, and euery win-
ged foule after his kinde : and God saw
that it was good.
22 And God blessed them, saying, *Be
fruitfull, and multiply, and fill the wa-
ters in the Seas, and let foule multiply
in the earth.
23 And the euening and the morning
were the fift day.
24 % And God said. Let the earth
bring forth the liuing creature after his
kinde, cattell, and creeping thing, and
beast of the earth after his kinde : and
it was so.
25 And God made the beast of the
earth after his kinde, and cattell after
their kinde, and euery thing that cree-
peth vpon the earth, after his kinde
and God saw that it was good.
26 H And God said, * Let vs make
man in our Image, after our likenesse
and let them haue dominion ouer the
fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the
aire, and ouer the cattell, and ouer all
the earth, and ouer euery creeping thing
that creepeth vpon the earth.
27 So God created man in his owne
Image, in the Image of God created
hee him; *male and female created hee
them.
28 And God blessed them, and God
said vnto them, *Be fruitfull, and mul-
tiply, and replenish the earth, and sub-
due it, and haue dominion ouer the fish
of the sea, and ouer the foule of the aire,
and ouer euery liuing thing that tmoo-
ueth vpon the ejirth.
29 IT And God said. Behold, I haue
giuen you euery herbe t bearing seede,
which is vpon the face of all the earth,
and euery tree, in the which is the fruit
of a tree yeelding seed, *to you it shall be
for meat :
30 And to euery beast of the earth,
and to euery foule of the aire, and to eue-
ry thing that creepeth vpon the earth,
t Hebr. a li-
uing soule.
Ecclus. 39
Exod. 20.
II. and 31.
17- deut 5.
14. hebr. 4.
4.
t Heb. crea-
ted to viake.
Or., a mist
which weiU
vpfrom ij-c.
\ Heb. dust of
the grouiui.
* 1. Cor. 15
47.
•l. Corin.
IS. 4A.
Ecclu&34,
Mariage inftituted.
Chap.iij.
The fall of man.
t Heb. Cush.
0 Or, East-
ward to As-
syria.
I Or, Adam.
t Hebr. ea.
ting thou
Shalt eate.
\ Hebr. dy-
ing thou
Shalt die.
Ecclus.
17.5.
t Hebr. as
before him.
I Or, the
man.
t Hebr. cat.
led.
I
t Hebr. buil.
ded.
•l.Corin.
11.8.
Matt 19.
5. mar. lo.
7. l.corin.
6.l6.ephe.
5. 31.
12 And the gold of that land is good :
There is Bdellium and the Onix stone.
IS And the name of the second riuer
is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth
the whole land of t Ethiopia.
14 And the name of the third riuer
is Hiddekel : that is it which goeth || to-
ward the East of Assyria: and the fourth
riuer is Euphrates.
15 And the LORD God tooke || the
man, and put him into the garden of E
den, to dresse it, and to keepe it.
16 And the LORD God comman-
ded the man, saying. Of euery tree of the
garden thou may est t freely eate.
17 But of the tree of the knowledge
of good and euill, thou shalt not eate of
it: for in the day that thou eatest there-
of, thou shalt t surely die.
18 H And the LORD God said.
It is not good that the man should be a-
lone: I will make him * an helpe tmeet
for him.
19 And out of y ground the LORD
God formed euery beast of the field, and
eueryfoule of the aire, and brought thevi
vnto II Adam, to see what he would call
them : and whatsoeuer Adam called
euery liuing creature, that was the name
thereof
20 And Adam tgaue names to all
cattell, and to the foule of the aire, and to
euery beast of the fielde: but for Adam
there was not found an helpe meete
for him.
21 And the LORD God caused a
deepe sleepe to fall vpon Adam, and hee
slept; and he tooke one of his ribs, and
closed vp the flesh in stead thereof
22 And the rib which the LORD
God had taken from man , tmade hee a
woman, & brought her vnto the man.
23 And Adam said. This is now
bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh:
she shalbe called woman, because shee
was * taken out of man.
24 * Therefore shall a man leaue his
father and his mother, and shall cleaue
vnto his wife: and they shalbe one flesh.
25 And they were both naked , the
man & his wife, and were not ashamed.
CHAP. III.
1 The serpent deceiueth Eue. 6 Mans shame-
full fall. 9 God arraigneth them. 14 The
serpent is cursed. 15 The promised Seed.
16 The punishment of Mankind. 21 Their
first clothing. 22 Their casting out of
Paradise.
Ow the serpent was more
ubtillthen any beast of the
field, which the LORD
God had made, and he said
vnto the woman, tYea,
hath God said. Ye shall not eat of euery
tree of the garden ?
2 And the woman said vnto the ser-
pent. Wee may eate of the fruite of the
trees of the garden :
3 But of the fruit of the tree, which
is in the midst of the garden, God hath
said. Ye shal not eate of it, neither shall ye
touch it, lest ye die.
4 And the Serpent said vnto the
woman, Ye shall not * surely die.
5 For God doeth know, that in the
day ye eate thereof, then your eyes shal-
bee opened: and yee shall bee as Gods,
knowing good and euill.
6 And when the woman saw, that
the tree wa« good forfood, and that \twas
t pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be de-
sired to make one wise, she tooke of the
fruit thereof, *and did eate, and gaue al-
so vnto her husband with her, and hee
did eate.
7 And the eyes of them both were
opened, & they knew that they were na-
ked, and they sewed figge leaues toge-
ther, and made themselues || aprons.
8 And they heard the voyce of the
LORD God, walking in the garden
in the tcoole of the day: and Adam and
his wife hid themselues from the pre-
sence of the LORD God, amongst
the trees of the garden.
9 And the LORD God called
vnto Adam, and said vnto him. Where
art thou ?
10 And he said, I heard thy voice in
the garden : and I was afraid, because
I was naked, and I hid my selfe.
11 And he said. Who told thee, that
thou wast naked.-* Hast thou eaten of the
tree, whereof I commanded thee, that
thou shouldest not eate .''
12 And the man said, The woman
whom thou gauest to be with mee, shee
gaue me of the tree, and I did eate.
13 And the LORD God said vnto
the woman. What is this that thou hast
done .' And the woman said. The Ser-
pent beguiled me, and I did eate.
14 And the LORD God said vn-
to the Serpent, Because thou hast done
this, thou art cursed aboue all cattel,and
aboue euery beast of the field: vpon thy
belly shalt thou goe, and dust shalt thou
A 2 eate,
t Heb. Yea,
because, ^c.
i. Cor. 11
3. 1. tim.
2. 14.
t Heb. a de-
sire.
Ecclus. S5
26. l.tim.
14.
I Or. things
to gird a-
bout.
t Heb. wind.
The promifed feed.
Genefis.
Abel murthered.
I Or, subiect
to thsf hus-
band,
• 1. Corin.
14.34.
t Heb. cause
bud.
t Heb. Cha.
uah.
eate, all the dayes of thy life.
15 And I will put enmitie betweene
thee and the woman, and betweene thy
seed and herseed: it shal bruise thy head,
and thou shalt bruise his heele.
16 Unto the woman he said, I will
greatly multiply thy sorowe and thy
conception. In sorow thou shalt bring
forth children: and thy desire *AaZZ be\\to
thy husband, and hee shall *rule ouer
thee.
17 And vnto Adam he said. Because
thou hast hearkened vnto the voyce of
thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of
which I commaunded thee , saying,
Thou shalt not eate of it: cursed is the
ground for thy sake: in sorow shalt thou
eate of it all the dayes of thy life.
18 Thomes also and thistles shall it
t bring forth to thee: and thou shalt eate
the herbe of the field.
19 In the sweate of thy face shalt
thou eate bread, till thou returne vnto
the ground : for out of it wast thou ta-
ken,fordust thouar^, and vnto dust shalt
thou returne.
20 And Adam called his wiues name
tEue, because she was the mother of all
lining.
21 Unto Adam also, and to his wife,
did the LORD God make coates of
skinnes, and cloathed them.
22 f And the LORD God said.
Behold, the man is become as one of
us, to know good & euill. And now lest
hee put foorth his hand, and take also of
the tree of life, and eate and Hue for euer :
23 Therefore the LORD God
sent him foorth from the garden of E-
den, to till the ground, from whence he
was taken.
24 So he droue out the man : and he
placed at the East of the garden of E-
den, Cherubims, and a flaming sword,
which turned euery way, to keepe the
way of the tree of life.
CHAP. nil.
1 The birth, trade, and religion of Cain and A
bel. 8 The murder of Abel. 9 The curse
of Cain. 17 Enoch the first citie. 19 La-
mech and his two wiues. 25 The birth of
Seth, 26 and Enos.
Nd Adam knew Eue his
wife, and shee conceiued,
and bare Cain, and said, I
haue gotten a man from
the LORD.
2 And she againe bare his brother
tAbel, and Abel was a tkeeper of sheep,
but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
3 And tin processe of time it came to
passe, that Cain brought of the fruite
of the ground , an offering vnto the
LORD.
4 And Abel, he also brought of the
firstlings of his tflocke, and of the fat
thereof: and the LORD had *respect
vnto Abel, and to his offering.
5 But vnto Cain, and to his offring
he had not respect: and Cain was very
wroth, and his countenance fell.
6 And the LORD said vnto Cain,
Why art thou wroth.'' And why is thy
countenance fallen ?
7 If thou doe well, shalt thou not
||be accepted.'' and if thou doest notwell,
sinne lieth at the doore: And || vnto thee
shaJl be his desire, and thou shalt rule o-
uer him.
8 And Cain talked with Abel his
brother : and it came to passe * when
they were in the field, that Cain rose vp
against Abel his brother, and slew him
9 f And the LORD said vnto
Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And
hee said , I know not : Am I my bro-
thers keeper .''
10 And he said, What hast thou done.''
the voyce of thy brothers t blood cryeth
vnto me, from the ground.
11 And now art thou cursed from the
earth, which hath opened her mouth to
receiue thy brothers blood from thy
hand.
12 When thou tillest the ground, it
shall not henceforth yeeld vnto thee her
strength : A fugitiue and a vagabond
shalt thou be in the earth.
13 And Cain said vnto the LORD,
My punishment is greater, then I can
beare.
14 Behold, thou hast driuen me out
this day from the face of the earth, and
from thy face shall I be hid, and I shall
be a fugitiue, and a vagabond in the
earth : and it shall come to passe, that
euery one that findeth me, shall slay me,
15 And the LORD said vnto him.
Therefore, whosoeuer slayeth Cain
vengeance shalbe taken on him seuen
fold. And the LORD set a marke
vpon Cain, lest any finding him, should
kill him.
16 IT And Cain went out from the
presence of the LORD, and dwelt in
the land of Nod, on the East of Eden
17 And Cain knew his wife, and she
concei-
t Heb. He-
bel.
t Heb. a fee-
der.
\ Heb. at the
endofdayea.
t Heb. sheep,
or goates.
Heb. 11. 4
Or, haue
the excellen-
cies
Or, subiect
vnto thee.
* Wis. 10. 3
matth. 23.
35. 1. iohn
3.12. iude
II.
i Heb. bloods
I Or, my ini.
quitie is
fcreater.then
that it may
beforgiuen.
The genealogie
Chap.v. of the Patriarchs, &c.
t Heb. Cha.
noch.
t Hebr. Le-
mech.
t Heb. whet-
ter.
concerned and bare t Enoch, and hee
builded a City, and called the name of
the City, after the name of his sonne,
Enoch.
18 And vnto Enoch was borne I-
rad: and Irad begate Mehuiael, and
Mehuiael begate Methusael, and Me-
thusael begate tLamech.
19 f And Lamech tooke vnto him
two wiues: the name of the one zvas A-
dah, and the name of the other Zillah.
20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was
the father of such as dwell in tents, and
of such as haue cattell.
21 And his brothers name was Ju-
bal : hee was the father of all such as
handle the harpe and organ.
22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-
Cain, an tinstructer of euery artificer in
brasse and iron : and the sister of Tubal-
Cain was Naamah.
23 And Lamech sayd vnto his
wiues, Adah and Zillah , Heare my
voyce, yee wiues of Lamech , hearken
Or.iwoMM'vnto my speech: for || I haue slaine a
man to my wounding, and a yong man
to my 1 1 hurt.
24 If Cain shall bee auenged seuen
fold, truely Lamech seuenty and seuen
folde.
25 IT And Adam knew his wife a-
gaine, and she bare a sonne, & called his
name t Seth : For God, said she, hath ap
pointed mee another seed in stead of A-
bel, whom Cain slew.
26 And to Seth, to him also there
was borne a sonne, and he called his
name +Enos: then began men to ||call
vpon the Name of the LORD.
CHAP. V.
1 The genealogie, age, and death of the Patri-
archs from Adam vnto Noah. 24 The god-
linesse and translation of Enoch.
slayamanin
my woundt
S[C.
Or, in my
hurt.
i Hebr.
Sheth.
t Hebr. E-
nosh.
I <yr, to call
themselues
by the Name
of the Lord.
' 1. Chron.
• Wisd. 2.
23.
' I. Chron.
. 1. &c.
Male
;His is the *booke of the ge-
nerations of Adam : In
the day that God created
man, in the likenes of God
made he him.
and female created hee
them, and blessed them, and called their
name Adam , in the day when they
were created.
3 f And Adam liued an hundred
and thirtie yeeres, and begate a sonne in
his owne likenesse, after his image; and
called his name Seth.
4 *And the dayes of Adam, after he
had begotten Seth, were eight hun-
dred yeeres: and he begate sonnes and
daughters.
5 And all the dayes that Adam li-
ued , were nine hundred and thirtie
yeeres : and he died.
6 And Seth liued an hundred and
fiue yeeres: and begate tEnos.
7 And Seth liued, after he begate
Enos, eight hundred and seuen yeeres
and begate sonnes and daughters.
8 And all the dayes of Seth , were
nine hundred and twelue yeeres, and he
died.
9 IT And Enos liued ninetie yeeres,
and begate tCainan.
10 And Enos liued after hee begate
Cainan, eight hundred and fifteene
yeeres, and begate sonnes & daughters.
11 And all the dayes of Enos were
nine hundred & fiue yeres; and he died.
12 f And Cainan liued seuentie
yeeres, and begate tMahalaleel.
13 And Cainan liued after he begate
Mahalaleel, eight hundred and fourtie
yeeres, & begate sonnes and daughters.
14 And al the dayes of Cainan were
nine hundred & ten yeres; and he died.
15 If And Mahalaleel liued sixtie and
fiue yeeres, and begat t Jared.
16 And Mahalaleel liued after he be-
gate Jared, eight hundred and thirtie
yeeres, and begate sonnes & daughters.
17 And all the dayes of Mahalaleel,
were eight hundred ninetie and fiue
yeeres, and he died.
18 IT And Jared liued an hundred
sixtie and two yeeres, & he begat Enoch.
19 And Jared liued after he begate
Enoch, eight hundred yeres, and begate
sonnes and daughters.
20 And all the dayes of Jared were
nine hundred sixtie and two yeeres, and
he died.
21 IT And Enoch liued sixtie and fiue
yeeres, and begate || Methuselah.
22 And Enoch walked with God,
after he begate Methuselah, three hun-
dred yeeres , and begate sonnes and
daughters.
23 And all the dayes of Enoch, were
three hundred sixtie and fiue yeeres.
24 And * Enoch walked with God :
and he was not ; for God tooke him.
25 And Methuselah liued an hun-
dred eightie and seuen yeeres, and begat
Lamech.
26 And Methuselah liued, after hee
begate t Lamech, seuen hundred, eightie
and
\Hebr.K.
tuuh.
t Heb. Ke.
nan.
t Greeke,
Maleleel.
fHeb,Iered.
Gr. Ma.
thusala.
Ecclus.
44. IK. heb.
11.5.
t Hebr. Le-
mech.
Methufelah.
Geneiis.
Noahs Arke.
I Gr. Noe.
\ Or, the
whole imofd-
nation. The
HebrMjord Hf(-
ntfitrih ntjt one'
ll/theinuu(ina
tiortf but al»>
th€jfurp04e»
and ft^MrfM.
• Chap. 8.
21. mat IS.
1».
t Hebr. eve-
ry day.
and two yeeres, and begate sonnes and
daughters.
27 And all the dayes of Methuselah
were nine hundred , sixtie and nine
yeeres, and he died.
28 H And Lamech lined an hun-
dred eightie and two yeeres: and be-
gate a Sonne.
29 And he called his name ||Noah,
saying; This same shall comfort vs, con-
cerning our woorke and toyle of our
hands, because of the ground, which the
LORD hath cursed.
30 And Lamech liued, after hee be-
gate Noah, flue hundred ninetie and
fiue yeeres, and begate sonnes and
daughters.
31 And all the dayes of Lamech
were seuen hundred seuentie and seuen
yeeres, and he died.
32 And Noah was fiue hundred
yeeres olde: and Noah begate Sem,
Ham, and Japheth.
CHAP. VI.
1 The wickednesse of the world, which prouo-
ked Gods wrath, and caused the Flood. 8
Noah findeth grace. 13 The order, forme,
and end of the Arke.
Nd it came to passe, when
men began to multiply on
the face of the earth, and
daughters were borne vn-
to them :
2 That the sonnes of God saw the
daughters of men, that they were faire,
and they took them wiues, of all which
they chose.
3 And the LORD said. My Spi-
rit shall not alwayes striue with man ;
for that hee also is flesh : yet his dayes
shalbe an hundred and twenty yeeres.
4 There were Giants in the earth
in those dales: and also after that, when
the sonnes of God came in vnto the
daughters of men, & they bare children
to them ; the same became mightie men,
which were of old, men of renowme.
5 H And God saw, that the wicked
nes of man was great in the earth, and
'^ihat euery imagination of the thoughts
of his * heart was onely euill t conti-
nually.
6 And it repented the LORD
that he had made man on the earth, and
it grieued him at his heart.
7 And the LORD said, I will
destroy man, whom I haue created,
• EcclUS. 44
17. 2. pet.
i.
Or,vp-
right.
from the face of the earth: tboth man
and beast, and the creeping thing, and
the foules of the aire: for it repenteth me
that I haue made them.
8 But Noah found grace in the
eyes of the LORD.
9 IT These are the generations of
Noah : * Noah was a iust man, and
II perfect in his generations, and Noah
walked with God.
10 And Noah begate three sonnes:
Sem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 The earth also was corrupt be-
fore God; and the earth was filled with
violence.
12 And God looked vpon the earth,
and behold, it was corrupt: for all flesh
had corrupted his way vpon the earth
13 And God said vnto Noah, The
end of all flesh is come before mee; for
the earth is filled with violence through
them ; and behold, I will destroy them
II with the earth.
14 IT Make thee an Arke of Go-
pher-wood: troomes shalt thou make
in the arke, and shalt pitch it within and
without with pitch.
15 And this is thejhshion, which thou
shalt make it of: the length of the arke
shalbe three hundred cubits, the breadth
of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thir-
tie cubits.
16 A window shalt thou make to
the arke, and in a cubite shalt thou fi-
nish it aboue; and the doore of the arke
shalt thou set in the side thereof: With
lower, second, and third stories shalt
thou make it.
17 And behold, I, euen I doe bring
a flood of waters vpon the earth, to de-
stroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of
life from vnder heauen, and euery thing
that is in the earth shall die.
18 But with thee wil I establish my
Couenant : and thou shalt come into
the Arke, thou, and thy sonnes, and thy
wife, and thy sonnes wiues with thee.
19 And of euery lining thing of all
flesh, two of euery sort shalt thou bring
into the Arke, to keepe them aliue with
thee : they shall be male and female,
20 Of fowles after their kinde, and
of cattel after their kinde: of euery cree-
ping thing of the earth after his kinde,
two of euery sort shall come vnto thee,
to keepe them aliue.
21 And take thou vnto thee of all
food that is eaten, and thou shalt ga-
ther it to thee; and it shall be for food,
for
t Hehr.from
man vnto
beast.
I Or, from
the earth.
t Heb. nests.
Noah entreth
'Heb.ll.
t Hebr. blot
out.
' 2. Pet 2. 5.
iHekr.seuen
seueii.
Or, on the
seuenihday.
\Oi, flood-
gates.
for thee, and for them.
22 *Thus did Noah; according to
all that God commanded him, so did he.
CHAP. VII.
1 Noah, with his familie, ami the liuing crea-
tures, enter into the Arke. 17 The begin-
ning, increase, and continuance of the Flood.
Nd the *LORD saide
vnto Noah , Come thou
and all thy house into the
Arke : for thee haue I
scene righteous before me,
in this generation.
2 Of euery cleane beast thou shalt
take to thee t by seuens, the male and
his female : and of beastes that are not
cleane, by two, the male and his female.
3 Of fowles also of the aire , by
seuens, the male & the female; to keepe
seed aliue vpon the face of all the earth.
4 For yet seuen dayes, and I will
cause it to raine vpon the earth, fortie
dayes, and forty nights : and euery li-
uing substance that I haue made, will
I + destroy, fro off the face of the earth.
5 And Noah did according vnto all
that the LORD commanded him.
6 And Noah was sixe hundred
yeeres old, when the flood of waters
was vpon the earth.
7 H And Noah went in, and his
sonnes, and his wife, and his sonnes
wiues with him, into the Arke, because
of the waters of the Flood.
8 Of cleane beasts, & of beasts that
are not cleane, & of fowles, and of eue-
ry thing that creepeth vpon the earth,
9 There went in two and two vn-
to Noah into the x\rke, the male & the
female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to passe ||after seuen
dayes, that the waters of the Flood
were vpon the earth.
11 H In the sixe hundredth yeere of
Noahs life, in the second moneth, the se-
uen teenth day of the moneth, the same
day, were al the fountaines of the great
deepe broken vp, and the ||windowes of
heauen were opened.
12 And the raine was vpon the
earth, fortie dayes, and fortie nights.
13 In the selfe same day entred No-
ah, and Sem, and Ham, and Japheth,
the sonnes of Noah, and Noahs wife,
and the three wiues of his sonnes with
them, into the Arke,
14 They, and euery beast after his
Chap.vij.viij.
into the Arke.
t Heb. teing.
kinde, & all the cattell after their kinde:
and euery creeping thing that creepeth
vpon the earth after his kinde, and eue-
ry foule after his kinde, euery birde of e-
uery tsort.
15 And they went in vnto Noah in-
to the Arke, two and two of all flesh,
wherein is the breath of life.
16 And they that went in, went in
male and female of all flesh, as God had
commaunded him : and the LORD
shut him in.
17 And the Flood was fortie dayes
vpon the earth, and the waters increa-
sed, and bare vp the Arke, and it was
lift vp aboue the earth.
18 And the waters preuailed , and
were encreased greatly vpon the earth
and the Arke went vpon the face of the
waters.
19 And the waters preuailed excee-
dingly vpon the earth, and all the high
hils, that were vnder the whole heauen,
were couered.
20 Fifteene cubits vpward, did the
waters preuaile ; and the mountaines
were couered.
21 * And all flesh died, that mooued
vpon the earth, both of fowle, & of cat-
tell, and of beast, and of euery creeping
thing that creepeth vpon the earth,
and euery man.
22 All in whose nosethrils xvas the
t breath of life, of all that was in the
dry land, died.
23 And euery liuing substance was
destroyed, which was vpon the face of
the ground, both man and cattell, and
the creeping things, and the foule of the
heauen ; and they were destroyed from
the earth : and * Noah onely remainedi*^''*^-"''
aliue, and they that were with him in
the Arke.
24 And the waters preuailed vpon
the earth, an hundred and fifty dayes.
CHAP. VIIL
1 The waters asswage. 4 The Arke resteth on
Ararat. 7 The rauen and the doue. 15 Noah,
being commanded, 18 goeth forth of the
Arke. 20 He buildeth an Altar, and ofTe-
reth sacrifice, 21 which God accepteth, and
proraiseth to curse the earth no more.
Nd God remembred No-
ah, and euery liuing thing,
and all the cattell that was
with him in the Arke:
and God made a winde
to
• WisA 10.
4.
\ Hebr. the
breath of the
spirit of life.
The Arke refteth.
Genefis.
Noah facrificeth.
i Hebr.in
going and
retummg.
t Hebr. were
ingoinnond
decreasing.
t Hebr. in
goingfoorth,
andritur.
rung.
t Hebr. cau-
sed her lo
come.
to passe ouer the earth, and the waters
asswaged.
2 The fountaines also of the deepe,
and the windowes of heauen were
stopped , and the raine from heauen
was restrained.
3 And the waters returned from
off the earth, tcontinually : and after the
end of the hundred and fiftie dayes, the
waters were abated.
4 And the Arke rested in the se
uenth moneth, on the seuenteenth day
of the moneth, vpon the mountaines of
Ararat.
5 And the waters t decreased conti
nually vntill the tenth moneth : in the
tenth moneth, on the first day of the mo-
neth, were the tops of the mountaines
seene.
6 % And it came to passe at the end of
forty dayes, that Noah opened the win
dow of the Arke which he had made.
7 And he sent forth a Rauen, which
went foorth tto and fro, vntill the wa-
ters were dried vp from off the earth
8 Also hee sent foorth a doue from
him, to see if the waters were abated
from off the face of the ground.
9 But the doue found no rest for the
sole of her foote, and she returned vnto
him into the Arke: for the waters were
on the face of the whole earth. Then he
put foorth his hand, and tooke her, and
tpulled her in vnto him, into the Arke,
10 And hee stayed yet other seuen
dayes ; and againe hee sent foorth the
doue out of the Arke.
11 And the doue came in to him in
the euening, and loe, in her mouth was
an Oliue leafe pluckt off: So Noah
knew that the waters were abated
from off the earth.
12 And hee stayed yet other seuen
dayes, and sent forth the doue, which re-
turned not againe vnto him any more.
13 IT And it came to passe in the sixe
hundredth and one yeere,inthe first mo-
neth, the first day of the moneth, the
waters were dryed vp from off" the
earth: and Noah remooued the coue-
ring of the Arke, and looked, and be-
hold, the face of the ground was drie.
14 And in the second moneth, on the
seuen and twentieth day of the moneth,
was the earth dried.
15 f And God spake vnto Noah,
saying,
16 Goe foorth of the Arke, thou,
and thy wife, and thy sonnes, and thy
sonnes wiues with thee :
17 Bring foorth with thee euery li-
uing thing that m with thee, of all flesh,
both of fowle, and of cattell, and of euery
creeping thing that creepeth vpon the
earth, that they may breed abundantly
in the earth, and be fruitfull, and multi-
ply vpon the earth.
18 And Noah went foorth, and his
sonnes, and his wife, and his sonnes
wiues with him :
19 Euery beast, euery creeping thing,
and euery fowle, and whatsoeuer cree-
peth vpon the earth, after their t kinds,
went foorth out of the Arke.
20 IT And Noah builded an Altar
vnto the LORD, and tooke of euery
cleane beast, and of euery cleane fowle,
and offred burnt offrings on the Altar
21 And the LORD smelled a
tsweete sauour, and the LORD said
in his heart, I will not againe curse the
ground any more for mans sake; for the
* imagination of mans heart is euil from
his youth : neither will I againe smite
any more euery thing lining, as I haue
done.
22 tWhile the earth remaineth, seed-
time and haruest, and cold, and heat,
and Summer , and Winter , and day
and night, shall not cease.
CHAP. IX.
1 God blesseth Noah. 4 Blood and nmrder
are forbidden. 9 Gods Couenant 13 sig-
nified by the Rainebow. 18 Noah reple-
nisheth the world, 20 planteth a Vineyard,
21 is drunken, and mocked of his sonne:
25 Curseth Canaan, 26 Blesseth Shem,
27 prayeth for laphet, 28 and dieth.
Nd God blessed Noah,
and his sonnes, and said
vnto them, *Bee fruitfull
and multiply, and reple-
nish the earth.
2 And the feare of you, & the dread
of you shall be vpon euery beast of the
earth, and vpon euery fowle of the aire,
vpon all that mooueth vpon the earth,
and vpon all the fishes of the sea ; into
your hand are they deliuered.
3 Euery mouing thing that liueth,
shalbe meat for you; euen as the *greene
herbe haue I giuen you all things.
4 * But flesh with the life thereof,
which is the blood thereof, shall you not
eate.
6 And surely your blood of your
Hues
t Hebr. fa.
mities.
^ Hebr. a so.
uourofresl.
Chap. 6.
5. matt IS.
19.
t Heb, as yet
all the dayes
of the earth
» Chap. I.
28. and 8.
17.
Chap. 1.
29.
Leuit. 17.
The Rainbow.
Chap.
X.
Noahs generations.
•Matt. 20.
32. reuel.
13. 111.
Chap. 1.
27.
• Esa. 54. 9.
• Ecclus. 43.
11,12.
lHeb.Che-
naan.
Hues will I require: at the hand of eue-
ry beast will I require it, & at the hand
of man, at the hand of euery mans bro-
ther will I require the life of man.
6 *Wlio so sheddcth mans blood, by
man shall his blood be shed : *for in the
image of God made he man.
7 And you, be ye fruitful!, and mul-
tiply, bring foorth aboundantly in the
earth, and multiply therein.
8 11 And God spake vnto Noah, and
to his sonnes with him, saying ;
9 And I, behold, I establish my co-
uenant with you, and with your seede
after you :
10 And with euery liuing creature
that is with you, of the fowle, of the cat-
tell, and of euery beast of the earth with
you, from all that goe out of the Arke,
to euery beast of the earth.
11 And *I wil establish my couenant
with you, neither shal all flesh be cut off
any more, by the waters of a flood, nei-
ther shall there any more be a flood to
destroy the earth.
12 And God said. This is the token
of the Couenant which I make be-
tweene mee and you, and euery liuing
creature that is with you, for perpetuall
generations.
13 I doe set my bow in the cloud, and
it shall be for a token of a couenant, be-
tweene me and the earth.
14 * And it shall come to passe, when
I bring a cloud ouer the earth, that the
bow shall be scene in the cloud.
15 And I will remember my coue-
nant, which is betweene mee and you
and euery liuing creature of all flesh :
and the waters shall no more become a
flood to destroy all flesh.
16 And the bow shalbe in the cloud ;
and I will looke vpon it, that I may
remember the euerlasting couenant be
tweene God and euery liuing creature,
of all flesh that is vpon the earth.
17 And God said vnto Noah, This
is the token of the couenant, which I
haue established betweene mee and all
flesh, that is vpon the earth.
18 % And the sonnes of Noah that
went forth of the Arke, were Shem,
and Ham, and laphet : and Ham is
the father of || Canaan.
1 9 These are the three sonnes of No
ah : and of them was the whole earth
ouerspread.
20 And Noah began to bee an hus
bandman, and he planted a vineyard.
21 And he dranke of the wine, and
was drunken, and hee was vncouered
within his tent.
22 And Ham, the fatlier of Canaan,
saw the nakednesse of his father, and
told his two brethren without.
23 And Shem and laphet tooke a
garment, and layed it vjwn both their
shoulders, and went backward, and co-
uered the nakednesse of their father,
and their faces were backward, and they
saw not their fathers nakednesse.
24 And Noah awoke from his
wine, and knew what his yonger sonne
had done vnto him.
25 And he said. Cursed bee Canaan :
a seruant of seruants shall hee be vnto
his brethren.
26 And hee saide. Blessed bee the
LORD God of Shem , and Canaan
shalbe || his seruant.
27 God shall || enlarge laphet ,
and he shal dwel in the tents of Shem,
and Canaan shalbe his seruant.
28 f And Noah liued after the flood,
three hundred and fifty yeeres.
29 And all the dayes of Noah were
nine hundred & fifty yeeres, and he died.
CHAP. X.
1 The generations of Noah. 2 The sonnes of
laphet. 6 The sonnes of Ham. 8 Nimrod
the first Monarch. 21 The sonnes of Shem,
Ow these are the gene-
rations of the sonnes of
Noah ; Shem, Ham, and
laphet: and vnto them
were sonnes borne af-
ter the Flood.
2 * The sonnes of laphet : Go-
mer, and Magog, and Madai, and la-
uan, & Tubal, and Meshech, & Tiras.
3 And the sonnes of Gomer: Ash
kenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
4 And the sons of lauan : Elishah,
and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
5 By these were the lies of the
Gentiles diuided in their lands, euerjr
one after his tongue : after their fami
lies, in their nations.
6 U *And the sonnes of Ham: Cush,
and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
7 And the sonnes of Cush, Seba,
and Hauilah, and Sabtah, and Raa-
mah, and Sabtecha : and the sonnes of
Raamah : Sheba, and Dedan.
8 And Cush begat Nimrod : he be-
gan to be a mighty one in the earth.
9 He was a mighty hunter before
B the
Or, servant
to them,
I Or, per-
swaae.
' I. Chion.
. 5.
1. 8.
. Chron.
The fii'ft Monarch.
Genefis.
Babel builded.
t Gr. Baby-
lon.
Or,heteent
out into As-
syria.
I Or, the
sireeleso/the
Citie.
t Heb. Tzi.
don.
\Hebr. Ag.
zah.
"I. Chron.
1.17.
iHebr.Ar-
pachthad.
t Hebr. She-
lah.
•l. Chron.
1.19.
the LORD : wherefore it is saide,
Euen as Nimrod the mightie hunter
before the LORD.
10 And the beginning of his king-
dome was t Babel, and Erech, and Ae-
cad, and Calneh, in tlie land of Shinar.
11 Out of that land || went forth As-
shur, and builded Nineueh, and the || ci-
tie Rehoboth, and Calah,
12 And Resen betweene Nineueh
and Calah : the same is a great citie.
13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and
Anamim , and I^ehabim , and Naph-
tuhira,
14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim
(out of whome came Philistiim) and
Caphtorim.
15 If And Canaan begate t Sidon
his first borne, and Heth,
16 And the Jebusite, and the Emo-
rite, and the Girgasite,
17 And the Hiuite, and the Arkite,
and the Sinite,
18 And the Aruadite , and the Ze-
marite, and the Hamathite : and after-
ward were the families of the Canaa-
nites spread abroad.
19 And the border of the Canaa-
nites, was from Sidon, as thou com-
mest to Gerar, vnto t Gaza, as thou go-
est vnto Sodoma and Gomorah , and
Admah, & Zeboim, euen vnto Lasha.
20 These are the sonnes of Ham, af-
ter their families, after their tongues,
in their countries, and in their nations.
21 f Vnto Shem also the father of
all the children of Eber, the brother of
laphet the elder , euen to him were
children borne.
22 The •children of Shem: Elam,
and Asshur, and t Arphaxad, and Lud,
and Aram.
23 And the children of Aram : Vz
and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
24 And Arphaxad begate t Salah,
and Salah begate Eber. *
25 * And vnto Eber were borne two
sonnes: the name of one zvas Peleg, for
in his dayes was the earth diuided, and
his brothers name was loktan.
26 And loktan begate Almodad,
and Sheleph , and Hazarmaueth , and
lerah,
27 And Hadoram, and Vzal, and
Diklah,
28 And Obal, and Abimael, and
Sheba,
29 And Ophir, and Hauilah, & lo-
bab: all these were the sonnes of loktan.
30 And their dwelling was from
Mesha, as thou goest vnto Sephar,
a mount of the East.
31 These are the sonnes of Shem, af-
ter their families, after their tongues,
in their lands after their nations.
32 These are the families of the
sonnes of Noah after their generati
ons, in their nations : and by these were
the nations diuided in the earth after
the Flood.
CHAP. XL
1 One language in the world. 3 The building
of Babel. 5 The confusion of tongues. 10
The generations of Shem. 27 The genera-
tions of Terah the father of Abram. 31 Te-
rah goeth from Vr to Haran.
Nd *the whole earth was "Wis. lo. s.
of one t language, and oi^Hebr.Hppe.
one tspeach. iHakwonU.
2 And it came to passe
as they iourneyed from
the East, that they found a plaine in the
land of Shinar, and they dwelt there.
3 And ttliey sayd one to another ; iHekamm
Goe to, let vsmake bricke, and tburne t^'igja,^.
them thorowly. And they had bricke for 'iHeb.bume
stone, and slime had they for morter. fuming.
4 And they said ; Goe to, let vs build
vs a city and a tower, whose top may
reach vnto heauen, and let vs make vs a
I name, lest we be scattered abroad vpon
jthe face of the whole earth.
I 5 And the LORD came downe
to see the city and the tower, which the
children of men builded.
6 And the LORD said; Behold,
the people is one, and they haue all one
language : and this they begin to doe :
and now nothing will be restrained
from them, which they haue imagined
to doe.
7 Goe to, let vs go downe, and there
cofound their language, that they may
not vnderstand one anothers speech.
8 So the LORD scattered them
abroad from thence, vpon the face of all
the earth : and they left off to build the
■Citie.
9 Therefore is the name of it called
jtBabel, because the LORD did there't^««,
confound the language of all the earth :
and from thence did the LORD scat-
ter them abroad vpon the face of all the
earth.
10 H * These are the generations of"!. Chron.
i Shem. Shem was an hundred yeres old, '
I and!
The generations
Chap.xij.
ofTerah. Abram.
" 1. Chron.
I. 19.
•Called
Luke 3. 3>.
Phalec.
' Luc. «. 35
Saruch.
• Luc. 3. 34,
Thara.
•losh. 24. 2
1. Cliton. I.
26.
and begate Arphaxad two yeeres after
the Flood.
11 And Shem liued, after he begate
Arphaxad, fine hundred yeeres, and be
gate sonnes and daughters.
12 And Arphaxad liued fiue and thir-
tie yeeres, and begate Salah.
13 And Arphaxad liued, after he be-
gate Salah , foure hundred and three
yeeres, and begate sonnes and daugh-
ters.
14 And Salah liued thirtie yeeres,
and begate Eber.
15 And Salah liued, after hee begate
Eber, foure hundred and three yeeres,
and begate sonnes and daughters.
16 *And Eber liued foure and thirty
yeeres, and begate • Peleg.
17 And Eber liued, after hee begate
Peleg, foure hundred and thirtie yeres,
and begate sonnes and daughters.
18 And Peleg liued thirtie yeeres,
and begate Reu.
19 And Peleg liued, after hee begate
Reu, two hundred and nine yeeres, and
begate sonnes and daughters.
20 And Reu liued two and thirtie
yeeres, and begate * Serug.
21 And Reu liued, after hee begate
Serug, two hundreth and seuen yeres,
and begate sonnes and daughters.
22 And Serug liued thirtie yeeres
and begate Nahor.
23 And Serug liued, after he begate
Nahor, two hundred yeeres, and begat
sonnes and daughters.
24 And Nahor liued nine and twen-
tie yeeres, and begate * Terah.
25 And Nahor liued, after he begate
Terah, an hundred & nineteene yeeres,
and begate sonnes and daughters.
6 And Terah liued seuen ty yeeres,
and *begate Abram, Nahor, & Haran.
27 H Now these are the generati-
ons of Terah : Terah begate Abram,
Nahor, and Haran : And Haran be-
gate Lot.
28 And Haran died, before his father
Terah in the land of his natiuity, in Vr
of the Chaldees.
29 And Abram and Nahor tooke
them wiues : the name of Abrams wife
was Sarai , and the name of Nahors
wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran,
the father of Milcah, and the father of
Iscah.
30 But Sarai was barren; she had
no childe.
31 And Terah tooke Abram his
Sonne, and Lot the sonne of Haran his
sonnes sonne, and Sarai his daughter
in lawe, his sonne Abrams wife, and
they went foorth with them from *Vr
of the Chaldees, to goe into the land of
Canaan : and they came vnto Haran,
and dwelt there.
- 32 And the dayes of Terah, were
two hundred and fiue yeres : and Te-
rah died in Haran.
CHAP. XII.
1 Gfod calleth Abram, and blesseth him with a
promise of Christ. 4 He departeth with Lot
from Haran. 6 He iourneyeth through Ca-
naan, 7 which is promised him in a vision.
10 Hee is driuen oy a famine into Egypt.
11 Feare maketh him faine his wife to be his
sister. 14 Pharaoh hauing taken her from
him, by plagues is compelled to restore her.
Ow the *LORD had
said vnto Abram, Get thee
out of thy countrey, and
from thy kinred, and from
thy fathers house, vnto a
land that I will shew thee.
2 And I will make of thee a great
nation, and I wil blesse thee, and make
thy name great ; and thou shalt bee a
blessing.
3 And I will blesse them that blesse
thee, and curse him, that curseth thee:
*and in thee shal all families of the earth
be blessed.
4 So Abram departed , as the
LORD had spoken vnto him , and
Lot went with him : And Abram was
seuen tie and fiue yeeres old when he de-
parted out of Haran.
5 And Abram tooke Sarai his wife,
and Lot his brothers sonne, and all
their substance that they had gathered,
and the soules that they had gotten in
Haran, and they went foorth to goe into
the land of Canaan : and into the land
of Canaan they came.
6 IT And Abram passed through the
land, vnto the place of Sichem, vnto
the plaine of Moreh. And the Canaa-
nite was then in the land.
7 And the LORD appeared vn-
to Abram, and said, * Vnto thy seed wil
I giue this land : and there builded hee
an * altar vnto the LORD, who ap-
peared vnto him.
8 And he remoued from thence vn-
to a mountaine, on the East of Beth-el,
and pitched his tent hauing' Beth-el on
B 2 the
•Nehem.
7. iudlth.
5. 7. net*. 7.
4.
"Acts. 7.3.
Chap. 18.
18. and 22.
18. acts. 3.
25. galat. 3.
•Chap. 13.
15.
•Chap. 13
Abram in Egypt.
Genefis.
Abram and Lot.
ingandvmr.
neying.
the West, and Hai on the East: and
there hee builded an altar vnto the
LORD, and called vpon the Name
of the LORD.
9 And Abram iourneyed, || going on
still toward the South.
10 H And there was a famine in the
land, and Abram went downe into E-
gypt, to soiourne there : for the famine
was grieuous in the land.
11 And it came to passe when he was
come neere to enter into Egyjit, that he
said vnto Sarai his wife, Behold now,
I know that thou art a faire woman
to looke vpon.
12 Therefore it shall come to passe,
when the Egyptians shall see thee, that
they shall say. This is his wife : and
they will kill me, but they will saue thee
aliue.
13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my si-
ster, that it may be wel with me, for thy
sake; and my soule shall Hue, because of
thee.
14 1i And it came to passe, that when
Abram was come into Egypt, the E-
gyptians beheld the woman, that shee
was very faire.
15 The Princes also of Pharaoh saw
her, and commended her before Pha-
raoh : and the woman was taken into
Pharaohs house.
16 And he entreated Abram well for
her sake: and he had sheepe, and oxen,
and hee asses, and men seruants, and
maid seruants, and shee asses, and ca-
mels.
17 And the LORD plagued Pha-
raoh & his house with great plagues,
because of Sarai Abrams wife.
18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and
said. What is this that thou hast done
vnto me .'' Why diddest thou not tell me,
that she was thy wife .''
19 Why saidest thou, Shee is my si-
ster.'' so I might haue taken her to mee
to wife: now therfore behold, thy wife,
take her and goe thy way.
20 And Pharaoh comanded his men
concerning him : and they sent him a-
way, and his wife, and all that he had.
CHAP. XIIL
1 Abram and Lot retume out of Egypt. 7 By
disagreement they part asunder. 10 Lot go-
eth to wicked Sodom. 14 God renueth the
promise to Abram. 18 He remoueth to He-
bron, and there buildeth an Altar.
Nd Abram went vp out
of Egypt, he and his wife,
and all that he had, and
Lot with him , into the
South.
2 And Abram was very rich in cat-
tell, in siluer, and in gold.
3 And hee went on his iourneyes
from the South, euen to Beth-el, vnto
the place where his tent had bene at the
beginning, betweene Beth-el and Hai :
4 Vnto the * place of the altar, which
he had made there at the first: and there
Abram called on the Name of the
LORD.
5 H And Lot also which went with
Abram, had flocks and heards, & tents.
6 And the land was not able to
beare them, that they might dwell to-
gether : for their substance was great,
so that they could not dwell together.
7 And there was a strife betweene
the heardmen of Abrams cattell, and
the heardmen of Lots cattell: And the
Canaanite, and the Perizzite dwelled
then in the land.
8 And Abram said vnto Lot, Let
there be no strife, I pray thee, betweene
mee and thee, and betweene my heard-
men and thy heardmen : for wee bee
t brethren.
9 Is not the whole land before
thee ? Separate thy selfe, I pray thee,
from mee: \? thowioilt take the left hand,
then I will goe to the right : or if thou
depart to the right hand , then I will
goe to the left.
10 And Lot lifted vp his eyes, and
beheld all the plaine of lordane, that it
was well watered euery where before
the Lord destroyed Sodome and Go-
morah , eueii as the garden of the
LORD, like the land of Egypt, as
thou commest vnto Zoar.
11 Then Lot chose him all the plaine
of lordane : and Lot iourneyed East ;
and they separated themselues the one
from the other.
12 Abram dwelled in the land of Ca-
naan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of
the plaine, and pitched his tent toward
Sodome.
13 But the men of Sodome were
wicked, and sinners before the LORD
exceedingly.
14 f And the LORD said vnto
Abram, after that Lot was separated
from him, Lift vp now thine eyes, and
looke from the place where thou art,
North-
' Chap. 12.
\Hehr. men
brethren.
Gods promife.
Ch
ap.xiiij.
Melchizedek.
• Chap. 12.
7. and 26.
4. deut. 34.
4.
\Hebr.
pUunes.
I Or, the
plaine ofKi-
rieUhaim.
I Or, the
plaine of
Paran.
and
Northward , and Southward
Eastward, and Westward.
15 For all the land which thou seest,
* to thee will I giue it, and to thy seede
for euer.
16 And I will make thy seede as the
dust of the earth : so that if a man can
number the dust of the earth, then shall
thy seed also be numbred.
17 Arise, walke through the land, in
the length of it, and in the breadth of it:
for I will giue it vnto thee.
18 Then Abram remoued his tent,
and came and dwelt in the t plaine of
Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built
there an altar vnto the LORD.
CHAP. XIIII.
1 The battell of foure Kings against fiue. 11
Lot is taken prisoner. 14 Abram rescueth
him. 18 Melchi-zedekblesseth Abram. 20
Abram giueth him tithe. 22 The rest of the
spoile, his partners hauing liad their portions,
he restoreth to the King of Sodom.
Nd it came to passe in the
dayes of Amraphel King
of Shinar, Arioch King
of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer
King of £lam, and Ti-
dal King of nations :
2 That these made warre with Be-
ra King of Sodome, and with Birsha
King of Gomorrah , Shinab King of
Admah, and Shemeber King of Ze-
boiim , and the King of Bela , which
is Zoar.
3 All these were ioyned together in
the vale of Siddim ; which is the salt
Sea.
4 Twelue yeeres they serued Che-
dorlaomer, and in the thirteenth yeere
they rebelled.
5 And in the fourteenth yeere came
Chedorlaomer, and the Kings that
were with him, and smote the Repha-
ims, in Ashteroth Karnaim, & the Zu-
zims in Ham, and the Emims in || Sha-
ueh Kiriathaim ;
6 And the Horites in their mount
Seir, vnto ||E1-Paran, which is by the
wildernesse.
7 And they returned, and came to
En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, & smote
all the countrey of the Amalekites, and
also the Amorites, that dwelt in Haze-
zon-tamar.
8 And there went out the King of
Sodome, and the King of Gomorrah,
and the King of Admah, and the King
of Zeboiim, and the King of Bela, (the
same is Zoar) and they ioyned battell
with them, in the vale of Siddim,
9 With Chedorlaomer the King of
Elam , and with Tidal King of nati-
ons, and Amraphel King of Shinar,
and Arioch King of Ellasar ; foure
Kings with fiue.
10 And the vale of Siddim was full
of slime-pits : and the Kings of So-
dome & Gomorrah fled, and fell there :
and they that remained, fled to the
mountaine.
11 And they tooke all the goods of
Sodome and Gomorrah, and all their
victuals, and went their way.
12 And they tooke Lot, Abrams bro-
thers Sonne, (who dwelt in Sodome)
and his goods, and departed.
13 U And there came one that had
escaped , and told Abram the Hebrew,
for hee dwelt in the plaine of Mamre
the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and bro-
ther of Aner : and these were confede-
rate with Abram.
14 And when Abram heard that his
brother was taken captiue, he \\axmeA* Or, led
his II trained seriuints borne in his owne ic^^,^<ru.
house, three hundred and eighteene,and "'^^
pursued them vnto Dan.
15 And hee diuided himselfe against
them, he and his seruants by night, and
smote them , and pursued them vnto
Hoba, which is on the left hand of Da-
mascus :
16 And hee brought backe all the
goods, and also brought againe his bro-
ther Lot, and his goods, and the wo-
men also, and the people.
17 H And the king of Sodome went
out to meete him , (after his retume
from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer,
and of the Kings that were with him)
at the valley of Saueh, which is the
♦Kings dale.
18 And * Melchizedek King of Sa-
lem brought foorth bread and wine :
and he was the Priest of the most high
God.
19 And hee blessed him , and saide ;
Blessed bee Abram of the most high
God, possessour of heauen and earth,
20 And blessed bee the most high
God, which hath deliuered thine ene-
mies into thy hand: and hee gaue him
• tithes of all.
21 And the King of Sodome said
vnto Abram, giue me the tpersons, and
take
•2. Sam. 18,
18.
• Heb. 7. I.
• Heb. 7. 4.
tHefrr.
sotUes.
Gods promife.
Genefis.
Abrams vifion.
■Psal.16.16
Rom. 4.
18.
Rom. 4. 3.
galat. 3. 6.
lam. 2. 33.
take the goods to thy selfe.
22 And Abram said to the King of
Sodome, I haue Hft vp my hand vnto
the LORD, the most high God, the
possessour of heauen and earth ,
23 That I wil not take from a thread
euen to a shoe latchet, and that I will
not take any thing that is thine, lest
thou shouldest say, I haue made A-
bram rich :
24 Saue onely that which the yong
men haue eaten, and the portion of the
men which went with mee, Aner, Es-
chol, and Mamre ; let them take their
portion.
CHAP. XV.
1 God encourageth Abram. 2 Abram com
plaineth for want of an heire. 4 God pro-
miseth him a sonne, and a multiplying of his
seed. 6 Abram is iustified by faith. 7 Ca-
naan is promised againe, and confirmed by
a signe, 12 and a vision.
Fter these things , the
word of the LOUD
came vnto Abram in a vi-
sion, saying; Feare not,
Abram : I am thy shield,
and thy exceeding * great reward.
2 And Abram said, Lord GOD,
what wilt thou giue me , seeing I goe
childlesse.'' and the steward of my house
is this Eliezer of Damascus.
3 And Abram said ; Behold, to mee
thou hast giuen no seed : and loe , one
borne in my house is mine heire.
4 And behold , the word of the
LORD came vnto him, saying ; This
shall not be thine heire : but he that shall
come foorth out of thy owne bowels,
shalbe thine heire.
5 And he brought him forth abroad,
and said , Looke now towards hea-
uen, and tell the starres, if thou be able
to number them. And hee said vnto
him, * So shall thy seed be.
6 And he *beleeued in the LORD;
and hee counted it to him for righte-
ousnesse.
7 And he said vnto him ; I am the
LORD that brought thee out of Vr
of the Caldees, to giue thee this land,
to inherit it.
8 And he said, Lord GOD, where-
by shal I know that I shall inherit it ?
9 And he said vnto him. Take me
an heifer of three yeeres old, and a shee
goat of three yeeres old, and a ramme
of three yeeres old, and a turtle doue,
and a yong pigeon.
10 And he tooke vnto him all these,
and diuided them in the midst, and layd
each peece one against another : but the
birds diuided he not.
11 And when the fowles came
downe vpon the carcases, Abram droue
them away.
12 And when the Sunne was go-
ing downe, a deepe sleepe fell vpon A-
bram : and loe, an horrour of great
darkenesse fell vpon him.
13 And he said vnto Abram, Know
of a surety, *that thy seed shalbe a stran-
ger, in a land that is not theirs, and shal
serue them, and they shall afflict them
foure hundred yeeres.
14 And also that nation whom they
shall serue, wU I iudge : and afterward
shall they come out with great sub-
stance.
15 And thou shalt goe to thy fathers
in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good
old age.
16 But in the fourth generation they
shall come hither againe: for the iniqui-
tie of the Amorites is not yet full.
17 And it came to passe that when
the Sunne went downe, and it was
darke, behold, a smoking furnace, and a
t burning lampe that passed betweene
those pieces.
18 In that same day the LORD
made a couenant with Abram, saying ;
• Vnto thy seed haue I giuen this land
from the riuer of Egypt vnto the great
riuer, the riuer Euphrates :
19 The Kenites, and the Kenizites,
and the Kadmonites :
20 And the Hittites , and the Pe
rizzites, and the Rephaims,
21 And the Amorites, and the Ca
naanites, and the Girgashites, and the
lebusites.
CHAP. XVL
1 Sarai, being barren, giueth Hagar to Abram
4 Hagar being afflicted for despising her mi-
stresse, runneth away. 7 An Angel sendeth
her backe to submit her selfe, 1 1 and telleth
her of her child. 15 Ishmael is borne.
Ow Sarai Abrams wife
bare him no children : and
she had an handmaide, an
Egyptian , whose name
was Hagar.
2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Be-
hold now, the LORD hath restrai-
ned me from bearing: I pray thee go in
vnto my maid : it may bee that I may
t obtaine
•Acts?. 8.
Hebrewe.
a lampe cf
Chap. 12.
7. and 13.
15. & 26. 4.
deut. 34. 4.
Hagar fleeth.
Chap.xvij.
Abraham.
t Heh. bee
builded by
her.
t Heb. that
whiehisgood
in thy eyes,
t Heb. affli-
cted her.
1 That is,
God shall
heare.
' Chap. 25.
18.
' Chap. 24.
62.
IThat is,
the well of
him that li-
uethandsee-
ethme.
tobtaine children by her : and Abram
hearkened to tlie voice of Sarai.
3 And Sarai Abrams wife, tooke
Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, after A-
bram had dwelt ten yeeres in the land
of Canaan, and gaue her to her hus-
band Abram, to be his wife.
4 f And he went in vnto Hagar,
and she conceiued : And when shee saw
that shee had conceiued, her mistresse
was despised in her eyes.
5 And Sarai said vnto Abram, My
wrong be vpon thee : I haue giuen my
maid into thy bosome, and when shee
saw that she had conceiued, I was de-
spised in her eyes : the LORD iudge
betweene me and thee.
6 But Abram said vnto Sarai, Be-
hold, thy maid is in thy hand; doe to her
tas it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai
t dealt hardly with her, shee fled from
7 f And the Angel of the LORD
found her by a fountaine of water, in
the wildernesse, by the fountaine, in the
way to Shur:
8 And he said, Hagar Sarais maid,
whence camest thou ? and whither wilt
thou goe.'' And she said, I flee from the
face of my mistresse Sarai.
9 And the Angel of the LORD
said vnto her, Returne to thy mistresse,
and submit thy selfe vnder her hands.
10 And the Angel of the LORD
said vnto her, I will multiply thy seede
exceedingly, that it shall not be numbred
for multitude.
11 And the Angel of the LORD
said vnto her. Behold, thou art with
child, and shalt beare a sonne, and shalt
call his name pshmael; because the
LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he will be a wilde man ; his
hand will be against euery man, and e-
uerymans hand against him: *& he shal
dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
13 And shee called the name of the
LORD that spake vnto her. Thou
God seest me : for she said, Haue I also
here looked after him that seeth me .''
14 Wherefore the well was called,
* II Beer-lahai-roi : Behold, It is be-
tweene Cadesh and Bered.
15 U And Hagar bare Abram a sonne:
and Abram called his sonnes name,
which Hagar bare, Islimael.
16 And Abram was fourescore and
sixe yeeres old, when Hagar bare Ish-
mael to Abram.
• Chap. i.
22.
Or, vpright
ornncere.
t Heb. mul-
titude of no.,
tions.
•Rom.*. 17
CHAP. XVIL
God reneweth the Couenant. 5 Abram his
name is changed, in token of a greater bles-
sing. 10 Circumcision is instituted. 15 Sa-
rai her name is changed, and site blessed. 1 7
Izsaac is promised. 23 Abram and Ishmael
are circumcised.
Nd when Abram was
ninetie yeres old and nine,
the LORD appeared
to Abram, and said vnto
_ him, I am the almightie
God, *walke before me, and be thou
I perfect.
2 And I wil make my couenant be-
tweene me and thee, and will multiply
thee exceedingly.
3 And Abram fell on his face, and
God talked with him, saying,
4 As for me, behold, my couenant
is with thee, and thou shalt be a *father
of II many nations.
5 Neither shall thy name any more
be called Abram, but thy name shall bee
Abraham : *for a father of many nati-
ons haue I made thee.
6 And I will make thee exceeding
fruitfull, and I will make nations of
thee, and Kings shall come out of thee
7 And I will establish my couenant
betweene me and thee, and thy seede af-
ter thee, in their generations for an e-
uerlasting couenant, to bee a God vnto
thee, and to thy seed after thee.
8 And I will giue vnto thee, and
to thy seed after thee, the land t wherein
thou art a stranger, all the land of Ca-
naan, for an euerlasting possession, and
I will be their God.
9 If And God said vnto Abraham,
Thou shalt keepe my couenant there-
fore, thou, and thy seede after thee, in
their generations.
10 This is my couenant, which yee
shall keepe betweene me and you, and
thy seed after thee: *euery man-child a-
mong you shall be circumcised.
11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of
your foreskinne; and it shal be a • token
of the couenant betwixt me and you
12 And he that is teight dayes olde,
*shalbe circumcised among you, euery
man child in your generations, he that
is borne in the house, or bought with|iohn7. 22.
money of any stranger, which is not of
thy seed.
13 He that is borne in thy house, and
he that is bought with thy money, must
needs
■tHeb.qfthy
soiounwig*.
• Acts 7. 8.
* Acts 7. 8.
rom. 4. II.
tHefrr. o
sonneofeight
dayes.
Leuit. 12.
3. luke 2. 21
Of Circumcifion.
Genefis.
Three Angels.
t Hebr. she
shall become
tuUions.
* Chap. 18.
10. and 21.
2.
• Gene. 26.
12.
needs be circumcised: and my couenant
shall be in your flesh, for an euerlasting
couenant.
1 4 And the vncircumcised man-child,
whose flesli of his foreskinne is not cir-
cumcised, that ooule shall be cut off from
his people : hee hath broken my coue-
nant.
15 H And God said vnto Abraham,
As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not
call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall
her name be.
16 And I will blesse her, and giue
thee a sonne also of her: yea I wil blesse
her,and ||she shalbe a wio^Aerof nations;
Kings of people shall be of her.
17 Then Abraham fell vpon his
face, and laughed, and said in his heart.
Shall a child be borne vnto him that is
an hundred yeeres old .'' and shal Sarah
that is ninetie yeeres old, beare .''
18 And Abraham said vnto God, O
that Ishmael might Hue before thee.
19 And God said, * Sarah thy wife
shall beare thee a sonne in deede, and
thou shalt call his name Isaac : and I
will establish my couenant with him,
for an euerlasting couenant, and with
his seed after him.
20 And as for Ishmael , I haue
heard thee: behold, I haue blessed him,
and will make him fruitfull , and will
multiplie him exceedingly : * Twelue
Srinces shall he beget, and I will make
im a great nation.
21 But my couenant wil I establish
with Isaac, which Sarah shall beare
vnto thee, at this set time, in the next
yeere.
22 And he left off talking with him,
and God went vp from Abraham.
23 IT And Abraham tooke Ishmael
his sonne, and all that were borne in his
house, and all that were bought with
his money, euery male, among the men
of Abrahams house, and circumcised
the flesh of their foreskinne, in the selfe-
same day, as God had said vnto him.
24 And Abraham was ninety yeeres
old and nine, when he was circumcised
in the flesh of his foreskinne.
25 And Ishmael his sonne was thir-
teene yeeres old, when he was circum-
cised in the flesh of his foreskinne.
26 In the selfe same day was A
braham circumcised, and Ishmael his
Sonne.
27 And all the men of his house,
borne in the house, and bought with
money of the stranger, were circumci-
sed with him.
CHAP. XVIII.
Abraham entertaineth three Angels. 9 Sa-
rah is reproued for laughing at the strange
promise. 17 The destruction of Sodome is
reuealed to Abraham. 23 Abraham ma-
keth intercession for the men thereof.
Nd the *LORD ap-
peared vnto him, in the
plainesof Mamre: and he
sate inthetentdoore,inthe
heat of the day.
2 And he lift vp his eyes and loo-
ked, and loe, three men stood by him :
and when he saw them, hee ranne to
meete them from the tent doore, and
bowed himselfe toward the ground,
3 And said, My Lord, If now I
haue found fauour in thy sight, passe
not away, I pray thee, fro thy seruant :
4 Let a little water, I pray you, be
fetched, and wash your feete, and rest
your selues vnder the tree :
5 And I will fetch a morsell of
bread, and tcomfort ye your hearts, af-
ter that you shall passe on : for therefore
tare you come to your seruant. And
they said; So doe, as thou hast said.
6 And Abraham hastened into the
tent, vnto Sarah, & said; t Make ready
quickly three measures of fine meale,
knead it, and make cakes vpon the
hearth.
7 And Abraham ranne vnto th
heard, and fetcht a calfe, tender and
good, and gaue it vnto a yong man
and he hasted to dresse it.
8 And he tooke butter, and milke,
and the calfe which he had dressed, and
set it before them; and he stood by them
vnder the tree : and they did eate.
9 IT And they said vnto him. Where
is Sarah thy wife.'' And he said. Be-
hold, in the tent.
10 And he said, I will certainly re-
turne vnto thee according to the time of
life ; and loe , * Sarah thy wife shall
haue a sonne. And Sarah heard it in
the tent doore, which was behind him.
11 Now Abraham and Sarah were
old, and well stricken in age : and it cea-
sed to be with Sarah after the maner
of women.
12 Therefore Sarah laughed with-
in her selfe, saying. After I am waxed
old, shall I haue pleasure, my * lord be-
ing old also .''
13 And
•Hebr. 13.
2.
t Hebr. stay.
t Hebr. you
hatie passed.
t Ilebr. Ha-
sten.
• Chap. 17.
ig. and 21.
2.
" 1. Pet. 3.
6.
Abraham prayeth
Chap.xix.
for the Sodomites.
• Chap. 12.
3. and 22.
18. acts. 3.
25. galat.
3.8.
13 And the LORD said vnto A
braham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh,
saying ; Shall I of a surety beare a
childe, which am old .''
14 Is any thing too hard for the
LORD ? At the time appointed will
I returne vnto thee, according to the
time of life, and Sarah shall haue a
Sonne.
15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I
laughed not : for she was afraid. And
he said, Nay, but thou diddest laugh.
16 U And the men rose vp from
thence, and looked toward Sodome:
and Abraham went with them , to
bring them on the way.
17 And the LORD said. Shall I
hide from Abraham that thing which
I doe;
18 Seeing that Abraham shall sure-
ly become a great and mighty nation,
and all the nations of the earth shall be
♦blessed in him .J"
19 For I know him, that hee will
command his children, and his house-
hold after him, and they shall keepe the
way of the LORD, to doe iustice and
iudgement, that the LORD may
bring vpon Abraham, that which hee
hath spoken of him.
20 And the LORD said. Because
the cry of Sodome and Gomorrah is
great, and because their sinne is very
grieuous :
21 I will goe downe now, and see
whether they haue done altogether ac-
cording to the cry of it, which is come
vnto me : and if not, I will know.
22 And the men turned their faces
from thence , and went toward So-
dome: but Abraham stood yet before
the LORD.
23 f And Abraham drew neere, and
said. Wilt thou also destroy the righ-
teous with the wicked .''
24 Peraduenture there be fifty righ-
teous within the citie; wilt thou also de-
stroy, and not spare the place for the fif-
tie righteous, that are therein?
25 That be farre from thee, to do af-
ter this maner, to slay the righteous
with the wicked, and that the righteous
should be as the wicked, that be farre
from thee : Shall not the Judge of all
the earth doe right ?
26 And the LORD said, If I
find in Sodom fiftie righteous, within
the citie, then I will spare all the place
for their sakes.
27 And Abraham answered, andj
said, Behold now, I haue taken vpon!
me to speake vnto the LORD, which'
am but dust and ashes. ]
28 Peraduenture there shall lacke
fine of the fiftie righteous : wilt thou de-:
stroy allthe citie (orlacke of fiue.' Andhej
said. If I find there fourtie and fiue,
I will not destroy it.
29 And hee spake vnto him yet a-
gaine , and said , Peraduenture there
shall be fourtie found there: and he said,
I will not doe it for fourties sake.
30 And he said vnto him. Oh let not
the Lord be angry, and I will speake :
Peraduenture there shall thirtie bee
found there. And he said, I will not doe
it, if I find thirtie there.
31 And he said, Behold now, I haue
taken vpon mee to speake vnto the
Lord: Peraduenture there shall bee
twenty found there. And he said, I
will not destroy it for twenties sake.
32 And hee saide, Oh let not the
Lord be angry, and I will speake yet
but this once: Peraduenture ten shall be
found there. And he said, I will not de-
stroy it for tennes sake.
33 And the LORD went his way,
assoone as hee had left communing
with Abraham : and Abraham retur-
ned vnto his place.
CHAP. XIX.
1 Lot entertaineth two Angels, i The vici-
ous Sodomites are striken with blimlnesse.
12 Lot is sent for safety into the inountaines.
18 Hee obtaineth leaue to goe into Zoar.
24 Sodome and Gomorrah are destroyed.
26 Lots wife is a pillar of salt. 30 Lot dwel-
leth in a caue. 31 The incestuous originall
of Moab and Ammon.
Nd there came two An-
gels to Sodome at euen.
and Lot sate in the gate of
Sodome : and Lot seeing
<A^/w,rosevpto meet them,
and he bowed himselfe with his face to-
ward the ground.
2 And he said, Beholde now my
Lords, turne in, I pray you, into your
seruants house, and tarie all night, and
•wash your feete, and ye shall rise vp
early and goe on your wayes. And they
said. Nay: but we wil abide in the street
all night.
3 And he pressed vpon them greatly,
and they turned in vnto him, and en-
tred into his house : and he made them
C a feast,
•Chap. 18
4.
Lots hoiife befet.
Genefis.
Sodome burnt.
'Wisd. 19.
16.
• Chap. 18.
20.
t Heb. are
found.
lOr, punish.
merit.
•Wiod. 10,
«.
a feast, and did bake vnleauened bread,
and they did eate.
4 H But before they lay downe,
the men of the citie, etien the men of So-
dom, compassed the house round, both
old and yong, all the people from euery
quarter.
5 And they called vnto Lot, and said
vnto him. Where are the men which
came in to thee this night.'' bring them
out vnto vs, that we may know them.
6 And Lot went out at the doore
vnto them, & shut the doore after him,
7 And said , I pray you, brethren,
doe not so wickedly.
8 Behold now, I haue two daugh
ters, which haue not knowen man ; let
mee, I pray you, bring them out vnto
you, and doe ye to them, as is good in
your eyes : onely vnto these men do no-
thing : for therefore came they vnder the
shadow of my roofe.
9 And they said, Stand backe. And
they said againe. This one Jellow came
in to soiourne, and he will needs bee a
ludge: Now wil we deale worse with
thee, then with them. And they pressed
sore vpon the man, eiien Lot, and came
neere to breake the doore.
10 But the men put forth their hand,
and pulled Lot into the house to them
and shut to the doore.
11 And they smote the men *that
were at the doore of the house, with
blindnes, both small and great: so that
they wearied themselues to finde the
doore.
12 H And the men said vnto Lot
Hast thou here any besides .'' sonne in
law, and thy sonnes, and thy daugh-
ters, and whatsoeuer thou hast in the
citie, bring them out of this place.
13 For we will destroy this place, be-
cause the * crie of them is waxen great
before the face of the LORD: and the
LORD hath sent vs to destroy it.
14 And Lot went out, and spake vn-
to his sonnes in law, which married his
daughters, and said, Vp, get yee out of
this place : for the LORD wil destroy
this citie : but hee seemed as one that
mocked, vnto his sonnes in law.
15 H And when the morning arose,
then the Angels hastened Lot, saying.
Arise, take thy wife, & thy two daugh-
ters, which tare here, lest thou be consu-
med in the ||iniquitie of the citie.
16 And * while he lingred, the men
laid hold vpon his hand, and vpon the
hand of his wife, and vpon the hand of
his two daughters, the LORD being
mercifuU vnto him : and they brought
him forth, and set him without the citie.
17 H And it came to passe, when they
had brought them forth abroad, that he
said, Escape for thy life, looke not behind
thee, neither stay thou in all the plaine :
escape to the mountaine, lest thou bee
consumed.
18 And Lot said vnto them. Oh not
so, my Lord.
19 Beholde now, thy seruant hath
found grace in thy sight, and thou hast
magnified thy mercy, which thou hast
shewed vnto me, in sauing my life, and
I cannot escape to the mountaine, lest
some euill take me, and I die.
20 Behold now, this citie is neere to
flee vnto, and it is a litle one: Oh let me
escape thither, (is it not a litle one .'') and
my soule shall Hue.
21 And he said vnto him, See, I haue
accepted tthee concerning this thing,
that I will not ouerthrow this citie, for
the which thou hast spoken.
22 Haste thee, escape thither : for I
cannot doe any thing till thou bee come
thither: therefore the name of the citie
was called Zoar.
23 If The sunne was t risen vpon
the earth, when Lot entred into Zoar.
24 Then *the LORD rained vp-
on Sodome & vpon Gomorrah, brim-
stone and fire, from the LORD out
of heauen.
25 And he ouerthrew those cities, and
all the plaine, and all the inhabitants of
the cities, and that which grew vpon
the ground.
26 f But his wife looked backe from
behind him, and she became a pillar of
salt.
27 H And Abraham gate vp earely
in the morning, to the place, where hee
stood before the LORD.
28 And he looked toward Sodome
and Gomorrah, & toward all the land
of the plaine, and beheld, and loe, the
smoke of the countrey went vp as the
smoke of a furnace.
29 H And it came to passe, when God
destroyed the cities of the plaine, that
God remembred Abraham , and sent
Lot out of the midst of the ouerthrow,
when he ouerthrew the cities, in the
which Lot dwelt.
30 H And Lot went vp out of Zoar,
and dwelt in the mountaine, and his
two
t Heb. thy
face.
t Hebr. gone
forth.
" Deut. 29.
23.1uk. 17.
29. isa. 13.
19. ier. 50.
40. amos 4.
U.iude?.
Lots inceft.
Chai
.XX.
Abraham in Gerar.
two daughters with him : for hee fea-
red to dwell in Zoar, and he dwelt in
a caue, he and his two daughters.
31 And the first borne saide vnto the
yonger, Our fatlier is old, and there is
not a man in the earth, to come in vnto
vs, after the maner of all the earth.
32 Come , let vs make our father
drinke wine, and we will lye with him,
that we may preserue seed of our father.
33 And they made their father drinke
wine that night, & the first borne went
in, and lay with her father: and he per-
ceiued not, when shee lay downe, nor
when she arose.
34 And it came to passe on the mor-
row, that the first borne said vnto the
yonger , Behold , I lay yesternight
with my father: let vs make him drinke
wine this night also, and goe thou in,
and lye with him, that we may preserue
seed of our father.
35 And they made their father drinke
wine that night also, and the yonger a-
rose, and lay with him : and he percei-
ued not, when she lay downe, nor when
she arose.
36 Thus were both the daughters
of Lot with childe by their father.
37 And the first borne bare a sonne,
and called his name Moab : the same is
the father of the Moabites vnto this
day.
38 And the yonger, she also bare a
Sonne, and called his name, Ben-ammi
the same is the father of the children of
Ammon, vnto this day.
CHAP. XX.
1 Abraham soioumeth at Gerar, 2 denieth
his wife, and loseth her. 3 Abimelech is re-
proued for her in a dreame. 9 He rebuketh
Abraham, 14 restoreth Sarah, 16 and
reprooueth her. 17 Hee is hesjed by A-
brahams prayer.
Nd Abraham iourneyed
from thence, toward the
South - Countrey , and
dwelled betweene Ca-
desh and Shur , and so-
iourned in Gerar.
2 And Abraham said of Sarah his
wife. She is my sister : And Abimelech
King of Gerar sent, and tooke Sarah.
3 But God came to Abimelech in a
dreame by night, and said to him. Be-
hold, thou art but a dead man, for the wo-
\Heb. mar. man which thou hast taken : for shee is
k^b^nT ita mans wife.
4 But Abimelech had not come
neere her : and he said, LORD, wilt
thou slay also a righteous nation ?
5 Said he not vnto me. She is my
sister.-* and she, euen she herselfe said, Hee
is my brother: in the ||integritie of my
heart, and innocencie of my hands haue
I done this.
6 And God saide vnto him in a
dreame. Yea, I know that thou didst
this in the integritie of thy heart : for I
also withheld thee from sinning against
mee, therefore suffered I thee not to
touch her.
7 Now therefore restore the man
his wife: for he i.s a Prophet, and he shal
pray for thee, and thou shalt Hue: and if
thou restore her not, know thou that
thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that
are thine.
8 Therefore Abimelech rose earely
in the morning, and called all his ser-
uants, and told all these things in their
eares : and the men were sore afraid.
9 Then Abimelech called Abra-
ham, and said vnto him. What hast thou
done vnto vs ? and what haue I offen-
ded thee, that thou hast brought on me,
and on my kingdome a great sinne .''
thou hast done deeds vnto mee that
ought not to be done.
10 And Abimelech said vnto Abra-
ham, What sawest thou, that thou hast
done this thing.''
11 And Abraham said. Because I
thought. Surely the feare of God is
not in this place : and they will slay mee
for my wiues sake.
12 And yet indeed shee is my sister:
she is the daughter of my father, but not
the daughter of my mother ; and shee
became my wife.
13 And it came to passe when God
caused me to wander from my fathers
house, that I said vnto her. This is thy
kindnesse which thou shalt shew vnto
me ; at euery place whither wee shall
come, * say of me, He is my brother.
14 And Abimelech tooke sheepe and
oxen, and men-seruants, and women-
seruants, and gaue them vnto Abra-
ham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
15 And Abimelech said. Behold, my
land is before thee; dwel t where it plea-
seth thee.
16 And vnto Sarah hee said , Be-
hold, I haue giuen thy brother a thou-
sandpifce^of siluer: behold, he is to thee
a couering of the eyes, vnto all that are
C 2 with
Or, timpli.
cUie or tm.
oeritie.
•Chap. 12.
13.
ti/e6. a»Ss
good m Ihiru
eyes.
Ifaac is borne.
Genefis.
Hagar comforted.
• Chap. 17.
19. and 18.
lu.
• Acts 7. 8.
Gal. 4. 22.
Heb. 11. 11
'Chap. 17.
12.
•Gal. 4. 30
with thee, and with all other : thus shee
was reproued.
17 % So Abraham prayed vnto
God : and God healed Abimelech, and
his wife, and his raaid-seruants, and
they bare children.
18 For the LORD had fast closed
vp all the wombes of the house of Abi-
melech , because of Sarah Abrahams
wife.
CHAP. XXI.
1 Isaac is borne. 4 He is circumcised. 6 Sa-
rahs ioy. 9 Hagar & Ishinael are cast forth.
15 Hagar in distresse. 17 The Angel com-
forteth her. 22 Abimelechs couenant with
Abraham at Beer-sheba.
Nd the LORD visited
Sarah as he had said, and
the LORD did vnto
Sarah *as he had spoken.
2 For Sarah * concei-
ued, and bare Abraham a sonne in his
old age, at the set time, of which God
had spoken to him.
3 And Abraham called the name of
his Sonne , that was borne vnto him,
whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
4 And Abraham circumcised his
Sonne Isaac, being eight dayes old, *as
God had commanded him.
5 And Abraham was an hundred
yeeres old, when his sonne Isaac was
borne vnto him.
6 1[ And Sarah said, God hath
made me to laugh, so that all that heare,
will laugh with me.
7 And she said. Who would haue
said vnto Abraham, that Sarah should
haue giuen children sucke .'' for I haue
borne him a sonne in his old age.
8 And the child grew, and was wea-
ned : and Abraham made a great feast,
the same day that Isaac was weaned.
9 H And Sarah saw the sonne of
Hagar the Egyptian, which shee had
borne vnto Abraham, mocking.
10 Wherfore she said vnto Abraham,
♦Cast out this bond woman, and her
Sonne : for the sonne of this bond wo-
man shall not be heire with my sonne,
euen with Isaac.
11 And the thing was very grieuous
in Abrahams sight, because of his
sonne.
12 f And God said vnto Abraham,
Let it not be grieuous in thy sight, be-
cause of the lad, and because of thy bond
woman. In all that Sarah hath said
vnto thee, hearken vnto her voice : for
in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
13 And also, of the sonne of the bond
woman will I make a nation, because
he is thy seed.
14 And Abraham rose vp earely in
the morning , and tooke bread , and a
bottle of water, and gaue it vnto Ha-
gar, (putting it on her shoulder,) and
the child, and sent her away : and shee
departed, and wandered in the wilder-
nesse of Beer-sheba.
15 And the water was spent in the
bottle, and shee cast the child vnder one
of the shrubs.
16 And she went, and sate her downe
ouer against him, a good way off, as it
were a bow shoot : for she said, Let me
not see the death of the child. And shee
sate ouer against him, and lift vp her
voice, and wept.
17 And God heard the voice of the
lad, and the Angel of God called to Ha-
gar out of heauen, and said vnto her.
What aileth thee, Hagar.? fearenot: for
God hath heard the voice of the ladde,
where he is.
18 Arise, lift vp the lad, and hold him
in thine hand : for I will make him a
great nation.
19 And God opened her eyes, and
she saw a well of water, and shee went,
and filled the bottle with water, and
gaue the lad drinke.
20 And God was with the lad, and
he grew, and dwelt in the wildernesse,
and became an archer.
21 And hee dwelt in the wildernesse
of Paran : and his mother tooke him a
wife out of the land of Egypt.
22 ^1 And it came to passe at that
time, that Abimelech and Phichol the
chiefe captaine of his hoste spake vnto
Abraham, saying, God is with thee in
all that thou doest.
23 Now therefore sweare vnto mee
here by God, that thou wilt not tdeale
falsly with me, nor with my sonne, nor
with my sonnes sonne : hut according to
the kindnesse that I haue done vnto
thee, thou shalt doe vnto me, and to the
land wherein thou hast soiourned.
24 And Abraham saide, I will
sweare.
25 And Abraham reproued Abime-
lech, because of a well of water, which
Abimelechs seruants had violently ta-
ken away.
26 And Abimelech saide, I wote
not
t Hebrete, if
thou shalt he
vnto me.
Abraham is tempted. Chap.xxij.
Ifaac fpared.
I That is,
The well qf
theolhe.
Or, Tree.
Hebr. U
17.
t Hebr. Be-
hold me.
not who hath done this thing: neither
didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I
of it, but to day.
27 And Abraham tooke sheepe and
oxen, and gaue them vnto Abimelech :
and both of them made a couenant.
28 And Abraham set seuen ewe
lambes of the flocke by themselues.
29 And Abimelech said vnto Abra-
ham , What meane these seuen ewe
lambes, which thou hast set by them-
selues .''
30 And he said, For these seuen ewe
lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that
they may be a witnesse vnto me, that I
haue digged this well.
31 Wherefore he called that place,
Beer-sheba : because there they sware
both of them.
32 Thus they made a couenant at
Beeer-sheba: then Abimelech rose vp,
and Phichol the chiefe captaine of his
hoste, and they returned into the land
of the Philistines
33 H And Abraham planted a Hgroue
in Beer-sheba, and called there on the
Name of the LORD, the euerla-
sting God.
34 And Abraham soiourned in the
Philistines land, many dayes.
CHAP. XXII.
1 Abraham is tempted to offer Isaac. 3 Hee
giueth proofe of his faith and obedience.
11 The Angel stayeth him. 13 Isaac is
exchanged with a ramme. 14 The place
is called lehouah-ijreh. 15 Abraham is
blessed againe. 20 The generation of Na-
hor vnto Rebekah.
Nd it came to passe after
these things, that *God
did tempt Abraham, and
said vnto him, Abraham
And hee said, tBeholde,
heere I am.
2 And he said, Take now thy sonne,
thine onely sonne Isaac, whom thou lo-
uest, and get thee into the land of Mo
riah : and offer him there for a burnt
offering vpon one of the Mountaines
which I will tell thee of.
3 IT And Abraham rose vp earely
in the morning, and sadled his asse, and
tooke two of his yong men with him,
and Isaac his sonne , and claue the
wood for the burnt offering, and rose
vp, and went vnto the place of which
God had told him
place
hold me.
\Or,kidde.
* lam. i. n.
4 Then on the third aay
lift vp his eyes, and saw the
farre off".
5 And Abraham said vnto his yong
men, Abide you here with the asse, and
I and the lad will goe yonder and wor-
ship, and come againe to you.
6 And Abraham tooke the wood of
the burnt offering, and layd it vpon I-
saac his sonne: and he tooke the fire in
his hand, and a knife : and they went
both of them together.
7 And Isaac spake vnto Abraham
his father, and said, My father: and he
said, tHere am I, my sonne. And hee t^e*f. 6c-
said. Behold the fire and wood: but'
where is the ||lambe for a burnt oflTring.''
8 And Abraham said. My sonne,
God will prouide himselfe a lambe for a
burnt offering : so they went both of
them together.
9 And they came to the place which
God had tolde him of, and Abraham
built an Altar there, and layd the wood
in order, and bound Isaac his sonne,
and *layde him on the Altar vpon the
wood.
10 And Abraham stretched foorth
his hand, and tooke the knife to slay his
sonne.
11 And the Angel of the LORD
called vnto him out of heauen, and said,
Abraham, Abraham. And he said, Here
am I.
12 Arid he said. Lay not thine hand
vpon the lad, neither do thou any thing
vnto him : for now I know that thou
fearest God, seeing thou hast not with
helde thy sonne, thine onely sonne
from mee.
13 And Abraham lifted vp his eyes,
and looked, and beholde, behinde him a
Ramme caught in a thicket by hi
homes : And Abraham went and tooke
the Ramme, and offered him vp for a
burnt offering, in the stead of his sonne.
14 And Abraham called the name of
that place || lehouah-ijreh, as it is said
to this day. In the Mount of the
LORD it shalbe seene.
15 f And the Angel of the LORD
called vnto Abraham out of heauen the
second time,
16 And said, *By my selfe haue
sworne, saith the LORD, for because
thou hast done this thing, and hast not
withheld thy sonne, thine onely sonne,
17 That in blessing I will blesse
thee, and in multiplying, I will mul
tiply
I That U,
The LORD
will see, or,
prmtide.
• Psal. 105.
9. ecclus.
44. 21. luke
1. 73. hebr.
G. 13.
t Heb. lippe.
Chap. 12.
3. and IB.
18. ecclus.
44. 22. acts.
3. 25. galat.
3. 8.
Sarahs death.
Geneiis.
Her buriall.
•Called
Rom. 9. lu.
Rebecca.
t Hebr. a
Prince of
Ood.
tiply thy seed as the starres of the hea-
uen, and as the sand which is vpon the
sea t shore, and thy seed shall possesse the
gate of his enemies.
18 * And in thy seed shall all the nati-
ons of the earth be blessed, because thou
hast obeyed my voice.
19 So Abraham returned vnto his
yong men, and they rose vp, and went
together to Beer-sheba, and Abraham
dwelt at Beer-sheba.
20 % And it came to passe after these
things, that it was told Abraham, say
ing , Behold Milcah , shee hath also
borne children vnto thy brother Na-
hor,
21 Huz his first borne, and Buz his
brother, and Kemuel the father of
Aram,
22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pil
dash, and lidlaph, and Bethuel.
23 And Bethuel begate * Rebekah :
these eight Milcah did beare to Nahor
Abrahams brother.
24 And his concubine whose name
was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and
Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah
CHAP. XXIII.
1 The age and death of Sarah. 3 The purchase
of Machpelah, 19 where Sarah was buried
Nd Sarah was an hun-
dred and seuen andtwenty
yeeres olde : these were the
yeeres of the life of Sarah
2 And Sarah died in
Kiriath-arba, the same is Hebron in the
land of Canaan : And Abraham came
to mourne for Sarah, and to weepe for
her.
3 IT And Abraham stood vp from
before his dead, & spake vnto the sonnes
of Heth, saying,
4 I am a stranger and a soiourner
with you: giue me a possession of a bu
rying place with you, that I may bury
my dead out of my sight.
5 And the children of Heth answered
Abraham, saying vnto him,
6 Heare vs, my Lord, thou art
tmightie Prince amongst vs : in the
choise of our sepulchres bury thy dead :
none of vs shall withhold from thee his
sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury
thy dead.
7 And Abraham stood vp and bow
ed himselfe to the people of the land, c-
uen to the children of Heth.
8 And hee communed with them
saying, if it be your mind that I should
bury my dead out of my sight, heare me,
and entreat for me to Ephron the sonne
of Zohar :
9 That he may giue me the caue of
Machpelah, which he hath, which is in
the end of his field: for tas much money
as it is worth he shall giue it mee, for a
possession of a burying place amongst
you.
10 And Ephron dwelt amongst the
children of Heth. AndEphron theHit
tite answered Abraham in the taudi
ence of the children of Heth, euen of all
that went in at the gates of his citie,
saying,
11 Nay, my lord, heare mee: the field
giue I thee, and the caue that is therein,
I giue it thee, in the presence of the
sonnes of my people giue I it thee: bu-
ry thy dead.
12 And Abraham bowed downe
himselfe before the people of the land.
13 And he spake vnto Ephron in the
audience of the people of the land, say
ing. But if thou vWtgiue it, I pray thee,
heare mee : I will giue thee money for
the field : take it of me, and I will bury
my dead there.
14 And Ephron answered Abra-
ham, saying vnto him,
15 My lord, hearken vnto mee : the
land is worth foure hundred shekels of
siluer : what is that betwixt mee and
thee .'' bury therefore thy dead.
16 And Abraham hearkened vnto
Ephron, and Abraham weighed to E
phron the siluer, which he had named,
in the audience of the sonnes of Heth,
foure hundred shekels of siluer, currant
money with the merchant.
17 If And the field of Ephron which
was in Machpelah, which was before
Mamre, the fielde and the caue which
was therein, and all the trees that were
in the field, that were in all the borders
round about, were made sure
18 Vnto Abraham for a possession in
the presence of the children of Heth, be-
fore all that went in at the gates of his
Citie.
19 And after this Abraham buried
Sarah his wife in the caue of the field
of Machpelah, before Mamre: the same
is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
20 And the field, and the caue that
is therein, were made sure vnto Abra-
ham, for a possession of a burying place,
by the sonnes of Heth.
CHAP
\ Hebr. full
moneg.
fHebr.eares.
Care to pmuicle
Ch
ap.xxiiij.
a wife for Ifaac.
t Hebr. gone
into dayes.
'Chap. 47.
29.
•Chap. 12.
7. and 13.
15. and 15.
18. and 2G.
4.
I Or, And
CHAP. XXIIII.
1 Abraham sweareth his seruant. 10 The ser-
uants iourney: 12 His prayer: 14 His
signe. 15 Ilebekah meeteth him, 18 ful
filleth his signe, 22 receiueth iewels, 23
sheweth her kinred, 25 and inuiteth him
home. 26 The seruant blesseth God. 28 La-
ban enterteineth him. 34 The seruant shew-
eth his message. 50 Laban and Bethuel ap-
proue it. 58 Rebekah consenteth to goe.
62 Isaac meeteth her.
Nd Abraham was olde
and twell stricken in age
And the LORD had
blessed Abraham in all
things.
2 And Abraham said vnto his eldest
seruant of his house, that ruled ouer all
that he had, *Put, I pray thee, thy
hand vnder my thigh :
3 And I will make thee sweare by
the LORD the God of heauen, and
the God of the earth, that thou shalt
not take a wife vnto my sonne of the
daughters of the Canaanites amongst
whom I dwell.
4 But thou shalt go vnto my coun
trey, and to my kinred, and take a wife
vnto my sonne Isaac.
5 And the seruant said vnto him
Peraduenture the woman will not bee
willing to follow mee vnto this land :
must I needes bring thy sonne againe,
vnto the land from whence thou ca-
mest ?
6 And Abraham said vnto him. Be-
ware thou , that thou bring not my
Sonne thither againe.
7 H The LORD God of heauen
which tooke mee from my fathers
house, and from the land of my kindred,
and which spake vnto mee, and that
sware vnto me, saying, *Vnto thy seed
will I giue this land, he shall send his
Angel before thee, and thou shalt take a
wife vnto my sonne from thence.
8 And if the woman wil not be wil-
ling to follow thee, then thou shalt bee
cleare from this my othe : onely bring
not my sonne thither againe.
9 And the seruant put his hand vn-
der the thigh of Abraham his master,
and sware to him concerning that
matter.
10 IT And the seruant tooke ten ca-
mels, of the camels of his master, and
departed, (||forall the goods of his ma-
ster were in his hand) and he arose, and
went to Mesopotamia, vnto the citie
of Nahor.
11 And he made his camels to kneele
downe without the citie, by a well of
water, at the time of the euening, euen
the time tthat women goe out to draw
water.
12 And he said, O LORD, God of
my master Abraham, I pray thee send
me good speed this day, and shew kind-
nesse vnto my master Abraham.
13 Behold, *I stand here by the well
of water; and the daughters of the
men of the Citie come out to draw
water :
14 And let it come to passe, that the
damsell to whom I shall say, Let
downe thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I
may drinke, and she shall say, Drinke,
and I will giue thy camels drinke also;
let the same be shee that thou hast ap-
pointed for thy seruant Isaac : and
thereby shall I know that thou hast
shewed kindnesse vnto my master.
15 II And it came to passe before hee
had done speaking, that behold, Rebe-
kah came out, who was borne to Be-
thuel, .sonne of Milcah, the wife of Na-
hor Abrahams brother, with her pit-
cher vpon her shoulder.
16 And the damsell was tvery faire
to looke vpon, a virgine, neither had a-
ny man knowen her ; and shee went
downe to the wel, and filled her pitcher,
and came vp.
17 And the seruant ranne to meete
her, and said, Let mee (I pray thee)
drinke a little water of thy pitcher.
18 And she said, Drinke, my lord: and
she hasted, and let downe her pitcher
vpon her hand, and gaue him drinke.
19 And when shee had done giuing
him drinke, she said, I will draw water
for thy camels also, vntill they haue
done drinking.
20 And she hasted and emptied her
pitcher into the trough, and ranne a-
gaine vnto the well to draw water, and
drew for all his camels.
21 And the man wondering at her,
heldc his peace, to wit, whether the
LORD had made his iourney pros-
perous, or not.
22 And it came to passe as the camels
had done drinking, that the man tooke
a golden ||eare-ring, of halfe a shekel
weight, & two bracelets for her handes,
of ten shekels weight of gold,
23 And said. Whose daughter art
thou .?
t Hebr. that
wome which
draw water,
goe/oorth.
' Vers. 43.
t Hebr. good
ofcounU'
nance.
Or, iewell
for the fore-
head.
Abrahams feruant,
Genefis.
and Rebekah.
thou ? tell mee, I pray thee : is there
roome in thy fathers house for vs to
lodge in ?
24 And she said vnto him, I am the
daughter of Bethuel the sonne of Mil-
cah, which she bare vnto Nahor :
25 She said moreouer vnto him, We
haue both straw & prouender ynough,
and roome to lodge in.
26 And the man bowed downe his
head, and worshipped the LORD.
27 And hee saide. Blessed bee the
LORD God of my master Abraham,
who hath not left destitute my master
of his mercy, and his trueth : I being
in the way, the LORD led me to the
house of my masters brethren.
28 And the damsell ranne, and told
them of her mothers house, these things.
29 H And Rebekah had a brother,
and his name was I^aban : and Laban
ranne out vnto the man, vnto the well.
30 And it came to passe when he saw
the eare-ring, and bracelets vpon his
sisters hands, and when hee heard the
wordes of Rebekah his sister, saying,
Thus spake the man vnto me, that he
came vnto the man; and behold, hee
stood by the camels, at the well.
31 And he said. Come in, thou blessed
of the LORD, wherefore standest
thou without .'' for I haue prepared the
house, and roome for the camels.
32 IT And the man came into the
house: and he vngirded his camels, and
gaue straw and prouender for the ca-
mels, and water to wash his feet, and
the mens feet that were with him.
33 And there was set meat before him
to eate: but he said, I will not eate, vn
till I haue tolde mine errand. And hee
said, Speake on.
34 And he said, I am Abrahams ser-
uant.
35 And the LORD hath blessed
my master greatly, and hee is become
great : and hee hath giuen him flocks,
and heards, and siluer, and gold, and
men seruants, and mayd seruants, and
camels, and asses.
36 And Sarah my masters wife
bare a sonne to my master when shee
was old : and vnto him hath hee giuen
all that he hath.
37 And my master made me sweare,
saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to
my Sonne, of the daughters of the Ca-
naanites, in whose land I dwell :
38 But thou shalt goe vnto my fa-
thers house, and to my kinred, and take
a wife vnto my sonne.
39 And I said vnto my master, Per-
aduenture the woman will not foUowe
me.
40 And hee saide vnto me. The
LORD, before whom I walke, will
send his Angel with thee, and prosper
thy way : and thou shalt take a wife for
my Sonne, of my kinred, and of my fa-
thers house.
41 Then shalt thou bee cleare from
this my oath, when thou commest to
my kinred, and if they giue not thee one,
thou shalt be cleare from my oath.
42 And I came this day vnto the
well, and said, O LORD God of my
master Abraham, if now thou doe pros-
per my way, which I goe :
43 • Behold, I stand by the well of • Veree 13.
water ; and it shall come to passe, that
when the virgine commeth foorth to
draw water, and I say to her, Giue me,
I pray thee, a litle water of thy pitcher
to drinke ;
44 And she say to me, Both drinke
thou, and I will also draw for thy ca-
mels : let the same be the woman, who
the LORD hath appointed out for
my masters sonne.
45 And before I had done speaking
in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came
forth, with her pitcher on her shoulder;
and she went downe vnto the well, and
drew water: and I said vnto her. Let
me drinke, I pray thee.
46 And she made haste, & let downe
her pitcher from her skmilde?; and saide,
Drinke , and I will giue thy camels
drinke also : so I dranke, and she made
the camels drinke also.
47 And I asked her, and said, Whose
daughter art thou .-* and she said. The
daughter of Bethuel, Nahors sonne,
whom Milcah bare vnto him : and I
put the earering vpon her face, and the
bracelets vpon her hands.
48 And I bowed downe my head,
and worshipped the LORD, and bles-
sed the LORD God of my master
Abraham, which had led mee in the
right way to take my masters brothers
daughter vnto his sonne.
49 And now if you wil deale kindly
and truely with my master, tell me: and
if not, tell me, that I may turne to the
right hand, or to the left.
50 Then Laban and Bethuel an-
swered and said. The thing proceedeth
from
She becommeth
Ch
ap.xxv.
wife to Ifaac.
t Hebr. ves^
sels.
* Vers. 66.
'and 59.
II Or, a full
j/eere,ortten
moneths.
•Chap. IB.
14. and 25.
11.
I Or, to pray.
from the LORD : we cannot speake
vnto thee bad or good.
51 Beliold, Rebekali is before thee,
take her, and goe, and let lier be thy ma-
sters sonnes wife, as the LORD hath
spoken.
52 And it came to passe, that when
Abrahams seruant heard their words ,
he worshipped the LORD, boisnng
himselfe to the earth.
53 And the seruant brought foorth
tiewels of siluer, and iewels of gold,
and raiment, and gaue them to Rebe-
kah : He gaue also to her brother, and
to her mother precious things.
54 And they did eate and drinke, he
and the men that were with him, and
taried all night, and they rose vp in the
morning, and he said, *Send me away
vnto my master.
?>5 And her brother and her mother
said, Let the damsell abide with vs
a few dayes, at the least ten; after that,
she shall goe.
5Q And he said vnto them , Hinder
me not, seeing the LORD hath pros-
pered my way : send me away, that I
may goe to my master.
57 And they said. Wee will call the
Damsell, and enquire at her mouth.
58 And they called Rebekah, and said
vnto her. Wilt thou go with this man .'
and she said, I will goe.
59 And they sent away Rebekah
their sister, and her nurse, and Abra-
hams seruant, and his men.
60 And they blessed Rebekah, and
said vnto her, Thou art our sister, bee
thou the mother of thousands of milli-
ons, and let thy seed possesse the gate of
those which hate them.
61 U And Rebekah arose, and her
damsels, & they rode vpon the camels,
and followed the man : and the seruant
tooke Rebekah, and went his way.
62 And Isaac came from the way
of the *well Lahai-roi, for he dwelt in
the South countrey.
63 And Isaac went out, to || meditate
in the field, at the euentide : and bee lift
vp his eyes, and saw, and behold, the
camels were comming.
64 And Rebekah lift vp her eyes,
and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off
the camel.
65 For she had said vnto the seruant,
What man is this that walketh in the
field to meet vs ? and the seruant had
said. It is my master : therefore shee
tooke a vaile and couered her selfe.
66 And the seruant tolde Isaac all
things that he had done.
67 And Isaac brought her into his
mother Sarahs tent, and tooke Rebe-
kah, and she became his wife, and he lo-
ued her : and Isaac was comforted af-
ter his mothers decdh.
CHAP. XXV.
I The sonnes of Abraham by Keturah. 5 The
diuision of his goods. 7 His age and death.
9 His buriall. 12 The generations of Idj-
mael. 17 His age, and death. 19 Isaac
prayeth for Rebekah being barren. 22 The
children striue in her wombe. 24 The birth
of Esau and Jacob. 27 Their difference. 29
Esau selleth his birthright.
Hen againe Abraham
tooke a wife, & her name
was Keturah.
2 And shee bare hhn
Zimran , and lokshan,
and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak,
and Shuah.
3 And * lokshan begat Sheba, and
Dedan. And the sonnes of Dedan were
Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leura-
mim.
4 And the sonnes of Midian , E-
phah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and A-
bida, and Eldaah : all these were the
children of Keturah.
5 IT And Abraham gaue all that he
had, vnto Isaac.
6 But vnto the sonnes of the con-
cubines which Abraham had , Abra-
ham gaue gifts, and sent them away
from Isaac his sonne (while he yet li-
ned) Eastward, vnto the East country.
7 And these are the dayes of the
yeres of Abrahams life which he lined;
an hundred, threescore & fifteeney ceres.
8 Then Abraham gaue vp the ghost,
and died in a good old age, an old man,
and full qf'yeeres, and was gathered to
his people.
9 And his sonnes Isaac and Ish-
mael buried him in the caue of jMach-
pelah, in the field of Ephron the sonne
of Zohar the Hittitc, which is before
Mam re ;
10 * The field which Abraham pur-
chased of the sonnes of Heth : there was
Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
11 H And it came to passe after the
death of Abraham, that God blessed
his Sonne Isaac , and Isaac dwelt
by the *well Lahai-roi.
D 12 f Now
1. Cliro. I
32.
' Chap. 23.
•Chap. 16.
14. ami 24.
62.
Ifhmael dieth.
Geiiefis. Efaus birthright fold.
"l.Chron.
1. 29.
\Hebr.feU.
•Rom. 9.
12.
• Ote. 12. 3.
12 H Now these are the generations
of Ishmael Abrahams sonne, whom
Hagar the Egyptian Sarahs hand-
mayd, bare vnto Abraham :
13 And * these are the names of the
sonnes of Ishmael, by their names, ac-
cording to their generations ; The first
borne of Ishmael, Nebaioth, and Ke-
dar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and
Massa,
15 Hadar, and Tema, letur, Na
phish, and Kedemah.
16 These are the sonnes of Ishma-
el, and these are their names, by their
townes and by their castels ; twelue
princes according to their nations.
17 And these are the yeeres of the life
of Ishmael ; an hundred and thirty and
seuen yeeres : and he gaue vp the ghost
and died, and was gathered vnto his
people.
18 And they dwelt from Hauilah
vnto Shur, that is before Egypt, as
thou goest towards Assyria : and hee
tdied in the presence of all his brethren.
19 IT And these are the generations
of Isaac, Abrahams sonne: Abraham
begate Isaac.
20 And Isaac was fortie yeeres old
when hee tooke Rebekah to wife, the
daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Pa-
dan Aram, the sister to Laban the
Syrian.
21 And Isaac intreated the LORD
for his wife, because she was barren: and
the LORD was intreated of him,
and Rebekah his wife conceiued.
22 And the children struggled toge-
ther within her ; and she said. If it be
so, why am I thus .'' and shee went to
enquire of the LORD.
23 And the LORD said vnto her.
Two nations are in thy wombe , and
two maner of people shall be separated
from thy bowels : and the one people
shalbe stronger then the other people :
and *the elder shall serue the yonger.
24 H And when her dayes to be de-
liuered were fulfilled, behold, there were
twinnes in her wombe.
25 And the first came out red, all o-
uer like an hairy garment: and they cal-
led his name, Esau.
26 And after that came his brother
out, and *his hand tooke holde on E
saus heele; and his name was called
lacob : and Isaac was threescore yeres
old, when shee bare them.
27 And the boyes grew ; and Esau
was a cunning hunter, a man of the
fielde : and lacob was a plaine man,
dwelling in tents.
28 And Isaac loued Esau, because the
did eate of his venison : but Rebekah
loued lacob.
29 H And lacob sod pottage : and
Esau came from the field, and hee was
faint.
30 And Esau said to lacob. Feed me
I pray thee, twith that same red pot-
tage : for I am faint ; therefore was his
name called Edom.
31 And lacob said, Sell me this day
thy birthright.
32 And Esau said. Behold, I am tat
the point to die : and what profit shall
this birthright doe to me ?
33 And lacob said, Sweare to mee
this day: and he sware to him : and *he
sold his birthright vnto lacob.
34 Then lacob gaue Esau bread
and pottage of lentiles ; and he did eate
and drinke, and rose vp, and went his
way: thus Esau despised his birthright.
CHAP. XXVI.
1 Isaac because offamine went to Gerar. 2 God
instructeth, and blesseth him. 7 Hee is re-
proued by Abimelech for denying his wife.
12 He groweth rich. 18 He diggeth Esek,
Sitnah, and Rehoboth. 23 Abimelech ma-
keth a couenant with him at Beersheba. 34
Esaus wiues.
Nd there was a famine in
the land , besides the first
famine that was in the
dayes of Abraham. And
Isaac went vnto Abime
lech King of the Philistims, vnto
Gerar.
2 And the LORD appeared vn
to him and said, Goe not downe into
Egypt ; dwell in the land which I shall
tell thee of.
3 Soiourne in this land, and I wil
be with thee, and will blesse thee : for
vnto thee, and vnto thy seed *I will
giue all these countreys, and I wil per-
forme the othe, which I sware vnto A-
braham thy father.
4 And I wil make thy seed to mul-
tiply as the starres of heauen, and will
giue vnto thy seed all these countreys :
and in thy Seed shall all the nations of
the earth be * blessed :
5 Because that Abraham obeyed
my voyce, and kept my charge, my
Com-
t Hebr. ve-
nison was in
his mouth.
t Hebr. with
that red,
with thai red
pottage.
t Hebr. go-
ing to die.
* Hebr. 12.
16.
"Chap. 13.
15. and 1.5.
18.
•Chap. 12.
3. and 15.
18. and 22.
18.
Ifaac foiourneth
CI
lap.xxvj.
at Beer-lheba.
t Heb.founil.
t Heb. went
going-
I Or, hus-
bandrs/.
i Heb. lining
Commandements , my Statutes and
my Lawes.
6 f And Isaac dwelt in Gerar.
7 And the men of the place asked
him of his wife : and he said, She is my
sister: forhefearedto sa,y, She is my viiife;
lest, .mid he, the men of the place should
kill me for llebekah, because shee was
faire to looke vpon.
8 And it came to passe when he had
bene there a long time, that Abimelech
king of the Philistims looked out at a
window, and saw, and behold, Isaac
was sporting with llebekah his wife.
9 And Abimelech called Isaac and
said. Behold, of a suretie she is thy wife:
and how saidst thou. She is my sister ?
And Isaac said vnto him, Because I
said. Lest I die for her.
10 And Abimelech said. What is this
thou hast done vnto vs ? one of the peo-
ple might lightly haue lien with thy
wife, and thou shouldest haue brought
guiltinesse vpon vs.
11 And Abimelech charged all his
people, saying, Hee that toucheth this
man or his wife, shall surely bee put to
death.
12 Then Isaac sowed in that land,
and treceiued in the same yeere an hun-
dred fdld : & the LORD blessed him.
13 And the man waxed great, and
twent forward, and grew vntill he be
came very great.
14 For he had possession of flocks,
and possession of beards , and great
store of llseruants, and the Philistims
enuied him.
15 For all the wels which his fathers
seruants had digged in the dayes of A-
braham his father, the Philistims had
stopped them, & filled them with earth.
16 And Abimelech said vnto Isaac,
Goe from vs : for thou art much migh-
tier then we.
17 H And Isaac departed thence,
and pitched his tent in the valley of Ge-
rar, and dwelt there.
18 And Isaac digged againe the wels
of water, which they had digged in the
dayes of Abraham his father : for the
Philistims had stopped them after the
death of Abraham, and he called their
names after the names by which his
father had called them.
19 And Isaacs seruants digged in
the valley, and found there a well of
t springing water.
20 And the heardmen of Gerar did
striue with Isaacs heardmen , saying,
The water is ours ; and hee called the
name of the well, || Esek, because they
stroue with him.
21 And they digged another well, and
stroue for that also : and hee called the
name of it, || Sitnah.
22 And he remoued from thence, and
digged another well, and for that they
stroue not : and he called the name of it
Ilehoboth : and he said. For now the
LORD hath made roome for vs, and
we shall be fruitfull in the land.
23 And he went vp from thence to
Beer-sheba.
24 And the LORD appeared vn
to him the same night, and saide, I am
the God of Abraham thy father : feare
not, for I am with thee, and will blesse
thee, and multiply thy seede, for my ser-
uant Abrahams sake.
25 And he builded an altar there, and
called vpon the name of the LORD,
and pitched his tent there : and there
Isaacs seruants digged a well.
26 H Then Abimelech went to him
from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his
friends, and Phichol the chiefe captaine
of his armie.
27 And Isaac saide vnto them.
Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate
me, and haue sent me away from you ?
28 And they said, tWe saw certainly
that the LORD was with thee: and
wee said, Let there be now an othe be-
twixt vs, euen betwixt vs and thee, and
let vs make a couenant with thee,
29 tThat thou wilt doe vs no hurt,
as we haue not touched thee, and as we
haue done vnto thee nothing but good,
and haue sent thee away in peace : thou
art now the blessed of the LORD,
30 And he made them a feast, and
they did eate and drinke.
31 And they rose vp betimes in the
morning, and sware one to another
and Isaac sent them away, and they
departed from him in peace.
32 And it came to passe the same day,
that Isaacs seruants came , and tolde
him concerning the well which they
had digged, and said vnto him, We haue
found water.
33 And he called it ||Shebah : there-
fore the name of the citie is || Beer-sheba
vnto this day.
34 IT And Esau was forty yeeres
old, when he tooke to wife ludith, the
daughter of Beeri the Hittite , and
D 2 Bashe-
Thatia,
Contention.
That U,
Hatred.
IThBtU,
roome.
i Heb. seeing
toe taw.
^Hekifthou
sltaUS[C.
I That is, an
oath.
I That U, the
well of the
oath.
Efau hunting,
Genefis.
lacob is blefled.
•Chap. 27.
46.
iHibr.bit-
ipirU,
iHe0.hunt.
Bashemath the daughter of Elon the
Hittite :
35 Which *were ta griefe of minde
vnto Isaac and to Rebekah.
CHAP. XXVII.
1 Isaac sendeth Esau for venison. 5 Rebekah
instructeth lacob to obtaine the blessing. 1 5
Jacob vnder the person of Esau obteineth it.
30 Esau bringeui venison. 33 Isaac trem-
bleth. 34 Esau complaineth, and by impor-
tunitie obtaineth a blessing. 41 He threat-
neth lacob. 43 Rebekah disappointeth it.
Nd it came to passe that
vfhen Isaac was old, and
his eyes were dimme, so
that he could not see, hee
called Esau his eldest son,
and said vnto him. My sonne. And hee
said vnto him. Behold, here am I.
2 And he said , Behold now, I am
old, I know not the day of my death
3 Now therefore take, I pray thee,
thy weapons, thy quiuer, and thy bow,
and goe out to the field, and ttake mee
some venison.
4 And make me sauoury meat, such
as I loue, and bring it to mee, that I
may eate, that my soule may blesse thee
before I die.
5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac
spake to Esau his sonne: and Esau went
to the fielde to hunter venison, and to
bring it.
6 U And Rebekah spake vnto la-
cob her Sonne, saying, Behold, I heard
thy father speake vnto Esau thy bro
ther, saying.
Bring me venison, and make mee
sauoury meat, that I may eate, and
blesse thee before the LORD, before
my death.
8 Now therefore, my sonne, obey
my voyce, according to that which I
command thee.
9 Goe now to the flocke, and fetch
me from thence two good kids of the
goates, and I will make them sauoury
meat for thy father, such as he loueth.
10 And thou shalt bring it to thy fa-
ther, that he may eate, and that he may
blesse thee, before his death.
11 And lacob said to Rebekah his
mother. Behold, Esau my brother is a
hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
12 My father peraduenture will
feele me, and I shall seeme to him as a
deceiuer, and I shall bring a curse vpon
me, and not a blessing.
13 And his mother said vnto him,
Vpon me be thy curse, my sonne : onely
obey my voice, and goe fetch me them.
14 And hee went, and fetched, and
brought them to his mother, and his
mother made sauoury meat, such as his
father loued.
15 And Rebekah tooke tgoodly rai-
ment of her eldest sonne Esau, which
were with her in the house, and put
them vpon lacob her yonger sonne :
16 And shee put the skinnes of the
kids of the goats vpon his hands, and
vpon the smooth of his necke.
17 And she gaue the sauoury meate,
and the bread, which she had prepared,
into the hand of her sonne lacob.
18 IT And he came vnto his father,
and said. My father: And he said. Here
am I : who art thou, my sonne .-'
19 And lacob said vnto his father,
I am Esau, thy first borne; I haue done
according as thou badest mee : arise, I
pray thee, sit, and eate of my venison,
that thy soule may blesse me.
20 And Isaac said vnto his sonne.
How is it that thou hast found it so
quickly, my sonne .'' And he said , Be-
cause the LORD thy God brought
it tto me.
21 And Isaac saide vnto lacob.
Come neere, I pray thee, that I may
feele thee, my sonne, whether thou bee
my very sonne Esau, or not.
22 And lacob went neere vnto I
saac his father : and hee felt him, and
said. The voyce is lacobs voyce, but the
hands are the hands of Esau.
23 And he discerned him not, because
his hands were hairie, as his brother
Esaus hands : So he blessed him.
24 And he said. Art thou my very
Sonne Esau ? and he said, I am.
25 And he said, Bring it neere to me,
and I will eate of my sonnes venison,
that my soule may blesse thee : and hee
brought it neere to him, and he did eate:
and he brought him wine, & he dranke
26 And his father Isaac saide vnto
him. Come neere now, and kisse me, my
sonne.
27 And hee came neere, and kissed
him: and he smelled the smell of his rai-
ment, and blessed him, and said, See, the
smell of my sonne is as the smell of a
field, which the LORD hath blessed.
28 Therefore *God giue thee of the
dew of heauen, and the fatnesse of the
earth, and plenty of corne and wine.
29 Let
iHebr.de-
siredble.
t Hehr. be-
fore me.
'Heb. 11.
Efau
mourne
th.
Chap.xxviij.
Jacob is fent
away. I
t Hebr.
trembled
with a great
tremblifig
greatly.
t Hebr. hun-
ted.
I That is, A
tupplanter.
• Or, suppor-
ted.
•Heb. 12.
17.
• Verse 28.
1 Or, of the
fatnesse.
29 I-.et people serue thee, and nati-
ons bow downe to tliee : bee lord ouer
thy brethren, & let thy mothers sonnes
bow downe to thee : Cursed bee euery
one that curseth thee, and blessed be hee
that blesseth thee.
30 11 And it came to passe, as soone
as Isaac had made an ende of blessing
lacob, and lacob was yet scarce gone
out from the presence of Isaac his fa-
ther, that Esau his brother came in
from his hunting.
31 And hee also had made sauoury
meate, and brought it vnto his father,
and said vnto his father. Let my father
arise, and eat of his sonnes venison, that
thy soule may blesse me.
32 And Isaac his father said vnto
him. Who art thou .'' and he said, I am
thy Sonne, thy first borne Esau.
33 And Isaac t trembled very excee
dingly, and said, Who.-* where is he that
hath ttaken venison, and brought it me,
and I haue eaten of all before thou ca-
mest, and haue blessed him ? yea and he
shalbe blessed.
34 And when Esau heard the words
of his father, he cried with a great and
exceeding bitter cry, and said vnto his
father, Blesse mee, eiien me also, O my
father.
35 And hee said. Thy brother came
with subtilty, and hath taken away thy
blessing.
36 And he said. Is not he rightly na-
ned II lacob.? for he hath supplanted me
these two times : hee tooke away my
birthright, and behold, now he hath ta-
ken away my blessing: and hee said
Hast thou not reserued a blessing for
mee .'
37 And Isaac answered and saide
vnto Esau , Behold, I haue made him
thy lord, and all his brethren haue I gi-
uen to him for seruants : and with come
and wine haue I || susteined him : and
what shall I doe now vnto thee , my
Sonne '?
38 And Esau said vnto his father.
Hast thou but one blessing, my father.?
blesse mee, euen mee also, O my father.
And Esau lift vp his voyce, * and wept.
39 And Isaac his father answered,
and said vnto him, Behold, *thy dwel-
ling shall be ||the fatnesse of the earth,
and of the dew of heauen from aboue.
40 And by thy sword shalt thou Hue,
and shalt serue thy brother: and it shall
come to passe when thou shalt haue the
dominion , that thou shalt breake his
yoke from off thy necke.
41 f And Esau hated lacob, because
of the blessing, wherewith his father
blessed him : and Esau said in his heart.
The dayes of mourning for my father
are at hand ; * then will I slay my bro-
ther lacob.
42 And these words of Esau her el-
der Sonne were told to Rebekah : And
shee sent and called lacob her yonger
Sonne, and said vnto him, Behold, thy
brother Esau, as touching thee, doeth
comfort himselfe, purposing to kill thee.
43 Now therefore my sonne, obey
my voice : and arise, flee thou to Laban
my brother, to Haran.
44 And tary with him a few dayes,
vntill thy brothers furie turne away ;
45 Vntill thy brothers anger turne
away from thee, and hee forget that,
which thou hast done to him : then I
will send, and fetch thee from thence:
why should I be depriued also of you
both in one day .'
46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, • I
am weary of my life, because of the
daughters of Heth : If lacob take a
wife of the daughters of Heth, such as
these which are of the daughters of the
land, what good shall my life doe me ?
CHAP. XXVIII.
1 Isaac blesseth lacob, and sendeth him to Pa-
dan Aram. 6 Esau marrieth Mahalal the
daughter of Ishmael. 10 The Vision of
lacobs ladder. 18 The stone of Bethel,
20 lacobs vow.
Nd Isaac called lacob,
and blessed him, and char-
ged him, and saide vnto
him , Thou shalt not
take a wife, of the daugh-
ters of Canaan.
2 * Arise, goe to Padan Aram, to
the house of Bethuel thy mothers fa-
ther, and take thee a wife from thence,
of the daughters of Laban thy mo-
thers brother.
3 And God Almighty blesse thee,
and make thee fruitfull, and multiply
thee, that thou mayest be ta multitude
of people :
4 And giue thee the blessing of A-
braham, to thee and to thy seede with
thee, that thou mayest inherit thelande
t wherein thou art a stranger, which
God gaue vnto Abraham.
5 And
'Obad. 10.
• Chap. 26.
3i.
'Ose. 12.
12.
t Hebr. an
assembly of
people.
t Hehr. of
thysoiour-
nmgs.
lacobs drearae:
Genelis.
He meeteth
t Heb. were
euill in the
eyes, ^c.
•CaUed
Acts 7. 2.
Charran.
• Chap. 35.
1. & 48. 3.
t Heb. break
forth.
* Deut. 12.
3.
Cha. 12. 3
and 18. 18.
and 22. 18.
and 26. 4.
5 And Isaac sent away lacob,
and hee went to Padan-Aram vnto
Laban, sonne of Betliuel the Syrian,
the brother of Rebekah, lacobs and
Esaus mother.
6 IT When Esau sawe that Isaac
had blessed lacob, and sent him away
to Padan-Aram , to take him a wife
from thence; and that as he blessed him,
he gaue him a charge, saying, Thou
shalt not take a wife of the daughters
of Canaan ;
7 And that lacob obeyed his fa-
ther, and his mother, and was gone to
Padan-Aram;
8 And Esau seeing that the daugh
ters of Canaan tpleased not Isaac his
father.
9 Then went Esau vnto Ishmael,
and tooke vnto the wiues which hee
had, Mahalath the daughter of Ish-
mael Abrahams sonne, the sister of Ne
baioth, to be his wife.
10 If And lacob went out from
Beer-sheba, and went toward *Haran
11 And hee lighted vpon a certaine
place, and taried there all night, because
the sunne was set : and hee tooke of the
stones of that place, and put them for
his pillowes, and lay downe in that
place to sleepe.
12 And he dreamed, and beholde, a
ladder set vp on the earth, and the top
of it reached to heauen : and beholde
the Angels of God ascending and de-
scending on it.
13 *And behold, the LORD stood
aboue it, and said, I am the LORD
God of Abraham thy father, and the
God of Isaac : the land whereon thou
liest, to thee wiU I giue it, and to thy
seede.
14 And thy seed shall be as the dust
of the earth, and thou shalt t spread a-
broad *to the West, and to the East, and
to the North, and to the South : and in
thee, and *in thy seed, shall all the fami-
lies of the earth be blessed.
15 And behold, I am with thee, and
will keepe thee in a\\ places ■whither thou
goest, and will bring thee againe into
this land : for I will not leaue thee, vn-
till I haue done that which I haue spo
ken to thee of.
16 IT And lacob awaked out of his
sleepe, and he said, Surely the LORD
is in this place, and I knew it not.
17 And he was afraid, and said. How
dreadful is this place." this is none other.
but the house of God,andthis is the gate
of heauen.
18 And lacob rose vp earely in the
morning, and tooke the stone that hee
had put for his pillowes, and set it vp
for a pillar, and powred oile vpon the
top of it.
19 And hee called the name of that
place t Beth-el : but the name of that ci-
tie was called Luz, at the first.
20 And lacob vowed a vow, say
ing. If God will be with me, and will
keepe me in this way that I goe, and
will giue me bread to eate, and raiment
to put on,
21 So that I come againe to my fa-
thers house in peace: then shall the
LORD be my God.
22 Aud this stone which I haue set
for a pillar, shall be Gods house : and of
all that thou shalt giue me, I will sure-
ly giue the tenth vnto thee.
CHAP. XXIX.
1 lacob commeth to the well of Haran. 9 He
taketh acquaintance of Rachel. 13 Laban
enterteineth him. 18 lacob couenanteth for
Rachel. 23 He is deceiued with Leah. 28
He marrieth also Rachel, and serueth for her
seuen yeeres more. 32 Leah beareth Reu-
ben, 33 Simeon, 34 Leui, 35 and ludah-
Hen lacob twent on his
iourney, and came into the
land of the t people of the
East.
2 And he looked, and
behold, a well in the field, and loe, there
were three flocksof sheepelyingby it: for
out of that wel they watered the flocks:
and a great stone was vpon the welles
mouth.
3 And thither were all the flockes
gathered, and they rolled the stone from
the wels mouth, & watered the sheepe,
and put the stone againe vpon the wels
mouth in his place.
4 And lacob said vnto them. My
brethren, whence be ye .'' and they saide.
Of Haran are we.
5 And he said vnto them. Know ye
Laban the sonne of Nahor ? And they
sayde. We knowe him.
6 And he said vnto them, tis hee
well ? and they said. He is well: and be-
hold , Rachel his daughter commeth
with the sheepe.
7 And hee said, Loe, fit is yet high
day, neither is it time that the cattell
should
t That is,
the house of
God.
t Heb. lift
vp his feet.
\ Heb. chit-
dren.
fHebr.Is
there peace
to him ?
t Heb. yet
the day is
great.
with Rachel,
Ch
ap,
XXIX.
and marieth her,
tH«i. tiea-
fing.
\\ Hehr.amo-
\nethofdaies.
should be gathered together: water yee
the sheepe, and goe and feed them.
8 And they said, We cannot, vntill
all the flockes bee gathered together,
and till they roUe the stone from the
Welles mouth : then wee water the
sheepe.
9 IT And while hee yet spake with
them , Rachel came with her fathers
sheepe : for she kept them.
10 And it came to passe, when lacob
saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his
mothers brother, and the sheepe of La-
ban his mothers brother; that lacob
went neere, and rolled the stone from
the wels mouth, and watered the flocke
of Laban his mothers brother.
11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lif-
ted vp his voyce, and wept.
12 And lacob told Rachel, that hee
was her fathers brother, and that hee
was Rebekahs sonne : and she ranne,
and told her father.
13 And it came to passe, when Laban
heard the t tidings of lacob his sisters
Sonne, that he ranne to meete him, and
imbraced him, andkissed him, & brought
him to his house : and hee tolde Laban
all these things.
14 And Laban said to him, Surely
thou art my bone and my flesh : and he
abode with him the t space of a moneth.
15 IT And Laban said vnto lacob,
Because thou art my brother, shouldest
thou therefore serue me for nought? tell
me, what shall thy wages be ?
16 And Laban had two daughters :
the name of the elder was Leah, and
the name of the yonger was Rachel.
17 Leah was tender eyed : but Ra-
chel was beautiful and well faiioured.
18 And lacob loued Rachel, and
said, I will serue thee seuen yeeres for
Rachel thy yonger daughter.
19 And Laban said, It is better that
I giue her to thee, then that I should
giue her to another man : abide with
mee.
20 And lacob serued seuen yeeres
for Rachel : and they seemed vnto him
but a few dayes, for the loue hee had
to her.
21 H And lacob said vnto Laban,
Giue me my wife (for my dayes are ful-
filled) that I may goe in vnto her.
22 And Laban gathered together
all the men of the place, and made a
feast.
23 And it came to passe in the eue-
ning, that he tooke Leah his daughter,
and brought her to him, and he went in
vnto her.
24 And Laban gaue vnto his
daughter Leah , Zilpah his mayde, for
a handmayd.
25 And it came to passe, that in the
morning, behold it was Leah : and he
said to Laban, What is this thou hast
done vnto mee ? did not I serue with
thee for Rachel ? wherefore then hast
thou beguiled me .''
26 And Laban said. It must not be
so done in our tcountrey, to giue the
yonger, before the first borne.
27 Fulfill her weeke, and wee will
giue thee this also, for the seruice which
thou shalt serue with mee, yet seuen o-
ther yeeres.
28 And lacob did so, and fulfilled
her weeke: and he gaue him Rachel his
daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gaue to Rachel his
daughter, Bilhah his handmayd, to be
her mayd.
30 And hee went in also vnto Ra-
chel, and he loued also Rachel more then
Leah, and serued with him yet seuen
other yeeres.
31 t And when the LORD saw
that Leah was hated, hee opened her
wombe : but Rachel was barren.
32 And Leah conceiued and bare a
Sonne, and shee called his name || Reu-
ben : for she said. Surely, the LORD
hath looked vpon my affliction ; now
therefore my husband will loue me.
33 And shee conceiued againe, and
bare a sonne, and saide. Because the
LORD hath heard that I was ha-
ted, hee hath therefore giuen mee this
Sonne also, and she called his name || Si-
meon.
34 And shee conceiued againe, and
bare a sonne, and said. Now this time
will my husband be ioyned vnto me, be-
cause I haue borne him three sonnes :
therefore was his name called ||Leui.
35 And shee conceiued againe, and
bare a sonne : and she said. Now wil I
praise the LORD : therefore she cal-
led his name * || ludah, and tleft bea-
ring.
CHAP. XXX.
1 Rachel in griefe for her barrennesse,giuethBil-
hah her mayd vnto lacob. 5 She bearetli
Dan and Naphtali. 9 Leah giueth Zilpah
her mayd, who beareth Gad and Asher. 14
Reuben
MIeb. place,
i That is,
See a sonne.
II That is.
Hearing.
II That is,
ioyned.
* Matth. 1.
2.
I That is,
Praise.
t Hebr. stood
from bearing.
Mandrakes.
Genefis.
lofeph is borne.
t Hebr. be
bmUbpher.
Thatb,
Judging.
iHeb.terast-
tmgio/God.
Tbat is,
Mgwratl-
ling.
•CaUed
Matt. 4. 13.
Nephtha-
lim.
I That is,
A troupe,
or company.
t Hebr. in
mshappine*.
ITllatii^
Happy.
Reuben findeth Mandrakes, with which
Leah buyeth her husband of Rachel. 17
Leah beareth Issachar, Zebulun, and Di-
nah. 22 Rachel beareth loseph. 25 la-
cob desireth to depart 27 Laban stayeth
him on a new couenant. 37 lacobs policie,
whereby hee became rich.
Nd when Rachel saw
that shee bare lacob no
children , Rachel enuied
her sister, and said vnto
lacob, Giue mee chil-
dren, or els I die.
2 And lacobs anger was kindled
against Rachel, and he said. Am I in
Gods stead, who hath withheld from
thee the fruit of the wombe .''
3 And she said, Behold my mayde
Bilhah : goe in vnto her, and she shall
beare vpon my knees, that I may also
thaue children by her.
4 And shee gaue him Bilhah her
handmayd to wife : and lacob went in
vnto her.
5 And Bilhah conceiued and bare
lacob a sonne.
6 And Rachel said, God hath iudged
me, and hath also heard my voyce, and
hath giuen me a sonne ; therefore called
she his name ||Dan.
7 And Bilhah Rachels mayd con
ceiued againe, and bare Jacob a second
Sonne.
8 And Rachel saide. With tgreat
wrastlings haue I wrastled with my
sister, and I haue preuailed: and she cal-
led his name ||*5faphtali.
9 When Leah saw that she had left
bearing, shee tooke Zilpah her mayde,
and gaue her lacob to wife.
10 And Zilpah Leahs mayde bare
lacob a sonne.
11 And Leah said, A troupe com-
meth: and she called his name ||Gad.
12 And Zilpah Leahs mayde bare
lacob a second sonne.
13 And Leah said, t Happy am I , for
the daughters will call me blessed : and
she called his name ||Asher.
14 1i And Reuben went in the dayes
of wheat haruest, & found Mandrakes
in the field, and brought them vnto his
mother Leah. Then Rachel saide to
Leah, Giue me, I pray thee, of thy
sonnes Mandrakes.
15 And shee said vnto her. Is it a
small matter, that thou hast taken my
husband ? and wouldst thou take away
my sonnes Mandrakes also .'' and Ra-
chel said, Therefore hee shall lye with
thee to night , for thy sonnes Man-
drakes.
16 And lacob came out of the field
m the euening, and Leah went out to
meet him, and said. Thou must come in
vnto mee : for surely I haue hired thee
with my sonnes Mandrakes. And hee
lay with her that night.
17 And God hearkened vnto Leah
and she conceiued, and bare lacob the
fift Sonne.
18 And Leah said, God hath giuen
mee my hire , because I haue giuen my
imayden to my husband : and she called
his name || Issachar.
19 And Leah conceiued againe, and
bare lacob the sixth sonne.
20 And Leah said, God hath endued
me loith a good dowry : Now will my
husband dwel with me, because I haue
borne him sixe sonnes : and shee called
his name ]|* Zebulun.
21 And after wardes sliee bare
daughter, and called her name || Dinah.
22 H And God remembred Rachel,
and God hearkened to her, and opened
her wombe.
23 And shee conceiued and bare a
Sonne, and said ; God hath taken away
my reproch :
24 And shee called his name || lo-
eph, and saide, The LORD shall
adde to me another sonne.
25 f And it came to passe when Ra-
chel had borne loseph , that lacob said
vnto Laban, Send me away, that I
may goe vnto mine owne place, and to
my countrey.
26 Giue mee my wiues and my chil
dren, for whom I haue serued thee, and
let me goe : for thou knowest my seruice
which I haue done thee.
27 And Laban said vnto him , I
pray thee, if I haue found fauour in
thine eyes, tary : for I haue learned by
experience, that the LORD hath
blessed me for thy sake.
28 And he said. Appoint me thy wa
ges, and I will giue it.
29 And hee said vnto him, Thou
knowest how I haue serued thee, and
how thy cattell was with me.
30 For it was little which thou hadst
before I came ; and it is now t increased
vnto a multitude; and the LORD
hath blessed thee t since my comming:
and now when shall I prouide for
mine owne house also ?
31 And
II That is.
An hire.
II That U,
Dwelling.
•CaUed
Matth. 4.
13. Zabu-
lon.
That is,
ludgement.
That is.
Adding.
t Hebr. bro-
kenfoorth.
t Hebr. at
myfoote.
lacob and Labaii.
Chap.xxxj.
Jacobs feruice.
iHebr.to
morrow.
31 And hee said , What shall I giue
thee ? and lacob said, Thou shalt not
giue mc any thing ; if thou wilt doe this
thing for mee, I will againe feed and
keepe thy flocke.
32 I wil passe through all thy flocke
to day, remoouing from thence all the
speckled and spotted cattell : and all the
browne cattell among the sheepe, and
the spotted and speckled among the
goates, and of' such shalbe my hire.
33 So shall my righteousnesse an-
swere for mee tin time to come, when it
shall come for my hire, before thy face:
euery one that is not speckled and spot-
ted amongst the goates, and browne a-
mongst the sheepe, that shalbe counted
stollen with me.
34 And Laban saide, Beholde, I
would it might bee according to thy
word.
35 And he remoued that day the hee
goates that were ring-straked , and
spotted, and all the shee goats that were
speckled and spotted, and euery one that
[had ,iome white in it, and all the browne
amongst the sheepe, and gaue them into
the hand of his sonnes.
36 And hee set three dayes iourney
betwixt himselfe and Jacob : and la-
cob fed the rest of Labans flocks.
37 H And Jacob tooke him rods
of greene poplar, and of the hasel and
chesnut tree, and pilled white strakes inj
them, and made the white appeare'
which was in the rods. j
38 And he set the rods which he had
pilled, before the flockes in the gutters,
in the watering troughes when the^
flocks came to drinke, that they should
conceiue when they came to drinke.
39 And the flockes conceiued before
the rods, and brought forth cattell ring-
straked, speckled and spotted.
40 And Jacob did separate thej
lambes, and set the faces of the flockes
toward the ring-straked, and all the
browne in the flocke of Laban : and he,
put his owne flocks by themselues, and
put them not vnto I^abans cattell.
41 And it came to passe whensoeuer
the stronger cattell did conceiue, that
Jacob layd the rods before the eyes of
the cattell in the gutters, that they
might conceiue among the rods.
42 But when the cattel were feeble,
hee put iliem not in : so the feebler were_
Labans, and the stronger Jacobs. j
43 And the man increased exceeding-
ly, and had much cattell, and mayd-
seruants, and men seruants, and ca-
mels, and asses.
CHAP. XXXL
1 lacob vpon displeasure departeth secretly.
19 Rachelstealethherfathersimages. 22La-
ban pursueth after him, 26 and complai-
neth of the wrong. 34 Rachels policie to
hide the images. 36 Jacobs complaint of
Laban. 43 The couenant of Laban and
lacob at Galeed.
Nd he heard the words of
I^abans sonnes, saying,
Jacob hatli taken away
all that was our fathers ;
and of that which was
of our fathers, hath hee gotten all this
glory.
2 And Jacob behelde the counte-
nance of Laban, and behold, it was not
toward him fas before.
3 And the 1^0 RD said vnto Ja-
cob, Returne vnto the land of thy fa-
thers, and to thy kindred ; and I wil be
with thee.
4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel
and Leah, to the field vnto his flocke,
5 And said vnto them, J see your fa-
thers countenance , that it is not to-
ward mee as before : but the God of my
father hath bene with me.
6 And yee know, that with all my
power I haue serued your father.
7 And your father hath deceiued
mee, and changed my wages ten times:
but God suffered him not to hurt me.
8 Jf hee said thus, The speckled
shall be thy wages, then all the cattell
bare speckled : and if he said thus, The
ring-straked shalbe thy hire, then bare
all the cattell ring-straked.
9 'J'hus God hath taken away the
cattell of your father, and giuen them
to mee.
10 And it came to passe at the time
that the cattell conceiued, that I lifted
vp mine eyes and saw in a dreame, and
behold, the ||rammes which leaped vp-
on the cattell were ring-straked, speckled
and grisled.
11 And the Angel of God spake vnto
me in a dreame, saying, lacob; And I
said. Here am J.
12 And hee said. Lift vp now thine
eyes, and see, all the rammes which
leape vpon the cattell are ring-straked,
speckled and grisled : for J haue seene
E aU
t Hebr, as
yesterday
and the day
before.
Or^ hee
goates.
lacob fleeing, is
Genefis.
purfued by Laban.
• Chap. 28.
18.
t Hebr. Te-
raphim.
t Hebr. the
heart qf La-
ban.
iHebr./rom
good to bad.
t Hebr. hast
ttoUen me.
all that Laban doeth vnto thee.
13 I am the God of Bethel, 'where
thou annoyntedst the pillar, and where
thou vowedst a vow vnto mee : now a-
rise, get thee out from this land, and re-
turne vnto the land of thy kindred.
14 And Rachel and Leah answe-
red, and said vnto him ; Is there yet a-
ny portion or inheritance for vs in our
fathers house .-'
15 Are we not counted of him stran-
gers .'' for he hath sold vs, and hath quite
deuoured also our money.
16 For all the riches which God hath
taken from our father, that is ours,
and our childrens : now then whatso-
euer God hath said vnto thee, doe.
17 H Then Jacob rose vp, and set
his sonnes and his wiues vpon camels.
18 And he caried away all his cattell,
and all his goods which he had gotten,
the cattell of his getting, which hee had
gotten in Padan Aram, for to goe to I-
saac his father in the land of Canaan.
19 And Laban went to sheare his
sheepe : and Rachel had stoUen the 1 1-
mages that were her fathers.
20 And lacob stale away +vna-
wares to Laban the Syrian, in that he
told him not that he fled.
21 So hee fled with all that hee had,
and he rose vp and passed ouer the Ri-
uer, and set his face toward the mount
Gilead.
22 And it was tolde Laban on the
third day, that lacob was fled.
23 And hee tooke his brethren with
him, and pursued after him seuen dayes
iourney, and they ouertooke him in the
mount Gilead.
24 And God came to Laban the
Syrian in a dreame by night, and saide
vnto him. Take heed that thou speakc
not to lacob t either good or bad.
25 % Then Laban ouertooke la-
cob. Now lacob had pitched his tent
in the mount : and Laban with his bre-
thren pitched in the mount of Gilead.
26 And Laban said to Jacob, What
hast thou done, that thou hast stollen a-
way vnawares to me, and caried away
my daughters, as captiues take7i with
the sword ?
27 Wherefore didst thou flie away
secretly, and tsteale away from me, and
didst not tell mee .'' that J might haue
sent thee away with mirth, and with
songs, with tabret, and with harpe,
28 And hast not suffered me to kisse
my sonnes and my daughters .'' thou
hast now done foolishly in so doing.
29 It is in the power of my hand
to doe you hurt : but the God of your
father spake vnto mee yesternight, say-
ing, Take thou heed, that thou speake
not to Jacob either good or bad.
30 And now though thou wouldest
needes bee gone, because thou sore lon-
gedst after thy fathers house; yet where-
fore hast thou stollen my gods .-'
31 And Jacob answered and said to
Laban, Because I was afraid : for I
said, Peraduenture thou wouldest take
by force thy daughters from me.
32 With whomsoeuer thou findest
thy gods , let him not Hue : before our
brethren discerne thou what is thine
with me, and take it to thee : for lacob
knew not that Rachel had stollen
them.
33 And Laban went into lacobs
tent, and into Leahs tent, and into the
two maid seruants tents : but he found
them not. Then went he out of Leahs
tent, and entred into Rachels tent.
34 Now Rachel had taken the i-
mages, and put them in the camels fur-
niture, and sate vpon them: and La-
ban t searched all the tent, but found
them not.
35 And shee said to her father. Let it
not displease my lord, that I cannot
rise vp before thee ; for the custome of
women is vpon mee : and he searched,
but found not the images.
36 IT And lacob was wroth , and
chode with Laban : and lacob answe-
red and said to Laban, What is my tres-
passe? what is my sinne, that thou hast
so hotly pursued after me .''
37 Whereas thou hast t searched all
my stuffe, what hast thou found of all
thy houshold stuffe ? set it here before
my brethren, and thy brethren, that they
may iudge betwixt vs both.
38 This twentie yeeres hau£ I
bene with thee : thy ewes and thy shee
goates haue not cast their yong, and
the rammes of thy flocke haue I not
eaten.
39 That which was tome qf beasts, I
brought not vnto thee: I bare the losse
of it; of *my hand didst thou require it,
whether stollen by day, or stoUen by
night.
40 Thus I was in y day, the drought
consumed mee, and the frost by night,
aud my sleep departed from mine eyes.
41 Thus
t Hebr. felt.
t Hebr.feU.
• Exod. 22.
12.
i
Their couenant.
Chap.xxxij.
Jacobs prayer.
That Is,
The heape
ofwitnesse.
That is,
A beacon :
or, watch
tower.
Ot,kiUed
beasts.
41 Thus haue I bene twentie yeres
in thy house : I serued thee fourteene
yeeres for thy two daughters, and sixe
yeres for thy cattel; and thou hast clian-
ged my wages ten times.
42 Except the God of my father, the
God of Abraham, and the feare of I
saac had bin with me, surely tliou hadst
sent me away now emptie : God hath
seene mine affliction, and the labour of
my hands, & rebuked tliee yesternight.
43 If And Laban answered and said
vnto lacob. These daughters are my
daughters , and these children are my
children , and these cattell are my cat-
tell, and all that thou seest, is mine: and
what can I doe this day vnto these
my daughters, or vnto their children
which they haue borne ?
44 Now therefore come thou, let
vs make a couenant, I and thou : and
let it be for a witnesse betweene me and
thee.
45 And lacob tooke a stone, and set
it vp for a pillar.
46 And lacob saide vnto his bre-
thren , Gather stones : and they tooke
stones, and made an heape, and they
did eate there vpon the heape.
47 And Laban called it || legar-
Sahadutha : but lacob called it Ga-
leed.
48 And Laban said. This heape is
a witnesse betweene mee and thee this
day. Therefore was the name of it cal-
led Galeed,
49 And IIMizpah: for he said. The
LORD watch betweene me and thee
when we are absent one from another.
50 If tliou shalt afflict my daugh-
ters, or if thou shalt take other wiues
beside my daughters, no man is with vs;
See, God is witnesse betwixt mee and
thee.
51 And Laban said to lacob , Be-
hold this heape, and behold this pillar,
which I haue cast betwixt me and thee.
52 This heape be witnesse, and this
pillar be witnesse, that I will not passe
ouer this heape to thee, and that thou
shalt not passe ouer this heape, and this
pillar vnto me, for harme.
53 The God of Abraham, and the
God of Nahor , the God of their fa-
ther, iudge betwixt vs. And lacob
sware by the feare of his father Isaac.
54 Then lacob ||ofired sacrifice vp-
on the mount, and called his brethren to
eate bread, and they did eate bread, and
taried all night in the mount.
55 And earely in the morning, La-
ban rose vp and kissed his sonnes, and
his daughters, and blessed them : and
Laban departed , and returned vnto
his place.
CHAP. XXXIL
1 lacohs vision at Mahanaim. 3 His message
to Esau. 0 He is afraid of Esaus comrning.
9 He prayeth for deliuerance. 13 Hee sen-
deth a present to Esau. 34 He wrestleth with
an Angel at Peniel, where hee is called Israel.
31 He halteth.
Nd lacob went on his
way, and the Angels of
God met him.
2 And when lacob
saw them, he said. This is
Gods hoste; and hee called the name of
that place || Mahanaim.
3 And lacob sent messengers before
him, to Esau his brother, vnto the land
of Seir, the tcountrey of Edom.
4 And he commaunded them, say-
ing, Thus shall ye speake vnto my lord
Esau, Thy seruant lacob saith thus,
I haue soiourned with Laban , and
stayed there vntill now.
5 And I haue oxen , and asses
flockes, and men seruants and women
seruants : and I haue sent to tell my
lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
6 H And the messengers returned
to lacob, saying, Wee came to thy bro
ther Esau, and also he commeth to meet
thee, and foure hundred men with him.
7 Then lacob was greatly afraid,
and distressed, and he diuidedthe people
that tuas with him, and the flockes, and
herdes, and the camels into two bands,
8 And said. If Esau come to the one
company, and smite it, then the other
company which is left, shall escape.
9 IT And lacob said, O God of my
father Abraham, and God of my father
Isaac, the LORD which saidst vnto
me, *Returne vnto thy countrey, and
to thy kinred, and I will deale well
with thee :
10 tl am not worthy of the least of
all the mercies , and of all the trueth,
which thou hast shewed vnto thy ser-
uant : for with my stafFe I passed ouer
this lordan , and now I am become
two bands.
11 Deliuer me, I pray thee, from the
hand of my brother, from the hand of
E 2 Esau
I That is,
two hastes
or campes.
\Heb.FieU.
•Chap. 31.
13.
\ Heb. I am
lesse then all
^c.
lacobs prefent.
Genefis.
He is named Ifrael.
iHeb. vpon.
t Heb. my
face.
t Heb. can-
ted to passe.
tHebr.
Ascending
qf the mor-
ning.
Esau : for I feare him, lest he will come,
and smite me, and the mother t with the
children.
12 And thou saidst, I will surely doe
thee good, and make thy seed as the sand
of the sea, which cannot be numbred for
multitude.
13 f And he lodged there that same
night, and tooke of that which came
to his hand, a present for Esau his
brother :
14 Two hundred shee goats, and
twentie hee goats, two hundred ewes,
and twentie rammes,
15 Thirtie milch camels with their
colts, fortie kine, and ten bulles, twenty
shee ashes, and ten foales.
16 And hee deliuered them into the
hand of his seruants, euery droue by
themselues, and said vnto his seruants.
Passe ouer before me, and put a space be-
twixt droue and droue.
17 And he commanded the formost,
saying. When Esau my brother mee-
teth thee, andasketh thee, saying, Whose
art thou ? and whither goest thou ? and
whose are these before thee .''
18 Then thou shalt say, They be thy
seruant lacobs: it is a present sent vnto
my lord Esau : and behold also, he is be-
hind vs.
19 And so commanded he the second,
and the third, and all that followed the
droues, saying. On this maner shal you
speake vnto Esau, when you find him.
20 And say ye moreouer, Behokle,
thy seruant lacob is behind vs : for he
said, I will appease him with the pre-
sent that goeth before me, and after-
ward I will see his face ; peraduenture
he will accept tof me.
21 So went the present ouer before
him : and himselfe lodged that night in
the company.
22 And hee rose vp that night, and
tooke his two wiues, and his two wo-
men seruants, and his eleuen sonnes,
and passed ouer the foord labbok.
23 And he tooke them, and tsentthem
ouer the brooke, and sent ouer that hee
had.
24 % And lacob was left alone :
and there wrestled a man with him, vn-
till the t breaking of the day.
25 And when he saw, that he preuai-
led not against him, he touched the hol-
low of his thigh : and the hollow of
lacobs thigh was out of ioynt, as hee
wrestled with him.
26 And he said, Let me goe, for the
day breaketh : and he said, * I will not
let thee goe, except thou blesse me.
27 And he said vnto him. What is
thy name ? and he said, Jacob.
28 And he said, *Thy name shall be
called no more lacob, but Israel: for
as a prince hast thou power with God,
and with men, and hast preuailed.
29 And lacob asked him, and saide.
Tell me, I pray thee, thy name : and he
said , Wherefore is it , that thou doest
aske after my name? and he blessed him
there.
30 And Jacob called the name of the
place II Peniel : for J haue scene God face
to face, and my life is preserued.
31 And as he passed ouer Penuel, the
sunne rose vpon him, and he halted vp-
on his thigh.
32 Therefore the children of Israel
eate not of the sinewe which shranke,
which is vpon the hollow of the thigh,
vnto this day : because hee touched the
hollow of Jacobs thigh, in the sinewe
that shranke.
CHAP. XXXIII.
1 The kindnesseof lacob and Esau at theirmee
ting. 17 lacob commeth to Succoth. 18 At
Salem he buyeth a field, and buildeth an Al-
tar called Elohe Israel.
Nd lacob lifted vp his
eyes, and looked, and be-
hold, Esau came, and with
him foure hundreth men
and hee diuided the chil-
dren vnto Leah, and vnto Rachel, and
vnto the two handmaids.
2 And he put the handmaides , and
their chidren foremost , and Leah and
her children after, and Rachel and Jo
seph hindermost.
3 And hee passed ouer before them,
and bowed himselfe to the ground se-
uen times, vntill hee came neere to his
brother.
4 And Esau ran to meete him, and
imbraced him, and fell on his necke, and
kissed him, and they wept.
5 And he lift vp his eyes, and sawe
the women, and the children, and said.
Who are thosetwith thee.'' Andhe said,
The children which God hath graci-
ously giuen thy seruant.
6 Then the handmaidens came
neere; they and their children, and they
bowed themselues.
7 And
•Ose, 12. 4.
' Chap. 35.
10.
I That Is,
The face of
God.
t Heb. To
thee.
lacob and Efau.
Chap.xxxiiij.
Dinah defiled.
t Heb. what
M all this
bandtotheef
t Heb. bee
that to thee
that is thine.
t Heb. accor-
ding to the
foote of the
worke, S[C.
^ according
tothejfbotof
the children.
t Heb. Set,
or place.
t Heb wlier-
fore is this f
i That is,
boothes.
•CaUed
Acts. 7. 16.
Sychem.
•CaUed
Acts. 7. 16.
Kmor.
il Or, lambes.
I That is,
God, the
God of Is-
rael.
7 And Leah also with her children
came neere, and bowed themselues : and
after came loseph neere and Rachel,
and they bowed themselues.
8 And he said, tWhat meanest thou
by all this droue, which I met.-" And
he said. These are to find grace in the sight
of my lord.
9 And Esau said, I haue enough:
my brother, tkeepe that thou hast vnto
thy selfe.
10 And lacob saide. Nay, I pray
thee : if now I haue found grace in thy
sight, then receiue my present at my
hand: for therefore I haue seene thy
face, as though I had seene the face of
God ; and thou wast pleased with me
11 Take, I pray thee, my blessing
that is brought to thee ; because God
hath dealt graciously with mee, and be-
cause I haue enough : and hee vrged
him, and he tooke it.
12 And he said, Let vs take ouriour-
ney, and let vs goe, and I will goe be-
fore thee.
13 And hee said vnto him. My lord
knoweth, that the children are tender
and the flockes and beards with yong
are with mee : and if men should o
uer-driue them one day, all the flocke
will die.
14 Let my lord, I pray thee, passe o
uer before his seruant, and I will leade
on softly, according t as thecattell that
goeth before me, and the children be able
to endure, vntiU I come vnto my lord
vnto Seir.
15 And Esau said, Let me now tleaue
with thee some of the folke that are with
me: Andheesaid,tWhatneedeth it.-* let
me finde grace in the sight of my lord.
16 H So Esau returned that day, on
his way vnto Seir.
17 And Jacob iourneyed to Suc-
coth, and built him an house, and made
boothes for his cattell : therefore the
name of the place is called || Succoth.
18 U And Jacob came to Shalem, a
citie of * Shechem, which is in the land
of Canaan, when he came from Padan
Aram , and pitched his tent before the
Citie.
19 And he bought a parcell of a field
where hee had spread his tent, at the
hand of the children of * Hamor She-
chems father, for an hundred || pieces of
money.
20 And hee erected there an Altar,
and called it ||El-Elohe-Israel.
CHAP. XXXIIIL
1 Dinah is rauished by Shechem. 4 He sueth
to marry her. 13 The sonnes of lacob offer
the condition of Circumcision to the She-
chemites. 20 Hainor and Shechem per-
swade them to accept it 25 The sonnes of
lacob vpon that adiiantage slay them, 27
and spoile their citie. 30 lacob reprooueth
Simeon and Leui.
Nd Dinah the daughter
of Leah, which shee bare
vnto Jacob, went out to
see the daughters of the
land.
2 And when Shechem the sonne of
Hamor the Hiuite, prince of the coun
trey saw her, he tooke her, and lay with
her, and t defiled her.
3 And his soule claue vnto Dinah
the daughter of Jacob, and hee loued
the damsell, and spake t kindly vnto the
damsell.
4 And Shechem spake vnto his fa-
ther Hamor, saying. Get mee this dam-
sell to wife.
5
filed Dinah his daughter (now his
sonnes were with his cattel in the field)
and Jacob helde his peace vntill they
were come.
6 IT And Hamor the father of She-
chem went out vnto Jacob to com-
mune with him.
7 And the sonnes of Jacob came
out of the field when they heard it, and
the men were grieued : and they were
very wroth, because hee had wrought
folly in Jsrael , in lying with Jacobs
daughter; which thing ought not to
be done,
8 And Hamor communed with
them, saying. The soule of my sonne
Shechem longeth for your daughter
J pray you giue her him to wife.
9 And make ye manages with vs.
and giue your daughters vnto vs, and
take our daughters vnto you.
10 And ye shall dwell with vs, and
the land shall be before you : dwell and
trade you therein, and get you posses-
sions therein.
11 And Shechem said vnto her fa-
ther, and vnto her brethren. Let mee
finde grace in your eyes, and what yee
shall say vnto me, J will giue.
12 Aske mee neuer so much dowrie
and gift, and J will giue according as
yee
MIebr. hum-
bled her.
t Hebr. to
her heart.
The Shecliemites
Genelis.
are fpoiled.
■ Chap. 49.
6.
iHebr.
mouth.
yee shall say vnto mee: but giue me tlie
damsell to wife.
13 And the sonnes of lacob answe-
red Sliechem, and Hamor his father
deceitfully, and said, because he had de-
filed Dinah their sister.
14 And they saide vnto them. Wee
cannot doe this thing, to giue our sister
to one that is vncircumcised : for that
were a reproch vnto vs.
15 But in this will we consent vnto
you : If ye will be as we 6e, that euery
male of you be circumcised :
16 Then wil we giue our daughters
vnto you, and we wil take your daugh-
ters to vs, and we will dwell with you,
and we will become one people.
17 But if ye will not hearken vnto
vs, to be circumcised, then will we take
our daughter, and we will be gone.
18 And their words pleased Hamor,
and Shechem Hamors sonne.
19 And the yong man deferred not
to doe the thing, because he had delight
in Jacobs daughter : and he was more
honourable then all the house of his
father.
20 IT And Hamor and Shechem his
sonne came vnto the gate of their citie,
and communed with the men of their
citie, saying:
21 These men are peaceable with vs,
therefore let them dwel in the land, and
trade therein: for the land, behold, it is
large enough for them : let vs take
their daughters to vs for wiues, and
let vs giue them our daughters.
22 Onely herein will the men con-
sent vnto vs, for to dwell with vs to be
one people, if euery male among vs bee
circumcised, as they are circumcised.
23 Shall not their cattell, and their
substance, and euery beast of theirs bee
ours ? onely let vs consent vnto them,
and they will dwell with vs.
24 And vnto Hamor and vnto She-
chem his sonne, hearkened all that
went out of the gate of his citie ; and
euery male was circumcised , all that
went out of the gate of his citie.
25 H And it came to passe on the
thirde day when they were sore, that
two of the sonnes of lacob, Simeon
and Leui, Dinahs brethren, tooke each
man his sword and came vpon the citie
boldly, and • slew all the males.
26 And they slew Hamor and She-
chem his sonne, with the tedge of the
sword, and tooke Dinah out of She-
chems house, and went out.
27 The sonnes of Jacob came vpon
the slaine, and spoiled the citie, because
they had defiled their sister.
28 They tooke their sheepe, and
their oxen , and their asses , and that
which was in the citie, and that which
zoos in the field.
29 And all their wealth, and all their
little ones, and their wiues tooke they
captiue, and spoiled euen all that was in
the house.
30 And Jacob said to Simeon and
Leui, Ye haue troubled me to make me
to stinke among the inhabitants of the
land, amongst the Canaanites, and the
Perizzites : and J being few in num-
ber, they shall gather theraselues toge-
ther against me, and slay me, and I shal
be destroyed, J and my house.
31 And they said. Should hee deale
with our sister, as with an harlot .'*
CHAP. XXXV.
1 God sendeth lacob to Bethel. 2 He purgeth
his house of idols. 6 He buildeth an Altar at
Bethel. 8 Deborah dieth at AUon Bachuth.
9 God blesseth lacob at Bethel. 16 Rachel
traueileth of Beniamin, and dieth in the way
to Edar. 22 Reuben lieth with Bilhah. 23
The sonnes of lacob. 27 lacob commeth
to Isaac at Hebron. 28 The age, death, and
buriall of Isaac.
Nd God said vnto Jacob,
Arise, goe vp to Bethel,
and dwel there : and make
there an Altar vnto God,
that appeared vnto thee,
♦ when thou fleddest from the face of E-
sau thy brother.
2 Then Jacob said vnto his house-
hold, and to all that were with him,
Put away the strange gods that are a-
mong you, and bee cleane, and change
your garments,
3 And let vs arise , and goe vp to
Bethel , and I will make there an Al
tar vnto God, who answered me in the
day of my distresse, and was with me in
the way which J went.
4 And they gaue vnto Jacob all
the strange gods which were in their
hand, and all their eare-rings which
were in their eares, and Jacob hid them
vnder the oke which was by She-
chem.
5 And they ioumeyed : and the ter-
rour of God was vpon the cities that
' Chap. 27.
43.
Rachel dieth.
Chap.xxxvj.
Ifaac dieth,
' Chap. 28.
9.
That is.
The God of
Bethel.
1 That is,
I'he oke of
weeping.
* Chap. 32.
2S.
t Hebr. a
title piece of
ground.
1 That is,
Thesonneof
my sorrow.
I That is,
Thesonneof
the right
hand.
were round about them, and they did
not pursue after the sonnes of lacob.
6 H So lacob came to Luz, wliich
is in the land of Canaan (that is Bethel)
hee and all the people that were with
him.
7 And hee built there an Altar,
and *called the place 1 1 El-Bethel, because
there God appeared vnto him, when he
fled from the face of his brother.
8 But Deborah Rebekahs nurse
died, and she was buried beneath Beth-
el vnder an oke: and the name of it was
called IIAllon Bachuth.
9 f And God appeared vnto la-
cob againe, when he came out of Padan
Aram, and blessed him.
10 And God said vnto him, Thy
name is lacob : thy name shall not bee
called any more lacob, *but Israel
shall bee thy name; and hee called his
name Israel.
11 And God saide vnto him, I am
God Almightie: befruitfull and multi-
ply : a nation and a company of nations
shall be of thee, and Kings shall come
out of thy loynes.
12 And the land which I gaue Abra-
ham, and Isaac, to thee I will giue it,
and to thy seed after thee will I giue
the land.
13 And God went vp from him, in
the place where he talked with him.
14 And lacob set vp a pillar in the
place where he talked with him, euen a
pillar of stone: and hee powred a drinke
offering thereon, and he powred oile
thereon.
15 And Jacob called the name of
the place where God spake with him.
Bethel.
16 % And they iourneyed from
Bethel : and there was but a tlitle way
to come to Ephrath ; and Rachel tra-
ueiled, and she had hard labour.
17 And it came to passe when shee
was in hard labour, that the midwife
said vnto her, Feare not : thou shalt
haue this sonne also.
18 And it came to passe as her soule
was in departing, (for she died) that she
called his name ||Ben-oni: but his fa-
ther called him HBeniamin.
19 And Rachel died, and was buried
in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-
lehem.
20 And lacob set a pillar vpon her
graue : that is the pillar of Rachels
graue vnto this day.
21 f And Israel iourneyed and
spread his tent beyond the towre of
Edar.
22 And it came to passe when Is-
rael dwelt in that land, that Reuben
went & *lay with Bilhah his fathers
concubine : and Israel heard it. Now
the sonnes of lacob were twelue.
23 The sonnes of Leah : Reuben
lacobs first borne, and Simeon, and
Leui, and ludah, and Issachar, and
Zebulun.
24 The sonnes of Rachel : loseph,
and Beniamin.
25 And the sonnes of Bilhah, Ra-
chels handmaid: Dan and Naphtali.
26 And the sonnes of Zilpah, Le-
ahs handmaid: Gad, and Asher. These
are the sonnes of lacob, which were
borne to him in Padan Aram.
27 IT And lacob came vnto Isaac
his father vnto Mamre, vnto the citie
of Arbah (which is Hebron) where A-
braham and Isaac soiourned.
28 And the dayes of Isaac were an
hundred and fourescore yeeres.
29 And Isaac gaue vp the ghost and
died, and was * gathered vnto his peo-
ple, being old and full of dayes : and his
sonnes Esau and lacob buried him.
CHAP. XXXVI.
1 Esaus three wiues. 6 His remouing to mount
Seir. 9 His sonnes. 15 The Dukes which
descended of his sonnes. 20 The sonnes and
dukes of Seir. 24- Anah findeth mules. 31
The kings of Edom. 40 The dukes that
descended of Esau.
Ow these are the genera-
tions of Esau, who is E-
dom.
2 Esau tooke his wiues
of the daughters of Cana-
an : Adah the daughter of Elon the Hit-
tite, and Aholibamah the daughter of
Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hi-
uite:
8 And Bashemath Ishmaels daugh-
ter, sister of Nebaioth.
4 And *Adah bare to Esau, Eli-
phaz : and Bashemath bare Reuel.
5 And Aholibamah bare leush ,
and laalam, and Korah : these are the
sonnes of Esau, which were borne vnto
him in the land of Canaan.
6 And Esau tooke his wiues, and
his sonnes, and his daughters, and all
the t persons of his house, and his cat-
tell
• Chap. 49.
4.
Chap. 25.
• 1. Chron.
1.35.
\Hebsouies.
Efaiis oflrpring.
Genefis.
Dukes, and Rings
• lo*h. a*.
4.
t Hebr. E-
dom.
"I. Chro. 1.
3i. &c.
• 1. Chro. 1.
tell, and all his beasts, and all his sub-
stance, which he had got in the lande of
Canaan : and went into the countrey
from the face of his brother lacob.
r For their riches were more then
that they might dwell together : and
the land wherein they were strangers,
could not beare them, because of their
cattell.
8 Thus dwelt Esau in * mount Se
if : Esau is Edom.
9 IT And these are the generations
of Esau, the father of t the Edomites in
mount Seir.
10 These are the names of Esaus
sonnes: *Eliphaz the sonne of Adah
the wife of Esau, Reuel the sonne of
Bashemath, the wife of Esau.
11 And the sonnes of Eliphaz were,
Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatara
and Kenaz.
12 And Timna was concubine to
Eliphaz Esaus sonne, and shee bare to
Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sonnes
of Adah Esaus wife.
13 And these are the sonnes of Reuel :
Nahath and Zerah, Sliammah^ and
Mizzah : these were the sonnes of Ba-
shemath, Esaus wife.
14 H And these were the sonnes of
Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah,
daughter of Zibeon Esaus wife : and
she bare to Esau, leush and laalam
and Korah.
15 f These were dukes of the sonnes
of Esau : the sonnes of Eliphaz the first
borne sonne of Esau , duke Teman,
duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Ke-
naz,
16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and
duke Amalek: These are the dukes that
came of Eliphaz, in the land of Edom :
These were the sonnes of Adah.
17 H And these are the sonnes of
Reuel Esaus sonne: duke Nahath,
duke Zerah , duke Shammah , duke
Mizzah. These are the dukes that came
of Reuel, in the land of Edom : these
are the sonnes of Bashemath, Esaus
wife.
18 H And these are the sonnes of A
holibamah Esaus wife : duke leush
duke laalam, duke Korah : these were
the dukes that came of Aholibamah the
daughter of Anah Esaus wife.
19 These are the sonnes of Esau,
(whoi«Edom)and these are theirdukes.
20 H * These are the sonnes of Seir
the Horite, who inhabited the land, Lo-
tan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and A-
nah.
21 And Dishon, and Ezer, and Di-
shan : these are the dukes of the Horites
the children of Seir in the lande of E-
dom.
22 And the children of Lotan, were
Hori, and Hemam : and Lotans sister
was Timna.
23 And the children of Shobal were
these : Aluan, and Manahath, and E-
bal, Shepho, and Onam.
24 And these are the children of Zi
beon, both Aiah, and Anah : this was
that Anah that found the mules in the
wildernesse, as he fed the asses of Zibe-
on his father.
25 And the children of Anah were
these : Dishon , and Aholibamah the
daugliter of Anah.
26 And these are the children of Di-
shon : Hemdan and Eshban, & Ithran,
and Cheran.
27 The children of Ezer are these :
Bilhan and Zaauan, and Akan.
28 The children of Dishan are these:
Vz, and Aran.
29 These are the dukes that came of
the Horites : duke Lotan, duke Sho-
bal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,
30 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke
Dishan : these are the dukes that came of
Hori, among their dukes in the land of
Seir.
31 IT And these are the kings that
reigned in the land of Edom, before
there reigned any king ouer the chil
dren of Israel.
32 And Bela the sonne of Beor
reigned in Edom : and the name of his
citie was Dinhabah.
33 And Bela died, and lobab the
sonne of Zerah of Bozra reigned in his
stead.
34 And lobab died , and Husham
of the land of Temani reigned in his
stead.
35 And Husham died, and Hadad the
Sonne of Bedad, (who smote Midian
in the field of Moab,) reigned in his
stead: &the name of his citie w«*Auith.
36 And Hadad died , and Samlah
of Masrekah, reigned in his stead.
37 And Samlah died, and Saul of
Rehoboth, In/ the riuer, reigned in his
stead.
38 And Saul died, and Baal-hanan
the Sonne of Achbor reigned in his stead.
39 And Baal-hanan the sonne of
Achbor
lofephs
Chap.xxxvij.
di
eames.
t Heb. Edam
t Heb. of his
fathers so-
ioumings.
Or, peeces.
Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his
stead: and the name of his citiert'a.»Pau,
and his wiues name was Mehetabel, the
daughter of Hatred, the daughter of
Mezahab.
40 And these are the names of the
dukes that came of Esau, according to
their families, after their places, by their
names : duke Timnah , duke Aluah,
duke letheth,
41 Duke Aholibamah , duke Elah,
duke Pinon,
42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman,
duke Mibzar,
43 Duke Magdiel , duke Iram.
These be the dukes of Edom, according
to their habitations, in the land of their
possession : he is Esau the father of t the
Edomites.
CHAP. XXXVII.
8 Joseph is hated of his brethren. 5 His two
dreames. 13 lacob sendeth him to visitehis
brethren. 18 His brethren conspirehisdeath.
21 Reuben saueth him. 26 They sell him to
the Ishmeelites. 31 His father, deceiued by
the bloodie coat, moumeth for him. 36 Hee
is sold to Potiphar in Egypt.
Nd lacob dwelt in the
land t wherein his father
was a stranger, in the
land of Canaan.
2 These are the gene-
rations of lacob : loseph being seuen-
teene yeeres old, was feeding the flocke
with his brethren, and the lad was with
the sonnes of Bilhah, and with the
sonnes of Zilpah, his fathers wiues :
and loseph brought vnto his father
their euill report.
3 Now Israel loued loseph more
then all his children, because he was the
Sonne of his old age: and he made him
a coat of many ||colours.
4 And when his brethren saw that
their father loued him more then all his
brethren, they hated him, and could not
speake peaceably vnto him.
5 H And loseph dreamed a dreame,
and he told it his brethren, and they ha-
ted him yet the more.
6 And he said vnto them, Heare, I
pray you, this dreame which I haue
dreamed.
7 For beholde, wee were binding
sheaues in the field, and loe, my sheafe
arose, and also stood vpright ; and be-
hold, your sheaues stood round about.
and made obeisance to my sheafe.
8 And his brethren saide to him,
Shalt thou indeed reigne ouer vs .'' or
shalt thou indeed haue dominion ouer
vs.' and they hated him yet the more, for
his dreames, and for his words.
9 1i And hee dreamed yet another
dreame, and told it his brethren, and
said, Behold, I haue dreamed a dreame
more: and behold, the sunne and the
moone, and the eleuen starres made o-
beisance to me.
10 And he told it to his father, and
to his brethren : and his father rebuked
him, and said vnto him, What is this
dreame that thou hast dreamed.' shal I
and thy mother, and thy brethren in-
deed come to bow downe our selues to
thee, to the earth ?
11 And his brethren enuied him : but
his father obserued the saying.
12 IT And his brethren went to feed
their fathers flocke in Shechem.
13 And Israel saide vnto loseph,
Doe not thy brethren feed the flocke in
Shechem ? Come, and I will send thee
vnto them: & he said to him. Here ami
14 And he said to him, Goe, I pray
thee, t see whether it bee well with thy
brethren, and well with the flockes, and
bring me word againe : so hee sent him
out of the vale of Hebron, and he came
to Shechem.
15 H And acertaine man found him,
and behold, hee was wandring in the
field, and the man asked him, saying.
What seekest thou ?
16 And he said, I seeke ray brethren:
tell me, I pray thee , where they feede
their ^ockes.
1 7 And the man said. They are de
parted hence: for I heard them say. Let
vs goe to Dothan. And loseph went
after his brethren, and found them in
Dothan.
18 And when they saw him a farre
off, euen before he came neere vnto
them , they conspired against him , to
slay him.
19 And they said one to another. Be-
hold, this t dreamer commeth.
20 Come now therefore, and let vs
slay him, and cast him into some pit, and
we will say. Some euill beast hath de-
uoured him : and we shall see what will
become of his dreames.
21 And * Reuben heard it, and he de-
liuered him out of their hands, and said;
Let vs not kill him.
F 22 And
t Hebr. see
the peace of
thy brethren
S[C.
iHebr.
master of
dreames.
•Chap. 42.
22.
lofeph is fold.
Genefis.
ludahs mar
lage:
t Or, pieces.
\Hebr.
hearkened.
• PsaL 105.
17. wis. 10.
13. acts. 7-
9.
* Chap. 44.
28.
22 And Reuben saide vnto them,|
Shed no blood, but cast him into this
pit that is in the wildernesse, and lay nol
hand vpon him ; that he might rid him
out of their hands, to deliuer him to his
father againe.
23 U And It came to passe when Jo-
seph was come vnto his brethren, that
they stript loseph out of his coate, his
coat of many || colours that zoa^ on him.
24 And they tooke him and cast him
into a pit: and the pit was emptie, there
was no water in it.
25 And they sate downe to eat bread :
and they lift vp their eyes and looked,
and behold, a company of Ishmeelites
came from Gilead, witli their camels,
bearing spicery, & baulme, and myrrhe,
going to cary it downe to Egypt.
26 And ludah saide vnto his bre-
thren, Whatprofit is it if we slay our bro-
ther, and conceale his blood.?
27 Come, and let vs sell him to the
Ishmeelites, and let not our hand bee
vpon him : for he is our brother, and our
flesh ; and his brethren twere content.
28 Then there passed by Midianites
merchant men, and they drew and lift
vp loseph out of the pit, and * sold Jo-
seph to the Ishmeelites for VnenUe pie-
ces of siluer: and they brought loseph
into Egypt.
29 II And Reuben returned vnto
the pit, and behold, loseph was not in
the pit : and he rent his clothes.
30 And hee returned vnto his bre-
thren and said. The childe is not, and
I, whither shall I goe .''
31 And they tooke losephs coat, and
killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the
coat in the blood.
32 And they sent the coat of many co-
lours, and they brought it to their fa-
ther, and said. This haue we found:
know now whether it bee thy sonnes
coat or no.
33 And he knew it, and said. It is my
sonnes coat: an*euil beast hath deuou-
red him ; loseph is without doubt rent
in pieces.
34 And lacob rent his clothes, and
put sackcloth vpon his loines, & mour-
ned for his Sonne many dayes.
35 And all his sonnes, and all his
daughters rose vp to comfort him : but
he refused to be comforted : and he said.
For I will goe downe into the grauc
vnto my sonne, mourning; thus his fa-
ther wept for him.
36 And the Medanites sold him into
Egypt vnto Potiphar, an t officer of
Pharaohs, and 1 1| captaine of the guard.
CHAP. XXXVIII.
1 ludah begetteth Er, Onan, and Shelah. 6 Er
marrieth Tamar. 8 The trespasse of Onan.
11 Tamar stayeth for Shelan. 13 She de-
ceiueth ludah. 27Shebearethtwinnes,Pha-
rez and Zarah.
Nd it came to passe at that
time , that ludah went
downe from his brethren,
and turned in to a cer-
taine AduUamite , whose
name laas Hirah :
2 And ludah saw there a daugh-
ter of a certaine Canaanite , whose
name was *Shuah : and he tooke her,
and went in vnto her.
3 And she conceiued & bare a sonne,
and he called his name Er.
4 *And shee conceiued againe, and
bare a sonne, and shee called his name,
Onan.
5 And she yet againe conceiued and
bare a sonne, and called his name She-
lah : and hee was at Chezib, when shee
bare him.
6 And ludah tooke a wife for Er
his first borne, whose name was Ta-
mar.
7 And *Er, ludahs first borne was
wicked in the sight of the LORD,
and the LORD slew him.
8 And ludah said vnto Onan, Goe
in vnto thy brothers wife, and marrie
her, and raise vp seed to thy brother.
9 And Onan knew that the seed
should not be his ; and it came to passe
when hee went in vnto his brothers
wife, that hee spilled it on the ground,
least that hee should giue seed to his
brother.
10 And the thing which he did, tdis
pleased the LORD: wherefore hee
slew him also.
11 Then said ludah to Tamar his
daughter in law, Remaine a widow at
thy fathers house, til Shelah my sonne
be growen : (for he said. Lest peraduen-
ture he die also as his brethren did) and
Tamar went and dwelt in her fathers
house.
12 IT And tin processe of time, the
daughter of Shuah ludahs wife died :
and ludah was comforted, and went
vp vnto his sheepe- shearers to Tim-
nath.
t Hebr. Eu-
nuch. But
the word doeth
nignijienotonly
Kunuchestbut
also Chantber~
liiittes, Courti.
ers, and Qtfi-
vers.
t Heb. chiefe
oftheslaughter
men, or execu-
tioners.
II Or, chiefe
MarshaU.
2. 3.
Num. 26.
. Chron.
19.
' Num. 26.
19.
t Hebr. was
euill in the
eves of the
Lord.
^Hebr. The
dayes were
muitiptied.
His inceft.
Chap,
xxxix.
lofeph in Egypt.
t Heh. the
dooreofeges,
or, of E-
naijm.
iHeb.akid
of the goats.
II Or, in E-
naijm.
illeb.be.
come a con-
\ tempt.
nath, he and his friend Hirah the Adul-
lamite.
13 And it was told Tamar, saying,
Behold, thy father in law gocth vp to
Timnath to sheare his sheepe.
14 And shee put her widowes gar-
ments off' from her, and couered her
with a vaile, and wrapped her selfe, and
sate in tan open place, which is by the
way to Timnath : for shee sawe that
Shelah was growen, and she was not
giuen vnto him to wife.
15 When ludah saw her, he thought
her to be an harlot : because she had co-
uered her face.
16 And hee turned vnto her by the
way, and said, Goe to, I pray thee, let
me come in vnto thee: (for he knew not
that she was his daughter in law) and
she said. What wilt thou giue mee, that
thou mayest come in vnto me ?
17 And hee said, I will send thee
ta kid from the flocke : and shee saide,
Wilt thou giue mee a pledge, till thou
send it .''
18 And he said. What pledge shall I
giue thee .'' And she said, Thy signet, and
thy bracelets, and thy staffe, that is in
thine hand : and he gaue it her, & came
in vnto her, and she conceiued by him
19 And shee arose and went away
and laid by her vaile from her, and put
on the garments of her widowhood.
20 And ludah sent the kidde by the
hand of his friend the Adullamite, to
receiue his pledge from the womans
hand : but he found her not.
21 Then hee asked the men of that
place, saying. Where is the harlot, that
was llopenly bythewayside.' And they
said, There was no harlot in this place.
22 And he returned to ludah, and
said, I cannot finde her : and also the
men of the place said. That there was
no harlot in this place.
23 And ludah said. Let her take it
to her, lest we tbee shamed : behold, I
sent this kidde, and thou hast not found
her.
24 H And it came to passe about
three moneths after, that it was tolde
ludah, saying, Tamar thy daughter
in law hath played the harlot, and also
behold, she is with child by whoredom :
and ludah said. Bring her foorth, and
let her be burnt.
2.5 AVhen she was brought forth, she
sent to her father in law, saying. By the
man whose these are, am I with child :
and shee said, Disceme, I pray thee,
whose are these, the signet, and brace-
lets, and staffe.
26 And ludah acknowledged them,
and said, She hath bin more righteous
then I : because that I gaue her not to
Shelah my sonne : and he knew her a-
gaine no more.
27 f And it came to passe in the time
of her trauaile, that beholde, twinnes
were in her wombe.
28 And it came to passe when shee
trauailed, that the one put out his hand,
and the midwife tooke and bound vpon
his hand a skarlet threed, saying, This
came out first.
29 And it came to passe as he drewe
backe his hand, that behold, his brother
came out: and she said, ||How hast thou
broken foorth,.'' this breach bee vpon
thee : Therefore his name was called
* Pharez.
30 And afterward came out his
brother that had the skarlet threed vp-
on his hand, and his name was called
Zarah.
CHAP. XXXIX.
1 loseph aduanced in Potiphars house. 7 Hee
resisteth his mistresses temptation. 13 He is
falsly accused. 19 Hee is cast in prison. 21
God is with him there.
Nd loseph was brought
downe to Egypt, and Po-
tiphar an Officer of Pha-
raoh, captaine of y guard,
an Egyptian, bought him
of the hand of the Ishmeelites, which
had brought him downe thither.
2 And the LORD was with lo-
seph, and hee was a prosperous man
and hee was in the house of his master
the Egyptian.
3 And his master sawe that the
LORD was with him, and that the
LORD made all that he did, to pro-
sper in his hand
4 And loseph found grace in his
sight, and he serued him ; and hee made
him ouerseer ouer his house, and all
that he had he put into his hand.
5 And it came to passe from the time
that hee had made him ouerseer in his
house, and ouer all tliat he had, that the
LORD blessed the Egyptians house
for losephs sake : and the blessing of
the LORD was vpon all that he had
in the house, and in the field
6 And he left all that he had, in lo-
F 2 sephs
Or, where-
fore hast
thou made
this breach
agmnstthee^
II That is,
a breach.
1. Chron.
2. 4. matt.
3.
lofeph imprifoned,
Genefis.
is profperous.
t Heb great.
sephs hand : and he knew not ought he
had, saue the bread which he did eate:
and Joseph was a goodly person, and
well fauoured.
7 H And it came to passe after these
things, that his masters wife cast her
eyes vpon loseph, and shee said. Lie
with me.
8 But he refiised, and said vnto his
masters wife. Behold, my master wot
teth not what m with mee in the house,
and he hath committed all that he hath,
to my hand.
9 There is none greater in this
house then I : neither hath hee kept
backe any thing from me, but thee, be-
cause thou art his wife: how then can I
doe this great wickednesse, and sinne a-
gainst God ?
10 And it came to passe as she spake
to loseph day by day, that hee hearke-
ned not vnto her, to lie by her, or to bee
with her.
11 And it came to passe about this
time, that loseph went in to the house,
to doe his busines, and there was none
of the men of the house there within.
12 And shee caught him by his gar-
ment, saying. Lie with me : and he left
his garment in her hand, and fled, and
got him out.
13 And it came to passe, when she saw
that hee had left his garment in her
hand, and was fled forth ;
14 That she called vnto the men of
her house, and spake vnto them, say
ing. See, he hath brought in an Hebrew
vnto vs, to mocke vs : he came in vnto
me to lie with me, and I cried with a
tloud voice.
15 And it came to passe, when hee
heard that I lifted vp my voice, and cri-
ed, that he left his garment with mee,
and fled, and got him out.
16 And she laid vp his garment by
her, vntill her lord came home.
17 And she spake vnto him, accor-
ding to these words, saying, The He-
brew seruant which thou hast brought
vnto vs, came in vnto me to mocke me
18 And it came to passe as I lift vp
my voice, and cried, that he left his gar-
ment with me, and fled out.
19 And it came to passe when his ma
ster heard the words of his wife, which
she spake vnto him, saying. After this
maner did thy seruant to me, that his
wrath was kindled.
20 And losephs master tooke him
nesvnto
him.
and put him into the prison, a place,]
where y kings prisoners were bound :
and he was there in the prison.
21 f But the LORD was with
Joseph, and tshewed him mercie, and ^Heb.ex.
gaue him fauour in the sight of the kee- '''^""'*'^-
per of the prison.
22 And the keeper of the prison com-
mitted to Josephs hand all the priso-
ners that zaere in the prison, and what-
soeuer they did there, he was the doer
ofit:
23 The keeper of the prison looked
not to any thing, that u-as vnder his
hand, because the LOUD was with
him : & that which he did, the LORD
made it to prosper.
CHAP. XL.
1 The Butler and Baker of Pharaoh in prison.
4 loseph hath charge of them. 5 He inter-
preteth their dreames. 20 They come to
passe according to his interpretation. 23 The
ingratitude of the Butler.
Nd it came to passe after
these things , that the
Butler of the King of E
gypt, and his Baker, had
offended their lord the
King of Egypt.
2 And Pharaoh was wroth against
two of his officers, against the chiefe of
the Butlers, and against the chiefe of
the Bakers.
3 And he put them in ward in the
house of the captaine of the guard, into
the prison, the place where Joseph was
bound.
4 And the captaine of the guard
charged loseph with them, and he ser-
ued them , and they continued a season
in warde.
5 IT And they dreamed a dreame
both of them, each man his dreame in
one night, each man according to the
interpretation of his dreame, the But-
ler and the Baker of the king of Egypt,
which were bound in the prison.
6 And Jo.seph came in vnto them
in the morning, and looked vpon them,
and behold, they were sad.
7 And he asked Pharaohs officers
that were with him in the warde of his
lords house, saying. Wherefore tlooke
ye so sadly to day .''
8 And they said vnto him. We haue
dreamed a dreame, and there is no in-
terpreter of it. And Joseph said vnto
them,
t Heb. are
ytyarfacev
euUl'i
He interpreteth
Chap.xlj.
feuerall dreames.
1 Or, reckon.
t Hebr. Re-
member mee
with thee.
t Or, full 0/
holes.
t Hebr.meat
of Pharaoh,
the worke of
a baker, or
cooke.
I Or, reckon
thee, and
take thy of-
fice/rom
thee.
Or, recko-
ned.
them, Doe not interpretations belong
to God ? tell me them, I pray you.
9 And the chiefe Butler toldc his
dreame to loseph, and said to him ; In
my dreame, beholde, a vine was before
mee :
10 And in the vine xtxrc three bran-
ches, and it imas as though it budded, and
her blossoms shot foorth ; and the clu-
sters thereof brought forth ripe grapes.
11 And Pharaohs cup was in my
hand, and I tooke the grapes and pres-
sed them into Pharaohs cup : and I
gaue the cup into Pharaohs hand.
12 And loseph said vnto him, This
is the interpretation of it: thethree bran-
ches are three dayes,
13 Yet within three dayes shall Pha-
raoh ||liftvp thine head, and restore thee
vnto thy place, and thou shalt deliuer
Pharaohs cup into his hand, after the
former manner when thou wast his
Butler.
14 But llthinke on me, when it shall
be well with thee, and shew kindenesse,
I pray thee, vnto mee, and make men-
tion of me vnto Pharaoh, and bring me
out of this house.
15 For indeed I was stollen away
out of the land of the Hebrewes : and
here also haue I done nothing, that
they should put me into the dungeon.
16 When the chiefe Baker saw, that
the interpretation was good, he said vn-
to loseph, I also was in my dreame,
and behold, I had three || white baskets
on my head.
17 And in the vppermost basket
there was of all maner of tbake-meats
for Pharaoh, and the birds did eat them
out of the basket vpon my head.
18 And loseph answered, and said,
This is the interpretation thereof: the
three baskets are three dayes :
19 Yet within three dayes shall Pha-
raoh II lift vp thy head from off thee, and
shall hang thee on a tree, and the birds
shall eate thy flesh from off thee.
20 ir And it came to passe the third
day, which was Pharaohs birth day, that
hee made a feast vnto all his seruants :
and he || lifted vp the head of the chiefe
Butler, and of the chiefe Baker among
his seruants.
21 And he restored the chiefe Butler
vnto his Butlership againe, and hee
gaue the cup into Pharaohs hand.
22 But he hanged the chiefe Baker,
as loseph had interpreted to them.
23 Yet did not the chiefe Butler re-
member loseph, but forgate him.
CHAP. XLI.
1 Pharaohs two dreames. 9 loseph interpre-
teth them. 33 Hee giueth Pharaoh coun-
sell. 38 loseph is aduanced. 50 Hee be-
- getteth Manasseh and Ephraim. 54 The fa-
mine beginneth.
Nd it came to passe at the
end of two ful yeeres, that
Pharaoh dreamed : and
beholde, hee stood by the
riuer.
2 And behold, there came vp out of
the riuer seuen well fauoured kine, and
fat fleshed, and they fed in a medow.
3 And behold, seuen other kine came
vp after them out of the riuer, ill fauou
red and leane fleshed, and stood by the o-
ther kine, vpon the brinke of the riuer.
4 And the ill fauoured and leane
fleshed kine, did eate vp the seuen well
fauoured and fat kine: So Pharaoh
awoke.
5 And hee slept and dreamed the se
cond time : and beholde, seuen eares of
come came vp vpon one stalke, tranke
and good.
6 And beholde, seuen thinne eares
and blasted with the Eastwind, sprang
vp after them.
7 And the seuen thinne eares de-
uoured the seuen ranke and full eares :
and Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it
was a dreame.
8 And it came to passe in the mor-
ning, that his spirit was troubled, and
he sent and called for all the Magicians
of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof:
and Pharaoh tolde them his dreame;
but there was none that could inter-
prete them vnto Pharaoh.
9 If Then spake the chiefe Butler
vnto Pharaoh, saying, I doe remem-
ber my faults this day.
10 Pharaoh was wroth with his
seruants, and put mee in warde, in the
captaine of the guards house, both mee,
and the chiefe Baker.
11 And we dreamed a dreame in one
night, I and he: we dreamed each man
according to the interpretation of his
dreame.
12 And there was there with vs a yong
man an Hebrew , seruant to the cap-
taine of the guard : and wee told him,
and he *interpreted to vs our dreames,
tol
t Hebr. fat.
Chap. 40.
12. &c.
Pharaohs dreames
Genefis.
are interpreted.
•PsaLIOi,
iHebr.made
him runne.
I Or, When
thou hearest
a itreame,
thou canst
interpret
it.
t Hebr. come
to the inward
partsofthem.
\Oi, tmall.
to each man according to his dreame, he
did interpret.
13 And it came to passe, as he inter-
preted to vs, so it was ; mee he restored
vnto mine office, and him he hanged.
14 H *Then Pharaoh sent and cal-
led loseph, and they t brought him ha-
stily out of the dungeon: And he shaued
himselfe, and changed his raiment, and
came in vnto Pharaoh.
15 And Pharaoh said vnto loseph,
I haue dreamed a dreame, and there is
none that can interpret it : and I haue
heard sayof thee,</(a/ ||thou canst vnder-
stand a dreame, to interpret it.
16 And loseph answered Pharaoh,
saying; It is not in me: God shall giue
Pharaoh an answere of peace.
17 And Pharaoh said vnto loseph ;
In my dreame, behold, I stood vpon
the banke of the riuer.
18 And behold, there came vp out ofj
the riuer seuen kine, fat fleshed and well
fauoured, and they fed in a medow.
19 And behold, seuen other kine came
vp after them, poore and very ill fauou-
red, and leane fleshed, such as I neuer
saw in all the land of Egypt for badnes.
20 And the leane, & the ill fauoured
kine, did eate vp the first seuen fat kine.
21 And when they had t eaten them
vp, it could not bee knowen that they
had eaten them, but they were still ill fa-
uoured, as at the beginning: So I
awoke.
22 And I saw in my dreame, and be-
hold, seuen eares came vp in one stalke,
full and good.
23 And behold, seuen eares || withe-
red, thin & blasted with the East wind,
sprung vp after them.
24 And the thin eares deuoured the
seuen good eares : and I told this vnto
the magicians, but there was none that
could declare it to me.
25 f And loseph said vnto Phara-
oh , The dreame of Pharaoh is one ;
God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is
about to doe.
26 The seuen good kine are seuen
yeeres: and the seuen good eares are se-
uen yeeres : the dreame is one.
27 And the seuen thin and ill fauou
red kine that came vp after them, are se-
uen yeeres : and the seuen emptie eares
blasted with the East wind, shall bee se
uen yeeres of famine.
28 This is the thing which I haue
spoken vnto Pharaoh : what God is a
t Heb. heauy
Or, prepa-
red (^God.
Or, ouer-
seers.
bout to doe, he sheweth vnto Pharaoh.
29 Behold, there come seuen yeeres
of great plentie, throughout all the land
of Egypt.
30 And there shall arise after them,
seuen yeeres of famine, and all the plen-
tie shall be forgotten in the land of E-
gypt : and the famine shall consume the
land.
31 And the plentie shal not be knowen
in the land, by reason of that famine fol-
lowing : for it shalbe very tgrieuous.
32 And for that the dreame was dou-
bled vnto Pharaoh twice, it is because
the thing is ||established by God: and
God will shortly bring it to passe.
33 Now theribre let Pharaoh looke
out a man discreet and wise, and set him
ouer the land of Egypt.
34 Let Pharaoh doe this, and let him
appoint II officers ouer the land, & take
vp the fift part of the land of Egypt, in
the seuen plenteous yeeres.
35 And let them gather all the food
of those good yeeres that come, and lay
vp come vnder the hand of Pharaoh,
and let them keepe food in the cities.
36 And that food shall be for store to
the land, against the seuen yeeres of fa-
mine, which shall bee in the land of E-
gypt, that the land t perish not through
the famine.
37 51 And the thing was good in the
eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all
his seruants.
38 And Pharaoh said vnto his ser-
uants. Can we find such a one, as this
is, a man in whom the spirit of God is?
39 And Pharaoh said vnto loseph,
Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee
all this, there is none so discreete and
wise, as thou art :
40 * Thou shalt be ouer my house,
and according vnto thy word shall all
my people be t ruled: only in the throne
will I be greater then thou.
41 And Pharaoh said vnto loseph,
See, I haue set thee ouer all the land of
Egypt.
42 And Pharaoh tooke off his ring
from his hand, & put it vpon losephs
hand , and arayed him in vestures of
II fine linnen, and put a gold chaine about
his necke.
43 And he made him to ride in the
second charet which he had : and they
cried before him, || Bow the knee : and
he made him ruler ouer all the land ofiHeb."Jfr"
Egypt. «<'''•
44 And
t Heb. be not
cutoff.
* Psal. 106.
31. 1. mac.
2. 53. act.
7. 10.
t Heb. ar-
med : or,
kiase.
Or, silke.
\ Or, Ten.
lofeph exalted.
Chap.xlij.
y Or, Prince
• Chap. V).
20. & 48. s.
I Or, Prince.
1 1Tiat is.
Forgetting.
I That is,
Fruitfull.
• Psal. 105.
16.
His brethren.
iHebr.JU
wherein
44 And Pharaoh said vnto Joseph,
I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall
no man lift vp his hand or foote, in all
the land of Egypt.
45 And Pharaoh called losephs
name, Zaphnath-Paaneah, and he
gaue him to wife Asenath the daughter
of Poti-pherah, ||priest of On: and Jo-
seph went out ouer all the lande of E-
gypt-
46 (H And loseph was thirtie
yeeres old when he stood before Phara-
oh king of Egypt) and loseph went
out from the presence of Pharaoh, and
went thorowout all the land of Egypt.
47 And in the seuen plenteous yeres
the earth brought forth by handfuls.
48 And he gathered vp all the foode
of the seuen yeeres, which were in the
land of Egypt, and laid vp the foode in
the cities : the foode of the field which
was round about euery citie, laid he vp
in the same.
49 And loseph gathered come as
the sand of the sea, very much, vntill he
left numbring : for it was without
number.
50 *And vnto loseph were borne
two sonnes, before the yeeres of famine
came : which Asenath the daughter of
Poti-pherah, || Priest of On bare vnto
him.
51 And loseph called the name of the
first borne || Manasseh : for God, saidhee,
hath made me forget all my toile, and
all my fathers house.
52 And the name of the second cal-
led he IIEphraim : for God hath caused
mee to be fruitfull in the land of my af-
fliction.
53 IT And the seuen yeeres of plen-
teousnesse , that was in the land of E-
gypt, were ended.
54 * And the seuen yeeres of dearth
beganne to come according as loseph
had saide, and the dearth was in all
lands: but in all the land of Egypt there
was bread.
55 And when all the land of Egypt
was famished, the people cried to Pha-
raoh for bread : and Pharaoh said vnto
all the Egyptians, Goe vnto loseph :
what he saith to you, doe.
56 And the famine was ouer all the
face of the earth ; and loseph opened all
t the storehouses, and solde vnto the E
gyptians: and the famine waxed sore in
the land of Egypt.
57 And all countreys came into E-
And
gypt to loseph, for to buy come, be-
cause that the famine was so sore in all
lands.
CHAP. XLII.
1 Jacob sendeth his ten sonnes to buy come in
Egypt. 6 They are imprisoned by loseph
for spies. 1 8 They are set at libertie, on con
dition to bring Beniamin. 21 They haue
remorse for loseph. 24 Simeon is kept for a
pledge. 25 They returne with corne, and
their money. 29 Their relation to Jacob.
36 Jacob refuseth to send J^eniarain.
Ow when *Iacob saw
that there was corne in E-
gypt, lacob said vnto his
sonnes. Why doe ye looke
one vpon an other ?
hee said , Beholde , I haue
heard that there is come in Egypt : get
you downe thither and buy for vs from
thence, that we may Hue, and not die.
3 H And losephs ten brethren went
downe to buy corne in Egypt.
4 But Beniamin losephs bro
ther, lacob sent not with his brethren :
for he said, Lest peraduenture mischiefe
befall him.
5 And the sonnes of Israel came to
buy corne among those that came : for
the famine was in the land of Canaan.
6 And loseph was the gouemour
ouer the land, and hee it was that sold to
all the people of the land : and losephs
brethren came, & bowed downe them-
selues before him, with their faces to the
earth.
7 And loseph saw his brethren,
and he knew them , but made himselfe
strange vnto them, and spake + roughly
vnto them ; and hee saide vnto them.
Whence come ye? And they said, From
the land of Canaan, to buy food.
8 And loseph knew his brethren,
but they knew not him.
9 But loseph *remembred the
dreames which hee dreamed of them,
and said vnto them. Ye are spies: to see
the nakednes of the land you are come
10 And they said vnto him. Nay, my
lord, but to buy food are thy seruants
come.
11 We are all one mans sonnes ; we
are true men : thy seruants are no spies
12 And he said vnto them. Nay: but
to see the nakednesse of the land, you
are come.
13 And they said, Thy seruants are
twelue
Acts. 7.
12.
t Hebr. hard
things with
them.
* Chap. 37.
5.
lofeph talketh
Genefis.
with his brethren.
t Heb. bound
\ Hebr. ga-
thered.
• Chap. 43.
5.
21.
t Hebr. an
interpreter
xvag hftweene
them.
' Chap. 37.
twelue brethren, the sonnes of one man
in the land of Canaan : and behold, the
yongest is this day with our father, and
one is not.
14 And loseph said vnto them.
That is it that I spake vnto you, say-
ing, Ye are spies.
1 5 Hereby ye shall be proued : by the
life of Pharaoh ye shall not goe foorth
hence, except your yongest brother come
hither.
16 Send one of you, and let him fetch
your brother, and ye shalbe tkept in pri-
son, that your wordes may be proued
whether there be any trueth in you : or
els by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are
spies.
17 And he tput them all together in
to warde, three dayes.
18 And loseph said vnto them the
third day, This doe, and Hue : Jbr I
feare God.
19 If ye be true men, let one of your
brethren be bound in the house of your
prison : goe ye, carry come for the famine
of your houses.
20 But *bring your yongest brother
vnto mee, so shall your wordes be ve-
rified, and yee shall not die: and they
did so.
21 1i And they said one to another.
We are verily guiltie concerning our
brother, in that we saw the anguish of
his soule, when he besought vs, and we
would not heare : therefore is this di-
stresse come vpon vs.
22 And Reuben answered them, say-
mg, * Spake I not vnto you, saying.
Doe not sinne against the childe, and ye
would not heare .■* therefore behold al-
so, his blood is required.
23 And they knew not that loseph
vnderstood them : for thee spake vnto
them by an interpreter.
24 And hee turned himselfe about
from them and wept, and returned to
them againe, and communed with
them, and tooke from them Simeon,
and bound him before their eyes.
25 f Then loseph commanded to
fill their sackes with corne, and to re-
store euery mans money into his sacke,
and to giue them prouision for the way :
and thus did he vnto them.
26 And they laded their asses with
the come, and departed thence.
27 And as one of them opened his
sacke, to giue his asse prouender in the
Inne, he espied his money: for behold
it was in his sackes mouth.
28 And he said vnto his brethren.
My money is restored, and \oe,it is euen
in my sacke : and their heart t failed
them, and they were afraid, saying one
to an other. What is this that God hath
done vnto vs .''
29 1 And they came vnto Jacob
their father, vnto the land of Canaan
and told him all that befell vnto them,
saying ;
30 The man who is the lord of the
land, spake t roughly to vs, and tooke
vs for spies of the countrey.
31 And we said vnto him. We are
true men ; we are no spies.
32 We be twelue brethren, sonnes of
our father : one is not, and the yongest
is this day with our father, in the land
of Canaan.
33 And the man the lord of the coun-
trey said vnto vs. Hereby shall I know
that ye are true men : leaue one of your
brethren here with me, and takejbode
for the famine of your housholds, and
be gone.
34 And bring your yongest brother
vnto me : then shall I know that you
are no spies, hutthat you are true men : so
will I deliuer you your brother, and ye
shall traffique in the land.
35 f And it came to passe as they
emptied their sacks, that behold, euery
mans bundle of money was in his sacke :
and when both they and their father
saw the bundels of money, they were
afraid.
36 And lacob their father said vnto
them. Me haue ye bereaued of my chil-
dren : loseph is not, and Simeon is
not, and ye wil take Beniamin away: all
these things are against me.
37 And Reuben spake vnto his fa-
ther, saying ; Slay my two sonnes, if I
bring him not to thee : deliuer him into
my hand, and I will bring him to thee
againe.
38 And he said. My sonne shall not
goe downe with you, tor his brother is
dead, and he is left alone : if miscliiefe
befall him by the way in the which yee
goe, then shall ye bring downe my gray
haires with sorrow to the graue.
CHAP. XLIII.
1 lacob is hardly perswaded to send Beniamin
IS loseph entertaineth his brethren. 31 Hee
mf keth them a feast.
And
t Hebr. went
foorth.
t Hebr. with
vs hard
things.
t Heb. pro-
testing he
protested^
Chap. 42.
20.
MJetuisking
he asked vs.
t Heh. mouth
\Heb. know-
ing could we
know?
Beniamin goeth
Chap.xliij.
with his brethren.
• Chap. 44.
32.
Or, twice
by this.
Nd the famine was sore
in the land.
2 And it came to passe
when they had eaten vp
the come, which they had
brought out of Egypt, their father said
vnto them, Goe againe, buy vs a little
foode.
3 And ludah spake vnto him, say-
ing, The man did t solemnly protest vn-
to vs, saying. Ye shall not see my face,
except your * brother be with you.
4 If thou wilt send our brother
with vs, we will goe downe and buy
thee food.
5 But if thou wilt not send him, we
will not goe downe : for the man saide
vnto vs. Ye shall not see my face, except
your brother he with you.
6 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt
ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whe-
ther ye had yet a brother ?
7 And they said. The man tasked
vs straitly of our state, and of our kin-
dred, saying, Is your father yet aliue .''
haue yee another brother.'' and we tolde
him according to the ttenour of these
words : t Could we certainely knowe
that he would say. Bring your brother
downe ?
8 And ludah said vnto Israel his
father. Send the lad with me, and wee
will arise and go, that we may Hue, and
not die, both we, and thou, and also our
little ones.
9 I will be surety for him ; of my
hand shalt thou require him : * if I
bring him not vnto thee, and set him be-
fore thee, then let me beare the blame for
euer.
10 For except we had lingred, surely
now wee had returned || this second
time.
11 And their father Israel said vnto
them. If it must bee so now, doe this :
take of the best fruits in the land in your
vessels, and carie downe the man a Pre-
sent, a litle balme, and a litle honie, spi-
ces, and myrrhe, nuts, and almonds.
12 And take double money in your
hand, and the money that was brought
againe in the mouth of your sackes : ca-
rie it againe in your hand, peraduenture
it was an ouersight.
13 Take also your brother, and arise,
goe againe vnto the man.
14 And God Almightie giue you
mercie before the man, that he may send
away your other brother, and Benia-
min : II If I be bereaued of my children,
I am bereaued.
15 H And the men tooke that Pre-
sent, and they tooke double money in
their hand, and Beniamin, and rose vp,
and went downe to Egypt, and stood
before loseph.
. 16 And when loseph sawe Benia-
min with them , hee said to the ruler of
his house, Bring these men home, and
tslay, and make ready: for these men
shall tdine with me at noone.
17 And the man did as loseph bade:
and the man brought the men into lo-
sephs house.
18 And the men were afraid, because
they were brought into losephs house,
and they said. Because of the money
that was returned in our sackes at the
first time are we brought in, that hee
may t seeke occasion against vs, and fall
vpon vs, and take vs for bondmen, and
our asses.
19 And they came neere to the ste-
ward of losephs house, and they com-
muned with him at the doore of the
house,
20 And said, O Sir, *twe came in-
deed downe at the first time to buy food.
21 And it came to passe when wee
came to the Inne, that wee opened our
sackes, and behold, euery mans money
was in the mouth of his sacke, our mo-
ney in ful weight : and we haue brought
it againe in our hand.
22 And other money haue wee
brought downe in our handes to buy
food : we cannot tell who put our mo-
ney in our sackes.
23 And he said, Peace be to you, feare
not: your God, and the God of your fa-
ther, hath giuen you treasure in your
sackes : 1 1 had your money. And hee
brought Simeon out vnto them.
24 And the man brought the men
into losephs house, and *gaue them wa-
ter, and they washed their feete, and he
gaue their asses prouender.
25 And they made ready the Present
against loseph came at noone : for they
heard that they should eate bread there.
26 If And when loseph came home,
they brought him the Present which
was in their hand, into the house, and
bowed themselues to him to the earth.
27 And he asked them of their + wel-
fare, and said, t Is your father well, the
old man of whom ye spake .' Is he yet
aliue .''
G 28 And
I Or, and I,
a* I haue
bene ^c.
1 Heb. km
a killing.
t Hebr. eate.
t Heb. roll
himselfe
vponvs.
• Cha. 42. 3
t Heb. com-
ming downe
we came
downe.
t Heb. your
money came
tomee.
•Chap. 18.
4. & 24. 32.
t Heb. peace
iHebr. Is
there peace
to your fa-
ther'i
A cup put in
Geneiis.
Beniamins facke.
\Heb.the9
dranke
largely.
I Or, maketh
tritdl.
28 And they answered, Thy seruant
our father is in good health, hee is yet a-
liue : & they bowed downe their heads,
and made obeisance.
29 And he lift vp his eyes, and sawe
his brother Beniamin , his mothers
Sonne, and said, Is this your yonger
brother, of whom yee spake vnto mee ?
and he said, God be gracious vnto thee,
my sonne.
30 And Joseph made haste : for his
bowels did yerne vpon his brother :
and he sought where to weepe, and hee
entred into his chamber, & wept there.
31 And he washed his face, and went
out, and refrained himselfe, and saide,
Set on bread.
32 And they set on for him by himselfe,
and for them by themselues, and for the
Egyptians which did eate with him,
by themselues : because the Egyptians
might not eate bread with the He-
brewes : for that is an abomination vnto
the Egyptians.
33 And they sate before him, the first
borne according to his birthright, and
the yongest according to his youth : and
the men marueiled one at another.
24 And hee tooke and sent measses
vnto them from before him : but Ben-
iamins measse was fiue times so much as
any of theirs : and they drunke, and
twere merry with him.
CHAP. XLIIII.
1 Josephs policie to stay his brethren. 14 lu-
dahs humble supplication to Joseph.
Nd hee commaunded the
t steward of his house, say-
ing. Fill the mens sackes
unth food, as much as they
can carie, and put euery
mans money in his sacks mouth.
2 And put my cup, the siluer cup, in
the sackes mouth of the yongest, and his
come money : and he did according to
the word that Joseph had spoken.
3 Assoone as the morning was light,
the men were sent away, they, and their
asses.
4 And when they were gone out
of the citie, and not yet farre off, Joseph
said vnto his steward, Vp, follow after
the men ; and when thou doest ouer-
take them, say vnto them, Wherefore
haue ye rewarded euill for good ?
5 Is not this it, in which my lord
drinketh ? and whereby indeed he ||di-
uineth ? ye haue done euill in so doing.
6 H And he ouertooke them, and
he spake vnto them these same words.
7 And they said vnto him. Where-
fore saith my lord these words .-' God for-
bid that thy seruants should doe accor-
ding to this thing.
8 Behold , the money which wee
found in our sackes mouthes , wee
brought againe vnto thee, out of the
land of Canaan : how then should wee
steale out of thy lords house , siluer or
golde ?
9 With whom soeuer of thy seruants
it be found, both let him die, and we also
will be my lords bondmen.
10 And he said, Now also let it be ac-
cording vnto your wordes : hee with
whom it is found, shall be my seruant:
and ye shall be blamelesse.
11 Then they speedily tooke downe
euery man his sacke to the ground, and
opened euery man his sacke.
12 And he searched, and began at the
eldest, and left at the yongest : and the
cup was found in Beniamins sacke.
13 Then they rent their clothes, and
laded euery man his asse, and returned
to the citie.
14 H And ludah and his brethren
came to Josephs house : (for he was yet
there) and they fell before him on the
ground.
15 And loseph said vnto them. What
deed is this that ye haue done.' wote ye
not, that such a man as J can certaine-
ly lldiuine.'
16 And Judah said. What shall wee
say vnto my lord.' what shal we speake.'
or how shall we cleare our selues ? God
hath found out the iniquitie of thy ser-
uants: beholde, wee are my lords ser-
uants, both wc, and he also with whom
the cup is found.
17 And he said, God forbid that I
should doe so : but the man in whose
hand the cup is found, he shal be my ser-
uant; and as for you, get you vp in peace
vnto your father.
18 1i Then ludah came neere vnto
him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy ser-
uant, I pray thee, speake a word in my
lords eares, & let not thine anger burne
against thy seruant : for thou art euen
as Pharaoh.
19 My lord asked his seruants, say-
ing, Haue ye a father, or a brother .'
20 And we said vnto my lord. Wee
haue a father, an olde man, and a childe
of
! Or, make
Main
ludahs fupplication. Chap.xlv.
lofeph is knowen.
' Chap. 43.
3.
• Chap. 37.
33.
' Chap. 43.
iHebr.finde
myfaiher.
of his old age, a little one: and his bro-
ther is dead , and he alone is left of his
mother, and his father loueth him.
21 And thou saidst vnto thy seruants,
Bring him downe vnto mee , that I
may set mine eyes vpon him.
And we said vnto my lord, The
lad cannot leaue his father : for if hee
should leaue his father, his father would
die.
23 And thou saidst vnto thy seruants,
* Except your yongest brother come
downe with you, you shall see my face
no more.
24 And it came to passe when wee
came vp vnto thy seruant my father, we
told him the words of my lord.
25 And our father said, Goe againe,
and buy vs a little food.
26 And we saide , Wee cannot goe
downe : if our yongest brother be with
vs, then will we goe downe : for wee
may not see the mans face, except our
yongest brother be with vs.
27 And thy seruant my father said
vnto vs. Ye know that my wife bare
me two sonnes.
28 And the one went out from me.
and I said, * Surely he is tome in pie-
ces : and I saw him not since.
29 And if ye take this also from me
and mischiefe befall him , ye shall bring
downe my gray haires with sorrow to
the graue.
30 Now therefore when I come to
thy seruant my father, and the lad hee
not with vs; (seeing that his life is
bound vp in the lads life.)
31 It shall come to passe, when he
seeth that the lad is not with vs, that he
will die, and thy seruants shall bring
downe the gray haires of thy seruant
our father with sorrow to the graue.
32 For thy seruant became surety for
the lad vnto my father, saying, *If I
bring him not vnto thee, then I shall
beare the blame to my father, for euer.
33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let
thy seruant abide in stead of the lad, a
bondman to my lord, and let the lad goe
vp with his brethren.
34 For how shall I goe vp to my fa
ther, and the lad be not with mee, lest
peraduenture I see the euill that shall
tcome on my father .''
CHAP. XLV.
I Joseph maketh himselfe knowen to his bre-
thren. 5 Hee comforteth them in Gods
prouidence. 9 Hee sendeth for his father.
16 Pharaoh confirmeth it 21 loseph fur-
nisheth them for their ioumey, and exhor-
teth them to concord. 25 lacob is reuiued
with the newes.
Hen loseph could not re-
fraine himselfe before all
them that stood by him :
and he cried, Cause euery
man to goe out from me ;
and there stood no man with him, while
loseph made himselfe knowen vnto
his brethren.
2 And he twept aloud: and the E-
gyptians, and the house of Pharaoh
heard.
3 And loseph said vnto his bre-
thren, *I am loseph ; Doeth my father
yet Hue? and his brethren could not an-
swere him : for they were || troubled at
his presence.
4 And loseph said vnto his bre-
thren. Come neere to me, I pray you :
and they came neere ; and he said, I am
loseph your brother, whom ye sold in-
to Egypt.
5 Now therefore bee not grieued,
tnor angry with your selues, that yee
sold me hither: *fcrGod did send me be-
fore you, to preserue life.
6 For these two yeeres hath the fa-
mine bene in the land: and yet there are
fiue yeeres, in the which there shall nei-
ther be earing nor haruest.
7 And God sent me before you, to
+ preserue you a posteritie in the earth,
and to saue your lines by a great deli-
uerance.
8 So now it was not you that sent
me hither, but God : and he hath made
me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all
his house, and a ruler throughout all
the land of Egypt.
9 Haste you, and goe vp to my fa-
ther, and say vnto him, Thus saith thy
Sonne loseph ; God hath made me lord
of all Egypt; come downe vnto me, ta-
ry not.
10 And thou shalt dwell in the land
of Goshen, and thou shalt be neere vnto
me, thou, and thy children, and thy chil
drens children, and thy flockes, and thy
beards, and all that thou hast.
11 And there wil I nourish thee, (for
yet there are fiue yeeres of famine) lest
thou and thy houshold, and all that
thou hast, come to pouertie.
12 And behold, your eyes see, and the
eyes of my brother Beniamin, that it is
G2 my
t Heir. Gave
foorth his
voice in wee-
ping.
•A&s. 7.
13.
I Or, terri-
fied.
t Hehr. nei-
ther let there
anger in
your eyes.
Chap. JO.
20.
t Ilebr. to
put for you
a remnant.
lacob being fent for Genelis.
goeth to Egypt.
t Hebr. was
my mouth that speaketh vnto you. I
13 And you shall tell my father of all
my glory in Egypt, and of all that you
haue scene, and ye shall haste, and bring
downe my father hither.
14 And he fel vpon his brother Ben-
iamins necke^ and wept: and Benia^
min wept vpon his necke.
15 Moreouer hee kissed all his bre-
thren, and wept vpon them : and after
that, his brethren talked with him.
16 II And the fame thereof was
heard in Pharaohs house, saying, Jo-
sephs brethren are come : and it t pleased
^^'/.^ I Pharaoh well, and his seruants.
raoA.
Miebr.tet
not i/our eye
tpare, S^c.
mouth.
t Hebr. car-
rying.
iHebr.hu.
17 And Pharaoh said vnto loseph
Say vnto thy brethren, This doe yee,
lade your beasts and goe, get you vnto
the land of Canaan.
18 And take your father, and your
housholds, and come vnto mee: and I
wil giue you the good of the land of E-
gypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.
19 Now thou art commanded, this
doe yee ; Take you wagons out of the
land of Egypt for your little ones, and
for your wiues, and bring your father,
and come.
20 Also t regard not your stufFe : for
the good of all the land of Egypt is
yours.
21 And the children of Israel did so :
and loseph gaue them wagons, accor-
ding to the tcommandement of Pha-
raoh, and gaue them prouision for the
way.
22 To all of them he gaue each man
changes of raiment : but to Beniamin
hee gaue three hundred pieces of siluer,
and fiue changes of raiment.
23 And to his father hee sent after
this maner: ten asses tladen with the
good things of Egypt, and ten shee
asses laden with corne, and bread and
meat for his father by the way.
24 So he sent his brethren away,
and they departed : and hee said vnto
them. See that yee fall not out by the
way.
25 IT And they went vp out of E-
gypt, and came into the land of Canaan
vnto lacob their father,
26 And told him, saying, loseph is
yet aliue, and he is gouernour ouer all
the land of Egypt. And t Jacobs heart
fainted, for he beleeued them not.
27 And they told him all the words
of Joseph, which hee had saide vnto
them : and when hee saw the wagons
which Joseph had sent to carie him, the
spirit of Jacob their father reuiued.
28 And Israel said , It is enough ;
loseph my sonne is yet aliue : I will
goe and see him before I die.
CHAP. XLVI.
lacob is comforted by God at Beersheba. 5
Thence hee with his company goeth into
Egypt. 9 The number of his family that
went into Egypt. 28 loseph meeteth lacob
31 Hee instructeth his brethren how to an-
swere to Pharaoh.
Nd Israel tooke his
iourney with all that hee
had, and came to Beer-
sheba, and offered sacri-
fices vnto the God of his
father Isaac.
2 And God spake vnto Israel in
the visions of the night, and said, la-
cob, lacob. And he said. Here am I
3 And he said, I am God, the God
of thy father, feare not to goe downe in
to Egypt : for I will there make of thee
a great nation.
4 I will goe downe with thee into
Egypt ; and I will also surely bring
thee vp againe: and loseph shall put his
hand vpon thine eyes.
5 And lacob rose vp from Beer
sheba : and the sonnes of Israel caried
lacob their father, and their litle ones,
and their wiues, in the wagons which
Pharaoh had sent to cary him.
6 And they tooke their cattell, and
their goods which they had gotten in
the land of Canaan, and came into E-
gypt, * lacob, and all his seed with
him :
7 His sonnes , and his sonnes
sonnes with him, his daughters, and
his sonnes daughters, and all his seed
brought he with him into Egypt.
8 II And * these are the names of the
children of Israel, which came into E-
gypt, lacob and his sonnes: * Reuben
lacobs first borne ;
9 And the sonnes of Reuben , Ha-
noch , and Phallu , and Hezron , and
Carmi.
10 H *And the sonnes of Simeon
lemuel , and lamin , and Chad, and
lachin , and Zohar , and Shaul the
sonne of a Canaanitish woman.
11 f And the sonnes of *Leui: Ger-
shon, Kohath, and Merari.
12 II And the sonnes of *Judah
Er,
losh. 24.
4. psal. lo.'i.
23. esai. S2.
4.
ExcKi. 1. 1.
and 6. 14.
num. 26. 8.
and l.chro.
5. I.
Num. 26.
5.
• Exod. 6.
16. l.chro.
4. 24.
• I. Chro. 6.
• I. Chro. 2.
3. and 4. 21.
chap. 38. 3.
Jacobs olf-fpring.
Chap.xlvij. lofeph meeteth him.
1. Chron.
7. 1.
30.
. Chro. 7
Chap. 41.
50.
lOr, Prijice.
•l. Chron.
7. 6. & 8. 1.
Deut. 10.
^Heb. thigh.
Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pha-
rez, and Zerah : But Er & Onan died
in the land of Canaan. And the sonnes
of I'harez, were Hezron, and Hamul.
13 H And the sonnes of Issachar:
Tola , and Phuuah , and lob , and
Shimron.
14 H *And the sonnes of Zebulun:
Sered, and Elon, and lahleel.
15 These bee the sonnes of Leah,
which she bare vnto lacob in Padan
Aram, with his daughter Dinah : all
the soules of his sonnes and his daugh-
ters, were thirtie and tliree.
16 IT And the sonnes of Gad : Zi-
phion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon,
Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
17 f *And the sonnes of Asher:
limnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and
Beriah , and Serah their sister : And
the sonnes of Beriah : Heber, and Mal-
chiel.
18 These are the sonnes of Zilpah,
whome Laban gaue to Leah his
daughter : and these she bare vnto la-
cob, euen sixteene soules.
19 The sonnes of Rachel Jacobs
wife : loseph, and Beniamin.
20 IT And vnto loseph in the lande
of Egypt, were borne Manasseh and E-
phraim, * which Asenath the daughter
of Poti-pherah || Priest of On bare vn-
to him.
21 II *And the sonnes of Beniamin
were Belah, and Becher, and Aslibel,
Gera, and Naaman, Ehi and Rosh
Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
22 These are the sonnes of Rachel
which were borne to Jacob : all the
soules were fourteene.
23 IT And the sonnes of Dan : Hu-
shim.
24 f And the sonnes of Naphtali :
lahzeel , and Guni , and lezer , and
Shillem.
25 These are the sonnes of Bilhah,
which Laban gaue vnto Rachel his
daughter, and she bare these vnto la-
cob : all the soules were seuen.
26 All the * soules that came with
lacob into Egypt, which came out of
his tloines , besides Jacobs sonnes
wiues, all the soules were threescore and
sixe.
27 And the sonnes of Joseph, which
were borne him in Egypt , were two
soules: all the soules of the house of Ja-
cob , which came into Egypt , were
threescore and ten.
28 IT And he sent Judah before him
vnto Joseph, to direct his face vnto Go-
shen, and they came into the lande of
Goshen.
29 And Joseph made ready his cha-
ret, and went vp to meet Jsrael his fa-
ther, to Goshen, and presented himselfe
vnto him : and he fell on his necke, and
wept on his necke a good while.
30 And Israel saide vnto Joseph,
Now let me die, since J haue scene thy
face, because thou art yet aliue.
31 And Joseph said vnto his brethren,
and vnto his fathers house, J will goe
vp, and shew Pharaoh, and say vnto
him. My brethren, & my fathers house,
which were in the land of Canaan, are
come vnto me.
32 And the men are sheapheards, for
t their trade hath bene to feed cattell
and they haue brought their flocks, and
their beards, and all that they haue
33 And it shall come to passe when
Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say.
What is your occupation .'
34 That ye shall say. Thy seruants
trade hath bene about cattell, from our
youth euen vntill now, both we, and al-
so our fathers : that ye may dwell in the
land of Goshen ; for euery shepheard
is an abomination vnto the Egyptians.
CHAP. XLVJJ.
1 loseph presenteth flue of his brethren, 7 and
his father, before Pharaoh. 11 Hee giueth
them habitation and maintenance. 13 He
getteth all the Egyptians money, 16 their
cattell, 1 8 their lands to Pharaoh. 22 The
Priestes land was not bought. 23 Hee let
teth the land to them for a fift part. 28 la-
cobs age. 29 Hee sweareth loseph to burie
him with his fathers.
Jlen Joseph came and
tolde Pharaoh, and saide,
My father and my bre-
thren , and their flockes,
and their beards, and all
that they haue , are come out of the land
of Canaan : and behold, they are in the
land of Goshen.
2 And hee tooke some of his bre-
thren, euen fine men, & presented them
vnto Pharaoh.
3 And Pharaoh said vnto his bre-
thren. What is your occupation .'' And
they said vnto Pharaoh, Thy seruants
are shepheards , both wee and also
our fathers.
t Hebr. thei
are men oj
calteU.
tei/
of
4Thel
lacob and Pharaoh.
Genefis.
Lands fold.
t fl'e6. Aott)
manyarethe
dayes of the
ueeresoflhu
lifef
•Hcb. 11
13.
I Or, (U a li-
tle chiUe is
nourished.
Heb. accor-
ding to the
little ones.
4 They said moreouer vnto Pha-
raoh, For to soiourne in the land are
we come : for thy seruants liaue no pa-
sture for their flockes, for the famine is
sore in the land of Canaan : now there-
fore we pray thee, let thy seruants dwel
in the land of Goshen.
5 And Pharaoh spake vnto Joseph,
saying. Thy father and thy brethren
are come vnto thee.
6 The land of Egypt is before thee :
in the best of the land make thy father
and brethren to dwell , in the lande of
Goshen let them dwell : and if thou
knowest any man of actiuitie amongst
them, then make them rulers ouer my
cattell.
7 And Joseph brought in lacob
his father, and set him before Pharaoh
and lacob blessed Pharaoh.
8 And Pharaoh said vnto lacob,
t How old art thou ?
9 And lacob said vnto Pharaoh,
The dayes of the yeeres of my pil-
grimage are an hundred & thirtie yeres:
few and euill haue the dayes of the
yeeres of my life bene, and haue not at-
tained vnto the dayes of the yeeres of
the life of my fathers, in the dayes of
their pilgrimage.
10 And lacob blessed Pharaoh, and
went out from before Pharaoh.
11 IT And loseph placed his father
and his brethren, and gaue them a pos-
session in the land of Egypt, in the best
of the land, in the land of Rameses, as
Pharaoh had commanded.
12 And loseph nourished his father
and his brethren, and all his fathers
houshold with bread, || according to their
families.
13 H And there was no bread in all
the land : for the famine was very sore,
so that the land of Egypt and all the
land of Canaan fainted by reason of the
famine.
14 And loseph gathered vp all the
money that was found in the land of
Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for
the come which they bought : and lo.
seph brought the money into Phara-
ohs house.
15 And when money failed in the land
of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan,
all the Egyptians came vnto loseph,
and said, Giue vs bread : for why should
we die in thy presence .'' for the money
faileth.
16 And loseph said, Giue your cat-
tell : and I will giue you for your cat-
tell, if money faile.
17 And they brought their cattel vn-
to loseph : and loseph gaue them
bread in exchange for horses, and for the
flockes, and for the cattell of the beards,
and for the asses, and the fed them with
bread, for all their cattel, for that yeere.
18 When that yeere was ended, they
came vnto him the second yeere, and
said vnto him, We will not hide it from
my lord, how that our money is spent,
my lord also had our beards of cattell :
there is not ought left in the sight of my
lord, but our bodies, and our lands.
19 Wherfore shall we die before thine
eyes, both we, and our land ? buy vs
and our land for bread, and we and our
land will be seruants vnto Pharaoh :
and giue vs seede that we may Hue and
not die, that the land be not desolate.
20 And loseph bought all the land
of Egypt for Pharaoh : for the Egypti
ans sold euery man his field, because the
famine preuailed ouer them : so the land
became Pharaohs.
21 And as for the people, he remoued
them to cities from one end of the bor-
ders of Egypt, euen to the other ende
thereof.
22 Onely the land of the || Priests
bought he not : for the priests had a por-
tion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did
eate their portion which Pharaoh gaue
them : wherefore they solde not their
lands.
23 Then loseph said vnto the peo
pie. Behold, I haue bought you this
day, and your land for Pharaoh : Loe,
here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the
land.
24 And it shall come to passe in the
increase, that you shall giue the fift part
vnto Pharaoh, and foure parts shall be
your owne, for seed of the field, and for
your food, and for them of your house
holds, and for food for your litle ones.
25 And they said. Thou hast saued
our Hues: let vs find grace in the sight of
my lord, and we will be Pharaohs ser-
uants.
26 And loseph made it a law ouer
the land of Egypt vnto this day, that
Pharaoh should haue the fift part : ex-
cept the land of the || priests onely, which
became not Pharaohs.
27 H And Israel dwelt in the land
of Egypt in the countrey of Goshen,
and they had possessions therein, and
grew
t Heh. led
them.
Or, Princes
Or, Princes
lacob bleffetli
Chap.xlviij.
lofephs fonnes
iHebr. the
(lai/es qfthe
yeeresofhis
life.
Chap.
24. 2.
'Heb. u.
•Chap. 28.
13. & 3i. 6.
Chap. 41.
50. iosh.
13.7.
grew, and multiplied exceedingly.
28 And lacob liued in the land of
Egypt seuenteene yeres: so t the whole
age of lacob was an hundred fourtie
and seuen yeeres.
29 And the time drew nigh that Is-
rael must die, and he called his sonne
loseph, and said vnto him, If now I
haue found grace in thy sight, * put, I
pray thee , thy hand vnder my thigh,
and deale kindly and truely with mee,
bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt.
30 But I will lie with my fathers,
and thou shalt carie mee out of Egypt,
and bury me in their burying place: and
he said, I will doe as thou hast said.
31 And he said, Sweare vnto mee :
and he sware vnto him. And * Israel
bowed himselfe vpon the beds head.
CHAP. XLVIII.
1 Joseph with his sonnesvisiteth his sickefather.
2 Jacob strengtheneth himselfe to blesse
thera. 3 He repeateth the promise. 5 He
taketh Ephraim and Manasseh as his owne.
7 Hee telleth hira of his mothers graue.
Hee blesseth Ephraim and Manasseh. 17
Hee preferreth the yonger before the elder.
21 He prophesieth their returne to Canaan,
Nd it came to passe aftei
these things, that one told
loseph , Behold , thy fa
ther is sicke: and he tooke
with him his two sonnes,
Manasseh and Ephraim.
2 And one told lacob, and said. Be-
hold, thy sonne loseph commeth vnto
thee: and Israel strengthened himselfe,
and sate vpon the bed.
3 And lacob saide vnto loseph,
God Almightie appeared vnto mee at
*Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed
mee,
4 And said vnto me. Behold,' I wil
make thee fruitfull, and multiplie thee,
and I will make of thee a multitude of
people, and will giue this land to thy
seede after thee, for an euerlasting pos-
session.
5 H And now thy *two sonnes, E-
phraim and Manasseh , which were
borne vnto thee in the land of Egypt, be-
fore I came vnto thee into Egypt, are
mine : as Reuben and Simeon , they
shalbe mine.
6 And thy issue which thou beget-
test after them , shall be thine, and shall
be called after the name of their bre-
thren in their inheritance.
7 And as for me, when I came from
*Padan, Rachel died by me in the land
of Canaan, in the way, when yet there
was but a little way to come vnto E
phrath : and I buried her there in the
way of Ephrath , the same is Beth
lehem.
8 And Israel behelde losephs
sonnes, and said. Who are these ?
9 And loseph said vnto his father,
They are my sonnes, whom God hath
giuenme in t\ns place: andhe said. Bring
them, I pray thee, vnto me, and I will
blesse them.
10 (Now the eyes of Israel were
tdimme for age, «o</ja/ hecouldnot see,)
and hee brought them neere vnto him,
and he kissed them, and imbraced them.
11 And Israel said vnto loseph, I
had not thought to see thy face : and loe,
God hath shewed me also thy seed.
12 And loseph brought them out
from betweene his knees, and hee bow-
ed himselfe with his face to the earth.
13 And loseph tooke them both, E
phraim in his right hand, toward Is-
raels left hand, and Manasseh in his
left hand towards Israels right hand,
and brought them neere vnto him.
14 And Israel stretched out his
right hand, and layd it vpon Ephraims
head who icas the yonger ; and his left
hand vpon Manassehs head , guiding
his hands wittingly : for Manasseh
was the first borne.
15 H And *he blessed loseph and
said, God before whom my fathers A
braham and Isaac did walke, the God
which fedde mee all my life long vnto
this day,
16 The Angel which redeemed mee
from all euill, blesse the laddes, and let
my name be named on them, and the
name of my fathers Abraham and I-
saac, and let them grow tinto a multi-
tude in the midst of the earth.
17 And when loseph saw that his
father laide his right hand vpon the
head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and
he held vp his fathers hand, to remoue
it from Ephraims head, vnto Manas-
sehs head.
18 And loseph saide vnto his fa-
ther. Not so my father : for this is the
first borne ; put thy right hand vpon his
head.
19 And his father refused, and said,
I know it, my sonne, I know it : he also
shall become a people, and he also shall
be
• Gen. 3«.
19.
\ Heb. heauy
•Hebr. 11.
21.
t Hebr. as
fishesdoein-
crease.
lacob blefl'eth
Genefis.
his fonnes.
iHOir.fiil-
nesse.
t Hebr. doe
not thou ex-
cell.
Chap. 35.
22. 1, chro.
s. I.
I Or, my
cowche is
gone.
Or, their
twords are
weapons of
violence.
lOr houghed
oxen.
be great : but truely his yonger brother
shall be greater then he ; and his seede
shall become a t multitude of nations.
20 And he blessed them that day, say-
ing, In thee shall Israel blesse, saying,
God make thee as Ephraim , and as
Manasseh : and he set Ephraim before
Manasseh.
21 And Israel saide vnto loseph,
Behold, I die : but God shall be with
you, and bring you againe vnto the land
of your fathers.
22 Moreouer I haue giuen to thee
one portion aboue thy brethren, which
I tooke out of the hand of the Amorite
with my sword, and with my bow.
CHAP. XLIX.
I lacob calleth his sonnes to blesse them. 3
Their blessing in particular. 29 He charg-
eth them about his buriall. 33 He dieth.
Nd lacob called vnto
his sonnes, and said, Ga-
ther your selues together,
that I may tell you that
which shall befall you in
the last dayes.
2 Gather your selues together, and
heare ye sonnes of lacob, and hearken
vnto Israel your father.
3 H Reuben, thou art my first borne,
my might , and the beginning of my
strength, the excellencie of dignitie, and
the excellencie of power :
4 Vnstable as water, tthou shalt
not excell, because thou * wentest vp to
thy fathers bed : then defiledst thou it.
II He went vp to my couche.
5 II Simeon and Leui are brethren,
llinstruments of crueltie are in their ha-
bitations.
6 O my soule , come not thou into
their secret : vnto their assembly mine
honour be not thou vnited : for in their
anger they slew a man, and in their selfe
will they || digged downe a wall.
7 Cursed be their anger , for it was
fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruell :
I will diuide them in lacob, and scat-
ter them in Israel.
8 f ludah, thou art he whom thy
brethren shall praise: \hyhanA sluillbem
the necke of thine enemies, thy fathers
children shall bow downe before thee.
9 ludah is a Lyons whelpe: from
the pray my sonne thou art gone vp : he
stouped downe, hee couched as a Lyon,
and as an old Lyon : who shall rouse
him vp.'
10 The scepter shall not depart from
ludah , nor a Law - giuer from be-
tweene his feete , vntill Shiloh come :
and vnto him shall the gathering of the
people be :
11 Binding his foale vnto the vine,
and his asses colt vnto the choice vine ;
he washed his garments in wine, and
his clothes in the blood of grapes.
12 His eyes shall be red with wine,
and his teeth white with milke.
13 f Zebulun shall dwell at the ha-
uen of the sea, and hee shall be for an
Hauen of ships : and his border shall be
vnto Zidon.
14 H Issachar is a strong asse, couch
ing downe betweene two burdens.
15 And he saw that rest was good, and
the land that it was pleasant: and bowed
his shoulder to beare, and became a ser-
uant vnto tribute.
16 H Dan shall iudge his people, as
one of the tribes of Israel.
17 Dan shalbe a serpent by the way,
an t adder in the path, that biteth the
horse heeles, so that his rider shall fall
backward.
18 I haue waited for thy saluation,
O LORD.
19 II Gad, a troupe shall ouercome
him : but he shall ouercome at the last.
20 H Out of Asher his bread shall be
fat, and he shall yeeld royall dainties.
21 H Naphtali is a hinde let loose :
He giueth goodly words.
22 f loseph is a fruitfull bough,
euen a fruitfull bough by a well, whose
t branches runne ouer the wall.
23 The archers haue sorely grieued
him, and shot at him, and hated him.
24 But his bow abode in strength,
and the armes of his hands were made
strong, by the hands of the mighty God
of lacob: from thence is the Sheap-
heard, the stone of Israel,
25 Etten by the God of thy father
who shall helpe thee , and by the Al-
mightie, who shall blesse thee with bles-
sings of heauen aboue, blessings of the
deepe that lyeth vnder, blessings of the
breasts and of the wombe.
26 The blessings of thy father haue
preuailed aboue the blessings of my pro-
genitors: vnto the vtmost bound of the
euerlasting hils, they shall bee on the
head of loseph, and on the crowne of
the head of him that was separate from
his brethren.
27 f Beniamin shall rauine as a
wolfe :
t Heb. an ar-
row-snake.
\Hebr.
daughters.
His death.
Chap.l.
His buriall.
• Chap. 47.
30.
' Chap. 23.
16.
+ Heb. wept.
Wolfe: In the morning hee shall de-
uoure the pray , and at night he shall di-
uide the spoile.
28 f All these are the twelue tribes
of Israel, and this is it that their father
spake vnto them, and blessed them: eue-
ry one according to his blessing he bles-
sed them.
29 And hee charged them and said
vnto them, I am to bee gathered vnto
my people: *burie me with my fathers,
in the caue that is in the field of Ephron
the Hittite,
30 In the caue that is in the field of
Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in
the land of Canaan, * which Abraham
bought with the field of Ephron the
Hittite , for a possession of a burying
place.
31 (There they buried Abraham and
Sarah his wife , there they buried I-
saac and Rebekah his wife , and there
I buried Leah.)
32 The purchase of the field and of
the caue that is therein, was from the
children of Heth.
33 And when lacob had made an
end of commanding his sonnes, he ga-
thered vp his feete into the bed, and
yeelded vp the ghost, and was gathered
vnto his people.
CHAP. L.
1 The mourning for lacob. 4 loseph getteth
leaue of Pharaoh to goe to bury him. 7 The
funerall. 15 loseph comforteth his brethren
who craued his pardon. 22 His age. 23 He
seeth the third generation of his sonnes. 24
He prophesieth vnto his brethren of their re-
turne. 25 He taketh an oath of them for his
bones. 26 He dieth, and is chested.
Nd loseph fell vpon his
fathers face, and wept vp-
on him, and kissed him.
2 And loseph com-
manded his seruants the
physicians to imbalme his father : and
the physicians imbalmed Israel.
3 And fortie dayes were fulfilled for
him , (for so are fulfilled the dayes of
those which are imbalmed) and the E-
gyptians tmourned for him threescore
and ten dayes.
4 And when the dayes of his mour-
ning were past, loseph spake vnto the
house of Pharaoh, saying. If now I
haue found grace in your eyes, speake,
I pray you , in the eares of Pharaoh,
saying,
5 * My father made me sweare, say-
ing, Loe, I die : in my graue which I
haue digged for me, in the land of Ca-
naan, there shalt thou bury me. Now
therfore let me goe vp, I pray thee, and
bury my father, and I will come a-
gaine.
6 And Pharaoh said, Goe vp, and
bury thy father, according as he made
thee sweare.
7 IT And loseph went vp to bury
his father : and with him went vp all
the seruants of Pharaoh, the elders of
his house, and all the elders of the land
of Egypt,
8 And all the house of loseph, and
his brethren , and his fathers house :
onely their litle ones, and their flockes,
and their beards, they left in the land of
Goshen.
9 And there went vp with him both
charets and horsemen : and it was a
very great company.
10 And they came to the threshing
floore of Atad, which is beyond lor-
dan , and there they mourned with a
great and very sere lamentation : and
he made a mourning for his father se-
uen dayes.
11 And when the inhabitants of the
land , the Canaanites sawe the mour-
ning in the floore of Atad , they saide.
This is a grieuous mourning to the E-
gyptians : wherfore the name of it was
called, 1 1 Abel Mizraim, which is beyond
lordan.
12 And his sonnes did vnto him ac-
cording as he commanded them.
13 For * his sonnes caried him into
the land of Canaan, and buried him in
the caue of the field of Machpelah,
which Abraham * bought with the field
for a possession of a burying place, of E-
phron the Hittite, before Mamre.
14 H And loseph returned into E-
gypt, he and his brethren, and all that
went vp with him, to bury his father,
after he had buried his father.
15 H And when losephs brethren
saw that their father was dead , they
said, loseph will peraduenture hate
vs, and will certainely requite vs all the
euill which we did vnto him.
16 And they tsent a messenger vnto
loseph , saying , Thy father did com-
mand before he died, saying,
17 So shall ye say vnto loseph, For-
H giue,
• Chap. 47.
i<J.
That i8,
the mour-
ning of the
Egyptiam.
'Act. 7.16
• Chap. 23.
16.
t Heb. char-
ged.
lofephs kindneffe.
Exodus.
His age, and death.
t Hehr. to
their hearts.
Gen. 46.
8. exod. 6.
14.
glue, I pray thee now, the trespasse of
thy brethren , and their sinne : for they
did vnto thee euill : And now wee pray
thee , forgiue the trespasse of the ser-
uants of the God of thy father. And
Joseph wept , when they spake vnto
him.
18 And his brethren also went and
fell downe before his face, and they said,
Behold, we be thy seruants.
19 And Joseph saide vnto them,
• Feare not : for am I in the place of
God.?
20 But as for you, yee thought euill
against me, but God meant it vnto good,
to bring to passe, as it is this day, to saue
much people aliue.
21 Now therefore feare yee not : I
will nourish you , and your litle ones.
And hee comforted them , and spake
t kindly vnto them.
22 IT And losepli dwelt in Egypt,
he, and his fathers house : and Joseph
lined an hundred and ten yeeres.
23 * And Joseph sawe Ephraims
children , of the third generation : the
children also of Machir , the sonne of
Manasseh were t brought vp vpon Jo-
sephs knees.
24 And Joseph saide vnto his bre-
thren, * J die: and God will surely visit
you, and bring you out of this land, vn-
to the land which hee sware to Abra-
ham, to Jsaac, and to Jacob.
25 And Joseph tooke an othe of the
children of Jsrael, saying, *God will
surely visite you, and ye shal carie vp my
bones from hence.
26 So Joseph died , being an hun-
dred and ten yeeres old : and they im-
balmed him, and he was put in a coffin,
in Egypt.
THE
SECOND BOOKE OE
Mofes , called Exodus.
CHAP. I.
1 The children of Israel after Josephs death do
multiply. 8 The more they are oppressed by
a new King) the more they multiply. 1 5 The
godlines of the Midwiues, in saumg the men
children aliue. 22 Pharaoh commandeth
the male children to be cast into the riuer.
Owe these are
the names of the
* children of Js-
rael , which came
into Egypt, euery
man & his house-
hold , came with
Jacob.
2 Reuben, Si-
meon , Leui , and Judah,
3 Jssachar, Zebulun and Ben-
lamin,
4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and
Asher.
5 And all the soules that came out
of the tloynes of Jacob, were *seuen-
tie soules : for Joseph was in Egypt
already.
6 And Joseph died, and all his bre-
thren, and all that generation.
7 H * And the children of Jsrael
were fruitfuU , and increased aboun-
dantly , and multiplied, and waxed ex-
ceeding mighty, and the land was filled
with them.
8 Now there arose vp a new King
ouer Egypt, which knew not Joseph.
9 And he said vnto his people. Be-
hold, the people of the children of Js-
rael are moe and mightier then we.
10 Come on, let vs deale wisely with
them, lest they multiply, and it come to
passe that when there falleth out any
warre , they ioyne also vnto our ene-
mies , and fight against vs , and so get
them vp out of the land.
11 Therefore they did set ouer them
task-masters, to aflSict them with their
burdens :
" Num. 32.
39.
\Heb. borne.
Heb. II.
* Exod. 13.
11).
t Heb. thigh.
• Gen. 46,
27. deut.
10. 22.
" Acts. 7.
17.
Pharaohs ciueltie.
CI
lap.ij.
Mofes is found.
t Hebr. and
as they af-
flicted them.
burdens : And they built for Pharaoh
treasure-cities, Pithom and Raamses.
1 2 t But the more they afflicted them,
the more they muhiplied and grew :
'so They mul- and they were grieued because of the
'P « • 4"- children of Israel.
13 And the Egyptians made the chil-
dren of Israel to serue with rigour.
14 And they made their liues bitter,
with hard bondage, in morter and in
bricke, and in all maner of seruice in the
fielde: all their seruice wherein they
made them serue, was with rigour.
15 H And the King of Egypt spake
to the Hebrew midwiues, (of which the
name of one was Shiphrah , and the
name of the other Puah.)
16 And he said, When ye do the office
of a midwife to the Hebrew - women,
and see them vpon the stooles, if it be a
Sonne, then ye shall kill him : but if it be
a daughter, then shee shall liue.
17 But the midwiues feared God,
and did not as the King of Egypt com-
manded them, but saued the men chil-
dren aliue.
18 And the King of Egypt called for
the midwiues, & said vnto them. Why
haue ye done this thing , and haue sa-
ued the men children aliue ?
19 And the midwiues said vnto Pha
raoh, Because the Hebrew women are
not as the Egyptian women : for they
are liuely, and are deliuered ere the mid-
wiues come in vnto them.
20 Therefore God dealt well with
the midwiues : and the people multi-
plied and waxed very mighty.
21 And it came to passe , because the
midwiues feared God, that hee made
them houses.
22 And Pharaoh charged all his
people , saying , Euery sonne that is
borne, yee shall cast into the riuer, and
euery daughter ye shall saue aliue.
CHAP. II.
1 Moses is borne, 3 and in an arke cast into
the flags. 5 He is found, and brought vp by
Pharaohs daughter. 11 He slayeth an Egyp-
tian. 13 He reproueth an Hebrew. 15 He
fleeth into Midian. 21 Hee marrieth Zip-
porah. 22 Gershom is borne. 23 God re-
specteth the Israelites cry.
Nd there went *a man of
the house of Leui, & tooke
to xtijfe a daughter of Leui.
2 And the woman con-
ceiued, and bare a sonne:
• Chap. 6.
20. num.
26. 59.
and when shee saw him that hee was a
goodly childe, shee * hid him three mo-
neths.
3 And when shee could not longer
hide him , she tooke for him an arke of
bul-rushes , and daubed it with slime,
and with pitch, and put the childe there-
in, and shee layd it in the flags by the ri-
uers brinke.
4 And his sister stood afarre off, to
wit what would be done to him.
5 f And the daughter of Pharaoh
came downe to wash her selfe at the ri-
uer, and her maydens walked along by
the riuer side : and when shee saw the
arke among the flags, she sent her maid
to fetch it.
6 And when she had opened it, she
saw the childe : and beholde, the babe
wept. And she had compassion on him,
and said, This is one of the Hebrewes
children.
7 Then said his sister to Pharaohs
daughter, Shall I goe, and call to thee
a nurse of the Hebrew-women, that she
may nurse the childe for thee ?
8 And Pharaohs daughter said to
her, Goe: And the mayd went and cal
led the childs mother.
9 And Pharaohs daughter said vn-
to her. Take this child away, and nurse
it for me, and I will giue thee thy wa-
ges. And the woman tooke the childe,
and nursed it.
10 And the childe grew , and shee
brought him vnto Pharaohs daugh-
ter, and he became her sonne. And she
called his name || Moses: And she said
Because I drew him out of the water.
11 IT And it came to passe in those
dayes, when Moses was growen, that
he went out vnto his brethren, and loo-
ked on their burdens , and he spied an
Egyptian smiting an Hebrew , one of
his brethren.
12 And he looked this way and that
way, and when he saw that there was
no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid
him in the sand.
13 And when he went out the second
day, behold, two men of the Hebrewes
stroue together : And hee said to him
that did the wrong , Wherefore smitest
thou thy fellow ?
14 And he said. Who made thee ta
Prince and a iudge ouer vs ? intendest
thou to kill me, as thou killedst the E-
gyptian .' And Moses feared, and said.
Surely this thing is knowen.
H 2 15 Now
•Act* 7.
20. heb. 11.
23.
I That is,
Drawenout.
t Hebr. a
Man a
Prince.
IVTofes in Midian.
Exodus.
The bufti bur
nnig.
I Or, Prince.
Chap. 18.
" Gene. 15.
14. and 46.
4.
tHeb.knew.
• A&». 7.
SO.
15 Now when Pharaoh heard this
thing , he sought to slay Moses. But
Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh,
and dwelt in the land of Midian : and
he sate downe by a well.
16 Now the II Priest of Midian had
seucn daughters , and they came and
drew water, and filled the trough es to
water their fathers flocke.
17 And the shepheards came and
droue them away: but Moses stood vp
and helped them, & watred their flocke.
18 And when they came to Reuel
their father, he said, How is it that you
are come so soone to day .''
19 And they said. An Egyptian deli
uered vs out of the hand of the shep-
heards, and also drew water enough
for vs, and watered the flocke.
20 And he said vnto his daughters.
And where is he ? why is it that yee
haue left the man ? Call him , that hee
may eate bread.
21 And Moses was content to dwel
with the man, and lie gaue Moses Zip-
porah his daughter.
22 And she bare him a sonne, and he
called his name * Gershom : for he said,
I haue bene a stranger in a strange
land.
23 IT And it came to passe in processe
of time, that the king of Egypt died, and
the children of Israel sighed by reason
of the bondage, and they cried, and their
cry came vp vnto God, by reason of the
bondage.
24 And God heard their groning,
and God remembred his * Couenant
with Abraham, with Isaac, and with
lacob.
25 And God looked vpon the chil-
dren of Israel, and God thad respect
vnto them.
CHAP. III.
1 Moses keepeth lethros flocke. 2 God appea-
reth to him in a burning bush. 9Hesendeth
him to deliuer Israel. 14 The name of God
15 His message to Israel.
Owe Moses kept the
flocke of lethro his fa-
ther in law , the Priest of
Midian : and hee led the
flocke to the backeside of
and came to the mountaine
of God, eueti to Horeb.
2 And the Angel of the Lord
appeared vnto him , in a * flame of fire
out of the midst of a bush , and he loo-
ked, and behold, the bush burned with
fire, and the bush was not consumed.
3 And Moses saide , I will nowe
turne aside , and see this great sight,
why the bush is not burnt.
4 And when the Loud sawe
that he turned aside to see, God called
vnto him out of the midst of the bush,
and said, Moses, Moses. And he saide.
Here am I.
5 And he said , Drawe not nigh hi-
ther : * put off thy shooes from off" thy
feete , for the place whereon thou stan-
dest, is holy ground.
6 Moreouer hee said , * I am the
God of thy father , the God of Abra-
ham, the God of Isaac, and the God of
lacob. And Moses hid his face: for he
was afraid to looke vpon God.
7 IT And the Lord said, I haue
surely scene the affliction of my people
which are in Egypt, and haue heard
their crie , by reason of their taske-ma
sters : for I know their sorrowes,
8 And I am come downe to deliuer
them out of the hand of the Egyptians
and to bring them vp out of that land,
vnto a good land and a large, vnto a
lande flowing with milke and hony,
vnto the place of the Canaanites , and
the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the
Perizzites , and the Hiuites , and the
lebusites.
9 Now therefore behold, the crie of
the children of Israel is come vnto me :
and I haue also scene the oppression
wherewith the Egyptians oppresse
them.
10 Come now therefore, and I will
send thee vnto Pharaoh , that thou
mayest bring forth my people the chil
dren of Israel out of Egypt.
11 IT And Moses saide vnto God,
Who am I , that I should goe vnto
Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth
the children of Israel out of Egypt ?
12 And he said, Certainely I will be
with thee , and this shall be a token vn
to thee , that I haue sent thee : When
thou hast brought foorth the people out
of Egypt, ye shall serue God vpon this
mountaine.
13 And Moses saide vnto God, Be-
hold , when I come vnto the children
of Israel , and shall say vnto them ,
The God of your fathers hath sent
me vnto you ; and they shall say to me.
What is his name.'' what shall I say
vnto them .''
14 And
losh. .1. 15.
acts. 7- 53.
* Matth. 22.
.32. acts 7-
32.
The Name of God.
Chap.nij.
Mofes his fignes.
Or, but by
strong hand.
Chap. 11.
2. & 12. 35.
Or, Egypt.
14 And God saide vnto Moses,
I AM THAT I AM: And he
said, Thus shalt thou say vnto the chil-
dren of Israel , I AM hath sent me
vnto you.
15 And God said moreouer vnto Mo-
ses, Thus shalt thou say vnto the chil-
dren of Israel; The Lord God of,
your fathers, the God of Abraham, the'
God of Isaac, and the God of lacob
hath sent me vnto you : this is my name
for euer, and this is my memoriall vnto
all generations.
16 Goe and gather the Elders of Is-
rael together, and say vnto them, The
Lord God of your fathers, the
God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of la-
cob appeared vnto me, saying, I haue
surely visited you, and seene that which
is done to you in Egypt.
17 And I haue said, I will bring
you vp out of the affliction of Egypt,
vnto the land of the Canaanites, and
the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the
Perizzites, and the Hiuites, and the le-
busites, vnto a land flowing with milke
and hony.
18 And they shall hearken to thy
voyce: and thou shalt come, thou and
the Elders of Israel vnto the King of
Egypt , and you shall say vnto him
The Lord God of the Hebrewes
hath met with vs : and now let vs goe,
(wee beseech thee) three dayes iourney
into the wildernes , that we may sacri-
fice to the Lord our God.
19 H And I am sure that the King
of Egypt will not let you goe, ||no not
by a mightie hand.
20 And I will stretch out my hand,
and smite Egypt with all my wonders
which I will doe in the midst thereof:
and after that he will let you goe.
21 And I will giue this people fa-
uour in the sight of the Egyptians, and
it shall come to passe that when ye goe,
ye shall not goe empty :
22 *But euery woman shal borrow
of her neighbour, and of her that so-
iourneth in her house, iewels of siluer
and iewels of gold, and rayment: and
ye shall put them vpon your sonnes and
vpon your daughters , and yee shall
spoile II the Egyptians.
CHAP. nil.
1 Moses rod is turned into a Serpent. 6 His
hand is leprous. 10 He is loath to bee sent.
1 4 Aaron is appointed to assist him. 1 8 Mo-
ses departeth from lethro. 21 Gods message
to Pharaoh. 24. Zipporah circuinciseth her
Sonne. 27 Aaron is sent to meet Moses. 31
The people beleeueth them.
Nd Moses answered, and
said , But behold , they
will not beleeue mee, nor
hearken vnto my voice :
for they will say , The
Lord hath not appeared vnto thee.
2 And the Lord said vnto him,
What is that in thine hand ? and hee
said, A rod.
3 And he said, Cast it on the ground :
And he cast it on the ground, and it be-
came a serpent : and Moses fled from
before it.
4 And the Lord said vnto Mo-
ses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by
the taile: And he put foorth his hand,
and caught it, and it became a rod in his
hand :
5 That they may beleeue that the
Lord God of their fathers, the God
of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the
God of lacob hath appeared vnto
thee.
6 II And the Lord said further-
more vnto him. Put now thine hand in
to thy bosome. And he put his hand in
to his bosome : and when hee tooke it
out, behold, his hand was leprous as
snowe.
7 And he said. Put thine hand into
thy bosome againe. And hee put his
hand into his bosome againe, and pluc-
ked it out of his bosome, and behold, it
was turned againe as his ot}ier flesh.
8 And it shall come to passe, if they
wil not beleeue thee, neither hearken to
the voice of the first signe, that they will
beleeue the voice of the latter signe.
9 And it shall come to passe, if they
will not beleeue also these two signes,
neither hearken vnto thy voice, that
thou shalt take of the water of the ri-
uer, and powre it vpon the drie land : and
the water which thou takest out of the
riuer, t shall become blood vpon the drie
land.
10 IT And Moses saide vnto the
Lord, O my lord, I am not t elo-
quent, neither heretofore, nortsince thou
hast spoken vnto thy seruant: but I am
slow of speach, and of a slow tongue.
11 And the Lord said vnto him.
Who hath made mans mouth ? or who
maketli the dumbe or deafe, or the see-
ing, or f blind.'' haue not I the Lord.''
12 Now
t Heb. shalbe
and shall be.
t Heb. a man
of words.
t Heb. since
yesterday
nor since the
third day.
Mofes and Aaron
Exodus.
goe to Pharaoh.
Matth. 10
19. mar. 13.
11. luk. li.
1.
Or,!shoul-
dest.
' Chap. 7. 1.
Or, knife.
12 Now therefore goe, and I will
be * with thy mouth , and teach thee
hat thou shall say.
13 And he said, O my Lord, send, I
pray thee, by the hand of' him whom thou
II wilt send.
14 And the anger of the Loud
was kindled against Moses, and hee
said, Is not Aaron the Leuite thy bro-
ther ? I know that he can speake well.
And also behold, he commeth foorth to
meet thee: and when he seeth thee, hee
will be glad in his heart.
15 And thou slialt speake vnto him,
and put words in his mouth, and I wil
be with thy mouth, & with his mouth,
and will teach you what ye shall doe.
16 And he shal be thy spokesman vn-
to the people: and he shall be, euen hee
shall be to thee in stead of a mouth, and
*thou shall be to him in stead of God.
17 And thou shall take this rod in
thine hand, wherewith thou shall doe
signes.
18 H And Moses went and retur-
ned to lelhro his father in law , and
said vnlo him. Let me goe, I pray thee,
and relume vnlo my brethren, which
are in Egypt, and see whether they bee
yet aliue. And lethro said to Moses,
Goe in peace.
19 And the Lord said vnto Moses
in Midian, Goe, relume into Egypt:
for all the men are dead which sought
thy life.
20 And Moses tooke his wife, and
his sonnes, and set them vpon an asse,
and he relumed to the land of Egypt.
And Moses tooke the rod of God in
his hand.
21 And the Lord said vnlo Mo-
ses , When thou goest to relume into
Egypt, see that thou doe all those won-
ders before Pharaoh , which I haue
put in thine hand: but I wil harden his
heart, that hee shall not let the people
goe.
22 And thou shall say vnto Phara-
oh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel is
my Sonne, etien my first borne.
23 And I say vnto thee, let my sonne
goe, that he may serue mee: and if thou
refuse to lei him goe, behold, I will slay
thy sonne, ejien thy first borne.
24 IF And it came to passe by the
way in the Inne, that the Lord met
him, and sought to kill him.
2.5 Then Zipporah tooke a sharpe
II stone, and cut off the foreskinne of her
t Heb, made
it touch.
Sonne, and tcast it at his feete, and said,
Surely a bloody husband art thou to
mee.
26 So he let him goe: then she said,
A bloody husband thou art , because of
the Circumcision.
27 H And the Lord said to Aa-
ron, Goe into the wildemesse to meete
Moses. And hee went and met him in
the mount of God , and kissed him.
28 And Moses tolde Aaron all the
wordes of the Lord, who had sent
him, and all the signes which hee had
commanded him.
29 H And Moses and Aaron went,
and gathered together all the elders of
the children of Israel.
30 And Aaron spake all the wordes
which the Lord had spoken vnto
Moses, and did the signes in the sight of
the people.
31 And the people beleeued : And
when they heard that the Lord
had visited the children of Israel, and
that he had looked vpon their affliction,
then they bowed their heads and wor-
shipped.
CHAP. V.
I Pharaoh chideth Moses and Aaron for their
message. 5 Hee encreaseth the Israelites
taske. 15 Hee checketh their complaints.
19 They cry out vpon Moses and Aaron.
22 Moses complaineth to God.
Nd afterward Moses and
Aaron went in, and tolde
Pharaoh, Thus saith the
Lord God of Israel,
Let my people goe , that
they may liolde a feast vnto mee in the
wildemesse.
2 And Pharaoh said. Who is the
Lord, that I should obey his voyce
to let Israel goe .'' I know not the
Lord, neither will I let Israel goe.
3 And they said, *The God of the • Chap. 3.
Hebrewes hath met with vs : let vs
goe, we pray thee, three dayes iourney
into the desert , and sacrifice vnto the
Lord our God, lest hee fall vpon vs
with pestilence, or with the sword.
4 And the King of Egypt said vnto
them, Wherfore doe ye, Moses and Aa-
ron, let the people from their workes ?
get you vnto your burdens.
5 And Pharaoh said. Behold, the
people of the land now a}-e many, & you
make them rest from their burdens.
6 And Pharaoh commanded the
same
Ifrael oppiefled.
Chap.vj.
Gods promife.
t Hebr. a
matter of a
day in his
(lay.
t Heh. let
the u'orke he
heauy vpon
the men.
same day the taske-masters of the peo-
ple, and tlieir officers, saying ;
7 Yee shall no more giue the people
straw to make bricke, as heretofore: let
them goe and gather straw for them-
selues.
8 And the tale of the brickes which
they did make heretofore , you shall
lay vpon them : you shall not diminish
ought thereof : for they be idle; therefore
they cry, saying, Let vs goe a7td sacrifice
to our God.
9 t Let there more worke be layde
vpon the men, that they may labour
therein, and let them not regard vaine
wordes.
10 IT And the taske-masters of the
people went out, and their officers, and
they spake to the people, saying, Thus
saith Pharaoh , I will not giue you
straw.
11 Goe ye, get you straw where you
can find it : yet not ought of your worke
shall be diminished.
12 So the people were scattered a-
broad throughout al the land of Egypt,
to gather stubble in stead of straw.
13 And the taske-masters hasted
them, saying ; Fulfill your workes, your
t dayly taskes , as when there was
straw.
14 And the officers of the children of
Israel, which Pharaohs task-masters
had set ouer them, were beaten, mid de-
manded, Wherefore haue ye not fulfil
led your taske, in making bricke, both
yesterday and to day, as heretofore.'
15 IT Then the officers of the chil
dren of Israel came and cryed vnto
Pharaoh , saying , Wherefore dealest
thou thus with thy seruants ?
16 There is no straw giuen vnto thy
seruants , and they say to vs , Make
bricke : and beholde, thy seruants are
beaten ; but the fault is in thine owne
people.
1 7 But he said. Ye are idle, i/e are idle :
therefore ye say. Let vs goe and doe sa-
crifice to the Lord.
18 Goe therefore now and worke :
for there shall no straw bee giuen you,
yet shall ye deliuer the tale of brickes.
19 And the officers of the children of
Israel did see that they were in euill
case, after it was said, Yee shall not mi-
nish might from your brickes of your
dayly taske.
20 11 And they met Moses and Aa-
ron , who stood in the way , as they
came foorth from Pharaoh.
21 And they said vnto them ; The
Lord looke vpon you, and iudge, be-
cause you haue made our sauour tto be
abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and
in the eyes of his seruants , to put a
sword in their hand to slay vs.
22 And Moses returned vnto the
Lord, and said, Lord, Wherefore
hast thou so euill intreated this people.''
why is it that thou hast sent me ?
23 For since I came to Pharaoh to
speake in thy Name , he hath done euill
to this people, neither hast thou tdeli-
uered thy people at all.
CHAP. VL
1 God renueth his promise by his Name I E^
HOVAH. 14 The genealogie of Reu-
ben, 15 of Simeon, 16 of Leui, of whom
came Moses and Aaron.
Hen the Lord said vn-
to Moses , Now shalt
thou see what I will doe
to Pharaoh : for with a
strong hand shall hee let
them goe, and with a strong hand shall
he driue them out of his land.
2 And God spake vnto Moses, and
said vnto him, I am the Lord.
3 And I appeared vnto Abraham,
vnto Isaac , and vnto lacob , by the
Name of God Almighty , but by my
name lEHOVAH was I not knowen
to them.
4 And I haue also established my
Couenant with them, to giue them the
land of Canaan, the land of their pilgri-
mage, wherein they were strangers.
5 And I haue also heard the gro-
ning of the children of Israel, whom
the Egyptians keepe in bondage : and
I haue remembred my Couenant.
6 Wherefore say vnto the children
of Israel, I am the Lord, and I
will bring you out from vnder the bur-
dens of the Egyptians, and I will rid
you out of their bondage : and I will
redeeme you with a stretched out arme,
and with great iudgements.
7 And I will take you to mee for a
people, and I will be to you a God : and
ye shall know that I am the Loud
your God , which bringeth you out
from vnder the burdens of the Egyp-
tians.
8 And I will bring you in vnto the
lande concerning the which I did
t sweare
t Heb. deli,
uering thou
hast not de-
liuered.
t Hebr. to
stinke.
Mofes is fent
Exod
us.
to king Pharaoh.
t Heb. short-
\nesse: or,
straitnes.
Gen. 46. 9
1. chro. s. 3.
1. Chron.
4. 24.
•Num.3. 17
1 chron. 6. 1
Num. 2C.
57. 1 . chro.
i>. I.
t Heb. li/i jtsweare to giue it, to Abraham, to Isa-
vpmsfhami. ^^^ ^^^ to lacob, and I will giue it you
for an heritage, I am the Loed.
9 ^ And Moses spake so vnto the
children of Israel : but they hearkened
not vnto Moses, for tanguish of spirit,
and for cruell bondage.
10 And the Lord spake vnto Mo-
ses, saying,
1 1 Goe in , speake vnto Pharaoh
King of Egypt, that he let the children
of Israel goe out of his land.
12 And Moses spake before the
Lord, saying. Behold, the children
of Israel haue not hearkened vnto me :
how then shal Pharaoh heare me, who
am of vncircumcised lips .''
13 And the Lord spake vnto Moses
and vnto Aaron, & gaue them a charge
vnto the children of Israel , and vnto
Pharaoh King of Egypt, to bring the
children of Israel out of the land of E-
gypt-
1 4 IT These be the heads of their fa
thers houses : * The sonnes of Reuben
the first borne of Israel, Hanoch , and
Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the
families of Reuben.
15 *And the sonnes of Simeon : le-
muel, and lamin, and Ohad and la-
chin, and Zohar, and Shaul the sonne
of a Canaanitish woman : these are the
families of Simeon.
16 H And these are the names of the
* sonnes of Leui, according to their ge-
nerations : Gershon and Kohath and
Merari : and the yeeres of the life of
Leui, were an hundred, thirtie and se
uen yeeres.
17 The sonnes of Gershon : Libni
and Shimi, according to their families
18 And *the sonnes of Kohath: Am-
ram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uz-
ziel. And the yeeres of the life of Ko
hath, were an hundred thirtie and three
yeeres.
19 And the sonnes of Merari : Ma-
hali and Mushi : these are the families of
Leui, according to their generations.
20 And •Amram tooke him loche-
bed his fathers sister to wife , and shee
bare him Aaron and Moses : and the
yeeres of the life of Amram were an
hundred, and thirtie and seuen yeeres.
21 f And the sonnes of Izhar : Ko-
rah and Nepheg, and Zichri.
22 And the sonnes of Uzziel : Mi-
shael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.
23 And Aaron tooke him Elisheba
• Chap. 2. 2.
num. 2ii. ^9
daughter of Amminadab sister of Na-
ashon to wife, and slie bare him Nadab
and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
24 And the sonnes of Korah, Assir,
and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are
the families of the Korhites.
25 And Eleazar Aarons sonne tooke
him one of the daughters of Putiel to
wife , and * she bare him Phinehas
these are the heads of the fathers of the
Leuites, according to their families,
26 These are that Aaron and Mo-
ses, to whom the Lord said , Bring
out the children of Israel from the land
of Egypt, according to their armies.
27 These are they which spake to
Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out
the children of Israel from Egypt :
These are that Moses and Aaron.
28 f And it came to passe on the day
when the Lord spake vnto Moses
in the land of Egypt,
29 That the Lord spake vnto
Moses , saying , I am the Lord:
speake thou vnto Pharaoh king of E-
gypt, all that I say vnto thee.
30 And Moses said before the Lord,
Behold , I am of vncircumcised lips,
and how shall Pharaoh hearken vnto
mee.''
CHAP. VII.
1 Moses is encouraged to go to Pharaoh. 7 His
age. 8 His rod is turned into a Serpent. 1 1
The sorcerers do the like. 13 Pharaohs heart
is hardened. 14 Gods message to Pharaoh
19 The riuer is turned into hlood.
Nd the Lord said vn-
to Moses , See , I haue
made thee a god to Pha-
raoh, and Aaron thy bro-
ther shalbe thy prophet.
2 Thou slialt speake all that I
command thee, and Aaron thy brother
shall speake vnto Pharaoh, that he send
the children of Israel out of his land.
3 And I will harden Pharaohs
heart, and multiplie my signes and my
wonders in the land of Egypt.
4 But Pharaoh shall not hearken
vnto you, that I may lay my hand vp-
on Egypt, and bring forth mine armies,
and my people the children of Israel,
out of the land of Egypt, by great iudg-
ments.
5 And the Egyptians shall knowe
that I am the Lord, when I stretch
forth mine hand vpon Egypt, and bring
out
• Num. 25.
II.
The rod a ferpent.
Chap.viij.
Bloody waters.
out the children of Israel from among
them.
6 And Moses and Aaron did as the
Lord commanded them, so did they.
7 And Moses was fourescore yeres
olde, and Aaron fourescore and three
yeeres old, when they spake vnto Pha-
raoh.
8 IT And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, and vnto Aaron, saying :
9 When Pharaoh shall speake vnto
you, saying, Shew a miracle for you:
then thou shalt say vnto Aaron, Take
thy rod and cast it before Pharaoh, and
it shall become a serpent.
10 IT And Moses and Aaron went
in vnto Pharaoh, and they did so as the
Lord had commanded : and Aaron cast
downe his rod before Pharaoh , and
before his seruants , and it became a
serpent.
11 Then Pharaoh also called the
wise men and the sorcerers ; now the
Magicians of Egypt , they also did in
like maner with their enchantments.
12 For they cast downe euery man
his rod, and they became serpents : but
Aarons rod swallowed vp their rods.
13 And hee hardened Pharaohs
heart, that hee hearkened not vnto
them, as the Lord had said.
14 II And the Lord saide vnto
Moses , Pharaohs heart is hardened
he refuseth to let the people goe.
15 Get thee vnto Pharaoh in the
morning, loe, he goeth out vnto the wa-
ter, and thou shalt stand by the riuers
brinke , against hee come : and the rod
which was turned to a serpent , shalt
thou take in thine hand.
16 And thou shalt say vnto him
The Lord God of the Hebrewes
hath sent me vnto thee, saying; Let my
people goe, that they may serue mee in
the wildernesse: and beholde, hitherto
thou wouldest not heare.
17 Thus saith the Lord, In this
thou shalt know that I am the Lord
behold, I will smite with the rod that
is in my hand, vpon the waters which
are in the riuer, and they shalbe turned
to blood.
] 8 And the fish that is in the riuer
shall die, and the riuer shall stincke, and
the Egyptians shall loathe to drinke of
the water of the riuer.
19 H And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, Say vnto Aaron , Take thy
rod, & stretch out thine hand vpon the
waters of Egypt, vpon their streames,
vpon their riuers , and vpon their
ponds , and vpon all their t pooles of
water , that they may become blood ,
and that there may be blood through-
out all the land of Egypt, both in vessels
of wood, and in vessels of stone.
20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as
the Lord commanded : and he * lift
vp the rod and smote the waters that
were in the riuer, in the sight of Pha-
raoh, and in the sight of his seruants :
and all the * waters that were in the ri-
uer, were turned to blood.
21 And the fish that was in the riuer
died: and the riuer stunke, and the E-
gyptians could not drinke of the water
of the riuer : and there was blood
throughout all the land of Egypt.
22 * And the Magicians of Egypt
did so, with their enchantments: and
Pharaohs heart was hardened , nei-
ther did he hearken vnto them, as the
Lord had said.
23 And Pharaoh turned and went
into his house , neither did hee set his
heart to this also.
24 And all the Egyptians digged
round about the riuer for water to
drinke: for they could not drinke of the
water of the riuer.
25 And seuen dayes were fulfilled
after that the Loed had smitten the
riuer.
CHAP. VIII.
1 Frogges are sent. 8 Pharaoh sueth to Moses,
12 and Moses by prayer remoueth thera a-
way. 16 The dust is turned into lice, which
the Magicians could not doe. 20 The
swarmes of flies. 25 Pharaoh inclineth to
let the people goe, 32 but yet is hardened.
Nd the Lord spake
vnto Moses , Goe vnto
Pharaoh , and say vnto
him ; Thus sayeth the
Lord, Let my people
goe, that tney may serue me.
2 And if thou refuse to let them goe,
beholde , I will smite all thy borders
with frogges.
3 And the riuer shall bring foorth
frogges abundantly , which shall goe
vp and come into thine house, and in-
to thy bed-chamber, and vpon thy bed,
and into the house of thy seruants, and
vpon thy people, and into thine ouens,
and into thy || kneading troughes.
I 4 And
t Heb. Oa-
theritig of
their WO'
lers.
* Chap. 17.
9.
• Psal. 78.
44.
Wis. 17. 7.
I Or, dough.
Plagues of frogges,
Exodus.
of lyce, offlyes,
• Wisd. 17.
7.
I Orhaue
this honour
ouerme, ^c.
Or, against
when.
t Hebr. to
cutoff.
Or, against
to morrow.
4 And the frogges shall come vp
both on thee, and vpon thy people, and
vpon all thy seruants.
5 H And the Lord spake vnto
Moses ; Say vnto Aaron , Stretch
foorth thine hand with thy rodde ouer
the streames, ouer the riuers, and ouer
the ponds , and cause frogges to come
vp vpon the land of Egypt.
6 And Aaron stretched out his
hand ouer the waters of Egypt , and
the frogges came vp , and couered the
land of Egypt.
7 * And the Magicians did so with
their inchantments , and brought vp
frogges vpon the land of Egypt.
8 f Then Pharaoh called for Mo-
ses, and Aaron, and said, Intreat the
Lord , that hee may take away the
frogges from me, and from my people :
and I will let the people goe, that they
may doe sacrifice vnto the Lord.
9 And Moses saide vnto Pharaoh,
II Glory ouer mee: ||when shall I en-
treat for thee, and for thy seruants, and
for thy people , to t destroy the frogges
from thee , and thy houses, that they
may remaine in the riuer onely.''
10 And he said, ||To morrow. And
hee said , Bee it according to thy word :
That thou mayest know that there is
none like vnto the Lord our God.
11 And the frogs shall depart from
thee, and from thy houses , and from
thy seruants , and from thy people ;
they shall remaine in the riuer onely.
12 And Moses and Aaron went out
from Pharaoh , and Moses cried vnto
the Lord because of the frogs which
he had brought against Pharaoh.
13 And the Lord did according
to the word of Moses : and the frogges
died out of the houses , out of the vil-
lages, and out of the fields.
14 And they gathered them toge-
ther vpon heapes, and the land stanke.
15 But when Pharaoh saw that
there was respit, he hardned his heart,
and hearkened not vnto them, as the
Lord had said.
16 H And the Lord saide vnto
Moses, Say vnto Aaron, Stretch out
thy rod, and smite the dust of the land,
that it may become lice, thorowout all
the land of Egypt.
17 And they did so: for Aaron stret-
ched out his hand with his rod , and
smote the dust of the earth , and it be-
came lice, in man and in beast : all the
dust of the land became lice throughout
all the land of Egypt.
18 And the Magicians did so with
their enchantments to bring foorth lice,
but they could not : so there were lice
vpon man and vpon beast.
19 Then the Magicians said vnto
Pharaoh ; This is the finger of God.
And Pharaohs heart was hardned,
and he hearkened not vnto them, as the
Lord had said.
20 IT And the Lord saide vnto
Moses, Rise vp early in the morning,
and stand before Pharaoh : loe, he com-
meth foorth to the water, and say vnto
him ; Thus saith the Lord, Let my
people goe, that they may serue me.
21 Els , if thou wilt not let my peo-
ple goe, beholde, I will send ||swarmes
of flies vpon thee, and vpon thy ser-
uants, and vpon thy people, and into
thy houses : and the houses of the E-
gyptians shall bee full of swarmes of
flies, and also the ground whereon they
are.
22 And I will seuer in that day the
lande of Goshen in which my people
dwell, that no swarmes of flies shall be
there, to the end thou maiest know that
I am the Lord in the midst of the
earth.
23 And I will put fa diuision be-
tweene my people and thy people : ||to
morrow shall this signe be.
24 And the Lord did so : and
* there came a grieuous swarme of flies
into the house of Pharaoh, and into his
seruants houses, and into all the lande
of Egypt: the land was || corrupted by
reason of the swarme of flies.
25 f And Pharaoh called for Mo-
ses and for Aaron, and said, Goe yee, sa-
crifice to your God in the land.
26 And Moses said. It is not meete
so to doe; forwe shal sacrifice the abomi-
nation of the Egyptians, to the Lord
our God: Loe, shall we sacrifice the a-
bomination of the Egyptians before
their eyes, and will they not stone vs ?
27 We will goe three dayes iourney
into the wildernesse, and sacrifice to the
Lord our God, as * he shall com-
mand vs.
28 And Pharaoh said, I wil let you
goe that ye may sacrifice to the Lord
your God, in the wildernes : onely you
shall not goe very farre away: intreate
for me.
29 And Moses said. Behold, I goe
out
t Or, a mix-
ture ofnop-
some beasts.
t Hebr. a re-
demption.
II Or, hy to
morrow.
' Wisd. 16.
II Or, de.
stroyed.
• Chap. 3.
18.
of the murraine.
Chap.i
IX.
Pharaoh obftinate.
out from thee, and I will intreate the
LoKD that the swarmes of flies may
depart from Pharaoh, from his ser-
uants, and from his people to morrow:
but let not Pharaoh deale deceitfully
any more, in not letting the people goe
to sacrifice to the Lord.
30 And Moses went out from Pha-
raoh, and intreated the Lord :
31 And the Lord did according to
the word of Moses : and he remooued
the swarmes of flies from Pharaoh,
from his seruants, and from his people:
there remained not one.
32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart
at this time also, neither would hee let
the people goe.
CHAP. IX.
1 The murraine of beasts. 8 The plague of
boyles, and blaines. 13 His message about
the haile. 22 The plague of haile. 27 Pha-
raoh sueth to Moses, 35 but yet is hardened.
Hen the Lord said vnto
Moses, Goe in vnto Pha-
raoh, and tell him, Thus
saith the Lord God of
the Hebrewes, Let my
people goe, that they may serue me.
2 For if thou refuse to let them goe,
and wilt hold them still,
3 Behold, the hand of the Lord
is vpon thy cattell which is in the field,
vpon the horses, vpon the asses, vpon
the camels, vpon the oxen, and vpon
the sheepe : there shall be a very grieuous
murraine.
4 And the Lord shall seuer be-
tweene the cattel of Israel, and the cat-
tell of Egypt , and there shall nothing
die of all that is the childrens of Israel.
5 And the Lord appointed a set
time, saying, To morrow the Lord
shall doe this thing in the land.
6 And the Lord did that thing
on the morrow; and all the cattell of E-
gypt died, but of the cattell of the chil-
dren of Israel died not one.
7 And Pharaoh sent, and beholde
there was not one of the cattell of the
Israelites dead. And the heart of Pha-
raoh was hardened, and he did not let
the people goe.
8 H And the Lord saide vnto
Moses, and vnto Aaron , Take to you
handfuls of ashes of the fornace , and
let Moses sprinkle it towards the hea-
uen, in the sight of Pharaoh :
9 And it shall become small dust in
all the land of Egypt , and shall bee a
boyle breaking forth with blaines, vpon
man and vpon beast, throughout all the
land of Egypt.
10 And they tooke ashes of the for-
nace , and stood before Pharaoh , and
Moses sprinkled it vp toward heauen :
and it became a boile breaking forth with
blaines, vpon man and vpon beast.
11 And the Magicians could not
stand before Moses , because of the
boiles : for the boile was vpon the ma-
gicians, and vpon all the Egyptians.
12 And the Lord hardened the
heart of Pharaoh, and hee hearkened
not vnto them , * as the Lord had
spoken vnto Moses.
13 IT And the Lord saide vnto
Moses, Rise vp earely in the morning,
and stand before Pharaoh, and say vnto
him, Thus saith the Lord God of
the Hebrewes, Let my people goe, that
they may serue me.
14 For I will at this time send all
my plagues vpon thine heart, and vpon
thy seruaunts , and vpon thy people :
that thou mayest knowe that tliere is
none like me in all the earth. ,
15 For now I will stretch out my
hand , that I may smite thee and thy
people, with pestilence, and thou shalt
be cut off' from the earth.
16 And in very deede, for * this cav^e
haue I + raised thee vp , for to shewe in
thee my power, and that my name may
be declared throughout all the earth.
17 As yet exaltest thou thy selfe a-
gainst my people, that thou wilt not let
them goe .'
18 Behold , to morrow about this
time, I wil cause it to raine a very grie-
uous haile, such as hath not bene in E-
gypt, since the foundation thereof euen
vntill now.
19 Send therefore now, and gather
thy cattell, and all that thou hast in the
field : for vpon euery man and beast
which shal be found in the field, and shal
not bee brought home , the haile shall
come downe vpon them, and they shall
die.
20 Hee that feared the word of the
Lord amongst the seruants of Pha-
raoh, made his seruants and his cattell
flee into the houses.
21 And he that t regarded not the
word of the Lord, left his seruants
and his cattell in the field.
12 22 f And
• Chap. 4.
21.
• Rom. 9.
17.
Heb. made
thee stand.
t Heb. set
not his heart
vnto.
The plague of haile.
Exodus.
Locufts threatn.ed,
\ Hebr.
voyces of
God.
•P8al.24. 1.
t Hebr. hvU
den: or,
darke.
22 H And the Lord saide vnto
Moses , Stretch forth thine hand to-
ward heauen, that there may be haile
in all the land of Egyyt, vpon man and
vpon beast , and vpon euery herbe of
the field, thorowout the land of Egypt.
23 And Moses stretched foorth his
rod toward heauen , and the Lord
sent thunder and haile, and the fire
ranne along vpon the ground, and the
Lord rained haile vpon the land of
Egypt.
24 So there was haile, and fire
mingled with the haile, very grieuous,
such as there was none like it in all the
land of Egypt, since it became a nation.
25 And the haile smote throughout
all the land of Egypt , all that was in the
field, both man and beast: and the haile
smote euery herbe of the fielde , and
brake euery tree of the field.
26 Onely in the land of Goshen
where the children of Israel were, was
there no haile.
27 f And Pharaoh sent, and called
for Moses and Aaron , and said vnto
them , I haue sinned this time : the
Lord is righteous, and I and my
people are wicked.
28 Entreat the Lord , ( for it is
enough) that there be no more t mighty
thunderings and haile , and I will let
you goe, and ye shall stay no longer.
29 And Moses saide vnto him, As-
soone as I am gone out of the citie, I
will spread abroad my hands vnto the
Lord , and the thunder shall cease,
neither shall there be any more haile :
that thou mayest know how that the
* earth is the Lords.
30 But as for thee and thy seruants,
I know that ye will not yet feare the
Lord God.
31 And the flaxe, and the barley was
smitten : for the barley was in the eare,
and the flaxe was boiled :
32 But the wheat and the rye were
not smitten: for they were tnot growen
vp.
33 And Moses went out of the city
from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his
hands vnto the Lord : and the thun-
ders and haile ceased, and the raine was
not powred vpon the earth.
34 And when Pharaoh saw that
the raine , and the haile and the thun-
ders were ceased , hee sinned yet more,
and hardened his heart, he and his ser-
uants.
35 And the heart of Pharaoh was
hardened , neither would he let the chil-
dren of Israel goe, as the Lord had
spoken tby Moses.
CHAP. X.
1 God threatneth to send locusts. 7 Pharaoh,
moued by his seruants, inclineth to let the Is-
raelites goe. 12 The plague of the locusts.
16 Pharaoh sueth to Moses. 21 The plague
of darkenesse. 24 Pharaoh sueth vnto Mo-
ses, 27 but yet is hardened.
Nd the Lord said vnto
Moses, Goe in vnto Pha-
raoh : for * I haue hard
ned his heart, and the
^__^ heart of his seruants, that
I might shew these my signes before
him :
2 And that thou mayest tell in the
eares of thy sonne, and of thy sonnes
Sonne , what things I haue wrought
in Egypt, and my signes which I haue
done amongst them, that ye may know
how that I am the Lord.
3 And Moses and Aaron came in
vnto Pharaoh , and saide vnto him.
Thus saith the Lord God of the He
brewes. How long wilt thou refuse to
humble thy selfe before mee .'' Let my
people goe, that they may serue me.
4 Els, if thou refuse to let my people
goe, behold, to morrow will I bring
the * locusts into thy coast.
5 And they shall couer the tface of
the earth, that one cannot be able to see
the earth, and they shall eate the residue
of that which is escaped , which remai-
neth vnto you from the haile, and shall
eate euery tree , which groweth for you
out of the field.
6 And they shall fill thy houses, and
the houses of all thy seruants , and the
houses of all the Egyptians , which
neither thy fathers , nor thy fathers fa
thers haue scene, since the day that they
were vpon the earth , vnto this day
And he turned himselfe, and went out
from Pharaoh.
7 And Pharaohs seruants said vn-
to him , How long shall this man be a
snare vnto vs .'' Let the men goe , that
they may serue the Lord their God
Knowest thou not yet, that Egypt is
destroyed .''
8 And Moses and Aaron were
brought againe vnto Pharaoh : and he
said vnto them, Goe, serue the Lord
your
t Hehr. hy
the hand of
Moses.
* Chap. 4.
21.
Wisd. 16.
t Hebr. eye.
couer Egypt.
Chap.xj.
Thicke darkenes.
t Heb. who
^ who, (^c.
t Heh. haste-
ned to call.
t Heb. fa.tle-
rted.
your God: but twho are they that shall
goe ?
9 And Moses said, We wil goe with
our yong , and with our old , with our
sonnes and with our daughters , with
our flockes and with our heards will
we goe : for we mtist hold a feast vnto the
Lord.
10 And he said vnto them ; Let the
Lord bee so with you, as I will let
you goe, and your litle ones. Looke to
It, for euill is before you.
11 Not so: goe now yee that are men,
and serue the Lord, for that you did
desire : and they were driuen out from
Pharaohs presence.
12 % And the Lord said vnto Mo-
ses , Stretch out thine hand ouer the
land of Egypt for the locusts , that they
may come vp vpon the land of Egypt,
and eate euery herbe of the land, euen
all that the haile hath left.
13 And Moses stretched forth his rod
ouer the land of Egypt, and the Lord
brought an East wind vpon the land all
that day, and all that night : and when
it was morning, the East wind brought
the locusts.
14 And the locusts went vp ouer all
the land of Egypt, and rested in all the
coasts of Egypt : very grieuous were
they : before them there were no such
locusts as they, neither after them shall
be such.
15 For they couered the face of the
whole earth, so that the land was dark-
ned, and they did eate euery herbe of the
land, and all the fruit of the trees, which
the haile had left , and there remained
not any greene thing in the trees, or in
the herbes of the field, through all the
land of Egypt.
16 IT Then Pharaoh t called for Mo-
ses and Aaron in haste : and he said , I
haue sinned against the Lord your
God, and against you.
17 Now therefore forgiue , I pray
thee, my sinne onely this once, and in-
treat the Lord your God, that hee
may take away from mee this death
onely.
18 And he went out from Pharaoh,
and intreated the Lord.
19 And the Lord turned a mighty
strong West wind, which tooke away
the locusts, and tcast them into the red
sea : there remained not one locust in all
the coasts of Egypt.
20 But the Lord hardened Pha-
raohs heart, so that hee would not let
the children of Israel goe.
21 H And the Lord said vnto Mo
ses , Stretch out thine hand toward
heauen, that there may be darkenesse
ouer the land of Egypt, teuen darkenes
which may be felt.
22 And Moses stretched foorth his
hand toward heauen : and there was a
thicke darkenesse in all the land of E
gypt three dayes.
23 They saw not one another, nei-
ther rose any from his place for three
dayes : * but all the children of Israel
had light in their dwellings.
24 IT And Pharaoh called vnto Mo-
ses, and said, Goe ye, serue the Lord:
onely let your flockes and your herds
be stayed : let your litle ones also goe
with you.
25 And Moses saide. Thou must
giue tvs also sacrifices, and burnt ofTe
rings , that we may sacrifice vnto the
Lord our God.
26 Our cattell also shall goe with
vs: there shall not an hoofe bee left be-
hind : for thereof must we take to serue
the Lord our God : and we knowe
not with what wee must serue the
Lord, vntill we come thither.
27 IT But the Lord hardened
Pharaohs heart, and he would not let
them goe.
28 And Pharaoh said vnto him. Get
thee from me, take heed to thy selfe : see
my face no more : for in that day thou
seest my face, thou shalt die.
29 And Moses said , Thou hast spo-
ken well, I will see thy face againe no
more.
CHAP. XL
1 Gods message to the Israelites to borrow iew-
els of their neighbours. 4 Moses threatneth
Pharaoh with the death of the first borne.
Nd the Lord said vn-
to Moses , Yet will I
bring one plague more vp-
on Pharaoh , and vpon
Egypt , afterwards hee
will let you goe hence : when hee shall
let you goe, he shall surely thrust you out
hence altogether.
2 Speake now in the eares of the
people, and let euery man borrowe of
his neighbour, and euery woman of
her neighbour, * iewels of siluer , and
iewels of gold.
3 And the Lord gaue the people
fauour
t Heb. that
onemar/feele
darkenesse.
'Wisil. iitl
t Heb. into
our hands.
Chap. 3.
ii. & 12.
3S.
Mofes is augiy.
Exod
us.
The PaHeouer
Ecdus.
4S. 1.
Chap. 12.
49.
t Hehr. that
is at thy feet.
t Heb. heat
of anger.
fauour in the sight of the Egyptians.
Moreouer the man * Moses was very
great in the land of Egypt, in the sight
of Pharaohs seruants, and in the sight
of the people.
4 And Moses said, Thus saith the
Lord, * about midnight will I goe
out into the midst of Egypt.
5 And all the first borne in the lande
of Egypt shall die, from the first borne
of Pharaoh , that sitteth vpon his
throne, euen vnto the first borne of the
maid seruant that is behind the mill
and all the first borne of beasts.
6 And there shall bee a great crie
throughout all the land of Egypt, such
as there was none like it, nor shall bee
like it any more.
7 But against any of the children of
Israel, shal not a dog moue his tongue,
against man or beast: that ye may know
how that the Lord doth put a diffe-
rence betweene the Egyptians and Is-
rael.
8 And all these thy seruants shall
come downe vnto me, and bow downe
themselues vnto me, saying. Get thee
out , and all the people that t follow
thee; and after that I wil goe out: and
he went out from Pharaoh in ta great
anger.
9 And the Lord said vnto Mo-
ses , Pharaoh shall not hearken vnto
you, that my wonders may be multi-
plied in the land of Egypt.
10 And Moses and Aaron did all
these wonders before Pharaoh : and
the Lord hardened Pharaohs heart,
so that he would not let the children of
Israel goe out of his land.
CHAP. XII.
1 The banning of the yeere is changed. 3
The Passeouer is instituted. 11 The Rite of
the Passeouer. 15Vnleauenedbread. 29 The
first borne are slaine. 31 The Israelites are
driuen out of the lande. 37 They come to
Succoth. 43 The ordinance of the Passeouer.
Nd the Lord spake vn-
to Moses and Aaron in
the land of Egypt, saying,
2 This moneth nhalbe
vnto you the beginning of
moneths: it shall be the first moneth of
the yeere to you.
3 IT Speake ye vnto all the Congre-
gation of Israel, saying, In the tenth
day of this moneth they shall take to
them euery man a lambe , according to
the house of their fathers, a || lambe for
an house.
4 And if the houshold be too little
for the lambe , let him and his neigh-
bour next vnto his house, take it accor-
ding to the number of the soules: euery
man according to his eating shall make
your count for the lambe.
5 Your lambe shall be without ble-
mish, a male tof the first yeere: yee shall
take it out from the sheepe or from the
goates.
6 And ye shall keepe it vp vntill the
fourteenth day of the same moneth :
and the whole assembly of the congre-
gation of Israel shall kill it tin the eue-
ning.
7 And they shall take of the blood
and strike it on the two side postes, and
on the vpper doore poste, of the houses
wherin they shall eate it.
8 And they shall eat the flesh in that
night roste with fire, and vnleauened
bread, and with bitter herbes they shall
eate it.
9 Eate not of it raw, nor sodden at
all with water, but roste with fire : his
head, with his legs, and with the purte-
nance thereof.
10 And ye shall let nothing of it re-
maine vntill the morning : and that
which remaineth of it vntill the mor-
ning, ye shall burne with fire.
11 II And thus shall ye eate it: with
your loines girded , your shooes on
your feet, and your staffe in your hand:
and ye shall eate it in haste : it is the
Lords Passeouer.
12 For I will passe through the land
of Egypt this night, and will smite all
the first borne in the land of Egypt, both
man & beast, and against all the ||gods
of Egypt I will execute iudgement : I
am the Lord.
13 And the blood shall be to you for a
token vpon the houses where you are :
and when I see the blood, I will passe
oner you, and the plague shall not bee
vpon you t to destroy you, when I smite
the land of Egypt.
14 And this day shall be vnto you
for a memoriall: and you shall keepe it a
feast to the Lord, throughout your
generations : you shall keepe it a feast
by an ordinance for euer.
15 Seuen dayes shall ye eate vnlea-
uened bread, euen the first day yee shall
put away leauen out of your houses :
For
II Or, kUde.
t Heb. Sonne
qfa yeere.
t Hebr. be-
tweene the
two eite-
nings.
Or, prin~
t Heb. for
a destructi'
on.
is inftituted.
Chap.xij.
Firft-borne flaine.
t Heb. soule.
" Leuit. 23.
5. num. 28.
16.
Or, kidde.
• Heb. II.
28.
• losh. 4. 6.
For whosoeuer eateth leauened bread,]
from the first day vntil the seuenth day,
that soule shall be cut off' from Israel.
16 And in the first day there slialbe an
holy conuocation , and in the seuenth
day there shall be an holy conuocation
to you : no maner of worke shalbe done
in them, saue that which euery tman
must eate, that onely may bee done of
you.
17 And yee shall obserue ihejiast of
vnleauened bread: for in this selfe same
day haue I brought your armies out
of the land of Egypt; therefore shall ye
obserue this day in your generations,
by an ordinance for euer.
18 IT * In the first moneth , on the
fourteenth day of the moneth at euen,
ye shall eate vnleauened bread vntill the
one and twentieth day of the moneth
at euen.
19 Seuen dayes shall there bee no
leauen found in your houses : for who-
soeuer eateth that which is leauened,
euen that soule shall be cut off" from the
congregation of Israel, whether he be
a stranger, or borne in the land.
20 Yee shall eate nothing leauened :
in all your habitations shall ye eate vn-
leauened bread.
21 f Then Moses called for all the
Elders of Israel, and said vnto them ;
Draw out and take you a || lambe , ac-
cording to your families, and kill the
Passeouer.
22 * And ye shall take a bunch of hy-
sope, and dip it in the blood that is in the
bason, and strike the lintel and the two
side postes with the blood that is in the
bason : and none of you shall goe out at
the doore of his house, vntill the mor-
ning.
23 For the Lord wil passe through
to smite the Egyptians : and when hee
seeth the blood vpon the lintel , and on
the two side-postes , the Lord will
passe ouer the doore, and will not sufffer
the destroyer to come in vnto your
houses to smite you.
24 And ye shall obserue this thing
for an ordinance to thee , and to thy
sonnes for euer.
25 And it shall come to passe when
yee bee come to the land , which the
Lord will giue you, according as he
hath promised, that ye shall keepe this
seruice.
26 *And it shall come to passe, when
your children shall say vnto you, What
meane you by this seruice ?
27 That ye shall say, It is the sacri-
fice of the IjOrds Passeouer, who
passed ouer the houses of the children
of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the
Egyptians , and deliuered our houses.
And the people bowed the head , and
-worshipped.
28 And the children of Israel went
away, and did as the Lord had com-
manded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
29 H * And it came to passe that at
midnight the Lord smote all the first
borne in the land of Egypt , *from the
first borne of Pharaoh that sate on his
throne , vnto the first borne of the cap-
tiue that was in the t dungeon, and all
the first borne of cattell.
30 And Pharaoh rose vp in the
night , hee and all his seruants, and all
the Egyptians ; and there was a great
cry in Egypt : for there was not a house,
where there was not one dead.
31 IT And hee called for Moses and
Aaron by night, and said, Rise vp, and
get you forth from amongst my people,
both you and the children of Israel :
and goe, serue the Lord, as ye haue
said.
32 Also take your flockes and your
beards, as ye haue said : and bee gone,
and blesse me also.
33 And the Egyptians were vrgent
vpon the people that they might- send
them out of the land in haste : for they
said. We be all dead men.
34 And the people tooke their dough
before it was leauened, their || kneading
troughes beeing bound vp in their
clothes vpon their shoulders.
35 And the children of Israel did ac-
cording to the word of Moses: and they
borrowed of the Egyptians *iewels of
siluer, and iewels of gold, and raiment.
36 And the Lord gaue the people
fauour in the sight of the Egyptians, so
that they lent vnto them such things
as they required : and they spoiled the
Egyptians.
37 IT And * the children of Israel
iourneyed from Rameses to Succoth,
about sixe hundred thousand on foote
that were men, beside children.
38 And a t mixed multitude went vp
also with them, and flocks and beards,
euen very much cattell.
39 And they baked vnleauened cakes
of the dough, which they brought forth
out of Egypt ; for it was not leauened :
because
* Chap. 11.
4.
• Wisd. 18.
11.
t Hell, house
of the pit.
Or, dough.
• Chap. 3.
22. and 11.
2.
* Num. 33.
3.
t Hebr. a
great mir-
ture.
i
The Pafleouer muft
Exodus.
be remembred,
* Gen. 15.
1.1. acts 7-
gal. 3. 17.
t Hebr. a
night qfob-
• Numb. 9.
lob. 19.
^Heh.doeU.
because they were thrust out of Egypt,!
and could not tarry , neither had they
prepared for themselues any victuall.
40 H Now the soiourning of the
children of Israel , who dwelt in E-
gypt , was * foure hundred and thirtie
yeeres.
41 And it came to passe at the end of
the foure hundred and thirtie yeeres
euen the selfe same day it came to passe,
that all the hosts of the Lord went
out from the land of Egypt.
42 It is a tnight to be much obser-
ued vnto the Lord, for bringing them
out from the land of Egypt : This is
that night of the Lord to be obserued
of all the children of Israel, in their ge-
nerations.
43 H And the Lord saide vnto
Moses and Aaron , This is the ordi-
nance of the Passeouer : there shall no
stranger eate thereof.
44 But euery mans seruant that is
bought for money, when thou hast cir-
cumcised him, then shall he eate thereof.
45 A forreiner, and an hired seruant
shall not eate thereof
46 * In one house shaU it be eaten,
thou shalt not carie foorth ought of the
flesh abroad out of the house, * neither
shall ye breake a bone thereof.
47 All the Congregation of Israel
shall tkeepe it.
48 And when a stranger shall so-
iourne with thee , and will keepe the
Passeouer to the Lord, let all his
males be circumcised, and then let him
come neere, and keepe it : and he shall be
as one that is borne in the land: for no
vncircumcised person shall eate thereof.
49 One law shall be to him that is
home-borne , and vnto the stranger
that soiourneth among you.
50 Thus did all the children of Is
rael: as the Lord commanded Mo-
ses and Aaron, so did they.
51 And it came to passe the selfe same
day, that the Lord did bring the chil
dren of Israel out of the land of Egypt,
by their armies.
CHAP. XIIL
1 The first borne are sanctified to God. 3 The
memoriall of the Passeouer is commanded.
1 1 The firsthngs of beasts are set apart. 1 7
The Israelites goe out of Egypt, and cary Jo-
sephs bones with them. 20 They come to
Etham. 21 God guideth them by a pillar of
a cloud, and a pillar of fire.
Nd the Lord spake vn-
to Moses, saying,
2 * Sanctifie vnto me
all the first borne, whatso-
euer openeth the wombe,
among the children of Israel, both of
man and of beast : it is mine.
3 IT And Moses said vnto the peo-
ple. Remember this day, in which yee
came out from Egypt , out of the
house of t bondage : for by strength of
hand the Lord brought you out from
this place: there shall no leauened bread
be eaten.
4 This day came yee out, in the
moneth Abib.
5 If And it shalbe when the Lord
shall bring thee into the land of the Ca-
naanites, and the Hittites, and the A-
morites, and the Hiuites, and the lebu-
sites, which he sware vnto thy fathers
to giue thee, a land flowing with milke
and hony, that thou shalt keepe this ser-
uice in this moneth.
6 Seuen dayes thou shalt eate vn-
leauened bread, and in the seuenth day
shall be a feast to the Lord.
7 Unleauened bread shall be eaten
seuen dayes : and there shall no leaue-
ned bread bee scene with thee : neither
shall there be leauen scene with thee in
all thy quarters.
8 % And thou shalt shew thy sonne
in that day,saying, Thisis rfo«e because of
that which the Lord did vnto mee,
when I came forth out of Egypt.
9 And it shall bee for a signe vnto
thee, vpon thine hand, and for a memo-
riall betweene thine eyes , that the
Lords law may be in thy mouth :
for with a strong hande hath the
Lord brought thee out of Egypt.
10 Thou shalt therfore keepe this or-
dinance in his season from yeere to yere.
11 H And it shalbe when the Lord
shall bring thee into the land of the Ca-
naanites as he sware vnto thee, and to
thy fathers, and shall giue it thee :
12 *That thou shalt tset apart vnto
the Lord all that openeth the matrix,
and euery firstling that commeth of a
beast, which thou hast, the males shall
be the Lords.
13 And euery firstling of an asse thou
shalt redeeme with a || lambe : and if
thou wilt not redeeme it , then thou
shalt breake his necke, and all the first
borne of man amongst thy children
shalt thou redeeme.
14 f And
Chap. 22.
29. and 34.
19. leuit. 27
26. num. .1.
13. & 8. 16.
luke 2. 23.
t Hebr. ser-
uants.
* Chap. 22.
29. and 34.
19. ezek.
44. 30.
t Heb. catise
iopasseouer.
I Or, fMile.
A cloud and fire.
Chap.xiiij.
Pharaoh puifueth.
t Hebr. to
morrow.
Or, byfltie
in a ranke.
Gene. 5(i.
lb. iosh. 34.
32.
Num. 33.
• Num. u.
14. deut. 1.
.13. psal. 78.
14. l.cor.
10. 1.
" Nehem. 9,
19.
14 % And it shalbe when thy sonne
asketh thee tin time to come, saying,
What is this .'' that thou shalt say vnto
him ; By strength of hand the Lord
brought vs out from Egypt , from the
house of bondage.
15 And it came to passe when Pha-
raoh would hardly let vs goe, that the
Lord slew all the first borne in the
land of Egypt , both the first borne of
man, and the first borne of beast : There-
fore I sacrifice to the Lord all that
openeth the matrix , being males : but
all the first borne of my children I re-
deeme.
16 And it shall be for a token vpon
thine hand, and for frontlets betweene
thine eyes. For by strength of hand the
Lord brought vs foorth out of E-
gypt-
17 H And it came to passe when Pha-
raoh had let the people goe , that God
led them not through the way of the
land of the Philistines, although that
was neere : For God saide , Lest per-
aduenture the people repent when
they see warre , and they returne to E-
gypt:
18 But God ledde the people about
through the way of the wildernesse of
the Red-sea : and the children of Israel
went vp II harnessed out of the land of
Egypt.
19 And Moses tooke the bones of
Joseph with him : for hee had straitly
sworne the children of Israel , saying ;
* God will surely visite you, and ye shall
cary vp my bones away hence with
you.
20 H And *they tooke their iourney
from Succoth , and encamped in E-
tham, in the edge of the wildernesse.
21 And * the Lord went before
them by day in a pillar of a cloud , to
lead them the way, and by night in a
pillar of fire, to giue them light to goe
by day and night.
22 He tooke not away the pillar of
the cloud by day, * nor the pillar of fire
by night,yro7re before the people.
CHAP. XIIII.
1 God instructeth the Israelites in their iour
ney. 5 Pharaoh pursueth after them. 10
The Israelites murmure. 13 Moses com-
forteth them. 15 Gtod instructeth Moses.
19 The cloud remoueth behinde the campe.
21 The Israelites passe through the Red-sea,
23 which drowneth the Egyptians.
• Num. 33.
7.
Nd the Lord spake vn-
to Moses, saying,
2 Speake vnto the
children of Israel , that
they tume and encampe
before * Pi-hahiroth, betweene Migdol
and the sea, ouer against Baal-zephon:
before it shall ye encampe by the sea.
3 For Pharaoh will say of the chil-
dren of Israel , They are intangled in
the land , the wildernesse hath shut
them in.
4 And I will harden Pharaohs
heart , that he shall follow after them ,
and I will be honoured vpon Phara-
oh , and vpon all his hoste , That the
Egyptians may know that I am the
Lord. And they did so.
5 IT And it was told the King of E-
gypt, that the people fled: And the heart
of Pharaoh and of his seruants was
turned against the people, and they said.
Why haue wee done this, that we haue
let Israel goe from seruing vs .''
6 And hee made ready his charet,
and tooke his people with him.
7 And hee tooke sixe hundred cho-
sen charets , and all the charets of E-
gypt, and captaines ouer euery one of
them.
8 And the Lord hardened the
heart of Pharaoh King of Egypt, and
he pursued after the children of Israel :
and the children of Israel went out
with an high hand.
9 But the * Egyptians pursued after
them (all the horses and charets of Pha-
raoh, and his horsemen, and his army)
and ouertooke them encamping by the
sea , beside Pi-hahiroth before Baal-
zephon.
10 IT And when Pharaoh drew nigh,
the children of Israel lift vp their eyes,
and behold, the Egyptians marched af-
ter them, and they were sore afraid : and
the children of Israel lift vp their eyes,
and beholde, the Egyptians marched
after them, and they were sore afraid :
and the children of Israel cried out vn-
to the Lord.
11 And they said vnto Moses, Be-
cause there were no graues in Egypt,
hast thou taken vs away to die in the
wildernesse ? Wherefore hast thou dealt
thus with vs, to cary vs foorth out ofi
Egypt ? I
12 * Is not this the word that weej'Chap. s.
did tell thee in Egypt, saying. Let vs a-p
lone, that we may serue the Egyptians?,
K Fori
• Iosh. S4.
6. I. mace.
4. 9.
The fea diuided.
Exodus.
Pharaoh drowned.
I Or, For
whereas sxM
haue seene
the Egmti-
ans to dau,
4e.
• losh. 4.
23. psalme
114. 3.
" Psal. 78.
13. 1. cor.
10. I. hebr.
11. 29.
For it had bene better for vs to serue the
Egyptians, then that wee should die in
the wildernesse.
13 H And Moses saide vnto the peo-
ple, Feare ye not, stand still, and see the
saluation of the Lord, which he will
shew to you to day: ||for the Egyptians
whom ye haue scene to day , ye shall see
them againe no more for euer.
14 The Lord shall fight for you,
and ye shall hold your peace.
15 H And the Lord saide vnto
Moses, Wherefore criest thou vnto me.''
Speake vnto the children of Israel,
that they goe forward.
16 But lift thou vp thy rodde, and
stretch out thine hand ouer the Sea,
and diuide it : and the children of Israel
shall goe on dry ground thorow the
mids of the Sea.
17 And I , beholde, I will harden
the hearts of the Egyptians, and they
shall follow them : and I will get mee
honour vpon Pharaoh , and vpon all
his hoste , vpon his charets , and vpon
his horsemen.
18 And the Egyptians shall know
that I am the Lord, when I haue
gotten me honour vpon Pharaoh, vp-
on his charets, and vpon his horsemen
19 II And the Angel of God which
went before the campe of Israel, remo-
ued and went behind them, and the pil-
lar of the cloud went from before their
face, and stood behinde them.
20 And it came betweene the campe
of the Egyptians, and the campe of Is-
rael, and it was a cloud and darkenesse
to ^Aew, but it gaue light by night to these
so that the one came not neere the other
all the night.
21 And Moses stretched out his
hand ouer the Sea , and the Lord
caused the Sea to goe backe by a strong
East winde all that night , and made
the Sea dry land, and the waters were
* diuided.
22 And *the children of Israel went
into the midst of the Sea vpon the dry
ground , and the waters were a wall
vnto them on their right hand, and on
their left.
23 IT And the Egyptians pursued,
and went in after them , to the midst of
the Sea, etten all Pharaohs horses, his
charets and his horsemen.
24 And it came to passe, that in the
morning watch the Lord looked '
to the hoste of the Egyptians , through
the pillar of fire, and of the cloude, and
troubled the hoste of the Egyptians,
25 And tooke off their charet
wheeles, ||that they draue them heauily:
So that the Egyptians said. Let vs flee
from the face of Israel : for the Lord
fighteth for them , against the Egypti-
ans.
26 IT And the Lord saide vnto
Moses, Stretch out thine hand ouer
the Sea, that the waters may come a-
gaine vpon the Egyptians, vpon their
charets, and vpon their horsemen.
27 And Moses stretched foorth his
hand ouer the sea, and the sea returned
to his strength when the morning ap-
peared : and the Egyptians fled against
it : and the Lord touerthrew the Egyp-
tians in the midst of the sea.
28 And the waters returned, and co-
uered the charets , and the horsemen,
and all the hoste of Pharaoh that came
into the sea after them : there remained
not so much as *one of them.
29 But the children of Israel wal-
ked vpon drie land, in the midst of the
and the waters zvere a wall vnto
them on their right hand, and on their
left.
30 Thus the Lord saued Israel
that day out of the hand of the Egypti
ans : and Israel sawe the Egyptians
dead vpon the sea shore.
31 And Israel saw that great t worke
which the Lord did vpon the Egyp-
tians : & the people feared the Lord,
Or, made
them to goe
heauily.
•l Helyr.
shooke off.
Psal. 106.
and beleeued
uant Moses.
the Lord, and his ser-
t Hebr.
hand.
CHAP. XV.
1 Moses song. 22 The people want water. 23
The waters at Marah are bitter. 25 A tree
sweetneth them. 27 At Elim are twelue wels,
and seuentie palme trees.
Hen sang * Moses and the
children of Israel this
song vnto the Lord,
and spake, saying, I will
sing vnto the Lord : for
he hath triumphed gloriously, the horse
and his rider hath he throwen into the
Sea.
2 The Lord is my strength and
song, and he is become my saluation : he
is my God, and I will prepare him an
habitation, my fathers God, and I wil
exalt him.
3 The Lord is a man of warre:
the Lord is his Name.
4 Pha-
• Wisd. 1.
20.
»
Ifraelf
{ong
of
Chap.xv.xvj.
thankefgiuing.
I Or, repos-
sesse.
I Or, mtghty
ones?
* Deut. 2.
25. iosh. 2.
9.
• Deut 2.
29. iosh. 2.
4 Pharaohs charets and his hoste
hath he cast into the sea : his chosen cap-
taines also are drowned in the red Sea.
5 The depths haue couered them :
they sanke into the bottome as a stone.
6 Thy right hand, O Lord, is
become glorious in power, thy right
hand, O Lord, hath dashed in pie-
ces the enemie.
7 And in the greatnesse of thine ex-
cellencie thou hast ouerthrowen them,
that rose vp against thee : thou sentest
forth thy wrath , which consumed them
as stubble.
8 And with the blast of thy nostrils
the waters were gathered together :
the floods stood vpright as an heape,
and the depths were congealed in the
heart of the Sea.
9 The enemie said, I will pursue,
I wil ouertake, I wil diuide the spoile:
my lust shall be satisfied vpon them : I
will draw my sword, mine hand shall
||destroy them.
10 Thou didst blow with thy wind,
the sea couered them, they sanke as lead
in the mighty waters.
11 Who is like vnto thee, O Lord,
amongst the Hgods.'' who is like thee,
glorious in holinesse , fearefuU in prai-
ses, doing wonders !
12 Thou stretchedst out thy right
hand, the earth swallowed them.
13 Thou in thy mercie hast led forth
the people which thou hast redeemed :
thou hast guided tftem in thy strength
vnto thy holy habitation.
14 * The people shall heare, and be a-
fraid : sorrow shall take hold on the in-
habitants of Palestina.
15 Then the dukes of Edom shal be
amased : the mighty men of Moab
trembling shall take hold vpon them :
all the inhabitants of Canaan shal melt
away.
16 *Feare and dread shall fall vpon
them, by the greatnesse of thine arme
they shall be as still as a stone , till thy
people passe ouer, O Lord, till the
people passe ouer which thou hast pur-
chased.
17 Thou shalt bring them in, and
plant them in the mountaine of thine
inheritance, in the place, O Lord,
which thou hast made for thee to dwell
in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which
thy hands haue established.
18 The Lord shal reigne for euer
and euer.
19 For the horse of Pharaoh went in
with his charets and with his horse-
men into the sea, and the Lord
brought againe the waters of the Sea
vpon them : But the children of Israel
went on drie land in the mids of the sea.
20 IT And Miriam the prophetesse
the sister of Aaron, tooke a timbrell in
her hand, and all the women went out
after her, with timbrels & with dances.
21 And Miriam answered them,
Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath tri-
umphed gloriously : the horse and his
rider hath he throwen into the sea.
22 So Moses brought Israel from
the red sea, and they went out into the
wildernesse of Shur : and they went
three dayes in the wildernesse , and
found no water.
23 H And when they came to Ma-
rah, they could not drinke of the waters
of Marah, for they were bitter: there-
fore the name of it was called ||Marah.
24 And the people murmured a-
gainst Moses, saying , What shall wee
drinke ?
25 And he cried vnto the Lord :
and the Lord shewed him a * tree,
which when hee had cast into the wa-
ters , the waters were made sweete :
there he made a statute & an ordinance,
and there he proued them,
26 And said. If thou wilt diligently
hearken to the voice of the Lord thy
God, and wilt doe that which is right
in his sight , and wilt giue eare to nis
Commandements , and keepe all his
Statutes, I will put none of these dis-
eases vpon thee, which I haue brought
vpon the Egyptians : for I am the
Lord that healeth thee.
27 IT * And they came to Elim :
where were twelue wels of water, and
threescore and ten palme trees, and they
encamped there by the waters.
CHAP. XVI.
1 The Israelites come to Sin. 2 They mur-
mure for want of bread. 4 God promiseth
them bread from heauen. 11 Quailes are
sent, 14 and Manna. 16 The ordering of
Manna. 25 It was not to bee found on the
Sabbath. 32 An Omer of it is preserued.
Nd they tooke their iour-
ney from Elim, and all the
Congregation of the cliil-
dren of Israel came vnto
the wildernesse of Sin,
K 2 which
I That is,
Bittemesse.
' Ecclus.
8. 5.
' Num. 33.
M
urmuring.
Exodus.
Quailes. Manna.
t Heir, the
Iportion of a
I day in hts
'day.
• Chap. 13.
SI.
which is betweene Elim and Sinai, on
the fifteenth day of the second moneth
after their departing out of the land of
Egypt.
2 And the whole Congregation of
the children of Israel murmured a-
gainst Moses and Aaron in the wilder-
nesse.
3 And the children of Israel saide
vnto them , Would to God wee had
died by the hand of the Lord in the
land of Egypt, when wee sate by the
flesh pots, and when we did eate bread
to the full: for ye haue brought vs forth
into this wildernesse, to kill this whole
assembly with hunger.
4 IT Then said the Lord vnto
Moses , Behold , I will raine bread
from heauen for yo»i : and the people
shall goe out , and gather t a certaine
rate euery day, that I may proue them,
whether they will walke in my Law,
or no.
5 And it shall come to passe, that on
the sixt day , they shall prepare that
which they bring in, and it shall be twice
as much as they gather dayly.
6 And Moses and Aaron said vnto
all the children of Israel, At euen, then
ye shall know that the Lord hath
brought you out from the land of E-
gypt-
7 And in the morning, then ye shall
see the glory of the Lord, for that he
heareth your murmurings against the
Lord : And what are wee, that yee
murmure against vs ?
8 And Moses said. This shalbe when
the Lord shal glue you in the euening
flesh to eate, and in the morning bread
to the full : for that the Lord hea-
reth your murmurings which ye mur-
mure against him ; and what are wee .''
your murmurings are not against vs,
but against the Lord.
9 IT And Moses spake vnto Aaron,
Say vnto all the Congregation of the
children of Israel, Come neere before
the Lord : for hee hath heard your
murmurings.
10 And it came to passe as Aaron
spake vnto the whole Congregation of
the children of Israel, that they looked
toward the wildernesse, and behold, the
glory of the Lord * appeared in the
cloude.
11 H And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, saying,
12 I haue lieard the murmurings
of the children of Israel : Speake vnto
them, saying. At euen ye shall eat flesh,
and in the morning ye shalbe filled with
bread : and ye shal know that I am the
Lord your God.
13 And it came to passe, that at euen
* the Quailes came vp, and couered the
campe: and in the morning the dew lay
round about the hoste.
14 And when * the dewe that lay
was gone vp, behold, vpon the face of
the wildernesse there lay a small round
thing, as small as the hoare frost on the
ground.
15 And when the children of Israel
saw it, they said one to another, ||It is
Manna : for they wist not what it was.
And Moses said vnto them, *This is
the bread which the Lord hath gi
uen you to eate.
16 IT This is the thing which the
Lord hath commanded: gather of
it euery man according to his eating :
an Omer tfor euery man, according to
the number of your t persons, take yee
euery man for them which are in his
tents.
17 And the children of Israel did so,
and gathered some more, some lesse.
18 And when they did mete it with
an Omer, *he that gathered much, had
nothing ouer, and he that gathered
litle, had no lacke: they gathered euery
man according to his eating.
19 And Moses saide. Let no man
leaue of it till the morning.
20 Notwithstanding they hearke
ned not vnto Moses, but some of them
left of it vntill the morning, and it bred
wormes, and stanke : and Moses was
wroth with them.
21 And they gathered it euery mor-
ning, euery man according to his ea-
ting : and when the Sunne waxed hot,
it melted.
22 IT And it came to passe that on
the sixt day they gathered twice as
much bread, two Omers for one vian:
and all the rulers of the Congregation
came and told Moses.
23 And he said vnto them. This is
that which the Lord hath said. To
morrow is the rest of the holy Sabbath
vnto the Lord : bake that which you
will bake, to day, and seethe that ye will
seethe, and that which remaineth ouer,
lay vp for you to be kept vntill the mor-
ning.
24 And they laid it vp till the mor-
ning.
Numb. II
• Numb. 11
7. psal. 78.
24. wisd. 16
20.
II Or. what is
this J otitis
a portion.
* loh. 6. 31.
I. Cor. 10. 3
iHeb.bythe
potteorhead.
iHeb. smiles.
2. Cor. 8.
15.
Manna referiied.
Ch
ap.xvij.
M
iirmuring.
• losh. 5.
12. nehem.
9. 15,
bade : and it did not
was there any worn
ning, as Moses
stinke , neither
therein.
25 And Moses saide, Eate that to
day, for to day is a Sabbath vnto the
Lord : to day yee shall not finde it in
the field.
26 Sixe dayes ye shall gather it, but
on the seuenth AaywMch is the Sabbath,
in it there shall be none.
27 H And it came to passe, that there
went out some of the people on the se-
uenth day for to gather, and they found
none.
28 And the Lord said vnto Mo-
ses, How long refuse yee to keepe my
Commandements, and my Lawes .''
29 See, for that the Lord hath
giuen you the Sabbath , therefore hee
giueth you on the sixt day the bread of
two dayes : abide yee euery man in his
place : let no man goe out of his place on
the seuenth day.
30 So the people rested on the se-
uenth day.
31 And the house of Israel called the
name thereof Manna : and it teas like
Coriander seed, white : and the taste of
it was like wafers made with hony.
32 f And Moses said , This is the
thing which the Lord commandeth :
Fill an Omer of it to bee kept for your
generations , that they may see the
bread wherewith I haue fed you in the
wildernesse, when I brought you forth
from the land of Egypt.
33 And Moses sayd vnto Aaron,
Take a pot, and put an Omer full of
Manna therein, and lay it vp before the
Lord, to be kept for your generati-
ons.
34 As the Lord commaunded
Moses, so Aaron layd it vp before the
Testimonie, to be kept.
35 And the children of Israel did eat
Manna fortie yeeres, *vntill they came
to a land inhabited : they did eate Man-
na, vntill they came vnto the borders of
the land of Canaan.
36 Now an Omer is the tenth part
of an Ephah.
CHAP. XVII.
1 The people murmure for water at Rephidim.
5 God sendeth him for water to the rocke in
Horeb. 8 Amalek is ouercorae by the hol-
ding vp of Moses hands. 15 Moses buil-
deth the Altar lEHOVAH Nissi.
Nd all the Congregation
of the children of Israel
iourneyed from the wil-
dernesse of Sin after their
iourneys, according to the
commandement of the Lord, and
pitched in Rephidim : and there was no
water for the people to drinke.
2 Wherefore * the people did chide
with Moses and said , Giue vs water
that wee may drinke. And Moses said
vnto them. Why chide you with mee .''
Wherefore doe ye tempt the Lord.?
3 And the people thirsted there for
water , and the people murmured a-
gainst Moses , and said , Wherefore is
this that thou hast brought vs vp out
of Egypt, to kill vs and our children,
and our cattell with thirst ?
4 And Moses cried vnto the Lord,
saying. What shall I doe vnto this peo-
ple.'' they be almost ready to stone me.
5 And the Lord said vnto Mo-
ses, Goe on before the people, and take
with thee of the Elders of Israel : and
thy rod wherewith * thou smotest the
riuer, take in thine hand, and goe.
6 * Behold, I will stand before thee
there , vpon the rocke in Horeb , and
thou shalt smite the rocke , and there
shall come water out of it, that the peo-
ple may drinke. And Moses did so, in
the sight of the Elders of Israel.
7 And hee called the name of the
place II Massah , and || Meribah , becatise
of the chiding of the children of Israel,
and because they tempted the Lord,
saying. Is the Lord amongst vs,
or not ?
8 H *Then came Amalek, & fought
with Israel in Rephidim.
9 And Moses said vnto * loshua,
Choose vs out men, and goe out, fight
with Amalek : to morrow I will stand
on the top of the hill, with the rodde of
God in mine hand.
10 So loshua did as Moses had
said to him, and fought with Amalek :
and Moses , Aaron, and Hur went vp
to the top of the hill.
1 1 And it came to passe when Moses
held vp his hand , that Israel preuai-
led : and when he let downe his hand,
Amalek preuailed.
12 But Moses hands were heauie,
and they tooke a stone, and put it vnder
him , and he sate thereon : and Aaron
and Hur stayed vp his hands, the one
on the one side, and the other on the o-
ther
• Num. 20.
4.
• Chap. 7.
20.
* Num. 20.
fl. psal. 78.
\o. and 105
41. wis. 11.
4. 1. cor. 10.
4. >
II That is,
Tenlaiion.
I That is.
Chiding: or,
strife.
' Deut. 26.
17. wis. II.
3.
• Called le-
sus, Acts. 7.
45.
Mofes his fonnes.
Exodus.
lethros counfell to
* Num. 24.
2<). 1. sam,
IS. 3.
I That is,
jmeLoBD
my banner.
I Or, because
the hand of
Amalek ts
against the
throne of the
LoRD.ther.
fore ^c.
Hebr. The
hamt vpon
the throne of
the Lord.
Ither side, and his liandes were steady!
vntill the going downe of the Sunne. i
13 And loshua discomfited Ama-
lek, and his people, with the edge of the^
sword.
14 And the Lord said vnto Mo-
ses , Write this for a memoriall in a
booke , and rehearse it in the cares of
loshua : for *I will vtterly put out the
remembrance of Amalek from vnder
heauen.
15 And Moses built an Altar, and
called the name of it ||IEHOVAH
Nissi.
16 For he said, || Because the Lord
hath sworne that the Lord will haue
warre with Amalek from generation
to generation.
Chap. 2.
16.
• Chap. 2.
22.
I That is,
A stranger
there.
I That U,
myGodisan
hetpe.
\ Heb. /leace.
CHAP. XVIII.
1 lethro bringeth to Moses his wife and
two sonnes. 7 Moses entertaineth him
13 lethros counsell is accepted. 27 le-
thro departeth.
Hen • lethro the Priest of
Midian, Moses father in
law, heard of all that God
had done for Moses, and
_ for Israel his people, and
that the Lord had brought Israel
out of Egypt :
2 Then lethro Moses father in
law tooke Zipporah Moses wife, after
he had sent her backe,
3 And her two sonnes, of which the
* name of the one was || Gershom : for he
said, I haue bene an alien in a strange
land.
4 And the name of the other was ||E-
liezer : for the God of my father, said he,
was mine helpe, and deliuered me from
the sword of Pharaoh.
5 And lethro Moses father in law
came with his sonnes and his wife vn-
to Moses into the wildernes, where he
encamped at the mount of God.
6 And he said vnto Moses, I thy
father in law lethro am come vnto
thee, and thy wife, and her two sonnes
with her.
7 % And Moses went out to meete
his father in law, and did obeysance,
and kissed him: and they asked each o-
ther o{ their t welfare, and they came in-
to the tent.
8 And Moses told his father in law
all that the Loud had done vnto
Pharaoh, and to the Egyptians for Is
raels sake, and all the trauaile that had
tcome vpon them by the way, and how
the Lord deliuered them.
9 And lethro reioyced for all the
goodnesse which the Lord had done
to Israel : whom he had deliuered out
of the hand of the Egyptians.
10 And lethro said. Blessed be the
Lord, who hath deliuered you out
of the hand of the Egyptians, and out
of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath deli
uered the people from vnder the hand
of the Egyptians.
11 Now I know that the Lord
is greater then all gods : * for in the
thing wherein they dealt proudly , hee
was aboue them.
12 And lethro , Moses father in
law, tooke a burnt offering and sacri-
fices for God : and Aaron came, and all
the Elders of Israel, to eat bread with
Moses father in law before God.
13 IT And it came to passe on the mor-
row, that Moses sate to iudge the peo-
ple : and the people stood by Moses,
from the morning vnto the euening.
14 And when Moses father in law
saw all that he did to the people, he said.
What is this thing that thou doest to
the people ? Why sittest thou thy selfe a
lone , and all the people stand by thee
from morning vnto euen .-'
15 And Moses said vnto his father
in law. Because the people come vnto
me to enquire of God.
16 When they haue a matter, they
come vnto mee , and I iudge betweene
t one and another , and I doe make
them know the statutes of God and his
Lawes.
17 And Moses father in law .saide
vnto him. The thing that thou doest,
is not good.
18 tThou wilt surely weare away,
both thou, and this people that is with
thee : for this thing is too heauy for
thee; *thou art not able to performe it
thy selfe alone.
19 Hearken now vnto my voyce, I
will giue thee counsell , and God shall
be with thee: Be thou for the people to
Godward, that thou niayest bring the
causes vnto God :
20 And thou shalt teach them ordi-
nances and lawes, and shalt shew them
the way wherein they must walke, and
the worke that they must doe.
21 Moreouer thou shalt prouide out
of all the people able men, such as feare
God, men of trueth, hating couetous-
nesse.
t Heb.fttund
them.
Chap. 1.
10, 16, 22.
and 5. 7.
and 14. 18.
t Heir, a
man and his\
feltote.
t Hebr. Fa-
ding thou
tciUfade.
* Deut. 1. B.
Mofes, obeyed. The Chap.xix.
peoples promife.
• Acts 7. 38
Deut. 29.
nesse, and place such ouer them, to bee
rulers of thousands , and rulers of
hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers
of tennes.
22 And let them iudge the people at
all seasons : and it shall bee that euery
great matter they shall bring vnto thee,
but euery small matter they shal iudge:
so shall it be easier for thy selfe,and they
shall beare the burden with thee.
23 If thou shall doe this thing, and
God command thee so, then thou shalt
bee able to endure, and all this people
shall also goe to their place in peace.
24 So Moses hearkened to the
voice of his father in law , and did all
that he had said.
25 And Moses chose able men out of
all Israel, and made them heads ouer
the people, rulers of thousands, rulers
of hundreds , rulers of fifties , and ru-
lers of tennes.
26 And they iudged the people at all
seasons : the hard causes they brought
vnto Moses , but euery small matter
they iudged themselues.
27 f And Moses let his father in
law depart , and he went his way into
his owne land.
CHAP. XIX.
1 The people come to Sinai. 3 Gods message
by Moses vnto the people out of the mount.
8 The peoples answere returned againe.
10 The people are prepared against the third
day. 12 The mountaine must not be tou-
ched. 16 The fearefull presence of God
vpon the Mount.
N the third moneth when
the children of Israel
were gone forth out of the
land of Egypt , the same
day came they into the
wildernesse of Sinai.
2 For they were departed from Re-
phidim, and were come to the desert of
Sinai, and had pitched in the wilder-
nesse, and there Israel camped before
the mount.
3 And * Moses went vp vnto God:
and the Lord called vnto him out of
the mountaine , saying , Thus shalt
thou say to the house of lacob, and tell
the children of Israel :
4 * Ye haue scene what I did vnto
the Egyptians, and how I bare you on
Eagles wings, and brought you vnto
my selfe.
5 Now * therfore if ye will obey my
voice indeed , and keepe my couenant,
then ye shall be a peculiar treasure vnto
me aboue all people : for * all the earth
is mine.
6 And ye shall be vnto me a • king-
dome of Priestes, and an holy nation
These ai-e the wordes wliich thou shalt
speake vnto the children of Israel.
7 H And Moses came and called for
the Elders of the people, and layd be-
fore their faces all these wordes which
the Lord commanded him.
8 And *all the people answered to-
gether, and said. All that the Lord
hath spoken, we will doe. And Moses
returned the wordes of the people vnto
the Lord.
9 And the Lord said vnto Mo-
ses, Loe, I come vnto thee in a thicke
cloud, that the people may heare when
I speake with thee, and beleeue thee for
euer : And Moses told the wordes of
the people vnto the Lord.
10 IT And the Lord saide vnto
Moses, Goe vnto the people, and san-
ctifie them to day and to morrow, and
let them wash their clothes.
11 And be ready against the thirde
day : for the third day the Lord will
come downe in the sight of all the peo-
ple, vpon mount Sinai.
12 And thou shalt set bounds vnto
the people round about, saying. Take
heed to your selues, that ye goe not vp
into the mount, or touch the border of it:
*whosoeuer toucheth the mount , shall
be surely put to death.
13 There shall not a hand touch it,
but he shall surely be stoned or shot tho-
row, whether it be beast, or man, it shall
not Hue: when the || trumpet soundeth
long, they shall come vp to the mount.
14 H And Moses went downe from
the mount vnto the people, and sancti-
fied the people ; and they washed their
clothes.
15 And hee said vnto the people. Be
ready against the third day: come not at
your wiues.
16 IT And it came to passe on the third
day in the morning , that there were
thunders and lightnings, and a thicke
cloud vpon the mount , and the voyce
of the trumpet exceeding lowd , so
that all the people that was in the
campe, trembled.
17 And Moses brought foorth the
people out of the campe to mcete with
God,
Chap. 24.
3, 7. deut. 5.
27. & 26.
17.
' Deut. s. 2.
• Deut. 10.
14. psal. 24.
1.
•l. Pet.2.9.
reuel. i. «.
• Heb. 12.
20.
II Or, Cm-net
The tenne
Exodus.
Commandements.
• Deut. 4.
t Hd). con-
test.
' Deut. s. 6
peal. HI. 10.
t Hebr. ser-
vanlt.
• Leuit. 28.
I. psal. !I7.
7.
God, and they stood at the nether part
of the mount.
18 And *mount Sinai was altoge-
ther on a smoke , because the Lord
descended vpon it in fire : and the smoke
thereof ascended as the smoke of a fur-
nace, and the whole mount quaked
greatly.
19 And when the voyce of the trum
pet sounded long, and waxed lowder
and lowder, Moses spake, and God an-
swered him by a voyce.
20 And the Lord came downe
vpon mount Sinai , on the top of the
mount: and the Lord called Moses
vp to the top of the mount, and Moses
went vp.
21 And the Lord said vnto Mo-
ses, Goe downe, t charge the people, lest
they breake thorow vnto the Lord
to gaze, and many of them perish.
22 And let the Priestes also which
come neere to the Lord , sanctifie
themselues , lest the Lord breake
foorth vpon them.
23 And Moses said vnto the Lord,
The people cannot come vp to mount
Sinai : for thou chargedst vs, saying.
Set bounds about the mount, and san-
ctifie it.
24 And the Lord said vnto him,
Away, get thee downe, and thou shalt
come vp, thou , and Aaron with thee :
but let not the Priestes and the people
breake through , to come vp vnto the
Lord, lest hee breake foorth vpon
them.
25 So Moses went downe vnto the
people, and spake vnto them.
CHAP. XX.
1 The ten Commandements. 18 The people
are afraid. 20 Moses comforteth them.
22 Idolatrie is forbidden. 24 Of what sort
the Altar should be.
Nd God spake all these
words, saying,
2 * I am the Lord
thy God , which haue
brought thee out of the
d of Egypt, out of the house of +bon-
dage:
3 Thou shalt haue no other Gods
before me.
4 * Thou shalt not make vnto thee
any grauen Image, or any likenesse of
anything that is in heauen aboue,orthat
is in the earth beneath, or that is in the
water vnder the earth.
5 Thou shalt not bow downe thy
selfe to them, nor serue them: For I the
Lord thy God ant a iealous God, vi-
siting the iniquitie of the fathers vpon
the children, vnto the thirde and fourth
generation of them that hate me :
6 And shewing mercy vnto thou-
sands of them that loue mee, and keepe
my Commandements.
7 * Thou shalt not take the Name
of the Lord thy God in vaine : for
the Lord will not holde him guilt
lesse, that taketh his Name in vaine.
8 Remember the Sabbath day, to
keepe it holy.
9 * Sixe dayes shalt thou labour,
and doe all thy worke :
10 But the seuenth day is the Sab-
bath of the Lord thy God : in it thou
shalt not doe any worke, thou, nor thy
Sonne, nor thy daughter, thy man ser-
uant , nor thy mayd seruant , nor thy
cattell, nor thy stranger that is within
thy gates :
11 For * in sixe dayes the Lord
made heauen and earth, the sea, and all
that in them is, and rested the seuenth
day : wherefore the Lord blessed the
Sabbath day, and halowed it.
12 f * Honour thy father and thy
mother : that thy dayes may bee long
vpon the land, which the Lord thy
God giueth thee.
13 * Thou shalt not kill.
14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
15 Thou shalt not steale.
16 Thou shalt not beare false witnes
against thy neighbour.
17 * Thou shalt not couet thy neigh
hours house, thou shalt not couet thy
neighbours wife, nor his man seruant,
nor his maid seruant, nor his oxe, nor
his asse, nor any thing that is thy neigh
hours.
18 If And * all the people saw the
thundrings , and the lightnings , and
the noise of the trumpet, and the moun-
taine smoking : and when the people
saw it , they remooued , and stood a
farre off.
19 And they saide vnto Moses,
* Speake thou with vs , and wee will
heare : But let not God speake with
vs, lest we die.
20 And Moses said vnto the people,
Feare not : for God is come to prooue
you, and that his feare may bee before
your faces, that ye sinne not.
21 And
• Leuit. 19.
12. deut. 5.
11. matt. 5.
33.
• Chap. 23.
12. ezech.
20. 12. luke
13. 14.
Gene. 2. 2.
Deut. 5.
16. mat. 15.
4. ephes. 6.
2.
Matth. 5.
' Rom. 7. 7.
' Hebr. 12.
• Deut. 8.
24. and 1».
16.
Diuers lawes.
Chap.xxj.
and ordinances.
• Deut. 27.
iosh. 8.
31.
iHebr.lmUd
themvntb
hewing.
Leuit. 25.
41. deut. 15
12. iere. 34.
14.
t Hebr. with
his body.
t Hebr. say-
ing^haUsay.
21 And the people stood afarre off,
and Moses drew neere vnto the thicke
darkenes, where God was.
22 H And the Lord said vnto Mo-
ses, Thus thou shalt say vnto the chil-
dren of Israel , Yee haue scene that I
haue talked with you from heauen.
23 Ye shall not make with me gods
of siluer, neither shall ye make vnto you
gods of gold.
24 IT An Altar of earth thou shalt
make vnto me, and shalt sacrifice there-
on thy burnt offerings, and thy peace
offerings , thy sheepe , and thine oxen :
In all places where I record my
Name, I will come vnto thee, and I
will blesse thee.
25 And * if thou wilt make mee an
Altar of stone, thou shalt not t build it
of hewen stone : for if thou lift vp thy
toole vpon it, thou hast polluted it.
26 Neither shalt thou goe vp by
steps vnto mine Altar, that thy naked-
nesse be not discouered thereon.
CHAP. XXI.
1 Lawes for men seruants. S For the seruant
whose eare is boared. 7 For women ser-
uants. 12 For manslaughter. 16 For stea-
lers of men. 17 For cursers of parents. 18
For smiters. 22 For a hurt by chance. 28
For an oxe that goareth. 33 For him that is
an occasion of harme.
Ow these are the ludge
ments which thou shalt
set before them.
2 * If thou buy an He
brew seruant , sixe yeeres
serue,and intheseuenthhe shall
goe out free for nothing.
3 If he came in thy himselfe, he shal
goe out by himselfe : if he were married,
then his wife shall goe out with him.
4 If his master haue giuen him a
wife, and she haue borne him sonnes or
daughters ; the wife and her children
shall be her masters, and he shall go out
by himselfe.
5 And if the seruant t shall plainely
say, I loue my master, my wife, and my
children , I will not goe out free :
6 Then his master shall bring him
vnto the ludges , hee shall also bring
him to the doore, or vnto the doore post,
and his master shall boare his eare
through with an aule, and he shall serue
him for euer.
7 H And if a man sell his daughter
to be a mayd seruant, shee shall not goe
out as the men seruants doe.
8 If she t please not her master, who
hath betrothed her to himselfe, then
shall he let her be redeemed: To sell her
vnto a strange nation hee shall haue no
power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully
with her.
9 And if he haue betrothed her vn-
to his Sonne, he shall deale with her af-
ter the maner of daughters.
10 If he take him another wife, her
food, her rayment, and her duety of ma-
riage shall he not diminish.
11 And if he doe not these three vnto
her, then shall she goe out free without
money.
12 IT * He that smiteth a man, so that
he die, shalbe surely put to death.
13 And if a man lye not in wait, but
God deliuer him into his hand, then * I
will appoint thee a place whither hee
shall flee :
14 But if a man come presumptu-
ously vpon his neighbour to slay him
with guile, thou shalt take him from
mine Altar, that he may die.
15 IT And he that smiteth his father,
or his mother , shall bee surely put to
death.
16 IT And he that stealeth a man, and
selleth him, or if he be found in his hand,
he shall surely be put to death.
17 5 And *hee that ||curseth his fa-
ther or his mother, shall surely bee put
to death.
18 IT And if men striue together, and
one smite || another with a stone , or
with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth
his bed :
19 If hee rise againe, and walke a
broad A^on his staffe , then shall hee
that smote him, be quit : onely he shall
pay for tthe losse of his time, and shall
cause him to be throughly healed.
20 H And if a man smite his seruant.
or his mayd, with a rod, and hee die vn-
der his hand, hee shall bee surely tpu-
nished :
21 Notwithstanding, if he continue
a day or two, hee shall not be punished,
for he is his money.
22 IT If men striue , and hurt a wo-
man with child, so that her fruit depart
from her, and yet no mischiefe follow,
he shalbe surely punished , according as
the womans husband will lay vpon
him, and hee shall pay as the ludges
determine.
L 23 And
t Hebr. be
euill m the
eyes of, ^c.
* Leuit. 24.
17.
Deut. 19.
* Leuit. 20.
9. prou. 20.
20. matth.
15. 4. marke
7. 10.
I Or, reui-
leth.
I Or, his
rwighbmir.
t Hebr. cea-
sing.
t Hebr. a-
uenged.
Diners lawes,
Exod
us.
and ordinances.
* Leuit. 24.
20. deut. 19
21. matth.
i. 38.
" 6ene. 9.
5.
23 And if any mischiefe follow, then
thou shalt giue life for life,
24) *Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand
for hand, foote for foote,
25 Burning for burning, wound for
wound, stripe for stripe.
W IF And if a man smite the eye of
his seruant, or the eye of his mayd, that
it perish , hee shall let him goe free for
his eyes sake.
27 And if he smite out his man ser-
uants tooth , or his mayde seruants
tooth, hee shal let him goe free for his
tooths sake.
28 H If an oxe gore a man, or a wo-
man, that they die, then *the oxe shal be
surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be
eaten : but the owner of the oxe shall be
quitte.
29 But if the oxe were wont to push
with his home in time past, and it hath
bene testified to his owner, and he hath
not kept him in , but that he hath killed
a man or a woman; the oxe shall be sto-
ned, and his owner also shall bee put to
death.
30 If there be layed on him a summe
of money, then he shall giue for the ran
some of his life, whatsoeuer is layd vp-
on him.
31 Whether hee haue gored a sonne
or haue gored a daughter , according to
this iudgement shall it bee done vnto
him.
32 If the oxe shall push a man ser-
uant, or a mayd seruant, hee shall giue
vnto their master thirty shekels , and
the oxe shalbe stoned.
33 1[ And if a man shall open a pit, or
if a man shall digge a pit, and not couer
it, and an oxe or an asse fall therein :
Si The owner of the pit shall make
it good, and giue money vnto the owner
of them, and the dead beast shalbe his.
35 H And if one mans oxe hurt an
others, that he die, then they shall sell
the Hue oxe, and diuide the money of it
and the dead oxe also they shall diuide.
36 Or if it bee knowen that the oxe
hath vsed to push in time past, and his
owner hath not kept him in, hee shall
surely pay oxe for oxe, and the dead shall
be his owne.
CHAP. XXII.
1 Of theft. 5 Of dammage. 7 Of trespasses.
14 Of borrowing. 16 Of fornication. 18
Of witchcraft 19 Of bestialitie. 20 Of
idolatrie. 21 Of strangers, widowes, and
fatherlesse. 25 Of vsurie. 26 Of pledges. I
28 Of reuerence to Magistrates. 29 Of
the first fruits.
Fa man shalsteale an oxe,
or a II sheepe, and kill it, or
sell it; he shall restore fiue
oxen for an oxe, and *foure
sheepe for a sheepe.
2 11 If a thiefe bee found breaking
vp, and be smitten that he die, there shal
no blood be shed for him.
3 If the Sunne be risen vpon him,
there shall be bloodshed for him :Jbrhee
should make full restitution : if he haue
nothing, then he shall bee sold for his
theft.
4 If the theft be certainely found
in his hand aliue, whether it bee oxe or
asse, or sheepe, he shall restore double,
5 H If a man shall cause a field or
vineyard to be eaten , and shall put in
his beast , and shall feede in another
mans field : of the best of his owne field,
and of the best of his owne vineyard
shall he make restitution.
6 H If fire breake out, and catch in
thornes, so that the stackes of come, or
the standing come, or the field be consu-
med tJterewith; hee that kindled the fire,
shall surely make restitution.
7 H If a man shal deliuer vnto his
neighbour money or stuffe to keepe, and
it be stollen out of the mans house; if the
thiefe be found, let him pay double.
8 If the thiefe be not found , then
the master of the house shall be brought
vnto the ludges, to see whether he haue
put his hande vnto his neighbours
goods.
9 For all maner of trespasse, whether
it be for oxe, for asse, for sheepe, for rai-
ment, or for any maner of lost thing,
which another challengeth to be his : the
cause of both parties shall come before
the ludges , and whome the ludges
shall condemne, he shall pay double vn
to his neighbour.
10 If a man deliuer vnto his neigh-
bour an asse, or an oxe, or a sheepe, or
any beast to keepe, and it die, or be hurt,
or driuen away, no man seeing it,
11 Then shall an othe of the Lord
be betweene them both, that hee hath
not put his hand vnto his neighbours
goods : and the owner of it shall accept
thereof, and he shall not make it good.
12 And * if it be stollen from him, he
shall make restitution vnto the owner
thereof.
13 If
Or, goate.
'2. Sam. 12,
•Gene. 31.
Diners lawes,
Chap.xxiij.
and ordinances,
• Deut. 22.
28.
t Heb. weigh
I* Deut. 13.
13, 14, 15.
l.mac. 2. 24
* Leuit. 10.
33.
' Zac. 7. 10.
• Leuit. 25.
37. deut. 23
19. psal. 15.
5.
' Acts 23. 5
Or, Judges
t Heb. thy
fulnesse.
\Heb. Teare
" Chap. 13.
2, 12. & 34.
19.
• Leuit 22.
8. ezek. 44.
31.
13 If it be tome in pieces, then let him
bring '\tjbr witnesse, and hee shall not
make good that which was tome.
14 IT And if a man borrowe ought
of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die,
the owner thereof being not with it, he
shall surely make it good.
15 But if the owner thereof be with
it, he shall not make it good : If it bee
an hired thing, it came for his hire.
16 IT And * if a man entice a maide
that is not betrothed, and lie with her,
he shall surely endow her to be his wife.
17 If her father vtterly refuse to
giue her vnto him, he shall tpay money
according to the dowrie of virgins.
18 H Thou shalt not suffer a witch
to Hue.
19 f Whosoeuer lieth with a beast,
shall surely be put to death.
20 If * Hee that sacrificeth vnto any
god saue vnto the Lokd onely, hee
shall be vtterly destroyed.
21 H * Thou shalt neither vexe a
stranger, nor oppresse him : for ye were
strangers in the land of Egypt.
22 f * Yee shall not afflict any wi-
dow, or fatherlesse child.
23 If thou afflict them in any wise,
and they crie at all vnto mee , I will
surely heare their crie.
24 And my wrath shall waxe bote,
and I will kill you with the sword :
and your wiues shall be widowes, and
your children fatherlesse.
25 H * If thou lend money to any of
my people that is poore by thee, thou
shalt not be to him as an vsurer, neither
shalt thou lay vpon him vsurie.
26 If thou at all take thy neighbors
raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliuer it
vnto him by that the sun goeth downe.
27 For that is his couering onely, it
is his raiment for his skinne : wherein
shal he sleepe ? and it shal come to passe,
when he crieth vnto mee , that I will
heare : for I am gracious.
28 f * Thou shalt not reuile the
Gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
29 f Thou shalt not delay to offer
the t first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy
t liquors: *the first borne of thy sonnes
shalt thou giue vnto me.
30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine
oxen, and with thy sheepe : seuen dayes
it shall be with his damme, on the eight
day thou shalt giue it me.
31 f And ye shall be holy men vnto
me : *neither shall ye eate any flesh that
iudge-
is tome of beasts in the field : yee shall
cast it to the dogs.
CHAP. XXIII.
I Of slander and false witnesse. 3.6 Of iustice.
4 Of charitablenesse. 10 Of the yeere of
rest. 12 Of tlie Sabbath. 13 Of idolatrie.
- 14 Of the three feasts. 18 Of the blood
and the fat of the sacrifice. 20 An Angel is
promised, with a blessing, if they obey him,
Houshalt not ||raise a false
report: put not thine hand
with the wicked to bee an
vnrighteous witnesse.
2 IT Thou shalt not
follow a multitude to doe euill : neither
shalt thou tspeake in a cause, to decline
after many, to wrest iudgement :
3 II Neither shalt thou countenance
a poore man in his cause.
4 H If thou meete thine enemies
oxe or his asse going astray, thou shalt
surely bring it backe to him againe.
5 * If thou see the asse of him that
hateth thee, lying vnder his burden,
II and wouldest forbeare to helpe him,
thou shalt surely helpe with him.
6 Thou shalt not wrest the
ment of thy poore in his cause.
7 Keepe thee farre from a false mat-
ter : and the innocent and righteous
slay thou not : for I will not iustifie the
wicked.
8 IF And * thou shalt take no gift :
for the gift blindeth tthe wise, and per-
uerteth the words of the righteous.
9 ^ Also thou shalt not oppresse a
stranger : for yee know the t heart of a
stranger, seeing yee were strangers in
the land of Egypt.
10 And *sixe yeres thou shalt sow thy
land, and shalt gather in the fiiiites
thereof:
11 But the seuenth yeere thou shalt
let it rest, and lie still, that the poore of
thy people may eate , and what they
leaue, the beasts of the field shall eate.
In like maner thou shalt deale with
thy vineyard, and with thy Ijoliue yard.
12 * Sixe dayes thou shalt doe thy
worke, and on the seuenth day thou
shalt rest: that thine oxe and thine asse
may rest , and the sonne of thy hand-
mayd, h the stranger may be refreshed.
13 And in all things that I haue said
vnto you, be circumspect: and make no
mention of the names of other gods,
neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
L 2 14 IT * Three
t Heb. an-
swere.
I Or, receiue
Deu. 22. 4
Or, wilt
thou cease to
helpe him ?
or, <^ woul~
(lest cease to
leaue thy
businesse
for him:
thou shalt
surely leaue
it to loyne
with htm.
Deut. 16.
19. ecclus.
21). 28.
t Hebr. the
seeing.
t Heb. soule.
' Leuit. 25.
3.
Or,oliue
trees.
Chap. 20.
8. deut. 5.
13. luke 13.
14.
Three folemne feafts.
Exodus.
Gods promife.
Deut. 16.
16.
• Chap. 13.
S. & 34. 18.
• Deut. 16.
16. ecclus.
35. 4.
Or, feast.
Chap. 34.
26. deut. 14
22.
• Chap. 33.
2.
Or, / wUl
afflict them
that ajlict
thee.
• Chap. 33.
2.
■ losh. 24.
11.
• Deut. 7.
2S.
" Deut.
14.
14 IT * Three times thou shalt keepe
a feast vnto me in the yeere.
15 * Thou shalt keepe the feast of vn-
leauened bread : thou shalt eate vnlea-
uened bread seuen daies, as I comman-
ded thee in the time appointed of the
moneth Abib : for in it thou earnest out
from Egypt : * and none shall appeare
before me emptie :
16 And the feast of haniest, the first
fruits of thy labours, which thou hast
sowen in the field : and the feast of inga-
thering which is in the end of the yeere,
when thou hast gathered in thy la
hours out of the field.
17 Three times in the yeere all thy
males shall appeare before the Lord
God.
18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of
my sacrifice with leauened bread , nei-
ther shall the fat of my || sacrifice re-
maine vntill the morning.
19 * The first of the first fruits of thy
land thou shalt bring into the house of
the Lord thy God : thou shalt not
seethe a kid in his mothers milke.
20 f * Behold, I send an Angel be-
fore thee to keepe thee in the way, and to
bring thee into the place which I haue
prepared.
21 Beware of him , and obey his
voice, prouoke him not : for he will not
pardon your transgressions : for my
name is in him.
22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his
voice, and doe all that I speake, then
I wil be an enemie vnto thine enemies,
and 1 1 an aduersarie vnto thine aduersa-
ries.
23 *For mine Angel shall goe before
thee, and * bring thee in vnto the Amo-
rites, and the Hittites, and the Periz-
zites, and the Canaanites, the Hiuites,
and the lebusites : and I will cut
them off.
24 Thou shalt not bow downe to
their gods, nor seme them, nor doe after
their workes: *but thou shalt vtterly
ouerthrowe them , and quite breake
downe their images.
25 And yee shall serue the Lord
your God, and he shall blesse thy bread,
and thy water : and I will take sicknes
away from the midst of thee.
26 f * There shall nothing cast their
yong, nor bee barren in thy land : the
number of thy dayes I will fulfill.
27 I will send my feare before thee,
and will destroy all the people to whom
• losh. 24.
12.
thou shalt come , and I will make all
thine enemies turne their tbackes vnto t He*. ««;*«.
thee.
28 And *I will send hornets before
thee, which shall driue out the Hiuite,
the Canaanite, and the Hittite from be-
fore thee.
29 I will not driue them out from
before thee in one yeere, lest the land be-
come desolate, and the beast of the field
multiply against thee.
30 By little and little I will driue
them out from before thee, vntill thou
be increased and inherit the land.
31 And I will set thy bounds from
the Red sea , euen vnto the sea of the
Philistines , and from the desert vnto
the riuer : for I wiU deliuer the inhabi-
tants of the land into your hand : and
thou shalt driue them out before thee
32 * Thou shalt make no couenant
with them, nor with their gods.
33 They shall not dwell in thy land,
lest they make thee sinne against me: for
if thou serue their gods, * it will surely
be a snare vnto thee.
• Chap. 34.
15. deut. 7-
2.
* Deut. 7.
IS. iosh. 23.
13. iudg. 2.
3.
CHAP. XXIIII.
1 Moses is called vp into the Mountaine. 3 The
people promise obedience. 4 Moses buil-
deth an Altar, and twelue pillars. 6 Hee
sprinkleth the blood of the Couenant. 9 The
glory of God appeareth. 14 Aaron and
Hur haue the charge of the people. 15 Mo-
ses goeth into the Mountaine, where he con-
tinueth 40.dayes,and 40.nights.
Nd hee said vnto Moses,
Come vp vnto ;y Lord
thou, and Aaron, Nadab
and Abihu , and seuentie
^_ the Elders of Israel:
and worship ye a farre off.
2 And Moses alone shall come
neere the Lord : but they shall not
come nigh, neither shall the people goe
vp with him.
3 IT And Moses came and told the
people all the words of the Lord,
and all the iudgements : and all the peo-
ple answered with one voyce, and said,
*A11 the words which the Lord hath
said, will we doe.
4 And Moses wrote all the words
of the Lord, and rose vp early in the
morning, and builded an Altar vnder
the hill, and twelue pillars, according to
the twelue tribes of Israel.
5 And he sent yong men of the chil-
dren
• Chap. 19.
8. and 24.
3, 7. deut. 5.
27.
The people promife. Chap.xxv.
Free offerings.
* Verse 3.
I. Pet. 1.
2. hebr. 9.
20.
Chap. 34.
28. deut. 9.
dren of Israel , which offered burnt
offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings
of oxen, vnto the Lord.
6 And Moses tooke halfe of the
blood, and put it in basons, and halfe of
the blood he sprinkled on the Altar.
7 And he tooke the booke of the co-
uenant, and read in the audience of the
people : and they saide , * All that the
Lord hath said, will we doe, and be
obedient.
8 And Moses tooke the blood and
sprinkled it on the people, and said. Be-
hold * the blood of the Couenant which
the Lord hath made with you, con-
cerning all these words.
9 H Then went vp Moses and Aa
ron, Nadab and Abihu, and seuenty of
the Elders of Israel :
10 And they saw the God of Israel :
and there was vnder his feet, as it were
a paued worke of a Saphire stone, and
as it were the body of heauen in his
clearenesse.
1 1 And vpon the Nobles of the chil-
dren of Israel he layd not his hand: al-
so they saw God, and did eate and
drinke.
12 IT And the Lord sayd vnto
Moses, Come vp to me into the mount
and be there, and I will giue thee Ta-
bles of stone , and a Law , and Com-
mandements which I haue written
that thou mayest teach them.
13 And Moses rose vp , and his mi
nister loshua : and Moses went vp in-
to the mount of God.
14 And hee saide vnto the Elders,
Tary ye here for vs, vntill wee come a
gaine vnto you : and behold, Aaron
and Hur are with you : If any man
haue any matters to doe, let him come
vnto them.
15 And Moses went vp into the
Mount , and a cloud couered the
Mount.
16 And the glory of the Lord a-
bode vpon mount Sinai, and the cloud
couered it sixe dayes : and the seuenth
day hee called vnto Moses out of the
midst of the cloud.
17 And the sight of the glory of the
Lord was like deuouring fire, on the
top of the mount, in the eyes of the chil-
dren of Israel.
18 And Moses went into the midst
of the cloud, and gate him vp into the
mount : and * Moses was in the mount
forty dayes, and forty nights.
CHAP. XXV.
1 What the Israelites must ofFer for the making
of the Tabernacle. 10 The forme of the
Arke. 17 The Mercy-seat, with the Che-
rubims. 23 The table, with the furniture
thereof. 31 The candlesticke, with the in-
struments thereof.
Nd the Lord spake vn-
to Moses, saying,
2 Speake vnto the chil-
dren of Israel , that they
tbring me an ||offering: •of
euery man that giueth it willingly with
his heart, ye shall take my offering.
3 And this is the offering which ye
shall take of them; Gold, and siluer, and
brasse,
4 And blew, and purple, and scar-
let, and fine ||linnen, and goats haire:
5 And rammes skinnes died red,
and badgers skinnes , and Shittim
wood :
6 Oile for the light, spices for anoin-
ting oile, and for sweet incense :
7 Onix stones, and stones to be set
in the *Ephod, and in the *brest plate.
8 And let them make mee a San-
ctuary, that I may dwell amongst
them :
9 According to all that I shew thee,
after the patterne of the Tabernacle,
and the patterne of all the instruments
thereof, euen so shall ye make i(.
10 IT * And they shall make an Arke
of Shittim wood : two cubites and {
halfe shalbe the length thereof, and a cu-
bite and an halfe the breadth thereof,
and a cubite & a halfe the height thereof.
11 And thou shalt ouerlay it with
pure gold, within and without shalt
thou ouerlay it : and shalt make vpon
it a crowne of gold round about.
12 And thou shalt cast foure rings of
gold for it, and put them in the foure
corners thereof, and two rings sJial be in
the one side of it, and two rings in the o-
ther side of it.
13 And thou shalt make staues of
Shittim wood, and ouerlay them with
gold.
14 And thou shalt put the staues in-
to the rings , by the sides of the Arke,
that the Arke may be borne with them.
15 The staues shall be in the rings of
the Arke: they shal not be taken from it.
16 And thou shalt put into the Arke
the Testimonie which I shall giue
thee.
17 And
t Hebr. take
for me.
I Or, heaue
offering.
• Chap. 3*.
5.
Or,sUke.
' Chap. 28.
4.
* Chap. 28.
15.
' Chap. 37.
The Mercieieat,
Exodus.
and Candlefticke.
Ot,o/the
matter of
the Mercie
seate.
' Numb. 7.
" Chap. 37.
10.
I Or, to
powremtt
withall.
17 And thou shalt make a Mercie-I
seat of pure gold : two cubites and a
halfe shalbe the length thereof, and a cu-
bite and a halfe the breadth thereof
18 And thou shalt make two Cheru-
bims of gold ; of beaten worke shalt
thou make them, in the two endes of
the Mercie-seat.
19 And make one Cherub on the one
end, and the other Cherub on the other
end: eiien ||of the Mercie-seat shall yee
make the Cherubims, on the two ends
thereof.
20 And the Cherubims shall stretch
forth their wings on high, couering the
Mercie-seat with their wings , and
their faces shall looke one to another: to-
toward the Mercie-seat shall the faces
of the Cherubims be.
21 And thou shalt put the Mercie
seat aboue vpon the Arke , and in the
Arke thou shalt put the Testimonie
that I shall giue thee.
22 And there I wil meet with thee,
and I will commune with thee , from
aboue the Mercie-seat, from *betweene
the two Cherubims which are vpon
the Arke of the Testimonie , of all
things which I will giue thee in com-
maundement vnto the children of Is-
rael.
23 H * Thou shalt also make a table
of Shittim wood : two cubites shall bee
the length thereof, and a cubite the
bredth thereof, and a cubite and a halfe
the height thereof
24. And thou shalt ouerlay it with
pure gold , and make thereto a crowne
of gold round about.
25 And thou shalt make vnto it a
border of an hand bredth round about,
and thou shalt make a golden crowne
to the border thereof round about.
26 And thou shalt make for it foure
rings of gold, and put the rings in the
foure corners that are on the foure feete
thereof.
27 Ouer against the border shall the
rings be for places of the staues to beare
the table.
28 And thou shalt make the staues
of Shittim wood , and ouerlay them
with gold, that the table may be borne
with them.
29 And thou shalt make the dishes
thereof, and spoones therof, and couers
thereof, and bowles thereof, ||to couer
withall : of pure gold shalt thou make
them.
30 And thou shalt set vpon the Ta-
ble Shew -bread before me alway.
31 H * And thou shalt make a Can-
dlesticke of pure gold : of beaten worke
shall the candlesticke bee made ; his
shaft and his branches, his bowles, his
knops , and his flowers shall be of the
same.
32 And sixe branches shall come out
of the sides of it : three branches of the
candlesticke outoftheoneside,and three
branches of the candlesticke out of the
other side :
33 Three bowles made like vnto al-
monds , with a knop and a flower in
one branch : and three bowles made like
almonds in the other branch , with a
knop and a flower : so in the sixe bran
ches that come out of the candlesticke.
34 And in the candlesticke shall bee
foure bowles made like vnto almonds,
with their knops and their flowers.
35 And there shal be a knop vnder two
branches of the same, and a knop vnder
two branches of the same, and a knop
vnder two branches of the same, accor-
ding to the sixe branches that proceede
out of the candlesticke.
36 Their knops and their branches
shall be of the same: all it shall bee one
beaten worke of pure gold.
37 And thou shalt make the seuen
lamps thereof: and they shall || light the
lampes thereof, that they may giue
light ouer against tit.
38 And the tongs thereof, and the
snufi^e dishes therof shalbe of pure gold.
39 Of a talent of pure gold shall hee
make it, with all these vessels.
40 And * looke that thou make them
after their patterne, t which was shew-
ed thee in the mount.
CHAP. XXVI.
1 The ten curtaines of the Tabernacle. 7 The
eleuen curtaines of goats haire. 14 The co-
uering of Rammes skinnes. 15 The boards
of the Tabernacle, with their sockets and
barres. 31 The Vaile for the Arke. 36 The
hanging for the doore.
Oreouer thou shalt make
the Tabernacle with ten
curtaines of flne twined
linnen, and blew, and pur-
^^_ pie, and scarlet: with Che-
rubims ~oF~t cunning worke shalt thou
make them.
2 The length of one curtaine shalbe
eight
Chap. 37.
17.
II Or, cause
to ascend.
t Heb. the
face of it.
* Acts 7. 44
heb. 8. 5.
t Heb. which
thou wast
caused to
t Heb. the
worke of a
cunning
zcorkeman
or Embro-
derer.
The 1 abernacle
Chap.xxvj.
and appertinances.
Or,cmie-
ring.
t Heb. in the
remainder
or surplusage
eight and twenty cubits, and the bredth
of one curtaine, foure cubits: and euery
one of the curtaines shall haue one mea-
sure.
3 The fiue curtaines shalbe coupled
together one to another: n.ndi otiier fiue
curtaines sJialbe coupled one to another.
4 And thou shalt make loopes of
blew vpon the edge of the one curtaine,
from the seluedge in the coupling, and
likewise shalt thou make in the vtter-
most edge of ano^Aer curtaine, in thecou-
pling of the second.
5 Fiftie loopes shalt thou make in
the one curtaine, and fiftie loopes shalt
thou make in the edge of the curtaine,
that is in the coupling of the second,
that the loopes may take hold one of a-
nother.
6 And thou shalt make fiftie taches
of gold, and couple the curtaines toge-
ther with the taches: and it shall be one
tabernacle.
7 IT And thou shalt make curtaines
of goats haire, to be a couering vpon the
tabernacle : eleuen curtaines shalt thou
make.
8 The length of one curtaine shalbe
thirtie cubites , and the bredth of one
curtaine foure cubites : and the eleuen
shalbe all of one measure.
9 And thou shalt couple fiue cur-
taines by themselues, and sixe curtaines
by themselues, and shalt double the sixt
curtaine in the forefront of the taber-
nacle.
10 And thou shalt make fiftie loopes
on the edge of the one curtaine, that is
outmost in the coupling , and fiftie
loopes in the edge of the curtaine which
coupleth the second.
11 And thou shalt make fiftie taches
of brasse , and put the taches into the
loopes, and couple the ||tent together,
that it may be one.
12 And the remnant that remaineth
of the curtaines of the tent , the halfe
curtaine that remaineth shall hang o-
uer the backe side of the tabernacle.
13 And a cubite on the one side, and a
cubite on the other side +of that which
remaineth in the length of the cur-
taines of the tent, it shall hang ouer the
sides of the tabernacle, on this side, and
on that side to couer it.
14 And thou shalt make a couering
for the tent of rammes skinnes died
red, and a couering aboue of badgers
skinnes.
15 II And thou shalt make boardsj
for the Tabernacle of Shittim wood
standing vp.
16 Ten cubits shall be the length of
a board, and a cubite and an halfe shall
be the breadth of one board.
17 Two t tenons shall tJiere be in one
board set in order one against another
thus shalt thou make for all the boards
of the Tabernacle.
18 And thou shalt make the boards
for the Tabernacle, twentie boards on
the Southside Southward.
19 And thou shalt make fourtie soc-
kets of siluer, vnder the twenty boards :
two sockets vnder one board for his
two tenons , and two sockets vnder
another board for his two tenons.
20 And for the second side of the Ta-
bernacle on the Northside there shall bee
twentie boards,
21 And their fourtie sockets of siluer
two sockets vnder one board, and two
sockets vnder another board.
22 And for the sides of the Taber-
nacle Westward thou shalt make sixe
boards.
23 And two boards shalt thou make
for the corners of the tabernacle in the
two sides.
24 And they shall be tcoupled toge
ther beneath, and they shall be coupled
together aboue the head of it vnto one
ring : thus shall it bee for them both ;
they shall be for the two corners.
25 And they shall be eight boards,
and their sockets of siluer sixteene soc-
kets: two sockets vnder one board, and
two sockets vnder another board.
26 f And thou shalt make barres of
Shittim wood : fiue for the boards of
the one side of the Tabernacle,
27 And fiue barres for the boards of
the other side of the Tabernacle, and
fiue barres for the boards of the side of
the Tabernacle for the two sides West-
ward.
28 And the middle barre in the mids
of the boards, shall reach from ende to
ende.
29 And thou shalt ouerlay the boards
with gold , and make their rings of
gold for places for the barres: and thou
shalt ouerlay the barres with gold.
30 And thou shalt reare vp the Ta-
bernacle * according to the fashion ther-
of, which was shewed thee in the
mount.
31 IT And thou shalt make a Vaile of
blew.
fHeb.handt
t Heb. twin-
ned.
Chap. 25
9,40.
acts 7. 44.
heb. 8. s.
©
The Altar of
Exodus.
burnt offering.
blew, and purjjle, and scarlet, and fine
twined linnen of cunning worke : with
Cherubims shall it be made.
32 And thou shalt hang it vpon
foure pillars of Shittim wood, ouer-
layd with gold : their hookes shalbe of
gold, vpon the foure sockets of siluer.
33 H And thou shalt hang vp the
Vaile vnder the taches, that thou maist
bring in thither within the Vaile, the
Arke of the Testimony: and the Vaile
shall diuide vnto you, betweene the ho-
ly place and the most holy.
34 And thou shalt put the Mercie
seat vpon the Arke of the Testimony
in the most holy place.
35 And thou shalt set the table with-
out the Vaile, and the candlesticke ouer
against the table, on the side of the Ta-
bernacle toward the South : and thou
shalt put the table on the North side.
36 And thou shalt make an Hanging
for the doore of the Tent, of blew, and
purjile and scarlet, and fine twined lin-
nen, wrought with needle worke.
37 And thou shalt make for the
Hanging fiue pillars of Shittim wood,
and ouerlay them with gold, and their
hookes shalbe of gold : and thou shalt
cast fiue sockets of brasse for them.
CHAP. XXVII.
1 The Altar of burnt oflfering, with the ves-
sels thereof. 9 The Court of the Taber-
nacle inclosed with hangings and pillars.
18 The measure of the Court. 20 The
oile for the lampe.
Nd thou shalt make an
Altar of Shittim wood,
fiue cubits long , and fiue
cubites broad : the Altar
shall be foure square , and
the height thereof shalbe three cubits.
2 And thou shalt make the homes
of it vpon the foure corners thereof: his
homes shall be of the same : and thou
shalt ouerlay it with brasse.
3 And thou shalt make his pannes
to receiue his ashes , and his shouels
and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and
his firepannes : all the vessels thereof
thou shalt make of brasse.
4 And thou shalt make for it a grate
of networke of brasse; and vpon the net
shalt thou make foure brasen rings in
the foure corners thereof.
5 And thou shalt put it vnder the
compasse of the Altar beneath, that the
net may bee euen to the midst of the
Altar.
6 And thou shalt make staues for
the Altar, staues of Shittim wood, and
ouerlay them with brasse.
7 And the staues shalbe put into the
rings, and the staues shall be vpon the
two sides of the Altar, to beare it.
8 Hollow with boards shalt thou
make it : as tit was shewed thee in the
mount, so shall they make it.
9 U And thou shalt make the Court
of the Tabernacle for the Southside,
Southward : there shall be hangings
for the Court, of fine twined linnen of
an hundred cubits long, for one side.
10 And the twenty pillars thereof,
and their twenty sockets , sliall be of
brasse : the hookes of the pillars , and
their fillets shalbe of siluer.
11 And likewise for the Northside in
length , there shall be hangings of an
hundred cubits long, and his twenty
pillars , and their twenty sockets of
brasse : the hookes of the pillars , and
their fillets of siluer.
12 IT And for the breadth of the
Court, on the Westside shalbe hangings
of fifty cubits : their pillars tenne, and
their sockets ten.
13 And the breadth of the Court on
the Eastside Eastward, shall bee fiftie
cubits.
14 The hangings of one side of the
gate shalbe fifteene cubits : their pillars
three, and their sockets three.
15 And on the other side shalbe hang-
ings, fifteene cubits: their pillars three,
and their sockets three.
16 ^ And for the gate of the Court
shall be an hanging of twenty cubits of
blew, and purple, and scarlet, and fine
twined linnen, wrought with needle
worke : and their pillars shall be foure,
and their sockets foure.
17 All the pillars round about the
Court shalbe filletted with siluer : their
hookes shalbe of siluer, and their sockets
of brasse.
18 f The length of the Court shalbe
an hundred cubits, and the breadth t fif-
tie euery where, and the height fiue cu-
bits of fine twined linnen, and their soc-
kets of brasse.
19 All the vessels of the Tabernacle
in all the seruice thereof, and all the
pinnes thereof, and all the pinnes of
the Court, shalbe of brasse.
20 f And thou shalt command the
children
t Hebr. he
shewed.
t Helir. fifty
hy fiftie.
Aarons garments,
Chap.xxviij.
and his fonnes.
t Hebr. to
ascend vp.
Or, Imbroi-
(iered.
children of Israel, that they bring thee
pure oyle Oliue beaten, for the light, to
cause the lampe tto burne alwayes.
21 In the Tabernacle of the Con-
gregation without the Vaile, which is
before the Testimony, Aaron and his
sonnes shall order it from euening to
morning before the Lord : It shall
be a statute for euer, vnto their genera-
tions, on the behalfe of the children of
Israel.
CHAP. XXVIII.
r Aaron and his sonnes are set apart for the
Priests office. 2 Holy garments are appoin-
ted. 6 The Ephod. 15 The breastplate,
with twelue precious stones. 30 The Vrim
and Thummun. 31 The robe of the Ephod,
with pomegranates and belles. 36 The
plate of the Miter. 39 The imbroidered
coate. 40 The garments for Aarons sonnes.
Nd take thou vnto thee
Aaron thy brother, and
his sonnes with him,
from among the children
of Israel, that he may mi-
nister vnto me in the Priests office, etien
Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar,
and Ithamar, Aarons sonnes.
2 And thou shalt make holy gar-
ments for Aaron thy brother, for glory
and for beauty.
3 And thou shalt speake vnto all
that are wise hearted , whom I haue
filled with the spirit of wisedome, that
they may make Aarons garments to
consecrate him , that hee may minister
vnto me in the Priests office.
4 And these are the garments which
they shall make ; a breastplate, and an
Ephod , and a robe , and a broidered
coat, a Miter, and a girdle : and they
shall make holy garments for Aaron
thy brother, and his sonnes, that hee
may minister vnto mee in the Priestes
office.
5 And they shall take gold , and
blew, and purple, and scarlet, and fine
linnen.
6 H And they shall make the Ephod
of gold, of blew and of purple, of scarlet,
and fine twined linnen, with cunning
worke.
7 It shall haue the two shoulder
pieces thereof, ioyned at the two edges
thereof; and so it shall bee ioyned to-
gether.
8 And the || curious girdle of the E
phod which is vpon it, shall bee of the
same , according to the worke thereof,
euen of gold, of blew, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linnen.
9 And thou shalt take two Onix
stones, and graue on them the names of
the children of Israel :
. 10 Sixe of their names on one stone,
and the other sixe names of the rest on
the other stone, according to their birth
1 1 * With the worke of an engrauer
in stone; like the engrauings of a signet
shalt thou engraue the two stones,
with the names of the children of Is-
rael; thou shalt make them to be set in
ouches of gold.
12 And thou shalt put the two stones
vpon the shoulders of the Ephod, for
stones of memoriall vnto the children
of Israel. And Aaron shall beare their
names before the Lokd, vpon his
two shoulders for a memoriall.
13 H And thou shalt make ouches
of gold ;
14 And two chaines of pure gold at
the ends; of wreathen worke shalt thou
make them , and fasten the wreathen
chaines to the ouches.
15 H And thou shalt make the brest-
plate of ludgement , with cunning
worke, after the worke of the Ephod
thou shalt make it: of gold, of blew, and
of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twi-
ned linnen shalt thou make it.
16 Foure square it shall be being dou-
bled; a spanne shalbe the length thereof,
and a span shalbe the breadth thereof.
17 And thou shalt tset in it settings
of stones ; cuen foure rowes of stones :
the first row shalbe a |{ Sardius, a Topaz,
and a Carbuncle : this shall be the first
row.
18 And the second row shall be an E-
meraude, a Saphir, and a Diamond.
19 And the third row a Lygure , an
Agate, and an Amethist.
20 And the fourth row, a Berill, and
an Onix, and a lasper : they shalbe set
in gold in their tinclosings.
21 And the stones shall bee with the
names of the children of Israel, twelue,
according to their names, like the engra-
uings of a signet : euery one with his
name shall they bee according to the
twelue tribes.
J2 H And thou shalt make vpon the
brestplate chaines at the ends, of wrea-
then worke, of pure gold.
23 And thou shalt make vpon the
M brest-
• Wisd. 18.
24.
t Hebr. fill in
it fillings of
stone.
Or, Ruby.
\ Hcbr.fil.
lings.
I
Aarons garments,
Exod
us.
and his sonnes.
Or,tkirU.
Eccliu.
4«. 10.
brestplate two rings of gold, and shall
put tne two rings on the two endes of
the brestplate.
24 And thou shalt put the two
wreathen chaines of gold in the two
rings, which are on the ends of the brest-
plate.
25 And the other two endes of the
two wreathen chaines, thou shalt fasten
in the two ouches, and put them on the
shoulder pieces of the Ephod before it.
26 H And thou shalt make two rings
of gold, and thou shalt put them vpon
the two ends of the breastplate, in the
border thereof, which is in the side of
the Ephod inward.
27 And two other rings of gold thou
shalt make, and shalt put them on the
two sides of the Ephod vnderneath to-
wards the forepart thereof, ouer a
gainst tfie other coupling thereof, aboue
the curious girdle of the Ephod.
28 And they shall bind the brestplate
by the rings thereof, vnto the rings of
the Ephod with a lace of blewe, that it
may be aboue the curious girdle of the
Ephod, and that the breastplate be not
loosed from the Ephod.
29 And Aaron shal beare the names
of the children of Israel in the breast-
plate of iudgement , vpon his heart,
when bee goeth in vnto the holy place,
for a memoriall before the Lord con-
tinually.
30 f And thou shalt put in the breast-
plate of iudgement, the Vrim and the
Thummim , and they shall bee vpon
Aarons heart, when he goeth in before
the Lord: and Aaron shall beare
the iudgement of the children of Israel
vpon his heart, before the Lord con-
tinually.
31 IT And thou shalt make the robe
of the Ephod all of blew.
32 And there shall bee an hole in the
top of it , in the mids thereof: it shall
haue a binding of wouen worke, round
about the hole of it, as it were the hole
of an habergeon, that it be not rent.
33 IT And beneath vpon the ||hemme
of it thou shalt make pomegranates of
blew , and of purple , and of scarlet,
round about the hemme thereof, and
belles of gold betweene them round a-
bout.
34 A golden bell and a pomegranate,
a golden bell and a pomegranate, vpon
the hemme of the robe round about.
35 * And it shall be vpon Aaron, to
minister : and his sound shall be heard
when he goeth in vnto the holy place be-
fore the Lord, and when he commeth
out, that he die not.
36 IF And thou shalt make a plate of
pure gold, and graue vpon it, like the en-
grauings of a signet, HO LINES
TO THE LORD.
37 And thou shalt put it on a blewe
lace, that it may be vpon the miter; vp-
on the forefront of the miter it shall be.
38 And it shall be vpon Aarons fore-
head, that Aaron may beare the iniqui-
tie of the holy things, which the chil-
dren of Israel shall hallow, in all their
holy gifts: and it shall be alwayes vpon
his forehead, that they may be accepted
before the Lord.
39 IT And thou shalt embroider the
coat of fine linnen, and thou shalt make
the miter of fine linnen, and thou shalt
make the girdle of needle worke.
40 H And for Aarons sonnes thou
shalt make coats, and thou shalt make
for them girdles , and bonnets shalt
thou make for them, for glory and for
beautie.
41 And thou shalt put them vpon
Aaron thy brother, and his sonnes
with him: and shalt annoint them, and
tconsecrate them, and sanctifie them,
that they may minister vnto mee in the
Priests office.
42 And thou shalt make them lin-
nen breeches, to couer t their nakednes,
from the loines euen vnto the thighes
they shall treach.
43 And they shall be vpon Aaron,
& vpon his sonnes, when they come in
vnto the Tabernacle of the Congrega-
tion, or when they come neere vnto the
Altar to minister in the holy place, that
they beare not iniquitie, and die. It shall
be a statute for euer vnto him and his
seede after him.
CHAP. XXIX.
1 The sacrifice and ceremonies of consecrating
the Priests. 38 The continuall burnt offe-
ring. 45 Gods promise to dwell among
the children of Israel.
Nd this is the thing that
thou shalt doe vnto them,
to hallow them, to mini-
ster vnto me in the Priests
office : * Take one yong
buUocke , and two rammes without
blemish,
2 And vnleauened bread, and cakes
vnlea-
i Heb.flU
their hand.
t Heb. flesh
(^ their na-
kednesses
t Heb. bee.
' Leuit. 9. 2
The confecration
Chap
.XXIX.
of the Priefts.
• Chap. 30.
25.
t Heb. bind.
\ Heb.jm
the ham of.
Chap. 28.
41.
Leuit. 1.4
' Leuit. 3. 3
It seemeth
by Anatomi/j
and the He-
brewe Do-
ctours^ to he
the midriffe.
vnleauened, tempered with oyle, and
wafers vnleauened , annointed with
oile : of wheaten flowre shalt thou
make them.
3 And thou shalt put them into one
basket, and bring them in the basket,
with the bullocke and the two rammes.
4 And Aaron and his sonnes thou
shalt bring vnto the doore of the Taber-
nacle of the Congregation , and shalt
wash them with water.
5 And thou shalt take the garments,
and put vpon Aaron the coat, and the
robe of the Ephod, and the Ephod, and
the brestplate, and gird him with the cu-
rious girdle of the Ephod.
6 And thou shalt put the Miter vp-
on his head, and put the holy Crowne
vpon the Miter.
7 Then shalt thou take the annoin-
ting * oyle, and powre it vpon his head,
and annoint him.
8 And thou shalt bring his sonnes,
and put coats vpon them.
9 And thou shalt gird them with
girdles, (Aaron and his sonnes) and
tput the bonnets on them : and the
priests office shall be theirs for a perpe-
tuall statute: and thou shalt t* conse-
crate Aaron and his sonnes.
10 And thou shalt cause a bullocke to
bee brought before the Tabernacle of
the Congregation : and * Aaron and
his sonnes shall put their hands vpon
the head of the bullocke.
11 And thou shalt kill the bullocke be-
fore the Lord, by the doore of the
Tabernacle of the Congregation.
12 And thou shalt take of the blood
of the bullocke , and put it vpon the
homes of the altar with thy finger, and
powre all the blood beside the bottome
of the Altar.
13 And *thou shalt take all the fat
that couereth the inwards, and ||the
caule that is aboue the liuer, and the two
kidneis, and the fat that is vpon them,
and burne them vpon the altar.
14 But the flesh of the bullocke, and
his skinne, and his doung shalt thou
burne with fire without the campe, it is
a sinne offering.
15 H Thou shalt also take one ram,
and Aaron and his sonnes shall put
their hands vpon the head of the ram
16 And thou shalt slay the ramme,
and thou shalt take his blood, and sprin-
kle it round about vpon the altar.
17 And thou shalt cut the ramme in
pieces, and wash the inwards of him,
and his legs, and put tJiem vnto his pie-
ces, and II vnto his head. i Or, vpon.
18 And thou shalt burne the whole
ramme vpon the Altar: it is a burnt of-
fering vnto the Lord : It i« a sweet
sauour , an offering made by fire vnto
the Lord.
19 If And thou shalt take the other
ramme : and Aaron and his sonnes
shall put their hands vpon the head of
the ramme.
20 Then shalt thou kill the ramme,
and take of his blood, and put it vpon
the tip of the right eare of Aaron , and
vpon the tip of the right eare of his
sonnes, and vpon the thumbe of their
right hand, and vpon the great toe of
their right foot, and sprinckle the blood
vpon the Altar round about.
21 And thou shalt take of the blood
that is vpon the Altar, and of the anoin
ting oyle, and sprinkle it vpon Aaron,
and vpon his garments, and vpon his
sonnes, and vpon the garments of his
sonnes with him : and hee shall be hal
lowed , and his garments , and his
sonnes, and his sonnes garments with
him.
22 Also thou shalt take of the ram
the fat and the rumpe, and the fat that
couereth the inwards, & the caule aboue
the liuer, and the two kidneis, and the
fat that is vpon them , and the right
shoulder, for it is a ram of consecration:
23 And one loafe of bread, and one
cake of oyled bread, and one wafer out
of the basket of the vnleauened bread,
that is before the Lord.
24 And thou shalt put all in the
hands of Aaron, and in the hands of
his sonnes, and shalt ||waue them_^r a
waue-offering before the Lord.
25 And thou shalt receiue them of
their hands, and burne them vpon the
Altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet
sauour before the Lord : it is an offe-
ring made by fire vnto the Lord.
26 And thou shalt take the brest of
the ramme of Aarons consecrations,
and waue it for a waue-ofFering before
the Lord, and it shalbe thy part.
27 And thou shalt sanctifie the brest
of the waue-offering, and the shoulder
of the heaue offering, which is waned,
and which is heaued vp of the ramme
of the consecration , euen of that which
is for Aaron, and of that which is for his
I Or, shake
to and fro.
sonnes.
M 2
28 And
The confecration
Exodus.
of the Priefts.
t Hebr. He
ofhissonnes.
Leult 8.
31. mattb.
12. 4.
Num. 28.
28 And it shalbe Aarons, and his
sonnes by a statute for euer, from the
children of Israel : for it ii an heaue of-
fering: and it shall be an heaue offering
from the children of Israel, of the sa-
crifice of their peace offrings, euen their
heaue offering vnto the Lord.
29 IT And the holy garments of Aa-
ron shall be his sonnes after him, to bee
anoynted therein, and to be consecrated
in them.
30 And tthat sonne that is Priest in
his stead, shal put them on seuen dayes,
when he commeth into the Tabernacle
of the Congregation to minister in the
holy place.
31 IT And thou shalt take the ramme
of the consecration, and seethe his flesh
in the holy place.
32 And Aaron and his sonnes shall
eate the flesh of the ramme, and the
•bread that is in the basket, by the doore
of the Tabernacle of the Cogregation.
33 And they shall eate those things,
wherewith the atonement was made,
to consecrate and to sanctifie them : but
a stranger shall not eate thereof, because
they are holy.
34 And if ought of the flesh of the
consecrations, or of the bread remaine
vnto the morning, then thou shalt
burne the remainder with fire : it shall
not be eaten, because it is holy.
35 And thus shalt thou doe vnto Aa-
ron, and to his sonnes, according to all
things which I haue commaunded
thee: seuen dayes shalt thou consecrate
them.
36 And thou shalt offer euery day a
buUocke for a sinne offering, for atone-
ment : and thou shalt dense the Altar,
when thou hast made an atonement
for it, and thou shalt anoynt it, to san-
ctifie it.
37 Seuen dayes thou shalt make an
atonement for the Altar, and sanctifie it:
and it shalbe an Altar most holy: what-
soeuer toucheth the Altar, shalbe holy.
38 f Now this is that which thou
shalt offer vpon the Altar; *two lambs
of the first yere, day by day continually
39 The one lambe thou shalt offer
in the morning : and the other lambe
thou shalt offer at euen :
40 And with the one lambe a tenth
deale of flowre mingled with the fourth
part of an Hin of beaten oyle : and the
fourth part of an Hin of wine for a
drinke offering.
41 And the other lambe thou shalt
offer at Euen, and shalt doe thereto, ac-
cording to the meat offering of the mor-
ning , and according to the drinke of-
fering thereof, for a sweet sauour, an
offering made by fire vnto the Lord.
42 This shalbe a continuall burnt of-
fering throughout your generations,
at the doore of the Tabernacle of the
Congregation , before the Lord,
where I wil meete you, to speake there
vnto thee.
43 And there I will meet with the
children of Israel : and \\the Tafjemacle
shalbe sanctified by my glory.
44 And I will sanctifie the Taber-
nacle of the Congregation , and the Al-
tar : I will sanctifie also both Aaron
and his sonnes, to minister to me in the
Priests office.
45 IF And * I will dwell amongst
the children of Israel, and will be their
God.
46 And they shall know that I am
the Lord their God, that brought
them foorth out of the land of Egypt,
that I may dwell amongst them : I
am the Lord their God.
CHAP. XXX.
The Altar of incense. 11 The ransome of
soules. 17 The brasen lauer. 22 The ho-
ly anoynting oyle. 34 The composition
of the perfume.
Nd thou shalt make an
Altar to burne incense vp-
on : of Shittim wood
shalt thou make it.
2 A cubite shall bee the
length thereof, and a cubite the breadth
thereof, (foure square shall it bee) and
two cubits shalbe the height thereof: the
homes thereof shalbe of the same.
3 And thou shalt ouerlay it with
pure gold, the ttop therof, and thetsides
thereof round about , and the homes
thereof: and thou shalt make vnto it a
crowne of gold round about.
4 And two golden rings shalt thou
make to it vnder the crowne of it , by
the two t corners thereof, vpon the two
sides of it shalt thou make it : and they
shalbe for places for the staues to beare
it withall.
5 And thou shalt make the staues
of Shittim wood , and ouerlay them
with gold.
6 And thou shalt put it before the
Vaile,
Or, Israel.
LeuitiSS.
12. 2. cor.
6. 1(>.
t Hebr. the
roo/eandthe
walls.
t Heb. walls.
t Heb. Ribs.
Ranfome of foules.
Chap.
XXX.
Anointing oyle.
t Hehr. in-
cense qfspi'
ees.
Or, setlelh
vp. heb. caw-
seth to as-
cend.
t Heb. be-
tweene the
two euens.
Num. I.
2,5.
t Heh. them
that are to be
tmmbred.
* Leuit. 27.
25. num. 3.
47. ezek.
45. 12.
t Heb. mtU-
iiplie.
t Heb. dimi
ttish.
Vaile, that is by the Arke of the Testi-
monie before the Mercie-seat, that i,i, o-
uer the Testimonie where I will meet
with thee.
7 And Aaron shall bume thereon
t sweet incense euery morning : when he
dresseth the lamps he shal bume incense
vpon it.
8 And when Aaron ||lighteth the
lampes tat euen, he shall bume incense
vpon it, a perpetuall incense before the
Lord, throughout your generati-
ons.
9 Ye shall offer no strange incense
thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meate
offering, neither shall ye powre drinke
offering thereon.
10 And Aaron shall make an atone-
ment vpon the homes of it once in a
yeere, with the blood of the sinne offe-
ring of atonements : once in the yeere
shall hee make atonement vpon it ,
throughout your generations : it is most
holy vnto the Lord.
11 H And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, saying,
12 *When thou takest the summe of
the children of Israel, after t their num-
ber, then shall they giue euery man a
ransome for his soule vnto the Lord,
when thou numbrest them, that there
be no plague amongst them, when thou
numbrest them.
13 This they shall giue, euery one
that passeth among them that are
numbred: halfe a shekel after the shekel
of the Sanctuary: *A shekel is twenty
gerahs: an halfe shekel shall be the offe-
ring of the Lord.
14 Euery one that passeth among
them that are numbred from twentie
yeeres old and aboue, shall giue an offe-
ring vnto the Lord.
15 The rich shal not tgiue more, and
the poore shall not tgiue lesse then halfe
a shekel, when they giue an offering vn-
to the Lord, to make an atonement
for your soules.
16 And thou shall take the atone-
ment money of the children of Israel
and shall appoint it for the seruice of the
Tabernacle of the Congregation, that
it may be a memoriall vnto the children
of Israel before the Lord, to make
an atonement for your soules.
17 IT And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, saying,
18 Thou shall also make a Lauer of
brasse , and his foote also of brasse, to
wash withaU, and thou shall put it be-
Iweene the Tabernacle of the Congre-
gation, and the altar, and thou shall put
water therein.
19 For Aaron and his sonnes shall
wash their hands and their feet thereat.
20 When they goe into the Taber-
nacle of the Congregation, they shall
wash with water, that they die not : or
when they come neere to the altar to
minister, to bume offering made by fire
vnto the Lord.
21 So they shall wash their handes
and their feet, that they die not : and it
shall be a statute for euer to them , euen to
him and to his seed throughout their ge-
nerations.
12 f Moreouer the Lord spake
vnto Moses, saying,
23 Take thou also vnto thee princi
pall spices, of pure myrrhe fiue hundred
shekels, and of sweet cinamon halfe so
much, euen two hundred and fifty .she-
kels, and of sweet calamus two hundred
and fiftie shekels,
24 And of Cassia fiue hundred shekels
after the shekel of the Sanctuary, and
of oyle oliue an *Hin.
25 And thou shall make it an oyle of
holy oynlmenl , an oyntment com-
pound after the arte of the ||Apotheca-
rie : it shalbe an holy anointing oyle.
26 And thou shall anoint the Ta-
bernacle of the Congregation there-
with , and the Arke of the Testimo-
nie:
27 And the Table and all his vessels,
and the Candlesticke , and his vessels,
and the Altar of incense :
28 And the Altar of burnt offering
with all his vessels, and the Lauer and
his foot.
29 And thou shall sanctifie them, that
they may bee most holy: whatsoeuer
loucheth them, shall be holy.
30 And thou shall annoint Aaron
and his sonnes, and consecrate them,
that they may minister vnlo mee in the
priests office.
31 And thou shall speake vnto the
children of Israel, saying, This shall
bee an holy anointing oile vnto mee,
throughout your generations.
32 Vpon mans flesh shall it not bee
powred, neither shall ye make any other
like it, after the composition of it: it is
holy, and it shall be holy vnlo you.
33 Whosoeuer compoundeth any
like it , or whosoeuer putleth any of it
vpon
• Chap. 29.
40.
I Or, perfu-
mer.
Bezaleel and
Exodus.
Aholiab called.
\Ueb.saUed
vpon a stranger, shall euen be cut off
from his people.
34 f And the Lord said vnto
Moses, Take vnto thee sweete spices,
Stacte, and Onicha, and Galbanum :
these sweete spices with pure frankin-
cense, of each shall there be a like weight
35 And thou shalt make it a perfume
a confection after the arte of the Apo
thecarie, t tempered together, pure and
holy.
36 And thou shalt beat some of it very
small, and put of it before the testimony
in the tabernacle of the Congregation,
where I will meet with thee : it shalbe
vnto you most holy.
37 And as for the perfume which
thou shalt make, you shall not make to
your selues, according to the compositi
on thereof : it shall be vnto thee holy for
the Lord.
38 AVhosoeuer shall make like vnto
that, to smell thereto, shall euen bee cut
off from his people.
CHAP. XXXI.
1 Bezaleel and Aholiab are called and made
meet for the worke of the Tabernacle. 1 2 The
obseruation of the Sabbath is againe com-
manded. 1 8 Moses receiueth the two Tables.
Nd the Lord spake vn-
to Moses, saying,
2 See , I haue called
by name , Bezaleel the
* Sonne of Vri, the sonne
of Hur, of the tribe of ludah :
3 And I haue filled him with the
Spirit of God, in wisedome, and in vn-
derstanding, and in knowledge, and in
all maner of workemanship,
4 To deuise cunning workes , to
worke in golde, and in siluer, and in
brasse,
5 And in cutting of stones , to set
them , and in earning of timber , to
worke in all maner of workemanship
6 And I, behold, I haue giuen with
him, Aholiab the sonne of Ahisamach,
of the tribe of Dan, and in the hearts
of all that are wise hearted I haue put
wisedome, that they may make aU that
I haue commanded thee :
7 The Tabernacle of the Congre-
gation, and the Arke of the Testimony,
and the Mercie-seat that is thereupon,
<iHeb.vetteis & all the t furniture of the Tabernacle:
8 And the Table, and his furniture,
and the pure Candlesticke, with all his
furniture, and the Altar of incense :
• 1. Chron.
2. 20.
9 And the Altar of burnt offering,
with all his furniture, and the Lauer
and his foote :
10 And the clothes of seruice, and the
holy garments for Aaron the Priest,
and the garments of his sonnes, to mi-
nister in the Priests office :
11 And the anointing oyle, and sweet
incense for the \io\y place: according to
all that I haue commanded thee, shall
they doe.
12 H And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, saying,
13 Speake thou also vnto the chil-
dren of Israel, saying, Verely my Sab-
baths ye shall keepe : for it is a signe be
tweene me and you, throughout your
generations, that ye may know that I
am the Lord, that doth sanctifie you.
14 * Yee shall keepe the Sabbath
therefore: for it is holy vnto you: Euery
one that defileth it, shall surely be put to
death : for whosoeuer doth any worke
therein, that soule shall be cut off from
amongst his people.
15 Sixe dayes may worke bee done,
but in the seuenth is the Sabbath of rest,
t holy to the Lord : whosoeuer doth
any worke in the Sabbath day, he shall
surely be put to death.
16 Wherefore the children of Israel
shall keepe the Sabbath, to obserue the
Sabbath throughout their generati-
ons, for a perpetuall couenant.
17 It is a signe betweene me and the
children of Israel for euer : for *in sixe
dayes the Lord made heauen and
earth, and on the seuenth day he rested,
and was refreshed.
18 U And he gaue vnto Moses, when
hee had made an end of communing
with him vpon mount Sinai, * two
tables of Testimonie, tables of stone,
written with the finger of God.
CHAP. XXXII.
1 The people in the absence of Moses, cause A-
aron to make a calfe. 7 God is angred there-
by. 1 1 At the intreatie of Moses he is appea-
sed. IS Moses commeth downe with the
Tables. 19 He breaketh them. 20 He de-
stroyeth the calfe. 22 Aarons excuse for him'
selfe. 25 Moses causeth the Idolaters to bee
slaine. 30 He prayeth for the people.
Nd when the people saw
that Moses delayed to
come downe out of the
mount, the people gathe-
red themselues together
vnto
* Chap. 20.
8. deut. 5.
12. ezek.
20. 12.
t Heb. mi-
linesse.
* Gen. 1. 31
and 2. 2.
Deut. 9.
The molten calfe.
Ch
ap.xxxij.
Tables broken.
' Acts. 7.
' Psal. lOB.
IS. I. king.
12. 28.
. Cor. 10.
' Deut. 9.
12.
• Deut. 9. 8,
' Chap. 33.
3. deut. 9.
13.
• Psal. 106,
29.
t Hebr. the
face of the
Lard.
" Num. 14.
13.
vnto Aaron, and said vnto him, * Vp,
make vs gods which shall goe before
vs : for as for this Moses, the man that
brought vs vp out of the land of Egypt,
we wot not what is become of him.
2 And Aaron saide vnto them,
Breake off the golden earerings which
are in the eares of your wiues, of your
sonnes , and of your daughters , and
bring them vnto me.
3 And all the people brake off the
golden earerings, which were in their
eares, and brought them vnto Aaron.
4 *And hee receiued thevi at their
hand, and fashioned it with a grauing
toole, after hee had made it a molten
calfe : and they said. These be thy gods,
O Israel, which brought thee vp out
of the land of Egypt.
5 And when Aaron saw it, he built
an altar before it, and Aaron made pro-
clamation, and said. To morrow is a
feast to the Loed.
6 And they rose vp early on the mor-
row, and offered burnt offerings, and
brought peace offerings : and the *peo-
ple sate downe to eate and to drinke,
and rose vp to play.
7 H And the Lord said vnto
Moses, *Goe, get thee downe : for thy
people which thou broughtest out of
the land of Egypt, haue corrupted them^
seines.
8 * They haue turned aside quickly
out of the way which I commaunded
them : they haue made them a molten
Calfe , and haue worshipped it , and
haue sacrificed thereunto , and saide.
These bee thy gods, O Israel, which
haue brought thee vp out of the land of
Egypt.
9 And the Lord said vnto Mo-
ses, * I haue scene this people, and be-
hold, it is a stiffenecked people.
10 Now therefore let me alone, that
my wrath may waxe hot against them,
and that I may consume them : and I
will make of thee a great nation.
11 * And Moses besought tthe Lord
his God, and said, Lord, why doeth
thy wrath waxe hot against thy people
which thou hast brought foorth out of
the land of Egypt, with great power,
and with a mighty hand ?
12 * Wherefore should the Egypti
ans speake and say. For mischiefe did he
bring them out , to slay them in the
mountaines, & to consume them from
the face of the earth ? Turne from thy
• Gene. 12.
' Chap. 31.
fierce wrath, and repent of this euill a-
gainst thy people.
13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and
Israel thy seruants, to whom thou
swarest by thine owne selfe, and saidest
vnto them, 'I will multiply your seed
as the starres of heauen : and all this and w. \e.
land that I haue spoken of, will I
giue vnto your seed, and they shall inhe-
rit it for euer.
14 And the Lord repented of the
euill which he thought to doe vnto his
people.
15 H And Moses turned, and went
downe from the Mount, and the two
Tables of the Testimony were in his
hand : the Tables were written on
both their sides; on the one side, and on
the other were they written.
16 And the * Tables were the worke
of God ; and the writing was the wri-
ting of God, grauen vpon the Tables.
17 And when loshua heard the
noise of the people as they shouted, hee
said vnto Moses , There is a noise of
warre in the campe.
18 And he said, It is not the voyce of|
them that shout for mastery, neitheri? it\
the voyce of them that cry for t being o- \Heb.weaJc
uercome : but the noyse of them that
sing doe I heare.
19 H And it came to passe, assoone
as he came nigh vnto the campe, that he
saw the Calfe , and the dancing : and
Moses anger waxed hot, and he cast the
Tables out of his hands, and brake
them beneath the mount.
20 * And he tooke the Calfe which
they had made, and burnt it in the fire,
and ground it to powder, and strawed
it vpon the water, and made the chil-
dren of Israel drinke of it.
21 And Moses said vnto Aaron,
What did this people vnto thee, that
thou hast brought so great a sinne vpon
them ?
22 And Aaron said, Let not the an-
ger of my lord waxe hot : thou knowest
the people , that they are set on mis-
chiefe.
23 For they said vnto me, Make vs
gods which shall goe before vs : for as
for this Moses, the man that brought
vs vp out of the land of Egypt, we wot
not what is become of him.
24 And I said vnto them, Whoso-
euer hath any gold, let them breake it
off: So they gaue it mee : then I cast it
into the fire, & there came out this Calfe.
25 IF And
Deut. 9.
Mofes prayer : He
Exodus.
talketh with God.
iHebr. those
that rosevp
afrainst
them.
i Or, Arut
Moses saiii.
Consecrate
j/ourseluesto
daff to the
Lord, be-
cause euery
man hath
] bene agmnst
[his Sonne,
[and against
his brother,
t Hebr.fitl
yourhtmds.
25 % And when Moses saw that the
people were naked, (for Aaron had
made them naked vnto their shame, a-
mongst t their enemies)
26 Then Moses stood in the gate of
the campe, and saide, Who is on the
LoiiDs side ? let him come vnto mee.
And all the sonnes of Leui gathered
themselues together vnto him.
27 And hee said vnto them, Thus
saith the Lord God of Israel, Put
euery man his sword by his side, and go
in and out from gate to gate through-
out the campe, and slay euery man his
brother, and euery man his compani
on, and euery man his neighbour.
28 And the children of Leui did ac-
cording to the word of Moses ; and
there fell of the people that day about
three thousand men.
29 II For Moses had said, t Consecrate
your selues to day to the Lord, euen
euery man vpon his sonne , and vpon
his brother, that he may bestow vpon
you a blessing this day.
30 % And it came to passe on the mor-
row, that Moses said vnto the people
Ye haue sinned a great sinne: And now
I will goe vp vnto the Lord ; per-
aduenture I shall make an atonement
for your sinne.
31 And Moses returned vnto the
Loud, and said, Oh, this people haue
sinned a great sinne , and haue made
them gods of gold.
32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgiue their
sinne; and if not, blot me, I pray thee,
out of thy Booke , which thou hast
written.
33 And the Lord said vnto Mo-
ses, Whosoeuer hath sinned against me,
him will I blot out of my Booke.
34 Therefore now goe , leade the
people vnto the place of which I haue
spoken vnto thee : Behold, mine Angel
shall goe before thee ; Neuerthelesse in
the day when I visit, I will visit their
sinne vpon them.
35 And the Lord plagued the
people , because they made the Calfe,
which Aaron made.
CHAP, xxxin.
I The Lord refuseth to goe as he had promised
with the people. 4 The people murmure
thereat. 7 The Tabernacle is remoued out
of the Campe. 9 The Lord talketh fami-
liarly with Moses. 12 Moses desireth to see
the Glory of God.
Nd the Lord said vn
to Moses, Depart, and goe
vp hence , thou and the
people which thou hast
brought vp out of the land
of Egyj)t, vnto the land which I sware
vnto Abraham, to Isaac, & to lacob,
saying , * Vnto thy seed will I giue it,
2 * And I will send an Angel be-
fore thee, and I will driue out the Ca-
naanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite,
and the Perizzite, the Hiuite, and the
lebusite :
3 Vnto a land flowing with milke
and hony : For I will not goe vp in the
midst of thee: forthou art a*stifFenecked
people, lest I consume thee in the way.
4 IT And when the people heard
these euill tidings, they mourned : and
no man did put on him his ornaments.
5 For the Lord had saide vnto
Moses , Say vnto the children of Is-
rael, Ye are a stiffenecked people: I wil
come vp into the midst of thee in a mo-
ment, & consume thee : Therefore now
put off thy ornaments from thee, that
I may know what to doe vnto thee,
6 And the children of Israel stript
themselues of their ornaments, by the
mount Horeb.
7 And Moses tooke the Taber
nacle, & pitched it without the campe, a
farre off from the campe, and called it
the Tabernacle of the Congregation
And it came to passe , that euery one
which sought the Lord , went out
vnto the Tabernacle of the Congrega
tion, which was without the campe.
8 And it came to passe when Moses
went out vnto the Tabernacle, that all
the people rose vp, and stood euery man
at his tent doore, and looked after Mo-
ses , vntill he was gone into the Ta-
bernacle.
9 And it came to passe as Moses en-
tred into the Tabernacle, the cloudy
pillar descended, and stood at the doore
of the Tabernacle, and tlie Lord talked
with Moses.
1 0 And all the people saw the cloudy
pillar stand at the Tabernacle doore :
and all the people rose vp, and worship-
ped euery man in his tent doore.
11 And the Lord spake vnto Mo-
ses face to face, as a man speaketh vnto
his friend. And he turned againe into
the campe, but his seruant loshua the
sonne of Nun, a yong man, departed
not out of the Tabernacle.
12 HAnd
* Gene. 12.
7.
• Deut. 7.
22. iosh. 24.
u.
* Chap. 32.
9. deut. 9.
13.
God not feene.
Chap.xxxiiij.
Two new Tables.
Rom. 9.
12 IT And Moses saide vnto the
Loud, See, thou sayest vnto mee.
Bring vp this people, and thou hast not
let mee know whome thou wilt send
with me. Yet thou hast said, I knowe
thee by name, and thou hast also found
grace in my sight.
13 Now therefore, I pray thee, If
I haue found grace in thy sight, shewe
mee now thy way that I may know
thee, that I may find grace in thy sight:
and consider that this nation is thy
people.
l-i And he said. My presence shall go
with thee, and I will giue thee rest.
15 And he said vnto him. If thy pre-
sence goe not xmth mee, carie vs not vp
hence.
16 For wherein shall it bee knowen
here, that I and thy people haue found
grace in thy sight.'' is it not in that thou
goest with vs ? So shall we be separa-
ted, I and thy people, from all the peo-
ple that are vpon the face of the earth.
17 And the Lord said vnto Mo-
ses, I will doe this thing also that thou
hast spoken : for thou hast found grace
in my sight, and I know thee by name.
18 And he said, I beseech thee, shew
me thy glory.
19 And he said, I will make all my
goodnesse passe before thee, and I will
proclaime the name of the Lord be-
fore thee : *and will bee gracious to
whom I wil be gracious, and wil shew
mercie on whom I will shew mercie.
20 And he said. Thou canst not see
my face : for there shall no man see mee,
and Hue.
21 And the Lord said, Beholde,
there is a place by mee , and thou shalt
stand vpon a rocke.
22 And it shall come to passe, while
my glory passeth by, that I will put
thee in a clift of the rocke, and will couer
thee with my hand, while I passe by.
23 And I wil take away mine hand,
and thou shalt see my backe parts : but
my face shall not be scene.
CHAP. XXXIIII.
1 The Tables are renued. 5 The Name of the
Lord proclaimed. 8 Moses intreateth God
to go with them. 10 God maketh a couenant
with them, repeating certaine dueties of the
first Table. 28 Moses after fourtie dayes in
the Mount commeth downe with the Ta-
bles. 29 His face shineth, and he couereth it
with a vaile.
• Deut. 10.
1.
• Chap. 19.
12.
Nd the Lord said vn
to Moses, *Hew thee two
Tables of stone, like vnto
the first : and I will write
_ vpon these Tables , the
words that were in the first Tables
which thou brakest.
. 2 And be ready in the morning, and
come vp in the morning vnto mount
Sinai, and present thy selfe there to me,
in the top of the mount.
3 And no man shall * come vp with
thee, neither let any man bee scene
throughout all the mount, neither let
the flockes nor herds feede before that
mount.
4 % And he hewed two Tables of
stone, like vnto the first, and Moses rose
vp earely in the morning, and went
vp vnto mount Sinai, as the Lord
had commanded him, and tooke in his
hand the two tables of stone.
5 And the Lord descended in the
cloud, and stood with him there, and
proclaimed the Name of the Lord.
6 And the Lord passed by be-
fore him, and proclaimed. The Lord,
The Lord God, mercifull and gra-
cious, long suffering, and abundant in
goodnesse and trueth,
7 Keeping mercie for thousands,
forgiuing iniquitie and transgression
and sinne, and that will by no meanes
cleere^At;^'M«7<ie,*visitingtheiniquitieofj* Kxod. 20.
the fathers vpon the children, and vpon'ierem. 32.'
the childrens children, vnto the third
and to the fourth generation.
8 And Moses made haste, and bow-
ed his head toward the earth, and wor-
shipped.
9 And he said. If now I haue found
grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord,
I pray thee, goe amongst vs, (for it is a
stiff'enecked people, ) and pardon our
iniquitie, and our sinne, and take vs for
thine inheritance.
10 f And he said. Behold, *I make • Deut. 5. 2.
a couenant: before all thy people, I wil
doe marueiles, such as haue not beene
done in all the earth, nor in any nation :
and all the people amongst which thou
art, shall see the worke of the Lord :
for it is a terrible thing that I wiU doe
with thee.
11 Obserue thou that which I com-
mand thee this day : Behold , I driue
out before thee the Amorite, and theCa-
naanite, and the Hittite, and the Periz-
zite, and the Hiuite, and the lebusite.
N 12 » Take
Againft idolatrie.
Exod
us.
Moles face ftiineth.
• Chap. 23.
33. deut. 7.
2.
t Hebr. sta-
tues.
Chap. 20.
• 1. King.
11. 2.
• Chap. 23.
15.
" Chap. 13.
• Chap. 22.
29. ezech.
44. 30.
Or, kid.
Chap. 23.
u.
* Chap. 23.
12. deut. 5.
12. luke 13.
14.
" Chap. 23.
16.
t Hebr. re-
vdutionof
the yeere.
• Chap. 23.
14, 17. deu.
IS. 16.
Chap. 23.
12 *Take heed to thy selfe, lest thou
make a coueiiant with the inhabitants
of the land whither thou goest, lest it
be for a snare in the midst of thee.
13 But ye shall destroy their altars,
breake their + images, and cut downe
their groues.
14 For thou shalt worship no other
god : for the Lord, whose name is
lelous, is a • lelous God :
15 Lest thou make a couenant with
the inhabitants of the land, and they
goe a whoring after their gods, and doe
sacrifice vnto their gods , and one call
thee, and thou eate of his sacrifice,
16 And thou take of * their daugh-
ters vnto thy sonnes, and their daugh-
ters goe a whoring after their gods,
and make thy sonnes goe a whoring af-
ter their gods.
17 Thou shalt make thee no molten
gods.
18 f The feast of * vnleauened bread
shalt thou keepe : Seuen dayes thou
shalt eate vnleauened bread, as I com-
manded thee in the time of the moneth
Abib : for in the * moneth Abib thou ea-
rnest out from Egypt.
19 * All that openeth the matrixe is
mine : and euery firstling amongst thy
cattell , whether oxe or sheepe,<Aa< is male.
20 But the firstling of an Asse thou
shalt redeeme with a || lam be : and if
thou redeeme him not, then shalt thou
breake his necke. All the first borne of
thy sonnes thou shalt redeeme : and
none shall appeare before me * empty.
21 H *Sixe dayes thou shalt worke,
but on the seuenth day thou shalt rest:
in earing time and in haruest thou
shalt rest.
22 H * And thou shalt obserue the
feast of weekes , of the first fruits of
wheat haruest, and the feast of ingathe-
ring at the tyeeres end.
23 f * Thrice in the yeere shall all
your men children appeare before the
Lord God, the God of Israel.
24- For I will cast out the nations
before thee , and enlarge thy borders
neither shall any man desire thy land,
when thou shalt goe vp to appeare be
fore the Lord thy God, thrice in the
yeere.
25 *Thou shalt not offer the blood
of my sacrifice with leauen, neither shall
the sacrifice of the feast of Passeouer be
left vnto the morning.
26 The first of the first fruits of thy
Chap. 24;
118. deut. 9.
\ Hebr.
words.
land thou shalt bring vnto the house of
the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not
seethe a *kid in his mothers milke. * Exod. 23.
27 And the Loud said vnto Mo-'Ji'ai?" '
ses , Write thou * these words : for after • Deut. 4.
the tenour of these wordes , I haue
made a couenant with thee, and with
Israel.
28 * And hee was there with the
Lord forty dayes and forty nights : 9.
he did neither eat bread, nor drinke wa-
ter ; and he wrote vpon the Tables the
words of the couenant, the ten t Com-
mandements.
29 IT And it came to passe when
Moses came downe from mount Si-
nai (with the two Tables of Testimo-
ny in Moses hand , when hee came
downe from the mount ) that Moses
wist not that the skin of his face shone,
while he talked with him.
30 And when Aaron and all the chil-
dren of Israel saw Moses, behold, the
skinne of his face shone, and they were
afraid to come nigh him.
31 And Moses called vnto them, and
Aaron and all the rulers of the Con-
gregation returned vnto him, and Mo-
ses talked with them.
32 And afterward all the children of
Israel came nigh : and he gaue them in
commandement all that the Lord
had spoken with him in mount Sinai
33 And till Moses had done speaking
with them, he put * a vaile on his face.
34 But when Moses went in before
the Lord to speake with him , hee
tooke the vaile off', vntill he came out :
And hee came out and spake vnto the
children of Israel, that which he was
commanded.
35 And the children of Israel saw
the face of Moses, that the skinne of
Moses face shone : and Moses put the
vaile vpon his face againe, vntill hee
went in to speake with him.
CHAP. XXXV.
1 The Sabbath. 4 The free gifts for the Ta-
bernacle. 20 The readinesse of the people
to offer. 30 Bezaleel and Aholiab are cal-
led to the worke.
Nd Moses gathered all
the Congregation of the
children of Israel toge-
ther, and said vnto them ;
These are the wordes
which the Lord hath commanded,
that
• 2. Cor. 3.
13.
Free gifts
Chap.
XXXV.
are offered.
2 Chap. 20.
9. leuit. 23.
3. deut. 5.
12. luke 13.
14.
t Hebr. Ho-
• Chap. 20.
31.
• Chap. 25.
2.
" Chap. 30.
Chap. 27.
that yee should doe them.
2 * Sixe dayes shall worke be done,
but on the seuenth day there shall be to
you an tholy day, a Sabbath of rest to
the Lord: whosoeuer doeth worke
therein, shall be put to death.
3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout
your habitations vpon the Sabbath
day.
4 f And Moses spake vnto all the
Congregation of the children of Israel
saying, This is the thing which the
Lord commanded, saying,
5 Take ye from amongst you an of-
fring vnto the Lord : * Whosoeuer is
of a willing heart, let him bring it, an
offering of the Lord, gold, and sil-
uer, and brasse,
6 And blew, and purple, and scar-
let, and fine linnen, and goats haire,
7 And rammes skinnes died red,
& badgers skinnes, and Shittim wood,
8 And oyle for the light, and spices
for anoynting oyle, and for the sweet
incense :
9 And Onix stones , and stones to
be set for the Ephod, and for the brest-
plate.
10 And euery wise hearted among
you, shall come and make all that the
Lord hath commanded :
11 *The Tabernacle, his tent, and
his couering, his taches, & his barres,
his pillars, and his sockets :
12 The Arke and the staues thereof,
with the Mercy seat, and the Vaile of
the couering:
13 The Table and his staues, and
all his vessels, and the Shewbread,
14 The Candlesticke also for the
light, and his furniture, and his lamps,
with the oyle for the light,
15 *And the incense Altar, and his
staues, and the anoynting oyle, and the
sweet incense, and the hanging for the
doore, at the entring in of the Taber-
nacle :
16 * The Altar of burnt offering
with his brasen grate, his staues, and
all his vessels, the Lauer and his foot:
17 The hangings of the Court, his
pillars, and their sockets, and the han-
ging for the doore of the Court :
18 The pinnes of the Tabernacle,
and the pinnes of the Court, and their
coards :
19 The cloathes of seruice, to doe ser-
uice in the holy place, the holy garments
for Aaron the Priest, and the garments
of his sonnes to minister in the Priests
oflSce.
20 IT And all the Congregation of
the children of Israel departed from
the presence of Moses.
21 And they came euery one whose
heart stirred him vp , and euery one
whom his spirit made willing, and they
brought the Lords offering to the
worke of the Tabernacle of the Con-
gregation, and for all his seruice, and for
the holy garments.
22 And they came both men and wo-
men, as many as were willing hearted,
and brought bracelets , and earerings,
and rings, & tablets, all iewels of gold :
and euery man that offered, offered an
offering of gold vnto the Lord.
23 And euery man with whom was
found blew, and purple, and scarlet, and
fine linnen, and goates haire, and red
skinnes of rammes , and badgers
skinnes, brought them.
24 Euery one that did offer an of-
fering of siluer and brasse, brought the
Lords offering : and euery man
with whom was found Shittim wood
for any worke of the seruice, brought it.
25 And all the women that were
wise hearted, did spin with their hands,
and brought that which they had spun,
both of blew, and of purple, and of scar-
let, and of fine linnen.
26 And all the women whose heart
stirred them vp in wisedome, spunne
goats haire.
27 And the rulers brought Onix
stones , and stones to be set for the E-
phod, and for the brestplate :
28 And * spice, and oyle for the light,
and for the anoynting oyle, and for the
sweet incense.
29 The children of Israel brought
a willing offering vnto the Lord,
euery man and woman , whose heart
made them willing to bring for all ma-
ner of worke, which the Lord had
commanded to be made by the hands of
Moses.
30 f And Moses said vnto the chil-
dren of Israel, See, *the Lord hath
called by name Bezaleel the sonne of
Vri, the sonne of Hur, of the tribe of
ludah.
31 And he hath filled him with the
Spirit of God, in wisedome, in vnder-
standing, and in knowledge, and in all
maner of workemanship :
32 And to deuise curious workes, to
N 2 worke
Chap. 30.
Chap. 31.
The people liberall.
Exodus.
Curtaines, boards.
worke in gold, & in siluer, and in brasse,
33 And in the cutting of stones, to set
them, and in earning of wood, to make
any maner of cunning worke.
34 And he hath put in his heart that
he may teach . both he and Aholiab the
Sonne of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan.
35 Them hath hee filled with wise-
dome of heart, to worke all manner of
worke, of the ingrauer, and of the cun-
ning workeman, and of the embroide-
rer, in blew, and in purple, in scarlet,
and in fine linnen, and of the weauer,
euen of them that doe any worke, and
of those that deuise cunning worke.
CHAP. XXXVI.
1 The offerings are deliuered to the workemen.
5 The liberalitie of the people is restrained.
8 The curtaines of Cnerubims. 14 The
curtaines of goats haire. 19 The couering of
skinnes. 20 The boards with their sockets.
31 The barres. 35 The vaile. 37 The hang-
ing for the doore.
Hen wrought Bezaleel
and Aholiab, and euery
wise hearted man , in
whome the Lord put
wisedome and vnderstan-
ow how to worke all maner
of worke for the seruice of the Sanctu-
ary, according to all that the Lord
had commanded.
2 And Moses called Bezaleel and
Aholiab, and euery wise hearted man,
in whose heart tne Lord had put
wisedome, etien euery one whose heart
stirred him vp to come vnto the worke
to doe it.
3 And they receiued of Moses all the
offering which the children of Israel
had brought, for the worke of the ser-
uice of the Sanctuarie, to make it zeit/i-
eUl. And they brought yet vnto him free
offerings euery morning.
4 And al the wise men that wrought
all the worke of the Sanctuary, came
euery man from his worke which they
made.
5 IF And they spake vnto Moses,
saying. The people bring much more
then enough for the seruice of the worke
which the Lord commaunded to
make.
6 And Moses gaue commandement,
and they caused it to bee proclaimed
throughout the campe, saying, I^et nei'
ther man nor woman make any more
j worke for the offering of the Sanctua-
!rie : so the people were restrained from
bringing.
7 For the stuffe they had was suf-
ficient for all the worke to make it, and
too much.
8 U *And euery wise hearted man,
among them that wrought the worke
of the Tabernacle, made ten curtaines,
of fine twined linnen , and blew , and
purple, and scarlet : with Cherubims
of cunning worke made he them.
9 The length of one curtaine was
twentie & eight cubites, and the breadth
of one curtaine foure cubites : the cur-
taines were all of one cise.
10 And he coupled the fiue curtaines
one vnto another : and the other fiue
curtaines he coupled one vnto another.
11 And he made loopes of blew, on
the edge of one curtaine , from the sel
uedge in the coupling: likewise hee
made in the vttermost side of another
curtaine, in the coupling of the second.
1 2 * Fiftie loopes made he in one cur-
taine, and fiftie loopes made hee in the
edge of the curtaine which zvas in the
coupling of the second: the loopes held
one curtaine to another.
13 And he made fiftie taches of gold,
and coupled the curtaines one vnto a-
nother with the taches. So it became
one tabernacle.
14 II And he made curtaines of goats
haire, for the tent ouer the Tabernacle:
eleuen curtaines he made them.
15 The length of one curtaine was
thirtie cubites, and foure cubites was
the breadth of one curtaine : the eleuen
curtaines were of one cise.
16 And he coupled fiue curtaines by
themselues, and sixe curtaines by them-
selues.
17 And he made fiftie loopes vpon
the vttermost edge of the curtaine in the
coupling, and fiftie loopes made he vp-
on the edge of the curtaine, which cou-
pleth the second.
18 And he made fiftie taches of brasse
to couple the tent together that it might
be one.
19 And he made a couering for the
tent of rammes skinnes died red, and
a couering of badgers skinnes aboue
that.
20 IT And hee made boards for the
Tabernacle of Shittim wood , stan-
ding vp.
21 The length of a board jvas ten
cubites.
Chap. 26.
3,4.
' Chap. 26.
The Vaile.
Chap.xxxvij.
The Arke.l
t Heb. twin-
ned.
1 Heb. two
sockets, two
sockets vn-
der one
board.
* Chap. 25.
28. & 30. 5.
t Hebr. the
worke of a
needle wor-
ker, or em~
broiderer.
cubites, and the breadth of a board one
cubite and a halfe.
22 One board had two tenons , e-
qually distant one from another : thus
did he make for all the boards of the ta-
bernacle.
23 And he made boards for the Ta-
bernacle : twentie boards for the
South side, Southward.
24 And fourtie sockets of siluer hee
made vnder the twentie boards : two
sockets vnder one board for his two te-
nons, and two sockets vnder another
board, for his two tenons.
25 And for the other side of the Ta-
bernacle which is toward the North cor-
ner, he made twentie boards.
26 And their fourtie sockets of sil-
uer : two sockets vnder one board, and
two sockets vnder another board.
27 And for the sides of the Taber-
nacle Westward, he made sixe boards.
28 And two boards made he for the
comers of the Tabernacle , in the two
sides.
29 And they were tcoupled beneath
and coupled together at the head there-
of, to one ring: thus hee did to both of
them in both the corners.
30 And there were eight boards, and
their sockets were sixteene sockets of sil-
uer : vnder teuery board two sockets.
31 IT And he made *barres of Slfit-
tim wood : flue for the boards of the
one side of the Tabernacle,
32 And fine barres for the boards of
the other side of the Tabernacle, and
fine barres for the boards of the Ta-
bernacle for the sides Westward.
33 And he made the middle barre to
shoot thorow the boards from the one
end to the other.
34 And he ouerlaid the boards with
gold, and made their rings of golde to
be places for the barres, and ouerlaide
the barres with gold.
35 H And he made a Vaile of blew,
and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined
linnen : with Cherubims made he it of
cunning worke.
36 And he made thereunto foure pil-
lars of Shittim wood, and ouerlaide
them with golde : their hookes were of
gold : and he cast for them foure sockets
of siluer.
37 IT And hee made an hanging for
the Tabernacle doore of blew and pur-
ple, and scarlet, and fine twined linnen,
t of needle worke,
38 And the fiue pillars of it with their
hooks : and he ouerlaid their chapiters
and their fillets with gold : but their
fiue sockets were of brasse.
CHAP. XXXVII.
1 The Arke. 6 The Mercie seat with Cheru-
buBs. lOThe Table with his vessels. 17 The |
Candlesticke with his lamps and instruments.
25 The Altar of incense. 29 The anointing
oyle and sweet incense.
Nd Bezaleel made * the
Arke of Shittim wood :
two cubites and a halfe
was the length of it, and
a cubite and a halfe the
breadth of it, and a cubite and a halfe
the height of it.
2 And he ouerlaid it with pure gold
within & without, and made a crowne
of gold to it round about.
3 And hee cast for it foure rings of
gold, to be set by the foure corners of it:
euen two rings vpon the one side of it,
and two rings vpon the other side of it.
4 And he made staues of Shittim
wood, and ouerlaid them with gold.
5 And hee put the staues into the
rings, by the sides of the Arke, to beare
the Arke.
6 IT And he made the * Mercie seat
of pure gold : two cubites and an halfe
was the length thereof, and one cubite
and an halfe the breadth thereof.
7 And he made two Cherubims of
gold, beaten out of one piece made hee
them, on the two endes of the Mercie
seate :
8 One Cherub ||on the end on this
side, and another Cherub ||on the other
end, on that side: out of the Mercie seat
made hee the Cherubims on the two
ends thereof.
9 And the Cherubims spread out
their wings on high, and couered with
their wings ouer the Mercie seat with
their faces one to another : euen to the
Mercie seat ward were the faces of the
Cherubims.
10 IT And hee made the Table of
Shittim wood : two cubites was the
length thereof, and a cubite the breadth
thereof, and a cubite and a halfe the
height thereof.
11 And he ouerlaid it with pure gold,
and made thereunto a crowne of gold
round about.
12 Also he made thereunto a border of
an
* Chap. 8».
10.
• Chap. 25.
17.
Or, out of
I Or, out of
I
The Caiidlefticke,
Exod
us.
Altar, brafen Lauer,
Chap. 25.
29.
Or, to
powrc out
witltail.
Chap. 25.
31.
* Chap. .TO
34.
an handbreadth , round about : and
made a crowne of gold for tlie border
thereof round about.
13 And hee cast for it foure rings of
gold, and put the rings vpon the foure
corners that were in the foure feete
thereof
14 Ouer against the border were the
rings, the places for the staues, to beare
the Table.
15 And he made the staues of Shit-
tim wood , and ouerlayed them with
gold, to beare the Table.
16 And hee made the vessels which
were vpon the Table, his * dishes, and
his spoones, and his bowles, and his
couers ||to couer withall, of pure gold.
17 If And he made the *Candlesticke
of pure gold , of beaten worke made he
the Candlesticke, his shaft & his branch,
his bowles, his knops, and his flowers
were of the same.
18 And sixe branches going out of
the sides thereof : three branches of the
candlesticke out of the one side thereof,
and three branches of the candlesticke
out of the other side thereof.
19 Three bowles made he after the
fashion of almonds, in one branch , a
knop and a flower: and three bowles
made like almonds, in another branch,
a knop and a flower : so throughout the
sixe branches , going out of the Candle
sticke.
20 And in the candlesticke were foure
bowles made like almonds, his knops.
and his flowers :
21 And a knop vnder two branches
of the same , & a knop vnder two bran
ches of the same, and a knop vnder two
branches of the same, according to the
sixe branches going out of it.
22 Their knops and their branches
were of the same: all of it was one beaten
worke of pure gold.
23 And he made his seuen lampes,
and his snuffers, and his snuffe-dishes
of pure gold.
24 Of a talent of pure gold made he
it, and all the vessels thereof
25 U * And he made the incense Altar
of Shittim wood : the length of it reus a
cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit: it rc^a.?
foure square , and two cubites zmis the
height of it; the homes thereof were of
the same.
26 And he ouerlayed it with pure
gold , both the top of it and the sides
thereof round about, and the homes of
" Chap. 30.
35.
' Chap. 27.
it: also he made vnto it a crowne of gold
round about.
27 And he made two rings of gold
for it vnder the crowne thereof, by the
two corners of it , vpon the two sides
thereof, to bee places for the staues to
beare it withall.
28 And he made the staues of Shit-
tim wood , and ouerlayed them with
gold.
29 IT And he made *the holy anoyn-
ting oyle, and the pure incense of sweet
spices , according to the worke of the
Apothecary.
CHAP. XXXVIII.
1 The Altar of burnt offerings. 8 The Lauer
of brasse. 9 The Court. 21 The summe
of that the people offered.
Nd *he made the Altar of
burnt offring of Shittim
wood : flue cubits was the
length thereof, and fine
cubits the breadth there
of: it was foure square, and three cubits
the height thereof.
2 And hee made the homes thereof
on the foure corners of it : the homes
thereof were of the same, and he ouer-
layed it with brasse.
3 And he made all the vessels of the
Altar, the pots and the shouels, and the
basons , ajid the fleshhookes , and the
firepannes : all the vessels thereof made
he of brasse.
4 And he made for the Altar a bra
sen grate of networke, vnder the com-
passe thereof, beneath vnto the midst
of it.
5 And hee cast foure rings for the
foure ends of the grate of brasse, to bee
places for the staues.
6 And he made the staues of Shit-
tim wood , and ouerlayed them with
brasse.
7 And hee put the staues into the
rings on the sides of the Altar, to beare
it withall ; hee made the Altar hollow
with boards.
8 H And hee made the Lauer of
brasse, and the foot of it of brasse, of the
||looking glasses of tJie wmnen tassem- i Or,hrasen
bling, which assembled at the doore of f'^*^' ^^
the Tabernacle of the Congregation, sembiingby
9 H And he made the Court : on the "■'^'^*-
Southside Southward, the hangings
of the Court xcere of fine twined linnen,
a hundred cubits.
10 Their
Court, and fumme
Chap.
xxxix.
of the offerings.
• Chap. 27.
19.
10 Their pillars were twenty , and
their brasen sockets twentie : the hooks
of the pillars , and their fillets were of
siluer.
1 1 AviMorth.e^orih%\Ae,thehangings
were an hundred cubites, their pillars
were twentie, and their sockets of brasse
twentie : the hoopes of the pillars, and
their fillets of siluer.
12 And for the West side were hang-
ings of fiftie cubites , their pillars ten,
and their sockets ten : the hookes of the
pillars, and their fillets of siluer.
13 And for the East side Eastward fif-
tie cubites.
14 The hangings of the one side of
the gate were fifteene cubites, their pillars
three, and their sockets three.
15 And for the other side of the court
gate on this hand and that hand were
hangings of fifteene cubites , their pil-
lars three, and their sockets three.
16 All the hangings of the court
round about, wei-e of fine twined linnen.
17 And the sockets for the pillars
were of brasse, the hookes of the pillars,
and their fillets of siluer, and the ouer-
laying of their chapiters of siluer , and
all the pillars of the court were filleted
with siluer.
18 And the hanging for the gate of
the Court was needle worke, of blew,
and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined
linnen : and twentie cubites was the
length , and the height in the breadth
was fiue cubites , answerable to the
hangings of the Court.
19 And their pillars were foure, and
their sockets of brasse foure , their
hookes of siluer, and the ouerlaying of
their chapiters, & their fillets of siluer.
20 And all the * pinnes of the Ta-
bernacle , and of the court round a-
bout, were of brasse.
21 H This is the summe of the Ta-
bernacle, eii£n of the Tabernacle of Te-
stimonie , as it was counted , according
to the commaundement of Moses , Jhr
the seruice of the Leuites, by the hand
of Ithamar, son to Aaron the Priest.
22 And Bezaleel the sonne of Vri,
the Sonne of Hur, of the tribe of lu-
dah , made all that the Lord com-
manded Moses.
23 And with him was Aholiab, sonne
of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an
engrauer, and a cunning workeman,
and an embroiderer in blew , and in
purple, and in scarlet, and fine linnen
24 All the gold that was occupied
for the worke in all the worke of the
holy place, euen the gold of the offring,
was twentie and nine talents, and se-
uen hundred and thirtie shekels, after
the shekel of the Sanctuary.
25 And the siluer of them that were
numbrcd of the Congregation, was an
hundred talents, and a thousand, seuen
hundred and threescore and fifteene she-
kels, after the shekel of the Sanctuary.
26 A Bekah for teuery man, tfuit is,
halfe a shekel, after the shekel of the
Sanctuary, for euery one that went to
be numbred, from twentie yeeres olde
and vpward, for sixe hundred thousand,
and three thousand, and fiue hundred,
and fiftie men.
27 And of the hundred talents of sil-
uer, were cast the sockets of the San-
ctuary, and the sockets of the vaile : an
hundred sockets of the hundred talents,
a talent for a socket.
28 And of the thousand, seuen hun-
dred, seuentie and fiue shekels, he made
hookes for the pillars , and ouerlaide
their chapiters, and filleted them.
29 And the brasse of the offring was
seuentie talents, and two thousand and
foure hundred shekels.
30 And therewith he made the soc-
kets to the doore of the Tabernacle of
the Congregation, and the brasen Al-
tar, and the brasen grate for it, and all
the vessels of the Altar,
31 And the sockets of the court round
about, and the sockets of the court gate,
and all the pinnes of the Tabernacle,
and all the pinnes of the court round a^
bout.
CHAP. XXXIX.
1 The clothes of seruice and holy garments. 2
The Ephod. 8 The Brestplate. 22 The
robe of the Ephod. 27 The Coates, Miter
and girdle of fine linnen. 30 The plate of
the holy Crowne. 32 All is viewed and ap-
proued by Moses.
Nd of the blew, and pur-
ple, and scarlet, they made
clothes of seruice, to doe
seruice in the holy place,
and * made the holy gar-
ments for Aaron, as the Lord com-
manded Moses.
2 And he made the Ephod of gold,
blew, and purple, and scarlet, and fine
twined linnen.
3 And they did beate the golde into
thinne
\Heb.apott.
• Ch.ip. 31 .
10. and 35.
19.
The Ephod, and
Exod
us.
the Breftplate.
' Chap. 38.
* Chap. 28.
12.
I Or, Ruhy.
thinne plates, and cut it into wiers, to
worke it in the blew, and in the purple,
and in the scarlet, and in the fine linnen,
with cunning worke.
4 They made shoulder pieces for
it , to couple it together ; by the two
edges was it coupled together.
5 And the curious girdle of his E-
phod that u^as vpon it, was of the same,
according to the worke thereof: of gold,
blew, and purple, and scarlet, and fine
twined linnen, as the Lord com
manded Moses.
6 IF * And they wrought Onix
stones enclosed in ouches of gold , gra
uen as signets are grauen , with the
names of the children of Israel.
7 And hee put them on the shoul
ders of the Ephod, that they should be
stones for a * memoriall to the children
of Israel, as the Lord commanded
Moses.
8 f And he made the brestplate of
cunning worke , like the worke of the
Ephod, of gold, blew, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linnen.
9 It was foure square, they made
the brestplate double : a spanne was the
length therof, and a spanne the breadth
thereof beinff doubled.
10 And they set in it foure rowes of
stones : thejirst row was a ||Sardius, a
Topaz, and a Carbuncle : this was the
first row.
11 And the second row an Emeraude,
a Saphire and a Diamond.
12 And the third row a Lygure, an
Agate, and an Amethist.
13 And the fourth row, a Berill, an
Onix and a lasper : they were enclo-
sed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.
14 And the stones were according to
the names of the children of Israel,
twelue according to their names , like
the ingrauings of a signet, euery one
with his name, according to the twelue
tribes.
15 And they made vpon the brestplate
chaines, at the ends, of wrethen worke
of pure gold.
16 And they made two ouches of gold,
and two gold rings : and put the two
rings in the two ends of the brestplate.
17 And they put the two wreathen
chaines of golde in the two rings on
the ends of the brestplate.
18 And the two endes of the two
wreathen chaines they fastened in the
two ouches, and put them on the shoul-
der pieces of the Ephod, before it.
19 And they made two rings of gold,
and put them on the two endes of the
brest plate vpon the border of it, which
was on the side of the Ephod inward.
20 And they made two other golden
rings, and put them on the two sides
of the Ephod vnderneath, toward the
forepart of it, ouer against the other cou-
pling thereof, aboue the curious girdle
of the Ephod.
21 And they did bind the brest plate
by his rings vnto the rings of the E-
phod, with a lace of blew, that it might
be aboue the curious girdle of the E-
phod, and that the brest plate might not
bee loosed from the Ephod , as the
Lord commanded Moses.
22 1 And he made the robe of the E-
phod of wouen worke, all of blew.
23 And there was a hole in the midst
of the robe as the hole of an habergeon,
with a band round about the hole, that
it should not rent.
24 And they made vpon the hemmes
of the robe pomegranates, of blew, and
purple, and scarlet, and twined linnen
25 And they made * belles of pure
gold, and put the belles betweene the
pomegranates, vpon the hemme of the
robe, round about betweene the pome-
granates.
26 A bell and a pomegranate, a bell
and a pomegranate round about the
hemme of the robe to minister in, as the
Lord commanded Moses.
27 f And they made coats of fine
linnen, of wouen worke, for Aaron and
for his sonnes.
28 And a miter of fine linnen , and
goodly bonnets of fine linnen, and * lin-
nen breeches of fine twined linnen,
29 And a girdle of fine twined linnen
and blew, and purple, and scarlet of nee-
dle worke, as the Lord commanded
Moses.
30 H And they made the plate of the
holy Crowne of pure gold, and wrote
vpon it a writing, like to the engrauings
of a signet, * HOLINES TO
THE LORD.
31 And they tied vnto it a lace of blew
to fasten it on high vpon the mitre, as
the Lord commanded Moses.
32 % Thus was all the worke of the
Tabernacle of the tent of the Congre-
gation finished : and the children of Is-
rael did according to al that the Lord
commanded Moses, so did they.
33 f And
• Chap. 28.
33.
• Chap.. 28.
42.
• Chap. 28.
36.
t Heb. the
incense of
sweet spices.
The Tabernacle
Chap.xl.
is reared vp.
• Chap. 26.
35.
t Heh. the
order there-
of.
33 IT And they brought the Taber-
nacle vnto Moses, the tent, and all his
furniture, his taches , his boards, his
barres, and his pillars, and his sockets,
34 And the couering of rammes
skinnes died red, and the couering of
badgers skinnes , and the vaile of the
couering :
35 The Arke of the Testimony, and
the staues thereof, and the Mercie seat,
3G The Table , and all the vessels
thereof, and the Shew bread :
37 The pure Candlesticke, with the
lampes thereof, euen with the lampes
to be set in order, and all the vessels
thereof, and the oyle for light :
38 And the golden altar, and the an-
ointing oyle, and thetsweet incense, and
the hanging for the Tabernacle doore :
39 The brasen altar, and his grate of
brasse, his staues, and all his vessels,
the lauer and his foote :
40 The hangings of the Court, his
pillars, and his sockets, and the hang-
ing for the court gate, his coards, and
his pinnes , and all the vessels of the
seruice of the Tabernacle, for the tent of
the Congregation :
41 The clothes of seruice to doe ser
uice in the holy place, and the holy gar-
ments for Aaron the Priest, and his
sonnes garments to minister in the
Priests office.
42 According to all that the Lokd
commanded Moses , so the children of
Israel made all the worke.
43 And Moses did looke vpon all
the worke, and behold, they had done it
as the Lord had commanded , euen
so had they done it: and Moses blessed
them.
CHAP XL.
1 The Tabernacle is commanded to be reared,
9 and anointed. 13 Aaron and his sonnes
to be sanctified. 16 Moses performeth all
things accordingly. 34 A cloude couereth
the Tabernacle.
Nd the Loud spake
vnto Moses, saying,
2 On the first day of
the first moneth shalt
^^_ thou set vp the Taberna-
cle of the Tent of the Congregation.
3 And thou shalt put therein the
Arke of the Testimonie, and couer the
Arke with the Vaile :
4 And *thou shalt bring in the Ta-
ble, and set in order t the things that are
to be set in order vpon it, and thou shalt
bring in the Candlesticke , and hght the
lampes thereof
5 And thou shalt set the Altar of gold
for the incense before the Arke of the
Testimonie, and put the hanging of
the doore to the Tabernacle.
6 And thou shalt set the Altar of the
burnt offering, before the doore of the
Tabernacle of the Tent of the Con-
gregation.
7 And thou shalt set the Lauer be-
tweene the Tent of the Congregation
and the Altar, and shalt put water
therein.
8 And thou shalt set vp the Court
round about, and hang vp the hanging
at the Court gate.
9 And thou shalt take the annoyn-
ting oyle, and annoynt the Tabernacle
and all that is therein, and shalt hallow
it, and all the vessels thereof: and it shal-
be holy.
10 Aud thou shalt annoynt the Al-
tar of the burnt offering, and all his
vessels , and sanctifie the Altar : and it
shalbe an Altar tmost Holy.
11 And thou shalt annoynt the La-
uer and his foot, ar.d sanctifie it.
12 And thou shalt bring Aaron and
his sonnes vnto the doore of the Ta-
bernacle of the Congregation, and
wash them with water.
13 And thou shalt put vpon Aaron
the holy garments , and anoynt him,
and sanctifie him, that he may minister
vnto me in the Priests office.
14 And thou shalt bring his sonnes,
and clothe them with coats.
15 And thou shalt anoynt them, as
thou didst anoynt their father, that they
may minister vnto mee in the Priests
office: For their anoynting shall surely
be an euerlasting Priesthood, through-
out their generations.
16 Thus did Moses : according to
all that the Lord commanded him,
so did he.
17 H And it came to passe in the first
moneth, in the second yeere, on the first
day oiihe moneth, that the * Tabernacle
was reared vp.
18 And Moses reared vp the Ta-
bernacle, and fastened his sockets, and
set vp the boards thereof, and put in the
barres thereof, and reared vp his
pillars.
19 And he spread abroad the tent o-
uer the Tabernacle, and put the coue
O ring
t Heb. Holi.
nesofHoli-
nesses.
Num.7. 1.
The Tabernacle
Leuiticus.
IS rear
ed
■ Chmp. 35.
IS.
ring of the Tent aboue vpon it, as the
Lord commanded Moses.
20 % And he tooke and put the testi-
mony into the Arke, and set the staues
on the Arke, and put the Mercie-seat a-
boue vpon the Arke.
j 21 And he Drought the Arke into the
I Tabernacle, and *set vp the Vaile ofj
the couering, and couered the Arke of
.the Testimony, as the Lord com-
imanded Moses.
J 22 f And hee put the Table in the
I Tent of the Congregation, vpon the
side of the Tabernacle Northwaed,!
without the Vaile.
23 And he set the bread in order vpon
it, before the Lord, as the Lord
I had commanded Moses.
I 24 IT And he put the candlesticke in
Ithe Tent of the Congregation, ouer a-
gainst the Table, on the side of the Ta-j
ibernacle Southward.
I 25 And he lighted the lampes before
the Lord , as the Lord com-
manded Moses. •
26 f And he put the golden Altar in
the Tent of the Congregation , before
the Vaile.
27 And he burnt sweet incense there-
on, as the Lord commanded Moses.
28 IT And hee set vp the hanging, at
the doore of the Tabernacle.
29 And he put the Altar of burnt of-
fering by the doore of the Tabernacle
of the Tent of the Congregation , and
offered vpon it the burnt offering, and
Numb. 9.
15. 1. king.
8. 10.
the meat offring, as *the Lord com-l* Exod. so.
manded Moses.
30 If And he set the Lauer betweene
the Tent of the Congregation and the
Altar, & put water there, to wash zvithall.
31 And Moses, and Aaron and his
sonnes, washed their hands, and their
feet thereat.
32 When they went into the Tent of
the Congregation , and when they
came neere vnto the Altar, they wash-
ed , as the Lord commanded Moses
33 And hee reared vp the Court
round about the Tabernacle, and the
Altar, & set vp the hanging of the Court
gate : so Moses finished the worke.
34 II * Then a cloud couered the
Tent of the Congregation, and the glo-
ry of the Lord filled the Tabernacle.
35 And Moses was not able to enter
into the Tent of the Congregation, be
cause the cloud abode thereon, and the
glory of the Lord filled the Taber-
nacle.
36 And when the cloud was taken
vp from ouer the Tabernacle, the chil-
dren of Israel twent onward in all
their iourneys :
37 But if the cloud were not taken
vp, then they iourneyed not, till the day
that it was taken vp.
38 For the cloud of the Lord was
vpon the Tabernacle by day , and fire
was on it by night, in the sight of all the
house of Israel , throughout all their
iourneys.
t Hebr. tour-
neyed.
^THE THIRD BOOKE
of Mofes, called Leuiticus.
CHAP. I.
1 The burnt offerings 3 Of the herd, 10 Of
the flockes, 13 Of the foules.
Nd the Lord
called vnto Mo-
ses , and spake
vnto him out of
the Tabernacle
of the Congrega-
tion, saying,
2 Speake vn-
to the children of
Israel, and say vnto them. If any
man of you bring an offering vnto the
Lord, ye shall bring your offering of
the cattell, euen of the herd, and of the
flocke.
3 * If his offering be a burnt sacri
fice of the herd , let him offer a male
without blemish : he shall offer it of his
owne voluntary will, at the doore of
the Tabernacle of the Congregation
before the Lord.
4 And he shall put his hand vpon
the
' Exod. 29.
The burnt oftVing.
Chap.ij.
The meat offring.
I Or, pinch
ojftke head
with the
naile.
Oithe
filth thereof.
the head of the burnt offering : and it
shall be accepted for him to make atone-
ment for him.
5 And he shall kill the bullocke be
fore the Lord : and the Priests Aa
rons sonnes shall bring the blood, and
sprinkle the blood round about vpon
the altar, that is by the doore of the Ta-
bernacle of the Congregation.
6 And hee shall flay the burnt offe-
ring, and cut it into his pieces.
7 And the sonnes of Aaron the
Priest shall put fire vpon the Altar, and
lay the wood in order vpon the fire.
8 And the Priests Aarons sonnes
shall lay the parts, the head and the fat
in order vpon the wood that is in the fire
which is vpon the altar.
9 But the inwards and his legges
shall he wash in water, and the Priest
shall burne all on the altar, to he a burnt
sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a
sweet sauour vnto the Lord.
10 If And if his offring be of the flocks
namely of the sheepe, or of the goates for
a burnt sacrifice, he shall bring it a male
without blemish.
11 And hee shall kill it on the side
of the Altar Northward , before the
Lord : and the Priestes Aarons
sonnes shall sprinkle his blood round
about vpon the altar.
12 And he shall cut it into his pieces,
with his head and his fat : and the
Priest shall lay them in order on the
wood that M on the fire, which is vpon
the altar :
13 But hee shall wash the inwards
and the legs with water, and the Priest
shall bring it all, and burne it vpon the
altar: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering
made by fire, of a sweet sauour vnto the
Lord.
14 li And if the burnt sacrifice for
his offring to the Lord be of foules,
then he shall bring his offering of turtle
doues, or of yong pigeons.
15 And the Priest shall bring it vnto
the altar, and || wring off his head, and
burne it on the altar : and the blood
thereof shall be wrung out at the side of
the altar.
16 And he shall plucke away his crop
with II his feathers, and cast it beside the
altar on the East part, by the place of
the ashes.
17 And hee shall cleaue it with the
wings thereof, hut shall not diuide it a-
sunder : And the Priest shall burne it
vpon the altar, vpon the wood that is
vpon the fire : it is a burnt sacrifice, an
offering made by fire of a sweet sauour
vnto the Lord.
CHAP. II.
1 The meate offering of flower with oile and
incense, 4 either baken in the ouen, 5 or on
a plate, 7 or in a frying pan, 12 Or of the
first fruits in the eare. 13 The salt of the
meate offering.
Nd when any will offer
a meate offering vnto the
Lord, his offring shall
be of fine flowre : and hee
.^_^^,.^__^ shall powre oyle vpon it,
and put frankincense thereon.
2 And he shall bring it to Aarons
sonnes the Priests : and hee shall take
thereout his handfuU of the flowre
thereof, and of the oile thereof, with all
the frankincense thereof, and the Priest
shall burne the memoriall of it vpon the
altar, to be an offering made by fire of a.
sweet sauour vnto the Lord.
3 And *the remnant of the meat of-
fering shall he Aarons and his sonnes :
it is a thing most holy of the offerings of
the Lord made by fire.
4 H And if thou bring an oblation
of a meate offering baken in the ouen,
it shall bee an vnleauened cake of fine
flowre mingled with oyle, or vnleaue-
ned wafers anointed with oyle.
5 H And if thy oblation be a meate
offering baken ||in a panne, it shall bee of
fine flowre vnleauened , mingled with
oyle.
6 Thou shalt part it in pieces, and
powre oyle thereon : it is a meate offe-
ring.
7 IT And if thy oblation be a meate
offering baken in the frying pan , i t shalbe
made of fine flowre with oyle.
I 8 And thou shalt bring the meat of-
fering that is made of these things vnto
Ithe Lord, and when it is presented
vnto the Priest, he shall bring it vnto
the Altar.
9 And the Priest shall take from the
meat offering *a memoriall thereof, and
shall burne it vpon the Altar, i< is an *of-
fering made by fire of a sweet sauour
■vnto the Lord.
I 10 And that which is left of the meat
offering, shalbe Aarons and his sonnes:
It is a thing most holy, of the offerings
of the Lord made by fire.
t 0 2 11 No
' Ecclus. 7.
I Or, onajlat
plate ot,
slice.
* Verse 2.
• Exod. 29.
18.
Meat offering.
Leuiticus.
Peace offering. I
i Hebr.
ascend.
* Marke 9.
4».
• Exod. 2i).
22.
Or, aitet.
Or, Mid.
riffeouerthe
Inter, and o-
uer the kid-
neys.
11 No meat offering, which ye shall
bring vnto the Lord, shall be made
with leauen: For ye shall burne no lea-
uen, nor any hony, in any offering of the
Lord made by fire.
12 1[ As for the oblation of the first
fruits, yee shall offer them vnto the
Lord , but they shall not + be burnt
on the Altar for a sweet sauour. I
13 And euery oblation of thy meatj
offering *shalt thou season with salt;
neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the
Couenant of thy God to bee lacking|
firom thy meat offering: with all thine
offerings thou shalt offer salt. [
14 And if thou offer a meat offering ■
of thy first fruits vnto the Lord,
thou shalt offer for the meat offering of
thy first fruits, greene eares of cornej
dried by the fire,«<e« come beaten out of
full eares.
15 And thou shalt put oyle vpon it,
and lay frankincense theron ; it is a meat
offering.
16 And the Priest shall burne the me-
moriall of it, part of the beaten come
thereof, and part of the oyle thereof,
with all the frankincense thereof : it is
an offering made by fire vnto the
Lord.
CHAP. III.
1 The meat offering of the herde, 6 of the
flocke, 7 either a lambe, 12 or a goat.
Nd if his oblation be a sa-
crifice of peace offering, if
hee offer it of the herd,
whether it be a male or fe-
male, he shal offer it with
out blemish before the Lord.
2 And he shall lay his hand vpon
the head of his offering, and kil it at the
doore of the Tabernacle of the Congre-
gation : and Aarons sonnes the Priests
shall sprinckle the blood vpon the Al-
tar round about.
3 And he shall offer of the sacrifice
of the peace offering, an offering made
by fire vnto the Lord; *the ||fat that
couereth the inwards , and all the fat
that is vpon the inwards.
4 And the two kidneys, and the fat
that is on them, which is by the flanks:
and the ||caule aboue the liuer with the
kidneys, it shall he take away.
5 And Aarons sonnes shall burne
it on the Altar vpon the burnt sacrifice,
which is vpon the wood that is on the
fire : it is an offering made by fire of a
sweet sauour vnto the Lord.
6 H And if his offering for a sacri-
fice of peace offering vnto the Lord,
be of the flocke, male or female, he shall
offer it without blemish.
7 If hee offer a lambe for his of-
fering, then shall he offer it before the
Lord.
8 And he shall lay his hand vpon
the head of his offering, and kill it be-
fore the Tabernacle of the Congrega-
tion : Aud Aarons sonnes shall sprinkle
the blood thereof, round about vpon
the Altar.
9 And he shall offer of the sacrifice
of the peace offering, an offering made
by fire vnto the Lord : the fat there-
of and the whole rumpe, it shall he take
off hard by the backe bone : and the fat
that couereth the inwards, and all the
fat that is vpon the inwards.
10 And the two kidneys, and the fat
that is vpon them , which is by the
flankes, and the caule aboue the liuer,
with the kidneys, it shall he take away.
11 And the Priest shall burne it vpon
the Altar: it is the food of the offering
made by fire vnto the Lord.
12 IT And if his offering be a goat,
then he shall offer it before the Lord.
13 And he shall lay his hand vpon
the head of it, and kill it before the Ta-
bernacle of the Congregation : and the
sonnes of Aaron shall sprinckle the
blood thereof vpon the Altar, round
about.
14 And he shall offer thereof his of-
fering, euen an offering made by fire vn-
to the Lord ; the fat that couereth
the inwards, and al the fat that is vpon
the inwards.
15 And the two kidneys, and the fat
that is vpon them , which is by the
flancks , and the caule aboue the liuer
with the kidneys, it shall he take away.
16 And the Priest shall burne them
vpon the Altar: it is the food of the of-
fering made by fire, for a sweet sauour :
♦All the fat is the Lords.
n It shall be a perpetuall statute for
your generations, throughout all your
dwellings, that ye eat neither fat, nor
* blood.
CHAP. nil.
1 The siiine offering of ignorance, 3 for the
Priest, 13 for the Congregation, 22 for
the Ruler, 27 for any of the people.
And
Chap. 7.
* Gene. 9.
4. chap. 7.
26. and 17.
14.
Offerings for
Cnap.uij.
linnes of ignorance.
• Chap. 5. 9,
• Exod. 29.
14. numb.
19. 5.
t Hebr. To
wUluntt the
campe.
• Heb. 13.
11.
Nd the Lord spake vn-
to Moses, saying,
2 Speake vnto the
cliildren of Israel , say-
^^__^^^ ing. If a soule shall sinne
through ignorance against any of the
commandements of the Lord (con-
cerning things which ought not to bee
done) and shall do against any of them :
3 If the Priest that is anointed, doe
sinne according to the sinne of the peo-
ple , then let him bring for his sinne
which he hath sinned, a yong buUocke
without blemish, vnto the Lord for
a sinne offering.
4 And hee shall bring the bullocke
vnto the doore of the Tabernacle of the
Congregation before the Lord, and
shall lay his hand vpon the bullockes
head , and kill the bullocke before the
Lord.
5 And the Priest that is anointed,
shall take of the bullocks blood , and
bring it to the Tabernacle of the Con-
gregation.
6 And the Priest shall dip his finger
in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood
seuen times before the Lord, before
the Vaile of the Sanctuary.
7 And the Priest shall put some of
the blood vpon the homes of the Altar
of sweet incense before the Lord,
which is in the Tabernacle of the Con-
gregation, and shal powre *all the blood
of the bullocke at the bottome of the
altar of the burnt offering, which is at
the doore of the Tabernacle of the Con-
gregation.
8 And he shall take off from it all
the fat of the bullocke for the sinne offe-
ring: the fat that couereth the inwards,
and all the fat that is vpon the in-
wards,
9 And the two kidneis, and the fat
that is vpon them , which is by the
flankes, and the caule aboue the liuer
with the kidneis, it shall he take away,
10 As it was taken off from the bul-
locke of the sacrifice of peace offerings :
and the Priest shall burne them vpon
the altar of the burnt offering.
11 * And the skinne of the bullocke,
and all his flesh , with his head , and
with his legs, and his inwards, and his
doung,
12 Euen the whole bullocke shall he
carie foorth t without the campe, vnto
a cleane place , where the ashes are
powred out , and * burne him on the
wood with fire : t where the ashes are
powred out, shall he be burnt.
13 IT And if the whole Congregation
of Israel sinne through ignorance, *and
the thing be hid from the eyes of the as-
sembly, and they haue done somewhat
against any of the Commandements of
tjie Lord, concerning things which
should not be done, and are guiltie :
14 When the sinne which they haue
sinned against it, is knowen, then the
Congregation shall offer a yong bul-
locke for the sinne, and bring him before
the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
15 And the Elders of the Congrega-
tion shall lay their hands vpon the head
of the bullocke, before the Lord : and
the bullocke shall be killed before the
Lord.
16 And the Priest that is anointed,
shall bring of the bullockes blood to the
Tabernacle of the Congregation.
17 And the Priest shall dip his finger
in some of the blood, and sprinkle it se-
uen times before the Lord, euen be-
fore the vaile.
18 And he shal put some of the blood
vpon the homes of the altar, which is
before the Lord, *ha,t is in the Taber-
nacle of the Congregation, and shall
powre out all the blood at the bottome
of the altar of the burnt offring, which
is at the doore of the Tabernacle of the
Congregation.
19 And he shall take all his fat from
him, and burne it vpon the altar.
20 And he shall do with the bullocke
as he did with the bullocke for a sinne of-
fring, so shall he do with this : And the
Priest shall make an atonement for
them, and it shall be forgiuen them.
21 And he shall carie foorth the bul
locke without the campe, and bume
him as he burned the first bullocke: it is
a sinne offering for the Congregation.
22 IT When a ruler hath sinned and
done somewhat through ignorance a-
gainst any of the Commandements of
the Lord his God, concerning things
which should not be done, and is guilty :
23 Or if his sinne wherein hee hath
sinned, come to his knowledge: he shall
bring his offering, a kid of the goates,'
a male without blemish.
24 And hee shall lay his hand vpon
the head of the goate, and kill it in the
place where they kill the burnt offe-
ring before the Lord : it is a sinne of-
fring.
25 And
t Heb. at the
powringCfut
(if the ashes,
• Chap .i.
2, 3, 4.
Sinne of ignorance.
J^euiticus.
A raQi vow.
t Hebr. any
souie*
t Hebr. peO'
Xeofthe
Letiit 3,
• Exod. 29.
18.
25 And the Priest shall take of the I
blood of the sinne offering with his fin-
ger, and put it vpon the homes of the
Altar of burnt offring, and shall powre
out his blood at the bottome of the Al-
tar of burnt offering.
26 And he shall burne all his fat vp-
on the Altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of
peace offerings : and the Priest shall
make an atonement for him , as concer-
ning liis sinne, and it shall be forgiuen
him.
27 H And if tany one of the t com-
mon people sinne through ignorance,
while lie doeth somewhat against any
of the commandements of the Lord,
concerning things which ought not to
be done, and be guiltie :
28 Or if his sinne which he hath sin-
ned come to his knowledge, then hee
shall bring his offering, a kidde of the
goats, a female without blemish, for his
sinne which he hath sinned.
29 And he shall lay his hand vpon
the head of the sinne offering, and slay
the sin offering in the place of the burnt
offering.
30 And the Priest shall take of the
blood thereof with his finger, and put
it vpon the homes of the Altar of burnt
offering, and shall powre out all the
blood thereof at the bottome of the
Altar.
31 And *he shall take away aU the
fat thereof, as the fat is taken away
from off the sacrifice of peace offerings:
and the Priest shall burne it vpon the
Altar , for a * sweet sauour vnto the
Lord, and the Priest shall make an
atonement for him , and it shall be for-
giuen him.
32 And if he bring a lambe for a sinne
offering, he shall bring it a female with-
out blemish.
33 And he shall lay his hand vpon
the head of the sinne offering, and slay
it for a sinne offering, in the place where
they kill the burnt offering.
34 And the Priest shall take of the
blood of the sinne offering with his fin
ger, and put it vpon the homes of the
Altar of burnt offring, and shall powre
out all the blood thereof at the bottome
of the Altar.
35 And he shall take away all the fat
thereof, as the fat of the lambe is taken
away from the sacrifice of the peace of-
ferings: and the Priest shall burnt them
vpon the Altar , according to the of-
ferings made by fire vnto the Lord,
and the Priest shall make an atonement
for his sinne that he hath committed,
and it shalbe forgiuen him.
CHAP. V.
1 He that sinneth in concealing his knowledgej
2 in touching an vncleane thing, 4 or in
making an oath. 6 His trespasse offering,
of the flocke, 7 of foules, H or of flowre.
11 The trespasse offering in sacriledge, 17
and in sinnes of ignorance.
Nd if a soule sinne, and
heare the voyce of swea-
ring , and is a witnesse,
whether he hath scene or
knowen cfit, if he doe not
vtter it, then he shall beare his iniquity
2 Or if a soule touch any vncleane
thing, whether it be a carcase of an vn-
cleane beast, or a carcase of vncleane cat-
tell, or the carcase of vncleane creeping
things, and if it be hidden from him, he
also shall be vncleane, and guilty:
3 Or if he touch the vncleannesse of
lan , whatsoeuer vncleannesse it be
that a man shalbe defiled withall, and it
be hid from him, when he knoweth of
it, then he shalbe guilty.
4 Or if a soule sweare, pronouncing
with his lips to do euill, or to do good,
whatsoeuer it be that a man shall pro-
nounce with an oath, and it be hid from
him , when he knoweth of it, then he
shalbe guilty in one of these.
5 And it shalbe when he shalbe guil-
tie in one of these things, that he shall
confesse that hee hath sinned in that
thing.
6 And he shall bring his trespasse
offering vnto the Lord for his sinne
which he hath sinned , a female from
the flocke , a lambe , or a kidde of the
goates, for a sinne offering : And the
Priest shal make an atonement for him
concerning his sinne.
7 And if thee be not able to bring a
lambe, then he shall bring for his tres
passe which hee hath committed , two
turtle doues, or two yong pigeons vn-
to the Lord : one for a sinne offring,
and the other for a burnt offering.
8 And he shall bring them vnto the
Priest, who shall offer that which is for
the sinne offering first, and * wring off
his head from his necke, but shall not
diuide it asunder.
9 And he shall sprinckle of the blood
of the sinne offering vpon the side of the
Altar,
t Hebr. his
hand cannot
reach to the
sufficieneie
of a lambe.
• Chap. 1.
15.
Siniie of ignorance.
Chap.vj.
Diners ofterings.
I Or, ordi-
nance.
• Chap. 2. 2,
" Chap. 4.
35.
' Chap. 4. 2,
Altar, and the rest of the blood shall be
wrung out at the bottome of the .altar:
it is a sinne offering.
10 And hee shall offer the second for
a burnt offering, according to the ||ma-
ner : and the Priest shal make an atone-
ment for him for his sinne, which he had
sinned, and it shall be forgiuen him.
11 IT But if hee be not able to bring
two turtle doues , or two yong pige-
ons; then he that sinned, shall bring for
his offring the tenth part of an E])hah
of fine flowre for a sinne offering : hee
shall put no oyle vpon it, neither shall
he put any frankincense thereon: for it
is a sinne offering.
12 Then shall hee bring it to the
Priest , and the Priest shall take his
handfull of it, *euen a memoriall there-
of, and burne it on the altar, * according
to the offerings made by fire vnto the
Lord : it is a sinne offering.
13 And the Priest shall make an at-
onement for him as touching his sinne
that he hath sinned in one of these, and
it shall be forgiuen him : axidithe remnant
shall be the Priests, as a meat offering.
14 H And the Loed spake vnto
Moses, saying,
15 If a soule commit a trespasse, and
sinne through ignorance , in the holy
things of the Lord ; then hee shall
bring for his trespasse vnto the Lord,
a ramme without blemish , out of the
flockes, with thy estimation by shekels
of siluer, after the shekel of the Sane
tuarie, for a trespasse offering.
16 And hee shall make amends for
the harme that he hath done in the holy
thing, and shall adde the fift part there-
to, and giue it vnto the Priest: and the
Priest shall make an atonement for him
with the ramme of the trespasse offe-
ring, and it shall be forgiuen him.
17 If And if a * soule sinne, and com-
mit any of these things whicli are for-
bidden to be done by the commaunde-
ments of the Lord, though he wist
it not, yet is hee guiltie, and shall beare
his iniquitie.
18 And he shall bring a ramme with-
out blemish out of the flocke, with thy
estimation, for a trespasse offering vnto
the Priest: and the Priest shall make an
atonement for him concerning his ig-
norance wherein he erred, and wist it
not: and it shall be forgiuen him.
19 It is a trespasse offring : he hath
certainly trespassed against the Lord.
CHAP. VL
1 The trespasse offering for sinnes done wit-
tingly. 8 The Law of the burnt offering,
14 and of the meate offering. 19 The of-
fering at the consecration of a Priest. 24 The
Law of the sinne offering.
Nd the Lord spake
vnto Moses, saying,
2 If a soule sinne, and
commit a trespasse against
the Lord, and lie vnto
his neighbour in that which was deli-
uered him to keepe, or in ||fellowship,
or in a thing taken away by t violence,
or hath deceiued his neighbour :
3 Or haue found that which was
lost, and lieth concerning it, and *swea-
reth falsly : in any of all these that a
man doth, sinning therein :
4 Then it shall be, because he hath
sinned, and is guiltie, that hee shall re-
store that which he tooke violently a-
way, or the thing which he hath deceit
fully gotten, or that which was deliue-
red him to keepe, or the lost thing which
he found :
5 Or all that about which hee hath
sworne falsly : hee shall euen * restore it
in the principall, and shall adde the fift
part more thereto, and giue it vnto him
to whom it apperteineth, ||in the day of
his trespasse offering.
6 And hee shall bring his trespasse
offering vnto the Lord, a ramme
without blemish out of the * flocke, with
thy estimation, for a trespasse offering
vnto the Priest.
7 And the Priest shall make an at-
onement for him , before the Lord
and it shall bee forgiuen him , for any
thing of all that he hath done, in tres-
passing therein.
8 H And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, saying,
9 Command Aaron and his sonnes,
saying. This is the law of the burnt of-
fring: (It is the burnt offring, || because
of the burning vpon the Altar all night
vnto the morning , and the fire of the
altar shall be burning in it.)
10 And the Priest shal put on his lin-
nen garment, & his linnen breeches shal
he put vpon his flesh , and take vp the
ashes which the fire hath consumed
with the burnt offering on the Altar,
and he shall put them besides the Altar.
11 And he shal put off his garments,
and put on other garments, and carry
foorth
Or, in dea-
ling.
t Heh. put-
ting of the
hand.
' Num. «. 6
• Chap. 5.
15.
I Or, in the
dap of his
betngfound
guilt;/. Heb.
the day of
his trespasse.
< Chap. :
I Or, fur the
burning.
Burnt oftering.
Leuiticus.
Meat otfering.
•Chap. 21.
1. num. 15,
• Chap. 2. 9.
' Exod. 29.
37.
* Exod. 16.
36.
fourth the ashes without the Campe,
vnto a cleane place.
12 And the fire vpon the Altar shall
be burning in it : it shall not be put out;
And the Priest shall burne wood on it
euery morning, and lay the burnt of-
fering in order vpon it , and he shall
burne thereon the fatte of the peace
offerings.
13 The fire shall euer be burning vp-
on the Altar : it shall neuer goe out.
14 IT *And this is the law of the
meat offering : the sonnes of Aaron
shall offer it before the Lord, before
the Altar.
15 And he shall take of it his hand-
full, of the flowre of the meat offering,
and of the oyle therof, and all the frank-
incense which is vpon the meat off'ring,
and shall burne it vpon the Altar, for a
sweet sauour, euen the *memoriall of it
vnto the Lord.
16 And the remainder thereof shall
Aaron and his sonnes eat : with vnlea-
uened bread shall it be eaten in the holy
place: in the court of the Tabernacle of
the Congregation they shall eat it.
17 It shall not be baken with lea-
uen : I haue giuen it vnto them for
their portion of my offerings made by
fire: it is most holy, as is the sin offering,
and as the trespasse offering.
18 All the males among the children
of Aaron shall eat of it : It shalbe a sta-
tute for euer in your generations con-
cerning the offerings of the Lord
made by fire : * euery one that toucheth
them shalbe holy.
19 H And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, saying,
20 This is the offering of Aaron,
and of his sonnes which they shall offer
vnto the Lord, in the day when he
is anoynted: The tenth part of an *E-
phah of fine ffowre for a meat offering
perpetuall , halfe of it in the morning,
and halfe thereof at night.
21 In a panne it shalbe made with
oyle, and when it is baken, thou shalt
bring it in : and the baken pieces of the
meat offering shalt thou offer for a
sweet sauour vnto the Lord.
22 And the Priest of his sonnes that
is anoynted in his stead, shal off'er it: It
is a statute for euer vnto the Lord
it shalbe wholly burnt.
23 For euery meat offering for the
Priest shal be wholly burnt : it shall not
be eaten.
24 H And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, saying,
25 Speake vnto Aaron and to his
sonnes, saying. This is the law of the
sinne offering : In the place where the
burnt offering is killed, shall the sinne
offering be killed before the Lord:
it is most holy.
26 The Priest that offereth it for
sinne, shall eat it : In the holy place shal
it be eaten, in the court of the Taber-
nacle of the Congregation.
27 Whatsoeuer shall touch the flesh
thereof, shalbe holy: and when there is
sprinckled of the blood thereof vpon
any garment , thou shalt wash that
whereon it was sprinckled, in the holy
place.
28 But the earthen vessell wherein
it is sodden, *shall be broken : And if it
be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both
scowred, and rinsed in water.
29 All the males among the Priests
shall eate thereof : it is most holy.
30 *And no sinne offering whereof
any of the blood is brought into the
Tabernacle of the Congregation to re-
concile withall in the holy place, shall be
eaten : it shall be burnt in the fire.
CHAP. VII.
1 The law of the trespasse offering, 1 1 and of
the Peace offerings, 12 whether it be for a
Thankesgiuing, 16 or a Vow, or a Free-
will-offering. 22 The fat, 26 and the
blood are forbidden. 28 The Priests por-
tion in the Peace offerings.
Ikewise this is the lawe
of the trespasse offering: it
is most Holy.
2 In the place where
they kil the burnt offring,
shall they kil the trespasse offering; and
the blood thereof shall hee sprinckle
round about vpon the Altar.
3 And he shall offer of it , all the fat
thereof; the rumpe, and the fat that co-
uereth the inwards,
4 And the two kidneys, and the fat
that is on them, which is by the flankes,
and the caule that is aboue the liuer,
with the kidneys, it shall he take away.
5 And the Priest shall burne them
vpon the Altar, for an offering made
by fire vnto the Lord : it « a tres-
passe offering.
6 Euery male among the Priestes
shall eate thereof: it shall be eaten in the
holy place : it is most holy.
7 As
' Chap. I
Hebr. 13.
The eating of
Chap.vij.
blood is forbidden.
I Or, on the
flat plate,
or, slice.
7 As the sinne offering is, so is the
trespasse offering : there is one law for
them : the Priest that maketh atone-
ment therewith, shall haue it.
8 And the Priest that offereth any
mans burnt offering, euen the Priest
shall haue to himselfe the skinne of the
burnt offering which he hath offered.
9 And all the meate offering that is
baken in the ouen, and all that is dressed
in the frying panne, and ||in the panne,
shall be the Priests that offereth it.
10 And euery meate offering ming-
led with oyle , and drie , shall all the
sonnes of Aaron haue, one as much as
another.
11 And this is the law of the sacrifice
of peace offerings, which he shall offer
vnto the Lokd.
12 If hee offer it for a thankes-
giuing, then he shall offer with the sa-
crifice of thankesgiuing vnleauened
cakes mingled with oyle, and vnleaue-
ned wafers anointed with oile , and
cakes mingled with oyle of fine flowre
fried.
13 Besides the cakes, hee shall offer
for his offring leauened bread, with the
sacrifice of thankesgiuing of his peace
offerings.
14 And of it he shall offer one out of
the whole oblation , for an heaue offe-
ring vnto the Lord, and it shall bee
the Priests that sprinkleth the blood of
the peace offerings.
15 And the flesh of the sacrifice of his
peace offerings for thankesgiuing, shall
be eaten the same day that it is offered:
he shall not leaue any of it vntill the
morning.
16 But if the sacrifice of his offering
be a vow , or a voluntary offering , it
shall be eaten the same day that he offe-
reth his sacrifice : and on the morrowe
also the remainder of it shall be eaten.
17 But the remainder of the flesh of
the sacrifice on the third day shall bee
burnt with fire.
18 And if any of the flesh of the sacri-
fice of his peace offerings be eaten at all
on the third day, it shall not be accepted,
neither shal it be imputed vnto him that
offereth it : it shall be an abomination,
and the soule that eateth of it , shall
beare his iniquitie.
19 And the flesh that toucheth any
vnclcane thing, shal not be eaten : it shal
be burnt with fire, and as for the flesh,
all that be cleane shall eate thereof.
• Ch«p. i«.
3.
Chap. 3.
17.
t Heb. car-
caise.
20 But the soule that eateth of the
flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings,
that pertaine vnto the Lord,
* hauing his vncleannesse vpon him,
euen that soule shall be cut oft' from his
people.
21 Moreouer , the soule that shall
touch any vncleane thing , as the vn-
cleannesse of man,oram/vncleane beast,
or any abominable vncleane thing, and
eate of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace
offerings which pertaine vnto the
Lord, euen that soule shall be cut
off from his people.
22 IT And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, saying,
23 Speake vnto the children of Is-
rael, saying, * Ye shall eat no maner fat
of oxe, or of sheepe, or of goat.
24 And the fat of the t beast that
dieth of it selfe, and the fat of that which
is tome with beasts, may be vsed in any
other vse: but yee shall in no wise eate
of it.
25 For whosoeuer eateth the fat of
the beast, of which men offer an offring
made by fire vnto the Lord, euen
the soule that eateth it, shall be cut off
from his people.
26 * Moreouer ye shall eat no maner |* Gene. 9. 4
of blood , whether it bee of foule or of mTi7^.'u.'
beast in any of your dwellings.
27 Whatsoeuer soule it be that ea-
teth any maner of blood , euen that
soule slialbe cut off from his people.
28 H And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, saying,
29 Speake vnto the children of Is-
rael, saying, Hee that offereth the sacri-
fice of his peace offerings vnto the
Lord, shall bring his oblation vnto
the Lord, of the sacrifice of his peace
offerings.
30 His owne hands shall bring the
offerings of the Lord made by fire,
the fat with the brest, it shall hee bring,
that *the brest may be waned for a waue
offering before the Lord.
31 And the Priest shall burne the fat
vpon the Altar: but the brest shalbe Aa-
rons and his sonnes.
32 And the right shoulder shall ye
giue vnto the Priest for an heaue of-
fering of the sacrifices of your peace of-
ferings.
33 Hee among the sonnes of Aaron
that offereth the blood of the peace of-
ferings, and the fat, shall haue the right
shoulder for his part.
P 34 For
Exod.
24.
The confecration
Leuiticus.
of Aaron, and
" Exod. 28.
2,4.
• Exod. 30.
24.
• Exod. 29.
4.
34 For the waue brest and the heaue
shoulder haue I taken of the children
of Israel, from off the sacrifices of their
peace offerings, and haue giuen them
vnto Aaron the Priest, and vnto his
sonnes, by a statute for euer, from a-
mong the children of Israel.
35 IT This is the portion of the anoin-
ting of Aaron, and of the anointing of
his sonnes, out of the offerings of the
Lord made by fire, in the day when
he presented them, to minister vnto the
Lord in the Priests office :
36 Which the Lord commanded
to be giuen them of the children of Is-
rael, in the day that hee anointed them,
bi/ a statute for euer, throughout their
generations.
37 This is the law of the burnt offe-
ring, of the meate offering, and of the
sinne offering, and of the trespasse offe-
ring, and of the consecrations, and of
the sacrifice of the peace offerings :
38 Which the Lord commanded
Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that
he commanded the children of Israel to
offer their oblations vnto the Lord,
in the wildemesse of Sinai.
CHAP. VIII.
1 Moses consecrateth Aaron and his sonnes,
14 Their sinne offering. 18 Their burnt of-
fring. 22 The ram of consecrations. 31 The
place and time of their consecration.
Nd the Lord spake vn-
to Moses, saying,
2 * Take Aaron and
his sonnes with him, and
the garments , and * the
anointing oyle, and a buUocke for the
sinne offering , and two rammes, and
a basket of vnleauened bread.
3 And gather thou all the Congre
gation together vnto the doore of the
Tabernacle of the Congregation.
4 And Moses did as the Lord
commanded him, & the assembly was
gathered together vnto the doore of
the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
5 And Moses saide vnto the Con
gregation , * This is the thing which
the Lord commanded to be done.
6 And Moses brought Aaron and
his sonnes, and washed them with wa-
ter.
7 And he put vpon him the coate,
and girded him with the girdle, and clo-
thed him with the robe, and put the E
phod vpon him, and he girded him with
the curious girdle of the Ephod, and
bound it vnto him therewith.
8 And hee put the brest plate vpon
him : also he * put in the brest plate the
Vrim and the Thummim.
9 And he put the miter vpon his
head ; also vpon the miter, euen vpon
his forefront did hee put the golden
plate, the holy crowne, as the Lord
* commanded Moses.
10 And Moses tooke the anointing
oile, and anointed the tabernacle and
all that was therein, and sanctified
them.
1 1 And he sprinkled thereof vpon the
altar seuen times, and anointed the al-
tar and all his vessels, both the lauer
and his foot, to sanctifie them.
12 And he *powred of the anointing
oile vpon Aarons head, and anointed
him, to sanctifie him.
13 And Moses brought Aarons
sonnes, and put coats vpon them, and
girded them with girdles, and tput bon-
nets vpon them, as the Lord com-
manded Moses.
14 * And he brought the buUocke for
the sinne offering, and Aaron and his
sonnes laid their hands vpon the head
of the bullocke for the sinne offering.
15 And he slew it, and Moses tooke
the blood, and put it vpon the homes of
the altar round about with his finger,
and purified the altar, and powred the
blood at the bottome of the altar, and
sanctified it, to make reconciliation vp-
on it.
16 And he tooke all the fat that was
vpon the inwards, and the kail aboue
the liuer, and the two kidneis, and their
fat, and Moses burned it vpon the Al-
tar.
17 But the bullocke, and his hide,
his flesh and his doung, he burnt with
fire without the campe, as the Lord
* commanded Moses.
18 IT And he brought the ramme for
the burnt offring : and Aaron and his
sonnes laid their hands vpon the head
of the ramme.
19 And he killed it, and Moses sprink-
led the blood vpon the Altar round a-
bout.
20 And he cut the ramme into pieces,
and Moses burnt the head, and the pie-
ces, and the fat.
21 And he washed the inwards and
the legges in water, and Moses burnt
the
" Exod. «8.
30.
Exod. SB.
39. &C.
Ecclus.
45. 15. psal.
133. 2.
t Heb. bound
' Exod. 29.
• Exod. 29.
14.
of his fonnes.
Chap.ix.
Aarons offrings.
• Exod. 29.
31.
• Exod. 29.
24. &C.
' Exod. 29.
' Exod. 29.
the whole ramme vpon the Altar : It
was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet sauour,
and an offering made by fire vnto the
Lord, as the Loud commanded
Moses.
22 f And * hee brought the other
ramme , the ramme of consecration :
and Aaron and his sonnes layd their
hands vpon the head of the ramme.
23 And he slew it, and Moses tooke
of the blood of it, and put it vpon the tip
of Aarons right eare , and vpon the
thumbe of his right hand, and vpon the
great toe of his right foot.
24 And he brought Aarons sonnes,
and Moses put of the blood vpon the
tippe of their right eare, and vpon the
thumbs of their right hands, and vpon
the great toes of their right feete : and
Moses sprinkled the blood vpon the Al-
tar round about.
25 And hee tooke the fat , and the
rumpe , and all the fat that was vpon
the inwards, and the caule ahoue the li-
uer, and the two kidneys and their fat,
and the right shoulder.
26 And out of the basket of vnleaue-
ned bread, that was before the Lord,
he tooke one vnleauened cake , and a
cake of oyled bread, and one wafer, and
put them on the fat, and vpon the right
shoulder.
27 And hee put all * vpon Aarons
hands, and vpon his sonnes hands, and
waned them for a waue offering before
the Lord.
28 And Moses tooke them from off
their hands , and burnt them on the Al-
tar, vpon the burnt offering: They were
consecrations for a sweet sauour : It
is an offering made by fire vnto the
Lord.
29 And Moses tooke the brest, and
waned it for a waue offering before the
Lord : For of the ramme of consecra-
tion it was Moses *part, as the Lord
commanded Moses.
30 And Moses tooke of the anoyn-
ting oyle, and of the blood which was
vpon the Altar, and sprinckled it vpon
Aaron, and vpon his garments, and vp-
on his sonnes , and vpon his sunnes
garments with him : and sanctified Aa-
ron, and his garments, and his sonnes,
and his sonnes garments with him.
31 IT And Moses said vnto Aaron
and to his sonnes, Boile the flesh at the
doore of the Tabernacle of the Congre-
gation : and there *eat it with the bread
that is in the basket of consecrations,
as I commanded, saying, Aaron and
his sonnes shall eat it.
32 And that which remaineth of the
flesh, and of the bread, shall yee burne
with fire.
33 And ye shall not goe out of the
doore of the Tabernacle of the Congre-
gation in seuen dayes, vntill the dayes
of your consecration be at an end : for
* seuen dayes shall he consecrate you.
34 As he hath done this day, so the
Lord hath commanded to doe, to
make an atonement for you.
35 Therefore shall ye abide at the
doore of the Tabernacle of the Congre-
gation day and night, seuen dayes, and
keepe the charge of the Lord, that
ye die not : for so I am commanded.
36 So Aaron and his sonnes did all
things which the Lord comman-
ded by the hand of Moses.
CHAP IX.
1 The first offerings of Aaron, for himselfe and
the people. 8 The sinne-offering, 12 and
the burnt offering for himselfe. 15 The of-
ferings for the people. 23 Moses and Aa-
ron blesse the people. 24 Fire commeth
from the Lord, vpon the Altar.
Nd it came to passe on the
eight day, that Moses cal-
led Aaron and his sonnes,
and the elders of Israel.
2 And hee saide vnto
Aaron , * Take thee a yong calfe for a
sinne offering, and a ramme for a burnt
offering , without blemish , and offer
them before the Lord.
3 And vnto the children -of Israel
thou shalt speake, saying, Take ye a kid
of the goats, for a sinne offering, and a
calfe, and a lambe, both of the first yeere
without blemish, for a burnt offering.
4 Also a bullocke and a ramme, for
peace offerings , to sacrifice before the
Lord, and a meat offiring mingled
with oyle : for to day the Lord
will appeare vnto you.
5 U And they brought that which
Moses commanded, before the Taber-
nacle of the Congregation : and all the
Congregation drew neere and stood be-
fore the Lord.
6 And Moses said, This is the
thing which the Lord commanded
that ye should doe : and the glory of the
Lord shall appeare vnto you.
P 2 7 And
" Exod. 29.
3S.
• Exod. 29.
Aarons offerings.
Leuiticus.
His fonnes burnt.
I Or, ordi-
nance.
\Hebr. filled
his hand out
ofit.
• Exod. 29.
38.
7 And Moses said vnto Aaron,
Gee vnto the Altar, and offer thy sinne
offering, and thy burnt offering, and
make an atonement for thy selfe, and
for the people : and offer the offering of
the people, and make an atonement for
them, as the Lord commanded.
8 1[ Aaron therefore went vnto
the Altar, and slew the calfe of the sinne
offering, which wtis for himselfe.
9 And the sonnes of Aaron brought
the blood vnto him , and he dipt his fin-
ger in the blood , and put it vpon the
homes of the Altar, and powred out the
blood at the bottome of the Altar.
10 But the fat and the kidneys, and
the caule aboue the liuer of the sinne of-
fering he burnt vpon the Altar, as the
Lord commanded Moses.
11 And the flesh and the hide he burnt
with fire, without the campe.
12 And hee slew the burnt offering,
and Aarons sonnes presented vnto him
the blood, which he sprinckled round a-
bout vpon the Altar.
13 And they presented the burnt of-
fering vnto him, with the pieces there-
of, and the head : and he burnt them vp-
on the Altar.
14 And he did wash the inwards,
and the legs, and burnt them vpon the
burnt offering on the Altar.
15 H And he brought the peoples of-
fering, and tooke the goat, which was
the sinne offering for the people , and
slew it, and offered it for sinne, as the
first.
1 6 And he brought the burnt offring,
and offered it according to the ||maner.
17 And he brought the meat offring,
and t tooke an handfull thereof, and
burnt it vpon the Altar , * beside the
burnt sacrifice of the morning.
18 He slew also the buUocke and the
ramme, for a sacrifice of peace offerings,
which was for the people : And Aarons
sonnes presented vnto him the blood,
(which nee sprinckled vpon the Altar
round about)
19 And the fat of the bullocke and of
the ramme, the rumpe, and that which
couereth the inwards, and the kidneys,
and the caule aboue the liuer,
20 And they put the fat vpon the
brests, & he burnt the fat vpon the altar:
21 And the breasts and the right
shoulder, Aaron waued for a waue of-
fering before the Lord, as Moses
commanded.
22 And Aaron lift vp his hand to-
wards the people, and blessed them,
and came downe from offering of the
sinne offering, and the burnt offering,
and peace offerings.
23 And Moses and Aaron went in-
to the Tabernacle of the Congrega-
tion, and came out, and blessed the peo-
ple : and the glory of the Lord ap-
peared vnto all the people.
24 And * there came a fire out from
before the Lord, and consumed vp-
on the Altar the burnt offering , and
the fat : which when all the people saw,
they shouted, and fell on their faces.
CHAP. X.
1 Nadab and Abihu, forT)fFering of strange fire,
are burnt by fire. 6 Aaron and his sonnes
are forbidden to mourne for tfiem. 8 The
Priests are forbidden wine when they are to
goe into the Tabernacle. 12 The law of ea-
ting the holy things. 16 Aarons excuse for
transgressing thereof.
Nd * Nadab and Abi
hu, the sonnes of Aaron,
tooke either of them his
censer, and put fire there
in , and put incense there-
on, and offered strange fire before the
Lord, which hee commaunded
them not.
2 And there went out fire from the
Lord and deuoured them, and they
died before the Lord.
3 Then Moses said vnto Aaron,
This is it that the Lord spake, say-
ing, I will bee sanctified in them that
come nigh me, and before all the people
I will be glorified : And Aaron held
his peace.
4 And Moses called Mishael and
Elzaphan the sonnes of Vzziel, the vn-
cle of Aaron, and said vnto them. Come
neere, cary your brethren from before
the Sanctuary, out of the campe.
5 So they went neere, and caried
them in their coats out of the campe, as
Moses had said.
6 And Moses said vnto Aaron, and
vnto Eleazar and vnto Ithamar his
sonnes, Vncouer not your heads, nei-
ther rend your clothes, lest you die, and
lest wrath come vpon all the people
But let your brethren, the whole house
of Israel, bewaile the burning which
the Lord hath kindled.
7 And ye shal not goe out from the
doore
Gen. 4. 4.
1. king. 18.
as. 2. chro.
7. 1.2. mace,
10. 11.
Num. 3. 4.
and 26. 61.
l.chron. 24.
Wine forbidden.
Chap.xj.
Beafts cleane, &c.
" Ezod. 29.
24.
doore of the Tabernacle of the Con-
gregation, lest you die : for the anoin-
ting oyle of the Lobd is vpon you:
and they did according to the word of
Moses.
8 H And the Lord spake vnto
Aaron, saying,
9 Doe not drinke wine nor strong
drinke, thou, nor thy sonnes with thee,
when ye goe into the Tabernacle of the
Congregation, lest yee die: It shall bee a
statute for euer, throughout your gene-
rations :
10 And that ye may put difference be-
tweene holy and vnholy, and betweene
vncleane and cleane :
11 And that ye may teach the children
of Israel all the statutes which the
Lord hath spoken vnto them by
the hand of Moses.
12 % And Moses spake vnto Aaron,
and vnto Eleazar and vnto Ithamar
his sonnes that were left , Take the
meate offering that remaineth of the
offerings of the Lord made by fire,
and eate it without leauen , beside the
altar : for it is most holy.
13 And ye shal eat it in the holy place,
because it is thy due, and thy sonnes due
of the sacrifices of the Lord, made
by fire : for so I am commanded.
14 And *the waue breast and heaue
shoulder shall ye eate in a cleane place,
thou, and thy sonnes, and thy daugh-
ters with thee: For they be thy due and
thy sonnes due, which are giuen out of
the sacrifice of peace offerings , of the
children of Israel.
15 The heaue shoulder, and the waue
breast shal they bring, with the ofFrings
made by fire of the fat, to waue it for a
waue offering before the Lord : and
it shall bee thine, and thy sonnes with
thee, by a statute for euer, as the Lord
hath commanded.
16 f And Moses diligently sought
the goate of the sinne offering, and be-
hold, it was burnt : and he was angry
with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sonnes
of Aaron, which were left aliue, say-
ings
17 Wherefore haue ye not eaten the
sinne offering in the holy place, seeing it
is most holy, and God hath giuen it you
to beare the iniquitie of the Congrega
tion, to make atonement for them, be-
fore the Lord ?
18 Behold, the blood of it was not
brought in, within the holy place : yee
should indeed haue eaten it in the holy
place, *as I commanded.
19 And Aaron said vnto Moses, Be-
hold, this day haue they offered their
sinne offering, and their burnt offering
before the Lord : and such things
haue befallen me : and if I had eaten
the sinne offering to day, should it haue
bin accepted in the sight of the Lord.''
20 And when Moses heard thut, he
was content.
CHAP. XL
1 What beasts may, 4 and what may not bee
eaten. 9 What fishes. 13 What foules. 29
The creeping things which are vncleane.
Nd the Lord spake vn-
to Moses, and to Aaron,
saying vnto them,
2 Speake vnto the chil-
dren of Israel , saying,
* These are the beasts which ye shal eat
among all the beasts that are on the
earth :
3 Whatsoeuer parteth the hoofe, and
is clouen footed, S^ cheweth cud among
the beasts, that shall ye eate.
4 Neuerthelesse, these shall ye not
eate, of them that chewe the cud, or of
them that diuidethe hoofe: as the camel,
because hee cheweth the cud, but diui-
deth not the hoofe, he is vncleane vnto
you.
5 And the conie, because he cheweth
the cud, but diuideth not the hoofe, he is
vncleane vnto you.
6 And the hare, because he cheweth
the cud, but diuideth not the hoofe, he is
vncleane vnto you.
7 And * the swine, though he diuide
the hoofe, and be clouen footed, yet hee
cheweth not the cud: he is vncleane to
you.
8 Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and
their carcase shall ye not touch : they are
vncleane to you.
9 f These shal ye eat, of all that are
in the waters : whatsoeuer hath finnes
and scales in the waters, in the seas, and
in the riuers, them shall ye eate.
10 And all that haue not finnes nor
scales in the seas, and in the riuers, of all
that moue in the waters, and of any li-
ning thing which is in the waters, they
shalbe an abomination vnto you :
1 1 They shalbe euen an abomination
vnto you : ye shall not eat of their flesh,
but you shall haue their carcases in a-
bomination.
12 What-
' Chap. «.
26.
• Deut. 14.
4. act. 10.
14.
2. Mace.
6. 18.
Meates cleane,
I^euiticiis.
and vncleane.
12 Whatsoeuer hath no finnes nor
scales in the waters, that shalbe an abo-
mination vnto you.
13 If And these are they which ye
shall haue in abomination among tne
foules, they shall not be eaten, they are
an abomination : The Eagle, and the
Ossifrage, and the Ospray,
14 And the Vulture, and the Kite,
after his kinde :
15 Euery Rauen after his kinde:
16 And the Owle, and the night-
hauke, & the Cuckow , and the Hawke
after his kinde,
17 And the little Owle, and the Cor-
morant, and the great Owle,
18 And the Swanne, and the Pelli
cane, and the Gier-eagle,
19 And the Storke, the Heron after
her kinde, and the Lapwing, and the
Batte.
20 All foules that creepe, going vp-
on all foure, shalbe an abomination vn-
to you.
21 Yet these may ye eat, of euery fly-
ing creeping thing that goeth vpon all
foure, which haue legges aboue their
feet, to leape withall vpon the earth.
22 Euen these of them ye may eate :
the Locust , after his kinde , and the
Bald -locust after his kinde, and the
Beetle after his kinde , and the Grasse-
hopper after his kinde.
23 But al other flying creeping things
which haue foure feet, shall be an abo-
mination vnto you.
24 And for these ye shalbe vncleane:
whosoeuer toucheth the carkasse of
them, shall be vncleane vntill the euen
25 And whosoeuer beareth ought of
the carkasse of them , shall wash his
clothes, & be vncleane vntill the euen.
26 Tfie carJcasses of euery beast which
diuideth the hoofe, and is not clouen
footed, nor cheweth the cud, are vn
cleane vnto you : euery one that touch
eth them, shalbe vncleane.
27 And whatsoeuer goeth vpon his
pawes, among all maner of beasts, that
goe on all foure , those are vncleane vnto
you : who so toucheth their carkasse,
shall be vncleane vntill the Euen.
28 And he that beareth the carkasse
of them, shall wash his clothes, and hi
vncleane vntill the Euen : they are vn
cleane vnto you.
29 II These also shalbe vncleane vn-
to you, among the creeping things that
creepe vpon the earth : the Weasell, and
the Mouse, and the Tortois, after his
kinde,
30 And the Ferret, and the Camele-
on, and the Lyzard, and the Snaile,
and the Molle.
31 These are vncleane to you among
all that creepe : whosoeuer doth touch
them when they bee dead , shall be vn-
cleane vntill the Euen.
32 And vpon whatsoeuer any of
them, when they are dead, doeth fall, it
shalbe vncleane, whether it be any vessel
of wood, or raiment, or skinne, or sacke,
whatsoeuer vessell it be, wherein any
worke is done, it must be put into wa-
ter, and it shall be vncleane vntill the
Euen ; so it shalbe cleansed.
33 And euery earthen vessel, where-
into any of them falleth , whatsoeuer is
in it shall bee vncleane; and *yee shall
breake it.
34 Of all meat which may be eaten,
that on which stick water commeth,
shall be vncleane : And all drinke that
may be drunkein euery *Mc/t vessell, shal
be vncleane.
35 And euery thing, whereupon any
part of their carkasse falleth , shall be
vncleane, whether it be ouen, or ranges
for pots, they shalbe broken downe : for
they are vncleane, and shall be vncleane
vnto you.
36 Neuerthelesse, a fountaine or pit,
f wherein there is plenty of water, shalbe
cleane : but that which toucheth their
carkasse shalbe vncleane.
37 And if any part of their carkasse
fall vpon any sowing seed which is to
be sowen, it shalbe cleane :
38 But if any water be put vpon the
seed, and any part of their carkasse fall
thereon, it shalbe vncleane vnto you.
39 And if any beast of which ye may
eat, die, he that toucheth the carkasse
thereof, shall be vncleane vntill the
Euen.
40 And hee that eateth of the car-
kasse of it, shall wash his clothes, and
be vncleane vntil the Euen: he also that
beareth the carkasse of it, shal wash his
clothes , and bee vncleane vntill the
Euen.
41 And euery creeping thing that
creepeth vpon the earth, shalbe an abo-
mination : it shall not be eaten.
42 Whatsoeuer goeth vpon the bel-
lie , and whatsoeuer goeth vpon all
foure, or whatsoeuer t hath more feet a-
mong all creeping things that creepe
vpon
Chap. 6.
^ Hebr. a ga-
thering toge-
ther of wa-
ters.
t Hebr. doth
multiply
feet.
The purification
Chap.xij.xiij.
of women.
t Heb, mules
• Chap. 19.
2. and 20. 7.
1. pet. 1. 15
" Chap. 15.
19.
• Luk. 2. 21
iohn 7. 22.
t Heb. Sonne
of his yeere.
vpon the earth, them ye shall not eate,
for they are an abomination.
43 Yee shall not make your tselues
abominable with any creeping thing
that creepeth , neither shall ye make
your selues vncleane with them, that
ye should be defiled thereby.
44 For I am the Lord your
God : yee shall therefore sanctifie your
selues, and *ye shall be holy, for I uvi
holy: neither shall ye defile your selues
with any maner of creeping thing that
creepeth vpon the earth.
45 For I am the Lord that brin-
geth you vp out of the land of Egypt to
be your God : ye shal therefore be holy,
for I am holy.
46 This is the law of the beasts, and
of the foule, and of euery lining creature
that moueth in the waters, and of eue-
rie creature that creepeth vpon the
earth :
47 To make a difference betweene
the vncleane and the cleane, & betweene
the beast that may be eaten, and the
beast that may not be eaten.
CHAP. XIL
1 The purification of women after childbirth.
6 Her offerings for her purifying.
Nd the Lord spake vn-
to Moses, saying,
2 Speake vnto the
children of Israel, saying.
If a * woman haue con-
ceiued seed, and borne a man child, then
she shal be vncleane seuen dayes : accor-
ding to the dayes of the separation for
her infirmitie shall she be vncleane,
3 And in the * eight day, the ilesh of
his foreskinne shall be circumcised
4 And she shal then continue in the
blood of her purifying three and thirtie
dayes : Shee shall touch no hallowed
thing, nor come into the Sanctuary,
vntill the dayes of her purifying be ful-
filled.
5 But if she beare a maid child, then
she shalbe vncleane two weekes, as in
her separation : and she shall continue
in the blood of her purifying threescore
and sixe dayes.
6 And when the dayes of her puri-
fying are fulfilled, for a sonne, or for a
daughter, she shall bring a lambe of the
t first yeere for a burnt offring, & a yong
pigeon, or a turtle doue for a sinne offe-
ring,
vnto the doore of the Tabernacle
of the Congregation , vnto the Priest :
7 Who shall offer it before the
Lord, and make an atonement for
her, and she shall be cleansed from the
issue of her blood. This is the law for
her that hath borne a male or a female.
8 • And if t she be not able to bring a
lambe, then she shall bring two turtles,
or two yong pigeons, the one for the
burnt offering, and the other for a sinne
offering : and the Priest shall make an
atonement for her , and shee shall bee
cleane.
CHAP. XIIL
1 The Lawes and tokens whereby the Priest is
to be guided in discerning the Leprosie.
Nd the Lord spake
vnto Moses and Aaron,
saying,
2 When a man shall
haue in the skinne of his
flesh, a II rising, a scabbe, or bright spot,
and it bee in the skinne of his fiesh like
the plague of leprosie, then he shall bee
brought vnto Aaron the Priest, or vnto
one of his sonnes the Priests.
3 And the Priest shall looke on the
plague in the skinne of the flesh : and
when the haire in the plague is turned
white, and the plague in sight be deeper
then the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of
leprosie : and the Priest shall looke on
him, and pronounce him vncleane.
4 If the bright spot be white in the
skinne of his flesh, and in sight bee not
deeper then the skinne, and the haire
thereof be not turned white, then the
Priest shall shut vp him that hath the
plague, seuen dayes.
5 And the Priest shall looke on him
the seuenth day : and beholde , if the
plague in his sight be at a stay, and the
plague spread not in the skinne, then the
Priest shall shut him vp seuen dayes
more.
6 And the Priest shall looke on him
againe the seuenth day : and beholde , if
the plague be somewhat darke, and the
plague spread not in the skin, the Priest
shall pronounce him cleane : it is but a
scab : and he shall wash his clothes, and
be cleane.
7 But if the scab spread much abroad
in the skinne after that hee hath beene
scene of the Priest, for his cleansing hee
shall be scene of the Priest againe.
8 And if the Priest see, that behold,
the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the
Priest
* Luke 2.
24.
t Hehr. her
haniljiiulitot
suMciencie
of.
1 Or, swel-
ling.
How to difcerne
Leuiticus.
the Leprofie.
t Hebr. the
quickening
of tilling
flesh.
Priest shall pronounce him vncleane: it
is a leprosie.
9 H When the plague of leprosie is
in a man, then he shall be brought vnto
the Priest;
10 And the Priest shall see him : and
behold, if the rising be white in the skin,
and it haue turned the haire white, and
there be tquicke raw flesh in the rising:
11 It is an old leprosie in the skinne
of his flesh , and the Priest shall pro-
nounce him vncleane, and shal not shut
him vp : for he is vncleane.
12 And if a leprosie breake out abroad
in the skin, and the leprosie couer all the
skin ofhirn that hath theplague, from his
head euen to his foot, wheresoeuer the
Priest looketh :
13 Then the Priest shall consider:
and behold, if the leprosie haue couered
al his flesh, he shal pronounce Aiwjcleane
that hath the plague , it is all turned
white ; he is cleane.
14 But when raw flesh appeareth
in him, he shall be vncleane.
15 And the Priest shall see the raw
flesh , and pronounce him to bee vn-
cleane : for the raw flesh is vncleane : it
is a leprosie.
16 Or if the raw flesh turne againe,
and bee changed vnto white, hee shall
come vnto the Priest :
17 And the Priest shall see him: and
beholde, if the plague bee turned into
white, then the Priest shall pronounce
him cleane that hath the plague ; hee is
cleane.
18 11 The flesh also, in which, euen in
the skinne thereof was a bile , and is
healed,
19 And in the place of the bile there
be a white rising, or a bright spot white,
and somewhat reddish, and it be shew-
ed to the Priest :
20 And if when the Priest seeth it,
behold, it be in sight lower then the
skinne, and the haire thereof be turned
white, the Priest shall pronounce him
vncleane : it is a plague of leprosie bro-
ken out of the bile.
21 But if the Priest looke on it , and
behold, there be no white haires there-
in, and if it be not lower then the skin,
but be somewhat darke; then the Priest
shall shut him vp seuen dayes.
22 And if it spread much abroad in
the skinne , then the Priest shall pro-
nounce him vncleane ; it is a plague.
23 But if the bright spot stay in his
t Hebr. a
turning of
fire.
place, and spread not, it m a burning
bile; and the Priest shall pronounce him
cleane.
24 IT Or if there be any flesh in the
skin whereof there is a thot burning,
and the quicke flesh that bumeth haue
a white bright spot, somewhat reddish,
or white ;
25 Then the Priest shall looke vpon
it : and behold, if the haire in the bright
spot be turned white, and it bee in sight
deeper then the skinne, it is a leprosie
broken out of the burning : wherefore
the Priest shal pronounce him vncleane:
it is the plague of leprosie.
26 But if the Priest looke on it, and
behold, there be no white haire in the
bright spot, and it be no lower then the
other skin, but be somewhat darke, then
the Priest shal shut him vp seuen dayes.
27 And the Priest shall looke vpon
him the seuenth day : and if it be spread
much abroad in the skin, then the Priest
shall pronounce him vncleane; it is the
plague of leprosie.
28 And if the bright spot stay in his
place, and spread not intheskin,butit be
somewhat darke; it is a rising of the
burning, and the Priest shall pronounce
him cleane : for it is an inflammation of
the burning.
29 f If a man or woman hath a
plague vpon the head or the beard,
30 Then the Priest shall see the
plague: and behold, if it be in sight dee-
per then the skin,a«d there be in it a yel-
low thin haire, then the Priest shall pro
nounce him vncleane, it is a dry skall,
euen a leprosie vpon the head or beard
31 And if the Priest looke on the
plague of the skall, and behold, it be not
in sight deeper then the skin, and that
there is no blacke haire in it ; then the
Priest shall shut vp him that hath the
plague of the skall, seuen dayes.
32 And in the seuenth day the Priest
shall looke on the plague : and behold,
if the skall spread not, and there be in it
no yellow haire, and the skall be not in
sight deeper then the skin;
33 He shall be shauen, but the skall
shall he not shaue : and the Priest shall
shut vp him that hath the skall, seuen
dayes more.
34 And in the seuenth day the Priest
shall looke on the skall: and behold, if
the skall be not spread in the skin, nor
be in sight deeper then the skin, then the
Priest shall pronounce him cleane : and
he
Difcerning of
Chap.xiij.
the leprofie.
t Hebr. head
is pilled.
' Num. 5. 2,
i. king. 15.
5.
t Hebr.
worke of.
he shall wash his clothes, and be cleane
35 But if the skall spread much in the
skinne after his cleansing,
36 Then the Priest shall looks on
him, and behold, if the skall be spread in
the skinne, the Priest shall not seeke for
yellow haire : he is vncleane.
37 But if the skall be in his sight at
a stay, and that there is blacke haire
growen vp therein : the skall is healed,
he is cleane, and the Priest shall pro-
nounce him cleane.
38 H If a man also or a woman haue
in the skinne of their flesh bright spots,
euen white bright spots,
39 Then the Priest shall looke : and
behold, if the bright spots in the skinne
of their flesh bee darkish white, it is a
freckled spot that groweth in the skin:
he is cleane.
40 And the man whose t haire is fal-
len off" his head, he is bald : yet is hee
cleane.
41 And he that hath his haire fallen
off from the part of his head toward
his face, he is forehead-bald : yet is hee
cleane.
42 And if there be in the bald head,
or bald forehead a white reddish sore, it
is a leprosie sprung vp in his bald-head,
or his bald forehead.
43 Then the Priest shall looke vp-
on it : and beholde, if the rising of the
sore bee white reddish in his balde
head, or in his bald forehead, as the
leprosie appeareth in the skinne of the
flesh,
44 Hee is a leprous man, he is vn-
cleane: the Priest shall pronounce him
vtterly vncleane , his plague is in his
head.
45 And the leper in whom the
plague is , his clothes shall be rent, and
his head bare, and he shall put a coue-
ring vpon his vpper lip, and shall cry,
Vncleane, vncleane.
46 All the dayes wherein the
plague shall bee in him, he shall bee de-
filed, hee is vncleane : he shall dwell a-
lone, * without the campe shall his habi-
tation be.
47 H The garment also , that the
plague of leprosie is in, whether it bee
a woollen garment , or a linnen gar-
ment,
48 Whether it bee in the warpe, or
woofe of linnen or of woollen , whe-
ther in a skin, or in any t thing made of
skinne :
49 And if the plague be greenish or
reddish in the garment, or in the skin,
either in the warpe, or in the woofe, or
in any t thing of skinne, it is a plague of
leprosie, and shall be shewed vnto the
Priest.
50 And the Priest shall looke vpon
the plague, and shut vp it that hath the
plague, seuen dayes.
51 And he shall looke on the plague
on the seuenth day : if the plague be
spread in the garment , either in the
warpe, or in the woofe, or in a skin, or
in any worke that is made of skinne,
the plague is a fretting leprosie; it is vn-
cleane.
52 Hee shall therefore burne that
garment, whether warpe or woofe, in
woUen or in linnen , or any thing of
skinne, wherein the plague is : for it is
a fretting leprosie; it shall bee burnt in
the fire.
53 And if the Priest shall looke, and
behold the plague be not spread in the
garment, either in the warpe, or in the
woofe, or in any thing of skinne ;
54 Then the Priest shall command
that they wash the thing wherein the
plague is, and he shall shut it vp seuen
dayes more.
55 And the Priest shall looke on the
plague after that it is washed : and be-
hold, if the plague haue not changed his
colour, and the plague be not spread, it
is vncleane, thou shalt burne it in the
fire, it is fret inward, whether it be tbare
within or without.
56 And if the Priest looke , and be-
hold, the plaine be somewhat darke af-
ter the washing of it, then he shall rend
it out of the garment, or out of the skin,
or out of the warpe , or out of the
woofe.
57 And if it appeare still in the gar-
ment, either in the warpe, or in the
woofe, or in any thing of skinne, it is a
spreading pfo^MC, thou shalt burne that
wherein the plague is, with fire.
58 And the garment, either warpe,
or woofe, or whatsoeuer thing of skin
it bee, which thou shalt wash , if the
plague be departed from them, then it
shall be washed the second time , and
shalbe cleane.
59 This is the law of the plague of
leprosie in a garment of woollen or lin-
nen, either in the warpe, or woofe, or
any thing of skinnes, to pronounce it
cleane, or to pronounce it vncleane.
Q CHAP
or instrtt'
ment.
t Heb. whe-
ther it be
bauJd in the
head there-
qf^ or in the
forehead
thereof.
Cleaiifinof of
Leuidcus.
the Leprofie.
I Or, tpar-
rowet.
t Hebr. vpon
the/ace of
theJUId.
t Hebr. the
davghter of
her yeere.
CHAP. XIIII.
1 The rites and sacrifices in clensing of the Le-
I per. 33 The signes of leprosie in a house.
43 The clensing of that house.
I
Nd the Lord spake
vnto Moses, saying,
2 This shalbe the law
of the leper, in the day of
his cleansing: he *shall be
ifought vnto the Priest.
3 And the Priest shall goe forth out
of the campe, and the Priest shall looke :
and beholde, if the plague of leprosie be
healed in the leper,
I 4 Then shall the Priest command
to take for him that is to bee cleansed
two llbirds aliue, and cleane, and Cedar
wood, and scarlet, and hysope.
I 5 And the Priest shall command
jthat one of the birds bee killed in an
'earthen vessell, ouer running water.
j 6 As for the liuing bird, he shal take
|it, and the Cedar wood, and the scarlet,
and the hysope, and shall dip them and
the liuing bird in the blood of the bird
that was killed ouer the running
water.
7 And he shall sprinckle vpon him
that is to be cleansed from the leprosie,
seuen times, and shall pronounce him
cleane, and shall let the liuing bird loose
tinto the open field.
8 And he that is to be cleansed shall
wash his clothes, and shaue off all his
haire, and wash himselfe in water, that
he may be cleane : And after that hee
shall come into the Campe, and shall ta-
ry abroad out of his tent seuen dayes.
9 But it shall be on the seuenth day,
that he shall shaue all his haire off his
head and his beard, and his eyebrowes,
euen all his haire he shal shaue off: And
he shall wash his clothes, also he shall
wash his flesh in water, and he shall be
cleane.
10 And on the eight day he shall take
two hee lambes without blemish, and
one ewe-lambe of + the first yeere, with
out blemish, and three tenth deales of
fine flowre for a meat offering, mingled
with oyle, and one log of oyle.
11 And the Priest that maketh him
cleane, shall present the man that is to
be made cleane, and those things before
the Lord, at the doore of the Taber
nacle of the Congregation :
12 And the Priest shall take one hee
lambe, and offer him for a trespasse of-
fering, and the log of oile, and *waue
them for a waue offering before the
Lord.
13 And he shall slay the lambe in the
place where he shall kil the sin-offering,
and the burnt oft'ring in the holy place:
for *as the sinne offering is the Priests,
so is the trespasse offering : it is most
Holy.
14 And the Priest shall take some of
the blood of the trespasse offering, and
the Priest shall put it vpon the tip of the
right eare of him that is to be cleansed,
and vpon the thumbe of his right
hand , and vpon the great toe of his
right foot.
15 And the Priest shall take some of
the log of oile , and powre it into the
palme of his owne left hand :
1 6 And the Priest shall dip his right
finger in the oile that is in his left hand,
and shall sprinckle of the oile with his
finger, seuen times before the Lord.
1 7 And of the rest of the oile that is in
his hand, shall the Priest put vpon the
tip of the right eare of him that is to be
cleansed, and vpon the thumbe of his
right hande, and vpon the great toe of
his right foot, vpon the blood of the
trespasse offering.
18 And the remnant of the oile that
is in the Priests hand, he shall powre
vpon the head of him that is to be clean-
sed : and the Priest shall make an atone
ment for him before the Lord.
19 And the Priest shal offer the sinne
offering , and make an atonement for
him that is to be cleansed from his vn-
cleannesse, and afterward he shall kill
the burnt offering.
9.0 And the Priest shall offer the
burnt offering , and the meat offering
vpon the Altar : and the Priest shall
make an atonement for him , and he
shalbe cleane.
21 And if he be poore, and t cannot
get so much , then hee shall take one
lambe for a trespasse offring t to be wa-
ned, to make an atonement for him, and
one tenth deale of fine flowre mingled
with oile, for a meat offering, and a log
of oile,
22 And two turtle doues , or two
yong pigeons, such as he is able to get:
and the one shalbe a sinne offering, and
the other a burnt offering.
23 And hee shall bring them on the
eight day, for his cleansing vnto the
Priest,
Exod. 29.
Chap. 7. 7.
t Hebr. his
hand reach
not.
t Hebr. For
a waning.
Cleanfing of
Chap.xiiij.
the leprofie.;
Priest, vnto the doore of the Taber-
nacle of the Congregation , before the
Lord.
24 And the Priest shall take the
lambe of the trespasse offering, and the
log of oile , and the Priest shall waue
them for a waue offering before the
LOBD.
25 And he shall kill the lambe of the
trespasse offering , and the Priest shall
take some of the blood of the trespasse
offering, and put it vpon the tip of the
right eare of him that is to be cleansed,
and vpon the thumbe of his right hand,
and vpon the great toe of his right
foote.
26 And the Priest shall powre of the
oyle into the palme of his owne left
hand.
27 And the Priest shal sprinkle with
his right finger, some of the oile that is
in his left hand, seuen times before the
LOED.
28 And the Priest shall put of the oile
that is in his hand, vpon the tip of the
right eare of him that is to be cleansed,
and vpon the thumbe of his right hand,
and vpon the great toe of his right
foot; vpon the place of the blood of the
trespasse offering.
29 And the rest of the oile that is in
the Priests hand, he shall put vpon the
head of him that is to bee cleansed, to
make an atonement for him before the
Lord.
30 And he shall offer the one of the
turtle doues , or of the yong pigeons,
such as he can get :
31 Eueii such as he is able to get, the
one for a sinne offering, and the other
for a burnt offering , with the meat of-
fering. And the Priest shall make an
atonement for him that is to be clean-
sed, before the Lord.
32 This is the law of him in whom
is the plague of leprosie, whose hand is
not able to get that which pertaineth
to his cleansing.
33 H And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, and vnto Aaron, saying,
34 When ye be come into the land of
Canaan, which I giue to you for a pos-
session, and I put the plague of lepro-
sie in a house of the land of your pos
session ;
35 And hee that oweth the house
shall come , and tell the Priest, saying,
It seemeth to me there is as it were a
plague in the house :
36 Then the Priest shall command!
that they ||emptie the house, before the ' Or.jn-e.
Priest goe into it to see the plague, that;^'^''
all that is in the house be not made vn-|
cleane : and afterward the Priest shall
goe in, to see the house.
37 And he shal looke on the plague:
and behold, if the plague be in the walls
of the house, with hollow strakes, gree-
nish or reddish, which in sight are lower
then the wall ; I
38 Then the Priest shall goe out of
the house, to the doore of the house, and
shut vp the house seuen dayes.
39 And the Priest shall come againe
the seuenth day, and shall looke : and
behold, if the plague bee spread in the
walls of the house ;
40 Then the Priest shall command
that they take away the stones in
which the plague is, and they shall cast
them into an vncleane place without
the Citie.
41 And hee shall cause the house to
be scraped within round about , and
they shall powre out the dust that they
scrape off, without the citie into an vn-
cleane place.
42 And they shall take other stones,
and put them in the place of those stones;
and hee shall take other morter, and
shall plaister the house.
43 And if the plague come againe,
and breake out in the house, after that
he hath taken away the stones, and af-
ter he hath scraped the house, and after
it is plastered ;
44 Then the Priest shall come and
looke , and behold , if the plague bee
spread in the house, it is a fretting lepro-
sie in the house: it is vncleane.
45 And he shall breake downe the
house, the stones of it, and the timber
thereof, and all the morter of the house:
and he shall cary them foorth out of the
city into an vncleane place.
46 Moreouer , he that goeth into
the house all the while that it is shut
vp, shalbe vncleane vntill the Euen.
47 And hee that lieth in the house,
shall wash his clothes : and hee that
eateth in the house , shall wash his
clothes.
48 And if the Priest t shall come in,
and looke vpon it, andbehold, the plague
hath not spread in the house, after the
house was plastered : then the Priest
shall pronounce the house cleane , be-
cause the plague is healed.
Q 2 49 And
t Hebr. in
comming tn,
shall come
in, &c
How to purge
Leuiticus.
vncleane iffues.
• Chap. 13.
SO.
t Heb. in the
day of the
vncleane,
and in the
day of the
eleane.
49 And he shall take to cleanse the
house, two birds, and Cedar wood, and
scarlet, and hyssope.
50 And he shall kill the one of the
birds in an earthen vessell , ouer run
ning water.
51 And he shall take the Cedar-wood
and the hyssope, and the scarlet, and the
lining bird, and dip them in the blood
of the slaine bird, and in the running
water , and sprinkle the house seuen
times.
52 And he shall dense the house with
the blood of the bird, and with the run-
ning water, and with the lining bird,
and with the Cedar wood, and with
the hyssope, and with the scarlet.
53 But hee shall let goe the liuing
bird out of the citie into the open fields,
and make an atonement for the house :
and it shall be eleane.
54 This is the law for all manner
plague of leprosie and * skall,
55 And for the leprosie of a garment,
and of an house,
56 And for a rising, and for a scabbe,
and for a bright spot :
57 To teach twhen it is vncleane,
and when it is eleane: this is the lawe of
leprosie.
\Orfunning
oflhereines.
iHeb. vessel.
CHAP. XV.
I The vncleannes of men in their issues. 1 3 The
clensing of them. 19 The vncleannesse of
women in their issues. 28 Their clensing.
Nd the Lord spake vn
to Moses, and to Aaron,
saying,
2 Speake vnto the chil-
dren of Israel , and say
vnto them , When any man hath a
I I running issue out of his flesh, because
of his issue he is vncleane.
3 And this shall be his vncleannesse
in his issue : whether his flesh run with
his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his
issue, it is his vncleannesse.
4 Euery bed whereon he lieth, that
hath the issue , is vncleane : and euery
t thing whereon he sitteth, shall bee vn-
cleane.
5 And whosoeuer toucheth his bed,
shall wash his clothes, and bath himselfe
in water, and bee vncleane vntill the
Euen.
6 And hee that sitteth on any thing
whereon hee sate that hath the issue,
shall wash his clothes, and bath himselfe
in water, and bee vncleane vntill the
Euen.
7 And he that toucheth the flesh of
him that hath the issue, shall wash his
clothes, and bathe himselfe in water, and
be vncleane vntill the Euen.
8 And if he that hath the issue, spit
vpon him that is eleane, then hee shall
wash his clothes , and bathe himselfe in
water, and bee vncleane vntill the
Euen.
9 And what saddle soeuer he rideth
vpon, that hath the issue , shall bee vn
eleane.
10 And whosoeuer toucheth any
thing that was vnder him, shall be vn-
cleane vntil the Euen : And he that bea-
reth any of those things, shall wash his
clothes, and bathe himselfe in water, and
be vncleane vntill the Euen.
11 And whomsoeuer hee toucheth
that hath the issue (and hath not rinsed
his hands in water) he shall wash his
clothes, and bathe himselfe in water, and
be vncleane vntill the Euen.
12 And the * vessell of earth that hee
toucheth which hath the issue, shall bee
broken : and euery vessell of wood shall
be rinsed in water.
13 And when hee that hath an issue,
is cleansed of his issue , then hee shall
number to himselfe seuen dayes for his
cleansing , and wash his clothes , and
bathe his flesh in running water, and
shall be eleane.
14 And on the eight day hee shall
take to him two turtle doues, or two
yong pigeons , and come before the
LoBi), vnto the doore of the Taber-
nacle of the Congregation , and giue
them vnto the Priest.
15 And the Priest shall offer them,
the one for a sinne offering, and the o-
ther for a burnt ofl^ering, and the Priest
shall make an atonement for him before
the Lord for his issue.
16 And if any mans seede of copula-
tion goe out from him, then hee shall
wash all his flesh in water, and bee vn-
cleane vntill the Euen.
17 And euery garment and euery
skinne whereon is the seede of copula-
tion, shall be washed with water, and
be vncleane vntill the Euen.
18 The woman also with whom
man shall lie with seed of copulation,
they shall both bath tlicmselues in water,
and be vncleane vntill the Euen.
19 IF And if a woman haue an issue,
and
Chap. 6.
Vncleane iffues.
Chap.xvj.
The Scape goat.
t Hebr. in
her separa-
tion.
and her issue in her flesh be blood, shee
shall bee t put apart seuen dayes : and
whosoeuer toucheth her, shall bee vn-
cleane vntil the Euen.
20 And euery thing that she lietli vp-
on in her separation, shall be vncleane:
euery thing also that she sitteth vpon,
shalbe vncleane.
21 And whosoeuer toucheth her
bed, shall wash his clothes, and bathe
himselfe in water, and be vncleane vntill
the Euen.
22 And whosoeuer toucheth any
thing that she sate vpon, shall wash his
clothes, and bathe himselfe in water, and
be vncleane vntill the Euen.
23 And if it be on her bed, or on any
thing whereon she sitteth , when hee
toucheth it , he shall be vncleane vntill
the Euen.
24 And if any man lye with her at
all, and her flowers be vpon him, hee
shall be vncleane seuen dayes : and all
the bed whereon he lyeth, shall be vn-
cleane.
25 And if a woman haue an issue of
her blood many dayes out of the time
of her separation, or if it runne beyond
the time of her separation, all the dayes
of the issue of her vncleannesse, shall be
as the dayes of her separation: she shal
be vncleane.
26 Euery bed whereon she lyeth all
the dayes of her issue, shall be vnto her
as the bed of her separation : and what
soeuer shee sitteth vpon, shall bee vn-
cleane, as the vncleannesse of her sepa-
ration.
27 And whosoeuer toucheth those
things, shalbe vncleane, and shall wash
his clothes, and bathe himselfe in water,
and be vncleane vntill the Euen.
28 But if she be cleansed of her issue,
then she shall number to her selfe seuen
dayes : and after that, she shalbe cleane
29 And on the eight day she shall
take vnto her two turtles or two yong
pigeons, & bring them vnto the Priest,
to the doore of the Tabernacle of the
Congregation.
30 And the Priest shall offer the one
for a sinne offering, and the other for a
burnt offering, and the Priest shall
make an atonement for her before the
Lord, for the issue of her vnclean-
nesse.
31 Thus shall yee separate the chil-
dren of Israel from their vncleannesse,
that they die not in their vncleannesse.
" Leuit. 10.
2.
^10. heb. 9.
7.
when they defile my Tabernacle that
is among them.
32 This is the law of him that hath
an issue, and (rfhhn whose seed goeth
from him, and is defiled therewith ;
33 And of her that is sicke of her
flowers, and of him that hath an issue,
of the man, and of the woman, & of him
that lyeth with her which is vncleane.
CHAP. XVI.
1 How the hie Priest must enter into the Holy
place. 11 The sinne-offering for himselfe.
15 The sinne- offering for the people. 20
The Scape Goat. 29 The yeerely Feast of
the Expiations.
Nd the Lord * spake vn
to Moses , after the death
of the two sonnes of Aa-
ron, when they offered be-
fore the Lord, and died.
2 And the Lord sayd vnto
Moses, Speake vnto Aaron thy bro-
ther, that hee *come not at all times in • Exod. so.
to the Holy place within the Vaile,';
before the Mercy seat , which is vpon
the Arke , that hee die not : for I will
appeare in the cloud vpon the Mercy
seat.
3 Thus shall Aaron come in to the
Holy place : with a yong bullocke for a
sinne offering, and a ramme for a burnt
ofifering.
4 Hee shall put on the holy linnen
coate, and he shall haue the linnen bree-
ches vpon his flesh, and shall be girded
with a linnen girdle, and with the lin-
nen Miter shall hee be attired. These
are holy garments : therefore shall he
wash his flesh in water, and so put
them on.
5 And he shall take of the Congre-
gation of the children of Israel, two
kiddes of the Goates for a sinne of-
fering, and one ramme for a burnt of-
fering.
6 And Aaron shall offer his bul-
locke of the sinne offering, which is for
himselfe, and *make an atonement for '
himselfe, and for his house.
7 And he shall take the two goats,
and present them before the Lord
at the doore of the Tabernacle of the
Congregation.
8 And Aaron shall cast lottes vp-
on the two Goates : one lot for the
Lord , and the other lot for the
t Scape goat.
9 And'
Hebr. 9. 7.
t Hebr. A-
zazel.
t Hebr. went
vp.
The Scape goat.
Leuiticus.
A finne offrin
g
I* Heb.a. 13
and 10. 4.
|*Chap. 4. 6
t Heb. dweU
Uth.
" Luk. 1. 10.
9 And Aaron shall bring the goate
vpon which the Lords lot tfell, and
offer him for a sinne offering.
10 But the goat on which the lot fell
to be the Scape goate, shalbe presented
aliue before the Loud, to make an at-
onement with him, and to let him goe
for a Scape goate into the wilder-
nesse.
11 And Aaron shal bring the bullocke
of the sinne offering, which is for him-
selfe, and shall make an atonement for
himselfe, and for his house, and shal kill
the bullocke of the sinne offering which
is for himselfe.
12 And he shall take a censer full of
burning coales of fire from off the Al-
tar before the Loud, and his handes
full of sweet incense beaten small, and
bring it within the vaile.
13 And he shall put the incense vpon
the fire before the L o k d , that the
cloud of the incense may couer the mer-
cie seate that wvpon the testimonie, that
he die not.
14 And * he shall take of the blood of
the bullocke, and * sprinkle it with his
finger vpon the Mercie seat Eastward :
and before the Mercie seate shall hee
sprinkle of the blood with his finger se-
uen times.
15 1i Then shall he kill the goate of
the sinne offering that is for the people
and bring his blood within the Vaile,
and doe with that blood as he did with
the blood of the bullocke, and sprinkle it
vpon the Mercie seat , and before the
Mercie seat.
16 And he shall make an atonement
for the holy place , because of the vn
cleannesse of the children of Israel,
and because of their transgressions in
all their sinnes : and so shall hee doe for
the Tabernacle of the Congregation
that tremaineth among them , in the
middest of their vncleannesse.
17 * And there shall bee no man in
the Tabernacle of the Congregation,
when hee goeth in to make an atone-
ment in the holy place, vntill hee come
out, and haue made an atonement for
himselfe, and for his houshold, and for
all the Congregation of Israel.
18 And he shall goe out vnto the Al
tar that is before the Lord, and make
an atonement for it, & shall take of the
blood of the bullocke, and of the blood
of the goate, and put it vpon the homes
of the Altar round about.
19 And he shall sprinkle of the blood
vpon it with his finger seuen times, and
dense it , and hallow it from the vn-
cleannesse of the children of Israel.
20 H And when hee hath made an
end of reconciling the holy place , and
the Tabernacle of the Congregation,
and the Altar, hee shall bring the Hue
goate.
21 And Aaron shall lay both his
hands vpon the head of the line goate,
and confesse ouer him all the iniquities
of the children of Israel, and all their
transgressions in all their sinnes, put-
ting them vpon the head of the goate,
and shall send him away by the hand of
ta fit man into the wildernesse.
!2 And the goate shall beare vpon
him all their iniquities, vnto a land tnot
inhabited ; and he shall let goe the goat
in the wildernesse.
23 And Aaron shall come into the
Tabernacle of the Congregation , and
shal put off the linnen garments which
he put on, when he went in to the holy
place, and shall leaue them there.
24 And he shall wash his flesh with
water in the holy place, and put on his
garments, and come foorth , and offer
his burnt offering , and the burnt
offering of the people , and make an
atonement for himselfe , and for the
people.
25 And the fat of the sinne offering
shall he burne vpon the Altar.
26 And he that let goe the goat for
the Scape-goat, shal wash his clothes,
and bathe his flesh in water, and after-
ward come into the Campe.
27 And the bullocke for the sinne of-
fering, and the goat for the sin offering,
whose blood was brought in, to make
atonement in the holy place, shall one
cary foorth * without the Campe, and
they shal burne in the fire their skinnes
and their flesh, and their doung.
28 And he that burneth them, shall
wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in
water, and afterward he shall come in
to the Campe.
29 IT And this shall be a statute for
euer vnto you : that in the seuenth mo-
neth, on the tenth day of the moneth, ye
shall afflict your soules, & doe no worke
at all, whether it bee one of your owne
countrey , or a stranger that soiour-
neth among you.
30 For on that Aa.y shdilthe Priest make
an atonement for you, to cleanse you,
that
t HebT. a
man o/(yp'
portunitie,
t Heb. of se-
paration.
• Leuit. 6.
30. heb. 13.
11.
for atonement.
Chap.xvij,
No blood eaten.
t Hebr.fill
hiahand.
• Exod. 30.
10. heb 9.
7.
that yee may bee cleane from all your
sinnes before the Lord.
31 It sImU be a Sabbath of rest vnto
you, and ye shall afflict your soules by a
statute for euer.
32 And the Priest whom he shall an-
oynt, and whom he shall t consecrate to
minister in the Priests office in his fa-
thers stead, shall make the atonement,
and shal put on the linnen clothes, euen
the holy garments.
33 And he shall make an atonement
for the holy Sanctuary, and hee shall
make an atonement for the Tabernacle
of the Congregation, and for the Altar:
and he shall make an atonement for the
Priests , and for all the people of the
Congregation.
34 And this shall be an euerlasting
statute vnto you, to make an atonement
for the children of Israel , for all their
sinnes * once a yeere. And he did as the
Lord commanded Moses.
CHAP. XVIL
1 The blood of all slaine beasts must be offered
to the Lord at the doore of the Tabernacle.
7 They must not offer to deuils. 10 All ea-
ting of blood is forbidden, 15 and all that
dieth alone, or is tome.
Nd the Lord spake vn-
to Moses, saying,
2 Speake vnto Aaron
and vnto his sonnes, and
vnto all the children of Is-
rael , and say vnto them ; This is the
thing which the Lord hath com-
manded, saying;
3 What man soeuer there bee of the
house of Israel, that killeth an oxe, or
lambe, or goat in the Campe, or that kil-
leth it out of the Campe,
4 And bringeth it not vnto the
doore of the Tabernacle of the Congre-
gation , to offer an offering vnto the
Loud before the Tabernacle of the
Lord, blood shall be imputed vnto
that man; he hath shed blood, and that
man shall be cut off from among his
people :
5 To the end that the children of Is-
rael may bring their sacrifices , which
they offer in the open field, euen that
they may bring them vnto the Lord,
vnto the doore of the Tabernacle of
the Congregation vnto the Priest, and
oflfer them for peace offerings vnto the
Lord.
6 And the Priest shall sprinckle the
blood vpon the Altar of the Lord, at
the doore of the Tabernacle of the Con-
gregation, and burne the fat for a *8weet
sauour vnto the Lord.
7 And they shall no more offer their
sacrifices vnto deuils, after whom they
haue gone a whoring : This shall be a
statute for euer vnto them throughout
their generations.
8 1[ And thou shalt say vnto them,
Whatsoeuer man tliere be of the house of
Israel , or of the strangers which so-
iourne among you, that offreth a burnt
offering or sacrifice,
9 And bringeth it not vnto the doore
of the Tabernacle of the Congrega-
tion, to offer it vnto the Lord, euen
that man shall be cut off from among
his people.
10 H And whatsoeuer man there be
of the house of Israel, or of the stran
gers that soiourne among you, that ea-
teth any maner of blood, I will euen
set my face against that soule that ea-
teth blood, and will cut him oft' from a-
mong his people.
11 For the life of the flesh is in the
blood, and I haue giuen it to you vpon
the Altar, to make an atonement for
your soules : for it is the blood, that ma-
keth an atonement for the soule.
12 Therefore I said vnto the chil-
dren of Israel, No soule of you shall eat
blood , neither shall any stranger that
soiourneth among you, eat blood.
13 And whatsoeuer man there be of
the children of Israel, or of the stran-
gers that soiourne among you, which
thunteth and catcheth any beast or foule
that may be eaten , he shall euen powre
out the blood thereof, and couer it with
dust.
1 4 For it is the life of all flesh , the
blood of it is for the life thereof: there-
fore I said vnto the children of Israel,
* Ye shall not eat the blood of no maner
of flesh : for the life of all flesh is the
blood thereof : whosoeuer eateth it,
shalbe cut off".
15 And euery soule that eateth that
which tdied of it selfe, or that which was
tome with beasts, whether it bee one of
your owne countrey, or a stranger, he
shall both wash his clothes, and bathe
himselfe in water, and be vncleane vntill
the Euen : then shall he be cleane.
16 But if he wash them not, nor bathe
his flesh, then he shal beare his iniquity.
CHAP.
* Exod. «9.
18. chap. 4.
31.
t Heb. tlmt
hunteth any
hunting.
' Gen. 9. 4.
t Heb. a car-
caise.
Vnlawfull
Leuiticus.
marriages.
• Ezek. 20.
11. rom.
10. 5. galat.
3. 12.
t Hebr. re-
mainderof
hiajlesh.
• Chap. 20.
11.
" Chap. 20.
19.
• Chap. 20.
20.
• Chap. 20.
12.
CHAP. XVIII.
1 Vnlawfull Marriages. 19 Vnlawfull lusts.
Nd the Lord spafe
vnto Moses, saying,
2 Speake vnto the
children of Israel , and
say vnto them, I am the
Lord your God.
3 After the doings of the land of E-
gypt wherein ye dwelt, shal ye not doe:
and after the doings of land of Canaan
whither I bring you , shall ye not doe :
neither shall yee walke in their ordi-
nances.
4 Ye shall doe my iudgements, and
keepe mine ordinances, to walke there-
in : I am the Lord your God.
5 * Yee shall therefore keepe my sta-
tutes, and my iudgements : which if a
man doe, hee shall liue in them : I am
the Lord.
6 H None of you shall approche to
any that is tneere of kinne to him, to
vncouer tJiei?- nakednesse : I am the
Lord.
7 The nakednesse of thy father, or
the nakednesse of thy mother , shalt
thou not vncouer : she is thy mother,
thou shalt not vncouer her nakednesse.
8 *The nakednesse of thy fathers
wife shalt thou not vncouer : it is thy fa
thers nakednesse.
9 The nakednesse of thy sister, the
daughter of thy father, or daughter of
thy mother, whether shee be borne at
home, or borne abroad, etien their naked-
nesse thou shalt not vncouer.
10 The nakednesse of thy sonnes
daughter, or of thy daughters daugh-
ter, etien their nakednesse thou shalt not
vncouer : for theirs is thine owne na-
kednesse.
11 The nakednesse of thy fathers
wiues daughter, begotten of thy fa
ther, (she is thy sister,) thou shalt not vn-
couer her nakednesse.
12 *Thou shalt not vncouer the na-
kednesse of thy fathers sister: she is thy
fathers neere kinswoman.
13 Thou shalt not vncouer the na-
kednesse of thy mothers sister : for she is
thy mothers neere kinswoman.
14 *Thou shalt not vncouer the na-
kednesse of thy fathers brother, thou
shalt not approche to his wife : shee is
thine aunt.
15 ♦Thou shalt not vncouer the na-
kednesse of thy daughter in law : shee is
thy sonnes wife, thou shalt not vnco-
uer her nakednesse.
16 *Thou shalt not vncouer the na-
kednesse of thy brothers wife : it is thy
brothers nakednesse.
17 Thou shalt not vncouer the na-
kednesse of a woman and her daugh-
ter, neither shalt thou take her sonnes
daughter, or her daughters daughter,
to vncouer her nakednesse : For they
are her neere kinsewomen : it is wic-
kednesse.
18 Neither shalt thou take a wife ||to
her sister, to vexe hei; to vncouer her na-
kednes besides the other, in her life time.
19 * Also thou shalt not approche vn-
to a woman to vncouer her nakednes
as long as shee is put apart for her vn-
cleannesse.
20 Moreouer, thou shalt not lie car-
nally with thy neighbours wife, to de-
file thy selfe with her.
21 And thou shalt not let any of thy
seed *passe through the fire to *Molech,
neither shalt thou prophane the Name
of thy God : I am the Lord.
22 Thou shalt not lie with man-
kinde, as with womankinde : it is abo
mination.
I 23 * Neither shalt thou lie with any
beast, to defile thy selfe therewith : nei
ther shall any woman stand before a
beast to lie downe thereto : It is con-
fusion.
24 Defile not you your selues in any
of these things: for in all these, the na-
tions are defiled which I cast out be-
fore you.
25 And the land is defiled : There-
fore I doe visit the iniquitie thereof vp-
on it, and the land it selfe vomiteth out
her inhabitants.
26 Ye shall therefore keepe my Sta
tutes and my Iudgements, and shall
not commit any of these abominations ;
neither any of your owne nation , nor
any stranger that soiourneth among
you:
27 (For all these abominations haue
the men of the land done, which were
before you, and the land is defiled.)
28 That the land spew not you out
also, when ye defile it , as it spewed out
the nations that were before you.
29 For whosoeuer shall commit a-
ny of these abominations, euen the
soules that commit them, shall be cut off
from among their people.
30 There
• Chap. 20.
21.
I Or, one
wife to ano-
ther.
' Chap. 20.
• Chap. 20.
2. 2. king.
23. 10.
•Called
Acts. 7. 43.
Moloc.
• Chap. 20.
IS.
Diuei's lawes,
Chap,
XIX.
and ordinances.
• Chap. 11.
44. & 20. 7.
l.pet. 1.16.
* Chap. 23.
22.
' Exod. 20.
. deut. 5.
11. matt. 5.
34. iam. 5.
12.
I * Kccles. 10.
: 7- ileut. 24.
14. tobi. 4
15.
30 Therefore shal ye keepe mine Or-
dinance , that ye commit not any one of
these abominable customes , which
were committed before you, and that ye
defile not your selues therein: I am the
Lord your God.
CHAP. XIX.
1 A repetition of sundry Lawes.
Nd the Loud spake
vnto Moses, saying,
2 Speake vnto all the
Congregation of the chil-
dren of Israel , and say
vnto them, * Ye shalbe holy : for I the
Lord your God am holy.
3 IT Yea shall feare euery man his
mother, and his father, and keepe my
Sabbaths : I am the Lord your
God.
4 If Turne ye not vnto idoles, nor
make to your selues molten gods : I am
the Lord your God.
5 IT And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace
offerings vnto the Lord, ye shall
offer it, at your owne will.
6 It shall be eaten the same day ye
offer it, and on the morrow : and if
ought remaine vntill the third day, it
shalbe burnt in the fire.
7 And if it be eaten at all on the
third day, it is abominable; it shall not
be accepted.
8 Therefore euert/ one that eateth it,
shal beare his iniquitie, because he hath
prophaned the halowed thing of the
Lord ; and that soule shalbe cut off
from among his people.
9 H And * when ye reape the har-
uest of your land, thou shalt not wholly
reape the corners of thy field, neither
shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy
haruest.
10 And thou shalt not gleane thy
vineyard, neither shalt thou gather eue-
ry grape of thy vineyard ; thou shalt
leaue them for the poore and stranger:
~ am the Lord your God.
11 f Ye shall not steale, neither deale
falsly, neither lie one to another.
12 IF And ye shall not *sweare by my
Name falsly , neither shalt thou pro-
phane the Name of thy God: I am the
Lord.
13 f *Thou shalt not defraud thy
neighbour, neither rob him : the wages
of him that is hired, shal not abide with
thee all night, vntiU the morning.
• 1. loh. 2.
11. mat. 8.5
ecclu. 19. 13
Or, that
thou beare
notsinnejbr
him.
•Matt. J. 43
and 22. 39.
rom. 13. 9.
^alat. 5. 14.
lam. 2. 8.
14 % Thou shalt not curse the deafe,|
*nor put a stumbling blockc before the * Deut. 27.
blind, but shalt feare thy God: I am the
Lord.
15 % Ye shall doe no vnrighteousnes
in iudgement; thou shalt not * respect i* Kxod. 23.
the person of the poore, nor honour the 17. and"i6.
person of the miehtie: but in righteous-: I"- PJ!?,"'„*i
nesse shalt thou ludge thy neighbour.
16 % Thou shalt not goe vp and
downe as a tale-bearer among thy peo-
ple : neither shalt thou stand against the
blood of thy neighbour : I am the
Lord.
17 IT *Thou shalt not hate thy bro-
ther in thine heart : thou shalt in any
wise rebuke thy neighbour, ||and not
suffer sinne vpon him.
18 H Thou shalt not auenge nor
beare any grudge against the children
of thy people, *but thou shalt loue thy
neighbor as thy selfe: I am the Lord.
19 f Yee shall keepe my Statutes:
Thou shalt not let thy cattell gender
with a diuerse kinde : Thou shalt not
sowe thy field with mingled seed : Nei-
ther shall a garment mingled of linnen
and woollen come vpon thee.
20 11 And whosoeuer lieth carnally
with a woman that is a bondmaid, || be-
trothed to an husband, and not at all
redeemed, nor freedome giuen her, ||she
shall be scourged: they shall not be put
to death, because she was not firee :
21 And he shall bring his trespasse
offering vnto the Lord, vnto the
doore of the Tabernacle of the Congre-
gation , euen a ramme for a trespasse of-
fering.
22 And the Priest shall make an at-
onement for him with the ramme of
the trespasse offering before the Lord
for his sinne which hee hath done: and
the sinne which he hath done shall bee
forgiuen him.
23 H And when yee shall come in to
the land, and shall haue planted all ma-
ner of trees for food, then ye shall count
the fruit therof as vncircumcised: three
yeeres shall it be as vncircumcised vnto
you : it shall not be eaten of
24 But in the fourth yeere all the
fruit thereof shall be tholy to praise thel ^^^^^^^j
Lord withall. [lord.
25 And in the fifl yeere shall ye eate
of the fruit thereof, that it may yeelde
vnto you the increase thereof: I am the
Lord your God.
26 f Ye shall not eate any thing with
R the
I Or, almsed
bp any. Heb.
reproched
by i(yrfor'\
man.
I Or, they.
Heb. there
shall bee a
scourging.
t Holines
Diuers lawes,
Leuiticus.
and ordinances.
• Chap. 21.
" Deut. 14.
1.
t Hebr.pro-
phane.
* Exod. 22.
21.
lOrfippresse,
* Exod. 22.
21.
• Prou. 11.
I. and 16.
II. and 20.
10.
iHeb-stcmes.
' Chap. 18.
the blood, neither shall ye vse inchant-
ment, nor obserue times.
27 * Ye shall not round the comers
of your heads, neither shall thou marre
the corners of thy beard.
28 Ye shall not * make any cuttings
in your flesh for the dead, nor print any
markes vpon you : I am the Lord.
29 f Doe not t prostitute thy daugh-
ter, to cause her to be a whore, lest the
land fall to whoredome , and the land
become full of wickednesse.
30 II Ye shall keepe my Sabbaths,
and- reuerence my Sanctuary : I am
the Lord.
31 IT Regard not them that haue fa-
miliar spirits , neither seeke after Wi
zards, to be defiled by them : I am the
Lord your God.
32 f Thou shalt rise vp before the
hoary head, and honour the face of the
old man , and feare thy God : I am the
Lord.
33 H And * if a stranger soiourne
with thee in your land , yee shall not
||vexe him.
34 * But the stranger that dwelleth
with you, shalbe as one borne amongst
you , and thou shalt loue him as thy
selfe, for ye were strangers in the land of
Egypt : I am the Lord your God.
35 H Ye shall doe no vnrighteousnes
in iudgment, in meteyard, in weight, or
in measure.
36 *Iust ballances, iust t weights, a
iust Ephah , and a i ust Hin shall ye haue :
I am the Lord your God , which
brought you out of the land of Egypt.
37 Therefore shall ye obserue all my
Statutes, and all my Judgements,
and doe them : I am the Lord.
CHAP. XX.
1 Of him that giueth of his seed to Molech. 4
of him that fauoureth such an one. 6 Of
going to Wizards. 7 Of sanctiflcation. 9
Of him that curseth his parents. 1 0 Of adul-
terie. n. 14. 17. 19 Of Incest. 13 Of So-
domie. 1 5 Of Beastialitie. ISOfvnclean-
nesse. 22 Obedience is required with holi-
nesse. 27 Wizards must be put to death.
Nd the Lord spake
vnto Moses, saying,
2 * Againe, thou shalt
say to the children of Is-
rael ; Whosoeuer he be of
the children of Israel, or of the stran-
gers that soiourne in Israel , that
giueth any of his seed vnto Molech, he
shall surely be put to death : the people
of the land shall stone him with stones.
3 And I wil set my face against that
man, and will cut him off from among
his people : because he hath giuen of his
seed vnto Molech, to defile my Sanctu-
ary, and to prophane my holy Name.
4 And if the people of the land doe
any wayes hide their eyes from the
man, when he giueth of his seed vnto
Molech, and kill him not :
5 Then I will set my face against
that man, and against his family, and
will cut him off, and all that goe a who-
ring after him, to commit whoredome
with Molech , from among their
people.
6 H And the soule that turneth af-
ter such as haue familiar spirits, and af-
ter wizards , to goe a whoring after
them, I will euen set my face against
that soule, and will cut him off from a-
mong his people.
7 f * Sanctifie your selues there-
fore , and bee yee holy : for I am the
Lord your God.
8 And ye shall keepe my Statutes,
and do them : I am the Lord which
sanctifie you.
9 ^ *For euery one that curseth his
father or his mother, shalbe surely put
to death : hee hath cursed his father or
his mother; his blood shalbe vpon him
10 IT And * the man that committeth
adulterie with another mans wife, etien
he that committeth adulterie with his
neighbours wife , the adulterer, and
the adulteresse shall surely bee put to
death.
11 * And the man that lieth with his
fathers wife, hath vncouered his fa-
thers nakednesse : both of them shal
be put to death ; their blood shalbe vpon
them.
12 And if a man lie with his daugh
ter in law, both of them shall surely be
put to death : they haue wrought con-
fusion ; their blood shall be vpon them.
13 *If a man also lie with mankind,
as hee lyeth with a woman , both of
them haue committed an abomina
tion : they shall surely be put to death ;
their blood shalbe vpon them.
14 And if a man take a wife, and her
mother, it is wickednesse: They shalbe
burnt with fire, both he and they, that
there be no wickednesse among you.
15 * And if a man lie with a beast, he
shall
" Chap. 11.
44. and 19 .
2. l.pet. 1.
16.
* Exod. 21.
17. pro. 20.
20. matth.
15. 4.
• Deut. 22.
22. iohn 8.
4.
• Chap. 18
8.
• Chap. 18.
23.
• Chap. 18.
9.
Diners lawes,
Chap.xxj.
and ordinances.
' Chap. 18.
19.
t Heb. made
naked.
t Heb. a se-
paration.
* Chap. 18.
26.
' Chap. 18.
' Deut. 9. 5.
' Chap. 11.
2. deut. 14.
II Or, moueth
• Chap. 19.
2. and 20. 7.
1. pet. 1. 18.
shall surely be put to death : and ye shall
slay the beast.
16 And if a woman approch vnto a-
ny beast, and lie downe thereto, thou
shall kill the woman and the beast : they
shall surely be put to death, their blood
shalbe vpon them.
17 And if a man shall take his sister,
his fathers daughter , or his mothers
daughter, and see her nakednesse, and
she see his nakednesse , it is a wicked
thing, and they shall bee cut off' in the
sight of their people: he hath vncouered
his sisters nakednesse, he shall beare his
iniquitie.
18 * And if a man shall lie with a wo-
man hauing her sickenesse, and shal vn
couer her nakednesse: he hath tdiscoue-
red her fountaine, and she hath vncoue-
red the fountaine of her blood : and
both of them shall bee cut oft' from a-
mong their people.
1 9 And thou shalt not vncouer the na-
kednesse of thy mothers sister, nor of thy
fathers sister : for hee vncouereth his
neere kinne : they shall beare their ini-
quitie.
20 And if a man shall lie with his
vncles wife, he hath vncouered his vn-
cles nakednesse : they shall beare their
sinne, they shall die childlesse.
21 And if a man shall take his bro-
thers wife, it is tan vncleane thing : hee
hath vncouered his brothers naked-
nesse, they shall be childlesse.
22 H Ye shall therefore keepe all my
* Statutes , and all my ludgements,
and doe them : that the lande whither
I bring you to dwell therein, *spue you
not out.
23 And ye shall not walke in the ma-
ners of the nation, which I cast out be-
fore you : for they committed all these
things, &: * therefore I abhorred them.
24 But I haue said vnto you, Yee
shall inherit their land, and I will giue
it vnto you, to possesse it , a land that
floweth with milke and hony : I am the
Lord your God , which haue sepa-
rated you from other people.
25 * Ye shall therefore put diff'erence
betweene cleane beasts, and vncleane,
and betweene vncleane foules , and
cleane: & ye shall not make your soules
abominable by beast or by foule, or by
any maner of lining thing, that ||cree-
peth on the ground , which I haue se-
parated from you as vncleane.
26 And ye shal be holy vnto me: *for
I the LoKD am holy, & haue seuered
you from otlier people, that ye should be
mine.
27 IT * A man also or woman that
hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wiz-
zard, shall surely be put to death : they
shall stone them with stones : their
blood shalbe vpon them.
CHAP XXI.
1 Of the Priests mourning. 6 Of their holi-
nesse. 8 Of their estimation. 7. 13 Of their
Manages. 16 The Priests that haue blemi-
shes must not minister in the Sanctuarie.
Nd the Lord said vnto
Moses ; Speake vnto the
Priests the sonnes of Aa-
ron, and say vnto them.
There shall none be defi
led for the dead among his people :
2 But for his kinne, that is neere
vnto him, that is, for his mother, and for
his father , and for his sonne , and for
his daughter, and for his brother,
3 And for his sister a virgin, that is
nigh vnto him, which hath had no hus-
band : for her may he be defiled.
4 But hee shall not defile himselfe
II being a chiefe man among his people,
to prophane himselfe.
5 * They shall not make baldnesse
vpon their head , neither shall they
shaue off the corner of their beard, nor
make any cuttings in their flesh :
6 They shalbe holy vnto their God,
and not profane the name of their God:
for the off'rings of the Lord made by
fire, and the bread of their God they doe
off'er : therefore they shall be holy.
7 They shall not take a wife that is
a whore, or profane, neither shall they
take a woman put away from her hus-
band : for he is holy vnto his God.
8 Thou shalt sanctifie him therfore,
for he off'ereth the bread of thy God : he
shalbe holy vnto thee : for I the Lord
which sanctifie you, am holy.
9 If And the daughter of any Priest,
if she profane her selfe, by playing the
whore , she profaneth her father : shee
shall be burnt with fire.
10 And he that is the high Priest a-
mong his brethren, vpon whose head
the anointing oyle was powred , and
that is consecrated to put on the gar-
ments, shall not vncouer his head, nor
rent his clothes :
1 1 Neither shall he goe in to any dead
R 2 body,
• Deut 18.
II. I.Sam.
28. 7.
tOr,beingan
hnsband a-
vwtighis
peojjfe hee
shait not de-
file himselfi
for his wife
&c.
Chap. 19.
27.
Diuers iawes,
Leuiticiis.
and ordinances.
Or,food.
* Chap. 22.
23.
I Or, too
slender.
body, nor defile himselfe for his father,'
or for his mother : |
12 Neither shall hee goe out of the
Sanctuary, nor prophane the Sanctu-'
ary of his God ; for the crowne of the
anointing oile of his God is vpon him :
I am the Lord.
13 And he shall take a wife in her vir-
ginitie.
14 A widow, or a diuorced woman,
or prophane, or an harlot, these shall he
not take : but he shall take a virgine of
his owne people to wife.
15 Neither shal he prophane his seed
among his people: for I the Lord
doe sanctifie him.
16 % And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, saying,
17 Speake vnto Aaron , saying,
Whosoeuer he be of thy seed in their ge-
nerations, that hath any blemish , let
him not approche to offer the || bread of
his God:
18 For whatsoeuer man hee be that
hath a blemish, he shall not approche: a
blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a
flat nose, or any thing * superfluous,
19 Or a man that is broken footed,
or broken handed,
20 Or crooke-backt, or a ||dwarfe, or
that hath a blemish in his eye , or be
scuruy, or scabbed, or hath his stones
broken :
21 No man that hath a blemish, of
the seed of Aaron the Priest, shall come
nigh to offer the offrings of the Lord
made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall
not come nigh to offer the bread of his
God.
22 He shall eat the bread of his God
both of the most Holy, and of the holy:
23 Onely he shall not goe in vnto
the Vaile, nor come nigh vnto the Al-
tar, because he hath a blemish, that he
prophane not my Sanctuaries : for I
the Lord doe sanctifie them.
24 And Moses told it vnto Aaron,
and to his sonnes , and vnto all the chil
dren of Israel.
CHAP. XXII.
1 The Priests in their vncleannesse must ab-
staine from the holy things. 6 How they
shall bee cleansed. 6 Who of the Priests
house may eate of the holy things. 17 The
sacrifices must be without blemish. 26 The
age of the sacrifice. 29 The law of eating
the sacrifice of thankesgiuing.
Nd the Lord spake vn-
to Moses, saying,
2 Speake vnto Aa-
ron , and to his sonnes,
that they separate them-
selues from the holy things of the chil-
dren of Israel , and that they prophane
not my holy Name, in those things which
they halow vnto me : I am the Lord.
3 Say vnto them, Whosoeuer he be
of all your seed , among your generati-
ons, that goeth vnto the holy things,
which the children of Israel hallow
vnto the Lord, hauing his vnclean-
nesse vpon him, that soule shalbe cut off
from my presence : I am the Lord
4 What man soeuer of the seed of
Aaron is a leper, or hath a t running
issue, he shall not eat of the holy things,
vntill he be cleane. And * who so touch-
eth any thing that is vncleane by the
dead, or a man whose seed goeth from
him :
5 Or whosoeuer toucheth any cree-
ping thing , whereby he may be made
vncleane, or a man of whom hee may
take vncleannesse , whatsoeuer
cleannesse he hath :
6 The soule which hath touched
any such, shalbe vncleane vntill Euen,
and shall not eate of the holy things,
vnlesse he wash his flesh with water.
7 And when the Sunne is downe,
he shall be cleane, and shall afterward
eate of the holy things, because it is his
food.
8 * That which dieth of it selfe, or is
tome with beasts, hee shall not eate to
defile himselfe therewith : I am the
Lord.
9 They shall therefore keepe mine
Ordinance , lest they beare sinne for it,
and die therefore, if they prophane it
the Lord doe sanctifie them.
10 There shall no stranger eat of the
holy thing ; a soiourner of the Priests,
or an hired seruant shall not eate of the
holy thing.
11 But if the Priest buy any soule
twith his money, he shall eat of it, and
he that is borne in his house : they shall
eat of his meat.
12 If the Priests daughter also bee
married vnto ta stranger, she may not
eate of an offering of the holy things.
13 But if the Priests daughter be a
widow, or diuorced, and haue no childe,
and is returned vnto her fathers house,
*as in her youth, she shall eat of her fa-
thers
t Hehr. run-
ning of the
reines.
Chap. 15.
2.
• Exod. 22.
31. ezech.
44. 31.
t Hebr, with
the pitrchase
afhismoney.
t Heb. a man
a stranger.
' Chap. 10.
What oblations
Chap.xxiij.
muft be offred.
Or, Uule
themselues
ti'ith the inl
quiiy oftres-
passeinlheir
eating.
Deut. 1.1.
21. & 17. I.
II Or, goats.
I Or, kidde.
• Chap. 21.
thers meat, bat there shall no stranger
eate thereof.
14 H And if a man eate of the holy
thing vnwittingly, then he shall put the
fift part thereof vn to it, and shall giue it
vnto the Priest, with the holy thing.
15 And they shall not profane the
holy things of the children of Israel,
which they offer vnto the Lord :
16 Or llsuff'er them to beare the ini-
quitie of trespasse, when they eate their
holy things: for I the Lord do san-
ctifie them.
17 IT And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, saying,
18 Speake vnto Aaron and to his
sonnes, and vnto all the children of Is-
rael, and say vnto them, Whatsoeuer
he be of the house of Israel, or of the
strangers in Israel, that will offer his
oblation for all his vowes, and for all
his free will offerings, which they will
offer vnto the Lord for a burnt offe-
ring :
19 Fe shal offer at your owne wil a male
without blemish, of the beeues, of the
sheepe, or of the goats.
20 But whatsoeuer hath a blemish,
that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be
acceptable for you.
21 *And whosoeuer offereth a sacri-
fice of peace offerings vnto the Lord,
to accomplish his vow, or a free will of-
firing in beeues or || sheepe, it shalbe per-
fect, to be accepted : there shall be no ble-
mish therein.
22 Blind, or broken, or maimed, or
hauing a wenne, or scuruie, or scabbed,
ye shal not offer these vnto the Lord,
nor make an offring by fire of them vp-
on the Altar vnto the Lord. •
23 Either a bullocke, or a || lambe that
hath any thing * superfluous or lacking
in his parts, that mayest thou offer for
a free will offring : but for a vow it shal
not be accepted.
24 Ye shal not offer vnto the Lord
that which is bruised, or crushed, or bro
ken, or cut, neither shall you make any
offering thereof in your land.
25 Neither from a strangers hand
shall ye offer the bread of your God of
any of these ; because their corruption
is in them, and blemishes bee in them :
they shall not be accepted for you.
26 H And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, saying,
27 When a bullocke, or a sheepe, or
a goat is brought forth, then it shall bee
seuen dayes vnder the damme , and
from the eight day and thencefoorth, it
shal be accepted for an offering made by
fire vnto the Lord.
28 And whether it be cowe or ||ewe,
ye shall not kill it, *and her yong, both
in one day.
29 And when yee will offer a sacri-
fice of thankesgiuing vnto the Lord,
offer it at your owne will.
30 On the same day it shall be eaten
vp, ye shall leaue * none of it vntill the
morrow : I am the Lord.
31 Therefore shall ye keepe my Com-
mandements, and doe them : I am the
Lord.
32 Neither shal ye * profane my holy
Name, but I will be hallowed among
the children of Israel : I am the Lord
which hallow you,
33 That brought you out of the land
of Egypt, to be your God : I am the
Lord.
CHAP. XXIII.
1 The feasts of the Lord. 3 The Sabbath. 4
The Passeouer. 9 The Sheafe of first fruits.
15 The Feast of Pentecost. 22 Gleanings to
be left for the poore. 23 The Feast of Trum
pets. 26 The day of atonement. 33 The
Feast of Tabernacles.
Nd the Lord spake vn-
to Moses, saying,
2 Speake vnto the chil-
dren of Israel, and say vn-
to them, Concerning the
feasts of the Lord, which yee shall
proclaime to he holy conuocations, etten
these are my feasts.
3 * Sixe dayes shall worke be done,
but the seuenth day is the Sabbath of
rest, an holy conuocation ; ye shall doe
no worke therein : it is the Sabbath of
the Lord in all your dwellings.
4 IT These are the feastes of the
Lord, euen holy conuocations, which
ye shall proclaime in their seasons.
5 *In the fourteenth day of the first
moneth at euen, is the Lords Passe-
ouer.
6 And on the fifteenth day of the
same moneth, is the feast of vnleauened
bread vnto the Lord : seuen dayes
ye must eate vnleauened bread.
7 In the first day ye shall haue an
holy conuocation : ye shall do no seruile
worke therein.
8 But ye shal offer an offring made
by fire vnto the Lord seuen dayes:
Or,»hee
goat.
• Deu. 22. 6
• Chap. 7.
15.
• Leuit. 10.
3.
• Exo. 20. 9
deut. 5. 13.
luke 1.1. 14.
• Exod. 12.
18. num. 28
17.
The firft fruites.
Leuiticus.
Solemne fealls, and
I Or, hand-
ftiU: Hebr.
an Omer.
Deut. 16.
in the seuenth day m an holy conuocati-
on,Ye shall doe no seruileworke therein.
9 H And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, saying,
10 Speake vnto the children of Is-
rael, and say vnto them. When yee be
come into the land which I giue vnto
you, and shal reape the haruest thereof,
then ye shall bring a ||sheafe of the first
fruits of your haruest vnto the Priest :
1 1 And hee shall wane the sheafe be-
fore the Lord to be accepted for you :
on the morrow after the Sabbath the
Priest shall waue it.
12 And ye shall offer that day, when
ye waue the sheafe, an hee lambe with-
out blemish of the first yeere, for a burnt
offering vnto the Lord.
13 And the meat offring thereof sImU
be two tenth deales of fine flowre, min-
gled with oile , an offering made by fire
vnto the Lord, for a sweet sauour
and the drinke offering thereof shalbe of
wine, the fourth part of an Hin.
14 And ye shall eate neither bread,
nor parched come , nor greene eares,
vntill the selfe same day that yee haue
brought an offering vnto your God :
It shalbe a statute for euer, throughout
f'our generations , in all your dwel-
ings.
15 H And *ye shall count vnto you
from the morrow after the Sabbath,
from the day that ye brought the sheafe
of the waue offering; seuen Sabbaths
shalbe complete.
16 Euen vnto the morrow after the
seuenth Sabbath, shall ye number fifty
dayes, and ye shall offer a new meat of-
fering vnto the Lord.
17 Ye shall bring out of your habita-
tions two waue-loaues, of two tenth
deales : they shalbe of fine flowre, they
shall be baken with leaucn, tliey are the
first fruits vnto the Lord.
18 And ye shall offer with the bread
seuen lambes without blemish, of the
first yeere, and one yong bullocke and
two rammes : they shall be for a burnt
offering vnto the Lord, with their
meat offring and their drinke offrings,
etien an offering made by fire of sweet
sauour vnto the Lord.
19 Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of
the goates, for a sinne offering, and two
lambes of the first yeere, for a sacrifice of
peace offerings.
20 And the Priest shall waue them
with the bread of the first fruits, for a
" Chap. 19.
' Deut. 24.
' Num. 29.
waue-offring before the Lord, with
the two lambs : they shalbe holy to the
Lord for the Priests.
21 And ye shal proclaime on the selfe
same day, that it may be an holy conuo-
cation vnto you : ye shall doe no seruile
worke therein:it shall ieastatuteforeuer
in all your dwellings throughout your
generations.
22 1i And *when ye reape the har-
uest of your land, thou shalt not make *'
cleane riddance of the corners of the
field, when thou reapest, * neither shalt
thou gather any gleaning of thy har-
uest : thou shalt leaue them vnto the
poore, and to the stranger : I am the
Lord your God.
23 II And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, saying,
24 Speake vnto the children of Is-
rael, saying. In the * seuenth moneth,
in the first day of the moneth shall yee
haue a Sabbath, a memoriall of blow-
ing of trumpets, an holy conuocation.
25 Ye shall do no seruile worke there-
in ; but ye shall offer an offering made
by fire vnto the Lord.
26 IT And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, saying,
27 * Also on the tenth day of this se- * chap. lo
uenth moneth, there shalbe a day of at- 29! 7.
onement, it shalbe an holy conuocation
vnto you, & ye shall afflict your soules,
and offer an offering made by fire vnto
the Lord.
28 And ye shall doe no worke in that
same day : for it is a day of atonement,
to make an atonement for you, before
the Lord your God.
29 For whatsoeuer soule it bee that
shall not bee afflicted in that same day,
hee shall bee cut off from among his
people.
30 And whatsoeuer soule it bee that
doeth any worke in that same day, the
same soule will I destroy from amongj
his people.
31 Ye shall doe no maner of worke : j
it shall be a statute for euer throughout [
your generations , in all your dwel- j
lings. 1
32 It shalbe vnto you a Sabbath ofi
rest, and yee shall afflict your soules in'
the ninth day of the moneth at Euen,'
from Euen vnto Euen shall ye tcele-;t ««'«■•'•««'•
brate your Sabbath. |
33 IT And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, saying, |
34 Speake vnto the children of,
Israel,'
holy conuocations.
Chap.xxiiij.
The Shewbread
• Num. 29.
12. iohn 7.
37.
t Heb. day
of restraint.
t Heb. fruit.
Israel, saying, * The fifteenth day ofi
this seuenth moneth, shall be the feast of
Tabernacles Jbr seuen dayes vnto the
Lord.
35 On the first day shalbe an holy con-
uocation : ye shall doe no seruile worke
therein.
36 Seuen dayes ye shall offer an of-
fring made by fire vnto the Lord, on
the eight day shall be an holy conuocati-
on vnto you, and ye shall offer an offe-
ring made by fire vnto the Lord : It
is a tsolemne assembly, and ye shall doe
no seruile worke therein.
37 These are the feasts of the Lord
which ye shall proclaime to be holy con-
uocations, to offer an offering made by
fire vnto the Lord, a burnt offering,
and a meat offering, a sacrifice, & drinke
offerings, euery thing vpon his day;
38 Beside the Sabbaths of the
Lord, and beside your gifts, and be-
side all your vowes, and beside all your
free will offerings, which ye giue vnto
the Lord.
39 Also in the fifteenth day of the se-
uenth moneth when yee haue gathered
in the fruit of the land, ye shall keepe a
feast vnto the Lord seuen dayes. On
the first day shall bee a Sabbath, and on
the eight day shall bee a Sabbath.
40 And ye shall take you on the first
day the t bough es of goodly trees, bran-
ches of Palme trees, and the boughes
of thicke trees, and willowes of the
brooke, and yee shall reioyce before the
Lord your God seuen dayes.
41 And yee shall keepe it a feast vnto
the Lord seuen dayes in the yeere :
It shalbe a Statute for euer in your ge-
nerations, ye shall celebrate it in the se-
uenth moneth.
42 Ye shall dwell in boothes seuen
dayes : all that are Israelites borne,
shall dwell in boothes ;
43 That your generations may
know that I made the children of Is-
rael to dwell in boothes , when I
brought them out of the land of Egypt:
I am the Lord your God.
44 And Moses declared vnto the
children of Israel the feastes of the
Lord.
CHAP. XXIIII.
1 The oyle for the lampes. 5 The Shewbread.
10 Shelomiths sonne blasphemeth. 13 The
Law of Blasphemie. ITOfMurther. 18 Of
Damage. 23 The blasphemer is stoned.
Nd the Lord spake vn-
to Moses, saying,
2 Command the chil-
dren of Israel, that they
bring vnto thee pure oyle
Oliue, beaten, for the light, +to cause the
lampes to burne continually.
'3 Without the Vaile of the Testi-
monie, in the Tabernacle of the Con-
gregation, shal Aaron order it from the
euening vnto the morning, before the
Lord continually : It sludl be a Sta-
tute for euer in your generations.
4 He shall order the lampes vpon
* the pure Candlesticke before the
Lord continually.
5 IT And thou shalt take fine flowre,
and bake twelue * cakes thereof: two
tenth deales shall be in one cake.
6 And thou shalt set them in two
rowes, sixe on a row vpon the pure Ta-
ble, before the Lord.
7 And thou shalt put pure frankin-
cense vpon ech row, that it may bee on
the bread for a memoriall, etien an offe-
ring made by fire vnto the Lord.
8 Euery Sabbath he shall set it in
order before the Lord continually,
being taken from the children of Israel
by an euerlasting couenant.
9 And *it shall be Aarons and his
sonnes, and they shall eate it in the holy
place: for it is most holy vnto him, of the
offerings of the Lord made by fire,
by a perpetuall statute.
10 H And the sonne of an Israelitish
woman, whose father was an Egypti-
an, went out among the children of Is-
rael : and this sonne of the Israelitish
woman, and a man of Israel stroue to-
gether in the campe.
1 1 And the Israelitish womans sonne
blasphemed the name of the Lord,
and cursed, and they brought him vnto
Moses : and his mothers name was
Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of
the tribe of Dan.
12 And they *put him in ward, tthat
the minde of the Lord might bee
shewed them.
13 f And the Lord spake vnto Mo-
ses, saying,
14 Bring forth him that hath cursed,
without the Campe , and let all that
heard him, * lay their hands vpon his
head , and let all the Congregation
stone him.
15 And thou shalt speake vnto the
children of Israel, saying, Whosoeuer
curseth
t Hebr. to
cause to ai-
cenct.
' Exo. 31. 8
Exod. 29.
Exod. 29.
33. chap. 8.
31. mat. 12.
1,5.
• Numb. 14
34.
t Heb. to ex-
pound vnto
th^m accor-
dinff to the
mouth of the
LORD.
• Deut 13.
9. and 17- 7
Againft murder.
Leuiticus.
The lubile.
• Exod. 31
IS. deu. 19.
21.
t Hehr. smi-
teth the life
of a man,
t Hehr. life
for life.
' Exod. 21.
24. deu. 19.
21. matth.
.1. 38.
" Exod. 12.
49.
t Hebr. rest,
* Exod. 23.
10.
curseth his God, shall beare his sinne.
16 And hee that blasphemeth the
Name of the Lord, he shall surely
be put to death, and all the Congrega-
tion shall certainely stone him : Aswell
the stranger, as he that is borne in the
land, when he blasphemeth the Name
of the Lord, shall be put to death.
17 f *And he that t liilleth any man,
shall surely be put to death.
18 And he that killeth a beast, shall
make it good ; + beast for beast.
19 And if a man cause a blemish in
his neighbour; as *he hath done, so shal
it be done to him :
20 Breach, for breach, eye for eye,
tooth for tooth : as he hath caused a ble-
mish in a man, so shall it be done to him
againe.
21 And hee that killeth a beast, hee
shall restore it : and hee that killeth a
man, he shall be put to death.
8,2 Ye shall haue *one maner of law,
aswell for the stranger , as for one of
your owne countrey : for I am the
Lord your God.
23 H And Moses spake to the children
of Israel, that they should bring foorth
him that had cursed, out of the Campe.
and stone him with stones: and the chil
dren of Israel did as the Lord com-
manded Moses.
CHAP. XXV.
1 The Sabbath of the seuenth yeere. 8 The
lubile in the fiftieth yeere. 14 Of oppres-
sion. 18 A blessing of obedience. 23 The
redemption of land, 29 Of houses. 35
Compassion of the poore. 39 The vsage of
bondmen. 47 The redemption of seruants.
Nd the Lord spake vn-
to Moses in Mount Si-
nai, saying,
2 Speake vnto the chil-
dren of Israel, and say vn
to them : When yee come into the land
which I giue you, then shall the land
t keepe * a Sabbath vnto the Lord.
3 Sixe yeeres thou shalt sow thy
field, and sixe yeeres thou shalt prune
thy Vineyard, and gather in the fruit
thereof.
4 But in the seuenth yeere shalbe a
Sabbath of rest vnto the land, a Sab-
bath for the Lord : thou shalt nei-
ther sow thy field, nor prune thy Vine-
yard.
5 That which groweth of it owne
accord of thy haruest , thou shalt not
reape, neither gather the grapes t of thy
Vine vndressed: for it is a yeere of rest
vnto the land.
6 And the Sabbath of the land shall
be meat for you; for thee, and for thyser-
uant, and for thy mayd, and for thy hi-
red seruant, and for the stranger that so-
iourneth with thee,
7 And for thy cattel, and for the beast
that are in thy land, shal all the encrease
thereof be meat.
8 IT And thou shalt number seuen
Sabbaths of yeeres vnto thee, seuen
times seuen yeeres, and the space of the
seuen Sabbaths of yeeres, shall be vn
to thee fourtie and nine yeeres.
9 Then shalt thou cause the trum
pet tof the lubile to sound, on the tenth
day of the seuenth moneth; in the day of
atonement shall ye make the trumpet
sound throughout all your land.
10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth
yeere, and proclaime libertie through-
out all the land, vnto al the inhabitants
thereof: It shalbe a lubile vnto you
and ye shall returne euery man vnto
his possession, and ye shall returne eue-
ry man vnto his family.
11 A lubile shall that fiftieth yeere
be vnto you : Ye shall not sow, neither
reape that which groweth of it selfe in
it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy Vine
vndressed.
12 For it is the lubile, it shall be ho-
ly vnto you : ye shall eate the encrease
thereof out of the field.
13 In the yeere of this lubile yee
shall returne euery man vnto his pos-
session.
14 And if thou sell ought vnto thy
neighbour , or buyest ought of thy
neighbours hand, ye shall not oppresse
one another.
15 According to the number of yeres
after the lubile, thou shalt buy of thy
neighbour , and according vnto the
number of yeeres of the fruits, he shall
sell vnto thee.
16 According to the multitude of
yeeres , thou shalt encrease the price
thereof, and according to the fewnesse
of yeeres, thou shalt diminish the price
of it : for accordirng to the number of' the
yeeres of the fruites doeth hee sell vnto
thee.
17 Yee shall not therefore oppresse
one another ; but thou shalt feare thy
God : For I am the Lord your God.
18 f Where-
t Hebr. of
thy separati-
ons.
\ Hebr.
lowcte of
SOUTUt.
Redeeming of
Chap.
XXV.
lands and houfes.
I Or, to bee
Quite cut off.
Hebr.for
cutting off.
+ Hebr. his
lumd hath
attained,
anclfound
Kciencie.
t Hebr. re-
demption
beton^eth
vnto it.
18 IT Wherefore ye shall do my Sta-
tutes, and keepe my ludgements, and
doe them, and ye shall dwell in the land
in safetie.
19 And the land shall yeeld her fruit,
and ye shal eat your fill, and dwell ther-
in in safetie.
20 And if ye shall say, What shall
we eate the seuenth yeere ? Behold, we
shall not sow , nor gather in our in-
crease :
21 Then I will command my bles-
sing vpon you in the sixt yeere, and it
shall bring forth fruit for tnree yeeres.
22 And ye shall sow the eight yeere,
and eat yet of old fruit, vntill the ninth
yeere : vntill her fruits come in, ye shall
eate of the old store.
23 H The land shall not be sold ||for
euer : for the land is mine, for ye were
strangers and soiourners with me.
24 And in all the land of your pos-
session, ye shall grant a redemption for
the land.
25 IF If thy brother be waxen poore,
and hath sold away some of his posses-
sion, and if any of his kinne come to re-
deeme it, then shall hee redeeme that
which his brother sold.
26 And if the man haue none to re-
deeme it, and thimselfe bee able to re-
deeme it :
27 Then let him count the yeeres of
the sale therof, and restore the ouerplus
vnto the man, to whom he sold it, that
he may returne vnto his possession.
28 But if he be not able to restore it
to him, then that which is sold, shall re-
maine in the hand of him that hath
bought it, vntill the yeere of lubile:
and in the lubile it shall goe out, and
he shall returne vnto his possession.
29 And if a man sell a dwelling house
in a walled citie, then he may redeeme it
within a whole yeere after it is solde :
within a full yeere may he redeeme it.
30 And if it be not redeemed within
the space of a full yeere, then the house
that is in the walled citie, shall be stabli-
shed for euer to him that bought it,
throughout his generations : it shall
not goe out in the lubile.
31 But the houses of the villages
which haue no walles round about
them, shall bee counted as the fields of
the countrey : ttliey may ee redeemed
and they shall goe out in the lubile.
32 Notwithstanding, the cities of
the Leuites, and the houses of the cities
of their possession, may the Leuites re-
deeme at any time.
33 And if II a man purchase of the
Leuites, then the house that was sold,
and the citie of his possession shall goe
out in the yeere of lubile : for the hou
ses of the cities of the Leuites are their
possession among the children of Is
rael.
34< But the field of the suburbs of
their cities may not be sold, for it is their
perpetuall possession.
35 H And if thy brother bee waxen
poore, and t fallen in decay with thee,
then thou shalttrelieue him, yea though
lie be a stranger, or a soiourner, that hee
may Hue with thee.
36 * Take thou no vsurie of him, or
increase : but feare thy God, that thy
brother may Hue with thee.
37 Thou shalt not giue him thy mo-
ney vpon vsurie, nor lend him thy vic-
tuals for increase.
38 I am the Lord your God,
which brought you foorth out of the
land of Egypt, to giue you the land of
Canaan, and to be your God.
39 f And * if thy brother that dwel-
leth by thee be waxen poore, and be sold
vnto thee, thou shalt not tcompell him
to serue as a bond seruant.
40 But as an hired seruant, and as
a soiourner he shall be with thee, and
shall serue thee vnto the yere of lubile.
41 And then shall hee depart from
thee, both he and his children with him,
and shall returne vnto his owne fami-
lie , and vnto the possession of his fa-
thers shall he returne.
42 For they are my seruants, which
I brought forth out of the land of E-
gypt : they shall not be sold tas bond
men.
43 *Thou shalt not rule ouer him
with rigour, but shalt feare thy God.
44 Both thy bondmen , and thy
bondmaids , which thou shalt haue,
shall be of the Heathen, that are round
about you : of them shall ye buy bond-
men and bondmaids.
45 Moreouer, of the children of the
strangers that do soiourne among you,
of them shall ye buy, and of their fami-
lies that are with you, which they begat
in your land : and they shalbe your pos-
session.
46 And ye shall take them as an in-
heritance for your children after you, to
inherite them for a possession, tthey shal
S bee
t Hebr. his
handfaileth
\ Hebr.
atrertgthen.
* Exod. 22.
25. deut. 23
1!). pro. 28. 8
ezek. 18. 8
and 22. 12.
Or, one of
the Leuitea
redeeme
them.
Kxo. 21. 2.
deut. 15. 12
ierem. 34.
14.
t Heb. serve
thj/ sel/e
With him
with the ser-
uice, ^c.
t Hebr. with
the sale of a
bondman.
• Kphe. 0. 9.
coloss. 4. I.
t Hebr. ye
shall serue
pour selves
with them.
Of redemption.
Leuiticus.
Blefsings promifed,
t Hebr. his
hatulobteine.
I Or, by these
meanes.
bee your bondmen for euer : but ouer
your brethren the children of Israel, ye
shall not rule one ouer another with
rigour.
47 IT And if a soiourner or stranger
t waxe rich by thee, and thy brother that
dwelleth by him waxe poore, and sell
himselfe vnto the stranger or soiourner
by thee, or to the stocke of the strangers
family :
48 After that he is sold, hee may be
redeemed againe : one of his brethren
may redeeme him.
49 Either his vncle, or his vncles
Sonne may redeeme him, or any that is
nigh of kinne vnto him, of his family,
may redeeme him : or if he be able, hee
may redeeme himselfe.
50 And he shall reckon with him
that bought him, from the yeere that
he was sold to him , vnto the yeere of
lubile, and the price of his sale shalbe
according vnto the number of yeeres,
according to the time of an hired ser
uant shall it be with him.
51 If there be yet many yeeres be
hinde, according vnto them hee shall
giue againe the price of his redemp-
tion , out of the money that hee was
bought for.
52 And if there remaine but few
yeeres vnto the yeere of lubile, then he
shall count with him,and according vn
to his yeeres shall he giue him againe
the price of his redemption.
53 And as a yeerely hired seruant
shall he be with him : and the other shall
not rule with rigour ouer him in thy
sight.
54 And if hee be not redeemed ||in
these yeeres, then he shall goe out in the
yeere of lubile, both he, and his children
with him.
55 For vnto me the children of Isra-
el are seruants, they are my seruants
whom I brought forth out of the land
of Egypt : I am the Loed your God.
CHAP. XXVI.
1 Of Idolatry. 2 Religiousnes. 3 A blessing
to them that keepe the Commandements. 14
A curse to those that breake them. 40 God
promiseth to remember them that repent
' Exod. 20.
4. deut. 5. 8.
and 16. 22.
psal. 97. 7.
I0r,pil/ar.
Ee shall make you * no
Idoles nor grauen I
mage, neither reare you
vp a llstanding image, nei-
ther shall yee set vp any
Image of stone in your land, to bow
downe vnto it : For I am the Lord
your God.
2 * Ye shal keepe my Sabbaths, and
reuerence my Sanctuary : I am the
Lord.
3 IT * If ye walke in my Statutes,
and keepe my Commandements, and
doe them ;
4 Then I will giue you raine in
due season , and the land shall yeeld her
increase, and the trees of the field shall
yeeld their fruit.
5 And your threshing shall reach
vnto the vintage, and the vintage shall
reach vnto the sowing time : and yee
shal eat your bread to the full, and *dwel
in your land safely.
6 And I wil giue peace in the land,
and ye shall lye downe, and none shall
make you afraid: and I will trid euill
beasts out of tlie land, * neither shall the
sword goe through your land.
7 And ye shall chase your enemies,
and they shall fall before you by the
sword.
8 And *fiue of you shal chase an hun-
dred, and an hundred of you shall put
ten thousand to flight : and your ene-
mies shall fall before you by the sword.
9 For I wil haue respect vnto you,
and make you fruitfull, and multiply
you, & establish my couenant with you.
10 And yee shall eate old store, and
bring forth the old, because of the new.
11 *And I will set my Tabernacle
amongst you : and my soule shall not
abhorre you.
12 *And I will walke among you,
and will be your God, and ye shall be
my people.
13 I am the Lord your God,
which brought you forth out of the land
of Egypt, that yee should not be their
bondmen, & I haue broken the bandes
of your yoke, and made you go vpright.
14 H * But if ye will not hearken vn-
to me , and will not doe all these Com-
mandements :
15 And if ye shall despise my Sta-
tutes , or if your soule abhorre my
ludgements, so that ye wil not doe all
my Commaundements , fmt that yee
breake my Couenant :
16 I also will doe this vnto you, I
will euen appoint touer you terrour,
consumption , and the burning ague,
that shall consume the eyes, and cause
sorrow of heart : and ye shall sow your
seede
1 Or, figured
stone, Hebr.
a stone of pi-
cture.
' Chap. 19.
30.
Deut. 28.
•lob 11.
19.
t Heb. cause
to cease.
•lob 11.
19.
losh. 23.
Kzech. 37
2 Cor. 6.
• Deut. 28.
la lament.
2. 17. mala.
2.2.
i Hebr. vpon
you.
Plagues threatned
Chap.xxvj.
for difobedience.
• Pro. 28. 1.
B Or^ at all
aduentures
with me, ^
so verse 24.
• 2. Sam.
22. 27. psal.
18. 26.
' Deut. 28.
• 2. Chro.
34. 7.
seede in vaine , for your enemies shall
eate it.
17 And I will set my face against
you, and ye shall be slaine before your e-
nemies : they that hate you shall reigne
ouer you, and *ye shall flee when none
pursueth you.
18 And if ye will not yet for all this
hearken vnto me, then I will punish
you seuen times more for your sinnes.
19 And I will breake the pride of
your power , and I will make your
heauen as yron , and your earth as
brasse :
20 And your strength shall be spent
m vaine : for your land shall not yeeld
her increase , neither shall the trees of
the land yeeld their fruits.
21 IT And if yewalke || contrary vnto
me, and wiU not hearken vnto mee, I
will bring seuen times moe plagues vp-
on you, according to your sinnes.
22 I will also send wilde beasts a-
mong you, which shall rob you of your
children, and destroy your cattell, and
make you few in number, and your high
wayes shall be desolate.
23 And if ye will not be reformed by
these things, but will walke contrary
vnto me :
24 * Then will I also walke con
trary vnto you , and will punish you
yet seuen times for your sinnes.
25 And I will bring a sword vpon
you, that shall auenge the quarrell otmi/
couenant : and when yee are gathered
together within your cities, I wil send
the pestilence among you, and ye shalbe
deliuered into the hand of the enemie.
26 And when I haue broken the
staffe of your bread, ten women shall
bake your bread in one ouen, and they
shaU deliuer you your bread againe by
weight : and ye shall eate, and not bee
satisfied.
27 And if ye wil not for all this hear-
ken vnto me, but walke contrary vnto
mee,
28 Then I wil walke contrary vn-
to you also in fury, and I, euen I will
chastise you seuen times for your sinnes.
29 * And ye shal eate the flesh of your
sonnes, and the flesh of your daughters
shall ye eate.
30 And I will destroy your high
places, and *cut downe your images,
and cast your carkeises vpon the carkei-
ses of your idoles , and my soule shall
abhorre you.
31 And I wil make your cities waste,
and bring your sanctuaries vnto deso-
lation, and I will not smeU the sauour
of your sweet odours.
32 And I will bring the land into de-
solation : and your enemies which dwel
therein, shall be astonished at it.
33 And I will scatter you among
the heathen, and will draw out a sword
after you : and your land shaU be deso-
late, and your cities waste.
34 Then shall the lande enioy her
Sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate,
and yee be in your enemies land, euen
then shall the land rest, and enioy her
Sabbaths.
35 As long as it lieth desolate, it shall
rest : because it did not rest in your Sab-
baths, when ye dwelt vpon it.
36 And vpon them that are left a-
liue of you, I will send a faintnesse into
their hearts in the lands of their ene-
mies, and the sound of a t shaken leafe
shall chase them, and they shall flee, as
fleeing from a sword : and they shall
fall, when none pursueth.
37 And they shall fall one vpon ano-
ther, as it were before a sword, when
none pursueth : and yee shall haue no
power to stand before your enemies.
38 And yee shall perish among the
Heathen, and the land of your enemies
shall eate you vp.
39 And they that are left of you shall
pine away in their iniquitie in your ene-
mies lands, and also in the iniquities of
their fathers shall they pine away with
them.
40 If they shall confesse the iniqui-
tie of their fathers, with their trespasse
which they trespassed against me, and
that also they haue walked contrary
vnto me :
41 And that I also haue walked con-
trary vnto them , and haue brought
them into the land of their enemies : if
then their vncircumcised hearts bee
humbled , and they then accept of the
punishment of their iniquitie :
42 Then will I remember my co
uenant with lacob, and also my coue-
nant with Isaac, and also my couenant
with Abraham will I remember, and
I will remember the land.
43 The land also shalbe left of them,
and shall enioy her Sabbaths , while
she lieth desolate without them : and
they shall accept of the punishment of
their iniquitie : because , euen because
S 2 they
t Heb. dri-
uen.
'X
Of vowes, and
Leuiticus.
their redemption,
• Deat.4.
31. ran.
11. 26.
they despised my ludgements, and be-
cause their soule abhorred my Statutes
44 And yet for all that, when they
be in the land of their enemies, * I will
not cast them away, neither will I ab-
horre them , to destroy them vtterly,
and to breake my couenant with them :
for I am the Lord their God.
45 But I wil for their sakes remem-
ber the couenant of their Ancestours,
whom I brought forth out of the land
of Egypt, in the sight of the Heathen,
that I might be their God : I am the
Lord.
46 These are the Statutes , and
ludgements, and Lawes which the
Lord made betweene him and the
children of Israel, in mount Sinai, by
the hand of Moses.
CHAP XXVIL
1 He that maketh a singular vow must bee the
Lords. 2 The estimation of the person. 9
Of a beast giuen by vow. 14 Of a house. 16
Of a field and the redemption thereof. 28
No deuoted thing may be redeemed. 32 The
tithe may not be changed.
Nd the Lord spake
vnto Moses, saying,
2 Speake vnto the chil-
dren of Israel, and say vn-
to them. When a man shal
make a singular vow, the persons shall
be for the Lord, by thy estimation.
3 And thy estimation shall be: Of
the male from twentie yeeres old, euen
vnto sixtie yeeres old : euen thy estima-
tion shall be fiftie shekels of siluer, after
the shekel of the Sanctuary.
4 And if it be a female, then thy esti-
mation shall be thirtie shekels.
5 And if it be from fiue yeeres olde,
euen vnto twentie yeeres old, then thy
estimation shall be of the male twentie
shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
6 And if it be from a moneth old, e-
uen vnto fiue yeeres old , then thy esti-
mation shall be of the male, fiue snekels
of siluer, and for the female, thy estima-
tion sliall be three shekels of siluer.
7 And if it be from sixtie yeeres old,
and aboue, if it be a male, then thy esti-
mation shall be fifteen e shekels, and for
the female ten shekels.
8 But if he bee poorer then thy esti-
mation , then he shall present himselfe
before the Priest, and the Priest shall va-
lue him : according to his abilitie that
^c.
vowed, shall the Priest value him.
9 And if it be a beast whereof men
bring an offering vnto the Lord, all
that any man giueth of such vnto the
Lord, shall be holy.
10 He shall not alter it, nor change it,
a good for a bad , or a bad for a good :
And if hee shall at all change beast for
beast, then it, and the exchange thereof
shall be holy.
1 1 And if it be any vncleane beast, of
which they doe not offer a sacrifice vnto
the Lord, then he shall present the
beast before the Priest :
12 And the Priest shall value it, whe-
ther it be good or bad: as thou tvaluest t Hebr. ac-
it who art the Priest : so shall it be. Tye^Ei^ti.
13 But if hee will at all redeeme it, ««. <^ ^'•«^«<.
then he shall adde a fift part thereof vn-
to thy estimation.
14 H And when a man shall sancti-
fie his house to be holy vnto the Lord,
then the Priest shal estimate it, whether
it be good or bad : as the Priest shall esti-
mate it, so shall it stand.
15 And if he that sanctified it, will re-
deeme his house, then he shall adde the
fift part of the money of thy estimation
vnto it, and it shall be his.
16 And if a man shall sanctifie vnto
the Lord some part of a field of his
possession, then thy estimation shall be
according to the seed thereof: || An Ho- i Or, the
mer of barley seed shall be valued at fiftie Hon^"sec.
shekels of siluer.
17 If hee sanctifie his field from the
yeere of lubile , according to thy esti-
mation it shall stand.
18 But if hee sanctifie his field after
the lubile, then the Priest shall reckon
vnto him the money, according to the
yeeres that remaine , euen vnto the
yeere of the lubile, and it shall be aba-
ted from thy estimation.
19 And if he that sanctified the field,
will in any wise redeeme it, then he shal
adde the fift part of the money of thy
estimation vnto it, and it shall be assu-
red to him.
20 And if hee will not redeeme the
field, or if he haue sold the field to ano-
ther man, it shall not be redeemed any
more.
21 But the field , when it goeth out
in the lubile , shall be holy vnto the
Lord, as a field deuoted : the posses-
sion thereof shalbe the Priests.
22 And if a man sanctifie vnto the
Lord a field which he hath bought,
which
Redeeming of
Chap.j.
the Tythes.
• Exod. 311.
13. num. 3.
47. eiech.
45. 12.
t Hebr. first
borne, ^c.
losh. e.
Exod. ,10.
which is not of the fieldes of his pos-
session :
23 Tiien tlie Priest shall reckon vn-
to him the worth of thy estimation , e-
uen vnto the yeere of the lubile, and
hee shall giue thine estimation in tliat
day, as a holy thing vnto the Lord.
24 In the yeere of the lubile, the
field shall returne vnto him of whom it
was bought, euen to him to whom the
possession of the land did belong.
25 And all thy estimations shall be
according to the shekel of the Sanc-
tuarie : • twentie Gerahs shall bee the
shekel.
26 II Onely the t firstling of the
beasts which should be the Lords
firstling, no man shall sanctifie it, whe-i
ther it bee oxe , or sheepe : It is the
Lords.
27 And if it be of an vncleane beast,
then hee shall redeeme it according to
thine estimation, and shall adde a fifth
part of it thereto: Or if it be not redee-
med, then it shalbe sold according to thy
estimation.
28 * Notwithstanding , no deuoted
thing that a man shall denote vnto the
Lord, of all that he hath, both of
man and beast , and of the field of his
possession , shall be sold or redeemed :
euery deuoted thing is most holy vnto
the Lord.
29 None deuoted, which shalbe de-
uoted of men , shall be redeemed : but
shall surely be put to death.
30 And all the tithe of the land, wfie-
ther of the seed of the land, orof the fruit
of the tree , is the Lords : it is holy
vnto the Lord.
31 And if a man will at all redeeme
ought of his tithes, he shall adde there-
to the fifth part thereof.
32 And concerning the tithe of the
herde, or of the flocke , euen of whatso-
euer passetli vnder the rod , the tenth
shalbe holy vnto the Lord.
33 He shall not search whether it be
good or bad, neither shall he change it:
and if he change it at all , then both it,
and the change thereof, shall be holy; it
shall not be redeemed.
34 These are the Commandements
which the Lord commanded Mo-
ses, for the children of Israel in mount
Sinai.
TjTHE FOVRTH BOOKE
of Mofes, called Numbers.
c H A p. I.
Grod commaundeth Moses to number the
people. 5 The Princes of the Tribes. 17
The number of euery Tribe. 47 The Leuites
are exempted for the Seruice of the Lord.
Nd the Lord
spake vnto Mo-
ses in the wilder-
nesse of Sinai, in
the Tabernacle^
of the Congrega-|
tion, on the first
(/««/ of the second
moneth, in these-!
cond yeere, after they were come out of
the land of Egypt, saying,
2 * Take yee the summe of all the
Congregation of the children of Is-
rael, after their families, by the house of
their fathers , with the number of their
names, euery male by their polle :
3 From twentie yeeres old and vp-
ward, all that are able to goe foorth to
warre in Israel : thou and Aaron shall
number them by their armies.
4 And with you there shalbe a man
of euery Tribe : euery one head of the
house of his fathers.
5 If And these are the names of the
men that shall stand with you : of the
tribe of Reuben , Elizur the sonne of
Shedeur.
6 Of Simeon : Shelumiel the son
of Zurishaddai.
7 Of ludah
of Amminadab.
8 Of Issachar
Sonne of Zuar.
Nahshon, the sonne
Nethaneel , the
9 0f|
Men of warre
Numbers.
are numbred.
9 Of Zebulun : Eliab the sonne of
Helon.
10 Of the children of Joseph : of E
fhraim, EHshama the sonne of Ammi-
iid : of Manasseh, Gamaliel the sonne
of Pedahzur.
11 Of Beniamin : Abidan, the sonne
of Gideoni.
12 Of Dan : Ahiezer, the sonne of
Ammishaddai.
13 Of Asher : Pagiel the sonne of
Oeran.
14 Of Gad: Eliasaph, the sonne of
Deuel.
15 Of Naphtali : Ahira the sonne of
Enan.
16 These were the renowned of the
Congregation, Princes of the tribes of
their fathers, heads of thousands in
Israel.
17 % And Moses and Aaron tooke
these men, which are expressed by their
names.
18 And they assembled all the Con-
gregation together on the first day of
the second moneth, and they declared
their pedegrees after their families, by
the house of their fathers, according to
the number of the names, from twen-
ty yeres old and vpward by their polle.
19 As the Lord commaunded
Moses, so he numbred them in the wil-
dernesse of Sinai.
20 And the children of Reuben Is-
raels eldest sonne, by their generations
after their families , by the house of
their fathers, according to the number
of the names, by their polle, euery male
from twenty yeeres old and vpward,
all that were able to go forth to warre :
21 Those that were numbred of
them, eue7i of the tribe of Reuben, were
fourty and sixe thousand and fiue hun-
dred.
22 f Of the children of Simeon by
their generations , after their families,
by the house of their fathers, those that
were numbred of them , according to
the number of the names , by their
poUes, euery male from twenty yeeres
old and vpward, all that were able to
goe foorth to warre :
23 Those that were numbred of them,
euen of the tribe of Simeon, were fiftie
and nine thousand, and three hundred
24 f Of the children of Gad by their
generations, after their families by the
house of their fathers , according to the
number of the names , from twenty
yeeres old and vpward, all that were
able to goe foorth to warre :
25 Those that were numbred of
them , eiien of the tribe of Gad, were four-
ty and fiue thousand, sixe hundred and
fiftie.
26 H Of the children of ludah by
their generations , after their families
by the house of their fathers, according
to the number of the names , from
twenty yeeres old and vpward, all that
were able to goe foorth to warre :
27 Those that were numbred of
them, euen of the tribe of ludah , were
threescore and fourteene thousand, and
sixe hundred.
28 H Of the children of Issachar, by
their generations, after their families
by the house of their fathers, according
to the number of the names, from
twenty yeres old and vpward, all that
were able to goe foorth to warre :
29 Those that were numbred of
them, etie7i of the tribe of Issachar, were
fiftie and foure thousand , and foure
hundred.
30 f Of the children of Zebulun, by
their generations, after their families,
by the house of their fathers, according
to the number of the names, from
twenty yeres old and vpward, all that
were able to goe foorth to warre :
31 Those that wece numbred of
them, euen of the tribe of Zebulun, were
fiftie and seuen thousand and foure
hundred.
32 f Of the children of loseph ;
namely of the children of Ephraim , by
their generations, after their families,
by the house of their fathers, according
to the number of the names , from
twenty yeres old and vpward, all that
were able to goe foorth to warre :
33 Those that were numbred of
them, euen of the tribe of Ephraim, were
fourty thousand and fiue hundred.
34 f Of the children of Manasseh
by their generations, after their fami-
lies , by the house of their fathers ac-
cording to the number of the names,
from twenty yeeres old and vpward,
all that were able to go forth to warre:
35 Those that were numbred of
them, euen of the tribe of Manasseh,
were thirty and two thousand, and two
hundred.
36 If Of the children of Beniamin,
by their generations , after their fami-
lies, by the house of their fathers, accor-
ding
The Leuites
Chap.ij.
office and charge.
ding to the number of the names from
twenty yeeres old and vpward, all that
were able to goe foorth to warre :
37 Those that were numbred of
them, euen of the tribe of Beniamin,
were thirtie and fiue thousand, and foure
hundred.
38 IF Of the children of Dan, by their
generations, after their families, by the
house of their fathers, according to the
number of the names , from twentie
yeeres old and vpward, all that were a-
ble to goe forth to warre :
39 Those that were numbred of
them, euen of the tribe of Dan, were
threescore and two thousand, and seuen
hundred.
40 IT Of the children of Asher, by
their generations, after their families,
by the house of their fathers, according
to the number of the names , from
twentie yeres old and vpward, all that
were able to goe forth to warre :
41 Those that were numbred of
them, euen of the tribe of Asher, were
fourtie and one thousand, and fiue hun-
dred.
42 f Of the children of Naphtali,
throughout their generations , after
their families by the house of their fa-
thers, according to the number of the
names, from twentie yeeres olde and
vpward, all that were able to goe forth
to warre :
43 Those that were numbred of
them, etun of the tribe of Naphtali, were
fiftie and three thousand, and foure
hundred.
44 These are those that were num
bred , which Moses and Aaron num
bred, and the Princes of Israel, being
twelue men: each one was for the house
of his fathers.
45 So were all those that were
numbred of the children of Israel, by
the house of their fathers, from twenty
yeeres old and vpward, all that were
able to goe forth to warre in Israel :
46 Euen all they, that were num-
bred, were sixe hundred thousand , and
three thousand , and fiue hundred and
fiftie.
47 H But the Leuites after the
tribe of their fathers, were not num-
bred among them.
48 For the Lord had spoken vn-
to Moses, saying,
49 Onely thou shalt not number the
tribe of Leui, neither take the summe
of them among the children of Israel.
50 But thou shalt appoint the Le-
uites ouer the Tabernacle of Testimo-
nie, and ouer all the vessels thereof, and
ouer all things that belong to it : they
shall beare the Tabernacle, and all the
vessels thereof, and they shall minister
vnto it, and shall encampe round about
the Tabernacle.
51 And when the Tabernacle setteth
forward , the Leuites shall take it
downe : and when the Tabernacle is to
be pitched, the Leuites shall set it vp:
and the stranger that commeth nigh,
shall be put to death.
52 And the children of Israel shall
pitch their tents euery man by his own
campe, and euery man by his owne
standerd, throughout their hostes.
53 But the Leuites shall pitch round
about the Tabernacle of Testimonie,
that there be no wrath vpon the Con-
gregation of the children of Israel:
and the Leuites shall keepe the charge
of the Tabernacle of Testimonie.
54 And the children of Israel did
according to all that the Lord com-
manded Moses, so did they.
CHAP. XL
1 The order of the Tribes in their tents.
Nd the Lord spake
vnto Moses, and vnto A-
aron, saying,
2 Euery man of the
children of Israel shall
pitch by his owne standerd, with the
ensigne of their fathers house : t farre off
about the Tabernacle of the Congre
gation shall they pitch.
3 And on the East side toward the
rising of the Sunne, shall they of the
standerd of the campe of ludah pitch,
throughout their armies : and Nah-
shon the sonne of Amminadab, shall bee
captaine of the children of ludah.
4 And his hoste , and those that
were numbred of them, were threescore
and fourteene thousand, and sixe hun-
dred.
5 And those that doe pitch next vnto
him , shall be the tribe of Issachar : and
Nethaneel the sonne of Zuar, shall bee
captaine of the children of Issachar.
6 And his hoste, and those that were
numbred thereof, rcere fiftie and foure
thousand, and foure hundred.
7 Then the tribe of Zebulun : and
Eliab
t Heb. ouer
against.
The order of
Numbers.
the Tents.
Eliab thesonneof Helon,s/(rtZ6ccaptaine
of the children of Zebulun.
8 And his hoste and those that were
numbred thereof, were fiftie and seuen
thousand, and foure hundred.
9 All tha<- were numbred in the
Campe of ludah , were an hundred
thousand, and fourescore thousand, and
sixe thousand , and foure hundred,
throughout their armies : these shall
first set foorth.
10 IT On the Southside shall he the
standerd of the Campe of Reuben , ac-
cording to their armies : and the cap-
taine of the children of Reuben shall be
Elizur the sonne of Shedeur.
1 1 And his hoste, and those that were
numbred thereof, were fourtie and sixe
thousand, and fiue hundred.
12 And those which pitch by him
shall bee the tribe of Simeon, and the
captaine of the children of Simeon shall
be Shelumiel the sonne of Zurishad-
dai.
l-i And his hoste, and those that were
numbred of them , leere fiftie and nine
thousand, and three hundred.
1 4 Then the tribe of Gad : and the
captaine of the sonnes of Gad shall be E-
liasaph the sonne of Reuel.
15 And his hoste, and those that
were numbred of them, were fourtie and
fiue thousand , and sixe hundred and
fiftie.
16 All that were numbred in the
Campe of Reuben were an hundred
thousand , and fiftie and one thousand,
and foure hundred and fiftie through-
out their armies : and they shall set
foorth in the second ranke.
17 t Then the Tabernacle of the
Congregation shall set forward with
the Campe of the Leuites, in the midst
of the Campe: as they encampe, so shall
they set forward, euery man in his place
by their standerds.
18 f On the West side shall bee the
standerd of the Campe of Ephraim, ac-
cording to their armies : and the cap-
taine of the sonnes of Ephraim , shall be
Elishama the sonne of Ammihud.
19 And his hoste, and those that were
numbred of them, rcere fourtie thousand
and fiue hundred.
20 And by him shall be the tribe of
Manasseh : and the captaine of the chil-
dren of Manasseh, shalbe Gamaliel the
sonne of Pedahzur.
21 And his hoste, and those that
were numbred of them, were thirtie and
two thousand, and two hundred.
22 Then the tribe of Beniamin:
and the captaine of the sonnes of Ben-
iamin , shall bee Abidan the sonne of
Gideoni.
23 And his hoste, and those that were
numbred of them, were thirtie and fiue
thousand, and foure hundred.
24 All that were numbred of the
Campe of Ephraim , leere an hundred
thousand, and eight thousand, and an
hundred , throughout their armies :
and they shall goe forward in the third
ranke.
2.5 U The standerd of the Campe of
Dan shall be on the Northside by their
armies: and the captaine of the children
of Dan shalbe Ahiezer, the sonne of Am-
mishaddai.
26 And his hoste, and those that were
numbred of them, were threescore and
two thousand, and seuen hundred.
27 And those that encampe by him,
shalbe the tribe of Asher : and the cap-
taine of the children o( Asher, shalbeVsr-
giel the sonne of Ocran.
28 And his hoste , and those that
were numbred of them , were fourtie
and one thousand, and fiue hundred.
29 f Then the tribe of Naphtali :
and the captaine of the children of
Naphtali , shall bee Ahira the sonne of
Enan.
30 And his hoste, and those that were
numbred of them , were fiftie and three
thousand, and foure hundred.
31 All they that were numbred in
the Campe of Dan, were an hundred
thousand, and fifty and seuen thousand,
and sixe hundred : they shall goe hind-
most with their standerds.
32 H These are those which were
numbred of the children of Israel, by
the house of their fathers; all those that
were numbred of the Campes through-
out their hostes, were sixe hundred thou-
sand, and three thousand, and fiue hun-
dred and fiftie.
33 But the Leuites were not num-
bred among the children of Israel, as
the Lord commanded Moses.
34 And the children of Israel did
according to all that the Loud com-
manded Moses: so they pitched by their
standerds, and so they set forward eue-
ry one after their families, according to
the house of their fathers.
CHAP.
The Leuites
Chap.iij.
are numbred.
• Exod. 6.
23.
+ Heb. whose
handheflUed
Leuit. 10.
1. chap. 26.
61. 1. chro.
24. 2.
CHAP. III.
1 The sonnes of Aaron. 5 The Leuites are gi-
uen to the Priests for the seruice of the Ta-
bernacle, 1 1 in stead of the first borne. 14
The Leuites are numbred by their families.
21 The families, number and charge of the
Gershonites, 27 Of the Kohathites, 33 Of
the Merarites. 38 Theplace & chargeof Mo-'
ses & Aaron. 40 The first borne are freed by
the Leuites. 44 The ouerplus are redeemed.
Hese also are the generati-
ons of Aaron and Mo-
ses, in the day that the
Lord spake with Mo-
ses in Mount Sinai.
these are the names of the
Nadab the * first
2
And
sonnes of Aaron
borne, and Abihu, Eleazar and Itha-
mar.
3 These are the names of the sonnes
of Aaron the Priests, which were an-
ointed, t whom he consecrated to mini-
ster in the Priests office.
4 * And Nadab and Abihu died be-
fore the Lord, when they offered
strange fire before the Lord in the
wildernesse of Sinai , and they had
no children : and Eleazar and Itha-
mar ministred in the Priests office in the
sight of Aaron their father.
5 H And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, saying,
6 Bring the tribe of Leui neere, and
present them before Aaron the Priest,
that they may minister vnto him.
7 And they shall keepe his charge,
and the charge of the whole Congrega-
tion before the Tabernacle of the Con-
gregation, to doe the seruice of the Ta-
bernacle.
8 And they shall keepe all the instru-
ments of the Tabernacle of the Con-
gregation, and the charge of the chil-
dren of Israel, to doe the seruice of the.
Tabernacle.
9 And thou shalt giue the Leuites
vnto Aaron and to his sonnes : they are
wholly giuen vnto him out of the chil-
dren of Israel.
10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron
and his sonnes, and they shall waite on
their priests office : and the stranger
that commeth nigh , shall bee put to
death.
11 And the Lord spake vnto Mo-
ses, saying,
12 And I, behold, I haue taken the
Leuites from among the children ofi
Israel, in stead of all the first borne that
openeth the matrice among the chil-
dren of Israel : therefore the Leuites
shall be mine,
13 Because all the first borne are mine :
*J(yr on the day that I smote all the first
borne in the land of Egypt, I halowed
vnto mee all the first borne in Israel,
both man, and beast, mine they shall be
I am the Lord.
14 f And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, in the wildernesse of Sinai, say
15 Number the children of Leui, af-
ter the house of their fathers, by their
families : euery male from a moneth
old and vpward shalt thou number
them.
16 And * Moses numbred them ac-
cording to the t word of the Lord,
as he was commanded.
17 And these were the sonnes of Le-
ui, by their names : Gershon, and Ko-
hath, and Merari.
18 And these are the names of the
sonnes of Gershon, by their families :
Libni, and Shimei.
19 And the sonnes of Kohath by their
families : Amram , and Izehar , He-
bron and Vzziel.
20 And the sonnes of Merari by their
families : Mahli, and Mushi : these are
the families of the Leuites, according
to the house of their fathers.
21 Of Gershon was the familie of the
Libnites, and the familie of the Shi
mites : these are the families of the Ger-
shonites.
22 Those that were numbred of
them , according to the number of all
the males, from a moneth old and vp-
ward, euen those that were numbred of
them, were seuen thousand and fiue hun-
dred.
23 The families of the Gershonites
shal pitch behind the Tabernacle West
ward.
24 And the chiefe of the house of the
father of the Gershonites, shall be Elia-
saph the sonne of Lael.
25 And the charge of the sonnes of
Gershon, in the Tabernacle of the Con-
gregation, shall he the Tabernacle, and
the tent, the couering thereof, and the
hanging for the doore of the Taberna-
cle of the Congregation :
26 And the hangings of the Court,
and the eurtaine for the doore of the
court, which is by the Tabernacle, and
T by
Exod. 13.
1. leult. 27.
2ft. chap. 8.
16. Iuke2.
23.
Gene. 46.
11. exod G.
16. chap. 26
S7. 1. chi
6. 11
i Hebr.
mmith.
hro.
The Leuites
Numbers.
feuerall charges.
t Heh. the
office of the
marge.
by the Altar round about, and the cords
of it, for all the seruice therof
27 IF And of Kohath wa^ the fami-
lie of the Amramites, and the familie of
the Izeharites, and the familie of the
Hebronites, and the familie of the Vzzi-
elites : these are the families of the Ko-
hathites.
28 In the number of all the males
from a moneth olde and vpward, were
eight thousand, and sixe hundred, kee-
ping the charge of the Sanctuary.
29 The families of the sonnes of
Kohath, shall pitch on the side of the
Tabernacle Southward.
30 And the chiefe of the house of the
father of the families of the Kohathites
shalbe Elizaphan the sonne of Vzziel.
31 And their charge shall be the Arke,
and the Table, and the Candlesticke,
and the altars, and the vessels of the
Sanctuarie, wherewith they minister,
and the hanging, and all the seruice
thereof
32 And Eleazar the sonne of Aaron
the Priest, shall be chiefe ouer the chiefe
of the Leuites, and /tar^ the ouersight of
them that keepe the charge of the San-
ctuary.
33 f Of Merari was the family of the
Mahlites , and the family of the Mu-
shites : these are the families of Merari,
34 And those that were numbred of
them, according to the number of all the
males from a moneth old & vpward,
were sixe thousand and two hundred.
35 And the chiefe of the house of the
father of the families of Merari, was
Zuriel the sonne of Abihail : these shall
pitch on the side of the Tabernacle
Northwards.
36 And tvnderthe custody and charge
of the sonnes of Merari, shall bee the
boards of the Tabernacle, and the
barres thereof, and the pillars thereof,
and the sockets thereof, & all the vessels
thereof, and all that serueth thereto :
37 And the pillars of the Court
round about , and their sockets , and
their pinnes, and their cords.
38 H But those that encampe before
the Tabernacle toward the East, euen
before the Tabernacle of the Congre-
gation Eastward , sludl be Moses and
Aaron , and his sonnes , keeping the
charge of the Sanctuary, for the charge
of the children of Israel : and the stran-
ger that commeth nigh, shall be put to
death.
39 All that were numbred of the Le-
uites , which Moses and Aaron num-
bred at the commaundement of the
Lord, throughout their families,
all the males from a moneth old and
vpward , were twenty and two thou-
sand.
40 IT And the Loud said vnto
Moses , Number all the first borne of
the males of the children of Israel,
from a moneth old and vpward , and
take the number of their names.
41 And thou shall take the Leuites
for me, ( I am the Loud ) in stead of
all the first borne among the children of
Israel, and the cattell of the Leuites,
in stead of all the firstlings among the
cattell of the children of Israel.
42 And Moses numbred as the
Lord commanded him, all the first
borne among the children of Israel.
43 And all the first borne males, by
the number of names, from a moneth
old & vpward, of those that were num-
bred of them, were twenty and two thou-
sand, two hundred, and threescore and
thirteene.
44 H And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, saying,
45 Take the Leuites in stead of all
the first borne among the children of Is-
rael, and the cattell of the Leuites in
stead of their cattell , and the Leuites
shalbe mine : I am the Lord.
46 And for those that are to be re
deemed of the two hundred and three-
score and thirteene, of the first borne of
the children of Israel, which are more
then the Leuites ;
47 Thou shalt euen take fine she-
kels a piece, by the polle, after the shekel
of the Sanctuary shalt thou take them ;
* the shekel is twenty gerahs.
48 And thou shalt giue the money,
wherewith the odde number of them
is to be redeemed , vnto Aaron and to
his sonnes.
49 And Moses tooke the redemp-
tion money, of them that were ouer
and aboue them that were redeemed
by the Leuites.
50 Of the first borne of the children
of Israel tooke he the money; a thou-
sand, three hundred, and threescore and
fiue shekels, after the shekel of the San-
ctuary.
51 And Moses gaue the money of
them that were redeemed, vnto Aaron
and to his sonnes , according to the
word
• Exod. 30
13. leuit.
27. 25.
chap. 18.
16. ezek.
45. 12.
The Leuites
Chap.iiij.
feuerall charges.
Exod. 25.
3(1.
Or^ jmvre
out withalL
Exod. 25.
, Exod. 25.
38.
word of the Lord, as the Lord
commanded Moses.
CHAP. IIIL
1 The age and time of the Leuites seruice. 4
The carriage of the Kohathites when the
Priestes haue taken downe the Tabernacle.
16 The charge of Eleazar. 17 The office
of the Priests. 21 The carriage of the Ger-
shonites. 29 The carriage of the Merarites.
34 The number of the Kohathites, 38 of
the Gershonites, 42 and of the Merarites.
Nd the Lord spake
vnto Moses , and vnto
Aaron, saying,
2 Take tlie summe of
the sonnes of Kohath,
from among the sonnes of Leui, after
their families , by the house of their fa-
thers.
3 From thirty yeeres old and vp-
ward, euen vntil fifty yeres old, all that
enter into the hoste, to doe the worke in
the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
4 This shall bee the seruice of the
sonnes of Kohath , in the Tabernacle
of the Congregation, a6oM< the most Ho-
ly things.
5 IT And when the Campe setteth
forward , Aaron shall come, and his
sonnes, and they shall take downe the
couering Vaile, and couer the Arke of
Testimony with it :
6 And shall put thereon the coue-
ring of badgers skinnes, & shall spread
ouer it a cloth wholly of blew, and shall
put in the staues thereof
7 And vpon the * table of Shew-
bread they shall spread a cloth of blew,
and put thereon the dishes , and the
spoones, and the bowles, and couers to
It couer withall : and the continual bread
shalbe thereon.
8 And they shall spread vpon them
a clothe of scarlet , and couer the same
with a couering of badgers skinnes,
and shall put in the staues thereof.
9 And they shall take a cloth of
blew, and couer the * candlesticke of the
light, and his lampes, and his tongs,
*and his snuffe dishes, and all the oyle
vessels thereof, wherewith they mini-
ster vnto it.
10 And they shall put it, and all the
vessels thereof, within a couering of
badgers skinnes, and shall put it vpon
a barre.
11 And vpon the golden Altar they
shall spread a cloth of blew, and couer it
with a couering of badgers skinnes,
and shall put to the staues thereof.
12 And they shall take all the instru-
ments of ministery, wherewith they
minister in the Sanctuary , and put
them in a cloth of blew, and couer them
I with a couering of badgers skinnes,
jand shall put them on a barre.
13 And they shall take away the
ashes from the Altar, and spread a pur-
ple cloth thereon :
14 And they shall put vpon it all the
vessels thereof, wherewith they mini-
ster about it , euen the censers , the flesh-
hookes, and the shouels , and the || ba-
sons, all the vessels of the Altar : and
they shall spread vpon it a couering of
badgers skinnes, and put to the staues
of it.
15 And when Aaron and his sonnes
haue made an end of couering the San-
ctuary, and all the vessels of the San-
ctuary, as the campe is to set forward ;
after that, the sonnes of Kohath shall
come to beare it : but they shal not touch
any holy thing , lest they die. These
things are the burden of the sonnes of
Kohath in the Tabernacle of the Con
gregation.
16 IT And to the office of Eleazar
the Sonne of Aaron theTnest, perteineth
the oile for the light, and the *sweet in-
cense, and the dayly meat offering, and
the • anoynting oyle, and the ouersight
of all the Tabernacle, and of all that
therein is, in the Sanctuary, and in the
vessels thereof.
17 IT And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, and vnto Aaron, saying,
18 Cut ye not off the tribe of the fa-
milies of the Kohathites, from among
the Leuites.
1 9 But thus doe vnto them , that
they may Hue, and not die : when they
approche vnto the most Holy things,
Aaron and his sonnes shall goe in, and
appoint them euery one to his seruice,
and to his burden.
20 But they shall not goe in to see
when the holy things are couered, lest
they die.
21 IT And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, saying,
22 Take also the summe of the
sonnes of Gershon , throughout the
houses of their fathers , by their fami
lies :
23 From thirtie yeeres old and vp-
ward, vntill fiftie yeeres old shalt thou
T 2 num-
Or, bowles.
' Exod. 30.
' Exod. 30.
The Leiiites charge. Numbers.
Their number,
t Hebr. to
warre the
VDorfiire.
Or, car-
riage.
i Hebr.
mouth.
t Hebr. war-
fare.
* Exod. 2«.
18.
number them : all that enter in tto per-
forme the seruice , to doe the worke in
the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
24 This is the seruice of the families
of the Gershonites , to serue , and for
II burdens.
25 And they shall beare the cur-
taines of the Tabernacle, and the Ta-
bernacle of the Congregation ; his co-
uering, and the couering of the badgers
skinnes that is aboue vpon it, and the
hanging for the doore of the Taber-
nacle of the Congregation :
26 And the hangings of the Court,
and the hanging for the doore of the
gate of the Court which is by the Ta-
bernacle, and by the Altar round about,
and their cords, and all the instruments
of their seruice, and all that is made for
them : so shall they serue.
27 At the t appointment of Aaron
and his sonnes, shall be all the seruice of
the sonnes of the Gershonites , in all
their burdens, and in all their seruice :
and yee shall appoint vnto them in
charge all their burdens.
28 This is the seruice of the families
of the sonnes of Gershon, in the Taber-
nacle of the Congregation : and their
charge shalbe vnder the hande of Itha-
mar the sonne of Aaron the Priest.
29 H As for the sonnes of Merari,
thou shalt number them after their fa-
milies, by the house of their fathers :
30 From thirty yeeres old and vp-
ward, euen vnto fiftie yeeres old shalt
thou number them, euery one that en
treth in to the t seruice, to doe the worke
of the Tabernacle of the Congrega-
tion.
31 And this is the charge of their bur-
den, according to all their seruice, in the
Tabernacle of the Congregation, * the
boards of the Tabernacle , and the
barres thereof, and the pillars thereof,
and sockets thereof:
32 And the pillars of the Court
round about , and their sockets , and
their pinnes, and their coards, with all
their instruments , and with all their
seruice : and by name yee shall reckon
the instruments of the charge of their
burden.
33 This is the seruice of the families
of the sonnes of Merari, according to all
their seruice in the Tabernacle of the
Congregation , vnder the hand of I
thamar the sonne of Aaron the Priest.
34 % And Moses and Aaron, and
the chiefe of the Congregation , num-
bred the sonnes of the Kohathites , af-
ter their families, and after the house of
their fathers ;
35 From thirtie yeeres old and vp-
ward, euen vnto fiftie yeeres old, euery
one that entreth in to the seruice, for the
worke in the Tabernacle of the Con-
gregation.
36 And those that were numbred of
them by their families, were two thou-
sand, seuen hundred and fiftie.
37 These were they that were num-
bred of the families of the Kohathites ;
all that might doe seruice in the Taber-
nacle of the Congregation, which Mo-
ses and Aaron did number, according
to the commandement of the Lord,
by the hand of Moses.
38 And those that were numbred of
the sonnes of Gershon , throughout
their families, and by the house of their
fathers ;
39 From thirtie yeeres old and vp-
ward, euen vnto fiftie yeeres old, euery
one that entreth in to the seruice, for
the worke in the Tabernacle of the
Congregation :
40 Euen those that were numbred
of them, throughout their families, by
the houses of their fathers, were two
thousand, and sixe hundred and thirtie.
41 These are they that were num-
bred of the families of the sonnes of
Gershon, of all that might doe seruice
in the Tabernacle of the Congrega-
tion , whom Moses and Aaron did
number, according to the commande-
ment of the Lord.
42 If And those that were numbred
of the families of the sonnes of Merari,
throughout their families, by the house
of their fathers :
43 From thirtie yeeres old and vp-
ward, euen vnto fiftie yeeres old , euery
one that entreth in to the seruice, for
the worke in the Tabernacle of the
Congregation :
44 Euen those that were numbred
of them after their families, were three
thousand and two hundred.
45 These be those that were num-
bred of the families of the sonnes of Me-
rari, whom Moses & Aaron numbred
according to the word of the Lord
by the hand of Moses.
46 All those that were numbred of
the Leuites, whom Moses and Aaron,
and the chiefe of Israel numbred, after
their
Of reftitutioii.
Chap.v.
Of iealoufie.
• Leuit. 13.
3.
Leuit. 15.
Leuit. 21.
• Leuit. G.
3.
" Leui. 6. c
i Or, heaue
offering.
their families , and after the house of
their fathers :
47 From thirty yeeres old and vp-
ward, euen vnto fifty yeeres old, euery
one that came to doe the seruice of the
ministery , and the seruice of the burden
in the Tabernacle of the Congrega-
tion:
48 Euen those that were numbred
of them, were eight thousand, and fiue
hundred, and fourescore.
49 According to the commandement
of the Lord, they were numbred by
the hand of Moses, euery one according
to his seruice, and according to his bur-
den : Thus were they numbred of him,
as the Lord commanded Moses.
CHAP. V.
1 The vncleane are remoued out of the campe.
5 Restitution is to be made in trespasses. 1 1
The triall of lealousie.
Nd the Lord spake
vnto Moses, saying,
2 Commaund the chil-
dren of Israel, that they
*put out of the campe eue-
ry leper , and euery one that hath an
* issue, and whosoeuer is defiled by the
* dead :
3 Both male and female shal ye put
out, without the campe shall yee put
them , that they defile not their campes
in the middest whereof I dwell.
4 And the children of Israel did so,
and put them out, without the campe :
as the Lord spake vnto Moses, so
did the children of Israel.
5 H And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, saying,
6 Speake vnto the children of Is-
rael , * When a man or woman shall
commit any sinne that men commit, to
doe a trespasse against the Lord, and
that person be guiltie ;
7 Then they shall confesse their
sinne, which they haue done: and hee
shall recompense his trespasse , * with
the principall thereof, and adde vnto it
the fifth part thereof, and giue it vnto
him against whom he hath trespassed.
8 But if the man haue no kinsman;
to recompense the trespasse vnto , let
the trespasse be recompensed vnto the
Lord, euen to the Priest : beside the
ramme of the atonement, whereby an
atonement shall be made for him.
9 And euery || offering of all the
holy things of the cliildren of Israel,
which they bring vnto the Priest, shall
be his.
10 And euery mans halowed things
shall be his : whatsoeuer any man gi-
ueth the Priest, it shall be • his.
11 IT And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, saying,
12 Speake vnto the children of Is-
rael, and say vnto them. If any mans
wife goe aside, and commit a trespasse a-
gainst him ;
13 And a man lye with her carnally,
and it be hid from the eyes of her hus-
band, and be kept close, and she be defi
led, and there be no witnesse against
her, neither she be takenx&ith the maner;
14 And the spirit of ielousie come
vpon him, and he be ielous of his wife,
and shee be defiled : or if the spirit of ie-
lousie come vpon him , and hee be ie-
lous of his wife, and she be not defiled
15 Then shall the man bring his
wife vnto the Priest, and he shall bring
her offering for her, the tenth part of
an Ephah of barley meale : hee shall
powre no oyle vpon it, nor put frankin-
cense thereon ; for it is an offering of ie
lousie, an offering of memoriall, bring-
ing iniquitie to remembrance :
16 And the Priest shall bring her
neere, and set her before the Lord.
17 And the Priest shall take holy
water in an earthen vessell, and of the
dust that is in the floore of the Taber-
nacle the Priest shall take, and put it in-
to the water :
18 And the Priest shall set the wo-
man before the Lord, and vncouer
the woman s head, and put the offering
of memoriall in her hands, which is the
Ielousie offering : and the Priest shall
haue in his hand the bitter water that
causeth the curse.
19 And the Priest shall charge her
by an othe, and say vnto the woman
If no man haue lyen with thee, and if
thou hast not gone aside to vnclean-
nesse || with another in stead of thy hus-
band, be thou free from this bitter wa-
ter that causeth the curse.
20 But if thou hast gone aside to an-
other in stead of thy husband, and if thou
be defiled, and some man hath lien with
thee beside thine husband :
21 Then the Priest shall charge the
woman with an othe of cursing , and
the Priest shall say vnto the woman,
The Lord make thee a curse, and an
othe
" Leuit. 10.
12.
D Or, being
in the power
of thy hus-
band. Hebr.
vnder thy
husband.
The law of ielouiie.
Numbers.
The law of
\ HOv.faU.
othe among thy people , when the
Lord doth make thy thigh to trot,
and thy belly to swell.
22 And this water that causeth the
curse, shall go into thy bowels, to make
thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot :
and the woman shall say , Amen,
Amen.
23 And the Priest shall write these
curses in a booke , and hee shall blot
tlievi out with the bitter water :
24 And he shall cause the woman to
drinke the bitter water, that causeth the
curse : and the water that causeth the
curse shall enter into her, and become
bitter.
25 Then the Priest shall take the
ielousie offering out of the womans
hand, and shall waue the offering be
fore the Loud, and offer it vpon the
Altar.
26 And the Priest shal take an hand-
full of the offering, euen the memoriall
thereof, and burne it vpon the Altar,
and afterward shall cause the woman
to drinke the water.
27 And when he hath made her to
drinke the water, then it shall come to
passe, that if shee be defiled, and haue
done trespasse against her husband,
that the water that causeth the curse,
shall enter into her, and become bitter,
and her belly shall swell, and her thigh
shal rot : and the woman shalbe a curse
among her people.
28 And if the woman be not defiled,
but be cleane, then she shall be free, and
shall conceiue seed.
29 This is the law of ielousies,
when a wife goeth aside to another in
stead of her husband, and is defiled :
30 Or when the spirit of ielousie com-
meth vpon him, and hee be ielous ouer
his wife, and shall set the woman before
the Lord, and the Priest shal execute
vpon her all this law.
31 Then shall the man bee guiltlesse
from iniquitie, and this woman shall
beare her iniquitie.
CHAP. VI.
1 The Law of the Nazarites. 22 The forme
of blessing the people.
Nd the Lord spake
vnto Moses, saying,
2 Speake vnto the chil-
dren of Israel, and say vn-
to them, When either man
or woman shall || separate themselues to
vow a vow of a Nazarite , to separate
thernselues vnto the Lord :
3 Hee shall separate himselfe from
wine, and strong drinke, and shal drinke
no vineger of wine, or vineger of strong
drinke, neither shal he drinke any liquor
of grapes , nor eate moist grapes , or
dried.
4 All the dayes of his || separation
shall he eat nothing that is made of the
tvine tree, from the kernels euen to the
huske.
5 All the dayes of the vow of his se-
paration, there shall no * rasour come
vpon his head : vntill the dayes bee ful-
filled in the which hee separateth him-
selfe vnto the Lord, he shall be holy
and shall let the lockes of the haire of his
head grow.
6 All the dayes that he separateth
himselfe vnto the Lord, hee shall
come at no dead body.
7 Hee shall not make himselfe vn
cleane for his father, or for his mother,
for his brother, or for his sister, when
they die : because the t consecration of
his God is vpon his head.
8 All the dayes of his separation he
is holy vnto the Lord.
9 And if any man die very suddenly
by him, and he hath defiled the head of
his consecration, then he shall shaue his
head in the day of his cleansing, on the
seuenth day shall he shaue it.
10 And on the eight day he shal bring
two turtles or two yong pigeons to the
Priest, to the doore of the Tabernacle
of the Congregation.
12 And the Priest shall offer the one
for a sinne oflfering, and the other for a
burnt oflfering , and make an atone-
ment for him, for that hee sinned by the
dead , and shall hallow his head that
same day.
1 2 And hee shall consecrate vnto the
Lord the dayes of his separation,
and shall bring a lambe of the first yeere
for a trespasse offering : but the dayes
that were before shall be tlost, because
his separation was defiled.
13 f And this is the Lawe of the
Nazarite : when the dayes of his sepa-
ration are fulfilled, he shall be brought
vnto the doore of the Tabernacle of the
Congregation.
14 And he shall offer his offring vn-
to the Lord, one hee lambe of the
first yeere without blemish, for a burnt
offering.
II Or, make
themselues
Nazariiea.
Or, Naxa-
riteship.
t Heb. Vine
of the wine.
• ludg. 13.
5. 1. sam. 1.
11.
t Hebr. se-
paration.
t Hebr. fall.
the Nazarites.
Chap.vij.
The Princes offer.
•Acts 21.
24.
' Kxod. 29.
27.
offering, and one ewe lambe of the first
yeere without blemish, for a sinne offe-
ring, and one lambe without blemish
for peace offerings,
15 And a basket of vnleauened bread,
cakes of fine flowre mingled with oyle,
and wafers of vnleauened bread anoin-
ted with oyle, and their meate offering,
and their drinke offerings.
16 And the Priest shall bring them be-
fore the Lord, and shall offer his
sinne offering, and his burnt offering.
17 And he shall offer the ramme for
a sacrifice of peace offerings vnto the
LoED, with the basket of vnleaue-
ned bread : the Priest shall offer also his
meate offering, and his drinke offe-
ring.
18 *x\nd the Nazarite shal shaue the
head of his separation, at the doore of
the Tabernacle of the Congregation
and shall take the haire of the head of
his separation , and put it in the fire
which is vnder the sacrifice of the peace
offerings.
19 And the Priest shall take the sod-
den shoulder of the ramme, and one vn-
leauened cake out of the basket, and
one vnleauened wafer, and shall put
them vpon the hands of the Nazarite,
after the haire of .his separation is sha-
uen.
20 And the Priest shall waue them
*for a waue offring before the Lord:
this is holy for the Priest , with the
waue breast, and heaue shoulder : and
after that, the Nazarite
may
drinke
wine.
21 This is the Law of the Nazarite,
who hath vowed, and of his offering
vnto the Lord for his separation, be-
sides that, that his hand shall get : accor-
ding to the vow which he vowed, so he
must do after the law of his separation.
22 H And the Loud spake vnto
Moses, saying,
23 Speake vnto Aaron, and vnto his
sonnes, saying, On this wise ye shall
blesse the children of Israel, saying vn-
to them :
24 The Lord blesse thee, and
keepe thee :
25 The Lord make his face shine
vpon thee, and be gracious vnto thee :
26 The Lord lift vp his counte-
nance vpon thee, and giue thee peace.
27 And they shall put my Name
vpon the children of Israel, and I will
blesse them.
CHAP. VIL
1 The offering of the Princes at the dedication
of the Tabernacle. 10 Their seuerall of-
frings at the dedication of the Altar. 89 God
speaketh to Moses from the Mercie seat.
Nd it came to passe on the
day that Moses had fully
* set vp the Tabernacle,
and had anointed it , and
sanctified it, and all the in-
struments thereof, both the Altar, and
all the vessels thereof, and had anoin-
ted them, and sanctified them :
2 That the Princes of Israel, heads
of the house of their fathers , ( who
were the Princes of the tribes, tand
were ouer them that were numbred)
offered :
3 And they brought their offering
before the Lord, sixe couered wa-
gons, and twelue oxen : a wagon for
two of the Princes, and for each one an
oxe, and they brought them before the
Tabernacle.
4 And the Lord spake vnto Mo-
ses, saying,
5 Take it of them, that they may be
to doe the seruice of the Tabernacle of
the Congregation, and thou slialt giue
them vnto the Leuites, to euery man
according to his seruice.
6 And Moses tooke the wagons ,
and the oxen, and gaue them vnto the
Leuites.
7 Two wagons and foure oxen he
gaue vnto the sonnes of Gershon , ac-
cording to their seruice.
8 And foure wagons and eight
oxen he gaue vnto the sonnes of Mera-
ri , according vnto their seruice, vnder
the hand of Ithamar the sonne of Aa-
ron the Priest.
9 But vnto the sonnes of Kohath
he gaue none : because the seruice of the
Sanctuary belonging vnto them , was
that they should beare vpon their shoul-
ders.
10 If And the Princes offered for de-
dicating of the Altar, in the day that it
was anointed, euen the Princes offered
their offering before the Altar.
11 And the Lord said vnto Mo-
ses, They shall offer their offering eche
Prince on his day , for the dedicating of
the Altar.
12 ir And he that offered his offring
the first day, was Nahshon the sonne
of Amminadab, of the tribe of ludah.
13 And
t Heb. who
stood.
Kxod. 40.
The offerings
Numbers.
of the Princes.
•Leuit.2.l,
" Leuit. 4.
23.
13 And his offering was one siluer
charger, the weight thereof was an
hundred and thirty shekels, one siluer
bowle of seuentie shekels, after the she-
kel of the Sanctuary ; both of them
were full of fine flowre mingled with
oile for a • meat offering :
14 One spoone of ten shekels of
gold, full of incense :
15 One yong bullocke, one ramme,
one lambe of the first yeere, for a burnt
offering,
16 One kid of the goats for *a sinne
offering :
17 And for a sacrifice of peace of-
ferings, two oxen, fine rammes, fiue hee
goats, fiue lambes of the first yeere : this
zcas the offering of Nahshon the sonne
of Amminadab.
18 f On the second day Nethaneel
the Sonne of Zuar, Prince of Issachar
did offer.
19 He offered for his offering one sil
uer charger , the weight whereof was
an hundred and thirtie shekels, one sil-
uer bowle of seuenty shekels, after the
shekel of the Sanctuary, both of them
full of fine flowre mingled with oile, for
a meat offering :
20 One spoone of gold of ten shekels,
full of incense :
21 One yong bullocke, one ramme,
one lambe of the first yeere for a burnt
offering :
22 One kid of the goats for a sinne
offering :
23 And for a sacrifice of peace of-
ferings, two oxen, fiue rammes, fiue hee
goats, fiue lambes of the first yeere : this
was the offering of Nethaneel the sonne
of Zuar.
24 f On the third day Eliab the
Sonne of Helon, Prince of the children of
Zebulun did offer.
25 His offering was one siluer char-
ger, the weight whereof was an hun-
dred and thirtie shekels, one siluer bowle
of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of
the Sanctuary, both of them full of fine
flowre mingled with oile, for a meat
offering :
26 One golden spoone of ten shekels,
full of incense :
27 One yong bullocke, one ramme,
one lambe of the first yeere for a burnt
offering :
28 One kid of the goats for a sinne
offering :
29 And for a sacrifice of peace of-
ferings, two oxen, fiue rammes, fiue hee
goats , fiue lambes of the first yeere :
This was the offring of Eliab the sonne
of Helon.
30 f On the fourth day Elizur the
Sonne of Shedeur, Prince of the chil-
dren of Reuben did offer.
31 His offering was one siluer char-
ger of an hundred and thirty shekels, one
siluer bowle of seuentie shekels , after
the shekel of the Sanctuary , both of
them full of fine flowre mingled with
oyle, for a meat offering :
32 One golden spoone of tenne she-
kels, full of incense :
33 One yong bullocke, one ramme,
one lambe of the first yeere for a burnt
offering :
34 One kid of the goats for a sinne
offering :
35 And for a sacrifice of peace of-
ferings, two oxen, fiue rammes, fiue hee
goats, fiue lambs of the first yere : This
rvas the offering of Elizur the sonne of
Shedeur.
36 IT On the fifth day Shelumiel the
Sonne of Zurishaddai Prince of the
children of Simeon, did offer.
37 His offring was one siluer charger,
the weight whereof was an hundred
and thirtie shekels, one siluer bowle of se-
uentie shekels , after the shekel of the
Sanctuary , both of them full of fine
flowre, mingled with oyle, for a meate
offering :
38 One golden spoone of ten shekels,
full of incense :
39 One yong bullocke, one ramme,
one lambe of the first yeere for a burnt
offering :
40 One kidde of the goates for a
sinne offering :
41 And for a sacrifice of peace offe-
rings, two oxen, fiue rammes, fiue hee
goates , fiue lambes of the first yeere :
This was the offering of Shelumiel the
sonne of Zurishaddai.
42 H On the sixt day, Eliasaph the
sonne of Deuel, Prince of the children
of Gad, offered :
43 His offering was one siluer char-
ger of the weight of an hundred and
thirtie shekels, a siluer bowle of seuentie
shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctua-
rie, both of them ful of fine flowre ming-
led with oyle, for a meate offering :
44 One golden spoone of ten she-
kels, full of incense :
45 One yong bullocke, one ramme,
one
The offerings
Chap.vij.
of the Princes.
one lambe of the first yeere, for a burnt
offering :
46 One kid of the goates for a sinne
offering :
47 And for a sacrifice of peace oflf'e-
rings, two oxen, fiue rammes, fiue hee
goates , fiue lambes of tlie first yeere.
This was the offering of EHasaph the
Sonne of Deuel.
48 IT On the seuenth day, Ehshama
the Sonne of Ammiud, Prince of the chil-
dren of Ephraim offered.
49 His offering was one siluer char-
ger, the weight whereof was an hun-
dred and thirtie shekels, one siluer bowle
of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of
the Sanctuarie , both of them full of
fine flowre mingled with oile for a meat
offering :
50 One golden spoone of ten shekels,
full of incense :
51 One yong buUocke, one ramme,
one lambe of the first yeere, for a burnt
offering :
52 One kid of the goates for a sinne
offering :
53 And for a sacrifice of peace offrings,
two oxen, fiue rammes, fiue hee goats,
fiue lambes of the first yeere. This was
the offering of Elishama the sonne of
Arnmiud.
54 IT On the eight day offered Ga-
maliel the sonne of Pedazur, Prince of
the children of Manasseh.
55 His offering was one siluer charger
of an hundred and thirtie shekels, one sil-
uer bowle of seuentie shekels, after the
shekel of the Sanctuary, both of them
full of fine flowre mingled with oile, for
a meate offering :
56 One golden spoone of ten shekels,
full of incense :
57 One yong bullocke, one ramme,
one lambe of the first yeere , for a burnt
offering :
58 One kid of the goates for a sinne
offering :
59 And for a sacrifice of peace offe-
rings, two oxen, fiue rammes, fiue hee
goats , fiue lambes of the first yeere.
This was the offering of Gamaliel the
Sonne of Pedazur.
60 % On the ninth day, Abidan the
sonne of Gideoni, prince of the children
of Beniamin offered.
61 His offering was one siluer char-
ger, the weight whereof was an hun-
dred and thirtie shekels, a siluer bowle of
seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the
Sanctuary , both of them full of fine
flowre mmgled with oyle , for a meate
offering :
62 One golden spoone of ten shekels,
full of incense :
63 One yong bullocke , one ramme,
one lambe of the first yeere for a burnt
offering :
64 One kid of the goats for a sinne
offering :
65 And for a sacrifice of peace offe-
rings, two oxen, fiue rammes, fiue hee
goates , fiue lambes of the first yeere.
This was the offering of Abidan , the
Sonne of Gideoni.
66 IT On the tenth day Ahiezer the
Sonne of Ammishaddai , Prince of the
children of Dan offered.
67 His offring was one siluer charger,
the weight whereof was an hundred
and thirtie shekels, one siluer bowle of se-
uentie shekels , after the shekel of the
Sanctuarie , both of them full of fine
flowre mingled with oyle, for a meate
offering :
68 One golden spoone of ten shekels,
full of incense :
69 One yong bullocke, one ramme,
one lambe of the first yeere, for a burnt
offering :
70 One kid of the goates for a sinne
offering :
71 And for a sacrifice of peace offe-
rings, two oxen, fiue rammes, fiue hee
goats , fiue lambes of the first yeere.
This was the offering of Ahiezer the
sonne of Ammishaddai.
72 II On the eleuenth day, Pagiel
the Sonne of Ocran, Prince of the chil-
dren of Asher offered.
73 His offering was one siluer char
ger, the weight whereof was an hun
dred and thirtie shekels, one siluer bowle
of seuentie shekels , after the shekel of
the Sanctuarie , both of them full of
fine flowre mingled with oyle , for a
meat offering :
74 One golden spoone of ten shekels,
full of incense :
75 One yong bullocke, one ramme,
one lambe of the first yeere for a burnt
offering :
76 One kid of the goates for a sinne
offering :
77 And for a sacrifice of peace offe-
rings, two oxen, fiue rammes, fiue hee
goats , fiue lambes of the first yeere.
This was the offering of Pagiel the
Sonne of Ocran.
U 78 f On
Princes offerings.
Numbers.
The cleanfing
U.God.
78 f On the twelfth day, Ahira
the Sonne of £nan , Prince of the chil-
dren of Naphtali, offered.
79 His offering was one siluer char-
ger, the weight whereof was an hun-
dred and thirtie shekels, one siluer bowle
of seuentie shekels , after the shekel of |
the Sanctuary, both of them full of fine
flowre mingled with oyle, for a meate
offering :
80 One golden spoone of ten shekels,
fiiU of incense : I
81 One yong buUocke , one ramme, !
one lambe of the first yeere for a burnt
offering :
82 One kidde of the goats for a sinne
offering :
83 And for a sacrifice of peace of-
frings, two oxen, fiue rammes, fiue hee
goats, fiue lambs of the first yeere. This,
was the offering of Ahira the sonne of
Enan.
84 This was the dedication of the Al-
tar (in the day when it was annointed)
by the Princes of Israel : twelue char-
gers of siluer, twelue siluer bowles,
twelue spoones of gold :
85 Each charger of siluer weighing
an hundred and thirtie sliekels , each
bowle seuentie : all the siluer vessels
weighed two thousand and foure hun-
dred shekels, after the shekel of the San-
ctuary.
86 The golden spoones were twelue,
ivi\lo{'mcense,weighingiei\shekelsa,'piece,
after the shekel of the Sanctuary : all
the gold of the spoones, was an hundred
and twentie shekels.
87 All the oxen for the burnt of-
fering, were twelue bullocks , the rams
twelue , the lambes of the first yeere
twelue , with their meat offering : and
the kids of the goats for sinne offering,
twelue.
88 And all the oxen for the sacrifice
of the peace offerings , were twenty and
foure bullocks , the rammes sixtie, the
hee goates sixtie, the lambes of the
first yeere sixtie. This was the dedicati-
on of the Altar, after that it was an-
oynted.
89 And when Moses was gone into
the Tabernacle of the Congregation,
to speake with thim, then he heard the
voyce of one speaking vnto him , from
oft the Mercie seat, that was vpon the
Arke of Testimony from betweene
the two Cherubims : and he spake vn-
to him.
CHAP. VIII.
1 How the lampes are to be lighted. 5 The
consecration of the Leuites. 23 The age
and time of their seruice.
Nd the Lord spake
vnto Moses, saying,
2 Speake vnto Aa-
ron , and say vnto him,
When thou * lightest the
lampes , the seuen lampes shall giue
light, ouer against the candlesticke.
3 And Aaron did so ; he lighted the
lampes therof, ouer against the candle-
stick, as the Lord * comanded Moses
4 And this worke of the candlestick
was of beaten gold, vnto the shaft there-
of, vnto the flowres thereof was * bea-
ten worke : according vnto the paterne
which the Lord had shewed Mo-
ses, so he made the candlesticke.
5 IT And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, saying,
6 Take the Leuites from among
the children of Israel, and cleanse them
7 And thus shalt thou doe vnto
them, to cleanse them : sprinkle water of
purifying vpon them , and t let them
shaue all their fiesh, and let them wash
their clothes , and so make themselues
cleane.
8 Then let them take a yong bul-
locke with his meat offering , euen fine
flowre mingled with oyle, and an other
yong bullock shalt thou take for a sinne
offering.
9 And thou shalt bring the Le-
uites before the Tabernacle of the Con-
gregation ; and thou shalt gather the
whole assembly of the children of Is-
rael together.
10 And thou shalt bring the Leuites
before the Lord, and the children of
Israel shall put their hands vpon the
Leuites.
11 And Aaron shall t offer the Le-
uites before the Lord for an toffring
of the children of Israel, that t they may
execute the seruice of the Lord.
12 And the Leuites shall lay their
hands vpon the heads of the bullocks :
and thou shalt offer the one for a sinne
offering , and the other for a burnt of-
fering vnto the Lord, to make an
atonement for the Leuites.
13 And thou shalt set the Leuites
before Aaron , and before his sonnes,
and offer them for an offering vnto the
Lord.
14 Thus
Exod. 25.
37. and 4(i.
35.
' Exod. 25.
Exod. 25.
t Hebr, let
them cause a
rasartopasse
ouer, &c.
iHebtwaue.
t Heh. wave
offering.
t Hebr. they
may be to
execute, ^c.
the Leuites.
Chap.i
IX.
The Paffeoiier.
Chap. 3.
Chap. 3.
13. exod.
13. 2. luke
i Iieb.giiie7>.
t Heb. to
warre the
warfare of
Sic
t Hebr. re-
turnefr&m
the warfare
oftheseruice
14 Thus shalt thou separate the Le-
uites from among the children of Is-
rael : and the Leuites shalbe * mine.
15 And after that, shall the Leuites
goe in, to doe the seruice of the Taber-
nacle of the Congregation : and thou
shalt dense them, and offer them for an
offering.
16 For they are wholly giuen vnto
me, from among the children of Israel :
in stead of such as open euery wombe,
*euen in stead of the first borne of all the
children of Israel, haue I taken them
vnto me.
17 For all the first borne of the chil-
dren of Israel, are mine, both man and
beast : on the day that I smote euery
first borne in the land of Egypt, I sanc-
tified them for my selfe.
18 And I haue taken the Leuites
for all the first borne of the children of
Israel.
19 And I haue giuen the Leuites as
a tgift to Aaron, and to his sonnes, from
among the children of Israel, to do the
seruice of the children of Israel, in the
Tabernacle of the Congregation, and
to make an atonement for the children
of Israel : that there bee no plague a-
mong the children of Israel, when the
children of Israel come nigh vnto the
Sanctuarie.
20 And Moses and Aaron, and all
the Congregation of the children of Is-
rael did to the Leuites according vnto
all that the Lord commanded Mo-
ses, concerning the Leuites, so did the
children of Israel vnto them.
21 And the Leuites were purified,
and they washed their clothes : and Aa-
ron offered them as an offering before
the Lord, and Aaron made an at-
onement for them to cleanse them.
22 And after that, went the Leuites
in, to do their seruice in the Tabernacle
of the Congregation before Aaron and
and before his sonnes: as the Lord
had commanded Moses concerning the
Leuites, so did they vnto them.
23 H And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, saying,
24 This is it that belongeth vnto the
Leuites : from twentie and fiue yeeres
old, and vpward, they shall goe in tto
waite vpon the seruice of the Taberna-
cle of the Congregation.
25 And from the age of fiftie yeeres
they shall t cease waiting vpon the ser-
uice thereof, and shall seme no more :
26 But shall minister with their bre-
thren in the Tabernacle of the Congre-
gation, to keepe the charge , and shall
doe no seruice : thus shalt thou doe vnto
the Leuites, touching their charge.
CHAP. IX.
1 The Passeouer is coratnanded againe. 6 A
second Passeouer allowe<l for them that were
vncleane or absent. 15 The cloude guideth
theremouings & incampings of the Israelites.
Nd the Lord spake
vnto Moses in the wilder
dernesse of Sinai , in the
first moneth of the second
yeere , after they were
come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
2 Let the children of Israel also
keepe *the Passeouer, at his appointed
season.
3 In the fourteenth day of this
moneth t at euen, ye shall keepe it in his
appointed season : according to all the
rites of it, and according to all the cere-
monies thereof shall ye keepe it.
4 And Moses spake vnto the chil-
dren of Israel that they should keepe
the Passeouer.
5 And they kept the Passeouer on
the fourteenth day of the first moneth
at Euen , in the wildernesse of Sinai :
according to all that the Lord com-
manded Moses, so did the children of
Israel.
6 IT And there were certaine men
who were defiled by the dead body of a
man , that they could not keepe the
Passeouer on that day : and they came
before Moses, and before Aaron on
that day.
7 And those men said vnto him. We
are defiled by the dead body of a man
wherefore are we kept backe, that wee
may not offer an offring of the Lord
in his appointed season among the chil-
dren of Israel ?
8 And Moses saide vnto them ,
Stand still, and I will heare what the
Lord wil command concerning you.
9 H And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, saying,
10 Speake vnto the children of Is-
srael, saying, If any man of you, or of
your posteritie shall be vncleane by rea-
son of a dead body, or bee in a iourney
afarre off", yet he shall keepe the Passe-
ouer vnto the Lord.
11 The fourteenth day of the second
U 2 moneth
* Exod. 12.
1. &c. leult.
23. «. chap.
28.16. deut.
16. 2.
t Hcbr. be.
tweene the
two exte-
nings.
Cloud and fire.
Numbers.
Siluer trumpets.
• Exod. 12.
48. ioh. 19.
36.
• Exod. 12.
49.
* Exod. 40.
34.
• 1. Corln.
10. 1.
t Hebr. pro-
longed.
\ Hebr. was.
moneth at Euen they shall keepe it, and
eat it with vnleauened bread and bitter
herbes.
12 They shall leaue none of it vnto
the morning, nor breake any bone of it:
* according to all the ordinances of the
Passeouer they shall keepe it.
1 3 But the man that is cleane, and is
not in a iourney , and forbeareth to
keep the Passeouer, euen the same soule
shall be cut off from his people, because
hee brought not the offering of the
Lord in his appointed season : that
man shall beare his sinne.
14 And if a stranger shall soiourne
among you , and will keepe the Passe-
ouer vnto the Lord; according to
the ordinance of the Passeouer, and ac-
cording to the maner thereof, so shall he
doe: *ye shall haue one ordinance, both
for the stranger, and for him that was
borne in the land.
15 IT And *on the day that the Ta-
bernacle was reared vp, the cloud coue-
red the Tabernacle, namely the Tent of
the Testimony : and at Euen there
was vpon the Tabernacle, as it were
the appearance of fire , vntill the mor-
ning.
16 So it was alway : the cloud coue-
red it by day, and the appearance of fire
by night.
17 And when the cloud was taken
vp from the Tabernacle, then after
that, the children of Israel iourneyed,
and in the place where the cloud abode,
there the children of Israel pitched
their tents.
18 At the commandement of the
Lord the children of Israel iour-
neied, and at the commandement of the
Lord they pitched: * as long as the
cloud abode vpon the Tabernacle, they
rested in the tents.
19 And when the cloud t taried long
vpon the Tabernacle many dales, then
the children of Israel kept the charge
of the Lord, and iourneyed not.
20 And so it was when the cloude
was a few daies vpon the Tabernacle,
according to the commandement of the
Lord, they abode in their tents, and
according to the commandement of the
Lord, they iourneyed.
21 And so it was when the cloude
t abode from Euen vnto the morning
and that the cloude was taken up in the
morning, then they iourneyed : whe-
ther it was by day or by night that the
cloude was taken vp, they iourneyed.
22 Or whether it were two dayes, or
a moneth , or a yeere that the cloude
taried vpon the Tabernacle , remay-
ning thereon, the children of Israel *a-
bode in their tents, and iourneyed not :
but when it was taken vp , they iour-
neyed.
23 At the commandement of the
Lord they rested in the tents, and at
the commaundement of the Lord
they iourneyed: they kept the charge of
the Lord, at the commandement of
the Lord by the hand of Moses.
CHAP. X.
1 The vse of the siluer Trumpets. 1 1 The Is-
raelites remoue from Sinai to Paran. 14 The
order of their march. 29 Hobab is intrea-
ted by Moses not to leaue them. 33 The
blessing of Moses at the remoouing and re-
sting of the Arke.
Nd the Lord spake
vnto Moses, saying,
2 Make thee two trum-
pets of siluer : of an whole
piece shalt thou make
them, that thou mayest vse them for the
calling of the assembly, and for the iour-
neying of the campes.
3 And when they shall blow with
them , all the assembly shall assemble
themselues to thee, at the doore of the
Tabernacle of the Congregation.
4 And if they blow but with one
<rMOTpt!<,thenthePrinces,WiicAareheads
of the thousands of Israel, shall gather
themselues vnto thee.
5 When ye blow an alarme, then
the campes that lie on the East parts,
shall goe forward.
6 When you blow an alarme the se-
cond time, then the campes that lye on
the Southside, shall take their iourney
they shall blow an alarme for their
iourneys.
7 But when tlie Congregation is
to be gathered together, you shal blow :
but you shall not sound an alarme.
8 And the sonnes of Aaron the
Priests shall blow with the trumpets ;
and they shalbe to you for an ordinance
for euer throughout your generations.
9 And if ye goe to warre in your
land, against the enemie that oppresseth
you, then ye shall blow an alarme with
the trumpets, and ye shalbe remembred
before the Lord your God, and yee
shalbe
" Exod. 40.
36.37.
The
remouings
Chj
ap.x.
of the campe.
' Chap. 2. 3,
' Chap. 1. 7.
' Chap. 4. 4.
t That is,
the Gersho-
nites,a>ullhe
MerariieSj
See V. 17.
shalbe saued from your enemies.
10 Also in the day of your gladnesse,
and in your solemne dayes , and in the
beginnings of your monethes, ye shall
blow with the trumpets ouer your
burnt offerings, and ouer the sacrifices
of your peace offerings, that they may
bee to you for a memoriall before your
God : I am the Lord your God.
11 IT And it came to passe on the
twentieth day of the second moneth, in
the second yeere , that the cloude was
taken vp from off the Tabernacle of
the Testimony.
12 And the children of Israel tooke
their iourneys out of the wildernesse of
Sinai ; and the cloud rested in the wil-
dernesse of Paran.
13 And they first tooke their ioumey,
according to the commandement of the
Lord, by the hand of Moses.
14 IT * In the first place went the stan
derd of the campe of the children of lu-
dah, according to their armies, and o-
uer his hoste was* Nahshon the sonne
of Amminadab.
15 And ouer the hoste of the tribe of
the children of Issachar, was Nethaneel
the Sonne of Zuar.
16 And ouer the hoste of the tribe of
the children of Zebulun, wa^ Eliab the
Sonne of Helon.
17 And the Tabernacle was taken
downe, and the sonnes of Gershon, and
the sonnes of Merari set forward, bea-
ring the Tabernacle.
18 H And the standerd of the campe
of Reuben set forward according to
their armies : and ouer his hoste was E-
lizur the sonne of Shedeur.
19 And ouer the hoste of the tribe of
the children of Simeon, was Shfelumiel
the Sonne of Zurishaddai.
20 And ouer the hoste of the tribe of
the children of Gad , was Eliasaph the
sonne of Deuel.
21 And the Kohathites set forward,
bearing the * Sanctuary, and the father
did set vp the Tabernacle against they
came.
22 II And the standerd of the campe
of the children of Ephraim set forward,
according to their armies, and ouer his
hoste was Elishama the sonne of Am-
miud.
23 And ouer the hoste of the tribe of
the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel
the sonne of Pedazur.
24 And ouer the hoste of the tribe of
the children of Beniamin, was Abidan
the soune of Gideoni.
25 H And the standerd of the campe
of the children of Dan set forward,
which was the rere-ward of all the
campes throughout their hostes : and
ouer his hoste zvas Ahiezer the sonne of
Ammishaddai.
26 And ouer the hoste of the tribe of
the children of Asher, was Pagiel the
Sonne of Ocran.
27 And ouer the hoste of the tribe of
the children of Naphtali was Ahira the
Sonne of Enan.
28 t Thus were the ioumeyings of
the children of Israel, according to their
armies, when they set forward.
29 f And Moses said vnto Hobab
the Sonne of Raguel the Midianite Mo-
ses father in law. Wee are iourneying
vnto the place of which the Lord
said, I wil giue it you : come thou with
vs, and we will doe thee good : for the
Lord hath spoken good concerning
Israel.
30 And he said vnto him, I will not
goe, but I will depart to mine owne
land, and to my kinred.
31 And he said, Leaue vs not, I pray
thee, forasmuch as thou knowest how
we are to encampe in the wilderuesse,
and thou mayest bee to vs in stead of
eyes.
32 And it shall bee if thou goe with
vs, yea it shall be, that what goodnesse
the Lord shall doe vnto vs, the same
will we doe vnto thee.
33 IT And they departed from the
Mount of the Lord three dayes
ioumey : and the Arke of the Couenant
of the Lord went before them in the
three dayes ioumey , to search out a re-
sting place for them.
34 And the cloude of the Lord
was vpon them by day, when they went
out of the campe.
35 And it came to passe when the
Arke set forward , that Moses said,
* Rise vp Lord, and let thine ene-
mies be scattered , and let them that
hate thee, flee before thee.
36 And when it rested, he said, Re-
turne, O Lord, vnto the tmany
thousands of Israel.
CHAP. XL
1 The burning at Taberah quenched by Moses
prayer. 4 The people lust for flesh, and
loth Manna. 10 Moses complayneth of his
charge.
i Hebr.
These.
* Psal. 68.
1,2.
t Hebr. ten
thousand
thousands.
Manna is loathed.
Numbers.
Seuenty Elders.
I Or, were
asUwere
comt^ai-
ners,.
t Heb. it teas
euiU in the
eares ofSfc.
• Psal. 78.
11.
\ Hebr.
sunke.
I That is,
a burning.
• As Exod.
12. 38.
f Heb. lusted
a hist.
t Hebr. re-
turned and
wept.
1. Cor. 10.
6.
• Exod. 16.
14,31.
t Hebr. eye
of it, as the
eye of.
charge. 16 God diuideth his burden vnto
seuentie Elders. 31 Quailes are giuen in
wrath at Kibroth-Hattaauah.
Nd wlien the people || com-
plained, tit displeased the
Lord : and the Lord
lieard it : and his anger
was kindled, and the fire
of the Loud burnt * among them
and consamedithemtJiat K»c?'einthevtter-
most parts of the campe.
2 And the people cried vnto Moses,
and when Moses prayed vnto the
Lord, the fire t was quenched.
3 And hee called the name of the
place ||Taberah : because the fire of the
Lord burnt among them.
4 H And the *mixt multitude that
was among them, t fell a lusting , and
the children of Israel talso wept a-
gaine, and said, * Who shal giue vs flesh
to eate ?
5 We remember the fish which wee
did eate in Egypt freely : the cucumbers
and the melons, and the leekes, and the
onions, and the garlicke.
6 But now our soule is dried away,
there is nothing at all , besides this
Miiuna, before our eyes.
7 And * the Manna was as Corl
ander seed, and the t colour thereof as
the colour of Bdelium :
8 And the people went about , and
gathered it, and ground it in milles, or
beat it in a morter, and baked it in pans,
and made cakes of it : and the taste of it
was as the taste of fresh oyle.
9 And when the dew fell vpon th
campe in the night, the Manna fell vp-
on it.
10 II Then Moses heard the people
weepe throughout their families, euery
man in the doore of his tent, and the
anger of the Lord was kindled
greatly, Moses also was displeased.
11 And Moses said vnto the Lord,
Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy ser-
uant .'' and wherefore haue I not found
fauour in thy sight, that thou layest the
burden of all this people vpon me ?
12 Haue I conceiued all this people .''
haue I begotten them, that thou shoul-
dest say vnto me, Cary them in thy bo-
some ( as a nursing father beareth the
sucking child) vnto the land which thou
swarest vnto their fathers ?
13 Whence should I haue flesh to
giue vnto all this people ? for they weep
vnto me, saying, Giue vs flesh, that we
may eate.
14 I am not able to beare all this
people alone, because it is too heauie for
mee.
15 And if thou deale thus with mee,
kill me, I pray thee out of hand , if I
haue found fauour in thy sight, and let
me not see my wretchednesse.
16 U And the Lord said vnto Mo
ses, Gather vnto me seuentie men , of
the Elders of Israel , whome thou
knowest to be the elders of the people,
and officers ouer them : and bring them
vnto the Tabernacle of the Congrega-
tion , that they may stand there with
thee.
17 And I will come downe and
talke with thee there, and I will take
of the spirit which is vpon thee, and wil
put it vpon them, and they shall beare
the burden of the people with thee, that
thou beare it not thy selfe alone.
18 And say thou vnto the people,
Sanctifie your selues against to mor-
row, and yee shall eate flesh : (for you
haue wept in the cares of the Lord,
saying. Who shall giue vs flesh to eate.''
for it was well with vs in Egypt : )
therfore the Lord wil giue you flesh,
and ye shall eate.
19 Ye shall not eate one day, nor two
dayes, nor fiue dayes, neither ten dayes,
nor twentie dayes :
20 But euen a t whole moneth, vntill
it come out at your nostrels, and it bee
loathsome vnto you , because that yee
haue despised the Lord which is a-
mong you, and haue wept before him,
saying, Why came we foorth out of E-
gypt .''
21 And Moses said , The people a-
mongst whome I am, are sixe hundred
thousand footmen, and thou hast said,
I will giue them flesh, that they may
eate a whole moneth.
22 Shall the flockes and the herds
be slaine for them to suffice them ? or shal
all the fish of the sea bee gathered toge-
ther for them, to suffice them .''
23 And the Lord said vnto Mo
ses, * Is the Lords hand waxed
short .'' thou shalt see now whether my
word shall come to pass vnto thee, or
not.
24 If And Moses went out, and
tolde the people the wordes of the
Lord, and gathered the seuenty men
of the Elders of the people , and set
1 them
t Heb. mo-
neth of
dayes.
* Esa. 50. 2.
and 59. 1.
Eldad and Medad.
CI
ap.xij.
Miriam leprous.
• Exod. 16.
13. psal. 78.
26.
t Hebr. as
it were the
wayofaday.
Psal. 78.
II That is.
The Krav£s
oftttst.
t Hebr. they
were in, &c.
them round about the Tabernacle.
25 And the Lord came downe in
a cloude, and spake vnto him, and tooke
of the spirit that was vpon him , and
gaue it vnto the seuentie Elders : and it
came to passe that when the spirit rested
vpon them, they prophesied, and did not
cease.
26 But there remained two of the
men in the campe, the name of the one
was Eldad, & the name of the other Me-
dad : and the Spirit rested vpon them,
(and they were of them that were writ-
ten, but went not out vnto the Taber-
nacle) and they prophesied in the campe.
27 And there ranne a yong man,
and tolde Moses, and said, Eldad and
Medad doe prophesie in the campe.
28 And loshua the sonne of Nun
the seruant of Moses , one of his yong
men, answered and said, My lord Mo
ses, Forbid them.
29 And Moses said vnto him. En
uiest thou for my sake .'' Would God
that all the Lords people were
Prophets, and that the Lord would
put his Spirit vpon them.
30 And Moses gate him into the
campe, he, and the Elders of Israel.
31 IT And there went forth a * winde
from the Lord, and brought quailes
from the sea, and let them fall by the
campe, tas it were a dayes iourney on
this side, and as it were a dayes iour
ney on the other side round about the
campe, and as it were two cubits higli
vpon the face of the earth.
32 And the people stood vp all that
day, and all that night, and all the next
day, and they gathered the quailes : he
that gathered least, gathered ten ho-
mers : and they spread t?iem all abroad
for themselues round about the campe.
33 And while the * flesh was yet be-
tweene their teeth, yer it was chewed,
the wrath of the Lord was kindled
against the people, and the Lord
smote the people with a very great
plague.
34 And he called the name of that
place, II Kibroth-Hattaauah : because
there they buried the people that lusted
35 And the people iourneyed from
Kibroth-Hattaauah, vnto Hazeroth
and t abode at Hazeroth.
CHAP. XIL
1 God rebuketh the sedition of Miriam and Aa-
ron. 10 Miriams leprosie is healed at the
prayer of Moses. H God commandeth her
to be shut out of the hoste.
Nd Miriam and Aaron
spake against Moses, be-
cause of the II Ethiopian
woman , whom hee had
married : for he had t mar-
ried an Ethiopian woman.
2 And they said. Hath the Lord
indeed spoken onely by Moses .' Hath
hee not spoken also by vs ? And the
Lord heard it.
3 (Now the man Moses was * very
meeke , aboue all the men which were
vpon the face of the earth.)
4 And the Lord spake sudden-
ly vnto Moses, and vnto Aaron, and
vnto Miriam, Come out ye three vnto
the Tabernacle of the Congregation
and they three came out.
5 And the Lord came downe in
the pillar of the cloude, and stood in the
doore of the Tabernacle, and called Aa-
ron and Miriam : and they both came
foorth.
6 And hee saide, Heare now my
words : If there be a Prophet among
you, I the Lord will make my selfe
knowen vnto him in a vision, and will
speake vnto him in a dreame :
7 *My seruant Moses is not so, who
is faithfull in all mine house.
8 With him will I speake * mouth
to mouth euen apparantly, and not in
darke speeches, and the similitude of the
Lord shall hee behold : wherefore
then were yee not afraid to speake a-
gainst my seruant Moses ?
9 And the anger of the Lord
was kindled against them, and he de-
parted.
10 And the cloud departed from off
the Tabernacle, and behold, Miriam
became leprous , white as snow : and
Aaron looked vpon Miriam , and be
hold, she was leprous.
11 And Aaron said vnto Moses, A
las my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the
sinne vpon vs, wherein we haue done
foolishly, and wherein we haue sinned :
12 Let her not bee as one dead, of
whom the flesh is halfe consumed
when he commeth out of his mothers
wombe.
13 And Moses cryed vnto the
Lord, saying, Heale her now, O
God, I beseech thee.
14 H And the Lord said vnto
Moses , If her father had but spit in
her
Or,Cu.
thite.
t Hebr. la-
ken.
* Ecclu. 45.
4.
' Hebr. 3. 2.
• Exod. 33.
Spies are Tent to
Numbers.
fearch the land.
■Leuit. 13.
46.
her face, should she not bee ashamed se.
uen dayes? let lier be *shut out from the
campe seuen dayes , and after that let
her be receiued in againe.
15 And Miriam was shut out from
the campe snuen dayes : and the people
iourneied not, til Miriam was brought
in againe.
If) And afterward the people remo-
ued from Hazeroth, and pitched in the
wildernesse of Paran.
CHAP XIII.
1 The names of the men who were sent to search
the land. 17 Their instructions. 21 Their
actes. 26 Their rektion.
Nd the Lord
vnto Moses, saying,
2 Send thou men, that
they may search the lande
of Canaan, which I giue
vnto the children of Israel : of euery
tribe of their fathers shal ye send a man,
euery one a ruler among them.
3 And Moses by the commaunde-
ment of the Loud, sent them from
the wildernes of Paran : all those men
were heads of the children of Israel.
4 And these zvere their names. Of
the tribe of Reuben , Shammua the
Sonne of Zaccur.
5 Of the tribe of Simeon , Sha-
phat the sonne of Hori.
6 Of the tribe of ludah, Caleb the
sonne of lephunneh.
7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal
the Sonne of loseph.
8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea
the Sonne of Nun.
9 Of the tribe of Beniamin, Palti
the Sonne of Raphu.
10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel
the sonne of Sodi.
11 Of the tribe of loseph, namely of
the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the sonne
of Susi.
12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the
Sonne of Gemalli.
13 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the
Sonne of Michael.
14 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi
the Sonne of Vophsi.
15 Of the tribe of Gad , Geuel the
sonne of Machi.
16 These are the names of the men
which Moses sent to spie out the land :
and Moses called Oshea the sonne of
Nun, lehoshua.
17 IT And Moses sent them to spie
out the land of Canaan, and said vnto
them , Get you vp this way South-
ward, and goe vp into the mountaine :
18 And see the lande what it is, and
the people that dwelleth therein, whe-
ther they bee strong or weake, fewe or
many :
19 And what the lande is that they
dwell in, whether it be good or bad, and
what cities they bee that they dwell in,
whether in tents, or in strong holds :
20 And what the land is, whether it
be fat or leane, whether there be wood
therein, or not. And be ye of good cou-
rage, and bring of the fruit of the land
(Now the time was the time of the first
ripe grapes)
21 H So they went vp, and searched
the land, from the wildernesse of Zin,
vnto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
22 And they ascended by the South,
and came vnto Hebron : where Ahi-
man, Sheshai, and Talmai , the chil-
dren of Anak were : Now Hebron
was built seuen yeeres before Zoan in
Egypt.
23 *And they came vnto the ||brooke
of Eshcol, and cut downe from thence
a branch with one cluster of grapes, and
they bare it betweene two vpon a staffe,
and they brought of the pomegranates
and of the figs.
24 The place was called the || brooke
II Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes
which the children of Israel cut downe "J^"^^
from thence.
25 And they returned from sear-
ching of the land after fourty dayes.
26 H And they went and came to
Moses , and to Aaron , and to all the
Congregation of the children of Israel
vnto the wildernesse of Paran, to Ka-
desh , and brought backe word vnto
them, and vnto all the Congregation,
and shewed them the fruit of the land.
27 And they told him, and said. We
came vnto the land whither thou sen-
test vs, & surely it floweth with * milke
and honie ; and this is the fruit of it.
28 Neuerthelesse , the people bee
strong that dwell in the land, and the ci-
ties are walled and very great : and
moreouer, we saw the children of Anak
there.
29 The Amalekites dwell in the
land of the South : and the Hittites,
and the lebusites , and the Amorites
dwell in the mountaines : and the Ca-
naanites
• Deut. 1.
24.
Or, valleff
Or,vdUey.
i. a cluster
* Exod. 33.
3.
M
urmuring.
Chap.xiiij.
Mofes prayeth.
t Heb> men
of statures^
naanites dwell by the sea, and by the
coast of lordane.
30 And Caleb stilled the people be-
fore Moses, and said. Let vs goe vp at
once, and possesse it, for we are well able
to ouercome it.
31 But the men that went vp with
him, said , Wee be not able to goe vp a-
gainst the people, for they are stronger
then we.
32 And they brought vp an euill re-
port of the land which they had sear-
ched, vnto the children of Israel, say-
ing, The land through which we haue
gone, to search it, is a land that eateth
vp the inhabitants thereof, and all the
people that we saw in it, are tmen of a
great stature.
33 And there we saw the giants, the
sonnes of Anak , w7iich come of the gi-
ants : and wee were in our owne sight
as grashoppers , and so wee were in
their sight.
CHAP. XIIII.
1 The people murmure at the newes. 6 Jo-
shua and Caleb labour to stil them. 1 1 God
threatneth them. 13 Moses perswadeth Grod
and obtaineth pardon. 26 The mumiurers
are depriued of entring into the land. 36
The men who raised the euill report, die by a
plague, "to The people that would inuade
the land against the wil of God, are smitten.
Nd all the Congregation
lifted vp their voyce and
cried ; and the people wept
that night.
2 And all the children
of Israel murmured against Moses,
and against Aaron : and the whole
Congregation said vnto them. Would
God that we had died in the land of E-
gypt, or would God we had died in this
wildernesse.
3 And wherefore hath the Lord
brought vs vnto this land, to fall by the
sword, that our wiues, and our children
should be a pray.' were it not better for
vs to returne into Egypt ?
4 And they saide one to another,
Let vs make a captaine, and let vs re-
turne into Egypt.
5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on
their faces before all the assembly of the
Congregation of the children of Israel.
6 If And loshua the sonne of Nun,
and Caleb the sonne of lephunneh,
which were of them that searched the
land, rent their clothes.
7 And they spake vnto all the com-
pany of the children of Israel , saying,
The land which wee passed thorow to
search it, is an exceeding good land.
8 If the LoKD delight in vs,
then he will bring vs into this land, and
giue it vs, a land which floweth with
milke and hony.
9 Onely rebell not yea against the
Lord, neither feare yee the people
of the land , for they are bread for vs :
their t defence is departed from them,
and the Lord is with vs : feare
them not.
10 But all the Congregation bade
stone them with stones : and the glory
of the Lord appeared in the Taber-
nacle of the Congregation, before all
the children of Israel.
11 H And the Lord said vnto
Moses, How long will this people pro-
uoke me? and how long wiU it bee, yer
they beleeue me, for all the signes which
I haue shewed among them ?
12 I will smite them with the pesti-
lence, and disinherite them, and will
make of thee a greater nation , and
mightier then they.
13 IT And * Moses said vnto the
Lord, Then the Egyptians shall
heare it, (for thou broughtest vp this
people in thy might from among
them :)
14 And they will tell it to the inha-
bitants of this land:_^r they haue heard
that thou Lord «»•< among this peo-
ple, that thou Lord art scene face to
face, and that *thy cloud standeth ouer
them, and that thou goest before them,
by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in
a pillar of fire by night.
15 IT Now if thou shalt kill all this
people, as one man, then the nations
which haue heard the fame of thee, wDI
speake, saying,
16 Because the Lord was not *
ble to bring this people into the lande
which he sware vnto them, therefore he
hath slaine them in the wildernesse.
17 And now, I beseech thee, let the
power of my Lord be great, accor-
ding as thou hast spoken, saying,
18 The Lord is *long suffering,
and of great mercie, forgiuing iniquitie
and transgression, and by no meanes
c]ea,T'mgtheguiltie,*\is\tmg the iniquity
of the fathers vpon the children, vnto
the third and fourth generation.
19 Pardon, I beseech thee, the ini-
X quitie
t Hebr. sha-
dmc.
Exod. 32.
• Exod. 13.
21.
Deut. 9.
Exod. .H.
6. psaL 103.
Exod. 20.
.?. and 34. 7.
Infidelitie is
Numbers.
threatened.
I0r,hitlitr.
\ Hebr.{f
thesf see the
land.
■loah. U.6.
■ Chap. 26.
6i. and 32.
10.
•Deut 1.
M.
t Heb. lifted
vp my hand.
iOr.fud.
quitic of this people, according vnto the
greatnesse of thy mercie, and as thou
hast forgiuen this people, from Egypt,
euen ||vntill now.
20 And the Lord said, I haue
pardoned, according to thy word.
9,\ But as trucly as I line, all the
earth shalbe filled with the glory of the
Lord.
22 Because all those men which
haue scene my glory, and my miracles
which I did in Egypt, and in the wil
dernesse, and haue tempted mee now
these ten times, and haue not hearke-
ned to my voice,
23 t Surely they shall not see the
land which I sware vnto their fa-
thers , neither shall any of them that
prouoked me, see it.
24 But my seruant • Caleb, because
hee had another spirit with him, (and
hath followed mee fully) him will I
bring into the land, whereinto he went,
and nis seed shall possesse it.
25 (Now the Amalckites, and the
Canaanites dwelt in the valley) to mor-
row turne you and get you into the
wildernesse, by the way of the Red sea.
26 f And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, and vnto Aaron, saying,
27 How long shall I bear e with this euil
congregation which murmure against
mee .'' I haue heard the murmurings
)f the children of Israel , which they
murmure against mee.
28 Say vnto them, * As truely as I
Hue, saith the Lord, as ye haue spo-
ken in mine eares, so will I doe to you:
29 Your carcases shall fall in this
wildernesse, and all that were *num-
bred of you , according to your whole
number from twentie yeeres old and
vpward, which haue murmured a-
gainst mee,
30 Doubtlesse ye shall not come into
the land concerning which I t sware to
make you dwell therein, saue Caleb the
Sonne of lephunneh , and loshua the
Sonne of Nun.
31 But your little ones , which yee
said should be a pray, them will I bring
in , and they shall know the land which
ye haue despised.
32 But as for you, your carkases,
they shall fall in this wildernesse.
33 And your children shall || wander
in the wildernes forty yeres, and beare
your whoredomes, vntill your carka-
ses be wasted in the wildernesse.
34 After the number of the dayes in]
which ye searched the land, etien *fortie
dayes (each day for a yeere) shall yee
beare your iniquities, euen forty yeeres,
and yee shall know my ||breacn of pro-
mise.
35 I the Lord haue said, I will
surely doe it vnto all this euill Congre-
gation , that are gathered together a-
gainst mee : in this wildernesse they
shalbe consumed, & there they shall die.
36 And the men which Moses sent
to search the land, who returned, and
made all the Congregation to mur
mure against him , by bringing vp a
slander vpon the land,
37 Euen those men that did bring vp
the euill report vpon the land, * died by
the plague, before the Lord.
38 But loshua the sonne of Nun,
and Caleb the sonne of lephunneh,
xchich were of the men that went to
search the land, lined stUl.
39 And Moses told these sayings vn-
to all the children of Israel, and the
people mourned greatly.
40 H And they rose vp early in the
morning, and gate them vp into the
top of the mountaine, saying, Loe, we
• be here, and will goe vp vnto the place
which the Lord hath promised : for
we haue sinned.
41 And Moses said, Wherefore now
doe you transgresse the commaunde
ment of the Lord? but it shall not
prosper.
42 Goe not vp, for the Lord is
not among you, that ye be not smitten
before your enemies.
43 For the Amalekites, and the Ca-
naanites are there before you, and yee
shall fall by the sword, because yee are
turned away from the Lord; there-
fore the Lord will not bee with
you.
44 But they presumed to go vp vn-
to the hill top: neuertheles the Arlte of
the Couenant of the Lord, and Mo-
ses departed not out of the campe.
45 Then the Amalekites came
downe , and the Canaanites which
dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and
•discomfited them, euen vnto Hormah
CHAP. XV.
1 The law of the meat offering and the drinke
offring. 1 3. 29 T he stranger is vnderthe same
law. 17 The law of the first of the dough
for a heaue offering. 28 The sacrifice for
• Kzech. 4.
6. peal-.95.
10.
OT,alte-
ring qfmy
purpose.
• 1. Cor. 10.
10. hebr. 3.
10. iud. s.
• Deut. 1.
41.
' Deut. 1
Offerings.
Chap
.XV.
Offerings.
• Leuit. 23.
10.
• Leuit. 22.
21.
t Heh. tepa-
rating.
* Exod. 29.
18.
•Leuit. 2.1.
sinne of ignorance. 30 The punishment
of presumption. 32 Hee that violated the
Sabbath, is stoned. 37 The law of fringes.
Lord spake
saying.
the
Moses.
* Speake vnto the
children of Israel, and say
_ vnto them, When ye be
come into the land of your habitations,
which I giue vnto you,
3 And will make an offering by fire
vnto the Lobd, a burnt offering or
a sacrifice *in tperforming avow,or in a
free will offering , or in your solemne
feasts, to make a * sweet sauour vnto the
Lord, of the herd or of the flocke :
4 Then •shall he that offereth his
offering vnto the Lord, bring a meat
offring of a tenth deale of flowre, ming-
led with the fourth part of an Hyn of
oyle.
5 And the fourth part of an Hyn of
wine for a drinke offring shall thou pre-
pare, with the burnt offering or sacri-
fice for one lambe.
6 Or for a ramme, thou shalt pre-
pare for a meate offering two tenth
deales of flowre mingled with the third
part of an Hyn of oyle.
7 And for a drinke offering, thou
shalt offer the third part of an Hyn of
wine , for a sweete sauour vnto the
Lord.
8 And when thou preparest a bul-
locke for a burnt offering, or for a sacri-
fice in performing a vow, or peace offe-
rings vnto the Lord :
9 Then shall hee bring with a bul-
locke a meate offering of three tenth
deales of flowre, mingled with halfe an
Hyn of oyle.
10 And thou shalt bring for a drinke
offering halfe an Hyn of wine, for an
offering made by fire of a sweet sauour
vnto the Lord.
11 Thus shall it be done for one bul-
locke, or for one ramme, or for a lambe,
or a kidde.
12 According to the number that yee
shall prepare, so shall yee doe to euery
one, according to their number.
13 All that are borne of the countrey
shall doe these things after this maner,
in offering an offering made by fire of a
sweet sauour, vnto the Lord.
14 And if a stranger soioume with
you, or whosoeuer bee among you in
your generations, and will offer an of-
fering made by fire of a sweete sauour
vnto the Lord: as ye doe, so hee
shall doe.
1-5 * One ordinance shall be both for
you of the Congregation, and also for
the stranger that soiourneth with you,
an ordinance for euer in your generati-
ons: as ye are, so shall the stranger bee,
before the Lord.
16 One law, and one maner shall be
for you, and for the stranger that soiour-
neth with you.
17 If And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, saying,
18 Speake vnto the children of Is-
rael, and say vnto them. When ye come
into the land whither I bring you,
19 Then it shall be that when ye eate
of the bread of the land, yee shall offer
vp an heaue offring vnto the Lord.
20 Ye shall offer vp a cake of the first
of your dough, for an heaue offnng : as
ye doe the heaue offering of the thresh-
ing floore, so shall ye heaue it.
21 Of the first of your dough ye shal
giue vnto the Lord, an heaue offe-
ring in your generations.
22 f And if yee haue erred, and not
obserued all these Commaundements
which the Lord hath spoken vnto
Moses,
23 Euen all that the Lord hath
commanded you, by the hand of Moses
from the day that the Lord comman-
ded Moses, and henceforward among
your generations :
24 Then it shalbe, if ought be com-
mitted by ignorance t without the
knowledge of the Congregation, that
all the Congregation shall offer one
yong buUocke for a burnt offering, for
a sweet sauour vnto the Lord, with
his meate offering, and his drinke offe-
ring, according to the ||manner, and one
kid of the goats for a sinne offering.
25 And the Priest shall make an at-
onement for all the Congregation of
the children of Israel, and it shal be for-
giuen them, for it is ignorance : and they
shall bring their offring, a sacrifice made
by fire vnto the Lord, and their sinne
offering before the Lord, for their
ignorance.
26 And it shall bee forgiuen all the
Congregation of the children of Is-
rael, and the stranger that soiourneth
among them, seeing all the people were
in ignorance.
27 IT And * if any soule sinne through
ignorance, then hee shall bring a shee
X 2 goat
Exod. 12.
4». cbap. !).
14.
t Hebr.from
the eye».
I Or, ordi-
nance.
• Leuit. 4.
27.
Sabbath broken.
Numbers.
Korahs rebellion.
which brought you out of the land of
Egypt , to bee your God : I am the
LoKD your God.
CHAP. XVI.
1 The rebellion of Korah, Dathan and Abiram,
23 Moses separateth the people from the re-
bels tents, 31 The earth swalloweth vp Ko-
rah, and a fire consumeth others. 36 The
censers are reserued to holy vse. 41 Foure-
teene thousand and seuen hundred are slaine
by a plague for murmuring against Mo-
ses and Aaron. 46 Aaron by incense stay-
eth the plague.
Ow * Korah the sonne of
Izhar, the sonne of Ko-
hath, the sonne of Leui,
and Dathan, and Abiram
the sonnes of Ehab, and
On the Sonne of Peleth, sonnes of Reu-
ben, tooke men.
2 And they rose vp before Moses,
with certaine of the children of Israel,
two hundred and fiftie Princes of the
assembly, * famous in the Congregati-
on, men of renowne.
3 And they gathered themselues to-
gether against Moses , and against Aa-
ron, and said vnto them, tYe take too
much vpon you , seeing all the Con
gregation are holy euery one of them,
and the Lord is among them
wherfore then lift you vp your selues a-
boue the Congregation of the Lord .''
4 And when Moses heard it, he fell
vpon his face.
5 And bee spake vnto Korah, and
vnto all his company, saying, Euen to
morrow the Lord will shew who
are his, and who is holy, and will cause
him to come neere vnto him : euen him
whom he hath chosen, will he cause to
come neere vnto him.
6 This doe : take you censers, Ko-
rah, and all his company :
7 And put fire therein , and put in-
cense in them , before the Lord to
morrow; And it shall be, that the man
whom the Lord doeth choose , hee
shall be holy : yee take too much vpon
you, ye sonnes of Leui.
8 And Moses saide vnto Korah,
Heare, I pray you, ye sonnes of Leui.
9 Seemeth it but a small thing vn-
to you, that the God of Israel hath se-
parated you from the Congregation of
Israel, to bring you neere to himselfe,
to doe the seruice of the Tabernacle of
the Lord, and to stand before the
Con-
\Hebr.
doeth.
MIebr,toilh
anhigh
hand.
• Leult. 24.
12.
• Deut. 22.
12. matth.
23. S.
goat of the first yeere for a sinne offring.
28 And the Priest shall make an at-
onement for the soule that sinneth igno-
rantly, when he sinneth by ignorance
before the Lord, to make an atone-
ment for him, & it shalbe forgiuen him.
29 You shall haue one law for him
that t sinneth through ignorance, both
Jbr him that is borne amongst the chil
dren of Israel, and for the stranger that
soioumeth among them.
30 H But the soule that doeth ought
tpresumptuously, whether he be borne
in the land, or a stranger, the same re-
procheth the Lord : and that soule
shall be cut off from among his people.
31 Because he hath despised the word
of the Lord, and hath broken his
commandement, that soule shall vtter
ly be cut off: his iniquitie shall be vpon
him.
! % And while the children of Is-
rael were in the wildernes, they found
a man that gathered stickes vpon the
Sabbath day.
33 And they that found him gathe
ring sticks , brought him vnto Moses
and Aaron, and vnto all the Congre-
gation.
34 And they put him *in ward, be
cause it was not declared what should
be done to him.
35 And the Lord said vnto Mo-
ses , The man shall bee surely put to
death : all the Congregation shall stone
him with stones without the campe.
36 And all the Cogregation brought
him without the campe, and stoned him
with stones, and he died, as the Lord
commanded Moses.
37 IT And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, saying,
38 Speake vnto the children of Is-
rael, and bidde *them that they make
them fringes in the borders of their
garments, throughout their generati-
ons, and that they put vpon the fringe
of the borders a ribband of blew.
39 And it shall bee vnto you for a
fringe, that ye may looke vpon it, and
remember all the commandements of
the Lord, and doe them : and that
ye seeke not after your owne heart, and
your owne eyes, after which ye vse to
goe a whoring :
40 That ye may remember, and doe
all my commandements, and be holy
vnto your God.
41 I am the Lord your God,
• Chap. 27.
3. ecclus.
45. 21. iud.
u.
• Chap. 26.
9.
t Hebr. It is
miteh/or
you.
He, Dathan &c.
Chap.xvj.
are fwallowed vp.
t Heb. boare
out.
' Gen. 4. 4.
Congregation to minister vnto them ?
10 And he hath brought thee neere
to him, and all thy brethren the sonnes of
Leui with thee : and seeke ye the Priest-
hood also ?
11 For which cause both thou, and all
thy company are gathered together a-
gainst the Loud: and what is Aa-
ron, that ye murmure against him ?
12 H And Moses sent to call Da-
than and Abiram the sonnes of Eliab :
which said, We will not come vp.
13 Is it a small thing that thou hast
brought vs vp out of a land that flow-
eth with milke and hony, to kill vs in
the wildernesse, except thou make thy
selfe altogether a prince ouer vs .'
14. Moreouer, thou hast not brought
vs into a land that floweth with milke
and hony, or giuen vs inheritance of
fields and vineyards : wilt thou tput
out the eyes of these men ? we will not
come vp.
15 And Moses was very wroth, and
said vnto the Lord, * Respect not
thou their offering : I haue not taken
one asse from them , neither haue I
hurt one of them.
16 And Moses said vnto Korah, Be
thou and all thy company before the
Lord, thou, and they, and Aaron to
morrow.
17 And take euery man his censer,
and put incense in them , and bring yee
before the I^ord euery man his cen-
ser, two hundred and fiftie censers, thou
also and Aaron, each of you his censer.
18 And they tooke euery man his
censer, and put fire in them, and laide
incense thereon, and stood in the doore
of the Tabernacle of the Congregati-
on with Moses and Aaron.
19 And Korah gathered all the Con-
gregation against them, vnto the doore
of the Tabernacle of the Congregati-
on : and the glory of the Lord appea-
red vnto all the Congregation.
20 And the Lord spake vnto Mo-
ses, and vnto Aaron, saying,
21 Separate your selues from a-
mong this Congregation, that I may
consume them in a moment.
22 And they fell vpon their faces,
and said, O God, the God of the spirits
of all flesh, shal one man sinne, and wilt
thou be wroth with all the Congrega-
tion ?
23 H And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, saying.
24 Speake vnto the Congregation,
saying, Get you vp from about the ta-
bernacle of Korah , Dathan , and A-
biram.
25 And Moses rose vp, and went vn
to Dathan and Abiram : and the El-
ders of Israel followed him.
.26 And hee spake vnto the Congre-
gation , saying , Depart , I pray you,
from the tents of these wicked men, and
touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be con-
sumed in all their sinnes.
27 So they gate vp from the taber-
nacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram,
on euery side: and Dathan and Abiram
came out, and stood in the doore of their
tents, and their wiues, & their sonnes,
and their little children.
28 And Moses said. Hereby ye shaU
know that the Lord hath sent me to
doe all these workes : for I haue not done
them of mine owne mind.
29 If these men die t the common
death of all men, or if they be visited af-
ter the visitation of all men , then the
Lord hath not sent me :
30 But if the Lord tmake a new
thing, and the earth open her mouth,
and swallow them vp, with all that ap-
pertaine vnto them, and they go downe
quicke into the pit : then ye shall vnder-
stand that these men haue prouoked the
Lord.
31 IT * And it came to passe as he had
made an ende of speaking all these
words, that the ground claue asunder
that was vnder them :
32 And the earth opened her mouth,
and swallowed them vp, and their hou-
ses, and all the men that appertained
vnto Korah, and all their goods.
33 They , and all that appertained
to them, went downe aliue into the pit,
and the earth closed vpon them : and
they perished from among the Congre-
gation.
34 And all Israel that were round
about them, fled at the crie of them: for
they said. Lest the earth swallow vs vp
also.
35 And there came out a fire from the
Lord, and consumed the two hun-
dred and fiftie men that offered in-
cense.
36 IT And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, saying,
37 Speake vnto Eleazar the sonne
of Aaron the Priest, that he take vp the
censers out of the burning, and scatter
thou
t Hebr. as e-
uery man
clieth.
t Hebr. cre-
ate a crea-
ture.
Chap. 27.
3. deut. II.
6. psal. lOe.
17.
The plague ftayed.
Numbers.
Aarons rodde,
Ithou the fire yonder , for they are hal-
llowed.
I 38 The censers of these sinners a-
Igainst their owne soules, let them make
jthem broad plates for a couering of the
Ahar : for they offered them before the
|Lord, therefore they are hallowed,
and they shall be a signe vnto the chil-
;dren of Israel.
39 And Eleazar the Priest tooke the
brasen censers , wherewith they that
were burnt had offered, and they were
made broad plates for a couering of the
Altar :
40 To bee a memoriall vnto the chil-
dren of Israel, that no stranger, which
is not of the seed of Aaron, come neere
to offer incense before the Lord, that
he be not as Korah , and as his compa-
ny, as the Lord said to him by the
hand of Moses.
41 H But on the morrow , all the
Congregation of the children of Israel
murmured against Moses and against
Aaron, saying. Ye haue killed the peo-
ple of the Lord.
42 And it came to passe when the
Congregation was gathered against
Moses and against Aaron , that they
looked toward the Tabernacle of the
Congregation : and behold, the cloud
couered it, and the glory of the Lord
appeared.
43 And Moses and Aaron came be
fore the Tabernacle of the Congrega-
tion.
44 IT And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, saying,
45 Get you vp from among this
Congregation , that I may consume
them, as in a moment : and they fell vp
on their faces.
46 f And Moses said vnto Aaron,
Take a censer, and put fire therein from
off" the Altar, and put on incense, and
goe quickly vnto the Congregation,
and make an atonement for them : for
there is wrath gone out from the
Lord ; the plague is begun.
47 And Aaron tooke as Mose:
commanded, and ranne into the midst
of the Congregation: and behold, the
plague was begun among the people,
and he put on incense, and made an at-
onement for the people.
48 And he stood betweene the dead
and the liuing, and the plague w
stayed.
49 Now they that died in the plague,
* Exod. 28.
23.
were foureteene thousand and seuen
hundred, beside them that died about
the matter of Korah.
50 And Aaron returned vnto Mo-
ses, vnto the doore of the Tabernacle of
the Congregation ; and the plague was
stayed.
CHAP. XVIL
1 Aarons rod among all the rods of the Tribes
onely flourisheth. 10 It is left for a monu-
ment against the rebels.
Nd the Lord spak<
vnto Moses, saying,
2 Speake vnto the chil
dren of Israel, and take of
euery one of them a rod,
according to the house of their fathers
of all their princes , according to the
house of their fathers , twelue rods :
write thou euery mans name vpon his
rodde.
3 And thou shalt write Aarons
name vpon the rod of Leui : for one rod
shall be for the head of the house of their
fathers.
4 And thou shalt lay them vp in the
Tabernacle of the Congregation , be-
fore the Testimony , * where I will
meet with you.
5 And it shall come to passe, that the
mans rod whom I shall choose, shall
blossome : and I will make to cease
from mee the murmurings of the chil
dren of Israel, whereby they murmure
against you.
6 % And Moses spake vnto the chil
dren of Israel, and euery one of their
Princes gaue him ta rod a piece, for each
Prince one, according to their fathers
houses, euen twelue rods: and the rod ofi'pj^g"""
Aaron was among their rods.
7 And Moses layd vp the rods be
fore the Lord, in the Tabernacle of
Witnesse.
8 And it came to passe that on the
morrow Moses went into the Taber-
nacle of Witnesse, and behold, the rod of
Aaron for the house of Leui was bud-
ded, and brought forth buds, and bloo-
med blossomes, and yeelded almonds.
9 And Moses brought out all the
rods from before the Lord, vnto all
the children of Israel: and they looked,
and tooke euery man his rod.
10 IT And the Lord said vnto
Moses, *Bring Aarons rod againe be-
fore the Testimony, to be kept for a to-!t Hebr.chU-
ken against the t rebels, and thou shalt 'i^alm.^"'
quite!
t Helrr. a
rod /or one
Prmce, a
• Hebr. 9. 4.
The Priefts charge, ChajD.xviij.
and portion.
' Chap. 3.
quite take away their murmurings
from me, that they die not.
11 And Moses did so : as the Lord
commanded him, so did he.
12 And the children of Israel spake
vnto Moses, saying, Behold, wee die,
we perish, we all perish.
13 Whosoeuer commeth any thing
neere vnto the Tabernacle of the
Lord, shall die: Shall wee be con
sumed with dying .-'
CHAP. XVIII.
1 The charge of the Priests and Leuites. 9 The
Priests portion. 21 The Leuites portion.
25 The neaue offering to the Priests out of
the Leuites portion.
Nd the Lord sayd vn-
to Aaron, Thou and thy
sonnes , and thy fathers
house with thee , shall
beare the iniquitie of the
Sanctuary : and thou and thy sonnes
with thee, shall beare the iniquitie of
your Priesthood.
2 And thy brethren also of the tribe
of Leui , the tribe of thy father, bring
thou with thee, that they may be ioyned
vnto thee, and minister vnto thee : but
thou and thy sonnes with thee shall mini-
ster hefore the Tabernacle of Witnesse.
3 And they shall keepe thy charge,
and the charge of all the Tabernacle :
onely they shall not come nigh the ves-
sels of the Sanctuarie, and the Altar,
that neither they, nor you also die.
4 And they shall bee ioyned vnto
thee , and keepe the charge of the Ta-
bernacle of the Congregation , for all
the seruice of the Tabernacle : and a
stranger shall not come nigh vnto you.
5 And yee shall keepe the charge of
the Sanctuary, and the charge of the
Altar, that there be no wrath any more
vpon the children of Israel.
6 And I, beholde, I haue * taken
your brethren the Leuites from among
the children of Israel : to you they are
giuen as a gift for the Loud, to doe
the seruice of the Tabernacle of the
Congregation.
7 Therefore thou and thy sonnes
with thee, shall keepe your Priests of-
fice for euery thing of the Altar, and
within the Vaile, and yee shall serue :
I haue giuen your Priests office vnto
you, as a seruice of gift: and the stran-
ger that commeth nigh, shall bee put to
death.
8 IT And the Lord spake vnto
Aaron, Behold, I also haue giuen thee
the charge of mine heaue offerings, of
all the hallowed things of the children
of Israel, vnto thee haue I giuen them
by reason of the anointing, and to thy
sonnes by an ordinance for euer.
9 This shall bee thine of the most
holy things, re*^ri^<i from the fire: euery
oblation of theirs, euery meat offering
of theirs , and euery sinne offering of
theirs, and euery trespasse offering of
theirs, which they shal render vnto me,
shall be most holy for thee, and for thy
sonnes.
10 In the most holy place shalt thou
eate it, euery male shall eate it : it shall
be holy vnto thee.
11 And this is thine : the heaue offe-
ring of their gift, with all the waue of-
frings of the children of Israel : I haue
giuen them vnto thee , & to thy sonnes,
and to thy * daughters with thee, by a
statute for euer : euery one that is cleane
in thy house, shall eate of it.
1 2 All the tbest of the oyle, and all the
best of the wine, and of the wheat, the
first fruits of them which they shall of-
fer vnto the Lord^ them haue I gi-
uen thee.
13 And whatsoeuer is first ripe in the
land, which they shall bring vuto the
Lord, shall be thine, euery one that
is cleane in thine house, shall eat of it.
14 * Euery thing denoted in Israel
shall be thine.
15 Euery thing that openeth *the ma-
trice in all flesh, which they bring vnto
the Lord, whether it bee of men or
beasts, shall be thine : Neuertheles the
first borne of man shalt thou surely re-
deeme , and the firstling of vncleane
beasts shalt thou redeeme.
16 And those that are to be redeemed,
from a moneth old shalt thou redeeme
according to thine estimation , for the
money of fine shekels, after the shekel
of the Sanctuary, * which is twentie
gerahs.
17 But the firstling of a cowe, or the
firstling of a sheepe, or the firstling of a
goat thou shalt not redeeme , they are
holy : thou shalt sprinckle their blood
vpon the Altar, and shalt burne their
fat for an offering made by fire, for a
sweet sauour vnto the Lord.
18 And the flesh of them shall bee
thine : as the * waue breast, and as the
right shoulder are thine.
19 All
Leuit. 10
t Heb.fat.
• Leuit. 27.
28.
• Exod. 13.
2. & 22. 29.
leuit. 27. 26
cliap. 3. 13.
• Exod. 30.
13. leuit. 27
25. ciiap. 3.
47. ezelc. 45
12.
• Exod. 29.
26.
The tythes giuen
Numbers.
to the Leuites.l
Deut. 10.
9. and lu. i.
lash. 13.
14. 33.
ezech. 44.
28.
t Hebr. to
die.
f Hebr. fat.
19 All the heaue offerings of the ho-
ly things, which the children of Israel
offer vnto the Loud, haue I giuen
thee and thy sonnes, and thy daughters
with thee, by a statute for euer : it is a
couenant of salt for euer , before the
Lord vnto thee, and to thy seed
with thee.
20 f And the Lord spake vnto
Aaron, Thou shalt haue no inheritance
in their land , neither shalt thou haue
any part among them : * I am thy part,
and thine inheritance among the chil-
dren of Israel.
21 And behold, I haue giuen the chil-
dren of Leui all the tenth in Israel, for
an inheritance, for their seruice which
they serue, euen the seruice of the Ta-
bernacle of the Congregation.
22 Neither must the children of Is-
rael hencefoorth come nigh the Taber-
nacle of the Congregation , lest they
beare sinne, tand die.
23 But the Leuites shall doe the ser-
uice of the Tabernacle of the Congre-
gation, and they shal beare their iniqui-
tie : it shall be a statute for euer through-
out your generations, that among the
children of Israel they haue no inheri-
tance.
24 But the tithes of the children of
Israel which they offer as an heaue of-
fering vnto the Lord, I haue giuen
to the Leuites to inherite : therefore I
haue said vnto them. Among the chil-
dren of Israel they shall haue no inhe-
ritance.
25 H And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, saying,
26 Thus speake vnto the Leuites,
and say vnto them. When ye take of the
children of Israel the tithes, which I
haue giuen you from them for your in-
heritance, then ye shal offer vp an heaue
offering of it for the Lord, euen a
tenth part of the tithe.
27 And this your heaue offering
shall be reckoned vnto you, as though
it were the corne of the threshing floore,
and as the fulnesse of the wine presse
28 Thus you also shal offer an heaue
offering vnto the Lord of all your
tithes which ye receiue of the children
of Israel, and ye shall giue thereof the
Lords heaue offering to Aaron
the Priest.
29 Out of all your gifts ye shal offer
euery heaue offering of the Lord,
of all the tbest thereof, euen the hal-
lowed part thereof, out of it.
30 Therefore thou shalt say vnto
them , When yee haue heaued the best
thereof from it, then it shall be counted
vnto the Leuites, as the encrease of the
threshing floore, and as the encrease of
the wine presse.
31 And ye shall eate it in euery place,
ye and your housholds: for it is your re-
ward for your seruice , in the Taber-
nacle of the Congregation.
32 And yee shall beare no sinne by
reason of it, when ye haue heaued from
it the best of it : neither shall ye pollute
the holy things of the children of Is-
rael, lest ye die.
CHAP. XIX.
1 The water of separation made of the ashes of
a red heifer. 1 1 The law for the vse of it in
purification of the vncleaue.
Nd the Lord spake
vnto Moses , and vnto
Aaron, saying,
2 This is the ordinance
of the Law , which the
Lord hath commaunded , saying.
Speake vnto the children of Israel,
that they bring thee a red heifer with
out spot, wherein is no blemish, and vp-
on which neuer came yoke.
3 And ye shall giue her vnto Elea-
zar the Priest, that hee may bring her
•forth without the campe, and one shall
slay her before his face.
4 And Eleazar the Priest shall
take of her blood with his finger, and
*sprinckle of her blood directly before 'Heb. 9. 13.
the Tabernacle of the Congregation
seuen times.
5 And one shall burne the heifer in
his sight : *her skinne, and her flesh,
and her blood, with her doung, shall he
burne.
6 And the Priest shall take Cedar-
wood, and hysope, and scarlet, and cast
it into the midst of the burning of the
heifer.
7 Then the Priest shall wash his
clothes, and hee shall bathe his flesh in
water, and afterward he shall come in-
to the campe, and the Priest shalbe vn-
cleane vntill the euen.
8 And he that bumeth her , shall
wash his clothes in water, and bathe
his flesh in water, and shall be vncleane
vntill the Euen.
9 And a man that is cleane, shall ga-
ther
' Hebr. 13.
Exod. 29.
14. leuit. 4.
11, 12.
I
Purifications.
Chap.xx.
Miriam dieth.
\Heb.aoule.
fHeb.Ihtst.
* HebMuing
waters sJmU
begiuen.
ther vp the ashes of the heifer, and lay
them vp without the campe in a cleane
place, and it shall bee kept for the Con-
gregation of the children of Israel, for
a water of separation : it is a purificati-
on for sinne.
10 And he that gathereth the ashes
of the heifer, shall wash his clothes, and
be vncleane vntil the Euen : and it shall
be vnto the children of Israel, and vnto
the stranger that soiourneth among
them, for a statute for euer.
11 H He that toucheth the dead body
of any t man, shall bee vncleane seuen
dayes.
12 He shall purifie himselfe with it on
the third day, and on the seuen th day he
shall be cleane : but if he purifie not him-
selfe the third day, then the seuenth day
he shall not be cleane.
13 Whosoeuer toucheth the dead bo-
die of any man that is dead, and purifi-
eth not himselfe, defileth the Taberna-
cle of the Lord, and that soule shall
be cut off from Israel, because the wa-
ter of separation was not sprinckled
vpon him : he shall be vncleane, his vn-
cleannesse is yet vpon him.
14 This is the law, when a man di-
eth in a tent; all that come into the tent,
and all that is in the tent, shalbe vnclean
seuen dayes.
15 And euery open vessel which hath
no couering bound vpon it, is vncleane
16 And whosoeuer toucheth one that
is slaine with a sword in the open fields,
or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a
graue, shall be vncleane seuen dayes.
17 And for an vncleane person they
shall take of the t ashes of the burnt
heifer of purification for sinne, and *run-
ning water shall bee put thereto in a
vessell :
18 And a cleane person shall take
hysope, and dippe it in the water, and
sprinckle it vpon the tent, and vpon all
the vessels, and vpon the persons that
were there, and vpon him that touched
a bone, or one slaine, or one dead , or a
graue.
19 And the cleane jDcr*on shal sprinkle
vpon the vncleane on the third day, and
on the seuenth day : and on the seuenth
day he shall purifie himselfe, and wash
his clothes, and bathe himselfe in wa-
ter, and shall be cleane at Euen.
20 But the man that shall bee vn-
cleane , and shall not purifie himselfe,
that soule shall bee cut off from among
the Congregation : because he hath de-
filed the Sanctuary of the Loed,
the water of separation hath not beene
sprinkled vpon him, he is vncleane.
21 And it shall be a perpetuall statute
vnto them, that he that sprinkleth the
water of separation , shall wash his
clothes : and he that toucheth the wa-
ter of separation, shall be vncleane vn-
till Euen.
22 And whatsoeuer the vncleane
person toucheth, shall be vncleane : and
the soule that toucheth it, shall bee vn-
cleane vntill Euen.
CHAP. XX.
I The children of Israel come to Zin, where
Miriam dieth. 2 They murmiire for want
of water. 7 Moses smiting the rocke brin-
geth forth water at Meribah. 14 Moses at
Kadesh desireth passage thorow Edom,
which is denied him. 22 At Mount Hor Aa-
ron resigneth his place to Eleazar, and dieth.
Hen came the children of
Israel , euen the whole
Congregation , into the
desert of Zin , in the first
moneth : and the people a-
bode in Kadesh , and Miriam died
there, and was buried there.
2 And there was no water for the
Congregation : and they gathered
themselues together against Moses
and against Aaron.
3 And the people chode with Moses,
and spake, saying, Would God that we
had died * when our brethren died be-
fore the Lord.
4 And * why haue yee brought vp
the Congregation of the Lord into
this wildernesse, that we and our cat
tell should die there .''
5 And wherefore haue ye made vs
to come vp out of Egypt, to bring vs in
vnto this euil place? itwno place of seed,
or of figges , or vines , or of pomegra-
nates, neither is there any water to
drinke.
6 And Moses and Aaron went
from the presence of the assembly, vnto
the doore of the Tabernacle of the con-
gregation , and they fell vpon their fa-
ces : and the glory of the Lord ap-
peared vnto them.
7 IT And the Lord spake vnto Mo-
ses, saying,
8 Take the rodde, and gather thou
the assembly together, thou and Aaron
Y thy
•Chap. n.
.M.
* Exod. 17.
The rocke fmitten.
Numbers.
Aaron dieth.
• Psal. 106.
32. &c.
I That is,
tlrife.
\ Hebr.
found vs.
thy brother , and speake yee vnto thel
rocke before their eyes, and it shall giue
foorth his water, and thou shalt bring
foorth to them, water out of the rocke :
so thou shalt giue the Congregation,
and their beasts drinke.
9 And Moses tooke the rod from
before the Lokd, as he commanded
him.
10 And Moses and Aaron gathered
the Congregation together before the
rocke, and hee said vnto them , Heare
now, ye rebels ; must we fetch you wa-
ter out of this rocke ?
11 And Moses lift vp his hand, and
with his rod he smote the rocke twice
and the water came out abundantly,
and the Congregation dranke, and
their beasts also.
12 K And the Loed spake vnto
Moses and Aaron, Because ye beleeue
me not, to sanctifie me in the eyes of the
children of Israel, therefore ye shall not
bring this Congregation into the land
which I haue giuen them.
13 * This is the water of || Meribah,
because the children of Israel stroue
with the Lord; and he was sancti-
fied in them.
14 H And Moses sent messengers
from Kadesh, vnto the King of Edom ;
Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou
knowest all the trauaile that hath t be-
fallen vs :
15 How our fathers went downe in-
to Egypt, and we haue dwelt in Egypt
a long time : and the Egyptians vexed
vs, and our fathers.
16 And when wee cryed vnto the
Lord, he heard our voyce, and sent
an Angel, and hath brought vs foorth
out of Egypt : and behold, wee are in
Kadesh, a citie in the vttermost of thy
border.
17 Let vs passe, I pray thee, thorow
thy countrey : we will not passe thorow
the fields , or thorow the Vineyards,
neither will we drinke of the water of
the wells : wee will goe by the Kings
A^A-way, we wil not turne to the right
hand nor to the left, vntill wee haue
passed thy borders.
18 And Edom said vnto him, Thou
shalt not passe by me, lest I come out a-
gainst thee with the sword.
19 And the children of Israel said vn-
to him, We will goe by the high-way :
and if I and my cattell drinke of thy
water, then I will pay for it : I will
onely (without doing any thing else) go
thorow on my feet.
20 And he said. Thou shalt not goe
thorow. And Edom came out against
him with much people , and with a
strong hand.
21 Thus Edom refused to giue Is-
rael passage thorow his border : where-
fore Israel turned away from him.
22 H And the children of Israel, euen
the whole Congregation , iourneyed
from * Kadesh , and came vnto mount
Hor.
23 And the Lord spake vnto
Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by
the coast of the land of Edom, saying;
24 Aaron shall bee gathered vnto
his people : for hee shall not enter into
the land which I haue giuen vnto the
children of Israel , because yee rebel
led against my t word at the water of
Meribah.
25 * Take Aaron , and Eleazar his
Sonne, and bring them vp vnto mount
Hor.
26 And strippe Aaron of his gar-
ments, and put them vpon Eleazar his
Sonne, and Aaron shall be gathered vn-
to his people, and shall die there.
27 And Moses did as the Lord
commaunded : and they went vp into
mount Hor, in the sight of all the Con-
gregation.
28 And Moses stripped Aaron of
his garments, and put them vpon E
leazar his sonne, and * Aaron died there
in the top of the mount : and Moses and
Eleazar came downe from the mount.
29 And when all the Congregation
saw that Aaron was dead, they mour-
ned for Aaron thirty dayes, euen all the
house of Israel.
CHAP. XXL
1 Israel with some losse destroy the Canaanites
at Hormah. 4 The people murmuring are
plagued with fiery serpents. 7 They repen-
ting are healed by a brasen serpent. 10 Sun-
dry iourneyes of the Israelites. 21 Sihon is
ouercome, 33 and Og.
Nd when * king Arad the
Canaanite , which dwelt
in' the South , heard tell
that Israel came by the
way of the spies , then hee
fought against Israel, and tooke some
of them prisoners.
2 And Israel vowed a vow vnto
the
• Chap. 3.1.
37.
^ Hehr.
motUh.
* Chap. as.
38. deut.
* Deut. 10.
6. and 32.
50.
• Chap. 33.
40.
Fierie ferpents.
Chap.xxj.
Sihon fmitten.
I Thai is, vt.
ter destru-
ction.
I Or, grie-
ued. Hebr.
aharleiied.
' Chap.
U. 0.
' Wisd. 16.
1, 5. 1. cor.
10.9.
• 2. King. 18
4. ioh. 3. 14.
* Chap. 33
43.
1 Or, keapes
o/Abarim^
I Or, Vaheh
in Suphah.
the Lord, and said, If thou wilt in
deed deliuer this people into my hand,
then I wil vtterly destroy their cities.
3 And the Loud hearkened to
the voyce of Israel , and deliuered vp
the Canaanites : and they vtterly de-
stroyed them, and their cities, and hee
called the name of the place || Hormah.
4 If And they iourneyed from
mount Hor, by the way of the red sea,
to compasse the land of Edom : and the
soule of the people was much || discou-
raged because of the way.
5 And the people spake against God
and against Moses, Wherefore haue ye
brought vs vp out of Egypt, to die in
the wildernesse .'' for there is no bread,
neither is there any water , and our
soule * loatheth this light bread.
6 And * the Lord sent fierie ser-
pents among the people, and they bit
the people, and much people of Israel
died.
7 IT Therefore the people came to
Moses, and said. We haue sinned: for
wee haue spoken against the Lord,
and against thee : pray vnto the Lord
that hee take away the serpents from
vs : and Moses prayed for the people.
8 And the Lord said vnto Mo-
ses, Make thee a fierie serpent, and set it
vpon a pole : and it shall come to passe,
that euery one that is bitten, when hee
looketh vpon it, shall Hue.
9 And * Moses made a serpent of
brasse , and put it vpon a pole , and it
came to passe, that if a serpent had bit-
ten any man, when liee beheld the ser-
pent of brasse, he liued.
10 H And the children of Israel set
forward, and * pitched in Oboth.
11 And they iourneyed from Oboth,
and pitched at ||Iie-Abarim, in the wil-
dernes which is before Moab, toward
the Sunne rising.
12 H From thence they remooued,
and pitched in the valley of Zared.
13 From thence they remooued, and
pitched on the other side of Arnon,
which is in the wildernesse that com-
meth out of the coasts of the Amorites :
for Arnon is the border of Moab , be-
tweene Moab and the Amorites.
14 Wherefore it is said in the booke
of the warres of the Lord, || what he
did in the Red sea, and in the brookes
of Arnon,
15 And at the streame of the brookes
that goeth downe to the dwelling of
Ar, & tlieth vpon the border of Moab.
1 6 And from thence they went to Beer :
'that is the well whereof the Lord
spake vnto Moses, Gather the people
together, and I will giue them water.
17 If Then Israel sang this song,
t Spring vp O well, ||Sing ye vnto it :
18 The Princes digged the well, the
nobles of the people digged it, by the di-
rection of the Law-giuer , with their
staues. And from the wildernesse they
went to Mattanah :
19 And from Mattanah, to Naha-
liel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth :
20 And from Bamoth in the valley,
that is in the tcountrey of Moab, to the
toppe of II Pisgah, which looketh to-
ward 11 leshimon.
21 If And Israel sent messengers
vnto Sihon king of the Amorites ,
saying,
22 * Let me passe thorow thy land,
we will not turne into the fields, or into
the vineyards, we will not drinke of the
waters of the well : but we will goe a-
long by the kings high way, vntill wee
be past thy borders.
23 *And Sihon would not suffer
Israel to passe thorow his border : but
Sihon gathered all his people toge-
ther, and went out against Israel into
the wildernes : and he came to lahaz,
and fought against Israel.
24 And * Israel smote him with the
edge of the sword , and possessed his
land from Arnon vnto labok , euen
vnto the children of Ammon : for the
border of the children of Ammon was
strong.
25 And Israel tooke all these cities :
and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the
Amorites , in Heshbon , and in all the
t villages thereof.
26 For Heshbon was the citie of Si-
hon the King of the Amorites , who
had fought against the former King of
Moab, and taken all his land out of his
hand, euen vnto Arnon.
27 Wherefore they that speake in
prouerbes , say. Come into Heshbon:
let the citie of Sihon bee built and pre-
pared.
28 For there is a fire gone out of
Heshbon, a flame from the citie of Si-
hon : it hath consumed Ar of Moab,
and the lordes of the high places of
Arnon.
29 Woe to thee, Moab, thou art vn-
done, O people of * Chemosh : he hath
Y 2 giuen
t Heb. lea.
neth.
'tHebJitcend
I Or, an-
\ Heb. field.
I Or, hUl.
I Or, the
wildernesse.
* Deut. 2.
27. iudges
11. 19.
• Deut.
29. 7-
• losh. 12. 2
psal. 139.
II. amos
2 9.
i Hebr.
daughters.
• 1. King. 11
7,33.
Og ilaine. Balak
Numbers.
fendeth for Balaam.
• Dent. 3. 1.
and aa. 7.
" Psal. 135.
II.
• losh. 24.
giuen his sonnes that escaped, and his
daughters, into captiuitie vnto Sihon
King of the Amorites.
30 We haue shot at them ; Heshbon
is perished euen vnto Dibon, and we
haue layde them waste euen vnto No-
phah, which reacheth vnto Medeba.
31 IT Thus Israel dwelt in the land
of the Amorites.
32 And Moses sent to spy out laa-
zer, and they tooke the villages thereof,
and droue out the Amorites that were
there.
33 f *And they turned and went
vp by the way of Bashan : and Og
the King of Bashan went out against
them, he, and all his people, to the bat-
tell at Edrei.
34 And the Lord said vnto Mo
ses, Feare him not : for I haue deliue
red him into thy hand , and all his peo-
ple, and his land, and *thou shalt doe to
him as thou didst vnto Sihon King of
the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
35 So they smote him & his sonnes,
and all his people, vntill there was
none left him aliue, and they possessed
his land.
CHAP. xxn.
1 Balaks first message for Balaam is refused. 1 5
His second message obtaineth him. 22 An
Angel would haue slaine him , if his asse had
not saued him. 36 Balak intertaineth him.
Nd the children of Israel
set forward, and pitched in
the plaines of Moab , on
this side lordane by le-
richo.
2 H And Balak the sonne of Zip-
per, saw all that Israel had done to the
Amorites.
3 And Moab was sore afraid of the
people , because they were many , and
Moab was distressed , because of the
children of Israel.
4 And Moab said vnto the elders
of Midian ; Now shall this company
licke vp all that are round about vs, as
the oxe licketh vp the grasse of the field
And Balak the sonne of Zippor, was
King of the Moabites at that time.
5 *He sent messengers therefore vn
to Balaam the sonne of Beor, to Pe
thor, which is by the riuer of the land of
the children of his people, to call him,
saying. Behold , there is a people come
out from Egypt : beholde, they couer
the tface of the earth, and they abide 0- 1 Hebr. eye.
uer against me.
6 Come now therefore, I pray thee,
curse mee this people, for they are too
mightie for mee : peraduenture I shall
preuaile , that we may smite them, and
that I may driue them out of the land:
for I wot that he whom thou blessest,
is blessed , and hee whom thou cursest.
is cursed.
7 And the elders of Moab, and the
elders of Midian departed, with the re
wards of diuination in their hand;
and they came vnto Balaam, and spake
vnto him the words of Balak.
8 And hee said vnto them. Lodge
here this night, and I will bring you
word againe as the Lord shal speake
vnto mee : and the Princes of Moab a-
bode with Balaam.
9 And God came vnto Balaam, and
said. What men are these with thee ?
10 And Balaam said vnto God, Ba-
lak the Sonne of Zippor, King of Mo-
ab, hath sent vnto me, saying ;
1 1 Behold, there is a people come out
of Egypt, which couereth the face of the
earth : Come now, curse me them ; per
aduenture 1 1 shal be able to ouercome
them, and driue them out.
12 And God saide vnto Balaam ;
Thou shalt not goe with them , thou
shalt not curse the people: for they are
blessed.
13 And Balaam rose vp in the mor-
ning, and said vnto the Princes of Ba-
lak, Get you into your land : for the
Lord refuseth to giue mee leaue to
goe with you.
14 And the Princes of Moab rose
vp , and they went vnto Balak , and
said, Balaam refuseth to come with vs.
15 IT And Balak sent yet againe
Princes , moe , and more honourable
then they.
16 And they came to Balaam, and
said to him. Thus saith Balak the son
of Zippor ; tLet nothing, I pray thee,
hinder thee from comming vnto me :
17 For I wil promote thee vnto ve-
ry great honour, and I will do what-
soeuer thou saiest vnto me: Come there-
fore, I pray thee, curse me this people.
18 And Balaam answered and said
vnto the seruants of Balak, *If Ba-
lak would giue me his house full of sil-
uer and gold, I cannot goe beyond the
t Hehr. I
shall preuaile
inJighiiTiga-
gainst him.
word of the Lord
lesse or more.
my
God, to doe
19 Now
t Hebr. Be
not thou let-
ted from ^c.
* Chap. 24.
13.
The affe fpeaketh.
Chap.xxij.
Balak and Balaam.
* 2. Pet. 2.
16. iude 11
t Hebr. who
hast ridden
vpon me.
H Or, euer
since thou,
wast, S[C.
19 Now therefore, I pray you, tarie
yee also here this night, that I may
know what the Loed will say vnto
me more.
20 And God came vnto Balaam at
night, and said vnto him, If the men
come to call thee, rise vp, and goe with
them : but yet the word which I shall
say vnto thee, that shalt thou doe.
21 And Balaam rose vp in the mor-
ning, and sadled his asse, and went with
the princes of Moab.
12 H And Gods anger was kind-
led, because he went : and the Angel of
the LoKD stood in the way for an ad-
uersarie against him : Now he was ri-
ding vpon his asse, and his two ser-
uants were with him.
23 And * the Asse sawe the Angel of
the Lord standing in the way, and
his sword drawen in his hand: and the
asse turned aside out of the way , and
went into the field : and Balaam smote
the asse, to turne her into the way.
24 But the Angel of the Lord
stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall
being on this side, & a wall on that side.
25 And when the asse saw the Angel
of the Lord, she thrust her selfe vnto
the wall, and crusht Balaams foote a-
gainst the wall : and hee smote her a-
gaine.
26 And the Angel of the Lord
went further , and stood in a narrowe
place, where was no way to turne, ei-
ther to the right hand, or to the left.
27 And when the asse sawe the An
gel of the Lord, shee fell downe vn
der Balaam, and Balaams anger was
kindled, and hee smote the asse with a
staffe.
28 And the Lord opened the
mouth of the asse, and shee saide vnto
Balaam, What haue I done vnto thee,
that thou hast smitten mee these three
times ?
29 And Balaam said vnto the asse.
Because thou hast mocked mee :
would there were a sword in mine
hand, for now would I kill thee.
30 And the asse said vnto Balaam
Am not I thine asse, tvpon which thou
hast ridden || euer since I was thine,
vnto this day ? was I euer wont to do
so vnto thee ? And he said. Nay.
31 Then the Lord opened the eyes
of Balaam, and hee saw the Angel of
the Lord standing in the way, and
his sword drawen in his hand: and hee
bowed downe his head, and ||fell flat
on his face.
32 And the Angel of the Loud
said vnto him , Wherefore hast thou
smitten thine asse these three times.'' Be-
hold, I went out t to withstand thee,
because thy way is peruerse before me.
33 And the asse saw me, and turned
from me these three times: vnles.se shee
had turned from me, surely now also I
had slaine thee, and saued her aliue.
34 And Balaam said vnto the An-
gel of the Lord, I haue sinned : for
I knew not that thou stoodest in the
way against mee : Now therefore if it
+ displease thee, I will get mee backe a-
gaine.
35 And the Angel of the Lord
said vnto Balaam, Goe with the men :
but onely the word that I shall speake
vnto thee, that thou shalt speake : So
Balaam went with the princes of
Balak.
36 H And when Balak heard that
Balaam was come , hee went out to
meete him, vnto a citie of Moab, which
is in the border of Arnon, which is in the
vtmost coast.
37 And Balak said vnto Balaam,
Did I not earnestly send vnto thee to
call thee ? wherefore camest thou not
vnto me ? Am I not able indeed to pro-
mote thee to honour ?
38 And Balaam saide vnto Balak,
Loe, I am come vnto thee : haue I
now any power at all to say any thing.'
the worde that God putteth in my
mouth, that shall I speake.
39 And Balaam went with Balak,
and they came vnto || Kiriath-Huzoth.
40 And Balak offered oxen , and
sheepe, and sent to Balaam, and to the
princes that were with him.
41 And it came to passe on the mor-
row, that Balak tooke Balaam, and
brought him vp into the high places of
Baal, that thence hee might see the vt-
most part of the people.
CHAP. XXIIL
1. 13.28Balaks sacrifice. 7. 18 Balaams parable.
Nd Balaam saide vnto
Balak, Build me here se-
uen Altars, and prepare
mee here seuen oxen, and
seuen rammes.
2 And Balak did as Balaam had
spoken, and Balak & Balaam offered
on euen/ altar a buUocke and a ramme,
3 And
I Bowed
himselfe.
+ Hebr. to he
an ailuerta-
rie vnto thee
t Heb. be e-
uill in thine
I Or, a citie
of streets.
Balaam blelleth
Numbers.
the Ifraelites, and
Or.hewent
sMarjf.
t Hebr. my
soule, or my
life.
I Or, the
hill.
Chap. 22.
3 And Balaam said vnto Balak,
Stand by thy burnt oft'ring, and I wil
goe : peraduenture the Lord will
come to meete mee ; and whatsoeuer he
sheweth me, I will tell thee. And ||he
went to an high place.
4 And God met Balaam, and he
said vnto him , I haue prepared seuen
altars, and I haue offered vpon euery
altar a bullocke and a ramme.
5 And the Lord put a word in
Balaams mouth, and said, Returne
vnto Balak, & thus thou shalt speake,
6 And he returned vnto him, and
loe, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, bee,
and all the Princes of Moab.
7 And he tooke vp his parable, and
said, Balak the King of Moab hath
brought mee from Aram , out of the
mountaines of the East, saying; Come
curse me lacob, and come, defie Israel.
8 How shall I curse, whom God
hath not cursed .'' or how shall I defie,
wJioni the Lonn hath not defied ?
9 For from the top of the rockes I
see him , and from the hilles I behold
him : loe , the people shall dwell alone,
and shall not bee reckoned among the
nations.
10 Who can count the dust of lacob,
and the number of the fourth part of
Israel .-* Let t mee die the death of the
righteous, & let my last end be like his.
11 And Balak saide vnto Balaam,
What hast thou done vnto me? I tooke
thee to curse mine enemies, and behold
thou hast blessed them altogether.
12 And he answered, and said. Must
I not take heede to speake that which
the Lord hath put in my mouth ?
13 And Balak said vnto him, Come,
I pray thee , with me , vnto another
place, from whence thou mayest see
them : thou shalt see but the vtmost
part of them, and shalt not see them all
and curse me them from thence.
14 IT And hee brought him into the
fielde of Zophim, to the toppe of ||Pis-
gah , and built seuen altars , and offe
red a bullocke and a ramme on eticrt/ al
tar.
15 And he said vnto Balak, Stand
here by thy burnt offering , while I
meete the Lord yonder.
16 And the Lord met Balaam,
and * put a word in his mouth , and
saide , Goe againe vnto Balak , and say
thus.
17 And when hee came to him, be
hold, he stood by his burnt offring, and
the Princes of Moab with him. And
Balak said vnto him , What hath the
Lord spoken .''
18 And he tooke vp his parable, and
said. Rise vp Balak, & heare ; hearken
vnto me, thou Sonne of Zippor :
19 God is not a man that he should
lie, neither the sonne of man, that hee
should repent : hath he said , and shall
he not doe it? or, hath hee spoken, and
shall he not make it good .'
20 Behold, I haue receiued comman-
(lement to blesse : and hee hath blessed
and I cannot reuerse it.
21 Hee hath not beheld iniquitie in
lacob, neither hath he scene peruerse-
nesse in Israel : the Lord his God
is with him , and the shoute of a King is
among them.
22 * God brought them out of E
gypt; he hath as it were the strength of
an Vnicome.
23 Surely there is no incliantment
II against lacob, neither is there any
diuination against Israel : according
to this time it shalbe said of lacob, and
of Israel, What hath God wrought !
24 Beholde, the people shall rise vp
as a great Lion, and lift vp himselfe as
a yong Lion : hee shall not lie downe
vntill be eate of the pray, and drinke the
blood of the slaine.
25 H And Balak said vnto Balaam,
Neither curse them at all , nor blesse
them at all.
26 But Balaam answered , and said
vnto Balak, Told not I thee, saying,
All that the Lobd speaketh, that I
must doe ?
27 f And Balak saide vnto Ba-
laam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring
thee vnto another place, peraduenture
it will please God , that thou mayest
curse me them from thence.
28 And Balak brought Balaam
vnto the top of Peor , that looketh to-
ward leshimon.
29 And Balaam saide vnto Balak,
Build mee here seuen altars , and pre-
pare me here seuen bullocks, and seuen
rammes.
30 And Balak did as Balaam had
said, and offred a bullocke and a ramme
on every altar.
CHAP. XXIIII.
1 Balaam Icauing diuinations, prophesieth the
happinesse of Israel. 10 Balak m anger dis-
niisseth
' Num. 24.
lOT,im.
prophefieth. The
Chap.xxiiij.
Starre of lacob.
Chap. 23.
s, 15.
t Heb. to the
meeting of
inchmit-
menls.
* Chap. 23.
7, 18.
t Heb, who
had his eyes
shut, but
now open.
Chap. 23.
Gen. 49.
misseth him. 15 He prophesieth of the starre
of lacob, and the destruction of some nations.
Nd wlien Balaam sawe
that it pleased the Lord
to blesse Israel , hee went
not, as at other * times to
t seeke for inchantments,
but hee set his face toward the wilder-
nesse.
2 And Balaam lift vp his eyes, and
he saw Israel abiding in his tents, ac-
cording to their Tribes : and the Spirit
of God came vpon him.
3 *And he tooke vp his parable, and
said, Balaam the sonne of Beor hath
said, and the man t whose eyes are open
hath said :
4 Hee hath said , which heard the
words of God, which saw the vision of
the Almightie, falling into a trance, but
hauing liis eyes open :
5 How goodly are thy tents, O la-
cob, and thy Tabernacles, O Israel !
6 As the valleyes are they spread
forth, as gardens by the riuer side, as
the trees of Lign- Aloes which the
Lord hath planted, and as Cedar
trees beside the waters.
7 He shall powre tlie water out of
his buckets, and his seedshallhe in many
waters , and his King shall be higher
then Agag, and his Kingdome shall be
exalted.
8 God brought him forth out of E-
gypt, * he hath as it were the strength of
an Vnicorne : he shall eate vp the nati-
ons his enemies, and shall breake their
bones, and pierce them thorow with his
arrowes.
9 * Hee couched , he lay downe as a
Lyon, and as a great Lyon : who shal
stirre him vp ? Blessed is hee that bles-
seth thee, and cursed is hee that curseth
thee.
ion And Balaks anger was kind-
led against Balaam, aud hee smote his
hands together : and Balak said vnto
Balaam , I called thee to curse mine
enemies , and behold, thou hast altoge-
ther blessed them these three times.
11 Therefore now, flee thou to thy
place : I thought to promote thee vnto
great honour, but loe , the Lord
hath kept thee backe from honour.
12 And Balaam said vnto Balak,
Spake I not also to thy messengers
which thou sentest vnto me, saying,
13 If Balak would giue mee his
house full of siluer and gold, I cannot
goe beyond the commandement of the
Lord, to doe either good or bad ofi
mine owne mind.' but what the Lobd
saith, that will I speake.
14 And now beholde , I goe vnto;
my people : come therefore, and I will
aduertise thee , what this people shall
doe to thy people in the latter dayes.
15 IT And hee tooke vp liis parable,
and said , Balaam the sonne of Beor
hath said, and the man whose eyes are
open, hath said :
16 He hath said which heard the
words of God, and knewe the know-
ledge of the most High , which sawe the
vision of the Almightie , falling into a
trance, but hauing his eyes open.
17 I shall see him, but not now: I
shall behold him, but not nigh : There
shall come a starre out of lacob, and a
Scepter shall rise out of Israel , and
shall II smite the corners of Moab, and
destroy all the children of Sheth.
18 And Edom shall bee a possession,
Seir also shall be a possession for his e-
nemies , and Israel shall doe vali-
antly.
19 Out of lacob shall come he that
shall haue dominion, and shall destroy
him that remaineth of the citie.
20 n And when he looked on Ama-
lek, he tooke vp his parable, and sayd,
Amalek was \\ the first of the nations
B Or, smite
through the
Princes of
Moab.
, 'I The first q.
that warred
against Is.
rael, Exod.
17.
I Or, shaJbe
euen to de-
struction.
t Heb. Kain
I Or, how
long shall it
be ere A-
shur carry
thee away
eaptiue.
but his latter end \\shallbee, that hee pe-'""' ""'"""
rish for euer.
21 And hee looked on the Kenites,
and tooke vp his parable , and saide.
Strong is thy dwelling place, and thou
puttest thy nest in a rocke :
22 Neuerthelesse, t the Kenite shall
be wasted, || vntil Asshur shal carie thee
away eaptiue.
23 And he tooke vp his parable, and
said , Alas ! who shall line when God
doeth this ?
24 And shippes shall come from the
coast of Chittim, and shal afflict Asshur,
and shall afflict Eber, and hee also shall
perish for euer.
25 And Balaam rose vp, and went
and returned to his place : and Balak
also went his way.
CHAP. XXV.
1 Israel at Shittim commit whoredome and
Idolatrie. 6 Phinehas killeth Zimri and
Cozbi. 10 God therefore giueth him an
euerlasting Priesthood. 16 The Midianites
are to be vexed.
And
Pliinehas killeth
Numbers.
Zimi'i and Cozbi.
Chap. 33.
• Deut. 4. 3.
loeh. 22. 17.
• Psal. 106.
30. 1. mace.
2. 43.
" I.Cot. 10.
• PsaL 106.
30.
• Ecclus.
4S. 24. 1.
mace. 2. 54,
Nd Israel abode in *Shit-
tira, and the people begun
to commit whoredome
with the daughters of
Moab.
2 And they called the people vnto
the sacrifices of their gods : and the peo-
ple did eate, and bowed downe to their
gods.
3 And Israel ioyned himselfe vn-
to Baal-Peor: and the anger of the
Lord was kindled against Israel.
4 And the Lord said vnto Mo-
ses, * Take all the heads of the people,
and hang them vp before the Lord
against the Sunne , that the fierce an-
ger of the Lord may be turned a-
way from Israel.
5 And Moses said vnto the ludges
of Israel , Slay ye euery one his men,
that were ioyned vnto Baal-Peor.
6 IT And behold, one of the children
of Israel came and brought vnto his
brethren a Midianitish woman , in the
sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the
Congregation of the children of I
rael , who were weeping before the
doore of the Tabernacle of the Con-
gregation.
7 And *when Phinehas the sonne of
Eleazar, the sonne of Aaron the Priest
saw it, hee rose vp from amongst the
Congregation , and tooke a iauelin in
his hand.
8 And he went after the man of Is-
rael into the tent , and thrust both of
them thorow, the man of Israel, and
the woman, thorow her belly : So the
plague was stayed from the children of
Israel.
9 And * those that died in the plague,
were twentie and foure thousand.
10 H And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, saying,
11 * Phinehas the sonne of Eleazar,
the sonne of Aaron the Priest, hath tur-
ned my wrath away from the children
of Israel, (while hee was zealous for
my sake among them) that I consu
med not the children of Israel in my
ielousie.
12 Wherefore say, * Behold, I giue
vnto him my Couenant of peace.
13 And he shall haue it, and his seed
after him, etien the Couenant of an euer
lasting Priesthood , because he was zea-
lous for his God , and made an atone-
ment for the children of Israel.
14 Now the name of the Israelite
that was slaine, euen that was slaine
with the Midianitish woman , was
Zimri the sonne of Salu, a Prince of ta
chiefe house among the Simeonites.
15 And the name of the Midianitish
woman that was slaine, was Cozbi, the
daughter of Zur , hee was head ouer a
people, and of a chiefe house in Midian.
16 If And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, saying,
17 *Vexe the Midianites, and smite
them :
18 For they vexe you with their
wiles , wherewith they haue beguiled
you, in the matter of Peor, and in the
matter of Cozbi , the daughter of a
Prince of Midian their sister , which
was slaine in the day of the plague, for
Peers sake.
CHAP. XXVI.
1 The sunrnie of all Israel is taken in the plaines
of Moab. 52 The law of diuiding among
them the inheritance of the land. 57 The
families and number of the Leuites. 63 None
were left of them which were numbred at Si-
nai, but Caleb and loshua.
Nd it came to passe af-
ter the plague, that the
Lord spake vnto Mo
ses , and vnto Eleazar
the Sonne of Aaron the
Priest , saying,
2 Take the summe of all the Con
gregation of the children of Israel,
*from twenty yeeres old and vpward,
throughout their fathers house, all that
are able to goe to warre in Israel.
3 And Moses & Eleazar the Priest
spake with them in the plaines of Mo-
ab by lordane 7ieere lericho, saying,
4 Take the summe of the people from
twenty yeeres old and vpward, as the
Lord * commanded Moses, and the
children of Israel which went foorth
out of the land of Egypt.
5 IT * Reuben the eldest sonne of Is-
rael : the children of Reuben, Hanoch,
of whom commeth the family of the Ha-
nochites : of Pallu the family of the
Palluites :
6 Of Hesron the family of the Hes
ronites : of Carmi the family of the
Carmites.
7 These are the families of the Reu-
benites : and they that were numbred
of them, were fourtie and three thou-
sand, and seuen hundred and thirtie.
8 And the sonnes of Pallu, Eliab.
9 And
1 Heb. house
ofafather.
Chap. 31.
•Chap. 1.3.
• Chap. 1. 1.
• Gene. 46.
B. exod. 6.
14. 1. chro.
5, 1.
Ifrael
IS niim
bred
Chap. XX vj.
by their tribes.
' Chap. 16.
• Gen. 38. 2
&c. and 46.
12.
9 And the sonnes of Eliab, Nemuel,
and Dathan, and Abiram : this is that
Dathan & Abiram, which were famous
in the Congregation , who * stroue a-
gainst Moses and against Aaron in the
companie of Korah, when they stroue
against the Lokd :
10 And the earth opened her mouth,
and swallowed them vp together with
Korah when that companie died, what
time the fire deuoured two hundred and
fiftie men : and they became a signe.
11 Notwithstanding, the children of
Korah died not.
12 H The sonnes of Simeon, after
their families : Of Nemuel, the family
of the Nemuelites : Of lamin, the fa-
milie of the laminites : Of lachin, the
familie of the lachinites :
13 Of Zerah, the familie of the Zar-
hites : Of Shaul , the familie of the
Shaulites.
14 These are the families of the Si-
meonites, twentie and two thousand,
and two hundred.
15 H The children of Gad after their
families: Of Zephon, the familie of the
Zephonites: of Haggi the familie of the
Haggites : of Shuni the familie of the
Shunites.
16 Of Ozni, the familie of the Oz-
nites : Of Eri the familie of the Erites.
17 Of Arod the familie of the Aro-
dites : of Areli the familie of the Are-
lites.
18 These are the families of the chil-
dren of Gad , according to those that
were numbred of them, fourtie thou-
sand and Hue hundred.
19 H * The sonnes of ludah., zoere
Er and Onan : and Er and Onan died
in the land of Canaan.
20 And the sonnes of ludah after
their families were : Of Shelah the fa-
milie of the Shelanites : Of Pharez
the familie of the Pharzites : Of Ze
rah the familie of the Zarhites.
21 And the sonnes of Pharez were
Of Hesron the familie of the Hesro-
nites : Of Hamul the familie of the Ha-
mulites.
22 These ai-e the families of ludah
according to those that were numbred
of them , threescore and sixteene thou-
sand and fine hundred.
23 H Of the sonnes of Issachar af-
ter their families : Of Tola the familie
of the Tolaites : of Pua the familie of
the Punites.
24 Of lashub the famiUe of the
lashubites : of Shimron the familie
of the Shimronites.
25 These are the families of Issachar
according to those that were numbred
of them, threescore and foure thousand,
and three hundred.
26 II Of the sonnes of Zebulun af-
ter their families, of Sered the familie
of the Sardites : Of Elon the familie
of the Elonites : of lahleel the familie
of the lahleelites.
27 These are the families of the Ze-
bulunites, according to those that were
numbred of them, threescore thousand
and fine hundred.
28 11 The sonties of Joseph after
their families, were Manasseh and E-
phraim.
29 Of the sonnes of Manasseh : Of
*Machir the familie of the Machirites:
and Machir begate Gilead : Of Gilead
come the familie of the Gileadites.
30 These are the sonnes of Gilead :
Of leezer the family of the leezerites :
Of Helek the familie of the Helekites.
31 And of Asriel the family of the As-
rielites : and of Shechem the familie of
the Shechemites.
32 And of Shemida the familie of
the Shemidaites : and of Hepher the
familie of the Hepherites.
33 IT And * Zelophehad the sonne of
Hepher had no sonnes, but daughters:
and the names of the daughters of Ze-
lophehad , were Mahlah , and Noah,
Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
34 These are the families of Manas-
seh, and those that were numbred of
them, fiftie and two thousand and seuen
hundred.
35 IT These are the sonnes of Ephra-
im, after their families : Of Shuthelah
the famiUe of the Shuthalhites : Of
Becher the familie of the Bachrites:
Of Tahan the familie of the Taha-
nites.
36 And these are the sonnes of Shu
thelah : Of Eran the familie of the E
ranites.
37 These are the families of the
sonnes of Ephraim, according to those
that were numbred of them, tnirtie and
two thousand, and fiue hundred. These
are the sonnes of Joseph after their fa-
milies.
38 If The sonnes of Beniamin after
their families : Of Bela the familie of
the Belaites : Of Ashbel the familie of
Z the
losh. 17. 1
Chap. 27.
1.
Ifrael is numbred
Numbers.
by their tribes.
• Chap. 33,
M.
t Hebr. muU
tiplif his in.
hentance.
the Ashbelites : Of Ahiram the family
of the Ahirainites :
39 Of Shupham the family of the
Shuphamites : Of Hupham the family
of the Huphamites.
40 And the sonnes of Bela were
Ard and Naaman : ofArd, the family of
the Ardites: and of Naaman the family
of the Naamites.
41 These are the sonnes of Benia-
min after their families ; and they that
were numbred of them, were fourty and
fiue thousand, and sixe hundred.
42 IT These are the sonnes of Dan
after their families : Of Shuham the
family of the Shuhamites. These are
the families of Dan , after their fa-
milies.
43 All the families of the Shuha-
mites , according to those that were
numbred of them , were three score and
foure thousand, and foure hundred.
44 % Of the children of Asher after
their families : Of limna the family of
the limnites : Of lesui the family of
the lesuites : Of Beriah the family of
the Beriites.
45 Of the sonnes of Beriah ; of He
her the family of the Heberites : of Mai
chiel, the family of the Malchielites.
46 And the name of the daughter of
Asher, was Sarah.
47 These are the families of the
sonnes of Asher, according to those that
were numbred of them ; who were fiftie
and three thousand, and foure hundred.
48 Of the sonnes of Naphtali, after
their families, of lahzeel the family of
the lahzeelites: Of Guni, the family
of the Gunites :
49 Of lezer, the family of the le-
zerites : Of Shillem the family of the
Shillemites.
50 These are the families of Naph-
tali, according to their families : and
they that were numbred of them, were
fourty and fiue thousand , and foure
hundred.
51 These were the numbred of the
children of Israel , sixe hundred thou-
sand , and a thousand , seuen hundred
and thirtie.
52 IT And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, saying,
53 Vnto these the land shall be diui-
ded for an inheritance, according to the
number of names.
54 *To many thou shalt tgiue the
more inheritance, and to few thou shalt
tgiue the lesse inheritance : to euery one
shall his inheritance be giuen, according
to those that were numbred of him.
55 Notwithstanding the land shall
bee • diuided by lot : according to the
names of the tribes of their fathers,
they shall inherite.
56 According to the lot shall the
possession thereof be diuided betweene
many and few.
57 f * And these are they that were
numbred of the Leuites, after their fa-
milies : Of Gershon , the family of the
Gershonites : Of Kohath the family of
the Kohathites : Of Merari the family
of the Merarites.
58 These are the families of the Le-
uites : the family of the Libnites, the fa-
mily of the Hebronites, the family of the
Mahlites, the family of the Mushites-
the family of the Korathites : and Ko-
hath begate Amram.
59 And the name of Amrams wife
was *Iochebed the daughter of Leui,
whom Iter mother bare to Leui in E-
gypt : And shee bare vnto Amram,
Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their
sister.
60 And vnto Aaron was borne Na
dab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
61 And *Nadab and Abihu died,
when they offered strange fire before
the Lord.
62 And those that were numbred of
them, were twenty and three thousand,
all males from a moneth old and vp-
ward : for they were not numbred a-
mong the children of Israel , because
there was no inheritance giuen them
among the children of Israel.
63 IT These are they that were num-
bred by Moses and Eleazar the Priest,
who numbred the children of Israel in
the plaines of Moab, by lordane neere
lericho.
64 But among these there was not
a man of them , whom Moses and Aa-
ron the Priest numbred , when they
numbred the children of Israel in the
wildernesse of Sinai.
65 For the Lord had said of them
They * shall surely die in the wilder-
nesse : and there was not left a man of
them, saue Caleb the sonne of lephun-
neh, and loshua the sonne of Nun.
CHAP. XXVIL
1 The daughters of Zelophehad sue for an in-
heritance. 6 The law of inheritances,
12 Moses
t Hebr. di-
minish his
inheritance.
• Chap. 33.
54. iosh. u,
23. and 14.
2.
" Exod. 6.
16, 17, 18,
19.
• Exod. 2.
and 6. 20.
Leult. 10.
2. chap. 3. 4.
1. chro. 24.
2.
• Chap. 14.
28. 1. corin.
10. 5. 6.
Zelophehad.
Chap.xxvij.
loihua ruler.
' Chap. 26.
33. losh.
17. 3.
' Chap. 14.
39. and 26.
64,65.
t Hebr. di-
mmished.
' Deut. 32.
12 Moses beeing told of his death, sueth
for a successour. 18 loshua is appointed
to succeed him.
Hen came the daughters
of * Zelophehad, the sonne
of Hepher, the sonne of Gi-
lead, the sonne of Machir,
the Sonne of Manasseh, of
tTie families of Manasseh, the sonne of
Joseph ; and these are the names of his
daughters : Mahlah, Noah, and Hog-
lah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.
2 And they stood before Moses, and
before Eleazar the Priest, and before the
Princes, and all the Congregation, by
the doore of the Tabernacle of the Con-
gregation, saying,
3 Our father *died in the wilder-
nesse, and he was not in the company of
them that gathered themselues toge-
ther against the Lord in the com-
pany of Korah : but died in his owne
sinne, and had no sonnes.
4 Why should the name of our fa-
ther be tdone away from among his fa-
mily, because he hath no sonne .'' Giue
vnto vs therefore a possession among the
brethren of our father.
5 And Moses brought their cause
before the Lord.
6 II And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, saying,
7 The daughters of Zelophehad
speake right : thou shalt surely giue
them a possession of an inheritance a-
mong their fathers brethren, and thou
shalt cause the inheritance of their fa-
ther to passe vnto them.
8 And thou shalt speake vnto the
children of Israel , saying , If a man
die, and haue no sonne, then yee shall
cause his inheritance to passe vnto his
daughter.
9 And if he haue no daughter, then
yee shall giue his inheritance vnto his
brethren.
10 And if he haue no brethren, then
yee shall giue his inheritance vnto his
fathers brethren.
11 And if his father haue no bre-
thren, then ye shall giue his inheritance
vnto his kinseman that is next to him
of his family, and hee shall possesse it:
And it shall be vnto the children of Is-
rael a statute of iudgement , as the
Lord commanded Moses.
12 H And the Lord saide vnto
Moses, *Get thee vp into this mount
Abarim, and see the land which I haue
giuen vnto the children of Israel.
13 And when thou hast scene it, thou
also shalt be gathered vnto thy people,
as * Aaron thy brother was gathered,
14 For ye * rebelled against my Com-
mandement (in the desart of Zin, in the
strife of the Congregation) to sanctifie
me at the water, before their eyes : that
is the * water of Meribah in Kadesh in
the wildernesse of Zin.
15 f And Moses spake vnto the
Lord, saying,
16 Let the Lord, the God of the
spirits of all flesh , set a man ouer the
Congregation,
17 which may goe out before them,
and which may goe in before them, and
which may lead them out, and which
may bring them in , that the Congrega-
tion of the Lord bee not as sheepe
which haue no shepheard.
18 IT And the Lord saide vnto
Moses, Take thee loshua the sonne
of Nun , a man in whom is the spirit,
and lay thine hand vpon him.
19 And set him before Eleazar the
Priest, and before all the Congregation:
and giue him a charge in their sight,
20 And thou shalt put some of thine
honour vpon him, that all the Congre-
gation of the children of Israel may be
obedient.
21 And he shall stand before Eleazar
the Priest, who shall aske counsell for
him, * after the iudgement of Vrim be-
fore the Lord : at his word shal they
goe out, and at his word they shal come
in, both he, and al the children of Israel
with him, euen all the Congregation.
22 And Moses did as the Lord
commanded him : and he tooke loshua
and set him before Eleazar the Priest,
and before all the Congregation.
23 And hee iayd his handes vpon
him , and gaue him a charge , as the
Lord commaunded by the hand of
Moses.
CHAP. XXVIII.
1 Offerings are to be obserued. 3 The con-
tinuall burnt offering. 9 The offering on
the Sabbath, 11 on the New-moones, 16
at the Passeouer, 26 in the day of first fruits.
Nd the Lord spake
vnto Moses, saying,
2 Command the chil-
dren of Israel, and say vn-
to them, My offering, and
'my bread for my sacrifices, made by fire
I Z 2 for
• Chap. 20.
14.
• Chap. 20.
24.
Exod. 17.
Exod. 28.
Solemne feafts,
Numbers.
and their offrings.
t Hebr. a
sauourof
merest.
■Kxod.19.
38.
t Heb. in a
dttjf.
t H«6r. be.
tteeene Ote
turoeuenings
• Leuit. 2. 1.
• Exod. 29.
40.
for a t sweet sauour vnto mee, shall yee
obserue, to offer vnto me, in their due
season.
8 And thou shalt say vnto them,
This is the offering made by fire,
which ye shall offer vnto the Lord :
Two lambes of the first yeere without
spot tday by day, for a continuall burnt
offering.
4 The one lambe shalt thou offer in
the morning, and the other lambe shalt
thou offer tat Euen.
5 And a tenth part of an Ephah of
flowre for a *meate offering, mingled
with the fourth part of an * Hyn of bea-
ten oyle.
6 It is a continuall burnt offering
which was ordeined in mount Sinai
for a sweete sauour, a sacrifice made by
fire vnto the Lord.
7 And the drinke offering thereof
shall be the fourth part of an Hyn for
the one lambe : in the holy place shalt
thou cause the strong wine to bee pow-
red vnto the Lord for a drinke of-
fring.
8 And the other lambe shalt thou of-
fer at Euen : as the meate offring of the
morning, and as the drinke offering
thereof, thou shalt offer it, a sacrifice
made by fire of a sweet sauour vnto the
Lord.
9 H And on the Sabbath day, two
lambes of the first yeere without spot,
and two tenth deales of flowre for a
meate offering mingled with oyle, and
the drinke offering thereof
10 This is the burnt offring of euery
Sabbath , beside the continuall burnt
offering, and his drinke offering.
11 51 And in the beginnings of your
moneths, ye shall offer a burnt offering
vnto the Lord : Two yong bullocks
and one ramme, seuen lambs of the first
yeere, without spot,
12 And three tenth deales of flowre
for a meate offering, mingled with oyle,
for one buUocke, and two tenth deales
of flowre for a meat offering, mingled
with oyle, for one ramme :
13 And a seueral tenth deale of flowre
mingled with oyle for a meate offering,
vnto one lambe, for a burnt offering of
a sweet sauour, a sacrifice made by fire
vnto the Lord.
14 And their drinke offerings shal be
halfe an Hin of wine vnto a bullocke,
and the third part of an Hin vnto a
ramme, and a fourth part of an Hin
vnto a lambe : This is the burnt offring
of euery moneth, throughout the mo-
neths of the yeere.
15 And one kidde of the goates for a
sinne offering vnto the Lord shalbe
offered, besides the continuall burnt of-
fring and his drinke offering.
16 * And in the fourteenth day of the
first moneth , is the Passeouer of the
Lord.
17 And in the fifteenth day of this
moneth is the feast : seuen dayes shall
vnleauened bread be eaten.
18 In the * first day sfiall bee an holy
conuocation, yee shall doe no maner of
seruile worke therein.
19 But ye shall offer a sacrifice made
by fire Jbr a burnt offering vnto the
Lord, two yong buUockes, and one
ramme, and seuen lambes of the first
yeere : they shall be vnto you without
blemish.
20 And their meate offering shall be
of flowre mingled with oyle : three
tenth deales shall ye offer for a bullocke,
and two tenth deales for a ramme.
21 A seuerall tenth deale shalt thou
offer for euery lambe , throughout the
seuen lambes :
22 And one goat for a sinne offering,
to make an atonement for you.
23 Ye shal offer these beside the burnt
offering in the morning, which is for a
continuall burnt offering.
24 After this maner yee shall offer
dayly throughout the seuen dayes, the
meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a
sweet sauour vnto the Lord : it shal
be offted beside the continuall burnt of-
fring, and his drinke offering.
25 And on the seuenth day yee shall
haue an holy conuocation : yee shall doe
no seruile worke.
26 H Also in the day of the first fruits
when ye bring a new meat offering vn
to the Lord, after your wcekes bee
out : ye shall haue an holy conuocation,
ye shall doe no seruile worke.
27 But yee shall offer the burnt of-
fering for a sweete sauour vnto the
Lord, two yong bullockes , one
ramme, seuen lambes of the first yeere.
28 And their meat offering of flowre
mingled with oyle, three tenth deales
vnto one bullocke , two tenth deales
vnto one ramme,
29 A seuerall tenth deale vnto one
lambe, thorowout the seuen lambes,
30 And one kidde of the goates, to
make
• Exod. 12.
18.
leuit. 23. 5.
' Leuit. 23.
Solemne feafts,
Chap
.XXIX.
and their offerings.
' Leuit. 23.
Leuit. 16.
29. and 23.
27.
make an atonement for you.
31 Ye shall offer them besides the con-
tinuall burnt offering, and his meat of-
fering, (they shall be vnto you without
blemish) and their drinke offerings.
CHAP. XXIX.
1 The offering at the feast of Trumpets, 7 at
the day of afflicting their soules, 13 and on
the eight dayes of Uie feast of Tahemacles.
Nd in the seuenth moneth,
on the first day of the mo-
neth, ye shall haue an holy
conuocation, yee shall doe
no seruile worke : *it is a
day of blowing the trumpets vnto you.
2 And ye shall offer a burnt offering
for a sweet sauour vnto the Lord,
one yong buUocke , one ramme , and
seuen lambes of the first yeere without
blemish.
3 And their meat offering shall be of
floure mingled with oyle , three tenth
deales for a bullocke , and two tenth
deales for a ramme :
4 And one tenth deale for one lambe
thorowout the seuen lambes :
5 And one kidde of the goats for a
sinne offering to make an atonement
for you :
6 Beside the burnt offering of the
moneth, and his meat offering, and the
dayly burnt offering , and his meat of-
fering, and their drinke offerings, accor-
ding vnto their maner, for a sweet sa-
uour , a sacrifice made by fire vnto the
Lord.
7 % And * ye shall haue on the tenth
day of this seuenth moneth an holy
conuocation ; and yee shall afflict your
soules : yee shall not doe any worke
therein.
8 But ye shall offer a burnt offering
vnto the Lord for a sweet sauour.
one yong bullock, one ramme, awd seuen
lambes of the first yeere, they shall bee
vnto you without blemish.
9 And their meate offering shall be
of floure mingled with oyle, three tenth
deales to a bullocke , and two tenth
deales to one ramme :
10 A seuerall tenth deale for one
lambe, thorowout the seuen lambes ;
11 One kidde of the goats for a sinne
offering, beside the sinne offering of at-
onement, and the continuall burnt of-
fering , and the meat offering of it, and
their drinke offerings.
12 f And on the fifteenth day of the
seuenth moneth, yee shall haue an holy
conuocation , yee shall doe no seruile
worke , and ye shall keepe a feast vnto
the Lord seuen dayes.
13 And ye shall offer a burnt offring,
a sacrifice made byfire,of a sweet sauour
vnto the Lord , thirteene yong bul-
locks , two rammes , and fourteene
lambes of the first yeere : They shall be
without blemish.
14 And their meat offering shall be
of floure mingled with oyle, three tenth
deales vnto euery bullocke of the thir-
teene bullocks, two tenth deales to each
ramme of the two rammes :
15 And a seuerall tenth deale to each
lambe of the foureteene lambes :
16 And one kidde of the goats for a
sinne offting, beside the continual burnt
offering , his meate offering , and his
drinke offering.
17 HAnd on the second day^e shalof-
fer twelue yong bullocks, two rammes,
foureteene lambes of the first yeere
without spot.
18 And their meat offring, and their
drinke offerings for the bullockes , for
the rammes, and for the lambes, *AaiZ6e
according to their number , after the
maner :
19 And one kidde of the goats for a
sinne offering , beside the continuall
burnt offering , and the meate offering
thereof, and their drinke offerings.
20 IT And on the third day eleuen
bullocks , two rammes , foureteene
lambs of the first yere without blemish.
21 And their meate offering , and
their drinke offerings for the bullocks,
for the rammes , and for the lambes,
shall be according to their number after
the maner :
22 And one goat for a sinne offering,
beside the continuall burnt offering,
and his meate offering, and his drinke
offering.
23 IF And on the fourth day ten bul-
locks , two rammes , and foureteene
lambs of the first yere without blemish.
24 Their meat offering, and their
drinke offerings , for the bullocks, for
the rammes, and for the lambes, shall be
according to their number after the
maner :
25 And one kidde of the goats for a
sin offering , beside the continuall burnt
offering , his meate offering , and his
drinke offering.
26 HAnd
Offrings at feafts.
Numbers.
Of Vowes.
Leuit. 23.
Or, offer.
26 U And on the fift day, nine bul-
lockes , two rammes , aiid fourteene
lambes of the first yeere, without spot :
27 And their meat oft'ring and their
drinke offerings, for the bullockes, for
the rammes, and for the lambes, sJmU be
according to their number after the
maner :
28 And one goate for a sinne offxing,
beside the continuall burnt offring, and
his meats offering and his drinke of-
fering.
29 H And on the sixt day eight bul-
lockes , two rammes , and fourteene
lambes of the first yeere without ble-
mish :
30 And their meat offring, and their
drinke offerings, for the bullockes, for
the rammes , and for the lambes , shall
be according to their number, after the
maner :
31 And one goat for a sinne offering,
beside the continuall burnt offering, his
meate offering and his drinke offering.
32 H And on the seuenth day, seuen
buUockes, two rammes, and fourteene
lambes of the first yeere without ble-
mish.
33 And their meate offring, and their
drinke offerings, for the bullockes, for
the rammes, and for the lambes, «Aa^ be
according to their number , after the
maner :
34 And one goat for a sinne offring,
beside the continuall burnt offering, his
meate offering, and his drinke offring.
35 H On the eight day, ye shall haue
a *solemne assembly : ye shall do no ser-
uile worke therein :
36 But ye shal offer a burnt offring,
a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet sauour
vnto the Loud, one bullocke, one
ramme, seuen lambes of the first yeere
without blemish :
37 Their meate offering, and their
drinke offrings, for the bullocke, for the
ramme, and for the lambes shall be accor-
ding to their number, after the maner:
38 And one goat for a sinne offering,
beside the continuall burnt offring, and
his meate offering , and his drinke of-
fering.
39 These things ye shall || doe vnto
the LoKD in your set feasts, besides
your vowes , and your free will of-
ferings , for your burnt offerings, and
for your meate offerings, and for your
drinke offerings, and for your peace of-
ferings.
40 And Moses tolde the children of|
Israel, according to all that the Lord
commanded Moses.
CHAP. XXX.
1 Vowes are not to be broken. 3 The excepti-
on of a maids vow, 6 Of a wiues, 9 Of
a widowes, or her that is diuorced.
Nd Moses spake vnto the
heads of the tribes , con-
cerning the children of Is-
rael, saying , This is the
thing which the Lord
hath commanded.
2 If a man vowe a vow vnto the
Lord, or sweare an othe to bind his
soule with a bond: he shall not tbreake
his word, hee shall doe according to all
that proceedeth out of his mouth.
3 If a woman also vow a vow vn-
to the Lord, and binde her selfe by a
bond, beiiiff in her fathers house in her
youth ;
4 And her father heare her vow,
and her bond wherewith shee hath
bound her soule, and her father shall
holde his peace at her : then all her
vowes shall stand , and euery bond
wherewith shee hath bound her soule,
shall stand.
5 But if her father disallow her in
the day that he heareth ; not any of her
vowes or of her bonds, wherewith she
hath bound her soule, shall stand : and
the Lord shall forgiue her , because
her father disallowed her.
6 And if she had at all an husband
when tshe vowed, or vttered ought out
of her lips, wherewith shee bound her
soule,
7 And her husband heard it, and
held his peace at her in the day that hee
heard it: then her vowes shall stand,
and her bonds wherewith shee bound
her soule, shall stand.
8 But if her husband disallowe her
on the day that he heard it, then he shall
make her vowe which she vowed, and
that which she vttered with her lippes
wherewith shee bound her soule , of
none effect, and the Lord shall for-
giue her.
9 But euery vow of a widow, and
of her that is diuorced, wherewith they
haue bound their soules , shall stand a-
gainst her.
10 And if she vowed in her husbands
house , or bound her soule by a bond
with an oath ;
11 And
t Hebr. pro-
fane.
t Hebr. her
vowes were
vpon her.
Of Vowes.
Chap.xxxj.
Balaam (laine.
• Chap. 25.
17.
' Chap. 27.
13.
' t Hebr. a
' thmisandofa
tribe, a thou-
sand of a
tribe.
11 And her husband heard it, and
held his peace at her, and disallowed her
not : then all her vowes shall stand, and
euery bond wherewith shee bound her
soule, shall stand.
12 But if her husband hath vtterly
made them voyd on the day hee heard
them : then whatsoeuer proceeded out of
her lips concerning her vowes, or con
cerning the bond of her soule, shall not
stand : her husband hath made them
voyd, and the Lord shal forgiue her.
13 Euery vow , and euery binding
othe to afflict the soule , her husband
may establish it, or her husband may
make it voyd.
14 But if her husband altogether
hold his peace at her, from day to day,
then he establisheth all her vowes, or
all her bonds which are vpon her : hee
confirmeth them , because hee held his
peace at her, in the day that hee heard
them.
15 But if hee shall any wayes make
them voyd after that he hath heard them,
then he shall beare her iniquitie.
16 These are the statutes which the
Lord commanded Moses betweene
a man and his wife, betweene the fa-
ther and his daughter, being yet in her
youth, in her fathers house.
CHAP. XXXL
1 The Midianites are spoyled, and Balaam
slaine. 13 Moses is wroth with the officers,
for sauing the women aliue. 19 How the
souldiers with their captiues and spoile, are to
be purified. 25 The proportion whereby the
pray is to be diuided. 48 The voluntary ob-
lation vnto the Treasury of the Lord.
Nd the Lord spake
vnto Moses, saying,
2 * Auenge the children
of Israel of the Midia-
nites : afterward shalt
thou * be gathered vnto thy people.
3 And Moses spake vnto the people,
saying, Arme some of your selues vnto
the warre, and let them goe against the
Midianites , and auenge the Lord
of Midian.
4 t Of euery tribe a thousand,
throughout all the tribes of Israel,
shall ye send to the warre.
5 So there were deliuered out of
the thousands of Israel , a thousand
of euert/ tribe , twelue thousand armed
for warre.
6 And Moses sent them to the
warre, a thousand o{ euery tribe, them
and Phinehas the sonne of Eleazar the
Priest, to the warre, with the holy in-
struments, and the trumpets to blow,
in his hand.
7 And they warred against the Mi-
dianites, as the Lord commanded
Moses, and they slew all the males.
8 And they slew the Kings of Mi-
dian , beside the rest of them that were
slaine; namely * Eui, and Rekem, and * losh. i.i.
Zur, and Hur, and Reba, fine Kings of '
Midian; Balaam also the sonne of Be
or they slew with the sword.
9 And the children of Israel tooke
all the women of Midian captiues, and
their little ones, and tooke the spoile of
all their cattell, and all their flocks, and
all their goods.
10 And they burnt all their cities
wherein they dwelt, and all their good-
ly castles with fire :
11 And they tooke all the spoile, and
all the pray, both of men and of beasts.
12 And they brought the captiues,
and the pray, and the spoile vnto Moses
and Eleazar the Priest , and vnto the
Congregation of the children of Israel,
vnto the campe at the plaines of Moab,
which are by lordan neere lericho.
13 H And Moses and Eleazar the
Priest, and all the Princes of the Con-
gregation went foorth to meete them
without the campe.
14 And Moses was wroth with the
officers of the hoste, with the captaines
ouer thousands , and captaines ouer
hundreds, which came from the tbattel.
15 And Moses said vnto them, Haue
ye saued all the women aliue .''
16 Behold, * these caused the children
of Israel, through the * counsell of Ba-
laam, to commit trespasse against the
Lord in the matter of Peor , and
there was a plague among the Con-
gregation of the Lord.
17 Now therefore *kill euery male
among the little ones, and kill euery
woman that hath knowen man, by ly-
ing with thim.
18 But all the women children that
haue not knowen a man by lying with
him, keepe aliue for your selues.
19 And doe yee abide without the
campe seuen dayes : whosoeuer hath
killed any person, and *whosoeuer hath
touched any slaine , purifie both your
selues, and your captiues, on the
third
t Hebr. hoste
of warre.
Chap. 25.
2.
• 2. Pet. 2.
15.
" ludg. 21.
11.
t Hebr. a
male.
• Chap. in.
II. &c.
The diuiding
Numbers.
of the pray.
t Hebr. iti-
atrument or
vessell of
skinnes.
t Hebr. of
the capliuils/
I Or, goats.
third day, and on the seuenth day. |
20 And purifie all yotir raiment, and
all that is t made of skinnes , and all
worke of goates haire, and all things
made of wood.
21 H And Eleazar the Priest said vn-
to the men of warre which went to the
battell, This is the ordinance of thej
law which the Lord commaunded
Moses.
22 Onely the gold, and the siluer, the
brasse, the yron, the tinne,and the lead,
23 Euery thing that may abide the
fire, yee shall make it goe through the
fire, and i< shall be cleane : neuerthelesse,
it shall be purified with the water of se-
paration : and all that abideth not the
fire, yee shall make goe through the
water.
24 And ye shall wash your clothes
on the seuenth day, and ye snalbe cleane,
and afterward yee shall come into the
campe.
25 H And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, saying,
26 Take the summe of the pray,
t that was taken , both of man and of
beast, thou and Eleazar the Priest , and
the chiefe fathers of the Congrega-
tion :
27 And diuide the pray into two
parts , betweene them that tooke the
warre vpon them , who went out to
battell, and betweene all the Congre-
gation.
' 1 And leuie a tribute vnto the
Lord of the men of warre which
went out to battell : one soule of fiue
hundred, both of the persons, and of
the beeues, and of the asses, and of the
sheepe.
29 Take it of their halfe , and giue it
vnto Eleazar the Priest, for an heaue
offering of the Lord.
30 And of the children of Israels
halfe, thou shalt take one portion of fif-
tie, of the persons, of the beeues, of the
asses, and of the ||flockes, of all maner
of beasts, and giue them vnto the Le
uites, which keepe the charge of the
Tabernacle of the Loud.
31 And Moses and Eleazar the Priest
did as the Loud commanded Moses.
32 And the bootie being the rest of the
pray which the men of war had caught,
was six hundred thousand, and seuenty
thousand, and fiue thousand sheepe,
33 And threescore and twelue thou-
sand beeues,
34 And threescore and one thousand
asses :
35 And thirtie and two thousand
persons in all, of women that had not
knowen man by lying with him.
36 And the hsXkxehichwasthe portion
of them that went out to warre, was in
number three hundred thousand, and
seuen and thirtie thousand, and fiue
hundred sheepe.
37 And the Lords tribute of the
sheepe was sixe hundred and threescore
and fifteene.
38 And the beeues were thirtie and
sixe thousand, of which the Lords
tribute wAs threescore and twelue.
39 And the asses were thirtie thou-
sand and fiue hundred , of which the
Lords tribute was threescore and
one.
40 And the persons were sixteene
thousand, of which the Lords tri-
bute was thirtie and two persons.
41 And Moses gaue the tribute
which was the Lords heaue offering,
vnto Eleazar the Priest, as the Lord
commanded Moses.
42 And of the children of Israels
halfe , wliich Moses diuided from the
men that warred :
43 ( Now the halfe that perteined
vnto the Congregation, was three hun-
dred thousand , and thirtie thousand,
and seuen thousand, and fiue hundred
sheepe :
44 And thirtie and sixe thousand
beeues :
45 And thirtie thousand asses, and
fiue hundred :
46 And sixteene thousand persons)
47 Euen of the children of Israels
halfe, Moses tooke one portion of fiftie,
both of man and of beast , and gaue
them vnto the Leuites, which kept
the charge of the Tabernacle of the
Loud, as the Lord commanded
Moses.
48 f And the officers which were
ouer thousands of the hoste, the cap-
taines of thousands, and captaines of
hundreds came neere vnto Moses.
49 And they said vnto Moses, Thy
seruants haue taken the summe of the
men of warre which are vnder our
t charge, and there lacketh not one man
of vs.
50 Wee haue therefore brought an
oblation for the Lord, what eue-
rie man hath t gotten , of iewels of
golde.
t Heb. hand.
'I Hebr.
found.
The requeft of
Chap.xxxij.
Reuben and Gad.
\Heb.heaxte
offering.
fHebr.
breake.
golde chaines , and bracelets , rings ,
earerings , and tablets , to make an
atonement for our soules before the
Lord.
51 And Moses and Eleazar the
Priest tooke the gold of them : euen all
wrought iewels.
52 And all the gold of the t offring
that they offered vp to the Lord, of
the captaines of thousands , and of the
captaines of hundreds , was sixteene
thousand , seuen hundred and fiftie
shekels.
53 i^For the men of warre had taken
spoile, euery man for himselfe. )
54 And Moses and Eleazar the
Priest tooke the gold of the captaines,
of thousands , and of hundreds , and
brought it into the Tabernacle of the
Congregation , for a memoriall for the
children of Israel before the Lord.
CHAP. XXXII.
1 The Reubenites and Gadites sue for their in-
heritance on that side lorden. 6 Moses re-
proueth them. 16 They offer him conditi-
ons to his content. 33 Aloses assigneth them
the land. 39 They conquere it.
Ow the children of Reu-
ben , and the children of
Gad , had a very great
multitude of cattell : and
when they saw the land of
lazer, and the land of Gilead, that be
hold, the place was a place for cattell;
2 The children of Gad, and the chil
dren of Reuben , came and spake vnto
Moses, and to Eleazar the Priest , and
vnto the Princes of the Congregation,
saying,
3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and lazer,
and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elea
leh , and Shebam , and Nebo , and
Beon,
4 Euen the countrey which the
Lord smote before the Congregati
on of Israel, is a land for cattell, and
thy seruants haue cattell.
5 Wherefore, said they , if wee haue
found grace in thy sight, let this lande
be giuen vnto thy seruants for a posses
sion, and bring vs not ouer lordane.
6 H And Moses said vnto the chil-
dren of Gad, and to the children of Reu-
ben, Shall your brethren goe to warre,
and shall ye sit here .^
7 And wherefore t discourage yee
the heart of the children of Israel from
going ouer into the lande , which the
Lord hath giuen them .'
8 Thus did your fathers, when I
sent them from Kadesh Barnea to see
the land.
9 For * when they went vp vnto the
valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they
discouraged the heart of the children of
Israel, that they should not goe into
the land which the Lord had giuen
them.
10 And the Lords anger was
kindled the same time, and hee sware,
saying,
11 Surely none of the men that came
vp out of Egypt, *from twentie yeeres
old and vpward , shall see the lande
which I sware vnto Abraham, vnto
Isaac , and vnto lacob , because they
haue not t wholly followed me :
12 Saue Caleb the sonne of lephun-
neh the Kenezite , and loshua the
sonne of Nun : for they haue wholly
followed the Lord.
13 And the Lords anger was
kindled against Israel , and hee made
them wander in the wildernesse fourty
yeeres , vntill all the generation that
had done euill in the sight of the Lord
was consumed.
1 4 And beholde , ye are risen vp in
your fathers stead , an increase of sin-
full men, to augment yet the fierce an-
ger of the Lord toward Israel.
15 For if yee turne away from after
him, hee will yet againe leaue them in
the wildernesse, and ye shall destroy all
this people.
16 II And they came neere vnto him,
and said , Wee will build sheepfoldes
here for our cattell , and cities for our
litle ones.
17 But we our selues will goe ready
armed before the children of Israel, vn-
till wee haue brought them vnto their
place : and our litle ones shall dwell in
the fenced cities, because of the inhabi-
tants of the land.
18 Wee will not returne vnto our
houses , vntill the children of Israel
haue inherited euery man his inheri-
tance :
19 For wee will not inherite with
them on yonder side lordane, or for-
ward, because our inheritance is fallen
to vs on this side lordane Eastward.
20 If And * Moses said vnto them.
If ye will doe this thing, if ye will goe
armed before the Lord to warre,
A a 21 And
Chap. 14.
28, 29.
^Heb. fulfil-
led after me.
Chap. 13.
losh. 1.1.1
Reubens and Gads
Numbers.
inheritance. The
*Iosh. 4. IS.
• Deut. 3.
12. l08h. 13.
8. and 22 4.
21 And will goe all of you armed o-
uer lordane before the Lord, vntill
he hath driuen out his enemies from
before him,
22 And the land bee subdued before
the Lord: then afterward ye shall
returne , and bee guiltlesse before the
Lord, and before Israel; and this
land shall be your possession before the
Lord.
23 But if ye will not doe so, behold,
yee haue sinned against the Lord:
and bee sure your sinne will finde you
out.
24 Build ye cities for your litle ones,
and folds for your sheepe, and doe that
which hath proceeded out of your
mouth.
25 And the children of Gad, and the
children of Reuben spake vnto Moses,
saying. Thy seruants will doe as my
lord commandeth.
26 Our little ones, our wiues, our
flocks, and all our cattell shall be there
in the cities of Gilead.
27 But * thy seruants will passe o-
uer, euery man armed for warre, before
the Lord to battel!, as my lord saith.
28 So concerning them Moses com-
maunded Eleazar the Priest , and lo-
shua the sonne of Nun , and the chiefe
fathers of the tribes of the children of
Israel :
29 And Moses said vnto them , If
the children of Gad, and the children of
Reuben will passe with you ouer lor
dane, euery man armed to battel! before
the Lord , and the land shall be sub-
dued before you, then ye shall giue them
the land of Gilead for a possession :
30 But if they will not passe ouer
with you armed, they shall haue posses-
sions among you in the land of Ca
naan.
31 And the children of Gad, and the
children of Reuben answered , saying.
As the Lord hath said vnto thy ser-
uants, so will we doe.
32 Wee will passe ouer armed before
the Lord into the land of Canaan,
that the possession of our inheritance
on this side lordane may be ours.
33 And * Moses gaue vnto them, euen
to the children of Gad, and to the chil-
dren of Reuben, and vnto halfe the
tribe of Manasseh the sonne of loseph,
the kingdome of Sihon King of the
Amorites , and the kingdome of Og
King of Bashan, the land with the ci-
ties thereof, in the coastes,e?«enthe cities
of the countrey round about.
34 IT And the children of Gad built
Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
35 And Atroth, Shophan, and la-
azer, and logbehah,
36 And Bethnimrah , and Beth-
haran , fenced cities : and foldes for
sheepe.
37 And the children of Reuben built
Heshbon , and Elealeh , and Kiria
thaim,
38 And Nebo, and Baalmeon (their
names being changed ) and Shibmah :
and t gaue other names vnto the cities
which they builded.
39 And the children of * Machir, the
Sonne of Manasseh , went to Gilead,
and tooke it, and dispossessed the Amo-
rite which was in it.
40 And Moses gaue Gilead vnto
Machir the sonne of Manasseh, and he
dwelt therein.
41 And * lair the sonne of Manas-
seh went and tooke the small townes
thereof, and called them Hauoth-Iair.
42 And Nobah went and tooke
Kenath, and the villages thereof, and
called it Nobah, after his owne name
CHAP. XXXIII.
1 Two and fourtie ioumeyes of the Israelites.
50 The Canaanites are to be destroyed,
Hese are the iourneyes of
the children of Israel
which went foorth out of
the land of Egypt , with
their armies , vnder the
hand of Moses and Aaron.
2 And Moses wrote their goings
out according to their ioumeyes, by the
commandement of the Lord : and
these are their iourneyes according to
their goings out.
3 And they * departed from Rame-
ses in the first moneth, on the fifteenth
day of the first moneth : on the morrow
after the Passeouer, the children of Is-
rael went out with an high hand in the
sight of all the Egyptians.
4 ( For the Egyptians buried all
tlieir first borne, which the Lord
had smitten among them : vpon their
gods also the Lord executed iudge-
ments.)
5 And the children of Israel remo-
ued from Rameses , and pitched in
Succoth.
6 And
t Hebr. they
called by
names the
names 0/' the
cities.
• Gene. 50.
23.
Deut. 3.
Exod. 12.
r
•emouings of
Chap.xxxiij.
the Ifraelites.
• Exod. 13.
20.
27
6 And they departed from * Sue
coth, and pitched in Etham, which is in
the edge of the wildernesse.
7 And they remoued from Etham,
jand turned againe vnto Pihahiroth,
which is before Baal-zephon : and they
ipitched before Migdol.
I 8 And they departed from before
Exod. 15. j Pihahiroth , and * passed thorow the
midst of the sea, into the wildernes, and
went three dayes iourney in the wilder-
nesse of Etham, and pitched in Marah.
9 And they remoued from Marah,
' Exod. 15. and * came vnto Elim, and in Elim were
twelue fountaines of water, and three
score and ten palme trees, and they pit-
ched there.
10 And they remooued from Elim
and encamped by the red sea.
11 And they remooued from the red
•Exod. 16.1 sea, and encamped in the * wildernesse
of Sin.
12 And they tooke their iourney out
of the wildernesse of Sin, and encam-
ped in Dophkah.
13 And they departed from Doph-
kah, and encamped in Alush.
14 And they remoued from Alush,
•Exod. 17.1 and encamped at * Rephidim , where
was no water for the people to drinke.
15 And they departed from Rephi-
" Exod. 19.1 dim, and pitched in the * wildernesse of
Sinai.
16 And they remoued from the de-
sert of Sinai, and pitched * at || Kibroth
Hattaauah.
17 And they departed from Kibroth
Hattaauah , and * encamped at Haze-
roth.
18 And they departed from Haze-
roth, and pitched in Rithmah.
I 19 And they departed from Rith-
;mah , and pitched at Rimmon Parez.
20 And they departed from Rim-
mon Parez, and pitched in Libnah.
21 And they remoued from Libnah,
and pitched at Rissah.
22 And they iourney ed from Rissah,
and pitched in Kehelathah.
2'3 And they went from Kehela-
thah , and pitched in mount Shapher.
24 And they remoued from mount
Shapher, and encamped in Haradah.
2o And they remooued from Hara-
dah, and pitched in Makheloth.
26 And they remooued from Mak-
heloth, and encamped at Tahath.
27 And they departed from Ta-
hath, and pitched at Tarah.
•Chap. 11.
34.
I That is,
Thegraues
of lust,
• Chap. II.
35.
28 And they remoued from Tarah,
and pitched in Mithcah.
29 And they went from Mithcah,
and pitched in Hashmonah.
30 And they departed from Hash
monah, and * encamped at Moseroth.
31 And they departed from Mose-
roth, and pitched in Bene-Iaakan.
32 And they remooued from Bene-
Iaakan, & encamped at Horhagidgad.
33 And they went from Horhagid-
gad, and pitched in lotbathah.
34 And they remooued from lot-
bathah, and encamped at Ebronah.
35 And they departed from Ebro-
nah, and encamped at Ezion-gaber.
36 And they remoued from Ezion-
gaber, and pitched in the * wildernes of
Zin, which is Kadesh.
37 And they remooued from * Ka-
desh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the
edge of the land of Edom.
38 And * Aaron the Priest went vp
into mount Hor, at the commandement
of the Loud, and died there in the
foiirtieth yeere, after the children of Is-
rael were come out of the lande of E
gypt,in the first day of the fift moneth.
39 And Aaron wus an hundred and
twentie and three yeeres old, when hee
died in mount Hor.
40 And * King Arad the Canaanite
(which dwelt in the South, in the land
of Canaan) heard of the comming of
the children of Israel.
41 And they departed from mount
* Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah.
42 And they departed from Zalmo-
nah, and pitched in Punon.
43 And they departed from Punon,
and pitched in Oboth.
44 And they departed from Oboth,
and pitched in || lie-Abarim , in the
border of Moab.
45 And they departed from lim,
and pitched in Dibon Gad.
46 And they remoued from Dibon
Gad, and encamped in Almon-Dibla-
thaim.
47 And they remooued from Al-
mon-Diblathaim , and pitched in the
mountaines of Abarim, before Nebo.
48 And they departed from the
mountaines of Abarim, and pitched in
the plaines of Moab, by lordan neere
lericho.
49 And they pitched by lordane
from Beth-Iesimoth, euen vnto || 'A-
bel Shittim, in the plaines of Moab.
A a 2 50 f And
• Deu. 10. 6
' Chap. 2«.
Chap. 20.
• Chap. 20.
25. deut.
32. 50.
• Chap. 21.
1, &C.
' Cha. 21.4
Or, heapea
qf Abarim.
Or, the
plaines of
Shittim.
Chap. 25.
1.
The borders
Numbers.
of Canaan.
• Deut. 7. 3.
iosh. II. 12.
Chap. 26.
53.
t Uebr. mul-
liplif his in-
heritance.
t Hebr. di-
minish his
inheritance,
losh. 23.
13. iudg. 2.
3.
■I08h. 1S.1.
50 IT And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, in the plaines of Moab by lor-
dane, neere lericho, saying,
51 Speake vnto the children of Is-
rael, and say vnto them , * When ye are
passed ouer lordane into the land of
Canaan ;
52 Then ye shall driue out all the in-
habitants of the land from before you,
and destroy all their pictures , and de-
stroy all their molten images, and quite
plucke downe all their high places.
53 And ye shall dispossesse the inhabi-
tants of the land, and dwell therein : for
I haue giuen you the land to possesse it.
54 And * ye shall diuide the land by
lot , for an inheritance among your fa-
milies, and to the moe ye shall tgiue the
more inheritance, and to the fewer yee
shall tgiue the lesse inheritance: euery
mans inheritance shall bee in the place
where his lot falleth , according to the
tribes of your fathers, ye shall inherite.
55 But if ye will not driue out the in-
habitants of the land from before you
then it shall come to passe that those
which ye let remaine of them , shall be
* prickes in your eyes , and thornes in
your sides, and shal vexe you in the land
wherein ye dwell.
56 Moreouer, it shall come to passe,
that I shall do vnto you, as I thought
to doe vnto them.
CHAP. XXXIIII.
1 The borders of the land. 16 The names of
the men which shall diuide the land.
Nd the Lord spake
vnto Moses, saying,
2 Command the chil
dren of Israel, and say vn-
to them,Whenyecome in-
to the land of Canaan, (this is the land
that shall fall vnto you for an inheri-
tance, euen the land of Canaan , with
the coasts thereof.)
3 Then • your South quarter shall
be from the wildernesse of Zin , along
by the coast of Edom, and your South
border shall be the outmost coast of the
salt Sea Eastward.
4 And your border shal turne from
the South to the ascent of Akrabbim,
and passe on to Zin : and the going
foorth thereof shall be from the South
to Kadesh-Barnea, and shall goe on to
Hazar-Addar, and passe on to Azmon
5 And the border shall fetch a com-
compasse from Azmon vnto the riuer
of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall
be at the sea.
6 And as for the Westerne border,
you shall euen haue the great sea for a
border : this shall be your West border.
7 And this shall be your North bor-
der : from the great sea, you shall point
out for you, mount Hor.
8 From mount Hor, ye shall point
out your boi-der vnto the entrance of Ha-
math : and the goings foorth of the bor-
der shall be to Zedad.
9 H And the border shall goe on to
Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall
bee at Hazar Enan : this shall be your
North border.
10 And ye shall point out your East
border , from Hazar Enan to She-
pham.
11 And the coast shall goe downe
from Shepham to Riblah, on the East
side of Ain: and the bordershall descend
and shall reach vnto the t side of the sea
of Chinnereth Eastward.
12 And the border shall goe downe
to lordane , and the goings out of it
shall be at the salt sea : this shallbe your
land with the coastes thereof round
about.
13 And Moses commanded the chil
dren of Israel, saying. This is the land
which ye shall inherite by lot, which the
Lord commanded to giue vnto the
nine tribes, and to the halfe tribe.
14 • For the tribe of the children of
Reuben, according to the house of their
fathers, and the tribe of the children of
Gad, according to the house of their fa-
thers^aMerecevieditheir inheritance, axiA
halfe the tribe of Manasseh haue recei
ued their inheritance.
15 The two tribes , and the halfe
tribe haue receiued their inheritance on
this side lordane neere lericho , East-
ward, toward the Sunne rising.
16 And the Lord spake vnto Mo-
ses, saying,
17 These are the names of the men
which shall diuide the land vnto you :
* Eleazar the Priest , and loshua the
Sonne of Nun.
18 And yee shall take one Prince of
euery tribe, to diuide the land by inhe
ritance.
19 Andthenamesof the men ar^ these:
Of the tribe of ludah, Caleb the sonne
of lephunneh.
. 20 And of the tribe of the children
oft
^Hebr.
shoulder.
Chap. 32.
33. iosh. 14.
2,3.
" Iosh. 19.
51.
The Leuites cities.
Chap
.xxxv\
Cities of refuge.
• losh. 21.
2.
of Simeon, Sliemuel the sonne of Am
mihud.
21 Of the tribe of Beniamin, Elidad
the Sonne of Chislon.
22 And the Prince of the tribe of the
children of Dan, Bukki the sonne of
logli.
23 The Prince of the children of Jo-
seph : for the tribe of the children of Ma-
nasseh, Hanniel the sonne of Ephod.
24 And the Prince of the tribe of the
children of Ephraim, Kemuel the sonne
of Shiphtan.
25 And the Prince of the tribe of the
children of Zebulun , Elizaphan the
Sonne of Parnach.
26 And the Prince of the tribe of the
children of Issachar, Paltiel the sonne
of Azzan.
27 And the Prince of the tribe of the
children of Asher, Ahihud the sonne of
Shelomi.
28 And the Prince of the tribe of the
children of Naphtali , Pedahel the
Sonne of Ammihud.
29 These are they whom the Lord
commaunded to diuide the inheritance
vnto the children of Israel in the land
of Canaan.
CHAP. XXXV.
1 Eight and fourtie Cities for the Leuites with
their suburbs, and measure thereof. 6 Sixe of
them are to be cities of refuge. 9 The lawes
. of murder. 31 No satisfaction for murder.
Nd the Lord spake
vnto Moses in the plaines
of Moab by lordane ,
neere lericho, saying,
2 * Command the chil-
dren of Israel, that they giue vnto the
Leuites of the inheritance of their pos
session , cities to dwell in : and yee shall
giue also vnto the Leuites suburbs for
the cities round about them.
3 And the cities shall they haue to
dwell in, and the suburbs of them shall
be for their cattell, and for their goods,
and for all their beasts.
4 And the suburbs of the cities,
which yee shall giue vnto the Leuites,
shall reach from the wall of the citie, and
outward , a thousand cubites round
about.
5 And ye shall measure from with-
out the city on the Eastside two thou-
sand cubites, and on the Southside two
thousand cubites, and on the Westside
two thousand cubites, & on the North-
side two thousand cubites : and the citie
shall be in the midst; this shalbe to them
the suburbs of the cities.
6 And among the cities which yee
shal giue vnto the Leuites, there shalbe
*sixe cities for refuge, which ye shall ap-
point for the manslayer, that hee may
flee thither : And to them ye shall tadde
fourty and two cities.
7 So all the cities which ye shall giue
to the Leuites, shall be fourty and eight
cities: them shall yee giue with their sub-
urbs.
8 And the cities which ye shal giue,
shalbe of the possession of the children of
Israel : from them that haue many ye
shall giue many ; but from them that
haue few, ye shall giue few. Euery one
shal giue of his cities vnto the Leuites,
according to his inheritance which the
inheriteth.
9 H And the Lord spake vnto
Moses, saying,
10 Speake vnto the children of Is-
rael, and say vnto them, * When ye bee
come ouer lordane , into the land of
Canaan :
11 Then ye shall appoint you cities,
to be cities of refuge for you ; that the
slayer may flee thither which killeth a-
ny person tat vnawares.
12 And they shall be vnto you cities
for refuge from the auenger , that the
man-slayer die not, vntill he stand be-
fore the Congregation in iudgement.
13 And of these cities which ye shall
giue, sixe cities shall ye haue for refuge.
14 Yee shall giue three cities on this
side lordane, and three cities shall yee
giue in the land of Canaan, which shall
be cities of refuge.
15 These sixe cities shall be a refuge,
both for the children of Israel , and for
the stranger , and for the soiourner a-
mong them : that euery one that kil-
leth any person vnawares , may flee
thither.
16 * And if he smite him with an in-
strument of Iron, (so that he die,) hee
is a murderer : the murderer shall sure-
ly be put to death.
17 And if he smite him twith throw-
ing a stone, (wherewith hee may die)
and he die, he is a murderer: the murde-
rer shall surely be put to death.
18 Or if he smite him with an hand-
weapon of wood, (wherewith he may
die) and he die, hee is a murderer : the
murderer
• Deut. 4.
41. iosli. 20.
2. and 21. 3.
t Hebr. a-
boue th£m ye
shall giue.
t Hebr. t/ieff
inlteriie.
• Deut. 19.
2. iosh. 20.
2.
t Hebr. I
error.
' Exod. 21.
14.
t Hebr. with [
astoneofthe
hand.
Lawes for
Numbers.
Qiedding of blood.
■ Deut. 19.
11.
• Kxod. 21.
13.
t Hetrr. no
Mood sbalbe
to him.
' Deut. 17.
6. and 19.
15. matt. 18
16. 2. cor.
1.3. 1. beb.
lU. 28.
\Heh.faultp
to die.
murderer shall surely be put to death.
19 The reuenger of blood himselfe
shall slay the murtherer : when he mee-
teth him, he shall slay him.
iO * But if he thrust him of hatred,
or hurle at him by laying of waite that
he die,
21 Or in enmitie smite him with his
hand , that he die : hee that smote him
shall surely be put to death, for hee is a
murderer : the reuenger of blood shall
slay the murderer, when hee meeteth
him.
22 But if hee thrust him suddenly
•without enmitie, or haue cast vpon
him any thing without laying of wait,
23 Or with any stone wherewith a
man may die, seeing him not, and cast
it vpon him, that he die, and was not
his enemie, neither sought his harme:
24 Then the Congregation shall
iudge betweene the slayer, and the re-
uenger of blood , according to these
iudgements.
25 And the Congregation shall deli-
uer the slayer out of the hand of the re-
uenger of blood, and the Congregation
shal restore him to the city of liis refuge,
whither he was fled : and he shall abide
in it vnto the death of the high Priest,
which was annoynted with the holy
oyle.
26 But if the slayer shall at any time
come without the border of the citie of
his refuge, whither he was fled :
27 And fc}ie reuenger of blood finde
him without the borders of the citie of
his refuge, and the reuenger of blood
kill the slayer, he t shall not be guiltie of
blood :
28 Because he should haue remained
in the citie of his refuge, vntill the death
of the high Priest : but after the death
of the hie Priest, the slayer shal returne
into the land of his possession.
29 So these things shall be for a sta-
tute of iudgment vnto you, thorowout
your generations in al your dwellings.
30 Who so killeth any person , the
murderer shall be put to death, by the
• mouth of witnesses : but one witnesse
shall not testifie against any person, to
cau.se Mm to die.
31 Moreouer, yee shall take no satis-
faction for the life of a murderer, which
is tguiltie of death, but he shalbe surely
put to death.
32 And yee shall take no satisfaction
for him that is fled to the citie of his re-
t Heh. there
canbe no ex-
piation/or
the land.
fuge , that hee should come againe to
dwell in the land, vntil the death of the
Priest.
33 So ye shall not pollute the lande
wherein ye are: for blood, it defileth the
land: and the tland cannot bee cleansed
of the blood that is shed therein, but by
the blood of him that shed it.
34 Defile not therefore the lande
which yee shall inhabite , wherein I
dwell: for I the Lohd dwell among
the children of Israel.
CHAP. XXXVI.
1 The inconuenience of the inheritance of
daughters, S is remedied by marying in
their owne tribes, 7 lest the inheritance
should be reraoued from the tribe. 10 The
daughters of Zelophehad marrie their fa-
thers brothers sonnes.
Nd the chiefe fathers of
the families of the children
of Gilead , the sonne of
Machir, the sonne of Ma-
nasseh , of the families of
the sonnes of loseph, came neere, and
spake before Moses , and before the
Princes the chiefe fathers of the chil-
dren of Israel.
2 And they said , * The Lord
commanded my lord to giue the lande
for an inheritance by lot to the children
of Israel : and my lord was comman-
ded by the Lord, to giue the inheri-
tance of Zelophehad our brother, vnto
his daughters.
3 And if they bee married to any of
the sonnes of the other tribes of the chil
dren of Israel, then shall their inheri-
tance be taken from the inheritance of
our fathers, and shall bee put to the in-
heritance of the tribe, twhereinto they
are receiued : so shal it be taken from the
lot of our inheritance.
4 And when the lubile of the chil-
dren of Israel shall be, then shall their
inheritance be put vnto the inheritance
of the tribe, whereunto they are recei-
ued: So shal their inheritance be taken
away from the inheritance of the tribe
of our fathers.
5 And Moses commanded the chil
dren of Israel, according to the worde
of the Loud, saying. The tribe of the
sonnes of loseph hath said well.
6 This ii the thing which the
Lord doeth command concerning
the daughters of Zelophehad, saying,
Let
Chap. 27.
l.iosh. 17..3
t Heb. vnto
whom they
shall he.
Lawes for
Chap.j.
inheritances.
t Hebr. be
teiues,
' Tob. I. 9.
H Hebr.
'cleaue io
Ithe^o.
I Or, Zuph.
Let them t marry to whom they thinke
best : *onely to the family of the tribe of
their father shall they marry.
7 So shall not the inheritance of
the children of Israel remooue from
tribe to tribe : for euery one of the chil-
dren of Israel shall tkeepe himselfe to
the inheritance of the tribe of his fa-
thers.
8 And euery daughter that posses-
seth an inheritance , in any tribe of the
children of Israel , shall be wife vnto
one of the fiimily of the tribe of her fa-
ther, that the children of Israel may
enioy euery man the inheritance of his
fathers.
9 Neither shall the inheritance re-
moue from one tribe to another tribe :
but euery one of the tribes of the chil-
• Chap. 27.
1.
dren of Israel , shall keepe himselfe to
his owne inheritance.
10 Euen as the Lord comman-
ded Moses, so did the daughters of Ze-
lophehad.
11 * For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hog-
lah, and Milcah, and Noah the daugh-
ters of Zelophehad, were married vn-
to their fathers brothers sonnes.
12 And they were married tinto thejt '^'''"'- '"
families of the sonnes of Manasseh, the were o/</(«
Sonne of loseph, and their inheritance -'"'"'''**■•
remained in the tribe of the family of
their father.
13 These are the commandements
and the iudgements which the Lord
commanded by the hand of Moses, vn-
to the children of Israel in the plaines
of Moab, by lordane, neere lericho.
^THE FIFTH BOOKE OF
Mofes, called Deuteronomie.
CHAP. I.
1 Moses speech in the end of the fortieth yeere,
briefly rehearsing the story, 6 of Gods pro-
mise, 9 of giuing them officers, 1 9 of sending
the spies to search the land, 34 of Gods anger
for their incredulitie, 41 and disobedience.
HESE bee the
woordes which
Moses spake vn-
to all Israel, on
this side lordane
in the wildernes,
in the plaine ouer
against || the Red
«ea,betweene Pa-
ran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Ha-
zeroth, and Dizahab.
2 (There are eleuen dales iourneyfrom
Horeb, by the way of mount Seir, vnto
Kadesh-Barnea.)
3 And it came to passe in the four-
tieth yeere, in the eleuenth moneth, on
the first day of the moneth, that Moses
spake vnto the children of Israel, accor-
ding vnto all that the Lord had gi-
uen him in commandement vnto them
4 * After hee had slaine Sihon the
King of the Amorites, which dwelt in
Heshbon, and Og the King of Bashan,
which dwelt at Astaroth, in Edrei.
5 On this side lordane, in the land
of Moab, began Moses to declare this
law, saying,
6 The Lord our God spake vn-
to vs in Horeb, saying. Ye haue dwelt
long ynough in this mount :
7 Turne you , and take your iour-
ney, and goe to the mount of the Amo-
rites, and vnto tall the places nigh thcre-
unto,in the plaine, in thehills,and in the
vale, and in the South, and by the sea
side, to the land of the Canaanites, and
vnto Lebanon , vnto the great riuer,
the riuer Euphrates.
8 Behold, I haue tset the land be-
fore you : Goe in, and possesse the land,
which the Lord sware vnto your
fathers, * Abraham, Isaac, and lacob,
to giue vnto them, and to their .seed af-
ter them.
9 H And I spake vnto you at that
time, saying, I am not able to beare
you my selfe alone :
10 The
Num. 21.
24.
t Hebr. all
his neigh-
bours.
i Hebr.
giuen.
• Gene. LI.
18. and 17.
7,8.
A repetition of
Deuterononiie.
former things.
t Heb. giue.
t Heb. gaue.
• loh. 7- 24.
• Leult. 19.
15. chap. 16
19. 1. sam.
16. 7. pro.
24. 23.
t Hebr. ac-
knowledge
faces.
g, aiiu n...i/..i;ii <among your
and I will make them rulers
10 The Loud your God hath mul-l
tiplied you, and beholde, you are thisi
day as the starres of heauen for multi-
tude.
11 (The LoKD God of your fa-
thers make you a thousand times so
many moe as ye aj-e, and blesse you as he
hath promised you.)
12 How can I my selfe alone beare
your cumbrance, and your burden, and
your strife ?
13 t Take ye wise men, and vnder-
standing , and knowen
tribes
ouer you
14 And ye answered me, and saide.
The thing which thou hast spoken, is
good^r vs to doe
15 So I tooke the chiefe of your
tribes , wise men, and knowen , and
tmade them heads ouer you, captaines
ouer thousands , and captaines ouer
hundreds , and captaines ouer fifties,
and captaines ouer tennes, and officers
among your tribes.
16 And I charged your Judges at
that time, saying, Heare the causes be-
tweene your brethren, and *iudge righ-
teously betweene euery man and his
brother, & the stranger that is with him.
17 * Ye shall not t respect persons in
iudgement, but you shall heare the small
aswell as the great : you shall not bee
afraid of the face of man, for the iudg-
ment is Gods : and the cause that is too
hard for you, bring it vnto me, and I
will heare it.
18 And I commanded you at that
time all the things which ye should doe.
19 H And when wee departed from
Horeb, we went through all that great
and terrible wildernes, which you saw
by the way of the mountaine of the A-
morites, as the I.,ord our God com
manded vs : and wee came to Kadesh
Bamea.
20 And I said vnto you. Ye are come
vnto the mountaine of the Amorites,
which the Lord our God doth giue
vnto vs.
21 Behold , the Lord thy God
hath set the land before thee : Goe vp,
and possesse it, as the Lord God of thy
fathers hath said vnto thee : Feare not,
neither be discouraged.
22 H And ye came neere vnto mee
euery one of you, and said. We will send
men before vs, and they shall search vs
out the land, and bring vs word againe.
downe vnto vs
and said ,
againe
which
by what way we must goe vp, and into
what cities we shall come.
23 And the saying pleased mee well :
and * I tooke twelue men of you, one
of a tribe.
24 And * they turned and went vp
into the mountaine, and came vnto the
valley of Eslicol, and searched it out,
25 And they tooke of the fruit of the
land in their handes , and brought it
and brought vs worde
It is a good lande
the Lord our God doeth
giue vs.
26 Notwithstanding, ye would not
goe vp , but rebelled against the com-
mandement of the Lord your God,
27 And ye murmured in your tents
and said, Because the Lord hated
vs, he hath brought vs forth out of the
land of Egypt , to deliuer vs into the
hand of the Amorites, to destroy vs :
28 Whither shall wee goe vp.? our
brethren haue t discouraged our heart,
saying. The people is greater and tal-
ler then we, the cities are great, and
walled vp to heauen, and moreouer we
haue scene the sonnes of the * Anakims
there.
29 Then I said vnto you. Dread
not, neither be afraid of them.
30 The Lord your God which
goeth before you, he shall fight for you,
according to all that hee did for you in
Egypt before your eyes :
31 And in the wildernes, where thou
hast scene how that the Lord thy
God bare thee, as a man doth beare his
Sonne, in all the way that ye went, yntil
ye came into this place.
32 Yet in this thing ye did not beleeue
the Lord your God.
3-3 * Who went in the way before you
to search you out a place to pitch your
tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by
what way ye should goe, and in a cloud
by day.
34 And the Lord heard the voice
of your words , and was wroth , and
sware, saying,
35 * Surely there shall not one of
these men of this euill generation see
that good land, which I sware to giue
vnto your fathers : .
36 Saue Caleb the sonne of lephun-
neh, he shall see it, and to him will I
giue the land that he hath troden vpon,
and to his children, because hee hath
t wholly followed the Lord.
37 *Al8o
Num. 13.
Num. 13.
t Heb. mel-
ted.
Num. 13.
29.
• Exod. 13.
21.
' Num. 14.
t Heb. fulfil-
led to goe
after.
A repetition of
Chap.ij.
former things.
• Num. 20.
12. and 27.
14.
• Chan. 3.
26. and 4.
21. and 34.
4.
• Num. 14.
4U.
t Heb. you
were pre-
sumptiimis
and went vp.
2ri * Also the Lord was angry
with me for your sakes, saying, * Thou
also shalt not goe in thither.
38 But loshua the sonne of Nun,
which standeth before thee, he shall goe
in thither. Encourage him : for he shall
cause Israel to inherite it.
39 Moreouer, your litle ones, which
ye said should be a pray, and your chil-
dren, which in that day had no know-
ledge betweene good and euil, they shall
goe in thither; and vnto them will I
giue it, and they shall possesse it.
40 But as for you, turne ye, and take
your iourney into the wildernesse , by
the way of the Red sea.
41 Then ye answered , and said vn-
to mee, *Wee haue sinned against the
Lord, we will goe vp and fight, ac-
cording to all that the Lord our
God commanded vs. And when ye had
girded on euery man his weapons of
warre , yee were ready to goe vp into
the hill.
42 And the Lord said vnto me,
Say vnto them , Goe not vp , neither
fight, for I am not among you : least ye
be smitten before your enemies.
43 So I spake vnto you , and you
would not heare , but rebelled against
the commandement of the Lord, and
t went presumptuously vp into the hill.
44 And the Amorites which dwelt
in that mountaine , came out against
you, and chased you, as Bees doe, and
destroyed you in Seir , euen vnto
Hormah.
45 And ye returned and wept before
the Lord; but the Lord would
not hearken to your voyce , nor giue
eare vnto you.
46 So yee abode in Kadesh many
dayes, according vnto the dayes that ye
abode there.
CHAP. II.
1 The story is continued, that they were not to
meddle with the Edomites, 9 nor with the
Moabites, 17 nor with the Ammonites, 24
butSihon theAmorite was subdued by them.
Hen we turned, and tooke
our iourney into the wil-
dernesse, by the way of the
Red sea , as the Lord
spake vnto mee : and wee
compassed mount Seir many dayes.
2 And the Lord spake vnto me,
saying,
3 Yee haue compassed this moun-
tume you North-
t Hebr. euen
to the trea-
taine long enough
ward.
4 And commaund thou the people,
saying, Ye are to passe through the coast
of your brethren the children of Esau,
which dwell in Seir, and they shall be
afraid of you : take ye good need vnto
your selues therefore.
5 Meddle not with them, for I will
not giue you of their land , t no not so
much as a foote breadth , * because I ding of the
haue giuen mount Seir vnto Esau for f^,^y^
a possession. • Gene. 36.
6 Ye shall buy meat of them for mo-
ney, that ye may eat, and yee shall also
buy water of them for money, that yee
may drinke.
7 For the Lord thy God hath
blessed thee , in all the workes of thy
hand : hee knoweth thy walking tho-
row this great wildernesse : these four-
tie yeres the Lord thy God hath bene
with thee, thou hast lacked nothing.
8 And when we passed by from our
brethren the children of Esau , which
dwelt in Seir , thorow the way of the
plaine from Elath , and from Ezion
Gaber, wee turned and passed by the
way of the wildernesse of Moab.
9 And the Lord said vnto mee,
II Distresse not the Moabites, neither' Or, rae no
contend with them in battell : for I yi''^\gaimt'Mo-
not giue thee of their land for a posses- "*■
sion , because I haue giuen Ar vnto the
children of Lot for a possession.
10 The Emims dwelt therein in
times past , a people great , and many,
and tall, as the Anakims :
11 Which also were accounted gi-
ants , as the Anakims , but the Moa-
bites call them Emims.
12 * The Horims also dwelt in Seir "Gen. 36.
beforetime,but the children of Esau tsuc- ^ Hehr. in,
ceeded them when they had destroyed Jf^^''
them from before them, & dwelt in their
t stead , as Israel did vnto the land of 1 Or, roome.
his possession, which the Lord gauej
vnto them. !
13 Now rise vp, said I, and get you o-
uer * the || brooke Zered : and we went
ouer the brooke Zered.
14 And the space in which we came
from Kadesh Barnea , vntill we were;
come ouer the brooke Zered, was thir-'
tie and eight yeeres ; vntill all the gene-;
ration of the men of warre were wa-
sted out from among the hoste , as the
Lord sware vnto them,
15 For indeed the hand of the Lord
B b was
• Num. 21.
12.
I Or, vaUep,
King Sihon
Deuteronomie.
IS ouercome.
t Heb. begin,
possesse.
' Num. 21.
21, 22.
was against them , to destroy them
from among the hoste, vntill tliey were
consumed.
16 H So it came to passe, when all
the men of warre were consumed and
dead from among the people,
17 That the Lord spake vnto
me, saying,
18 Thou art to passe ouer thorow
Ar, the coast of Moab, this day.
19 And when thou commest nigh o-
uer against the children of Ammon, di-
stresse them not, nor meddle with them
for I will not giue thee of the lande of
the children of Ammon any possession,
because I haue giuen it vnto the chil-
dren of Lot for a possession :
20 (That also was accounted a land
of Giants : giants dwelt therein in old
time, and the Ammonites call them
Zamzummims.
21 A people great, and many, and
tall, as the Anakims : but the Lord
destroyed them before them, and they
succeeded them & dwelt in their stead:)
22 As he did to the children of Esau
which dwelt in Seir, when he destroy
ed the Horims from before them, and
they succeeded them, and dwelt in their
stead euen vnto this day.
23 And the Auims which dwelt in
Hazerim, euen vnto Azzah, the Caph-
torims which came foorth out of Caph-
tor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their
stead.
24( H Rise ye vp, take your iourney,
and passe ouer the riuer Arnon : Be-
hold, I haue giuen into thy hand Si-
hon the Amorite king of Heshbon, and
his land: t begin to possesse it, and con-
tend with him in battell.
25 This day will I begin to put
the dread of thee, and the feare of thee
vpon the nations , that are vnder the
whole heauen, who shall heare report
of thee, and shall tremble, and be in an-
guish because of thee.
26 IT And I sent messengers out of
the wildernesse of Kedemoth, vnto Si
hon king of Heshbon, with wordes of
peace, saying,
27 *Let me passe through thy land :
I will goe along by the high way, I
will neither tume vnto the right hand,
nor to the left.
28 Thou shalt sell me meat for mo-
ney, that I may eate, and giue me wa-
ter for money that I may drinke: Only
I will passe through on my feet :
29 As the children of Esau which
dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which
dwell in Ar, did vnto me, vntill I shall
passe ouer Jordan, into the land which
the Lord our God giueth vs.
30 But Sihon King of Heshbon
would not let vs passe by him : for the
Lord thy God hardened his spirit,
and made his heart obstinate, that hee
might deliuer him into thy hand, as ap-
peareth this day.
31 And the Lord said vnto mee.
Behold, I haue begun to giue Sihon
and his land before thee : begin to pos
sesse, that thou mayest inherit his land.
32 * Then Sihon came out against
vs, he & all his people to fight at lahaz,
33 And the Lord our God deliue-
red him before vs, and wee smote him,
and his sonnes, and all his people.
34 And we tooke all his cities at that
time, and vtterly destroyed the tmen,
and the women, and the litle ones of e
uery citie, we left none to remaine :
35 Onely the cattell wee tooke for a
pray vnto our selues, and the spoyle of
the cities, which we tooke :
36 From Aroer, which is by the
brinke of the riuer of Arnon, and from
the citie that is by the riuer euen vnto
Gilead , there was not one citie too
strong for vs : the Lord our God de-
liuered all vnto vs.
37 Onely vnto the land of the chil
dren of Ammon thou camest not, nor
vnto any place of the riuer labbok, nor
vnto the cities in the mountaines, nor
vnto whatsoeuer the Lord our God
forbade vs.
CHAP. IIL
1 The story of the conquest of Og king of Ba
shan. 11 The bignes of his bed. 12 The
distribution of those lands to the two tribes
and halfe. 23 Moses prayer to enter into the
land. 26 He is permitted to see it.
Hen we turned, and went
vp the way to Bashan :
and *0g the King of Ba-
shan came out against vs,
hee, and all his people to
battell at Edrei.
2 And the Lord said vnto mee,
Feare him not : for I will deliuer him,
and all his people, and his land into thy
hand, and thou shalt doe vnto him as
thou didst vnto * Sihon king of the A-
morites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
3 So the Lord our God deliue-
red
' Num. 21.
t Heb. euery
citie of men
and women
and litle
ones.
Num. 21.
33, &c. cha,
29.7.
Num. 21.
Og is vanquiihed.
Chap.iij.
Mofes prayer.
" Num. 21.
33.
' Num. 32.
a3. iosh. 13.
8. &e.
• Num. 32.
41.
red into our hands * Og also the King
of Bashan, and all his people : and wee
smote him vntill none was left to him
remayning.
4 And we tooke all his cities at that
time, there was not a citie which wee
tooke not from them; threescore cities,
all the region of Argob, the kingdome
of Og in Bashan.
5 AH these cities were fenced with
high walles, gates and barres, beside
vnwalled townes a great many.
6 And we vtterly destroyed them,
as we did vnto Sihon King of Hesh-
bon, vtterly destroying the men , wo-
men, and children of euery citie.
7 But all the cattell, and the spoile
of the cities, we tooke for a pray to our
selues.
8 And we tooke at that time out of
the hand of the two Kings of the Amo-
rites , the land that was on this side
Jordan, from the riuer of Arnon, vnto
mount Hermon :
9 ( Which Hermon the Sidonians
call Syrion : and the Amorites call it
Shenir. )
10 All the cities of the plaine, and all
Gilead, and all Bashan, vnto Salchah,
and Edrei, cities of the kingdome of Og
in Bashan.
11 For onely Og King of Bashan
remained of the remnant of giants ; be-
hold, his bedsted was a bedsted of yron:
is it not in Rabbath of the children of
Ammon ? Nine cubites was the length
thereof, and foure cubites the breadth
of it, after the cubite of a man.
12 And this land which we possessed
at that time, from Aroer which is by the
riuer Arnon, and halfe mount Gilead,
and *the cities thereof, gaue I vnto the
Reubenites, and to the Gadites.
13 And the rest of Gilead, and all Ba-
shan, being the kingdome of Og, gaue I
vnto the halfe tribe of Manasseh : All
the region of Argob with all Bashan,
which was called the land of Giants.
14 lair the sonne of Manasseh
tooke all the countrey of Argob , vn-
to the coastes of Geshuri, and Maacha-
thi ; and called them after his owne
name , Bashan * Hauoth lair , vnto
this day.
15 And I gaue Gilead vnto Machir.
16 And vnto the Reubenites, and vn-
to the Gadites, I gaue from Gilead,
euen vnto the riuer Arnon , halfe the
valley, and the border, euen vnto the
riuer labbok , which is the border of
the children of Ammon :
17 The plaine also, and Jordan, and
the coast thereof, from Chinnereth, euen
vnto the sea of the plaine, euen the salt
sea, vnder ||Ashdotn-Pisgah Eastward.
18 IT And I commanded you at that
time, saying. The Lord your God
hath giuen you this land to possesse it:
*ye shall passe ouer armed before your
brethren* the children of Israel, all that
are tmeet for the warre.
19 But your wiues, and your little
ones, and your cattell (for I know that
ye haue much cattel) shall abide in your
cities, which I haue giuen you :
20 Vntill the Lord haue giuen
rest vnto your brethren, as well as vn-
to you, and vntill they also possesse the
land which the Lord your God
hath giuen them beyond Jordan : and
then shall ye *returne euery man vnto
his possession, which I haue giuen you.
21 IT And * J commanded Joshua
at that time, saying. Thine eyes haue
scene all that the Lord your God
hath done vnto these two Kings : so
shal the Lord doe vnto all the king-
domes whither thou passest.
22 Ye shall not feare them : for the
Lord your God, he shal light for you
23 And J besought the Lord at
that time, saying,
24 O iLord God, thou hast begun
to shew thy seruant thy greatnesse, and
thy mighty hand : for what God is
there in heauen, or in earth, that can do
according to thy workes, and according
to thy might .''
25 I pray thee let me goe ouer, and
see the good land that is beyond Jor-
dan , that goodly mountaine and Le-
banon.
26 But the Lord * was wroth
with me for your sakes, and would not
heare mee : and the Lord said vnto
me. Let it suffice thee, speake no more
vnto me of this matter.
27 Get thee vp into the top of ||Pis-
gah, and lift vp thine eyes Westward,
and Northward, and Southward, and
Eastward, and beholde it with thine
eyes : for thou shalt not goe ouer this
Jordan.
28 But charge Joshua, and encou-
rage him, and strengthen him : for hee
shall goe ouer before this people, and
he shall cause them to inherite the land
which thou shalt see.
B b 2 29 So
I Or, vnder
theipringtof
PUgahtOr
the hUl.
• Num. 32.
20.
\Heb.»onne»
of power.
• Iosh. 22.
4.
* Num. 27.
18.
• Num. 20.
12. chap. 1.
37.
tOr,thehiU.
Exhortations
Deuteronomie.
to obedience.
• Chap. 12.
32. io6h. 1.7
pro. 30. 6.
reu. 22. 18.
• Num. 2«.
4. &C.
29 So we abode in the valley, ouer
against Beth-Peor.
CHAP. nil.
1 An Exhortation to obedience. 41 Moses
appointeth the three Cities of refuge on
that side lordan.
Owe therefore hearken,
O Israel, vnto the Sta-
tutes, and vnto the ludg-
ments which I teach you,
for to do thevi, that ye may
liue, and goe in and possesse the lande,
which the Lord God of your fathers
giueth you.
2 • Ye shall not adde vnto the word
which I command you, neither shall
you diminish ought from it, that ye may
keepe the Commaundements of the
Lord your God, which I command
you.
3 Your eyes haue seene what the
Lord did because of * Baal Peor : for
all the men that followed Baal Peor.
the Lord thy God hath destroyed
them from among you.
4 But yee that did cleaue vnto the
Lord your God, are aliue euery one
of you this day.
5 Behold, I haue taught you Sta-
tutes, and ludgements, euen as the
Lord my God commanded me, that
ye should do so, in the land whither ye
goe to possesse it.
6 Keepe therefore, and doe them;
for this is your wisedome and your vn-
derstanding in the sight of the nations,
which shall heare all these statutes, and
say, Surely this great nation is a wise
and vnderstanding people.
7 For what nation is tliere so great,
who hath God so nigh vnto them,
the Lord our God is in all things,
that we call vpon him for }
8 And what nation is there so great
that hath Statutes and ludgements
so righteous, as all this Law which I
set before you this day .?
9 Onely take heed to thy selfe, and
keepe thy soule diligently , lest thou for-
get the things which thine eyes haue
seene, and lest they depart from thy
heart all the dayes of thy life: but teach
them thy sonnes, & thy sonnes sonnes :
10 Specially, the day that thou stoodst
before the Lord thy God in Horeb,
when the Lord said vnto mee. Ga-
ther me the people together, and I will
make them heare my wordes, that they
may learne to feare mee all the dayes
that they shall liue vpon the earth, and
that they may teach their children.
11 And ye came neere and stood vnder
the mountaine, and the *mountaine
burnt with fire vnto the tmidst of hea-
uen, with darkenes, cloudes, and thicke
darkenesse.
12 And the Lord spake vnto you
out of the midst of the fire : ye heard the
voyce of the words, but saw no simili-
tude, t onely ye heard a voyce.
13 And he declared vnto you his coue-
nant, which he commanded you to per-
forme, euen ten comandements, and he
wrote them vpon two tables of stone.
14 IT And the Lord commanded
me at that time, to teach you Statutes,
and ludgements , that yee might doe
them in the land whither ye goe ouer to
possesse it.
15 Take ye therfore good heed vnto
your selues, (for ye saw no maner of si-
militude on the day that the Lord
spake vnto you in Horeb , out of the
midst of the fire)
16 Lest yee cotTupt your selues , and
make you a grauen image , the simili-
tude of any figure, the likenes of male,
or female,
1 7 The likenesse of any beast that is
on the earth, the likenes of any winged
foule that flieth in the aire,
18 The likenesse of any thing that
creepeth on the ground, the likenesse of
any fish that is in the waters beneath
the earth :
19 And lest thou lift vp thine eyes vn-
to heauen, and when thou seest the sun,
and the moone, and the starres, euen all
the hoste of heauen, shouldest be driuen
to worship them, and serue them, which
the Lord thy God hath ||diuided vn-
to all nations vnder the whole heauen.
20 But the Lord hath taken you,
and brought you foorth out of the yron
fornace, euen out of Egypt, to bee vnto
him apeople of inheritance, a* i/e are this
day.
21 Furthermore, the Lord was
angry with mee for your sakes , and
sware that I should not goe ouer lor
dan, and that I should not goe in vnto
that good land which the Lord thy
God giueth thee Jhr an inheritance.
22 But I must die in this lande,
must not goe ouer lordan : but ye shall
goe ouer and possesse that good land.
23 Take
• Exod. HI.
18.
^Heb. heart.
t Heb. saue
a voyce.
Or, impar-
ted.
Gods
mercie
Chap.iii).
toward Ifrael
j • Chap. 9. 3.
ihebr. 12.
2!).
'iHehr.
haue found
thee.
23 Take heed vnto your selues, lest
ye forget the couenant of the Lord
your God , which hee made with you,
and make you a grauen image, or the
likenes of any thing which the Loud
thy God hath forbidden thee.
24 For the * L o r d thy God is a
consuming fire, euen a iealous God.
25 IT When thou shalt beget chil-
dren, and childrens children , and shalt
haue remained long in the land , and
shal corr \vpty our selues, hmake a grauen
image, or the likenes of any thing, and^
shall doe euil in the sight of the Lord
thy God, to prouoke him to anger :
26 I call heauen and earth to wit-
nesse against you this day, that ye shall
soone vtterly perish from off the land
whereunto you goe ouer Jordan , to
possesse it : yee shall not prolong your
dayes vpon it, but shall vtterly bee de-
stroyed.
27 And the Lord shall scatter
you among the nations, and ye shall be
left few in number among the heathen,
whither the Lord shall lead you.
28 And there ye shall serue gods, the
worke of mens hands, wood and stone,
which neither see, nor heare, nor eate,
nor smell.
29 But if from thence thou shalt
seeke the Lord thy God , thou shalt
finde him, if thou seeke him with all thy
heart, and with all thy soule.
30 When thou art in tribulation, and
all these things t are come vpon thee
euen in the latter dayes, if thou turne to
the Lord thy God, and shalt be obe-
dient vnto his voice :
31 (For the Lord thy God is a
merciful! God) he will not forsake thee,
neither destroy thee, nor forget the co-
uenant of thy fathers , which he sware
vnto them.
32 For aske now of the dayes that
are past, which were before thee, since
the day that God created man vpon
earth, and ashe from the one side of hea-
uen vnto the other, Whether there hath
heneany snchthing&s this great thingw
or hath bene heard like it ?
33 Did euer people heare the voyce of
God speaking out of the midst of the
fire, as thou hast heard, and Hue ?
34 Or hath God assayed to goe and
take him a nation from the midst of a«-
other nation, by temptations, by signes,
and by wonders, and by warre, and by
a mighty hand, and by a stretched out
arme, and by great terrors, according to
all that the Lord your God did for
you in Egypt before your eyes .'
35 Vnto thee it was shewed , that
thou mightest know, that the Lord
hee is God ; there is none else besides
him.
36 Out of heauen hee made thee to
heare his voice, that he might instruct
thee : and vpon earth hee shewed thee
his great fire , and thou heardest his
words out of the midst of the fire.
37 And because he loued thy fathers,
therefore he chose their seed after them,
and brought thee out in his sight with
his mightie power out of Egypt :
38 To driue out nations from before
thee , greater and mightier then thou
art, to bring thee in, to giue thee their
land^^^an inheritance, as it is this day.
39 Know therefore this day, & con-
sider it in thine heart, that the Lord
hee is God in heauen aboue, and vpon
the earth beneath : there is none else.
40 Thou shalt keepe therefore his
Statutes, and his Commandements,
which I command thee this day ; that
it may goe well with thee, and with thy
children after thee, and that thou may-
est prolong thy dayes vpon the earth,
which the Lord thy God giueth
thee, for euer.
41 U Then Moses seuered three ci-
ties on this side Jordan , toward the
Sunne rising :
42 That the slayer might flee thi-
ther, which should kill his neighbour
vnawares, and hated him not in times
past, and that fleeing vnto one of these
cities he might Hue :
43 Namely, *Bezer in the wilder-
nesse,in the plaine countrey of the Reu-
benites ; and Ramoth in Gilead of the
Gadites ; and Golan in Bashan, of the
Manassites.
44 IT And this is the Law which
Moses set before the children of Israel :
45 These are the Testimonies , and
the Statutes , and the ludgements,
which Moses spake vnto the children
of Israel , after they came foorth out of
Egypt; , . ,
46 On this side lordan m the val-
ley ouer against Beth-Peor, in the land
of Sihon King of the Amorites, who
dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and
the children of Israel *smote, after they
were come foorth out of Egypt.
47 And they possessed his land, and
the
losh. 20.
• Num. 21.
24. chap. 1 .
4.
The Law is
Deuteronomie.
repeated. The
• Num. 21.
33. chap. 3.
3.
• Ch»p. 3.
17.
t Heb. keepe
to doe them.
•Exod,
19.
J>.
• Exod. 20.
2, &c. leuit.
26. 1, psal.
81. 10.
t Heb. ser-
vants.
• Exod. 34.
7.
• lerem. 32.
18.
the land of * Og king of Bashan, two
kings of the Amorites , which were on
this side Jordan toward the sun rising,
48 From Aroer , which is by the
banke of the riuer Arnon , euen vnto
mount Sion, which is Hermon,
49 And ail the plaine of this side
lordan Eastward, euen vnto the sea, of
the plaine vnder the * springs of Pis-
gah.
CHAP. V.
1 The Couenant in Horeb. 6 The ten Com-
mandements. 22 At the peoples request
Moses receiueth the Law from God.
Nd Moses called all Is-
rael, and sayd vnto them,
Heare, O Israel, the Sta-
tutes and ludgements
which I speake in your
eares this day, that ye may leame them,
and t keepe and doe them.
2 * The Lord our God made a
couenant with vs in Horeb.
3 The Lord made not this coue
nant with our fathers , but with vs
euen vs,who are all of vs here aliue this
day.
4 The Lord talked with you,
face to face , in the mount , out of the
midst of the fire,
5 (I stood betweene the Lord
and you, at that time, to shew you the
word of the Lord : for ye were afraid
by reason of the fire, and went not vp
into the mount,) saying,
6 f * I am the Lord thy God,
which brought thee out of the lande of
Egypt, from the house of t bondage.
7 Thou shalt haue none other gods
before me.
8 Thou shalt not make thee any
grauen image, or any likenesse of any
thing that is in heauen aboue, or that is
in the earth beneath, or that is in the wa
ters beneath the earth.
9 Thou shalt not bow downe thy
selfe vnto them, nor serue them : for
the Lord thy God am a ielous God,
visiting the iniquity of the fathers vpon
the children, vnto the third and fourth
generation of them that hate me,
10 And * shewing mercy vnto thou-
sands, of them that loue me, and keepe
my commandements.
11 Thou shalt not take the name of
the Lord thy God in vaine : for the
Lord will not holde him guiltlesse
that taketh his name in vaine.
12 Keepe the Sabbath day to san-
ctifie it, as the Lord thy God hath
commanded thee.
13 Sixe dayes thou shalt labour, and
doe all thy worke.
14 But the seuenth day is the * Sab-
bath of the Lord thy God : in it thou
shalt not doe any worke, thou, nor thy
Sonne, nor thy daughter, nor thy man
seruant, nor thy maid seruant, nor thine
oxe,nor thine asse,nor any of thy cattel,
nor thy stranger that is within thy
gates, that thy man seruant and thy
maid seruant may rest as well as thou.
15 And remember that thou wast a
seruant in the land of Egypt, and that
the Lord thy God brought thee out
thence, through a mightie hand, and by
a stretched out arme : Therefore the
Lord thy God commaunded thee to
keepe the Sabbath day.
16 H Honour thy father and thy mo
ther, as the Lord thy God hath com-
manded thee, that thy dales may be pro-
longed, and that it may goe well with
thee, in the land which the Lord thy
God giueth thee.
17 * Thou shalt not kill.
18 * Neither shalt thou commit adul
terie.
19 * Neither shalt thou steale.
20 Neither shalt thou beare false
witnesse against thy neighbour.
21 * Neither shalt thou desire thy
neighbours wife, neither shalt thou co-
net thy neighbours house, his field, or
his man seruant, or his maide seruant,
his oxe, or his asse, or any thing that is
thy neighbours.
22 IF These wordes the Lord
spake vnto all your assembly in the
mount out of the midst of the fire, of the
cloud, and of the thicke darkenesse, with
a great voice, and he added no more, and
he wrote them in two Tables of stone,
and deliuered them vnto me.
23 And it came to passe when yee
heard the voice out of the midst of the
darkenes (for the mountaine did burne
with fire) that ye came neere vnto mee,
euen all the heads of your tribes , and
your elders.
24 And ye said. Behold, the Lord
our God hath shewed vs his glory, and
his greatnesse, and *we haue heard his
voice out of the midst of the fire : wee
haue scene this day that God doth talke
with man, and *he liueth.
25 Now therefore why should wee
die.?
Gen. 2. 2.
heb. 4. 4.
• Mat. 5. 21
• Luke 18.
20.
• Rom. 13. 9
• Rom. 7. 7.
• Exod. 19.
19.
• Chap. 4.
33.
people is afraid.
Chap.vj.
Of obedience.
t Heh. adde
to lieare.
' Exod. 20.
19.
i Hebr.passe
oner.
die ? for this great fire will consume vs.
If we t heare the voyce of the Loud
our God any more, then we shall die.
26 For who is there of all flesh that
hath heard the voice of the liuing God,
speaking out of the midst of the fire (as
we haue) and liued .''
27 Goe thou neere , and heare all
that the Lord our God shall say;
and speake thou vnto vs all that the
LoKD our God shall speake vnto
thee, and *we will heare it, and doe it.
28 And the Lord heard the voice
of your words, when ye spake vnto me,
and the Lord said vnto me, I haue
heard the voice of the wordes of this
people , which they haue spoken vnto
thee : they haue well said, all that they
haue spoken.
O that there were such an heart
in them, that they would feare me, and
keepe my commandements alwayes,
that it might bee well with them, and
with their children for euer.
30 Goe , say to them , Get you into
your tents againe.
31 But as for thee, stand thou here by
me, and I will speake vnto thee all the
Commandements , and the Statutes,
and the Judgements, which thou shalt
teach them, that they may doe them in
the land which I giue them to pos-
sesse it.
32 Ye shall obserue to doe therefore,
as the Lord your God hath com-
manded you : you shall not turne aside
to the right hand, or to the left.
33 You shall walke in all the wayes
which the Lord your God hath
commanded you, that ye may line, and
that it may be well with you, and that ye
may prolong yoxir dayes in the land
which ye shall possesse.
CHAP. VL
1 The end of the Law is obedience. 3 An ex-
hortation thereto.
Ow these are the Com-
maundements , the Sta-
tutes, & the ludgements,
which the Lord your
God commanded to teach
you, that ye might doe them in the land
whither ye tgoe to possesse it :
2 That thou mightest feare the
Lord thy God, to keepe all his Sta-
tutes, and his Commandements which
I command thee; thou, and thy sonne.
and thy sonnes sonne , all the dayes of
thy life : and that thy dayes may be pro-
longed.
3 f Heare therefore, O Israel, and
obserue to do it, that it may be wel with
thee, and that ye may increase mightily,
as the Lord God of thy fathers
hath promised thee , in the land that
floweth with milke and hony.
4 Heare , O Israel , the Lord
our God is one Loud.
5 And * thou shalt loue the Lord
thy God with all thine heart, and with
all thy soule, and with all thy might.
6 And * these words which I com-
mand thee this day, shall bee in thine
heart.
7 And thou shalt t teach them dili-
gently vnto thy children, and shalt talke
of them when thou sittest in thine house,
and when thou walkest by the way, and
when thou liest downe, and when thou
risest vp.
8 And thou shalt binde them for a
signe vpon thine hand, and they shalbe
as frontlets betweene thine eyes.
9 And thou shalt write them vpon
the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
10 And it shall be when the Lord
thy God shall haue brought thee into
the land which hee sware vnto thy fa-
thers , to Abraham , to Isaac , and to
lacob to giue thee, great and goodly ci-
ties, which thou buildedst not,
11 And houses full of all good things
which thou filledst not, and welles dig-
ged which thou diggedst not, vineyards
and oliue trees which thou plantedst
not, * when thou shalt haue eaten and
be full,
12 Then beware lest thou forget the
Lord which brought thee forth out
of the land of Egypt, from the house of
t bondage.
13 Thou shalt * feare the Lord
thy God, and serue him, & shalt sweare
by his Name.
14 Yee shall not goe after other
gods, of the gods of the people which
are round about you :
15 (For the Lord thy God is a
ielous God among you ) lest the anger
of the Lord thy God bee kindled a-
gainst thee , and destroy thee from off'
the face of the earth.
16 H *Ye shal not tempt the Lord
your God , * as yee tempted him in
Massah.
17 You shall diligently keepe the
Com-
Chap. 10.
12. mat. 22.
37. mar. 12.
30. luke 10.
27.
*Chap. II.
18.
t Heb. whet
or sharpen.
• Chap. It. 9,
10, &c.
t Heb. bond-
men or ser-
uants.
* Chap. 10.
12, 20. and
13. 4.
• Mat. 4. 7.
• Exod. 17.
Exhortations
Deuteronomie.
to obedience.
t Hebr. to
morrow.
t Hebr. euU.
* Chap. 31.
.1.
Commandements of the Lord your
God , and his Testimonies , and his
Statutes , which he hath commanded
thee.
18 And thou shalt doe that which
is right and good in the sight of the
Lord : that it may be well with thee,
and that thou mayest goe in , and pos-
sesse the good land which the Lord
sware vnto thy fathers ;
19 To cast out all thine enemies from
before thee, as the Lord hath spoken.
20 And when thy sonne asketh thee
tin time to come, saying. What meane
the Testimonies , & the Statutes , and
the ludgements , which the Lord
our God hath commanded you.''
21 Then thou shalt say vnto thy
Sonne, We were Pharaohs bondmen in
Egypt, and the Lord brought vs
out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
22 And the Lord shewed signes
and wonders, great and t sore vpon E-
gypt, vpon Pharaoh , and vpon all his
houshold, before our eyes :
23 And hee brought vs out from
thence , that hee might bring vs in, to
giue vs the land which hee sware vnto
our fathers.
24 And the Lord commanded
vs to doe all these Statutes, to feare the
Lord our God , for our good al-
wayes, that he might preserue vs aliue
as it is at this day.
25 And it shall be our righteousnes,
if we obserue to doe all these Comman
dements, before the Lord our God,
as he hath commanded vs.
CHAP. VI L
1 All communion with the Nations is forbid-
den, 4. for feare of Idolatrie, 6 for the
holinesse of the people, 9 for the nature
of God in his Mercie and lustico, 17 for
the assurednesse of victoria which God will
giue ouer them.
Hen the *Lord thy God
shall bring thee into the
land whither thou goest
to possesse it, and hath cast
out many nations before
thee, tlie Hittites, and the Girgashites,
and the Amorites, and the Canaanites,
and the Perizzites, and the Hiuites, and
the lebusites , seuen nations greater
and mightier then thou :
2 And when the Lord thy God
shall deliuer them before thee , thou
shalt smite them , and vtterly destroy]
them , * thou shalt make no couenant
with them, nor shew mercy vnto them.
3 Neither shalt thou make mar-
riages with them : thy daughter thou
shalt not giue vnto his sonne, nor his
daughter shalt thou take vnto thy
sonne.
4 For they will turne away thy
Sonne from following mee , that they
may serue other gods : so will the anger
of the Lord be kindled against you,
and destroy thee suddenly.
5 But thus shal ye deale with them;
ye shall destroy their altars, and breake
downe their + images , and cut downe
their groues , and burne their grauen
images with fire.
6 *For thou art an holy people vn
to the Lord thy God: *the Lord
thy God hath chosen thee to be a special
people vnto himselfe , aboue all people
that are vpon the face of the earth.
7 The Lord did not set his loue
vpon you, nor choose you, because yee
were moe in number then any people :
(for ye were the fewest of all people,)
8 But because the Lord loued
you, and because hee would keepe the
othe which hee had sworne vnto your
fathers, hath the Lord brought you
out with a mighty hand, and redeemed
you out of the house of bondmen, from
the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
9 Know therefore that the Lord
thy God, he is God, the faithfull God,
which keepeth Couenant and Mercy
with them that loue him, and keepe his
Commandements, to a thousand ge-
nerations ;
10 And repaieth them that hate him
to their face, to destroy them : he wil not
be slacke to him that hateth him, he will
repay him to his face.
11 Thou shalt therefore keepe the
Commandements, and the Statutes,
and the ludgements , which I com-
mand thee this day, to doe them.
12 U Wherefore it shal come to passe,
tif ye hearken to these ludgements, and
keepe and do them : That the Lord
thy God shall keepe vnto thee the Co-
uenant and the Mercy which he sware
vnto thy fathers.
13 And hee will loue thee, and blesse
thee, and multiply thee : Hee will also
blesse the fruit of thy wombe , and the
fruit of thy land , thy corne , and thy
wine, and thine oile, the encrease of thy
kine,
• Exod. 23.
32. and 34.
12.
t Hebr. sta~
tu€s^ or pil-
lars.
"Chap. 14.
2. and 26.
19.
• Exod. 19.
5. 1 . pet. 2.
9.
t Hebr. be-
cause.
To auoid
Chap.viij.
all Idolatrie.
' Exod. 23.
26, &C.
" Exod. 9.
14. & 15.
26.
' Exod. 23.
' Exod. 23.
28. iosh. 24
12.
\ Hebr.
plucke off.
t Hebr. be-
fore thy
face.
* Chap. 12.
3.
' Iosh. 7. 1,
21. 2. mac.
12. 40.
kine, and the flockes of thy sheepe,in the
land which hee sware vnto thy fathers
to giue thee.
14 Thou shalt bee blessed aboue all
people: * there shall not bee male or fe-
male barren among you or among
your cattell.
15 And the Lord will take away
from thee all sickenesse, and will put
none of the * euill diseases of Egypt
(which thou knowest) vpon thee : but
will lay them vpon all them that hate
thee.
16 And thou shalt consume all the
people which the Lord thy God shall
deliuer thee : thine eye shall haue no pi
tie vpon them, neither shalt thou serue
their gods, for that will be a* snare vnto
thee.
17 If thou shalt say in thine heart,
These nations are moe then I, howe
can I dispossesse them ?
18 Thou shalt not be afraid of them
but shalt well remember, what the
Lord thy God did vnto Pharaoh,
and vnto all Egypt,
19 The great temptations which
thine eyes sawe, and the signes and the
wonders, and the mightie hand, and
the stretched out arme , whereby the
Lord thy God brought thee out : so
shall the Lord thy God doe vnto all
the people of whom thou art afraid.
20 * Moreouer, the Lord thy God
will send the hornet among them, vntill
they that are left and hide themselues
from thee, be destroyed.
21 Thou shalt not bee affrighted at
them : for the Lord thy God is a-
mong you, a mightie God, and terrible.
22 And the Lord thy God will
tput out those nations before thee by
litle and litle : thou mayest not consume
them at once, lest the beastes of the field
increase vpon thee.
23 But the Lord thy God shall
deliuer them tvnto thee, and shall de-
stroy them with a mightie destruction,
vntill they be destroyed.
24 And he shall deliuer their kings
into thine hand , and thou shalt destroy
their name from vnder heauen : There
shal no man be able to stand before thee,
vntil thou haue destroyed them.
25 The grauen images of their gods
shall yee burne with fire : thou * shalt
not desire the siluer or golde that is on
them, nor take it vnto thee, lest thou bee
snared therein : for it is an abominati-
on to the Lord thy God.
26 Neither shalt thou bring an abo-
mination into thine house, lest thou bee
a cursed thing like it : but thou shalt vt-
terly detest it, and thou shalt vtterly ab-
horre it, for * it is a cursed thing.
CHAP. VIII.
1 An exhortation to obedience in regard of Gods
dealing with them.
LI the commaundements
which I commaund thee
this day, shall yee obserue
to doe, that yee may liue,
and multiply, and goe in,
and possesse the land which the Lord
sware vnto your fathers.
2 And thou shalt remember all the
way which the Lord thy God led
thee these fourtie yeeres in the wilder-
nesse, to humble ihee,and to proue thee,
to know what was in thine heart, whe-
ther thou wouldest keepe his comman-
dements, or no.
3 And he humbled thee, and suffred
thee to hunger, and fed thee with Man
na, which thou knewest not, neither did
thy fathers know : that he might make
thee know, that man doth * not liue by
bread onely, but by euery word that pro-
ceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord
doth man liue.
4 *Thy raiment waxed not old vp-
on thee, neither did thy foote swell these
fourtie yeeres.
5 Thou shalt also consider in thine
heart, that as a man chasteneth his son,
so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee.
6 Therefore thou shalt keepe the
Commandements of the Lord thy
God , to walke in his wayes , and to
feare him.
7 For the Lord thy God brin
geth thee into a good land , a lande of
brookes of water, of fountaines, and
depths that spring out of valleys and
hilles,
8 A land of wheate, and barley, and
vines, and fig trees, and pomegranats,
a land of toyle oliue, and hony,
9 A lande wherein thou shalt eate
bread without scarcenes, thou shalt not
lacke any thing in it : a lande whose
stones are yron , and out of whose hils
thou mayest digge brasse.
10 *When thou hast eaten and art
full, then thou shalt blesse the Lord
thy God, for the good lande which hee
hath giuen thee.
C c 11 Beware
• Chap. 13.
17.
• Matt. 4. 4.
luke 4. 4.
Nehe. 9.
21.
t Hebr. of
oliue tree
ofoyle.
Chap. 6.
12. 13.
Of ingratitude.
Deuteronomie.
God, a fire.
Iknowest, and ofwliom thou hast heard
\say, *Who can stand before the children
of Anak ?
3 Vnderstand therefore this day,
that the Lord thy God is he, which
goeth ouer before thee, as a * consuming
fire : he shall destroy them, and he shall
bring them downe before thy face : So
shall thou driue them out, and destroy
them quickly, as the Lord hath said
vnto thee.
4 Speake not thou in thine heart,
after that the Lord thy God hath
cast them out from before thee, saying.
For my righteousnesse the Lord
hath brought mee in to possesse this
land : but for the wickednesse of these
nations, the Lord doeth driue them
out from before thee.
5 Not for thy righteousnesse, or for
the vprightnesse of thine heart , doest
thou goe to possesse their land : But for
the wickednesse of these nations the
Lord thy God doeth driue them out
from before thee, and that he may per-
forme the word which the Lord
sware vnto thy fathers, Abraham, I-
saac and lacob.
6 Vnderstand therefore, that the
Lord thy God giueth thee not this
good land to possesse it, for thy righte-
ousnesse ; for thou art a stiffe- necked
people.
7 IT Remember and forget not, how
thou prouokedst the Lord thy God
to wrath in the wildernesse : from the
day that thou didst depart out of the
land of Egypt, vntill ye came vnto this
place, yee haue bene rebellious against
the Lord.
8 Also in Horeb yee prouoked the
Lord to wrath, so that the Lord
was angry with you, to haue destroy-
ed you.
9 When I was gone vp into the
mount , to receiue the Tables of stone,
euen the Tables of the Couenant which
the Lord made with you, then * I a-
bode in the mount fortie dayes, and for-
tie nights, I neither did eate bread, nor
drinke water :
10 *And the Lord deliuered vnto
me two Tables of stone, written with
the finger of God, and on them was writ-
ten according to all the words which the
Lord spake with you in the mount,
out of the midst of fire, in the day of the
assembly.
11 And it came to passe at the end of
fortie
• Num. 20.
11.
• Exod. 16.
15.
11 Beware that thou forget not the
Lord thy God, in not keeping his
Commandements , and his Judge-
ments, and his Statutes which I com-
mand thee this day :
12 Lest wJten thou hast eaten and art
full, and hact built goodly houses, and
dwelt therein ;
13 And wlien thy beards and thy
flocks multiply, and thy siluer and thy
gold is multiplied , and all that thou
hast is multiplied :
14 Then thine heart bee lifted vp,
and thou forget the Lord thy God
(which brought thee foorth out of
the land of Egypt , from the house of
bondage,
15 Who led thee through that great
and terrible wildernesse, wherein were fie-
rie serpents, and scorpions, & drought,
where there was no water , * who
brought thee foorth water out of the
rocke of flint,
16 Who fed thee in the wildernesse
with * Manna, which thy fathers knew
not, that hee might humble thee, and
that hee might prooue thee, to doe thee
good at thy latter end : )
17 And thou say in thine heart. My
power, and the might of mine hand
hath gotten me this wealth.
18 But thou shalt remember the
Lord thy God: for it is he that giueth
thee power to get wealth , that he may
establish his Couenant, which he sware
vnto thy fathers, as it is this day.
19 And it shalbe, if thou doe at all for
get the Lord thy God , and walke
after other gods, and serue them, and
worship them ; I testifie against you
this day, that ye shall surely perish.
20 As the nations which the Lord
destroyeth before your face, so shall yee
perish ; because ye would not be obedi-
ent vnto the voice of the Lord your
God.
CHAP. IX.
1 Moses disswadeth them from the opinion of
theirowne righteousnesse, byrehearsing their
seuerall rebellions.
Eare, O Israel, thou art
to passe ouer lordan this
day, to goe in, to possesse
nations greater & migh-
. tier then thy selfe, Cities
great, and fenced vp to heauen,
2 A people great and tall, the chil-
dren of the Anakims , whom thou
' Niun. 13.
29.
• Chap. 4.
24. hebr. 12.
Exod. 24.
18. and. 34.
28.
• Exod. 31.
18.
The Tables broken,
Chap
.ix.x.
are renewed.
fortie dayes, and fortie nights, that the
Lord gaue mee the two Tables of
stone, eueii the Tables of the Couenant.
12 And the Lord said vnto mee,
"Exod. 32. * Arise, get thee downe quickly from
hence ; for thy people which thou hast
brought foorth out of Egypt, haue cor-
rupted themselues: they are quickly tur-
ned aside out of the way which I com-
manded them ; they haue made them a
molten image.
13 Furthermore, the Lord spake
vnto me, saying, I haue scene this peo-
ple, and behold, it is a stifnecked people.
14 Let me alone, that I may destroy
them, and blot out their name from vn-
der heauen : and I will make of thee a
nation mightier and greater then they.
15 So I turned and came downe
from the mount, and the mount bur-
ned with fire : and the two Tables of
the Couenant were in my two hands.
16 And I looked, and behold, ye had
sinned against the Lord your God,
and had made you a molten calfe : yehad
turned aside quickly out of the way
which the Lord had commanded
you.
17 And I tooke the two Tables,
and cast them out of my two hands, and
brake them before your eyes.
18 And I fell downe before the
Lord, as at the first, fortie dayes and
fortie nights, I did neither eate bread
nor drinke water, because of all your
sinnes which ye sinned , in doing wic-
kedly in the sight of the Lord, to pro-
uoke him to anger.
19 ( For I was afraid of the anger,
and whot displeasure wherewith the
Lord was wroth against you, to de-
stroy you.) But the Lord hearkned
vnto me at that time also.
20 And the Lord was very an-
gry with Aaron , to haue destroyed
him : And I prayed for Aaron also the
same time.
21 And I tooke your sinne, the calfe
which ye had made, and burnt it with
fire, and stamped it, and ground it very
small , euen vntill it was as small as
dust : and I cast the dust thereof into the
brooke that descended out of the mount.
22 And at *Taberah, and at *Mas-
sah, and at*Kibroth-Hattaauah, ye pro-
uoked the Lord to wrath.
23 Likewise when the Lord sent
you from Kadesh Barnea, saying, Goe
vp and possesse the land which I haue
• Num. 11.
1,3.
• Exod. 17.
7.
• Num. 11.
34.
giuen you, then you rebelled against the
commandement of the Lord your
God, and jye beleeued him not, nor hear-
kened to his voyce.
24 You haue bin rebellious against
the Lord, from the day that I knew
you.
25 Thus I fell downe before the
Lord fourtie dayes , and fourtie
nights, as I fel downe at the first, because
the Lord had said, he would destroy
you.
26 I prayed therefore vnto the
Lord, and said, O Lord God, de-
stroy not thy people, and thine inheri-
tance , which thou hast redeemed
through thy greatnes, which thou hast
brought foorth out of Egypt, with a
mightie hand.
27 Remember thy seruants, Abra-
ham, Isaac, and Jacob, looke not vn-
to the stubburnnesse of this people, nor
to their wickednes, nor to their sinne :
28 Lest the land whence thou
broughtest vs out, say, * Because the
Lord was not able to bring them in-
to the land which hee promised them,
and because hee hated them, hee hath
brought them out, to slay them in the
wildemesse.
29 Yet they are thy people, and thine
inheritance which thou broughtest out
by thy mightie power, and by thy
stretched out arme.
CHAP. X.
1 Gods mercie in restoring the two Tables, 6
in continuing the Priesthood, 8 in separa.;
ting the tribe of Leui, 10 in hearkening vn-
to Moses his suit for the people. 12 An ex-
hortation vnto obedience.
T that time the Lord
said vnto me, *Hew thee
two Tables of stone, like
vnto the first, and come vp
vnto mee into the mount,
and make thee an Arke of wood.
2 And I will write on the Tables
the words that were in the first Tables
which thou brakest, and thou shall put
them in the Arke.
3 And I made an Arke of Shittim
wood, and hewed two Tables of stone
like vnto the first, and went vp into the
mount, hauing the two Tables in mine
hand.
4 And he wrote on the Tables, ac
cording to the first writing, the tenne
C c 2 tCom
" Num. 14.
18.
• Exod. 34.
1.
Aaron dieth.
Deuteronomie.
Exhortations.
\Hebr.
words.
• Num. 33.
30.
" Num. 20.
28.
• Num. 18.
20.
Or,fortie
dopes.
t Hebr. goe
in ioumey.
• PsaL 24. L
t Commandements, which the Lord
spake vnto you in the mount, out of the
midst of the fire, in the day of the assem-
bly : and the Lord gaue them vn-
to me.
5 And I turned my selfe and came
downe from the mount, and put the
Tables in the Arke which I had made,
and there they be, as the Lord com-
manded me.
6 IT And the children of Israel tooke
their ioumey from Beeroth, of the chil-
dren of laakan, to *Mosera; *there Aa-
ron died, and there he was buried, and
Eleazar his sonne ministred in the
Priests office in his stead.
7 From thence they iourneyed vn-
to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to
lotbath, a land of riuers of waters.
8 IT At that time the Lord se-
parated the tribe of Leui , to beare the
Arke of the Couenant of the Lord,
to stand before the Lord, to minister
vnto him, and to blesse in his Name,
vnto this day.
9 * Wherefore Leui hath no part
nor inheritance with his brethren : the
Lord is his inheritance, according
as the Lord thy God promised him
10 And I stayed in the mount, accor-
ding to the II first time, fortie dayes, and
fortie nights : and the Lord hearke-
ned vnto mee at that time also, and the
Lord would not destroy thee.
11 And the Lord said vnto me, A-
rise, ttake thy ioumey before the people
that they may goe in , and possesse the
land which I sware vnto their fathers
to giue vnto them.
12 IT And now Israel, what doeth
the Lord thy God require of thee,
but to feare the Lord thy God , to
walke in all his waies, and to loue him,
and to seme the Lord thy God, with
all thy heart, and with all thy soule,
13 To keepe the Commandements
of the Lord, and his Statutes
which I commaund thee this day for
thy good ?
14 Behold, the heauen, & the heauen
of heauens is the Lords thy God,
*the earth also, with all that therein is
15 Onely the Lord had a delight
in thy fathers, to loue them, and hee
chose their seed after them, etien you, a-
boue all people, as it is this day.
16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin
of your heart , and bee no more stifTe-
necked.
17 For the Lord your God is God
of gods, and Lord of lords, a great
God, a mighty, and a terrible, which
*regardeth not persons, nor taketh re-
ward.
18 He doeth execute the iudgement
of the fatherlesse, and widow , and lo-
ueth the stranger, in giuing him food
and raiment.
19 Loue yee therefore the stranger :
for yee were strangers in the land of E-
gypt-
20 * Thou shalt feare the Lord
thy God ; him shalt thou serue, and to
him shalt thou *cleaue, and sweare by
his Name.
21 He is thy praise, and he is thy God
that hath done for thee these great and
terrible things, which thine eyes haue
scene.
22 Thy fathers went downe into
Egypt * with threescore and ten per-
sons : and now the Lord thy God
hath made thee *as the starres of hea-
uen, for multitude.
CHAP. XL
1 An exhortation to obedience, 2 by their
owne experience of Gods great works, 8 by
promise of Gods great blessings, 16 and by
threatnings. ISA careful! study is required
in Gods words. 26 The blessing and curse
is set before them.
Herefore thou shalt loue
the Lord thy God, and
keepe his charge, and his
Statutes, and his ludge-
ments, and his Comman-
dements alway.
2 And know you this day : for /
spedke not with your children which
haue not knowen, and which haue not
seene the chastisement of the Lord
your God, his greatnesse, his mighty
hand, and his stretched out arme,
3 And his miracles , and his actes,
which he did in the midst of Egypt, vn-
to Pharaoh the King of Egypt , and
vnto all his land,
4 And what hee did vnto the army
of Egypt, vnto their horses, and to their
charets, how he made the water of the
Red sea to ouerflow them as they pur-
sued after you, and how the Lord
hath destroyed them vnto this day,
5 And what hee did vnto you in the
wildemesse , vntill yee came into this
place,
6 And
• 2. Chron.
19. 7. lob
34. 19. acts.
10. 34. rom.
2. 11. galat.
2. (i. ephes.
6. 9. coloss.
3. 25. 1. pet.
1.17.
• Chap. 6.
13. matt. 4.
10. lake 4.
8.
• Chap. 13.
* Gene. 46.
27. exod. I.
s.
• Gene. is.
i.
Promifes to
Chap.viij.
the obedient.
• Num. 18.
31. and 27.
.3. psal. lUfi.
17.
I Or, liuitig
substance
which fol-
lowed them*
t Heb. was
at their
feet.
t Heb. see-
iceth.
t Heb. giue.
6 And * what he did vnto Dathan,!
and Abiram , the sonnes of Eliab the!
Sonne of Reuben : how the earth ope-
ned her mouth and swallowed them
vp , and their housholds , and their
tents, and all the || substance that twas
in their possession in the middest of all
Israel.
7 But your eyes haue seene all the
great acts of the Lord, which he did.
8 Therefore shall yee keepe all the
Commandements which I command
you this day, that ye may be strong and
goe in, and possesse the land whither yei
goe to possesse it :
9 And that yee may prolong your]
dayes in the lande which the Loud
sware vnto your fathers to giue vnto
them, and to their seed, a land that flow-
eth with milke and hony.
10 H For the land whither thou go-
est in to possesse it, is not as the lande of
Egypt from whence ye came out, where
thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it
with thy foot, as a garden of herbes :
11 But the lande whither ye goe to
possesse it,,w a lande of hilles and val-
leys, and drinketh water of the raine of
heauen :
12 A lande, which the Lord thy
God tcareth for : the eyes of the Lord
thy God are alwayes vpon it, from the
beginning of the yeere , euen vnto the
end of the yeere.
13 If And it shall come to passe, if you
shall hearken diligently vnto my Com-
mandements which I command you
this day, to loue the Lord your God,
and to serue him with all your heart,
and with all your soule ;
14 That I will giue you the raine
of your land in his due season, the first
raine and the latter raine , that thou
mayest gather in thy corne , and thy
wine, and thine oyle.
15 And I will tsend grasse in thy
fields for thy cattell, that thou mayest
eate and be full.
16 Take heede to your selues , that
your heart be not deceiued, and ye turne
aside, and serue other gods , and wor-
ship them :
17 And then the Lords wrath
be kindled against you, and hee shut vp
the heauen, that there be no raine, and
that the land yeeld not her fruit, and lest
ye perish quickly from off the good
land which the Lord giueth you.
18 f Therefore shall ye lay vp these
•losh. 1. 3.
[my words in your heart, and in yourl
soule, and *bind them for a signe vpon pchap. o.
your hand , that they may bee as front-
lets betweene your eyes.
19 And *ye shal teach them your chil- * chap. 4.
dren, speaking of them , when thou sit-
test in thine house, and when thou wal-
kest by the way, when thou liest downe,
arid when thou risest vp.
20 And thou shalt write them vpon
the doore posts of thine house, and vpon
thy gates :
21 That your dayes may bee multi-
plied, and the dayes of your children, in
the land which the Lord sware vnto
your fathers to giue them, as the dayes
of heauen vpon the earth.
22 H For if ye shall diligently keepe
all these Commaundements which I
command you, to doe them, to loue the
Lord your God, to walke in all his
wayes, and to cleaue vnto him :
23 Then will the Lord driue out
all these nations from before you, and
ye shall possesse greater nations , and
mightier then your selues.
24 * Euery place whereon the soles'
of your feet shall tread, shall be yours :
from the wildernesse , and Lebanon,
from the riuer, the riuer Euphrates, e-
uen vnto the vttermost sea, shall your
coast be.
25 There shall no man bee able to
stand before you : Jbr the Lord your
God shall lay the feare of you, and the
dread of you vpon all the land that yee
shall tread vpon, as hee hath said vnto
you.
26 II Behold, I set before you this
day, a blessing and a curse :
27 * A blessing, if ye obey the Com-
mandements of the Lord your God
which I command you this day :
28 And a * curse, if ye will not obey
the Commandements of the Lord
your God , but turne aside out of the
way, which I command you this day,
to goe after other gods which yee haue
not knowen.
29 And it shall come to passe when
the Lord thy God hath brought thee
in, vnto the land whither thou goest to
possesse it, that thou shalt put *the bles-
sing vpon mount Gerizim , and the
curse vpon mount Ebal.
30 Are they not on the other side
Jordan, by the way where the Sunne
goeth downe, in the land of the Canaa-
nites, which dwell in the champion o-
" Chap. 88.
2.
' Chap. 28.
• Chap. 27.
13. iosh. 8.
33.
The place of
Deuteronomie.
burnt oflfrings.
• Chap. 5.
32.
" Chap. 7.
s.
I Or, inhe-
rite.
• ludg. 2. 2,
t Heb. break
doume.
I.King. 8
29. 2. chro.
12.
uer against Gilgal, beside the plaines of
Moren ?
31 For ye shall passe ouer lordan, to
goe in to possesse the land which the
Lord your God giueth you, and ye
shall possesse it, and dwell therein.
32 And yce shall obserue * to doe all
the Statutes, and ludgements, which
I set before you this day.
CHAP. XII.
1 Monuments of Idolatrie are to be destroyed.
5 The place of Gods seruice is to be kept. 1 5.
23 Blood is forbidden. 17. 20. 26 Holy
things must bee eaten in the Holy place. 19
The Leuite is not to be forsaken. 29 Idola-
trie is not be inquired after.
Hese are the Statutes,
and ludgements , which
y e shal obserue to do, in the
land which the Lord
God of thy fathers giueth
ee to possesse it, all the dayes that yee
liue vpon the earth.
2 * Yee shall vtterly destroy all the
places , wherein the nations which yee
shall llpossesse, serued their gods, vpon
the high mountaines , and vpon the
hils, and vnder euery greene tree.
3 And * you shall t ouerthrow their
altars , and breake their pillars , and
burne their groues with fire , and you
shall hew downe the grauen images of
their gods , and destroy the names of
them out of that place.
4 Yee shall not doe so vnto the
Lord your God.
5 But vnto the place which the
Lord your God shall * chuse out of
all your tribes, to put his name there
euen vnto his habitation shall yee seeke,
and thither thou shalt come :
6 And thither yee shall bring your
burnt off'rings, and your sacrifices, and
your tithes, and heaue offrings of your
hand, and your vowes, and your free
wil offerings, and the firstlings of your
beards, and of your flocks.
7 And there ye shall eate before the
Lord your God , and yee shall re-
ioyce in all that you put your hand vn-
to, ye and your housholds, wherein the
Lord thy God hath blessed thee.
8 Ye shall not do after all the things
that we doe here this day, euery man
whatsoeuer is right in his owne eyes.
9 For yee are not as yet come to the
rest , and to the inheritance which the
Lord your God giueth you.
10 But when yee goe ouer lordan,
and dwel in the land which the Lord
your God giueth you to inherite , and
when he giueth you rest from all your
enemies round about, so that ye dwell
in safety :
11 Then there shall be a place which
the Lord your God shall choose to
cause his name to dwell there , thither
shall ye bring all that I command you;
your burnt offerings , and your sacri
fices, your tithes, and the heaue offring
of your hand, & all tyour choice vowes
which ye vow vnto the Lord.
12 And yee shall reioyce before the
Lord your God, ye and your sonnes
and your daughters, and your men ser-
uants, and your maid seruants, and the
Leuite that is within your gates, foras-
much as *hee hath no part nor inheri-
tance with you.
13 Take heed to thy selfe, that thou
off*er not thy burnt offerings in euery
place that thou seest :
14 But in the place which the
Lord shal choose in one of thy tribes,
there thou shalt offer thy burnt of-
ferings, and there thou shalt do all that
I command thee.
15 Notwithstanding, thou mayest
kill and eate flesh in all thy gates, what
soeuer thy soule lusteth after, according
to the blessing of the Lord thy God
which he hath giuen thee : the vncleane
and the cleane may eate thereof, as of
the Roe bucke, and as of the Hart.
16 *Onely ye shall not eat the blood :
yee shall powre it vpon the earth as
water.
17 IT Thou mayest not eate within
thy gates the tithe of thy come, or of thy
wine, or of thy oyle, or the firstlings of
thy heards, or of thy flocke, nor any of
thy vowes which thou vowest, nor thy
free will offerings, or heaue offering of
thine hand :
18 But thou must eate them before
the Lord thy God, in the place which
the Lord thy God shall choose, thou
and thy sonne, and thy daughter, and
thy man seruant, and thy maid seruant,
and the Leuite that is within thy
gates : and thou shalt reioyce before the
Lord thy God, in all that thou put-
test thine hands vnto.
19 *Take heed to thy selfe, that thou
forsake not the Leuite, as tlong as thou
liuest vpon the earth.
20 H When
t Hebr. the
choice of
pour vowes.
Chap. 10.
Chap. 15.
• Chap. 14.
27. ecclus.
7. 31.
1 Hebr. all
thy dayes.
Eate no blood.
Chap.xiij.
Flee idolatrie.
* Gene. 28.
14. chap.
19. 9.
t Heb. bee
strong.
20 H When the Lord thy God
shall enlarge thy border, * as hee hath
promised thee , and thou shalt say , I
will eate flesh (because thy soule longeth
to eat flesh) thou mayest eat flesh what-
soeuer thy soule lusteth after.
21 If the place which the Lord
thy God hath chosen to put his Name
there, be too farre from thee, then thou
shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flocke,
which the Lord hath giuen thee, as
I haue commaunded thee , and thou
shalt eate in thy gates, whatsoeuer thy
soule lusteth after.
22 Euen as the Roe bucke and the
Hart is eaten, so thou shalt eate them :
the vncleane and the cleane shall eate of
them alike.
23 Onely the sure that thou eate not
the blood : for the blood is the life, and
thou mayest not eate the life with the
flesh.
24 Thou shalt not eate it; thou shalt
powre it vpon the earth as water.
25 Thou shalt not eate it, that it may
goe well with thee, and with thy chil-
dren after thee , when thou shalt doe
that which is right in the sight of the
Lord.
26 Onely thy holy things which
thou hast , and thy vowes , thou shalt
take, and goe vnto the place which the
Lord shall chuse.
27 And thou shalt offer thy burnt
offerings, the flesh and the blood, vpon
the altar of the Lord thy God : and
the blood of thy sacrifices shall be pow-
red out vpon the altar of the Lord
thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh.
28 Obserue & heare all these words
which I command thee, that it may go
well with thee, and with thy children
after thee for euer,when thou doest that
which is good and right in the sight of
the Lord thy God.
29 IT When the Lord thy God
shall cut off the nations from before
thee , whither thou goest to possesse
them, and thou t succeedest them, and
rmelu/S:idwellest in their land :
30 Take heede to thy selfe that thou
^ Heb. after be not snared tby following them, after
that they be destroyed from before thee,
and that thou enquire not after their
gods , saying , How did these nations
serue their gods.'' euen so will I doe
likewise.
\ Heb. oho. Q\ Thou shalt not doe so vnto the
the. Lord thy God : tor euery tabomi-
t Heb. inhe-
them.
nation to the Lord which hee ha-
teth, haue they done vnto their gods :
for euen their sonnes and their daugh-
ters they haue burnt in the fire to their
gods.
32 What thing soeuer I command
you, obserue to doe it : *thou shalt not
adde thereto, nor diminish from it.
CHAP. XIIL
1 Inticers to idolatrie, 6 how neere soeuer
vnto thee, 9 are to be stoned to death. 12
Idolatrous cities are not to be spared.
F there arise among you
a prophet, or a dreamer of
dreames, and giueth thee
a signe, or a wonder :
2 And the signe or the
wonder come to passe, whereof he spake
vnto thee, saying. Let vs go after other
gods (which thou hast not knowen)
and let vs serue them :
3 Thou shalt not hearken vnto the
words of that prophet, or that dreamer
of dreames : for the Lord your God
prooueth you , to know whether you
loue the Lord your God with all
your heart, and with all your soule.
4 Ye shall walke after the Lord
your God, and feare him, and keepe his
commandements, and obey his voyce,
and you shall serue him, and * cleaue
vnto him.
5 And that prophet or that dreamel:
of dreames shalbe put to death (because
hee hath + spoken to turne you away
from the Lord your God , which
brought you out of the land of Egypt,
and redeemed you out of the house of
bondage, to thrust thee out of the way
which the Lord thy God comman-
ded thee to walke in) So shalt thou put
the euill away from the midst of thee.
6 If If thy brother, the sonne of thy
mother, or thy sonne, or thy daughter,
or the wife of thy bosome, or thy friend,
which is as thine owne soule, entise
thee secretly , saying , Let vs goe and
serue other gods which thou hast not
knowen, thou, nor thy fathers :
7 Namely of the gods of the people
which are round about you, nigh vnto
thee, or farre off from thee, from the
one end of the earth, euen vnto the other
end of the earth :
8 Thou shalt not consent vnto him
nor hearken vnto him , neither shaU
thine eye pitie him, neither shalt thou
spare.
Chap. 4. 2
iosh. 1. 7.
pro. 30. 6.
reue. 22. 18
• Chap. 11.
20.
^Heb.spoken
reuolta-
gainst the
Lord.
Deftroy Idolaters. Deuteronomie.
Meats cleane.
men.
Chap.
13.
Or,ntmgh-
spare, neither shall thou conceale liim. I
Ch8p. 17. 9 But * thou shall surely kill him :
Thine hand shall be first vpon him , to
Eut him to death, and afterwards the
and of all the people.
10 And thou shall stone him with
stones , that hee die : because hee hath
sought to thrust thee away from the
Lord thy God, which brought thee
out of the land of Egypt,from the house
umr.bond. of t bondage.
11 And * all Israel shall heare , and
feare , and shall doe no more any such
wickednesse as this is, among you.
12 H If thou shall heare say in one
of thy cities, which the Lord thy
God hath giuen thee to dwell there,
saying,
13 Certaine men, || the children of Be-
lial, are gone out from among you, and
haue wilhdrawen the inhabitants of
their cilie, saying. Let vs goe & serue o-
ther gods, which ye haue not knowen :
14 Then shall thou enquire and
make search , and aske diligently : and
behold, if // be Iruelh , and the thing cer-
taine, that such abomination is wrought
among you :
15 Thou shall surely smile the inha-
bitants of that cilie with the edge of the
sword, destroying it vllerly, and all that
is therein, and the cattell thereof, with
the edge of the sword.
16 And thou shall gather all the
spoile of it, into the midst of the street
thereof, and shalt burne with fire the ci-
tie,and all the spoile thereof euery whit,
for the Lord thy God : and it shall be
an heape for euer, it shall not bee built
againe.
17 And there shall cleaue nought of
Or, deuo- the || cursed thing to thine hand, that the
***• Lord may turne from the fierce
nesse of his anger, and shew thee mer-
cy, and haue compassion vpon thee, and
multiply thee, as he hath sworne vnto
thy fathers ;
18 When thou shalt hearken to the
voyce of the Lord thy God, to keepe
all his Commaundements which
command thee this day , to doe that
which is right in the eyes of the Lord
thy God.
CHAP. XIIII.
1 Gods children are not to disfigure themselues
in mourning. 3 What may, and what may
not be eaten, 4 of beasts, 9 of fishes, 1 1
of foules. 21 That which dieth of it selfe.
may not be eaten. 29 Tithes of diuine Ser-
uice. 23 Tithes and firstlings of reioycing
before the Lord. 28 The third yeeres tithe
of Almes and Charitie.
Ee are the children of the
Lord your God :
* yee shall not cutte your
selues , nor make any
baldnesse betweene your
eyes tor the dead.
2 * For thou art an holy people vnto
the Lord thy God, and the Lord
hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people
vnto himselfe , aboue all the nations
that are vpon the earth.
3 % Thou shalt not eate any abo
minable thing.
4 * These are the beasts which yee
shall eate : the oxe, the sheepe, and the
goat, ^
5 The Hart, and the Roe bucke, and
the fallow deere , and the wilde goat,
and the || Pygarg, and the wilde oxe, and
the chamois.
6 And euery beast that parteth the
hoofe , and cleaueth the clift into two
clawes , and cheweth the cud amongst
the beasts : that ye shall eate.
7 Neuerthelesse these yee shall not
eate, of them that chew the cud , or of
them thatdiuide the clouen hoofe, as the
camel, and the hare, and the cony : for
they chew the cudde, but diuide not the
hoofe , therefore they are vncleane vn-
to you.
8 And the swine, because it diuideth
the hoofe, yet cheweth not the cud, it is
vncleane vnto you : ye shall not eate of
their flesh, nor touch their dead carkeise.
9 IT *These yee shall eate of all that
are in the waters : all that haue finnes
and scales shall ye eate :
10 And whatsoeuer hath not finnes
'and scales, ye may not eat : it is vncleane
vnto you.
1 11 IT Of all cleane birds ye shall eate.
1 2 But these are <^e//of which ye shall
inot eat : the Eagle, and the ossifrage,
and the ospray,
13 And the glede, and the kite, and
the vulture after his kinde,
14 And euery rauen after his kinde,
15 And the owle, & the night hawke,
and the cuckow , and the hawke after
his kinde,
16 The little owle, and the great
owle, and the swanne,
17 And the pellicane, and the Geer-
e, and the cormorant,
18 And
• Leuit. 19.
Chap. 7.
6. and 26.
18.
Leuit. 11.
I Or, Bism.
Heb. Dishon
* Leuit. 11.
9.
Tythes and offrings. Chap.xv.
Releaiing debts.
• Leuit. U.
19.
• Exod. 23.
19. and 34.
26.
i Hehaakelh
of thee.
• Chap. 12.
19.
18 And the Storke, and the Heron
after her kind, and the lapwing, and the
*batte.
19 And euery creeping thing that
flyeth , is vncleane vnto you : they shall
not be eaten.
20 Btit of all cleane foules ye may eat.
21 H Ye shall not eate of any thing
that dieth of it selfe : thou shalt giue it
vnto the stranger that is in thy gates,
that he may eate it, or thou may est sell it
vnto an alien : for thou art an holy peo-
ple vnto the Lord thy God. * Thou
shalt not seethe a kidde in his mothers
milke.
22 Thou shalt truely tithe all the in-
crease of thy seede, that the field bring-
eth forth yeere by yeere.
23 And thou shalt eate before the
Lord thy God, in the place which he
shall chuse to place his 5fame there, the
tithe of thy come , of thy wine, and of
thine oyle , and the firstlings of thy
herdes, and of thy flockes : that thou
mayest leame to feare the Lord thy
God alwayes.
24 And if the way bee too long for
thee, so that thou art not able to carie it,
or if the place be too farre from thee
which the Lord thy God shall chuse
to set his name there, when the Lord
thy God hath blessed thee :
25 Then shalt thou turne it into mo-
ney, and binde vp the money in thine
hand , and shalt goe vnto the place
which the Lord thy God shal chuse.
26 And thou shalt bestow that mo-
ney for whatsoeuer thy soule lusteth af-
ter, for oxen, or for sheepe,or for wine, or
for strong drinke, or for whatsoeuer thy
soule tdesireth: and thou shalt eat there
before the Lord thy God, and thou
shalt reioyce, thou and thine houshold.
27 And * the Leuite that is within
thy gates, thou shalt not forsake him :
for he hath no part nor inheritance with
thee.
28 IT At the end of three yeres thou
shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine in-
crease the same yeere, and shalt lay it vp
within thy gates.
29 And the Leuite , because he hath
no part nor inheritance with thee, and
the stranger, and the fatherlesse, and the
widowe which are within thy gates,
shall come and shal eate, and be satisfied,
that the Lord thy God may blesse
thee , in all the worke of thine hande
which thou doest.
CHAP. XV.
1 The seuenth yeere a yeere of release for the
poore. 7 It must be no let of lending or gl-
uing. 12 An Ebrew seruant, 16 except hee
will notdepart, must in the seuenth yeere goe
foorth free and well furnished. 19 AU first-
lings males of the cattell are to bee sanctified
vnto the Lord.
T the end of * euery seuen
yeeres thou shalt make a
release.
2 And this is the ma-
ner of the release : Euery
t creditour that lendeth ought vnto
his neighbour , shall release it : hee
shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of
his brother , because it is called the
Lords release.
3 Of a forreiner thou mayest exact
it againe : but that which is thine with
thy brother, thine hand shall release.
4 II Saue when there shall bee no
poore among you : for the Lord shal
greatly blesse thee in the land which the
Lord thy God giueth thee for an in
heritance to possesse it :
5 Onely if thou carefully hearken
vnto the voice of the Lord thy God,
to obserue to doe all these commande-
dements , which I commaund thee
this day.
6 For the Lord thy God blesseth
thee, as he promised thee , and * thou
shalt lend vnto many nations, but thou
shalt not borrow, and thou shalt reigne
ouer many nations, but they shall not
reigne ouer thee.
7 IT If there be among you a poore
man of one of thy brethren within any
of thy gates , in thy lande which the
Lord thy God giueth thee, thou shalt
not harden thy heart, nor shut thine
hand from thy poore brother :
8 * But thou shalt open thine hand
wide vnto him, and shalt surely lend
him sufficient for his neede , in that
which he wanteth.
9 Beware that there bee not a
+ thought in thy t wicked heart, saying.
The seuenth yeere, the yeere of release
is at hand, and thine eye be euill against
thy poore brother, and thou giuest him
nought, and hee crie vnto the Lord
against thee, and it be sinne vnto thee.
10 Thou shalt surely giue him, and
thine heart shall not bee grieued when
thou giuest vnto him : because that for
this thing the Lord thy God shall
D d blesse
• Leuit. 25.
2,4.
t Heb. ma-
ster of the
lending of
his hand.
Or, to the
end that
there be no
poore among
you.
* Chap. 28.
12.
' Mat. «. 42
luke 6. 34.
^Heb. word,
i Heb. Belial
Of freedome.
Deuteronomie.
Solemne feafts.
" Exod. «1.
jl. iere. M.
14.
• Exod. 81.
S.
* Exod. 34.
19.
Leuit. 22.
SO. cha. 17.
1. ecclus.
U. 12.
• Chap. 12.
16,23.
blesse thee in all thy workes , and in all
that thou puttest thine hand vnto.
11 For the poore shall neuer cease out
of the land: therefore I command thee,
sajring, Thou shalt open thine hand
wide vnto thy brother, to thy poore,
and to thy needy in the land.
12 IT And 'it thy brother, an Hebrew
man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold vn-
to thee, and seme thee sixe yeres,then in
the seuenth yeere thou shalt let him goe
free from thee.
13 And when thou sendest him out
free from thee, thou shalt not let him go
away emptie :
14 Thou shalt furnish him liberally
out of thy flocke, and out of thy floore,
and out of thy wine presse, of that
wherewith the Lord thy God hath
blessed thee thou shalt giue vnto him.
15 And thou shalt remember that
thou wast a bondman in the land of E-
gypt, and the Lord thy God redee-
med thee : therefore I command thee
this thing to day.
16 And it shall be if he say vnto thee,
I will not goe away from thee, because
he loueth thee, and thine house, because
he is well with thee :
17 * Then thou shalt take an aule,
and thrust it through his eare vnto the
doore, and hee shall be thy seruant for
euer : and also vnto thy mayd seruant
thou shalt doe likewise.
18 It shall not seeme hard vnto thee
when thou sendest him away free from
thee : for hee hath bene worth a double
hired seruant to thee , in seruing thee
sixe yeeres : and the Lord thy God
shall blesse thee in all that thou doest
19 IT *A11 the firstling males that
come of thy heard, and of thy flock, thou
shalt sanctifie vnto the Lord thy
God : thou shalt doe no worke with the
firstling of thy buUocke, nor sheare the
firstling of thy sheepe.
20 Thou shalt eate it before the
Lord thy God yeere by yeere, in the
place which the Lord shall choose,
thou and thy houshold.
21 *Andif there be any blemish there-
in; asifitbe\a,me,OThymde,orhauea,ny\l\
blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it vnto
the Lord thy God.
22 Thou shalt eate it within thy
gates : the vncleane and the cleane per-
son shall eat it alike, as the Roe bucke,
and as the Hart.
23 *Onely thou shalt not eate the
blood thereof: thou shalt powre it vpon
the ground as water.
CHAP. XVL
1 The feast of the Passeouer/ 9 of Weekes,
13 of Tabernacles. 16 Euery male must
offer, as he is able, at these three Feasts. 1 8 Of
Judges and Justice. 22 Groues and Ima-
ges are forbidden.
Bserue *the moneth of A
bib, and keepe the Passeo-
uer vuto the Lord thy
God : for *in the moneth
of Abib the Lord thy
God brought thee foorth out of Egypt
by night.
2 Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the
Passeouer vnto the Lord thy God,
of the flocke and the heard, in the *place
which the Lord shall choose to place
his name there.
3 * Thou shalt eat no leauened bread
with it : seuen dayes shalt thou eat vn
leauened bread therewith , euen the
bread of affliction, (for thou camest forth
out of the land of Egypt in haste) that
thou mayest remember the day when
thou camest foorth out of the land of E-
gypt, all the dayes of thy life.
4 *And there shall bee no leauened
bread scene with thee in all thy coasts
seuen dayes , neither shall there any
thing of the flesh , which thou sacri
ficedst the first day at Euen , remaine all
night, vntill the morning.
5 Thou mayest not || sacrifice the
Passeouer within any of the gates,
which the Lord thy God giueth
thee.
6 But at the place which the Lord
thy God shall choose to place his Name
in , there thou shalt sacrifice the Passe-
ouer at Euen, at the going downe of the
Sunne, at the season that thou camest
foorth out of Egypt.
7 And thou shalt roste and eate it in
the place which the Lord thy God
shall choose, and thou shalt turne in the
morning, and goe vnto thy tents.
8 Sixe dayes thou shalt eate vn-
leauened bread, and on the seuenth
day shall be a t solemne assembly to the
Lord thy God : thou shalt doe no
worke therein.
9 IT * Seuen weekes shalt thou
number vnto thee : beginne to number
the seuen weekes, from such time as thou
beginnest to put the sickle to the corne.
10 And
• Exod. 12.
2. &C.
' Exod. 13.
' Chap. 12.
• Exod. 12.
15.
' Exod. 34.
Or, kiU.
t Hebr. re-
straint.
Leuit. 23.
Judges and Officers. Chap.xvij.
Of idolatrie.
I Or, suffici-
encie.
t Hehfloore
andthywine
presse.
" Exod. 23.
14. and 34.
23.
Ecclus.
35. 4.
t Heb. accor-
ding to the
gift of his
nana.
Exod. is.
\Or,mattera
t Heb. iu.
stice, iustiee.
10 And thou shalt keepe the feast of
weekes vnto the Lord thy God with
II a tribute of a free will offering of thine
hand , which thou shalt giue vnto the
Lord thy God , according as the
Lord thy God hath blessed thee.
11 And thou shalt reioyce before the
Lord thy God, thou, and thy sonne,
and thy daughter, and thy man seruant
and thy maid seruant, and the Leuite
that is within thy gates, and the stran-
ger, and the fatherlesse, and the widow,
that are among you, in the place which
the Lord thy God hath chosen to
place his Name there.
12 And thou shalt remember that
thou wast a bondman in Egypt : and
thou shalt obserue & do these Statutes.
13 IT Thou shalt obserue the feast of
Tabernacles seuen dayes , after that|
thou hast gathered in thy tcorne , and
thy wine.
14 And thou shalt reioice in thy feast,
thou, and thy sonne, and thy daughter,
and thy man seruant, and thy maid ser-
uant, and the Leuite, the stranger, and
the fatherlesse, and the widow, that are
within thy gates.
15 Seuen dayes shalt thou keepe a
solemne feast vnto the Lord thy
God, in the place which the Lord
shall chuse : because the Lord thy
God shall blesse thee in all thy increase,
and in all the workes of thine handes,
therefore thou shalt surely reioyce.
16 f * Three times in a yeere shal all
thy males appeare before the Lord
thy God, in the place which hee shall
chuse : in the feast of Vnleauened bread,
and in the feast of Weekes, and in the
feast of Tabernacles : and they shal not
appeare before the Lord * emptie.
17 Euery man shall giue t as hee is
able , according to the blessing of the
Lord thy God, which he hath giuen
thee.
18 IT Judges and officers shalt thou
make thee in all thy gates which the
Lord thy God giueth thee through-
out thy tribes : and they shall iudge the
people with iust iudgement.
19 Thou shalt not wrest iudgement,
thou shalt not respect persons, * neither
take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes
of the wise, and peruert the ||wordes of
the righteous.
20 That which is t altogether iust
shalt thou followe , that thou mayest
Hue , and inherite the land which the
Lord thy God giueth thee.
21 IF Thou shalt not plant thee a
groue of any trees neere vnto the Altar
of the Lord thy God, which thou
shalt make thee :
22 • Neither shalt thou set thee vp a-
ny II image, which the Lord thy God
hateth.
CHAP. XVIL
1 The things sacrificed must bee sound. 2 Ido-
kters must bee slaine. 8 Hard controuersies
are to bee determined by the Priests and Jud-
ges. 12 The contemner of that Determina-
tion must die. 14 The election, 16 and
duetie of a King.
Hou shalt not sacrifice vn-
to the Lord thy God
any bullocke, or || sheepe
wherein is blemish, or any
euilfauourednes : for that
IS an abomination vnto the Lord
thy God.
2 IT If there bee found among you
within any of thy gates which the
Lord thy God giueth thee, man or
woman that hath wrought wickednes
in the sight of the Lord thy God, in
transgressing his couenant,
3 And hath gone and serued other
gods, and worshipped them, either the
Sunne, or Moone, or any of the hoste
of heauen , which I haue not com-
manded,
4 And it be told thee, and thou hast
heard of it, and inquired diligently, and
behold,itZie tr\xe,and the thing certaine,
that such abomination is wrought in
Israel :
5 Then shalt thou bring forth that
man, or that woman (which haue com-
mitted that wicked thing) vnto thy
gates, etien that man, or that woman,
and shalt stone them with stones till
they die.
6 *At the mouth of two witnesses,
or three witnesses, shall he that is wor-
thy of death, be put to death : but at the
mouth of one witnesse he shall not bee
put to death.
7 The hands of the witnesses shall
be first vpon him , to put him to death,
and afterward the hands of all the peo-
ple : so thou shalt put the euil away from
among you.
8 1] If there arise a matter too hard
for thee in iudgement, betweene blood
and blood, betweene plea and plea, and
betweene stroke and stroke, being mat-
D d 2 ters
• Leult. 26.
1.
I Or, statue,
or pillar.
Or, goat.
Num. 3J.
30. chap. 17.
6. & 19. l£.
mat. 18. 16.
iohn 8. 17.
2. cor. 13. 1.
heb. 10. 28.
Tlie excercife
Deuteronomie.
of the Ki
mg.
t Hebr. not
to hearken.
ters of controuersie within thy gates :
then shalt thou arise, and get thee vp in-
to the place, which the Lord thy
God shall choose ;
9 And thou shalt come vnto the
Priests the Leuites, & vnto the ludge
that shal be in those day es, and enquire;
and they shall shew thee the sentence of
Judgement.
10 And thou shalt doe according to
the sentence which they of that place
(which the Lord shall choose) shall
shew thee, and thou shalt obserue to do
according to all that they enforme thee:
11 According to the sentence of the
Law which they shall teach thee, and
according to the Judgement which
they shall tell thee thou shalt doe : thou
shalt not decline from the Sentence
which they shall shew thee, to the right
hand, nor to the left.
12 And the man that will doe pre-
sumptuously, tand will not hearken
vnto the Priest (that standeth to mi-
nister there before the Lord thy
God) or vnto the ludge, euen that man
shall die, and thou shalt put away the
euill from Israel.
13 And all the people shal heare, and
feare, and doe no more presumptuously.
14 IT When thou art come vnto the
land which the Lord thy God gi-
ueth thee, and shalt possesse it, and shalt
dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a
King ouer mee, like as all the nations
that are about me :
15 Thou shalt in any wise set Jiim
King ouer thee , whom the Lord
thy God shall choose. One from among
thy brethren shalt thou set King ouer
thee : thou mayest not set a stranger o
uer thee, which is not thy brother.
16 But he shall not multiply horses
to himselfe, nor cause the people to re
turne to Egypt , to the ende that hee
should multiply horses : for as much as
the Lord hath said vnto you, Yee
shall hencefoorth returne no more that
way.
17 Neither shall he multiply wiues
to himselfe, that his heart turne not a-
way : neither shall hee greatly multiply
to himselfe siluer and gold.
18 And it shall be when he sitteth vp-
on the Throne of his kingdome,that he
shall write him a copy of this Law in a
booke , out of that which is before the
Priests the Leuites.
19 And it shall be with him, and hee
shall reade therein all the dayes of his
life , that hee may learne to feare the
Lord his God, to keep all the words
of this Law, and these Statutes, to do
them :
20 That his heart bee not lifted vp
aboue his brethren, and that hee turne
not aside from the Commandement, to
the right hand, or to the left: to the end
that hee may prolong hu dayes in his
kingdome, hee, and his children in the
midst of Israel.
CHAP. xvin.
1 The Lord is the Priests and Leuites inherit
tance. 3 The Priests due. 6 The Leuites
portion. 9 The abominations of the Nati-
ons are to bee auoyded. IS Christ the Pro-
phet is to be heard. 20 The presumptuous
prophet is to die.
He Priests, the Leuites,
and all the tribe of Leui,
* shall haue no part nor in-
heritance with Israel :
they * shall eate the offer-
ings of the Lord made by fire, and
his inheritance.
2 Therefore shall they haue no in
heritance among their brethren : the
is
said vnto them.
3 IT And this shalbe the Priests due
from the people, from them that offer a
sacrifice, whether it bee oxe or sheepe :
and they shall giue vnto the Priest the
shoulder, and the two cheekes, and the
maw.
4 The first fruit also of thy come, of
thy wine , and of thy oyle, and the first
of the fleece of thy sheepe , shalt thou
giue him
5 For the Lord thy God hath
chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand
to minister in the Name of the Lord,
him, and his sonnes for euer.
6 IT And if a Leuite come from any
of thy gates out of all Israel, where he
soiourned, and come with all the desire
of his minde, vnto the place which the
Lord shall choose ;
7 Then hee shall minister in the
Name of the Lord his God, as all
his brethren the Leuites doe, which
stand there before the Lord.
8 They shall haue like portions to
eate, beside tthat which commeth of the
sale of his patrimonie.
9 f When thou art come into the
land
Lord is their inheritance, as he hath
Num. 18.
20. chap.
10. 9.
• l.Corin.
9. 13.
t Hebr. his
sales by the
fathers.
Falfe prophets.
Chap.
XIX.
Cities of refuge.
• Leuit. 1».
21.
' Leuit. 20.
27.
• 1. Sam.
28.7.
1 1 Or, vprighl
or atncere.
I Or, inherit
• loh. 1. 45
acts 3. 21.
and 7. 37.
• Exod. 20.
19.
• lohn 1.
4S. acts 3.
21. &. 7. 37.
land which the Lord thy God giueth
thee, thou shalt not learne to doe after
the abominations of those nations.
10 There shall not be found among
you any one that maketh his sonne, or
his daughter *to passe thorow the fire,
or tliat vseth diuination, or an obseruer
of times, or an inchanter, or a witch,
11 * Or a charmer, or a consulter with
familiar spirits, or a wyzard, or a * Ne-
cromancer.
12 For all that do these things, are an
abomination vnto the Loud : and
because of these abominations , the
LoKD thy God doth driue them out
from before thee.
13 Thou shalt bee Uperfite with the
LoKD thy God.
14 For these nations which thou
shalt llpossesse, hearkened vnto obser-
uers of times, and vnto diuiners : but
as for thee, the Lokd thy God hath
not suffered thee so to doe.
15 IT *The Lord thy God will
raise vp vnto thee a Prophet from the
midst of thee, of thy brethren, like vnto
me, vnto him ye shall hearken,
16 According to all that thou desiredst
of the Lord thy God in Horeb, in the
day of the assembly, saying, *Let mee
not heare again the voice of the Lord
my God, neither let mee see this great
fire any more, that I die not.
17 And the Lord said vnto mee.
They haue well spohen that which they
haue spoken.
18 * I will raise them vp a Prophet
from among their brethren, like vnto
thee, and will put my wordes in his
mouth, and hee shall speake vnto them
all that I shall command him.
19 And it shall come to passe, that
whosoeuer will not hearken vnto my
words , which hee shall speake in my
name, I will require it of him.
20 But the prophet which shall pre-
sume to speake a word in my name,
which I haue not commanded him to
speake, or that shall speake in the name
of other gods , euen that prophet
shall die.
21 And if thou say in thine heart.
How shall wee know the word which
the Loud hath not spoken ?
22 When a prophet speaketh in the
name of the Loud , if the thing fol-
low not, nor come to passe, that is the
thing which the Lord hath not spo-
ken, hut the prophet hath spoken it pre
sumptuously : thou shalt not bee afraid
of him.
CHAP. XIX.
1 The Cities of refuge. 4 The priuiledge
thereof for the manslayer. 14 The land-
raarke is not to be remooued. 15 Two wit-
nesses at the least. 16 The punishment of
a false witnesse.
Hen the Lord thy God
*hath cut ofl' the nations,
whose lande the Lord
thy God giueth thee, and
thoutsucceedest them, and
dwellest in their cities, and in their
houses :
2 * Thou shalt separate three cities
for thee in the midst of thy land, which
the Lord thy God giueth thee to
possesse it.
3 Thou shalt prepare thee a way,
and diuide the coasts of thy land (which
the Lord thy God giueth thee to in-
herit) into three parts, that euery slayer
may flee thither.
4 IT And this is the case of the slayer
which shall flee thither, that hee may
Hue : who so killeth his neighbour ig-
norantly, whom he hated not tin time
past,
5 As when a man goeth into the
wood with his neighbor, to hew wood,
and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the
axe to cut downe the tree, and the thead
slippeth from the thelue, and tlighteth
vpon his neighbour that he die, he shall
flee vnto one of those cities, and line :
6 Lest the auenger of the blood
pursue the slaier, while his heart is hot,
and ouertake him, because the way is
long, and tslay him, whereas he was
not worthy of death, in as much as hee
hated him not tin time past.
7 Wherefore I command thee, say-
ing. Thou shalt separate three cities for
thee.
8 And if the Lord thy God en-
large thy coast (as he hath sworne vnto
thy fathers) and giue thee all the lande
which hee promised to giue vnto thy
fathers :
9 (If thou shalt *keepe all these
commandements to doe them , which
I command thee this day, to loue the
Lord thy God, and to walke euer in
his wayes) *then shalt thou adde three
cities moe for thee, beside these three:
10 That innocent blood be not shed
in thy land which the Lord thy God
giueth
Chap. 12.
29.
t Heh. inhe-
rile.1t, orpos-
Exod. 21.
13. num. 35
10. iosh. 20
t Heb. from
iresteraay
the third
t Heb. yron,
t Heb. wood,
'I Heb. fin-
deth.
i Heb. smite
him in life.
t Heb. from
yesterday,
third day.
* Chap. 12.
20.
* Iosh. 20. 7
A falfe witneffe.
Deuteronomie.
Offer peace.
t Hebr.in
• Chap. 17.
6. hebr. 10.
28. numb.
3S. 3<i. mat.
18. 16. ioh.
8. 17. 2. cor.
13. 1. hebr.
10. 28.
I Or,faUing
away.
• Prou. 19.
5, 9. dan. 13.
«2.
• Exod. 21.
23. leuit.
24. 20. mat.
.5. .•».
giueth thee for an inheritance , and so
blood be vpon thee.
1 1 H But if any man hate his neigli-
bour and lie in wait for him, and rise vp
against him, and smite him t mortally
that hee die, and fleeth into one of these
Cities :
12 Then the Elders of his citie shall
send and fetch him thence, and deliuer
him into the hand of the auenger of
blood, that he may die.
13 Thine eye shall not pittie him, but
thou shall put away the guilt o^innocent
blood from Israel, that it may goe wel
with thee.
14 H Thou shalt not remooue thy
neighbours ^nd-marke, which they of
old time haue set in thine inheritance,
which thou shalt inherite, in the land
that the Loed thy God giueth thee
to possesse it.
15 f *One witnesse shall not rise vp
against a man for any iniquitie, or for a-
ny sinne, in any sinne that he sinneth : at
the mouth of two witnesses , or at the
mouth of three witnesses, shall the mat
ter be stablished.
16 H If a false witnes rise vp against
any man to testifie || against him that
■which is wrong :
17 Then both the men betweene
whom the controuersie is, shall stand
before the Lord, before the Priests,
and the ludges, which shall be in those
dayes.
18 And the ludges shall make dili-
gent inquisition : and behold, if the wit-
nesse be a false witnesse, and hath testi-
fied falsly against his brother :
19 *Then shall ye doe vnto him, as
he had thought to haue done vnto his
brother : so shalt thou put the euil away
from among you.
20 And those which remaine shall
heare, and feare, and shall hencefoorth
commit no more any such euill among
you.
21 And thine eye shall not pi tie, but
*life shall goe for life, eye for eye, tooth for
tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
CHAP. XX.
1 The Priests exhortation to encourage the
people to battell. 5 The officers proclama-
tion who are to be dismissed from the warre.
10 How to vse the Cities that accept or re-
fuse the proclamation of peace. 16 What
Cities must bee deuoted. 1 9 Trees of mans
meat must not be destroyed in the siege.
Hen thou goest out to bat-
tell against thine enemies,
and seest horses and cha-
rets , and a people more
then thou, be not afraid of
them : for the Lord thy God is with
thee, which brought thee vp out of the
land of Egypt.
2 And it shall bee when ye are come
nigh vnto the battell , that the Priest
shall approach and speake vnto the
people,
3 And shall say vnto them, Heare
O Israel, you approach this day vnto
battell against your enemies : let not
your hearts t faint, feare not, and doe
not t tremble, neither be ye terrified be-
cause of them.
4 For the Lord your God is hee
that goeth with you, to fight for you a-
gainst your enemies, to saue you.
5 H And the Officers shall speakt
vnto the people, saying, AVhat man is
there that hath built a new house, and
hath not dedicated it.!* let him goe and
returne to his house, lest hee die in the
battell, and an other man dedicate it
6 And what man is hee that hath
planted a Vineyard, and hath not yet
t eaten of it.' let him also go and returne
vnto his house, lest he die in the battell,
and an other man eate of it.
7 *And what man is there that hath
betrothed a wife, and hath not taken
her ? let him goe and returne vnto his
house, lest he die in battell, and another
man take her.
8 And the Officers shall speake fur-
ther vnto the people: and they shall say,
* What man is there that is fearefull and
faint hearted.'' let him goe and returne
vnto his house, lest his brethrens heart
tfaint as well as his heart.
9 And it shall be when the Officers
haue made an end of speaking vnto the
people, that they shall make Captaines
of the armies to tleade the people.
10 H When thou commest nigh vnto
a City to fight against it, then proclaime
peace vnto it.
11 And it shall be, if it make thee an-
swere of peace, and open vnto thee, then
it shalbe that all the people that is found
therein, shall be tributaries vnto thee,
and they shall serue thee.
12 And if it will make no peace with
thee, but will make warre against thee,
then thou shalt besiege it.
13 And when the Lord thy God
hath
t Hebr. be
tender.
t Hebr.make
haste.
i Heb. made
it common :
See Leuit.
19. 23.
" Chap. 24.
• ludg. 7. 3.
\ Hebr. melt.
t Hebr. to be
in the head
ofthepeople.
Of murder that
Chap.xxj.
is not knowen.
* losh. 8. 2.
iH^.spoile
Or, for, 0
man the tree
of the field
is to be em~
ployed in the
siege.
t Heb. to goe
from before
thee.
t Hebr. U
comedmme.
hath deliuered it into thine hands, thou
shall smite euery male thereof with the
edge of the sword.
14 But the women , and the litle
ones, and *the cattell, and all that is in
the citie,eMcnall the spoile thereof, shalt
thou t take vnto thy selfe, and thou shalt
eate the spoile of thine enemies, which
the Lord thy God hath giuen thee.
15 Thus shalt thou doe vnto all the
cities which are very far off from thee,
which are not of the cities of these na-
tions.
16 But of the cities of these people
which the I^ord thy God doth giue
thee for an inheritance, thou shalt saue
aliue nothing that breatheth :
17 But thou shalt vtterly destroy
t\\em,namely, the Hittites, and the Amo-
rites , the Canaanites , and the Periz-
zites , the Hiuites, and the lebusites,
as the Lord thy God hath comman-
ded thee :
18 That they teach you not to do af-
ter all their abominations, which they
haue done vnto their gods, so should ye
sinne against the Lord your God.
19 IT When thou shalt besiege a citie
a long time, in making warre against
it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the
trees thereof, by forcing an axe against
them : for thou mayest eate of them, and
thou shalt not cut them downe (|| for the
tree of the field is mans life) t to employ
them in the siege.
20 Only the trees which thou know-
est that they be not trees for meate, thou
shalt destroy, and cut them downe , and
thou shalt build bulwarkes against the
city that maketh warre with thee, vntil
t it be subdued.
CHAP. XXL
1 The expiation of an vncertaine murder. 10
The vsage of a captiue taken to wife. 1 5 The
first borne is not to be disinherited vpon pri-
uate affection. 18 A stubburne Sonne is to
bee stoned to death. 22 The malefactour
must not hang all night on a tree.
F one bee found slaine in
the lande , which the
Lord thy God giueth
thee to possesse it,lyingin
the fielde , and it bee not
knowen wiio hath slaine him :
2 Then thy Elders and thy lud-
ges shall come forth, and they shall mea-
sure vnto the cities which are round a-
bout him that is slaine.
3 And it shall be that the citie which
is next vnto the slaine man, euen the El-
ders of that citie shall take an heifer
which hath not bene wrought with, and
which hath not drawen in the yoke.
4 And the Elders of that citie shall
bring downe the heifer vnto a rough
valley, which is neither eared nor sow-
en, and shall strike off the heifers necke
there in the valley.
5 And the Priests the sonnes of Leui
shall come neere (for them the Lord
thy God hath chosen to minister vnto
him, and to blesse in the Name of the
Lord :) and by their t worde shall tffe&moutt
euery controuersie and euery stroke
bee tried.
6 And all the Elders of that city that
are next vnto the slaine man, shal wash
their hands ouer the heifer that is be-
headed in the valley.
7 And they shall answere, and say.
Our hands haue not shedde this blood,
neither haue our eyes scene it.
8 Be merciful, O Lord, vnto thy
people Israel, whom thou hast redee-
med, and lay not innocent blood t vnto.tHe*. in the
thy people of Israels charge , and the *" *'■
blood shall be forgiuen them.
9 So shalt thou put away the guilt
of innocent blood from among you
when thou shalt do that which is right
in the sight of the Lord.
10 IT When thou goest forth to warre
against thine enemies, and the Lord
thy God hath deliuered them into thine
hands, & thou hast taken them captiue,
11 And seest among the captiues a
beautifull woman, and hast a desire vn-
to her, that thou wouldest haue her to
thy wife :
12 Then thou shalt bring her home
to thine house, and shee shall shaue her
head, and || pare her nailes.
13 And shee shall put the raiment of
her captiuitie from off her, and shall re-
maine in thine house, and bewaile her
father and her mother a full moneth :
and after that, thou shalt go in vnto her
and be her husband, and she shall be thy
wife.
14 And it shall be if thou haue no de-
light in her, then thou shalt let her goe
whither she will, but thou shalt not sell
her at al for money, thou shalt not make
merchandize of her , because thou hast
humbled her.
15 H If a man haue two wiues, one
beloued and another hated, and they
haue
i Or, suffer
to grow.heh,
make or
dresse.
riie firft borne.
Deuteronomie.
Apparell.
fHebr.that
is/ound
teUhhim.
"GaL3.13.
iBebr.the
carte of
God.
■ Exod. 23.
4.
haue borne him children, both the belo-
ued, and the hated: and if the first borne
Sonne be hers that was hated :
16 Then it shall be, when he maketh
his sonnes to inherite that which hee
hath, that he may not make the sonne of |
the beloued, first borne, before the sonne
of the hated , zchich is indeed the first
borne :
17 But hee shall acknowledge the
Sonne of the hated for the first borne, by
giuing him a double portion of all + that
hee hath : for hee is the beginning of
his strength; the right of the first borne
is his.
18 H If a man haue a stubborne and
rebellious sonne , which will not obey
the voice of his father, or the voice of his
mother, and that when they haue cha-
stened him, wil not hearken vnto them :
19 Then shall his father and his mo-
ther lay hold on him, and bring him out
vnto the Elders of his citie, and vnto
the gate of his place :
20 And they shall say vnto the El
ders of his citie , This our sonne is stub-
borne, and rebellious, hee will not obey
our voice: he is a glutton, & a drunkard.
21 And all the men of his city shall
stone him with stones, that hee die : so
shalt thou put euill away from among
you, and all Israel shall heare, & feare.
22 II And if a man haue committed
a sinne worthy of death, and he be to be
put to death , and thou hang him on
a tree :
23 His body shall not remaine all
night vpon the tree, but thou shalt in a-
ny wise bury him that day : for * he that
is hanged, is + accursed of God: that thy
land be not defiled, which the Lord
thy God giueth thee for an inheritance.
CHAP. XXII.
1 Of humanitie toward brethren. 5 The sexe
is to bee distinguished by apparell. 6 The
dam is not to be taken with her yong ones. 8
The house must haue battlements. 9 Con-
fusion is to be auoyded. 12 Fringes vpon the
vesture. 13 The punishment of him that
slandereth his wife. 20. 22 Of adulterie, 25
of rape, 28 and of fornication. 30 Incest.
Hou * shalt not see thy bro-
thers oxe, or his sheepe go
astray, and hide thy selfe
from them : thou shalt in
any case bring them a-i
gaine vnto thy brother.
2 And if thy brother be not nigh vn-
to thee, or if thou know him not , then
thou shalt bring it vnto thine owne
house, and it shall be with thee,vntil thy
brother seeke after it, and thou shalt re-
store it to him againe.
3 In like maner shalt thou do with
his asse , and so shalt thou doe with his
raiment : and with all lost thing of thy
brothers which he hath lost, and thou
hast found, shalt thou do likewise : thou
mayest not hide thy selfe.
4 H Thou shalt not see thy brothers
asse or his oxe fall downe by the way,
and hide thy selfe from them : thou
shalt surely helpe him to lift them vp
againe.
5 H The woman shall not weare
that which pertaineth vnto a man, nei
ther shall a man put on a womans gar
ment : for all that doe so, are abominati-
on vnto the Lord thy God.
6 1[ If a birds nest chance to be be
fore thee in the way in any tree, or on the
ground, whether they be yong ones, or
egges , and the damme sitting vpon the
yong, or vpon the egges, thou shalt not
take the damme with the yong.
7 But thou shalt in any wise let the
damme goe, and take the yong to thee,
that it may be well with thee, and that
thou mayest prolong thy dayes.
8 H When thou buildest a new house,
then thou shalt make a battlement for
thy roofe, that thou bring not blood vp-
on thine house , if any man fall from
thence.
9 H Thou shalt not sow thy vine-
yard with diuers seeds : lest the tfruit of
thy seed which thou hast sowen , and
the fruit of thy Vineyard be defiled.
10 H Thou shalt not plow with an
oxe and an asse together.
11 IT * Thou shalt not weare a gar-
ment of diuers sorts, as of woollen, and
linn en together.
12 H Thou shalt make thee *fringes
vpon the foure t quarters of thy ve-
sture, wherewith thou couerest thy selfe.
13 H If any man take a wife, and go
in vnto her, and hate her,
14 And giue occasions of speach a-
gainst /«;/•, and bring vp an euill name vp-
on her, and say, I tooke this woman,
and when I came to her , I found her
not a mayd :
15 Then shal the father of the damo-
sell, and her mother take, and bring
forth the tokens of the damosels virgi-
nitie.
IHebr.ful.
nesse of the
•Leuit. 19.
lu.
'Num. 15.
\Helyr.
wings.
The punifliment
Chap.xxiij.
of whoredome.
• Leuit. 20.
10.
I Or, take
strong hold
ofher.
nitie, vnto the Elders of the citie in the
gate.
16 And the damosels father shall say
vnto the Elders, I gaue my daughter
vnto this man to wife, & he hateth her :
17 And loe, he hath giuen occasions
of speech against her, saying, I found not
thy daughter a maid : and yet these are
the tokens of my daughters virginity ;
and they shall spread the cloth before the
Elders of the citie.
18 And the Elders of that citie shall
take that man, and chastise him.
19 And they shall amearse him in an
hundred shekels of siluer, and giue them
vnto the father of the damosell, because
he hath brought vp an euill name vpon
a virgine of Israel : and she shall be his
wife, hee may not put her away aU his
dayes.
20 But if this thing be true, and the
tokens of virginitie be not found for the
damosel :
21 Then they shall bring out the
damosell to the doore of her fathers
house, and the men ofher city shal stone
her with stones that she die, because she
hath wrought folly in Israel, to play
the whore in her fathers house : so shalt
thou put euill away from among you.
22 il * If a man be found lying with
a woman married to an husband, then
they shall both of them die, both the man
that lay with the woman, and the wo-
man : so shalt thou put away euill from
Israel.
2.S H If a damosell that is a virgin be
betrothed vnto an husband, and a man
find her in the citie, and lie with her :
24 Then yee shall bring them both
out vnto the gate of that citie, and yee
shall stone them with stones that they
die; the damosel, because shee cried not,
6d«^in the citie; and the man, because he
hath humbled his neighbours wife : so
thou shalt put away euill from among
you.
25 H But if a man find a betrothed
damosel in the field, and the man ||force
her, and lie with her : then the man on-
ly that lay with her, shall die.
26 But vnto the damosel thou shalt
doe nothing, there is in the damosel no
sinne worthy of death : for as when a
man riseth against his neighbour, and
slayeth him, euen so is this matter.
27 For he found her in the field, and
the betrothed damosel cried, and there
was none to saue her.
28 IT * If a man finde a damosel that
is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and
lay hold on her, and lie with her, and
they be found :
29 Then the man that lay with her,
shall giue vnto the damosels father fifty
shekels of siluer, and she shalbe his wife,
because he hath humbled her : he may
not put her away all his dayes.
30 H 'A man shall not take his fa-
thers wife , nor discouer his fathers
skirt.
CHAP. XXIII.
1 Who may or may not enter into the Congre-
gation. 9 Vncleannesse to bee auoided in
the hoste. 15 Of the fugitiue seruant. 17
Of filthinesse. 18 Of abominable sacrifices.
19 0fvsury. SlOfvowes. 24 Of trespasses.
Ee that is wounded in the
5 stones, or hath his priuie
member cut off, shall not
enter into the Congregati-
on of the Lord.
2 A bastard shall not enter into the
Congregation of the Lord: euen to
his tenth generation shall he not enter
into the Congregation of the Lord
3 * An Ammonite, or Moabite shall
not enter into the Congregation of the
Lord, euen to their tenth generation
shall they not enter into the Congrega^
tion of the Lord for euer,
4 Because they met you not with
bread and with water in the way when
ye cam e forth out of Egypt, and * because
they hired against thee Balaam the son
of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to
curse thee.
5 JJeuerthelesse , the Lord thy
God would not hearken vnto Bala-
but the Lord thy God turned
the curse into a blessing vnto thee, be-
cause the Lord thy God loued thee.
6 Thou shalt not seek their peace, nor
their tprosperity all thy dayes for euer.
7 IT Thou shalt not abhorre an E-
domite, for he is thy brother : thou shalt
not abhorre an Egyptian, because thou
wast a stranger in his land.
8 The children that are begotten of
them, shal enter into the cogregation of
the Loud, in their third generation.
9 IT When the hoste goeth foorth a-
gainst thine enemies , then keepe thee
from euery wicked thing.
10 H If there bee among you any
man that is not cleane, by reason of vn-
cleannesse that chanceth him by night,
E e then
' Exod. 22.
' Leult. 18.
Num. 22.
5,6.
• Nehem.
13. 1.
t Heb. food.
Of vowes.
Deuteronomie.
Of diuorce.
iHebr.tur.
nethtotettrd.
iHebr.sit-
lest dmmte.
iHebr. na-
Uednesse of
any thing.
iHebr. is
td for
lOr,Sodo.
miteise.
' Exod. 28.
15. leuit.
25. 36. psaL
15.5.
■Eccles. 5.
then shall hee goe abroad out of the
campe , hee shall not come within the
campe.
11 But it shalbe when euening tcom-
meth on, he shall wash kimselfc with wa-
ter : and when the Sunne is downe, he
shall come into the campe againe.
12 II Thou shalt haue a place also
without the campe , whither thou shalt
goe foorth abroad.
13 And thou shalt haue a paddle vp-
on thy weapon : and it shall be when
thou t wilt ease thy selfe abroad , thou
shalt digge therewith , and shalt tume
backe and couer that which commeth
from thee.
14 For the Lord thy God wal-
keth in the midst of thy campe , to deli-
uer thee, and to giue vp thine enemies
before thee : therefore shall thy campe
be holy, that he see tno vncleane thing
in thee, and tume away from thee.
15 IT Thou shalt not deliuer vnto
his master, the seruant which is escaped
from his master vnto thee.
16 He shall dwell with thee , euen a-
mong you , in that place which he shall
choose , in one of thy gates where it tli-
keth him best : thou shalt not oppresse
him.
17 IT There shalbe no {| whore of the
daughters of Israel, nor a Sodomite
of the sonnes of Israel.
18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of
a whore, or the price of a dogge into the
house of the Lord thy God for any
vow : for euen both these are abomina-
tion vnto the Lord thy God.
19 IF *Thou shalt not lend vpon v-
sury to thy brother ; vsury of money,
vsury of victuals , vsury of any thing
that is lent vpon vsury.
20 Vnto a stranger thou maiest lend
vpon vsury , but vnto thy brother thou
shalt not lend vpon vsury : that the
Lord thy God may blesse thee, in all
that thou settest thine hand to , in the
land whither thou goest to possesse it.
21 U * When thou shalt vow a vow
vnto the Lord thy God, thou shalt
not slacke to pay it ; for the Lord thy
God will surely require it of thee ; and
it would be sinne in thee.
22 But if thou shalt forbeare to vow,
it shall be no sinne in thee.
23 That which is gone out of thy
lippes , thou shalt keepe and performe;
euen a freewill offering according as
thou hast vowed vnto the Lord thy
God , which thou hast promised with
thy mouth.
24 f When thou commest into thy
neighbors Vineyard, then thou mayest
eate grapes thy fill , at thine owne plea-
sure , but thou shalt not put any in thy
vessell.
25 When thou commest into the stan-
ding come of thy neighbours , * then
thou maiest plucke the eares with thine
hand : but thou shalt not mooue a sickle
vnto thy neighbours standing come
CHAP. XXIIII.
1 Of diuorce. 5 A new maried man goeth not
to warre. 6. 10 Of pledges. 7 Of man-
stealers. 8 Of leprosie. 14 The hire is to be
giuen. leOflustice. 19 Of Charitie.
Hen * a man hath taken a
wife and married her, and
it come to passe that shee
find no fauour in his eyes,
because hee hath found
some t vncleannesse in her : then let him
write her a bill of t diuorcement , and
giue it in her hand , and send her out of
his house.
2 And when shee is departed out of
his house, she may goe and be another
mans wife.
3 And if the latter husband hate
her, and write her a bill of diuorcement,
and giueth it in her hand , and sendeth
her out of his house : Or if the latter
husband die, which tooke her to be his
wife,
4 Her former husband which sent
her away , may not take her againe to
be his wife, after that she is defiled : for
that is abomination before the Lord,
and thou shalt not cause the land to
sinne, which the Lord thy God gi-
ueth thee for an inheritance.
5 IT * When a man hath taken a
new wife, he shal not goe out to warre,
neither tshall hee be charged with any
businesse : but hee shall be free at home
one yeere, and shall cheere vp his wife
which he hath taken.
6 H No man shall take the nether
or the vpper milstone to pledge : for hee
taketh a mans life to pledge.
7 IT If a man bee found stealing a-
ny of his brethren of the children of Is-
rael, and maketh merchandize of him,
or selleth him : then that thiefe shall die,
and thou shalt put euill away from a-
mong you.
8 f Take
•Matt. 12.
I. mar. 2.
23. luke 6.
1.
Matt. s.
31. and 19.
7. mar. 10. 4
t Hebr. mat.
ter of naked,
nesse.
t Hebr. cut-
ting off.
Chap. 20.
7.
t Hebr. not
any thing
shall passe
vpon him.
Of lending.
Chap
.XXV.
Railing feed.
• Leuit. 13.
i.
• Num. 12.
10.
t Heb, letid
the loane of
any thing to
l-c.
' Leuit. 19.
13. tob. 4.
14.
t Heb. hee
lifteth his
soulevntoit.
' 2. Kings
14. 6. 2. clir.
25. 4. ier.
31. 29.30.
ezek. 18. 20
* Leuit. 19.
9. & 23. 22.
t Heb. thou
shftlt not
Ixntgh it a/-
ter thee.
8 f Take heede, in * the plague of
leprosie , that thou obserue diligently,
and doe according to all that the Priests
the Leuites shall teach you : as I com-
manded them, so ye shall obserue to doe.
9 Remember what the Lord
thy God did * vnto Miriam by the way,
after that yee were come forth out of
Egypt.
10 H When thou doest tlend thy bro
ther any thing, thou shalt not goe into
his house to fetch his pledge.
11 Thou shalt stand abroad, and the
man to whome thou doest lend, shall
bring out the pledge abroad vnto thee
12 And if the man be poore,thou shalt
not sleepe with his pledge :
13 In any case thou shalt deliuer him
the pledge againe when the Sun goeth
downe, that he may sleepe in his owne
raiment, and blesse thee: and it shall be
righteousnesse vnto thee before the
Lord thy God.
14 H Thou shalt not oppresse an hi-
red seruant that is poore and needy, wlie-
therhe be of thy brethren, or of thy stran-
gers that are in thy lande within thy
gates.
15 At his day * thou shalt giue him his
hire, neither shall the Sun goe downe
vpon it, for he is poore, and tsetteth his
heart vpon it, lest hee crie against thee
vnto the Lord, and it bee sinne vnto
thee.
16 * The fathers shall not bee put to
death for the children, neither shall the
children be put to death for the fathers :
euery man shall be put to death for his
owne sinne.
17 IT Thou shalt not peruert the
iudgement of the stranger , nor of the
fatherles, nor take a widowes raiment
to pledge.
18 But thou shalt remember that
thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the
Lord thy God redeemed thee thence :
therefore I command thee to doe this
thing.
19 IT * When thou cuttest downe
thine haruest in thy field, and hast for-
got a sheafe in thefield,thou shalt not go
againe to fetch it : it shalbe for the stran-
ger, for the fatherlesse, and for the wi-
dow : that the Lord thy God may
blesse thee in all the worke of thine
hands.
20 When thou beatest thine oliue tree
thou shalt not tgoe ouer the boughes a-
gaine : it shall be for the stranger, for the
fatherlesse, and for the widow.
21 When thou gatherest the grapes
of thy vineyard, thou shalt not gleane
it t afterward, it shalbe for the stranger,
for the fatherlesse, and for the widow.
22 And thou shalt remember that
thou wast a bondman in the land of E-
gypt : therfore I command thee to doe
this thing.
CHAP. XXV.
1 Stripes must not exceed fortie. 4 The Oxe
is not to be musled. 5 Of raising seed vnto a
brother. 11 Of the immodest woman. 13
Of vniust weights. 17 The memorie of A-
malek is to be blotted out.
F there bee a controuersie
betweene men , and they
come vnto iudgment, that
theludg-esmay iudge them,
then they shall iustifie the
righteous, and condemne the wicked,
2 And it shall be, if the wicked man
be worthy to be beaten, that the Judge
shall cause him to lie downe, and to bee
beaten before his face, according to his
fault, by a certaine number.
3 * Fourtie stripes he may giue him,
and not exceed : lestifhe should exceede,
and beate him aboue these, with many
stripes, then thy brother should seeme
vile vnto thee.
4 IT *Thou shalt not mussell the
oxe when he treadeth out the come.
•5 H * If brethren dwell together,
and one of them die, and haue no child,
the wife of the dead shall not marrie
without, vnto a stranger: her || bus
bands brother shall go in vnto her, and
take her to him to wife, and performe
the duetie of an husbands brother vn-
to her.
6 And it shall be, that the first borne
which she beareth, shall succeede in the
name of his brother which is dead, that
his name be not put out of Israel.
7 And if the man like not to take
his II brothers wife, then let his brothers
wife go vp to the gate, vnto the Elders,
and say, * My husbands brother refu-
seth to raise vp vnto his brother a name
Israel : he will not performe the du-
tie of my husbands brother.
8 Then the Elders of his citie shall
call him and speake vnto him : and if he
stand to it, and say, I like not to take her:
9 Then shal his brothers wife come
vnto him in the presence of the Elders,
and loose his shooe from off his foote,
E e 2 and
\ Heb. after
thee.
•2. Cor. 11.
24.
• 1. Cor. 9. 9
1. tim. 5. 18
iHebr.
thresheth,
* Matt. 22.
24. mar. 12.
19. lull. 20.
28.
Or, next
kinseman.
Or, next
kinsemans
wife.
Rutli 3. 9.
lull weights &c.
Deuteronomie.
Firft fruits.
t Hebr. a
stone and a
stone.
I Hebr. an
Ephah,and
an EphaJt.
. Exod. 17.
8.
and spit in his face, and shall answere,
and say , So shall it bee done vnto that
man that will not build vp his bro-
thers house.
10 And his name shall bee called in
Israel, the house of him that hath his
shooe loosed.
11 H When men striue together one
with another, and the wife of the one
draweth neere , for to deliuer her hus-
band out of the hand of him that smi-
teth him , and putteth foorth her hand
and taketh him by the secrets :
12 Then thou shalt cut off her hand,
thine eye shall not pitie her.
13 H Thou shalt not haue in thy
bagge tdiuers weights, a great, and a
small.
14 Thou shalt not haue in thine
house tdiuers measures, a great, and a
small.
15 But thou shalt haue a perfect and
iust weight, a perfect and iust measure
shalt thou haue : that thy dayes may
bee lengthened in the land which the
Lord thy God giueth thee.
16 For all that doe such things, and
all that doe vnrighteously, are an abo-
mination vnto the Loed thy God.
17 IT * Remember what Amalek
did vnto thee by the way, when ye were
come foorth out of Egypt :
18 How he met thee by the way, and
smote the hindmost o{thee,euen all that
were feeble behinde thee, when thou
wast faint and weary; and he feared not
God.
19 Therefore it shall bee when the
Lord thy God hath giuen thee rest
from all thine enemies round about, in
the land which the Lord thy God
giueth thee for an inheritance to pos-
sesse it; that thou shalt blot out the re-
membrance of Amalek from vnder
heauen : thou shalt not forget it.
CHAP. XXVI.
1 The confession of him that oflfereth the bas-
ket of First fruits. 12 The prayer of him that
giueth his third yeere Tithes. 1 6 The coue-
nant betweene God and the people.
Nd it shall be when thou
art come in vnto the land
which the Lord gi-
ueth thee for an inheri-
tance,andpossessestit,and
dwellest therein :
2 That thou shalt take of the first
of all the fruit of the earth, which thou
shalt bring of thy land that the Lord
thy God giueth thee, and shalt put it in a
basket , and shalt goe vnto the place
which the Lord thy God shal choose
to place his Name there :
3 And thou shalt goe vnto the Priest
that shall be in those dayes, and say vn-
to him , I professe this day vnto the
Lord thy God, that I am come vn-
to the countrey which the Lord
sware vnto our fathers for to giue vs.
4 And the Priest shall take the bas-
ket out of thine hand, and set it downe
before the Altar of the Lord thy
God.
5 And thou shalt speake and say be-
fore the Lord thy God, A Syrian
ready to perish was my father, and hee
went downe into Egj'pt, and soiourned
there with a few , and became there a
nation, great, mighty, and populous.
6 And the Egyptians euil intreated
vs, and afflicted vs, and layd vpon vs
hard bondage.
7 And when wee cryed vnto the
Lord God of our fathers , the
Lord heard our voyce , and looked
on our affliction, and our labour, and
our oppression.
8 And the Lord brought vs
foorth out of Egypt with a mightie
hand, and with an out-stretched arme,
and with great terriblenesse, and with
signes, and with wonders.
9 And he hath brought vs into this
place, and hath giuen vs this land, enen
a land that floweth with milke and
honie.
1 0 And now behold, I haue brought
the First fruits of the land, which thou,
O Lord, hast giuen mee : and thou
shalt set it before the Lord thy God,
and worship before the Lord thy
God.
11 And thou shalt reioyce in euery
good thing, which the Lord thy
God hath giuen vnto thee , and vnto
thine house, thou, and the Leuite, and
the stranger that is among you.
12 IT When thou hast made an end of
tithing all the tithes of thine increase,
the third yeere, zokich is *the yeere of ty-
thing , and hast giuen it vnto the Le-
uite , the stranger, the fatherlesse, and
the widow, that they may eate within
thy gates, and be filled :
13 Then thou shalt say before the
Lord thy God , I haue brought
away
" Chap. 14.
28.
Exhortations
Chap.xxvij.
to obedience.
' Ksa.Gais
' Chap. 7- 6
• losh. 4. 1.
away the hallowed things out of mine
house, and also haue giuen them vnto
the Leuite, and vnto the stranger, to
the fatherlesse, and to the widow, accor-
ding to all thy commandements, which
thou hast commanded me : I haue not
transgressed thy commandements, nei-
ther haue I forgotten them.
14 I haue not eaten thereof in my
mourning, neither haue I taken away
ought thereof for any vncleane vse, nor
giuen ought thereof for the dead : but
I haue hearkened to the voyce of the
Lord my God, and haue done ac-
cording to all that thou hast commaun-
ded me.
15 *Looke downe from thy holy ha-
bitation, from heauen , and blesse thy
people Israel, and the land which thou
hast giuen vs, as thou swarest vnto our
fathers, a land that floweth with milke
and hony.
16 f This day the Lord thy God
hath commanded thee to doe these Sta-
tutes and Judgements : thou shalt
therefore keepe and doe them with all
thine heart, and with all thy soule.
17 Thou hast auouched the Lord
this day to be thy God, and to walke in
his wayes, and to keepe his Statutes,
and his Commaundements , and his
ludgements, and to hearken vnto his
voice.
18 And *the Lord hath auouched
thee this day to be his peculiar people,
as he hath promised thee, and that thou
shouldest keepe all his Commaunde-
ments :
19 And to make thee high aboue all
nations which he hath made, in praise
and in name, and in honour, and that
thou mayest be an holy people vnto the
Lord thy God, as he hath spoken.
CHAP. XXVII.
1 The people are commanded to write the
Law vpon stones, 5 and to build an Altar of
whole stones. 11 The Tribes diuided on
Gerizzim and Ebal. 1 4 The curses pronoun-
ced on mount Ebal.
Nd Moses with the El-
ders of Israel commaun
ded the people, , saying,
Keepe all the Comman-
dements which I com-
mand you this day.
2 And it shall be on the day * when
you shall passe ouer lordan, vnto the
land which the Lord thy God giueth
thee, that thou shalt set thee vp great
stones, and plaister them with plaister.
3 And thou shalt write vpon them
all the words of this Law when thou
art passed ouer, that tliou mayest goe in
vnto the land which the Lord thy
God giueth thee, a land that floweth
with milke and hony, as the Lord
God of thy fathers hath promised thee.
4 Therefore it shall be when ye bee
gone ouer lordan, that yee shall set vp
these stones , which I command you
this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt
plaister them with plaister.
5 And there shalt thou build an Al-
tar vnto the Lord thy God, an altar
of stones : * thou shalt not lift vp any
yron took vpon them.
6 Thou shalt build the Altar of the
Lord thy God of whole stones : and
thou shalt offer burnt offerings theron
vnto the Lord thy God.
7 And thou shalt offer peace offe-
rings, and shalt eate there, and reioyce
before the Lord thy God.
8 And thou shalt write vpon the
stones all the words of this Law very
plainely.
9 H And Moses , and the Priestes
the Leuites, spake vnto all Israel, say-
ing. Take heed, and hearken O Israel,
this day thou art become the people of
the Lord thy God.
10 Thou shalt therefore obey the
voyce of the Lord thy God, and doe
his Commandements , and his Sta-
tutes which I command thee this day,
11 H And Moses charged the people
the same day, saying,
12 These shall stand vpon mount
Gerizzim to blesse the people, when yee
are come ouer lordan : Simeon, and
Leui, and ludah, and Issachar, and
loseph, and Beniamin.
13 And these shall stand vpon mount
Ebal tto curse : Reuben, Gad, and A-
sher, and Zebulun, Dan, & Naphtali.
14 H And *the Leuites shal speake,
and say vnto all the men of Israel with
a loud voyce :
15 Cursed be the man that maketh a-
ny grauen or molten image, an abomi-
nation vnto the Lord, the worke ofj
the handes of the craftesman, and put-
teth it in a secret place : and all the peo-
ple shall answere and say. Amen.
16 Cursed be he that setteth light by
his father or his mother : and all the
people shall say. Amen.
17Cur-
Exod. 20.
25. losh.
8. 31.
t Hebr./br
a cursing.
* Dan. 9. 11
Bleffings for
Deuteronomie.
the obedient.
I * Kxech. 22.
■ Gal. 3. to.
' Leuit. 26.
I Or, dough,
or,leneaaing
htmghet.
17 Cursed be he tlicit remooueth his
neighbours land-marke: and all the
people shall say, Amen.
18 Cursed be hee that maketh the
blinde to wander out of the way : and
all the people shall say, Amen.
19 Cursed be hee that peruerteth the
iudgement of the stranger, fatherlesse,
and widow : and all the people shall
say, Amen.
20 Cursed be hee that lieth with his
fathers wife, because he vncouereth his
fathers skirt: and all the people shall
say, Amen.
21 Cursed be hee that lieth with any
maner of beast : and all the people shall
say. Amen.
22 Cursed be hee that lieth with his
sister, the daughter of his father, or the
daughter of his mother : and all the
people shall say, Amen.
23 Cursed be hee that lieth with his
mother in law : and all the people shall
say, Amen.
24 Cursed be hee that smiteth his
neighbour secretly : and all the people
shall say. Amen.
25 * Cursed be he that taketh reward
to slay an innocent person: and all the
people shall say. Amen.
2o * Cursed be hee that confirmeth
not all the words of this Law to doe
them: and al the people shal say, Amen.
CHAP. XXVIII.
1 The blessings for Obedience. 15 The cm--
ses for disobedience.
Nd it shall come to passe,
* if thou shalt hearken di
ligently vnto the voyce of
the Lord thy God , to
obserue and to doe all his
Commandements which I command
thee this day ; that the Lord thy God
will set thee on high aboue all nations
of the earth.
2 And all these blessings shall come
on thee, and ouertake thee, if thou shalt
hearken vnto the voice of the Lord
thy God.
3 Blessed shalt thou bee in the citie,
and blessed shcUf thou be in the field.
4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy bo-
dy, and the fruit of thy ground, and the
fruit of thy cattell , the increase of thy
kine, and the flocks of thy sheepe.
5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy
t store.
6 Blessed shalt thou bee when thou
commest in, and blessed s/ialt thou bee
when thou goest out.
7 The Lord shall cause thine
enemies that rise vp against thee, to bee
smitten before thy face : they shall come
out against thee one way, and flee be-
fore thee seuen wayes.
8 The Lord shall command the
blessing vpon thee in thy || store-houses,
and in all that thou settest thine hand
vnto, and he shall blesse thee in the land
which the Lord thy God giueth
thee.
9 The Lord shall establish thee
an holy people vnto himselfe , as hee
hath sworne vnto thee, if thou shalt
keepe the Commaundements of the
Lord thy God, and walke in his
wayes.
10 And all people of the earth shall
see, that thou art called by the Name of
the Lord, and they shall bee afraid
of thee.
11 And *the Lord shal make thee
plenteous ||in goods, in the fruit of thy
tbody, and in the fruit of thy cattell, and
in the fruit of thy ground, in the land
which the Lord sware vnto thy fa-
thers to giue thee.
12 The Lord shal open vnto thee
his good treasure, the heauen to giue
the raine vnto thy land in his season,
and to blesse all the worke of thine
hand : and *thou shalt lend vnto many
nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
13 And the Lord shall make thee
the head , and not the taile , and thou
shalt be aboue onely, and thou shalt not
be beneath : if that thou hearken vnto
the Commandements of the Lord
thy God, which I command thee this
day, to obserue, and to doe them :
14 And thou shalt not go aside from
any of the wordes which I command
thee this day, to the right hand, or to
the left, to goe after other gods, to serue
them.
1 5 IT But it shal come to passe, * if thou
wilt not hearken vnto the voyce of the
Lord thy God, to obserue to doe all
his Commandements and his Sta-
tutes, which I command thee this day,
that all these curses shall come vpon
thee, and ouertake thee.
16 Cursed shalt thou be in thecity,and
cursed shalt thou be in the field.
17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy
store.
18 Cursed
Or, bames.
Chap. 30.
. etc.
Or, for
good.
'iHebr.ielly.
' Chap. 15.
• Leuit. 26.
4. lament.
2. 17. mala.
2. 2. baruc.
1. 20.
Curfes for
Chap.xxviij.
disobedience.
t Heb. which
thou woul-
destdoe.
Leuit. 26.
I Or, drought
18 Cursed shalbe the fruit of thy body,
and the fruit of thy land, the increase of
thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheepe.
19 Cursed shalt thou bee when thou
commest in , and cursed shalt thou bee
when thou goest out.
20 The Lord shall send vpon
thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in
all that thou settest thine hand vnto,
t for to doe, vntill thou be destroyed, and
vntill thou perish quickely , because of
the wickednesse of thy doings, where-
by thou hast forsaken me.
21 The Lord shall make the pe-
stilence cleaue vnto thee, vntill he haue
consumed thee from off the land, whi
ther thou goest to possesse it.
22 *The Lord shall smite thee
with a consumption , and with a feuer,
and with an inflammation, & with an
extreme burning, and with the || sword,
and with blasting, and with mildewe:
and they shall pursue thee vntill thou
perish.
23 And the heauen that is ouer thy
head shall be brasse, and the earth that
is vnder thee shall be yron.
24 The Lord shall make the
raine of thy land powder & dust : from
heauen shall it come downe vpon thee,
vntill thou be destroyed.
25 The Lord shall cause thee to
be smitten before thine enemies : thou
shalt go out one way against them, and
flee seuen wayes before them , and shalt
\Heb.frra be tremoued into all the kingdomes of
the earth.
26 And thy carkeise shalbe meat vn
to all foules of the aire, and vnto the
beasts of the earth, and no man shall
fray them away.
27 The Lord wil smite thee with
the botch of Egypt, and with the eme-
rods, and with the scabbe , and with
the itch , whereof thou canst not bee
healed.
28 The Lord shall smite thee
with madnesse, and blindnesse, and a-
stonishment of heart.
29 And thou shalt grope at noone
dayes, as the blind gropeth in darknes,
and thou shalt not prosper in thy waies:
and thou shalt be onely oppressed, and
spoiled euermore, and no man shal saue
thee.
30 Thou shalt betrothe a wife, and
another man shall lie with her : thou
shalt build an house, and thou shalt not
dwell therein : *thou shalt plant a vine-
remoutng.
' Deut. 20.
yard, and shalt not t gather the grapes
thereof.
31 Thine oxe shall be slaine before
thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat there
of: thine asse shall be violently taken a-
way from before thy face, and tshal not
be restored to thee: thy sheepe shall bee
giuen vnto thine enemies , and thou
shalt haue none to rescue them.
32 Thy sonn'es, and thy daughters
shall be giuen vnto another people, and
thine eyes shal looke, and faile with Ion
ging for them al the day long : and there
shall be no might in thine hand.
33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy
labours , shall a nation which thou
knowest not , eate vp : and thou shalt
be onely oppressed and crushed alway
34 So that thou shalt bee mad, for
the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt
see.
35 The Lord shall smite thee in
the knees, and in the legges with a sore
botch that cannot bee healed, from the
sole of thy foot, vnto the top of thy head.
36 The Lord shal bring thee, and
thy king which thou shalt set ouer thee,
vnto a nation which neither thou, nor
thy fathers haue knowen , and there
shalt thou serue other gods, wood and
stone.
37 And thou shalt become *an asto-
nishment, a prouerbe, and a by-worde,
among all nations whither the Lord
shall leade thee.
38 *Thou shalt carie much seede out
into the field, and shalt gather but litle
in : for the locust shall consume it.
39 Thou shalt plant vineyards and
dresse them, but shalt neither drinke of
the wine, nor gather tlie grapes : for the
wormes shall eate them.
40 Thou shalt haue Oliue trees
throughout al thy coasts, but thou shalt
not anoint thy selfe with the oyle : for
thine Oliue shall cast his fruit.
41 Thou shalt beget sonnes and
daughters, but tthou shalt not enioy
them : for they shall goe into captiuitie.
42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land
shall the locusts t consume.
43 The stranger that is within thee
shall get vp aboue thee very high : and
thou shalt come downe very low.
44 He shall lend to thee , and thou
shalt not lend to him: he shall bee the
head, and thou shalt be the taile.
45 Moreouer, all these curses shall
come vpon thee, and shall pursue thee,
and
t Hehr. pro.
jthane, orvse
tt as com-
mon meat.
1 Heb. shall
not returne
to thee, S[C.
* \. King. 9
7. ier. 2-1. 9.
and 25. 9.
* Mica. 6.
15. agge.
1. 6.
t Hebr. they
shall not be
thine.
Or,posaesae
,/
Plagues and
Deuteronomie.
threateninofs.
i Heb.hearc.
t Heb. strong
of face.
• Leuit. 26.
29. 2. king.
6. 29. lam.
4. 10. ba-
nic. 2. 3.
\ Hebr.
beUy.
and ouertake thee, til thou be destroied :
because thou hearkenedst not vnto the
voice of the Lord thy God, to keepe
his Commandements , and his Sta-
tutes which he commanded thee.
46 And they shall be vpon thee for a
signe, and for a wonder, and vpon thy
seed for euer :
47 Because thou seruedst not the
Lord thy God with ioyfulnesse, and
with gladnesse of heart, for the aboun
dance of all things.
48 Therefore slialt thou serue thine
enemies, which the Lord shall send
against thee, in hunger, and in thirst,
and in nakednesse , and in want of all
things : and he shall put a yoke of iron
vpon thy necke , vntill he haue destroy-
ed thee.
49 The Lord shall bring a na-
tion against thee from farre, from the
end of the earth , as sxorfl as the Eagle
fleeth , a nation whose tongue thou
shalt not tvnderstand :
50 A nation tof fierce countenance,
which shal not regard the person of the
old, nor shew fauour to the yong :
51 And hee shall eat tlie fruit of thy
cattell, and the fruit of thy land, vntill
thou be destroyed : which also shall not
leaue thee either come, wine, or oyle, or
the increase of thy kine, or flockes of thy
sheepe, vntill he haue destroyed thee.
52 And he shall besiege thee in all thy
gates, vntill thy high and fenced walles
come downe wherein thou trustedst
throughout all thy land : and hee shall
besiege thee in all thy gates, throughout
all thy land which the Lord thy
God hath giuen thee.
53 And • thou shalt eate the fruit of
thine owne t body , the flesh of thy
sonnes, and of thy daughters (which
the Lord thy God hath giuen thee)
in the siege, and in the straitnessewhere-
with thine enemies shall distresse thee.
54 So that the man that is tender a
mong you , and very delicate , his eye
shalbe euill toward his brother, and to-
ward the wife of his bosome, and to-
wards the remnant of his children
which he shall leaue :
55 So that he wil not giue to any of
them of the flesh of his children whom
he shall eate : because hee hath nothing
left him in the siege, and in the strait-
nesse wherewith thine enemies shal di-
stresse thee, in all thy gates.
56 The tender and delicate woman
+ Helir. af.
ler-birtk.
among you, which would not aduen-
ture to set the sole of her foote vpon the
ground , for delicatenesse and tender-
nesse, her eye shall be euill towards the
husband of her bosome, and towards
her Sonne, and towards her daughter,
57 And towards her tyong one that
commeth out from betweene her feete,
and towards her children which shee
shall beare : for shee shall eate them for
want of all things secretly in the siege
and straitnes, wherewith thine enemie
shall distresse thee in thy gates.
58 If thou wilt not obserue to doe
all the wordes of this Law that are
written in this booke, that thou mayest
feare this glorious and fearefull Name,
The Lord Thy God :
59 Then the Lord wil make thy
plagues wonderfull , and the plagues
of thy seed, euen great plagues, and of
long continuance, and sore sicknesses,
and of long continuance.
60 Moreouer , hee will bring vpon
thee all the diseases of Egypt, which
thou wast afraid of, and they shal cleaue
vnto thee.
61 Also euery sickenesse , and euery
plague which is not written in the
booke of this Law , them will the
Lord t bring vpon thee, vntill thouU Hebr.
be destroyed. Sf'""*
62 And ye shall be left few in num-
ber, whereas ye were *as the starres of * chap, lo
heauen for multitude : because thou
wouldest not obey the voyce of the
Lord thy God.
63 And it shall come to passe, that as
the Lord reioyced ouer you to doe
you good, and to multiply you ; so the
Lord will reioyce ouer you to de-
stroy you , and to bring you to nought ;
and ye shalbe plucked from off the land
whither thou goest to possesse it.
64 And the Lord shall scatter
thee among all people, from the one end
of the earth, euen vnto the other: and
there thou shalt serue other gods ,
which neither thou nor thy fathers haue
knowen, etien wood and stone.
65 And among these nations shalt
thou finde no ease, neither shall the sole
of thy foote haue rest : but the Loud
shall giue thee there a trembling heart,
and failing of eyes, & sorrow of minde,
66 And thy life shall hang in doubt
before thee, and thou shalt feare day
and night , and shalt haue none assu-
rance of thy life.
67 In
Sihon and Og.
Chap,
XXIX.
Gods couenant.
' Exod. 19.
■Chap. 4.6.
1 . king. 2. 2,
iosh. 1. 7.
67 In the morning thou shall say,
Would God it were Euen : and at Euen
thou shalt say, Would God it were mor-
ning, for the feare of thine heart where-
with thou shalt feare, and for the sight
of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
68 And the Lord shall bring thee
into Egypt againe, with ships, by the
way whereof I spake vnto thee, Thou
shalt see it no more againe : and there ye
shall bee sold vnto your enemies for
bondmen , and bondwomen , and no
man shall buy you.
CHAP. XXIX.
1 Moses exhorteth them to obedience, by the
memorie of the workes they haue seene. 10
All are presented before the Lord to enter in-
to his Couenant. 18 The great wrath on
him that flattereth hiraselfe in his wickednes.
29 Secret things belong vnto God.
Hese are the woordes of
the Couenant which the
Lord commanded Mo-
ses to make with the chil-
dren of Ifrael in the land
Moab , Beside the Couenant which
he made with them in Horeb.
2 f And Moses called vnto all Is-
rael, and said vnto them , *Yee haue
seene all that the Lord did before
your eyes in the land of Egypt vnto
Pharaoh , and vnto all his seruants,
and vnto all his land ;
3 The great temptations which
thine eyes haue seene, the signes and
those great miracles :
4 Yet the Lord hath not giuen
you an heart to perceiue,and eyes to see,
and eares to heare, vnto this day.
5 And I haue led you fourtie yeres
in the wildernes : your clothes are not
waxen old vpon you, and thy shooe is
not waxen old vpon thy foot.
6 Ye haue not eaten bread, neither
haue you drunke wine, or strong drink:
that yee might knowe that I am the
Lord your God.
7 And when yee came vnto this
place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and
Og the King of Bashan, came out a-
gainst vs vnto battell, and wee smote
them.
8 And wee tooke their lande , and
gaue it for an inheritance vnto the Reu
benites, and to the Gadites, and to the
halfe tribe of Manasseh.
9 * Keepe therefore the wordes of
this Couenant and doe them, that yee
may prosper in all that ye doe.
10 H Ye stand this day all of you be-
fore the Lord your God : your cap-
taines of your tribes, your Elders, and
your officers, linih all the men of Israel,
11 Your litle ones, your wiues, and
thy stranger that is in thy campe, from
the hewer of thy wood, vnto the draw-
er of thy water :
12 That thou shouldest tenter into
Couenant with the Lord thy God,
and into his othe which the Lord
thy God maketh with thee this day :
13 That he may establish thee to day
for a people vnto himselfe, and that hee
may be vnto thee a God, as he hath said
vnto thee, and as he hath sworne vnto
thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and
to lacob.
14 Neither with you onely doe I
make this couenant and this othe :
15 But with him that standeth here
with vs this day before the Lord
our God, and also with him that is not
here with vs this day:
16 (For ye know how we haue dwelt
in the land of Egypt, and how we came
thorow the nations which ye passed by.
17 And ye haue seene their abomina-
tions , and their t idoles , wood , and
stone, siluer , and gold , which were a-
mong them.)
18 Lest there should be among you
man or woman , or familie , or tribe,
whose heart turneth away this day fro
the Lord our God, to goe and seme
the gods of these nations : lest there
should bee among you a root that bea-
reth II gall and wormewood,
19 And it come to passe when he hea-
reth the wordes of this curse, that hee
blesse himselfe in his heart , saying, I
shall haue peace, though I walke in the
II imagination of mine heart , to adde
t drunkennesse to thirst :
20 The Lord wil not spare him,
but then the anger of the Lord, and
his ielousie shall smoke against that
man, and all the curses that are written
in this booke shall lie vpon him, and the
Lord shall blot out his name from
vnder heauen.
21 And the Lord shall separate
him vnto euill, out of all the tribes of
Israel, according to all the curses of the
Couenant , that + are written in this
booke of the Law :
22 So that the generation to come
Ff of
\Heh.paae.
t Heh. don-
guiegods.
Or, a poi-
sonfullherbe
Heb. Rosh.
Or, stub-
b&rnnesse.
t Heb. the
drunken to
the thirstU.
t Hebr. is
written.
Mercie to
Deuteroiiomie.
the repentant.
iHebr.
ujherewUh
OieLORD
hath made
it sicke.
'Gen.
34, 25.
' 1. King. 9.
a iere. 22. 8.
t Hebr. di-
uided: Or,
who had not
giuento
them any
portion.
of your children, that shall rise vp af-
ter you, and the stranger that shall
come from a farre land, shall say, when
they see the plagues of that land , and
the sicknesses t which the Lobd hath
layd v])on it ;
23 And that the whole land thereof
is brimstone and salt, atid burning, that
it is not so wen, nor beareth, nor any
grasse groweth therein, *like the ouer-
throw of Sodome, and Gomorah, Ad-
mah, and Zeboim, which the Lord
ouerthrew in his anger , and in his
wrath :
24 Euen al nations shal say,* Where
fore hath the Lord done thus vnto
this land? what meaneth the heat of this
great anger .''
25 Then men shall say, Because they
haue forsaken the Couenant of the
Lord God of their fathers, which
he made with them when he brought
them foorth out of the land of Egypt.
26 For they went and serued other
gods, & worshipped them, gods whom
they knew not, and fw/u)m he had not
giuen vnto them.
27 And the anger of the Lord
was kindled against this land, to bring
vpon it all the curses, that are written
in this booke.
28 And the Lord rooted them
out of their land, in anger and in wrath,
and in great indignation, and cast them
into another land, as it is this day.
29 The secret things belong vnto the
Lord our God : but those things
which are reuealed belong vnto vs, and
to our children for euer, that wee may
doe all the words of this Law.
CHAP. XXX.
1 Great mercies promised vnto the repentant.
11 The Commaundement is manifest. IS
Death and life are set before them.
Nd it shall come to passe
when all these things are
come vpon thee, the bles-
sing, and the curse, which
I haue set before thee, and
thou shall call them to minde among all
the nations whither the Lord thy
God hath driuen thee,
2 And shalt returne vnto the Lord
thy God, and shalt obey his voyce accor-
ding to all that I command thee this
day, thou and thy children with al thine
heart, and with all thy soule :
3 That then the Lord thy God
will turne thy captiuitie, and haue com-
passion vpon thee, and wil returne and
gather thee from all the nations whi-
ther the Lord thy God hath scatte
red thee.
4 * If any of thine be driuen out vn-
to the outmost parts of heauen , from
thence will the Lord thy God ga-
ther thee, and from thence will he fetch
thee.
5 And the Lord thy God will
bring thee into the land which thy Wi-
thers possessed, and thou shalt possesse
it : and he will doe thee good , and mul-
tiply thee aboue thy fathers.
6 And the Lord thy God will
circumcise thine heart , and the heart of
thy seed, to loue the Lord thy God
with all thine heart, and with all thy
soule, that thou mayest liue.
7 And the Lord thy God will
put all these curses vpon thine enemies,
and on them that hate thee, which per-
secuted thee.
8 And thou shalt returne and obey
the voice of the Lord, and doe all his
Commandements which I command
thee this day.
9 *And the Lord thy God will
make thee plenteous in euery worke of
thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and
in the fruit of thy cattell, and in the fruit
of thy land , for good : for the Lord
will againe reioyce ouer thee for good,
as he reioyced ouer thy fathers :
10 If thou shalt hearken vnto the
voyce of the Lord thy God to keepe
his Commandements , and his Sta-
tutes which are written in this booke
of the Law, and if thou turne vnto the
Lord thy God with all thine heart,
and with all thy soule.
11 IT For this Commaundement
which I command thee this day, it is
not hidden from thee , neither is it
farre off.
12 * It is not in heauen , that thou
shouldest say, Who shal goe vp for vs to
heauen, and bring it vnto vs, that wee
may heare it, and doe it .''
13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that
thou shouldest say,Who shall goe ouer
the sea for vs, and bring it vnto vs , that
we may heare it, and doe it ?
14 But the word is very nigh vnto
thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart,
that thou mayest doe it.
15 5f See, I haue set before thee this
day.
Nehe. 1.
' Chap. 28.
Rom. 10.
6. &c.
Life and death.
Ch
ap.xxxj.
lolhua incouraged.
• Chap. 4.
26.
Num. 20.
12. chap. 3.
27.
[•Num. 27.
I21.
day, life and good, and death, and euill:
16 In that I command thee this
day to loue the Loud thy God , to
wali{e in his wayes, and to keepe his
Commandements , and his Statutes,
and his Judgements, that thou maiest
Hue and multiply : and the Lohd thy
God shall blesse thee in the land , whi-
ther thou goest to possesse it.
17 But if thine heart turne away, so
that thou wilt not heare , but shalt bee
drawen away, and worship other gods
and serue them :
18 I denounce vnto you this day,
that ye shall surely perish, and that yee
shall not prolong your dayes vpon the
land , whither thou passest ouer Jor-
dan, to goe to possesse it.
19*1 call heauen and earth to re-
cord this day against you, that I haue
set before you life and death , blessing
and cursing : therefore choose life , that
both thou and thy seed may Hue :
20 That thou maiest loue the Lord
thy God, a7id that thou may est obey his
voyce, and that thou mayest cleaue vn-
to him : for he is thy life, and the length
of thy dayes , that thou mayest dwell in
the land, which the Lord sware vn-
to thy fathers, to Abraham , to Isaac,
and to lacob, to giue them.
CHAP. XXXL
1 Moses incourageth the people. 7 Hee in-
courageth loshua. 9 Hee deliuereth the
Law vnto the Priests to readeitin the seuenth
yere to the people. 14 God giueth a charge
to loshua, 19 and a song to testifie against
the people. 24 Moses deliuereth the booke
of the Law to the Leuites to keepe. 28 Hee
maketh a protestation to the Elders.
Nd Moses went & spake
these wordes vnto all Is-
rael.
2 And hee saide vnto
them , I am an hundred
and twentie yeeres old this day ; I can
no more goe out and come in : also the
Lord hath said vnto mee, * Thou
shalt not goe ouer this lordan.
The Lord thy God, hee will
goe ouer before thee , and he will destroy
these nations from before thee , and
thou shalt possesse them : and loshua,
hee shall goe ouer before thee , *as the
Lord hath said.
4 And the Lord shall doe vnto
them , as hee did to Sihon , and to Og
Kings of the Amorites , and vnto the
land of them, whom he destroyed.
5 And *the Lord shall giue them
vp before your face, that ye may doe vn-
to them according vnto all the Com-
mandements which I haue comman-
ded you.
6 Be strong, and of a good courage,
feare not, nor be afraid of them : for the
Lord thy God, he it is that doeth goe
with thee, he will not faile thee, nor for
sake thee.
7 IT And Moses called vnto lo-
shua , and said vnto him in the sight of
all Israel, Bee strong , and of a good
courage : for thou must goe with this
people vnto the land, which the Lord
hath sworne vnto their fathers to giue
them ; and thou shalt cause them to in-
herite it.
8 And the Lord, he it is that doth
goe before thee, he will be with thee, hee
will not faile thee , neither forsake thee
feare not, neither be dismayed.
9 H And Moses wrote this Law,
and deliuered it vnto the Priests the
sonnes of Leui, which bare the Arke of
the Couenant of the Lord, and vn.
to all the Elders of Israel.
10 And Moses commanded them,
saying. At the end of ewe/T/seuen yeeres,
in the solemnitie of the *yeere of release,
in the feast of Tabernacles,
11 When all Israel is come to ap
peare before the Lord thy God, in
the place which hee shall choose ; thou
shalt reade this Law before all Israel,
in their hearing.
12 Gather the people together, men,
and women and children, and thy stran-
ger that is within thy gates, that they
may heare , and that they may learne,
and feare the Lord your God, and
obserue to doe all the wordes of this
Law :
13 And that their children which haue
not knowen any thing, may heare, and
learne to feare the Lord your God,
as long as yee Hue in the land, whither
ye goe ouer lordan to possesse it.
14 U And the Lord saide vnto
Moses, Beholde , thy dayes approach
that thou must die : call loshua, and
present your selues in the Tabernacle
of the Congregation, that I may giue
him a charge. And Moses and loshua
went and presented themselues in the
Taberhacle of the Congregation.
15 And the Lord appeared in the
F f 2 Taber-
• Chap. 7. 2.
•Chap. 15.
1.
loQiuas charge.
Deuterouomie.
Mofes fong.
doume.
tHebr.JSnde
them.
t Hebr. he-
fore.
iHOr.doe.
•IOBh.I.6.
Tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud : and
the pillar of the cloude stood ouer the
doore of the Tabernacle.
16 IT And the Loed saide vnto
Moses, Behold, thou shalt t sleepe with
thy fathers, and this people wil rise vp,
and goe a whorir.g after the gods of the
strangers of the land whither they goe
to be amongst them, and wil forsake me,
and breake my couenant which I haue
made with them.
17 Then my anger shall be kindled
against them in that day , and I will
forsake them , and I will hide my face
from them, and they shall be deuoured,
and many euils and troubles shall t be-
fall them , so that they will say in that
day, Are not these euils come vpon vs,
because our God is not amongst vs ?
18 And I will surely hide my face in
that day, for all the euils which they
shal haue wrought, in that they are tur
ned vnto other gods.
19 Now therefore, write ye this song
for you, and teach it the children of Is
rael : put it in their mouthes , that this
song may be a witnesse for mee , against
the children of Israel.
20 For when I shall haue brought
them into the land which I sware vn
to their fathers , that floweth with
milke and hony ; and they shall haue
eaten and filled themselues , and waxen
fat; then will they turne vnto other
gods, and serue them, and prouoke me,
and breake my couenant.
21 And it snail come to passe , when
many euils and troubles are befallen
them , that this song shall testifie t a-
gainst them as a witnesse : for it shall
not bee forgotten out of the mouthes of
their seed : for I know their imagina-
tion which they t goe about euen now,
before I haue brought them into the
land, which I sware.
22 IT Moses therefore wrote this
song the same day, and taught it the
children of Israel.
23 And he gaue loshua the sonne of
Nun a charge , and said, * Bee strong,
and of a good courage : for thou shalt
bring the children of Israel into the
land which I sware vnto them : and I
wiU be with thee.
24 H And it came to passe when Mo-
ses had made an ende of writing the
wordes of this Law in a booke, vntill
they were finished,
25 That Moses commaunded the
Leuites which bare the Arke of the
Couenant of the Loud, saying,
26 Take this booke of the Law,
and put it in the side of the Arke of the
Couenant of the Lord your God,
that it may bee there for a witnesse a-
gainst thee.
27 For I know thy rebellion , and
thy stifle necke : Beholde, while I am
yet aliue with you this day, yee haue
bene rebellious against the Lord;
and how much more after my death .''
28 1[ Gather vnto mee all the El-
ders of your tribes, and your Officers,
that I may speake these words in their
eares, and call heauen and earth to re-
cord against them.
29 For I know, that after my death
yee will vtterly corrupt »/o?/r selues, and
turne aside from the way , which I
haue commanded you : and euil wil be.
fall you in the latter dayes , because yee
wil doe euil in the sight of the Lord,
to prouoke him to anger through the
worke of your hands.
30 And Moses spake in the eares of
al the Cogregation of Israel the words
of this song, vntill they were ended.
CHAP. XXXII.
1 Moses song, which setteth foorth Gods mercy
and vengeance. 46 He exhorteth them to
set their hearts vpon it. 48 God sendeth him
vp to mount Nebo, to see the land, and die.
lue eare, O yee heauens,
and I will speake; And
heare, O earth, the words
of my mouth.
2 My doctrine shall
drop as the raine : my speach shall distill
as the deaw, as the smal raine vpon the
tender lierbe, and as the showres vpon
the grasse.
3 Because I wil publish the Name
of the Lord : ascribe yee greatnesse
vnto our God.
4 He is the rocke , his worke is per-
fect : for all his wayes are ludgement :
A God of trueth, and without iniquity,
iust and right is he.
5 t They haue corrupted them-
selues, II their spot is not the spot of his
children : they are a peruerseand crooked
generation.
6 Doe ye thus requite the Lord,
O foolish people , & vnwise .'' Is not he
thy Father that hath bought thee.'' Hath
he not made thee, and established thee ?
7 11 Remem-
^Hebr. he
hath corrup'
ted to him-
selfe.
Or, that
they are not
his children^
that is their
blot.
The fong
Chap.xxxij.
of Mofes.
t Heb. ifene-
I ration and
generation.
t Heb. cord.
Or J com-
' passed him
about.
Or^ which
were liot
God.
Or, despi-
sed.
7 IT Remember the dayes of olde,
consider the yeeres of t many generati-
ons : aske thy father, and he will shewe
thee, thy Elders, and they wil tell thee.
8 When the most High diuided to
the nations their inheritance , when he
separated the sonnes of Adam , hee set
the bounds of the people according to
the number of the children of Israel.
9 For the Lords portion is his
people : lacob is the tlot of his inheri-
tance.
10 He found him in a desert land, and
in the waste howling wildernesse : Hee
ledde him about, he instructed him, hee
kept him as the apple of his eye.
11 As an Eagle stirreth vp her nest,
fluttereth ouer her yong, spreadeth a-
broad her wings, taketh them, beareth
them on her wings :
12 So the Lord alone did leade
him, and there was no strange God
with him.
13 He made him ride on the high pla
ces of the earth, that he might eate the
increase of the fields, and he made him
to sucke hony out of the rocke, and oyle
out of the flintie rocke,
14 Butter of kine, & milke of sheepe,
with fat of lambes, and rammes of the
breed of Bashan, & goats, with the fat
of kidneis of wheat, and thou diddest
drinke the pure blood of the grape.
15 IT But lesurun waxed fat, and
kicked : Thou art waxen fat , thou art
growen thicke , thou art couered with
fatnes: then he forsooke God laliich made
him, and lightly esteemed the Rocke of
his saluation.
16 They prouoked him to ielousie
with strange gods , with abominations
prouoked they him to anger.
17 They sacrificed vnto deuils, ||not
to God : to gods whom they knew not,
to new gods, that came newly vp, whom
your fathers feared not.
18 Of the Rocke that begate thee
thou art vnmindfuU, and hast forgotten
God that formed thee.
19 And when the Lord saw it, he
abhorred tliem, because of the prouo-
king of his sonnes, & of his daughters.
20 And he said, I will hide my face
from them, I will see what their ende
shall he: for they are a very froward ge-
neration, children in whom is no faith.
21 They haue mooued me to ielou-
sie with that which is not god , they haue
prouoked me to anger with their vani-
ties : And * I will moue them to ielou-
sie with those which are not a people , I
will prouoke them to anger with a foo-
lish nation.
22 For a fire is kindled in my anger,
and II shall burne vnto the lowest hell,
and shall consume the earth with her
increase, and set on fire the foundations
of the mountaines.
23 I will heape mischiefes vpon
them, I wil spend mine arrowes vpon
them.
24 They shall bee burnt with hunger
and deuoured with t burning heat, and
with bitter destruction: I will also send
the teeth of beasts vpon them, with the
poison of serpents of the dust.
25 The sword without, and terrour
t within shall t destroy both the yong
man, and the virgin, the suckling also
with the man of gray haires.
26 I said, I would scatter them in-
to corners, I would make the remem-
brance of them to cease fro among men :
27 Were it not that I feared the
wrath of the enemie, lest their aduersa-
ries should behaue themselues strange-
ly, and lest they should say, || Our hande
is high, and the Lord hath not done
all this.
28 For they are a nation voide of
counsel, neither is there any vnderstan-
ding in them.
29 O that they were wise, that they
vnderstood this, that they would consi-
der their latter end.
30 How should* one chase a thousand,
and two put ten thousand to flight, ex
cept their Rocke had sold them, and the
Lord had shut them vp ?
31 For their rocke is not as our
Rocke , euen our enemies themselues
being iudges.
32 For their vine is ||of the vine of
Sodome, and of the fields of Gomorah :
their grapes are grapes of gall , their
clusters are bitter.
33 Their wine is the poison of dra-
gons, and the cruell venime of Aspes.
34 Is not this laide vp in store with
me, and sealed vp among my treasures?
35 To me belongeth * vengeance, and
recompence, their foot shall slide in due
time : for the day of their calamitie is at
hand, and the things that shal come vp-
on them, make haste.
36 For the Lord shall iudge his
people, and repent himselfe for his ser-
uants, when he seeth that their t power
is
'Rom. 10. 9
Or, hath
burned.
I Or, hath
consumed.
t Heb. bur-
ning coaJes.
i Heb. from
the cham-
bers.
t Heb. be-
reaue.
Or, our
high lumd
and not the
LORD
hath done
all this.
losh. 23.
Or, is worse
then the
vine ofSo-
dame. ^c.
Ecclus. 28
1. rom. 12.
19. heb. 10.
.•id.
t Heb. hand.
Mofes fong : He Deuteronomie.
may
fee Canaan.
t Hebr. an
hiding for
you.
* 1. Sam. 2.
6. tob. 13. S.
wisd. \e.
13.
Or, praise
his fjeopleve
nations. Or,
sing ye.
• Matt 7. 6.
rom. 15. 10.
I Or, loshua,
Chap. 6. 6.
and 11. 18.
• Num. 27.
12.
IS gone ; and there is none shut vp, or
left.
37 And he shall say. Where are their
gods .'* their Rocke in whom they
trusted ;
38 Which did eat the fat of their sacri-
fices, & dranke the wine of their drinke
offerings .'* let them rise vp and helpe
you, and be tyour protection.
39 See now, that I, euen I am he,
and there is no god with mee; * I kill,
and I make aliue : I wound, and I
heale: neither is there any that can de-
liuer out of my hand.
40 For I lift vp my hand to hea-
uen, and say, I liue for euer.
41 If I whet my glittering sword,
and mine hand take holde on Judge-
ment, I will render vengeance to mine
enemies , and will reward them that
hate me.
42 I will make mine arrowes
drunke with blood, (and my sword shal
deuoure flesh) and that with the blood
of the slaine, and of the captiues, from
the beginning of reuenges vpon the
enemie.
43 IIReioyce, O *ye nations zoith his
people, for he will auenge the blood of
his seruants , and will render venge-
ance to his aduersaries, and wil be mer-
cifull vnto his land, and to his people.
44 H And Moses came and spake
all the wordes of this song in the eares
of the people, he and || Hoshea the sonne
of Nun.
45 And Moses made an end of spea-
king all these words to all Israel.
46 And hee said vnto them, * Set
your hearts vnto all the wordes which
I testifie among you this day , which
yee shall commaund your children to
obserue to doe all the wordes of this
Law.
47 For it is not a vaine thing for
you : because it is your life, and through
this thing yee shall prolong your dayes,
in the land whither yee goe ouer lor-
dan to possesse it.
48 And *the Lord spake vnto
Moses that selfe same day, saying,
49 Get thee vp into this mountaine
Abarim , vnto mount Nebo, which is
in the land of Moab, that is ouer a-
gainst lericho, and behold the land of
Canaan which I giue vnto the chil-
dren of Israel for a possession :
50 And die in the mount whither
thou goest vp, and bee gathered vnto
Or, strife at
Katlesh.
thy people, as * Aaron thy brother died * Num. 20.
•^TT J ii. J J. 25, 28. and
m mount Hor, and was gathered vnto 33:38.
his people :
51 Because *ye trespassed against me • Num. 20.
among the children of Israel, at thejj;;',^
waters of || Meribah Kadesh , in the
wildernesse of Zin : because yee sancti-
fied mee not in the midst of the children
of Israel.
52 Yet thou shalt see the land before
thee, but thou shalt not goe thither vnto
the land which I giue the children of
Israel.
CHAP. XXXIIL
1 The Maiestie of God. 6 The blessings of the
twelue Tribes. 26 The excellency of Israel.
Nd this is the blessing,
wherewith Moses the
man of God blessed the
children of Israel before
his death.
2 And he said , The Lord came
from Sinai, and rose vp from Seir vn
to them, hee shined foorth from mount
Paran , and hee came with ten thou-
sands of Saints : from his Right hand
we7it a tfierie Law for them.
3 Yea hee loued the people; all his mebr.a fire
Saints are in thy hand : and they sate "■^'""'•
downe at thy feete ; euery one shall re-
ceiue of thy wordes.
4 Moses commaunded vs a Law,
euen the inheritance of the Congrega-
tion of lacob.
5 And hee was King in lesurun,
when the heads of the people, and the
Tribes of Israel were gathered toge-
ther.
6 % Let Reuben liue, and not die,
and let not his men be few.
7 H And this is the blessing of ludah :
and he said, Heare, Lord, the voice of
ludah, and bring him vnto his people:
let his hands bee sufficient for him , and
bee thou an helpe to him from his ene-
mies.
8 f And of Leui hee said, *Let thy
Thummim and thy Vrim be with thy
holy one, whom thou diddest prooue at
Massah , 4" wJ<A whom thou didst striue
at the waters of Meribah ;
9 Who said vnto his father & to his
mother, I haue not scene him, neither
did hee acknowledge his brethren ; nor
knew his owne children : for they haue
obserued thy word , and kept thy Co-
uenant.
10 II They
• Exod. 28.
t Heh. thrust
forth.
\Hebr.
Moones.
Mofes bleffeth
Chap.xxxiiij.
the tribes of Ifi'ael.
Or, let them
teach^ SiC.
Or, let
them put
incense,
t Heb. at thy
nose.
Gen. 49.
Gen. 4».
Heb. sieled.
10 II Tliey shal teach lacob thy iudg-
metits, and Israel thy Lawe : || they
shall put incense + before thee, and whole
burnt sacrifice vpon thine Altar.
11 Ble-sse, LoKi), his substance, and
accept the worke of liis handes , smite
thorow the loines of them that rise a-
gainst him, and of them that hate him,
that they rise not againe.
12 II And of Beniamin he said, The
beloued of the Lord shall dwell in
safetie by him, and the Lord shall couer
him all the day long, and he shall dwell
betweene his shoulders.
13 ^ And of Joseph he said, * Bles-
sed of the Lord be his land, for the
precious things of heauen, for the dew,
and for the deep that coucheth beneath;
14 And for the precious fruits brought
forth by the sunne, and for the precious
things tput forth by the tmoone,
15 And for the chiefe things of the an-
cient mountaines, and for the precious
things of the lasting hils,
16 And for the precious things of the
earth, and fulnesse thereof, and for the
good will of him that dwelt in the bush:
\etthe Wemn^ come vpon the head of lo-
seph, and vpon the top of the head of
him </ia<*re'a-? separated fro his brethren.
17 His glory is like the firstling of his
bullocke, & his homes are like the homes
of Vnicornes : with them he shall push
the people together, to the ends of the
earth : and they are the ten thousands
of Ephraim, and they are the thousands
of Manasseh.
18 f And of Zebulun he said, Re-
ioyce, Zebulun, in thy going out ; and
Issachar, in thy tents.
19 They shall call the people vnto
the mountaine, there they shal offer sa-
crifices of righteousnesse : for they shall
sucke of the abundance of the seas, and
of treasures hid in the sand.
20 f And of Gad he said. Blessed be
he that enlargeth Gad : he dwelleth as
a lyon, and teareth the arme with the
crowne of the head.
21 And he prouided the first part for
himfelfe, because there, in a portion of the
lawgiuer was he t seated, and hee came
with the heads of the people, he executed
the iustice of the Lord, and his iudg-
ments with Israel.
22 IT And of Dan he said, Dan is a
Lyons whelpe : hee shall leape from
Bashan.
23 f And of Naphtali he said , O
Naphtali, satisfied with fauour, and full
with the blessing of the Lord: pos-
sesse thou the West and the South.
24 H And of Asher hee said, let A-
sher be blessed with children. Let him
be acceptable to his brethren , and let
him dip his foot in oile.
25 Thy II shooes shall bee yron and
brasse, and as thy dayes , so shall thy
strength bee.
26 IT There is none like vnto the
God of lesurun, who rideth vpon the
heauen in thy helpe, and in his excellen-
cie on the skie.
27 The eternall God is thy refuge,
and vnderneath are the euerlasting
armes : and he shall thrust out the ene-
mie from before thee, and shall say. De-
stroy them.
28 * Israel then shall dwell in safe-
tie alone : the fountaine of lacob shalbe
vpon a land of come and wine, also his
heauens shall drop downe deaw.
29 Happy art thou, O Israel : Who
is like vnto thee, O people ! saued by the
Lord, the shield of thy helpe, and
who is the sword of thy excellencie : and
thine enemies ||shal be found liars vnto
thee, and thou shalt tread vpon their
high places.
CHAP. XXXIIII.
1 Moses from Mount Nebo vieweth the lande,
5 He dieth there. 6 His buriall. 7 His age.
8 Thirty dayes mourning for him. 9 loshua
succeedeth him. 10 The praise of Moses.
Nd Moses went vp from
the plaines of Moab, vnto
the mountaine of Nebo,
to the top of Pisgah, that
is ouer against lericho :
and the Lord shewed him * all the
land of Gilead, vnto Dan,
2 And all Naphtali, and the lande
of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the
land of ludah, vnto the vtmost sea,
3 And the South, and the plaine of
the valley of lericho, the citie of palme
trees vnto Zoar.
4 And the Lord said vnto him,
*This is the land which I sware vnto
Abraham, vnto Isaac , and vnto la-
cob, saying, I will giue it vnto thy seed:
I haue caused thee to see it with thine
eyes, but thou shalt not go ouer thither.
5 H So Moses the seruant of the
Lord died there in the land of Moab,
according to the word of the Lord.
6 And
Or, vnder
thy shooes
shalbe yron.
let. 23. 6
t Or, shal be
subdued.
I Or, Hill.
• Chap. 3.
27 2. mac.
2.4.
• Gen. 12.7
and 13. 15.
Mofes age, death,
lofh
iia.
and fucceirour.
t Hebr. mot-
ature.
t Hebr. /led.
* Deut. 1.
3«.
6 And hee buried him in a valley in
the land of Moab, ouer against Beth-
Peor : but no man knoweth of his Se-
pulchre vnto this day.
7 % And Moses was an hundred
and twentie yceres olde when he died :
his eye was not dimme, nor his tnatu-
rall force t abated.
8 ^ And the children of Israel
wept for Moses in the plaines of Moab
thirty dayes : So the dayes of weeping
and mourning for Moses were ended.
9 % And loshua the sonne of Nun
was full of the Spirit of wisedome : for
• Deut. II.
24. cbap.
14.9.
Moses had layd his handes vpon him,
and the children of Israel hearkened
vnto him, and did as the Loed com-
manded Moses.
10 H And there arose not a Prophet
since in Israel like vnto Moses, whom
the Lord knew face to face :
11 In al the signes and the wonders
which the Lord sent him to doe in
the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh , and to
all his seruants, and to all his land,
12 And in all that mighty hand, and
in all the great terrour , which Moses
shewed in the sight of all Israel.
1
THE BOOKE OF
lofh
iia.
CHAP. L
1 The Lord appointeth loshua to succeede
Moses. 3 The borders of the promised land.
5. 9 God proraiseth to assist loshua. 8 He
giueth him instructions. 1 0 He prepareth the
people to passe ouer Jordan. 12 loshua put-
teth the two tribes andhalfe in minde of their
promise to Moses. leTheypromise him fealty.
Owe after the
death of Moses
the seruant of the
Lord, it came
to passe, that the
Lord spake
vnto loshua the
sonne of Nun ,
Moses * minister,
saying,
2 Moses my seruant is dead : now
therefore arise , goe ouer this lordan,
thou, and all this people, vnto the land
which I doe giue to them , euen to the
children of Israel.
3 • Euery place that the sole of your
foote shall tread vpon, that haue I gi
uen vnto you, as I said vnto Moses.
4 From the wildernesse and thii
Lebanon , euen vnto the great Riuer,
the riuer Euphrates, all the land of the
Hittites, and vnto the great sea, toward
the going downe of the Sunne, shalbe
your coast.
5 There shall not any man be able
to stand before thee all the dayes of thy
life : as I was with Moses, so I will be
with thee : * I will not faile thee , nor
forsake thee.
6 * Bee strong, and of a good cou-
rage: for II vnto this people shalt thou
diuide for an inheritance the land which
I sware vnto their fathers to giue
them.
7 Onely bee thou strong, and very
courageous, that thou mayest obserue
to doe according to all the Law, which
Moses my seruant commaunded thee :
*turne not from it to the right hand, or
to the left, that thou mayest || prosper
whither soeuer thou goest.
8 This booke of the Law shal not
depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt
meditate therein day and night , that
thou mayest obserue to doe according
to all that is written therein : for then
thou shalt make thy way prosperous,
and then thou shalt || haue good successe.
9 Haue not I commanded thee ? be
strong, and of a good courage, bee not a-
fraid, neither be thou dismayed : for the
Lord thy God is with thee, whither
soeuer thou goest.
10 H Then
Heb. 13.
Deut. 31.
23.
Or, thou
shalt cause
this people to ,
inlierite the
land, ^c.
* Deu.5.3«.
and 28. 14.
II Or, doe
wisely.
I Or, doe
wisely.
Spies are fent to
Chap.ij.
'iew lericho.
1 " Num. 32
20.
t Heb. mar-
ishalledb!/
Ijlue.
Heb. u.
31 . iam. 2.
25.
t Heb. toy.
10 If Then loshua commanded the
Officers of the people , saying,
11 Passe through the hoste, and com-
mand the people, saying. Prepare you
victuals : for within three dayes ye shal
passe ouer this Jordan, to goe in to pos-
sesse the land which the Lord your
God giueth you, to possesse it.
12 H And to the Reubenites, and to
the Gadites , and to halfe the tribe of
Manasseh, spake loshua, saying,
13 * Remember the word which Mo-
ses the seruant of the Lord comman-
ded you, saying. The Lord your
God hath giuen you rest, and hath gi-
uen you this land:
14 Your wiues, your litle ones, and
your cattell shall remaine in the lande
which Moses gaue you on this side
Jordan ; but ye shall passe before your
brethren t armed , all the mightie men
of valour, and helpe them :
15 Vntill the J^ord haue giuen
your brethren rest, as he hath giuen you,
and they also haue possessed the lande
which the Lord your God giueth
them : then yee shall returne vnto the
land of your possession , and enioy it,
which Moses the Lords seruant
gaue you on this side Jordan toward
the Sunne rising.
16 f And they answered Joshua,
saying. All that thou commandest vs,
we will doe, and whither soeuer thou
sendest vs, we will goe.
17 According as we hearkened vnto
Moses in all things, so will we hearken
vnto thee: onely the I^ord thy God
be with thee, as he was with Moses.
18 Whosoeuer he be that doth rebell
against thy commandement , and will
not hearken vnto thy words, in all that
thou commandest him, he shall bee put
to death : onely be strong, and of a good
courage.
CHAP. JL
1 Rahab receiueth and concealeth the two spies
sent from Shittira. 8 The couenant betweene
her and them. 23 Their retume and relation.
Nd Joshua the sonne of
Nun sent out of Shittim
two men, to spie secretly,
saying, Go, view the land,
euen Jericho : and they
went, and *came into an harlots house,
named Rahab, and t lodged there.
2 And it was told the king of Jeri-
cho, saying. Behold, there came men in
hither to night , of the children of Isra-
el, to search out the countrey.
3 And the king of Jericho sent vn-
to Rahab, saying. Bring forth the men
that are come to thee, which are entred
into thine house : for they bee come to
search out all the countrey.
4 And the woman tooke the two
men, and hid them, & said thus: There
came men vnto mee, but J wist not
whence they were :
5 And it came to passe about the time
of shutting of the gate , when it was
darke, that the men went out : whither
the men went, J wote not : pursue af-
ter them quickely, for ye shall ouertake
them.
6 But shee had brought them vp to
the roofe of the house , and hid them
with the stalkes of flaxe, which she had
laid in order vpon the roofe.
7 And the men pursued after them
the way to Jordan, vnto the foords :
and assoone as they which pursued af-
ter them were gone out, they shut the
gate.
8 IT And before they were laide
downe , shee came vp vnto them vpon
the roofe.
9 And she said vnto the men, J know
that the Lord hath giuen you the
land, and that your terrour is fallen
vpon vs, and that all the inhabitants
of the land t faint because of you :
10 For wee haue heard how the
J., o R D * dried vp the water of the red
Sea for you, when you came out of E-
gypt, and what you did vnto the two
kings of the Amorites that were on the
other side Jordan, * Sihon and Og,
whom ye vtterly destroyed.
11 And assoone as we had heard these
things, our hearts did melt, neither did
there tremaine any more courage in any
man, because of you: for the J^okd
your God, he is God in heauen aboue,
and in earth beneath.
12 Now therfore, J pray you, sweare
vnto me by the Lord, since J haue
shewed you kindnesse, that ye will also
shew kindnesse vnto my fathers house,
and giue me a true token :
13 And that ye will saue aliue my fa-
ther, and my mother, and my brethren
and my sisters, and all that they haue,
and deliuer our lines from death.
14 And the men answered her. Our
life t for yours, if yee vtter not this our
businesse. And it shall bee when the
G g Lord
i Heb. melt.
* Exod. U
21. chap. 4.
23.
• Num. 21
24.
t Heb. rose
vp.
t Hebr. in
stead of you
to die.
Rahabs couenant.
loftiua.
The Arke borne.
t Hebr. ga-
ther.
\Hebr.meU.
OKD hath giuen vs the land, that
wee will deale kindely and truely with
thee.
15 Then shee let them downe by a
coard thorow the window : for her
house was vpon the towne wall, and she
dwelt vpon the wall.
16 And she said vnto them, Get you
to the mountaine , lest the pursuers
meete you ; and hide your selues there
three dayes, vntill the pursuers bee re-
turned, and afterward may ye goe your
way.
17 And the men said vnto her. Wee
will bee blamelesse of this thine oath
which thou hast made vs sweare :
18 Behold, when we come into the
land, thou shall binde this line of scarlet
threed in the window which thou didst
let vs downe by : and thou shalt t bring
thy father and thy mother, and thy bre
thren , and all thy fathers houshold
home vnto thee.
19 And it shall bee , that whosoeuer
shall goe out of the doores of thy house
into the street, his blood shalbe vpon his
head, and wee will bee guiltlesse : and
whosoeuer shall bee with thee in the
house, hisblood*Aa/6e on ourhead,if ani/
hand be vpon him.
20 And if thou vtter this our busi
nesse , then we wilbe quit of thine oath
which thou hast made vs to sweare.
21 And shee saide , According vnto
your words, so be it. And she sent them
away , & they departed : and she bound
the scarlet Ime in the window.
22 And they went , and came vnto
the mountaine , and abode there three
dayes , vntill the pursuers were retur-
ned. And the pursuers sought them
thorowout all the way , but found
them not.
23 1[ So the two men returned, and
descended from the mountaine , and
passed ouer , and came to loshua the
Sonne of Nun , and told him all things
that befell them.
24 And they saide vnto loshua,
Truely the Lord hath deliuered in-
to our hands all the land ; for euen all
the inhabitants of the countrey doe
t faint because of vs.
CHAP. III.
1 loshua commeth to lordan. 2 The Officers
instruct the people for the passage. 7 The
LoBD incourageth loshua. 9 loshua in-
courageth the people. 14 The waters of
lordan are diuided.
Nd loshua rose early in
the morning, and they re-
mooued from Shittim,
and came to lordan, hee
and all the children of Is-
rael, and lodged there before they pas-
sed ouer.
2 And it came to passe after three
dayes, that the Officers went thorow
the hoste ;
3 And they commanded the people,
saying , When ye see the Arke of the Co-
uenant of the Lord your God, and
the Priests the Leuites bearing it, then
yee shall remooue from your place, and
goe after it.
4 Yet there shalbe a space betweene
you and it, about two thousand cubites
by measure : come not neere vnto it,
that ye may know the way by which ye
must goe : for yee haue not passed this
way t heretofore.
5 And loshua said vnto the people,
* Sanctifie your selues : for to morrow
the Lord wil do woders among you.
6 And loshua spake vnto the
Priests , saying , Take vp the Arke of
the Couenant, and passe ouer before the
people. And they tooke vp the Arke of
the Couenant , and went before the
people.
7 II And the Lord saide vnto
loshua. This day wil I begin to mag
nifie thee in the sight of all Israel, that
they may know that * as I was with
Moses, so I will be with thee.
8 And thou shalt commaund the
Priests that beare the Arke of the Co
uenant , saying ; When ye are come to
the brinke of the water of lordan , yee
shall stand still in lordan.
9 H And loshua said vnto the chil
dren of Israel, Come hither, and heare
the words of the Lord your God.
10 And loshua said, Hereby ye shall
know that the liuing God is among
you, and that he will without faile driue
out from before you the Canaanites,
and the Hittites , and the Hiuites, and
the Perizzites , and Girgashites , and
the Amorites, and the lebusites.
11 Behold , the Arke of the Coue
nant , euen the Lord of all the earth,
passeth ouer before you, into lordan.
12 Now therefore take yee twelue
men out of the Tribes of Israel, out of
euery Tribe a man.
13 And
fHebr. since
yesterday ^
the third
day.
' Leuit. 20.
7. num. 11.
18. chap. 7.
1.1. 1. sam.
16. 5.
•Chap. I.
5.
lordan is dried vp.
Chap.iiij.
Twelue ftones.
• Psal. 114.
3.
' Acte 7. 45
• 1. Chron.
12. 15. ec-
clus. 24. 30.
13 And it shall come to passe, assoone
as the soles of the feete of the Priestes
that beare the Arke of the Loud, the
Lord of all the earth , shall rest in the
waters of lordan, that the waters of
lordan shall be cut oW,J'rom the waters
that come downe from aboue : and they
* shall stand vpon an heape.
14 H And it came to passe when the
people remooued from their tents, to
passe ouer lordan, and the Priests bea-
ring the * Arke of the Couenant before
the people ;
15 And as they that bare the Arke
were come vnto lordan, and the feet of
the Priestes that bare the Arke, were
dipped in the brimme of the water, (for
* lordan ouerfloweth all his banks at
the time of haruest )
16 That the waters which came
downe from aboue, stood and rose vp
vpon an heape very farre, from the city
Adam , that is beside Zaretan : and
those that came downe toward the sea
of the plaine,eMe« the saltsea, failed, and
were cut off: and the people passed ouer
right against lericho.
17 And the Priestes that bare the
Arke of the Couenant of the Loed,
stood firme on drie ground, in the midst
of lordan, and all the Israelites pas
sed ouer on drie ground, vntill all the
people were passed cleane ouer lordan
CHAP. nil.
1 Twelue men are appointed to take twelue
stones for a memoriall out of lordan. 9
Twelue other stones are set vp in the middest
of lordan. 10. 19 The people passe ouer.
14 God raagnifieth loshua. 20 The twelue
stones are pitched in Gilgal.
Nd it came to passe when
all the people were cleane
passed * ouer lordan, that
the Lord spake vnto
* loshua, saying,
2 Take you twelue men out of the
people, out of euery tribe a man,
3 And command you them, saying.
Take you hence out of the mids of lor-
dan, out of the place where the Priests
feet stood firme, twelue stones, and yee
shal cary them ouer with you, and leaue
them in the lodging place where you
shall lodge this night.
4 Then loshua called the twelue
men, whom he had prepared of the chil-
dren of Israel, out of euery tribe a man:
^Heb. to mo-
row.
5 And loshua said vnto them. Passe
ouer before the Arke of the Loed
your God into the mids of lordan, and
take ye vp euery man of you a stone vp-
on his shoulder, according vnto the
number of the tribes of the children of
Israel :
6 That this may be a signe among
you, that when your children aske their
fathers tin time to come, saying, What
meane you by these stones ?
7 Then yee shall answere them.
That the waters of lordan were cut
off before the Arke of the Couenant of
the Lord, when it passed ouer lor-
dan , the waters of lordan were cut
off: and these stones shall bee for a me-
moriall vnto the children of Israel for
euer.
8 And the children of Israel did so
as loshua commanded, and tooke vp
twelue stones out of the midst of lor-
dan, as the Lord spake vnto lo-
shua, according to the number of the
tribes of the children of Israel, and ca-
ried them ouer with them , vnto the
place where they lodged, and laid them
downe there.
9 And loshua set vp twelue stones
in the midst of lordan , in the place
where the feet of the Priests which bare
the Arke of the Couenant, stood : and
they are there vnto this day.
10 IT For the Priests which bare the
Arke, stood in the midst of lordan, vn-
till euery thing was finished that the
Lord commanded loshua to speake
vnto the people, according to all that
Moses commanded loshua : and the
people hasted and passed ouer.
11 And it came to passe when all the
people were cleane passed ouer, that the
Arke of the Lord passed ouer, and
the Priests in the presence of the people.
12 And *thc children of Reuben, and
the children of Gad, and halfe the tribe
of Manasseh, passed ouer armed before
the children of Israel, as Moses spake
vnto them :
13 About fourty thousand || prepared
for war, passed ouer before the Lord
vnto battell, to the plaines of lericho.
14 H On that day the Lord mag-
nified loshua in the sight of all Israel,
and they feared him, as they feared Mo-
ses all the dayes of his life.
15 And the Lord spake vnto lo-
shua, saying,
16 Command the Priests that beare
G g 2 the
' Num. 32.
27.
II Or, ready
armed.
Stones iu Gilgal.
loQiua.
Manna ceafeth.
iHebr.
phickedvp.
iHebr.
went.
^Hebr.to
morrow.
• Exod. 14.
21.
iHebr. all
dayea.
Exod. 4,
22.
I Or, knhtea
ofjiintf.
the Arke of the Testimony , that they
come vp out of lordan.
17 loshua therefore commaunded
the Priests, saying, Come yee vp out of
lordan.
18 And it came to passe when the
Priests that baie the Arke of the Coue-
nant of the Lord, were come vp out
of the mids of lordan, and the soles of
the Priests feete were tlift vp vnto the
dry land , that the waters of lordan
returned vnto their place, and t flowed
ouer all his banks, as they did before,
19 % And the people came vp out of
lordan on the tenth day of the first mo
neth , and encamped in Gilgal , in the
East border of Jericho.
20 And those twelue stones which
they tooke out of lordan , did loshua
pitch in Gilgal.
21 And he spake vnto the children of
Israel, saying, When your children shal
aske their fathers tin time to come, say-
ing. What meane these stones .''
22 Then yee shall let your children
know , saying , Israel came ouer this
lordan on dry land.
23 For the Lord your God dried
vp the waters of lordan from before
you, vntill yee were passed ouer, as the
Lord your God did to the Red sea,
•which hee dried vp from before vs, vn-
till we were gone ouer :
24 That all the people of the earth
might know the hand of the Lord,
that it is mighty, that ye might feare the
Lord your God tfor euer.
CHAP. V.
The Canaanites are afraid. 2 loshua renu-
eth Circumcision. 10 The Passeouer is kept
at Gilgal. 12 Manna ceaseth. 13 An An-
gel appeareth to loshua.
Nd it came to passe when
all the Kings of the Amo-
rites which were on the
side of lordan Westward,
and all the Kings of the
Canaanites , which were by the Sea,
heard that the Lord had dried vp
the waters of lordan from before the
children of Israel, vntil we were passed
ouer , that their heart melted ; neither
was there spirit in them any more , be-
cause of the children of Israel.
2 H At that time the Lord said
vnto loshua , * Make thee || sharpe
kniues, and circumcise againe the chil-
dren of Israel the second time.
5 And loshua made him sharpe
kniues, and circumcised the children of
Israel at || the hill of the foreskinnes
4 And this is the cause why loshua
did circumcise : all the people that came
out of Egypt, that zvere males, euen all
the men of warre, died in the wildernes
by the way after they came out of E-
gypt-
5 Now all the people that came out,
were circumcised, but all the people that
were borne in the wildernesse by the
way, as they came foorth out of Egypt,
fhem they had not circumcised.
6 For the children of Israel walked
fourtie yeeres in the wildernesse, till all
the people that were men of warre which
came out of Egypt were consumed, be-
cause they obeyed not the voyce of the
Lord, vnto whome the Lord
sware that hee * would not shew them
the land which the Lord sware vnto
their fathers, that he would giue vs, a
land that floweth with milke & honie.
7 And their children, whom hee rai-
sed vp in their stead, them loshua cir-
cumcised, for they were vncircumcised :
because they had not circumcised them
by the way.
8 And it came to passe t when they
had done circumcising all the people,
that they abode in their places in the
campe, till they were whole.
9 And the Lord saide vnto lo-
shua. This day haue I rolled away the
reproch of Egypt from off you : Where-
fore the name of the place is called || Gil-
gal vnto this day.
10 If And the children of Israel in-
camped in Gilgal, and kept the Passeo-
uer, on the fourteenth day of the mo-
netli at euen, in the plaines of lericho.
11 And they did eate of the olde come
of the land , on the morrow after the
Passeouer, vnleauened cakes, and par-
ched corne in the selfe same day.
12 IT And the Manna ceased on the
morrow after they had eaten of the old
corne of the land, neither had the chil-
dren of Israel Manna any more, but
they did eate of the fruit of the land of
Canaan that yeere.
13 H And it came to passe when lo-
.shua was by lericho, that he lift vp his
eyes, and looked , and beholde , there
stood *a man ouer against him, with his
sword dawen in his hand : and loshua
went vnto him, and said vnto him, Art
thou for vs, or for our aduersaries .''
14 And
lOr,Gibe-
ah-haara-
loth.
' Num. 14.
t Heb. when
the people
had made
an end to be
circumcised.
1 1. rollijig.
' Exod. 23.
How lericho
Chap.vj.
is befieged.
I Or, Prince.
* Exod. 3. 5.
BCt8. 7. 33.
t Hebr. did
shtU vp, and
was shut vp.
t Hebr. vn-
derit.
1 4 And he said, Nay, but as || captaine
of the hoste of the Lord am I now
come. And loshua fell on his face to
the earth, and did worship, and said vn-
to him, What saith my Lord vnto his
seruant ?
15 And the captaine of the Lords
hoste said vnto loshua , * Loose thy
shooe from off' thy foote, for the place
whereon thou standest , is holy : And
loshua did so.
CHAP. VL
1 lericho is shut vp. 2 God instructeth loshua
how to besiege it. 12 The citie is compassed.
17 It must be accursed. 20 The walJes fall
downe. 22 Rahab is saued. 26 The buil-
der of lericho is cursed.
Ow lericho t was strait
ly shut vp, because of the
children of Israel : none
went out, & none came in.
2 And the Lord
said vnto loshua. See, I haue giuen
into thine hand lericho, and the King
thereof, and the mighty men of valour.
3 And ye shall compasse the city , all
yee men of warre, and goe round about
the city once : thus shalt thou doe sixe
dayes.
4 And seuen Priests shall beare be-
fore the Arke seuen trumpets of rams
homes : and the seuenth day yee shall
compasse the city seuen times, and the
Priests shall blow with the trumpets.
5 And it shall come to passe that
when they make a long blast with the
rammes-horne, and when ye heare the
sound of the trumpet , all the people
shall shout with a great shout: and the
wall of the citie shall fall downe + flat,
and the people shall ascend vp euery
man straight before him.
6 IT And loshua the sonne of Nun
called the Priests , and said vnto them.
Take vp the Arke of the Couenant,
and let seuen Priests beare seuen trum-
pets of rammes -homes , before the
Arke of the Lord.
7 And he said vnto the people. Passe
on, and compasse the city, and let him
that is armed passe on before the Arke
of the Lord.
8 H And it came to passe when lo-
shua had spoken vnto the people , that
the seuen Priestes bearing the seuen
trumpets of rammes homes, passed on
before the Lord, and blew with the
t Ifeb. ga-
therinff host
t Heb. make
your voyce
to be heard.
trumpets : and the Arke of the Coue-
nant of the Lord followed them.
9 f And tlie armed men went be-
fore the Priests that blew with the
trumpets : and the t rereward came af-
ter the Arke, the Priests going on , and
blowing with the trumpets.
10 And loshua had commanded the
people, saying. Ye shall not shout, nor
t make any noise with your voice, nei-
ther shall any word proceed out of your
mouth, vntill the day I bid you shoute.
then shall ye shoute.
11 So the Arke of the Lord com-
passed the citie, going about it once: and
they came into the campe, and lodged in
the campe.
12 U And loshua rose earely in the
morning, and the Priests tooke vp the
Arke of the Lord.
13 And seuen Priests bearing seuen
trumpets of rammes homes before the
Arke of the Lord, went on continu-
ally, and blew with the trumpets : and
the armed men went before them, but
the rereward came after the Arke of the
Lord, the Priests going on and blow-
ing with the trumpets.
14 And the second day they compas-
sed the citie once, and returned into the
campe : so they did sixe dayes.
15 And itcame to passe on the seuenth
day, that they rose early about the daw-
ning of the day, and compassed the citie
after the same maner, seuen times : on
ly on that day they compassed the citie
seuen times.
16 And it came to passe at the seuenth
time, when the Priests blewe with the
trumpets, loshua said vnto the people.
Shout, for the Lord hath giuen you
the citie.
17 H And the citie shalbe || accursed,
euen it, and all that are therein, to the
Lord: onely Rahab the harlot shal
Hue, she, and all that are with her in the
house, because * she hid the messengers
that we sent.
18 And you, in any wise keepe your
selues from the accursed thing, lest yee
make your selues accursed, when yee
take of the accursed thing, and make the
campe of Israel a curse, and trouble it.
19 But all the siluer, and gold, and
vessels of brasse and yron, aretconsecra-
ted vnto the Lord: they shall come '"'"'***^'
into the treasurie of the Lord.
20 So the people shouted when the
Priests blew with the trumpets : and it
came
I Or, deno-
ted.
Chap. 2. 4
\Hebr.
lericho is taken.
lofhua.
Ifrael repelled at Ai.
• Heb. 11.
30.
t Hebr. vn-
derit.
* Chap. 2
14. hel
31.
.p. 2.
b. 11.
\Hebr./a-
milies.
• 1. King.
16. 34.
came to passe when the people heard
the sound of the trumpet, and the peo-
ple shouted with a great shout, that * the
wall fell downe tflat, so that the peo-
ple went vp into the citie , euery man
straight before him , and they tooke the
citie.
21 And they vtterly destroyed all
that was in the city, both man and wo-
man, yong and old, and oxe, and sheepe,
and asse, with the edge of the sword.
22 But loshua had said vnto the
two men that had spied out the coun-
trey ; Goe into Ihe harlots house, and
bring out thence the woman and all
that she hath, * as ye sware vnto her.
23 And the yong men that were
spies, went in, and brought out Rahab,
and her father, and her mother, and her
brethren, and all that she had : and they
brought out all her t kinred , and left
them without the campe of Israel.
24 And they burnt the city with fire
and all that was therein : onely the sil-
uer & the gold, and the vessels of brasse
and of yron,they put into the Treasury
of the nouse of the Loed.
25 And loshua saued Rahab the
harlot aliue, and her fathers houshold,
and all that she had : and she dwelleth
in Israel euen vnto this day, because
she hid the messengers which loshua
sent to spy out lericho.
26 f And loshua adiured them at
that time, saying, * Cursed be the man
before the Lord, that riseth vp and
buildeth this city lericho : he shall lay
the foundation therof in his first borne,
and in his yongest sonne shall hee set vp
the gates of it.
27 So the Lord was with lo-
shua, and his fame was noised through-
out all the countrey.
CHAP. vn.
1 The Israelites are smitten at Ai. 6 loshuas
complaint. 10 God instructeth him what
to doe. 16 Achan is taken by the Lot. 19
His confession. 22 Hee and all he had are
destroyed in the valley of Achor.
f; Vt the children of Israel
committed a trespasse in
the accursed thing: for *A-
chan the sonne of Carmi,
the sonne of Zabdi , the
sonne of Zerah, of the tribe of ludah,
tooke of the accursed thing : and the
anger of the Loud was kindled
against the children of Israel.
2 And loshua sent men from le-
richo to Ai, which is beside Beth-auen,
on the East side of Bethel , and spake
vnto them , saying, Goe vp and view
the countrey. And the men went vp,
and viewed Ai.
3 And they returned to loshua,
and said vnto him, Let not all the peo-
ple goe vp : but let t about two or three
thousand men goe vp , and smite Ai,
and make not all the people to labour
thither, for they are but few.
4 So there went vp thither of the
people about three thousand men, and
they fled before the men of Ai.
5 And the men of Ai smote of them
about thirty and sixe men : for they cha-
sed them J'rom before the gate euen vnto
Shebarim, and smote them in the || go-
ing downe : Wherefore the hearts of
the people melted, & became as water.
6 H And loshua rent his clothes,
and fell to the earth vpon his face, be-
fore the Arke of the Lord, vntill the
euentide, he and the Elders of Israel,
and put dust vpon their heads.
7 And loshua said, Alas, O Lord
God, wherefore hast thou at all
brought this people ouer lordan , to
deliuer vs into the hand of the Amo
rites, to destroy vs ? Would to God we
had bene content , and dwelt on the o-
ther side lordan.
8 Oh Lord! what shall I say,
when Israel turneth their t backes be-
fore their enemies .''
9 For the Canaanites, and all the
inhabitants of the land shall heare of it,
and shall enuiron vs round, and cut off
our name from the earth : and what
wilt thou doe vnto thy great Name ?
10 H And the Lord saide vnto
loshua. Get thee vp; wherefore tliest
thou thus vpon thy face ?
11 Israel hath sinned, and they haue
also transgressed my Couenant which
I commaunded them : for they haue e-
uen taken of the accursed thing , and
haue also stollen , and dissembled also,
and they haue put it euen amongst their
owne stuffe.
12 Therefore the children of Israel
could not stand before their enemies,
but turned their backs before their ene-
mies, because they were accursed : nei-
ther will I bee with you any more, ex-
cept yee destroy the accursed from a-
mongst you.
13 Vp,
t Heb. about
200(1. men :
or^ about
3000. men.
1 Or, in Ma-
rod.
^ Hebr.
neckes.
tHebfallest.
Achans trefpaffe,
Chap.viij.
and punifliment.
I Or, wie-
kednesse.
\Heb.tongue
13 Vp, sanctifie the people, and say,
Sanctifie your selues against to mor-
row : for thus saith the Lord God
of Israel, There is an accursed thing in
the midst of thee, O Israel : thou canst
not stand before thine enemies, vntill ye
take away the accursed thing from a
mong you.
14 In the morning therefore ye shal
be brought , according to your tribes
and it shall be that the tribe which the
Lord taketh , shall come according
to the families thereof, and the familie
which the Lord shall take, shal come
by housholdes : and the housholdes
which the Lord shall take, shal come
man by man.
15 And it shalbe that he that is taken
with the accursed thing, shall bee burnt
with fire, he, and all that he hath : be-
cause he hath transgressed the couenant
of the Lord, and because hee hath
wrought 1 1 folly in Israel.
16 H So loshua rose vp earely in
the morning , and brought Israel by
their tribes, and the tribe of ludah
was taken.
17 And hee brought the familie of
ludah, and he tooke the familie of the
Zarhites : and he brought the familie
of the Zarhites, man by man, and Zab-
di was taken.
18 And hee brought his houshold,
man by man, and Achan the sonne of
Carmi, the sonne of Zabdi, the sonne of
Zerah , of the tribe of ludah , was
taken.
19 And loshua said vnto Achan, My
Sonne, giue , I pray thee , glory to the
Lord God of Israel, and make con-
fession vnto him, and tel me now, what
thou hast done, hide it not froiri me.
20 And Achan answered loshua,
and said, Indeed I haue sinned against
the Lord God of Israel, and thus
and thus haue I done.
21 When I saw among the spoiles
a goodly Babylonish garment , and
two hundred shekels of siluer, and a
t wedge of gold of fiftie shekels weight,
then I coueted them, and tooke them,
and behold, they are hid in the earth in
the midst of my tent, and the siluer vn-
der it.
22 H So loshua sent messengers,
and they ran vnto the tent, and behold,
it was hid in his tent, and the siluer vn-
der it.
23 And they tooke them out of the
midst of the tent, and brought them vn-
to loshua, and vnto all the children of
Israel, and tlaid them out before the
Lord.
24 And loshua and all Israel with
him tooke Achan the sonne of Zerah,
and the siluer, and the garment, and the
wedge of golde , and his sonnes , and
his daughters , and his oxen , and his
asses, and his sheepe, and his tent, and
all that he had : and they brought them
vnto the valley of Achor.
25 And loshua said, Why hast thou
troubled vs .' the Lord shall trouble
thee this day. And all Israel stoned him
with stones, and burned them with fire,
after they had stoned them with stones.
26 And they raised ouer him a great
heape of stones vnto this day : so the
Lord turned from the fiercenesse of
his anger : Wherefore the name of the
place was called, The valley of || Achor,
vnto this day.
CHAP. VIII.
1 God incourageth loshua. 3 The stratagerae
whereby Ai was taken. 29 The king thereof
is hanged. 30 loshua buildeth an Altar, 32
writeth the Lawe on stones, 33 propoundoh
blessings and cursings.
Nd the Lord said vnto
loshua, *Feare not, nei-
ther be thou dismaid : take
all the people of warre
with thee, and arise, goe
vp to Ai : See, I haue giuen into thy
hand the king of Ai, and his people, and
his citie, and his land.
2 And thou shalt doe to Ai and her
king , as thou diddest vnto * lericho
and her king : Onely the spoile thereor
and * the cattell thereof shall ye take for
a pray vnto your selues: lay thee an am-
bush for the citie, behind it.
3 IT So loshua arose , and all the
people of warre, to goe vp against Ai :
and loshua chose out thirtie thousand
mighty men of valour, and sent them
away by night :
4 And he commanded them, saying,
Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the
citie, etien behind the citie: goe not very
farre from the citie, but be ye all ready :
5 And I, and all the people that are
with mee, will approch vnto the citie :
and it shall come to passe when they
come out against vs, as at the first, that
we will flee before them,
6 (For
t Heb. pouj.
red.
That is,
trouble.
* Deut. 1.
21. & 7. 18.
"Chap. 6. 21
Deut. 20
Ai is befieged,
lofh
iia.
and fet on fire,
t Hebr. pul-
led.
I Or, ofAi.
t Hebr. their
lyinginwait.
6 (For they will come out after vs)
till we liaue tdrawen them from the ci-
tie ; for they will say, They flee before
vs, as at the first : therefore we will flee
before them.
7 Then yee shall rise vp from the
ambush , and seise vpon the citie : for the
Lord your God will deliuer it into
your hand.
8 And it shall be when yee haue ta-
ken the citie, that ye shall set the citie on
fire : according to the commandement
of the Lord shall ye do. See, I haue
commanded you.
9 If loshua therefore sent them
foorth, and they went to lie in ambush,
and abode betweene Bethel and Ai, on
the West side of Ai : but loshua lodged
that night among the people.
10 And loshua rose vp early in the
morning, and numbred the people, and
went vp ; he, and the Elders of Israel,
before the people to Ai.
1 1 And all the people , euen tlie people
of warre that were with him, went vp,
and drew nigh, and came before the city,
and pitched on the North side of Ai :
now there was a valley betweene them
and Ai.
12 And he tooke about fiue thousand
men, and set them to lye in ambush be-
tweene Bethel and Ai , on the West side
II of the citie.
13 And when they had set the people,
euen all the hoste that was on the North
of the city, and their fliers in wait on the
West of the citie : loshua went that
night into the midst of the valley.
14 IT And it came to passe when the
King of Ai saw it, that they hasted, and
rose vp early, and the men of the citie
went out against Israel to battell, hee,
and all his people, at a time appointed,
before the plaine , but hee wist not that
there were liers in ambush against him
behind the city.
15 And loshua and all Israel made
as if they were beaten before them, and
fled by the way of the wildernesse.
16 And all the people that were in
Ai, were called together to pursue after
them : and they pursued after loshua,
and were drawen away from the city.
17 And there was not a man left in
Ai or Bethel, that went not out after
Israel : and they left the citie open , and
pursued after Israel.
18 And the Lord said vnto lo-
shua, Stretch out the speare that is in
thy hand, toward Ai ; for I will giue it
into thine hand. And loshua stretched
out the speare that hee had in his hand,
toward the city.
19 And the ambush arose quickly
out of their ])lace , and they ranne as
soone as he had stretched out his hand:
and they entred into the city, and tooke
it, and hasted, and set the citie on fire.
20 And when the men of Ai looked
behind them, they saw, and behold, the
smoke of the city ascended vp to hea-
uen, and they had no tpower to flee this
way or that way : and the people that
fled to the wildernesse, turned backe vp-
on the pursuers.
21 And when loshua and all Is-
rael saw that the ambush had taken the
city, and that the smokeof the city ascen-
ded, then they turned againe and slew
the men of Ai.
22 And the other issued out of the ci-
tie against them , so they were in the
midst of Israel ; some on this side, and
some on that side, and they smote them ;
so that they * let none of them remaine
or escape.
23 And the King of Ai they tooke a-
liue, and brought him to loshua.
24 And it came to passe when Is-
rael had made an end of slaying all the
inhabitants of Ai, in the field, in the wil
dernesse wherein they chased them, and
when they were all fallen on the edge of
the sword , vntill they were consumed,
that all the Israelites returned vnto
Ai, and smote it with the edge of the
sword.
25 And so it was that all that fell
that day , both of men and women, ■were
twelue thousand, euen all the men of Ai.
26 For loshua drew not his hand
backe wherewith hee stretched out the
speare, vntill he had vtterly destroyed
all the inhabitants of Ai.
27 *Onely the cattell, and the spoile
of that city Israel tooke for a pray vnto
themselues, according vnto the word of
the Lord, which he * commaunded
loshua.
28 And loshua burnt Ai, and made
it an heape for euer, euen a desolation
vnto this day.
29 And the king of Ai he hanged on
a tree vntil euentide: and assoone as the
sunne was downe, loshua commaun-
ded that they should take his carkeise
downe from the tree, and cast it at the
entring of the gate of the citie, and*raise
thereon
t Heb. hand.
Deut. 7. 2
Num. 31.
22, 26.
Verse 2.
' Chap. 7.
The law read. The
Chap.ix.
Gibeonites craft.
• Exod. 20.
25. deut.
27. 5.
Deut. 11.
29. & 27. 12
thereon a great heape of stones that re-
maineth vnto this day.
30 f Then loshua built an Altar
vnto the Lord God of Israel in
mount Ebal,
31 As Moses the seruant of the
Lord commaunded the children of
Israel, as it is written in the *booke of
the Law of Moses, an Altar of whole
stones, ouer which no man hath lift vp
any yron : and they offred theron burnt
ofrerings vnto the Lord, and sacrifi-
ced peace offerings.
32 IT And he wrote there vpon the
stones a copie of the Lawe of Moses,
which hee wrote in the presence of the
children of Israel.
33 And all Israel, and their Elders,
and Officers, and their ludges, stood
on this side the Arke, and on that side,
before the Priests the Leuites, which
bare the Arke of the Couenant of the
Lord, aswell the stranger, as he that
was borne among them : haUe of them
ouer against mount Gerizim, and halfe
of them ouer against mount Ebal, *as
Moses the seruant of the Lord had
commanded before, that they should
blesse the people of Israel.
34 And afterward hee read all the
words of the Law , the blessings and
cursings, according to all that is written
in the booke of the Law.
35 There was not a word of all that
Moses commanded , which loshua
read not before all the Congregation of
Israel, *with the women and the litle
ones, and the strangers that twere con
uersant among them.
CHAP. IX.
1 The kings combine against Israel. 3 The
Gibeonites by craft obtaine a League. 16
For which they are condemned to perpe-
tual bondage.
Nd it came to passe when
all the kings which were
on this side lordan in the
hilles, and in the valleys,
and in all the coasts of the
great sea, ouer against Lebanon, the
Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaa
nite, the Perizzite, the Hiuite, and the
lebusite heard thereof:
2 That they gathered themselues
together to fight with loshua, and
t Heb-mouih with Israel, with one t accord.
3 f And when the inhabitants of
• Deut. 31.
12.
i Hebr.
walked.
Gibeon heard what loshua had done
vnto lericho, and to Ai,
4 They did worke wilily, and went
and made as if they had beene embassa-
dours, and tooke old sackes vpon their
asses, and wine-bottels, old, and rent,
and bound vp,
5 And old shooes and clowted vpon
their feet, & olde garments vpon them,
and all the bread of their prouision was
drie and mouldie.
6 And they went to loshua vnto
the campe at Gilgal, and said vnto him,
and to the men of Israel, Wee be come
from a farre countrey : Now therefore
make ye a league with vs.
7 And the men of Israel said vnto
the Hiuites, Peraduenture yee dwell a-
mong vs, and how shall wee make a
league with you .''
8 And they said vnto loshua, Wee
are thy seruants. And loshua said vn-
to them. Who are ye? and from whence
come ye ?
9 And they said vnto him, From a
very farre countrey thy seruants are
come, because of the Name of the
Lord thy God : for wee haue heard
the fame of him, and all that hee did in
Egypt,
10 And all that hee did to the two
kings of the Amorites, that were be-
yond lordan, to Sihon king of Hesh-
bon, and to Og king of Bashan, which
was at Ashtaroth.
11 Wherefore our Elders and all the
inhabitants of our countrey, spake to
vs, saying , Take victuals t with you
for the iourney, and goe to meete them,
and say vnto them , Wee are your ser-
uants : therefore now make ye a league
with vs.
12 This our bread, wee tooke bote
for our prouision out of our houses, on
the day we came forth to goe vnto you:
but now behold, it is dry, & it is mouldy.
13 And these bottels of wine which
we filled, were new, and behold, they be
rent : and these our garments, and our
shooes are become old, by reason of the
very long iourney.
14 And II the men tooke of their vic-
tuals, and asked not counsell at the
mouth of the Lord.
15 And loshua made peace with
them, and made a league with them, to
let them liue : and the princes of the
Congregation sware vnto them.
16 f And it came to passe at the end
Hh ofl
t Hefrr. in
your hand.
Or, they re-
ceiued the
men by rea-
son 0/ their
victwils.
Gibeonites flaues.
lofhua.
Gibeon befieged.
• Vene 15.
t Hebr. not
be cut off
from you.
• Deut.7. 1.
of three dayes , after they had made a|
league with them, that they heard that:
they zcere their neighbours, and that^
they dwelt among them.
17 And the children of Israel iour-1
neyed, and came vnto their cities on the!
third day : now their cities were Gibe-
on, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and
Kiriath-iearim.
18 And the children of Israel smote
them not , because the Princes of the
Congregation had sworne vnto them
by the Lord God of Israel : And all
the Congregation murmured against
the Princes.
19 But all the Princes said vnto all
the Congregation, We haue sworne vn-
to them by the Lord God of Israel:
now therefore we may not touch them.
20 This we will doe to them; wee
will euen let them Hue, lest wrath be vp-
on vs, because of the oath which wee
sware vnto them.
21 And the Princes said vnto them,
Let them Hue , (but let them bee hew
ers of wood, and drawers of water, vn
to all the Congregation,) as the Prin
ces had •promised them.
22 IT And loshua called for them,
and he spake vnto them, saying. Where
fore haue ye beguiled vs, saying. We are
very farre from you ? when ye dwell a
mong vs.
23 Now therefore ye are cursed, and
there shall tnone of you bee freed from
being bondmen, and hewers of wood,
and drawers of water, for the house of
my God.
24 And they answered loshua,
and said. Because it was certainely told
thy seruants, how that the Lord thy
God * commanded his seruant Moses
to giue you all the land, and to destroy
all the inhabitants of the land from be-
fore you, therefore we were sore afraid
of our Hues because of you , and haue
done this thing.
25 And now behold, we are in thine
hand : as it seemeth good and right vn-
to thee to doe vnto vs, doe.
26 And so did he vnto them, and de-
liuered them out of the hand of the chil-
dren of Israel, that they slew them not.
27 And loshua made them that
day, hewers of wood, and drawers of
water for the Congregation , and for
the Altar of the Lord, euen vnto
this day, in the place which he should
choose.
CHAP. X.
1 Fiue Kings warre against Gibeon. 6 loshua
rescueth it. 10 God flghteth against them
with hailestones. 12 The Sunne and Moone
stand still at the word of loshua. 16 The
flue Kings are mured in a caue. 21 They are
brought forth, 24 scornefuUy vsed, 26 and
hanged. 28 Seuen Kings more are conque-
red. 43 loshua returneth to Gilgal.
Ow it came to passe when
Adoni-zedek King of le-
rusalem , had heard how
loshua had taken Ai, and
had vtterly destroyed it,
e~ iiad done to lericho, and her
King, so hee had done to * Ai, and her
King) and how the inhabitants of Gi-
beon had made peace with Israel, and
were among them,
2 That they feared greatly because
Gibeon was a great citie , as t one of the
royall cities , and because it was greater
then Ai, and all the men thereof were
mighty.
3 Wherefore Adoni-zedek King of
lerusalem, sent vnto Hoham King of
Hebron, and vnto Piram , king of lar
muth, and vnto laphia king of La-
chish , and vnto Debir king of Eglon,
saying,
4 Come vp vnto me, and helpe me,
that we may smite Gibeon : for it hath
made peace with loshua, and with the
children of Israel.
5 Therefore the fiue Kings of the
Amorites , the king of lerusalem, the
king of Hebron, the king of larmuth,
the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon
gathered themselues together , and
went vp, they, and all their hostes, and
encamped before Gibeon , and made
warre against it.
6 IT And the men of Gibeon sent vn
to loshua to the campe to Gilgal, say
ing, Slacke not thy hand from thy
seruants , come vp to vs quickly , and
saue vs, and helpe vs : for all the kings
of the Amorites that dwell in the
mountaines , are gathered together a-
gainst vs.
7 So loshua ascended from Gil-
gal, he, and all the people of warre with
him, and all the mighty men of valour.
8 f And the Lord said vnto lo-
shua, Feare them not : for I haue deli-
uered them into thine hand ; there shall
not a man of them stand before thee.
9 loshua therefore came vnto them
suddenly,
• Chap. 6.
IS.
• Chap. 8. 3.
i Hebr. cities
the king.
The Sun ftandeth.
Chap.x.
Fine kings hanged.
Esa. 2& 21
ecclus. 46. 4
iHeb.bee
silent.
Or, the
vprtghtf
tHehmtoff
the taile.
suddenly, and went vp from Gilgal all
night.
10 And the Lord discomfited them
before Israel , and slewe them with a
great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased
them along the way that goeth vp to
Bethoron, and smote them to Azekah
and vnto Makkedah.
11 And it came to passe as they fled
from before Israel, a7id were in the go-
ing downe to Bethoron , that the
Lord cast downe great stones from
heauen vpon them, vnto Azekah, and
they died : they were moe which died
with hailestones, then they whome the
children of Israel slew with the sword.
12 H Then spake loshua to the
Lord in the day when the Lord
deliuered vp the Amorites before the
children of Israel, and hee said in the
sight of Israel, * Sunne, t stand thou
still vpon Gibeon, and thou Moone in
the valley of Aialon.
13 And the Sunne stood still, and the
Moone stayed, vntiU the people had a-
uenged themselues vpo their enemies.
Is not this written in the booke of
II lasher.' So the Sunne stood still in
the midst of heauen, and hasted not to
goe downe, about a whole day.
14 And there was no day like that,
before it, or after it, that the Lord
hearkened vnto the voyce of a man : for
the Lord fought for Israel.
15 H And loshua returned, and all
Israel with him , vnto the campe to
Gilgal.
16 But these fine kings fled, and hid
themselues in a caue at Makkedah.
17 And it was told loshua, saying.
The fine kings are found hid in a caue
at Makkedah.
18 And loshua said , Roule great
stones vpon the mouth of the caue, and
set men by it, for to keepe them.
19 And stay you not, but pursue after
your enemies, and t smite the hindmost
of them, suffer them not to enter into
their cities : for the Lord your God
hath deliuered them into your hand.
20 And it came to passe when lo-
shua and the children of Israel had
made an end of slaying them with a ve-
ry great slaughter, till they were con-
sumed, that the rest which remained of
them, entred into fenced cities.
21 And all the people returned to the
campe to loshua at Makkedah in
peace : none mooued his tongue against
any of the children of Israel.
22 Then said loshua, Open the
mouth of the caue, and bring out those
fine kings vnto me out of the caue.
23 And they did so, and brought forth
those fine kings vnto him out of the
caue, the king of lerusalem, the king
of Hebron, the king of larmuth, the
king of Lachish,aw<Z the king of Eglon.
24 And it came to passe when they
brought out those kings vnto loshua,
that loshua called for all the men of
Israel, and saide vnto the captaines of
the men of war which went with him,
Come neere , put your feete vpon the
neckes of these kings. And they came
neere, and put their feet vpon the necks
of them.
25 And loshua said vnto them,
Feare not, nor be dismaid, bee strong,
and of good courage : for thus shall the
Lord doe to all your enemies against
whom ye fight.
26 And afterward loshua smote
them, and slew them, and hanged them
on fine trees : and they were hanging
vpon the trees vntill the euening.
27 And it came to passe at the time
of the going downe of the Sunne, that
loshua commanded, and they * tooke
them downe off' the trees, and cast them
into the caue, wherein they had beene
hid, and laid great stones in the caues
mouth, zc^AJc/* remain vntil this very day.
28 H And that day loshua topke
Makkedah, and smote it with the edge
of the sword, and the king thereof hee
vtterly destroyed , them , and all the
soules that were therein, he let none re-
maine : and he did to the king of Mak-
kedah , * as hee did vnto the king of
lericho.
29 Then loshua passed from Mak-
kedah, and all Israel with him, vnto
Libnah, and fought against Libnah.
30 And the Lord deliuered it also
and the king thereof, into the hand of
Israel, and he smote it with the edge of
the sword, and all the soules that zvere
therein : He let none remaine in it, but
did vnto the king therof, as he did vnto
the king of lericho.
31 11 And loshua passed from Lib-
nah and all Israel with him, vnto La-
chish , and encamped against it , and
fought against it.
32 And the Lord deliuered La-
chish into the hande of Israel, which
tooke it on the second day, and smote it
H h 2 with
Deut. 21.
23. chap. 8.
29.
• Chap. 6.
21.
lofhiia conquereth
lofhua.
diuers kings.
with the edge of the sword, and all the
soules that were therein , according to
all that he had done to Libnah.
33 f Then Horam king of Gezer,
came vp to helpe Lachish, and loshua
smote him and his people, vntill he had
left him none remayning.
34 U And from Lachish , loshua
Eassed vnto Eglon, and all Israel with
im, and they encamped against it, and
fought against it.
35 And they tooke it on that day, and
smote it with the edge of the sword, and
all the soules that were therein he vtter-
ly destroyed that day, according to all
that he had done to Lachish.
36 And loshua went vp from Eg-
lon, and all Israel with him, vnto He-
bron, and they fought against it.
37 And they tooke it , and smote it
with the edge of the sword, and the king
thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all
the soules that were therein, he left none
remaining, according to all that he had
done to Eglon : but destroyed it vtterly,
and all the soules that were therein.
38 If And loshua returned, and all
Israel with him to Debir, and fought
against it.
39 And hee tooke it, and the King
thereof, and all the cities thereof, and
they smote them with the edge of the
sword , and vtterly destroyed all the
soules that were therein, he left none re-
mayning : as he had done to Hebron, so
he did to Debir, and to the king there-
of, as he had done also to Libnah, and
to her king.
40 If So loshua smote all the coun-
trey of the hils, and of the South, and
of the vale , and of the springs , and all
their kings, hee left none remayning,
but vtterly destroyed all that breathed,
• Deut. 26. as the Lord God of Israel * com-
'*•"• manded.
41 And loshua smote them from
Kadesh-Bamea , euen vnto Gaza,
and all the countrey of Goshen , euen
vnto Gibeon.
42 And all these Kings and their
land did loshua take at one time : be-
cause the LoBD God of Israel fought
for Israel.
43 And loshua returned & al Isra-
el with him, vnto the campe to Gilgal.
CHAP. XL
1 Diners Kings ouercome at the waters of Me-
rom. 10 Hazor is taken and burnt. 16 All
tlie countrey taken by loshua. 21 The A-
nakims cut off.
Nd it came to passe, when
labin king of Hazor had
hear Athosethinffs^thaXhee
sent to lobab king of Ma-
don , and to the king of
Shimron, & to the king of Achshaph,
2 And to the kings that were on the
North of the mountaines , and of
the plaines South of Cinneroth, and
in the valley, and in the borders of Dor,
on the West ;
3 And to the Canaanite on the East
and on the West, and to the Amorite,
and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and
the lebusite in the mountaines, and to
the Hiuite vnder Hermon in the land
of Mizpeh.
4 And they went out, they and all
their hostes with them, much people,
euen as the sand that is vpon the Sea-
shore in multitude, with horses and cha-
rets very many.
5 And when all these Kings were
t met together, they came and pitched
together at the waters of Merom , to
fight against Israel.
6 If And the Lord saide vnto
loshua. Be not afraid because of them :
for to morrow about this time will I
deliuer them vp al slaine before Israel:
thou shall hough their horses , and
burne their charets with fire.
7 So loshua came, and all the peo-
ple of warre with him, against them by
the waters of Merom suddenly, and
they fell vpon them.
8 And the Lord deliuered them
into the hand of Israel , who smote
them, and chased them vnto || great Zi
don, and vnto || Misrephothmaim, and
vnto the valley of Mizpeh Eastward
and they smote them , vntill they left
them none remayning.
9 And loshua did vnto them as
the Lord bade him : hee houghed
their horses , and burnt their charets
with fire.
10 If And loshua at that time tur-
ned backe, and tooke Hazor, and smote
the king thereof with the sword : for
Hazor beforetime was the head of all
those kingdomes.
11 And they smote all the soules that
were therein with the edge of the
sword , vtterly destroying them : there
was not t any left to breathe ; and he
burnt Hazor with fire.
12 And
t Hebr. as-
sembled bg
appoint-
ment.
I Or, Zidon-
Rabbah.
I Or, salt
pits: Hebr.
burning of
waters.
t Hebr. any
breath.
Diuers conquefts
Chap.xij.
made by Joihua.
their diuisions by their tribes : and the
land rested from warre.
CHAP. XII.
1 The two kings whose countreys Moses tooke
and disposed of. 7 The one and thirty kings
on the other side lordan which loshua smote.
Ow these are the kings of
the land , which the chil-
dren of Israel smote, and
possessed their land on the
other side lordan , te-
nsing of the Sunne : from
the riuer Arnon, vnto mount Hermon,
and all the plaine on the East.
2 * Sihon king of the Amorites who
dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from A-
roer, which is vpon the banke of the ri-
uer of Arnon , and from the middle of
the riuer, and from halfe Gilead vnto
the riuer labbok, which is the border of
the children of Ammon :
3 And from the plaine, to the Sea
of Cinneroth on the East, and vnto the
sea of the plaine, euen the salt sea on the
East, the way to Beth-Ieshimoth : and
from the II South, vnder ||*Ashdoth-
Pisgah.
4 IT And the coast of Og king ofj^'*^'^'"''
Bashan , which was of the * remnant of • Deut. 3.
the Giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth,
and at Edrei,
5 And reigned in mount Hermon
and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, vnto
the border of the Geshurites , and the
Maachathites , and halfe Gilead , the
border of Sihon king of Heshbon
6 Them did Moses the seruant of
the Lord, and the children of Israel
smite, and * Moses the seruant of the
Lord gaue it for a possession vnto the
Reubenites, and Gadites, and the halfe
tribe of Manasseh.
7 IT And these are the kings of the
countrey which loshua and the chil
dren of Israel smote on this side lor
dan on the West, from Baal Gad in the
valley of Lebanon , euen vnto * the
mount Halak, that goeth vp to Seir,
which loshua gaue vnto the tribes of
Israel for a possession , according to
their diuisions :
8 In the mountaines and in the
valleys, and in the plaines, and in the
springs, and in the wildernesse, and in
the South countrey : the Hittites, the
Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Pe-
rizzites, the Hiuites, and the lebusites.
9 ^ * The
Num. 33.
32. deut. 7.
i. and 20.
16, 17.
t Hebr. on
their heape.
• Exod. 34.
II.
* Deut. 7. 2
t Heb, fie re'
moued no^
thing:
\ Or, the
smoothe
numntaine.
' Chap. 9. 3
!• Numb. 26
I S3.
12 And all the cities of those kings,
and all the kings of them, did loshua
take, and smote them with the edge of
the sword, an<i he vtterlydestroied them,
*as Moses the seruant of the Lord
commanded.
13 But as for the cities that stood still
tin their strength, Israel burned none
of them, saue Hazor onely; that did lo-
shua burne.
14 And all the spoile of these cities,
and the cattell , the children of Israel
tooke for a pray vnto themselues : but
euery man they smote with the edge of
the sword , vntill they had destroyed
them, neither left they any to breathe.
15 IT * As the Lord commanded
Moses his seruant, so *did Moses com
mand loshua, and so did loshua: hee
tleft nothing vndone of all that the
Lord commanded Moses.
16 So loshua tooke all that land,
the hilles, and all the South countrey,
and all the land of Goshen, and the val-
ley, and the plaine, and the mountaine
of Israel, and the valley of the same :
\1 Euen from the ||mount Halak, that
goeth vp to Seir, vnto Baal- Gad, in
the valley of Lebanon , vnder mount
Hermon : and all their kings he tooke,
and smote them, and slew them.
18 loshua made warre a long time,
with all those kings.
19 There was not a citie that made
peace with the children of Israel, *saue
the Hiuites the inhabitants of Gibeon ;
all other they tooke in battell.
20 For it was of the Lord to har-
den their hearts, that they should come
against Israel in battell, that he might
destroy them vtterly, Sf that they might
haue no fauour : but that hee might de-
stroy them, as the Lord commanded
Moses.
21 f And at that time came loshua
and cut off the Anakims from the
mountaines, from Hebron, from De
bir, from Anab, and from all the moun
taines of ludah , and from all the
mountaines of Israel : loshua de-
stroyed them vtterly with their cities.
22 There was none of the Anakims
left in the land of the children of Israel :
onely in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod,
there remained.
23 So loshua tooke the whole land
according to all that the Lord saide
vnto Moses, and loshua gaue it for an
inheritance vnto Israel, * according to
Num. 21
24. deu. 3. 6
H Or, Teman
•i Or, the
springs of
Pisk ■
17. & 4. 49.
• Deut. 3.
II. chap.
13. 12.
Num. 32.
29. deut. 3.
12. chap.
13. 8.
•Chap. II.
17.
Kings conquered.
lofhua.
Reubens and Gads
■ Chapi 6. a.
• Chap. 8.
19.
■ Chap. 10.
23.
• Chap. 10.
33.
• Chap. 10.
33.
• Chap. 10.
29.
• Chap. 10.
28.
I Or, Saron.
• Chap. 11.
10.
* Genes, u.
t Hebr. to
possesse it.
IF • The king of lericho, one:
king of Ai, which is beside Bethel,
the
9
the*
one:
10 *The king of lerusalem, one
king of Hebron, one :
11 The king of larmuth, one : the
king of Lachis, one :
1 2 The king of Eglon, one : *the king
of Gezer, one :
1.3 *The king of Debir, one : the king
of Geder, one :
14 The king of Hormah one : the
king of Arad, one :
15 * The king of Libnah, one : the
king of AduUam, one :
16 *The king of Makkedah, one : the
king of Bethel, one :
17 The king of Tappuah, one : the
king of Hepher, one :
18 The king of Aphek, one: the king
of II Lasharon, one :
19 The king of Madon, one: * the
king of Hazor, one :
20 The king of Shimron-Meron,
one : the king of Achshaph, one :
21 The king of Taanach , one : the
king of Megiddo, one :
22 The king of Kedesh, one : the king
of lokneam of Carmel, one :
23 The king of Dor, in the coast of
Dor, one : the king of * the nations of
Gilgal, one :
24 The king of Tirzah, one : all the
kings thirtie and one.
CHAP. XIII.
1 The bounds of the land not yet conquered.
8 The inheritance of the two Tribes and
halfe. 14. 33 The Lord and his sacrifices,
are the inheritance of Leui. IS The bounds
of the inheritance of Reuben. 22 Balaam
slaine. 2* The bounds of the inheritance of
Gad, 29 and of the halfe tribe of Manasseh.
Ow loshua was old and
stricken in yeeres , and the
Lord saide vnto him;
Thou art old, and stricken
in yeres, and there remai-
neth yet very much land t to bee pos-
sessed.
2 This is the land that yet remai-
neth : all the borders of the Philistines,
and all Geshuri,
3 From Sihor, which is before E-
gypt, euen vnto the borders of Ekron
Northward, which is counted to the Ca-
naanite : hue lords of the Philistines ;
the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites,
the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the
Ekronites ; Also the Auites.
4 From the South, all the land of
the Canaanites , and || Mearah that is
beside the Sidonians , vnto Aphek , to
the borders of the Amorites :
5 And the land of the Giblites, and
al Lebanon toward the Sunne rising,
from Baal -Gad vnder mount Her-
mon, vnto the entring into Hamath.
6 All the inhabitants of the hill
countrey, from Lebanon vnto Misre-
phothmaim , and all the Sidonians,
them will I driue out from before the
children of Israel : onely diuide thou it
by lot vnto the Israelites, for an inhe
ritance, as I haue commanded thee.
7 Now therefore, diuide this land
for an inheritance vnto the nine tribes
and the halfe tribe of Manasseh,
8 With whom the Reubenites, and
the Gadites haue receiued their inheri-
tance, * which Moses gaue them , be-
yond lordan Eastward , euen as Mo-
ses the seruant of the Lord gaue
them :
9 From Aroer that is vpon the
banke of the riuer Arnon, and the citie
that is in the middest of the riuer, and
all the plaine of Medeba vnto Dibon :
10 And all the cities of Sihon king
of the Amorites, which reigned in Hesh-
bon, vnto the border of the children of
Ammon :
11 And Gilead, and the border of the
Geshurites, and Maachathites, and all
mount Hermon, and all Bashan vnto
Salcah :
12 All the kingdome of Og in Ba-
shan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and
in Edrei, who remained of *the rem-
nant of the giants : for these did Moses
smite, and cast them out.
13 Neuerthelesse, the children of Is-
rael expelled not the Geshurites , nor
the Maachathites : but the Geshurites
and the Maachathites dwel among the
Israelites vntill this day.
14 Onely vnto the tribe of Leui hee
gaue none inheritance : the sacrifices of
the Lord God of Israel made by
fire, are their inheritance, as he said vn-
to them.
15 % And Moses gaue vnto the tribe
of the children of Reuben inheritance ac-
cording to their families :
16 And their coast was from Aroer
that is on the banke of the riuer Arnon,
and the city that is in the midst of the ri-
uer.
^ Or, the
caue.
Num. 32.
33. deut. 3.
13. chap. 22
4.
• Deut. 3.
11. chap.
12. 4.
inheritance.
Chap.xiiij.
Leui hath none.
Or, the
hiifh places
of Baal, and
house of Bor
almeon.
• Deut. 3.
17.
Or, springs
ofPisgahor
AehiU.
Num. 31.
Ottdiuiner
uer, and all the plaine by Medeba.
17 Heshbon and all her cities that are
in the plaine : Dibon , and ||Bamoth-
Baal, and Beth-Baalmeon,
18 And lahazah , and Kedemoth,
and Mephaath,
19 And Kiriathaim , and Sibmah,
and Zareth-shahar , in the mount of
the valley,
20 And Bethpeor, and *||Ashdoth-
Pisgah, and Beth-ieshimoth :
21 And all the cities of the plaine, and
all the kingdome of Sihon king of the
Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon,
whom Moses smote *with the princes
of Midian, Eui, and Rekem, and Zur,
and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes
of Sihon, dwelling in the countrey.
22 H Balaam also the sonne of Beor
the ||Sooth-sayer did the children of Is-
rael slay with the sword, among them
that were slaine by them.
23 And the border of the children of
Reuben, was lordan and the border
therqf: This was the inheritance of the
children of Reuben after their families,
tlie cities, and villages thereof.
24 And Moses gaue inheritance vnto
the tribe of Gad, euen vnto the children
of Gad, according to their families :
25 And their coast was lazer , and
all the cities of Gilead , and halfe the
land of the children of Ammon, vnto
Aroer that is before Rabbah :
26 And from Heshbon vnto Ra-
math - Mizpeh , and Betonim : and
from Mahanaim vnto the border of
Debir.
27 And in the valley , Beth-aram,
and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth , and
Zaphon the rest of the kingdome of
Sihon king of Heshbon, lordan, and
his border, euen vnto the edge of the sea
of Cinneroth, on the other side lordan
Eastward.
28 This is the inheritance of the chil-
dren of Gad after their families : the ci-
ties and their villages.
29 H And Moses gaue inheritance vn-
to the halfe tribe of Manasseh : and this
was tlie possession of the halfe tribe of
Manasseh, by their families.
30 And their coast was fro Mahana-
im all Bashan, all the kingdome of Og
king of Bashan, and all the townes of
lair, which are in Bashan, threescore
cities :
31 And halfe Gilead, and Ashtaroth,
and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og
in Bashan, were perteiningvntothe chil-
dren of Machir the sonne of Manasseh,
euen to the one halfe of the * children of
Machir by their famiUes.
32 These are the countreyes wliich
Moses did distribute for inheritance in
the plaines of Moab, on the other side
lordan by lericho Eastward.
33 * But vnto the tribe of Leui Mo
ses gaue not any inheritance : the
Lord God of Israel was their inhe-
ritance, *as he said vnto them.
CHAP. XIIII.
1 The nine tribes and a halfe are to haue their
inheritance by lot. 6 Caleb by priuiledge
obtaineth Hebron.
Nd these are the coiintreys
which the children of Is-
rael inherited in the lande
of Canaan, *which Elea-
zar the Priest, & loshua
the Sonne of Nun, and the heads of the
fathers of the tribes of the children of
Israel distributed for inheritance to
them :
2 *By lot was their inheritance, as
the Loud commanded by the hande
of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the
halfe tribe.
3 For Moses had giuen the inheri-
tance of two tribes and an halfe tribe,
on the other side lordan : but vnto the
Leuites hee gaue none inheritance a
mong them.
4 For the children of loseph were
two tribes , Manasseh and Ephraim :
therefore they gaue no part vnto the
Leuites in the land, saue cities to dwell
in, with their suburbs for their cattell,
and for their substance.
5 * As the Lord commaunded
Moses , so the children of Israel did,
and they diuided the land.
6 IT Then the children of ludah
came vnto loshua in Gilgal : and Ca-
leb the Sonne of lephunneh the Kene-
zite, said vnto him, Thou knowest the
thing that the Lord said vnto Mo-
ses the man of God concerning me and
thee, in Kadesh Barnea.
7 Fourtie yeeres olde was I when
Moses the seruant of the Lord sent
me from Kadesh Barnea, to espie out
the land, and I brought him worde a-
gaine, as it was in mine heart.
8 Neuerthelesse, my brethren that
went vp with me, made the heart of the
people!
• Num. 32.
39.
"Cliap. 18.
7.
Num. 18.
20.
Num. 34.
17.
Num. 26
55. & 33.
54.
Num. 35
2. chap.
21. 2.
Calebs inheritance.
lofhiia.
The lot of ludah.
Num. u.
t Hebr. tcal-
ked.
• Ecclus.
46.9.
Chap. :i.
12. i.macc.
3. 56.
Chap.
13.
• Num. 34.
3.
• Num. 33.
36.
i Hebr.
tongue.
people melt : but I wholly * followed
the Lord my God.
9 And Moses sware on that day,
saying , Surely the land whereon thy
feet haue troden, shall be thine inheri-
tance, and thy childrens for euer, be-
cause thou hdst wholly followed the
Lord my God.
10 And now beholde, the Lord
hath kept me aliue, as he said, these for
ty and fiue yeres, euen since the Lord
spake this word vnto Moses, while the
children of Israel t wandered in the
wildernesse : and now loe, I am this
day fourescore and fiue yeeres old.
11 *As yet I am as strong this day,
as I was in the day that Moses sent mee:
as my strength was then, euen so is my
strength now, for warre , both to goe
out and to come in.
12 Now therefore giue mee this
mountaine, whereof the Lord spake
in that day, (for thou heardest in that
day how the Anakims were there, and
that the cities were great and fenced)if so
be the Lord will be with me, then I
shall bee able to driue them out, as the
Lord said.
13 And loshua blessed him , and
gaue vnto Caleb the sonne of lephun-
neh, Hebron for an inheritance.
14 * Hebron therefore became the in-
heritance of Caleb the sonne of le-
phunneh the Kenezite vnto this day :
because that hee wholly followed the
Lord God of Israel.
15 And *the name of Hebron before
was Kiriath-Arba , which A)-ba was a
great man among the Anakims : and
the land had rest from warre.
CHAP. XV.
1 The borders of the lot of ludah. 13 Calebs
portion and conquest. 16 Othniel for his
valour, hath Achsah Calebs daughter to wife,
18 Shee obtaineth a blessing of her father,
21 The Cities of ludah. 63 The lebu-
sites not conquered.
His then was the lot of the
tribe of the children of lu
dah by theirfamilies, *eiten
to the border of Edom
the * wildernesse of Zin
roas the vttermost part of
the South coast :
2 And their South border was
from the shore of the salt sea, from the
tbay that looketh Southward.
3 And it went out to the Southsidei
to IIMaalehacrabbim, and passed a\ong \ Or, iiw go.
to Zin, and ascended vp on the South- i^f^^j^.
side vnto Kadesh-Barnea : and passed
along to Hezron, and went vp to Adar,
and fetched a compasse to Karkaa.
4 From thence it passed toward
Azmon, and went out vnto the riuer of
Egypt, and the goings out of that coast
were at the sea : this shalbe your South
coast.
5 And the East border was the salt
Sea, euen vnto the end of lordan : and
their border in the North quarter, was
from the bay of the sea, at the vttermost
part of lordan.
6 And the border went vp to Beth-
hogla, and passed along by the North
of Beth-arabah, and the border went
vp to the stone of Boh an the sonne of
Reuben.
7 And the border went vp toward
Debir from the valley of Achor, and so
Northward , looking toward Gilgal,
that is before the going vp to Adum-
mim, which /',v on the Southside of the
riuer : and the border passed towards
the waters of Enshemesh , and the go-
ings out thereof were * at En-Rogel. • i.King. i.
8 And the border went vp by the
valley of the sonne of Hinnom, vnto the
South side of the lebusite, the same is
lerusalem : and the border went vp to
the top of the mountaine, that liefh be-
fore the valley of Hinnom, Westward,
which is at the end of the valley of the
giants. Northward.
9 And the border was drawen from
the top of the hill vnto the fountaine of
the water of Nephtoah, and went out
to the cities of mount Ephron, and the
border was drawen to Baalah , which
is Kiriath-iearim.
10 And the border compassed from
Baalah Westward vnto mount Seir,
and passed along vnto the side of mount
learim , ( which is Chesalon ) on the
North side, and went downe to Beth-
shemesh, and passed on to Timnah.
11 And the border went out vnto
the side of Ekron Northward : and the
border was drawen to Shicron , and
passed along to mount Baalah , and
went out vnto labneel ; and the go-
ings out of the border were at the sea.
12 And the West border was to the
great sea, and thecoast iherof: this is the
coast of the children of ludah round a-
bout, according to their families.
13 f And
Achfahs requeft.
Chap.xv.
luadhs cities.
" Chap. 14.
15.
I Or, Kiri-
<Uh-arba.
ludg. 1. 10
13 IT And vnto Caleb the sonne of
lephunneh, he gaue a part among the
children of ludah, according to the c6-
mandement of the Lord to loshua,
euen * || the citie of Arba the father of A-
nak, -which citie is Hebron.
14 And Calebdroue thence *the three
sonnes of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman,
and Talmai, the children of Anak.
15 And he went vp thence to the in-
habitants of Debir : and the name of
Debir before was Kiriath-Sepher.
1 6 H And Caleb said, He that smiteth
Kiriath-Sepher, and taketh it, to him
will I giue Achsah my daughter to
wife.
17 And Othniel the sonne of Kenaz,
the brother of Caleb, tooke it : and hee
gaue him Achsah his daughter to wife.
18 And it came to passe as shee came
imto him, that slie moued him to aske of
her father a field, and she lighted off her
asse ; and Caleb said vnto her , What
wouldest thou .''
19 Who answered, Giue mee a bles-
sing ; for thou hast giuen mee a South-
land, giue me also springs of water; and
he gaue her the vpper springs, and the
nether springs.
20 This is the inheritance of the tribe
of the children of ludah according to
their families.
21 And the vttermost cities of the
tribe of the children of ludah toward
the coast of Edom Southward, were
Kabzeel, and Eder, and lagur,
22 And Kinah, and Dimonah, and
Adadah,
23 And Kedesh, and Hazor, and
Ithnan,
24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth
25 And Hazor , Hadattah, and Ke
rioth : and Hezron, which is Hazor,
26 Amam , and Shema , and Mo-
ladah,
27 And Hazar-Gaddah, and Hesh-
mon, and Beth-palet,
28 And Hazarshual , and Beershe-
ba, and Biziothiah,
29 Baalah, and lim, and Azem,
30 And Eltolad, and Chesil , and
Hormah,
31 And Ziklag, and Madmannah,
and Sansannah,
32 And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and
Ain , and Rimmon : all the cities are
twentie and nine, with their villages.
33 And in the valley, Esthaol, and
Zoreah, and Ashnah,
34 And Zanoah , and Engannim,
Tappuah, and Enam,
35 larmuth, and Adullam, Socoh,
and Azekah,
36 And Sharaim , and Adithaim,
and Gederah , || and Gederothaim :
fourteene cities with their villages.
37 Zenam, and Hadashah, & Mig-
dalgad,
38 And Dileam , and Mizpeh, and
loktheel,
39 Lachish, and Bozkath, & Eglon,
40 And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and
Kithlish,
41 And Gederoth , Beth - dagon,
and Naamah, and Makkedah : sixteene
cities with their villages.
42 Lebnah, and Ether, and Ashan,
43 And liphta , and Ashnah , and
Nezib,
44 And Keilah , and Achzib, and
Mareshah : nine cities with their vil-
lages.
45 Ekron with her townes , and
her villages.
46 From Ekron euen vnto the sea,
all that lay t neere Ashdod, with their
villages.
47 Ashdod with her townes and
her villages, Gaza with her townes
and her villages, vnto the riuer of E-
gypt, and the great sea and the border
thereof.
48 f And in the mountaines, Sha
mir, and lattir, and Socoh,
49 And Dannah, & Kiriath-San
nath, which is Debir,
50 And Anab, and Ashtemoh , and
Anim,
51 And Goshen, and Holon, and Gi-
loh : eleuen cities with their villages.
52 Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean,
53 And II lanum, and Beth-tappu
ah, and Aphekah,
54 And Humtah, and *Kiriatharba
(which is Hebron) and Zior, nine cities
with their villages.
55 Maon, Carmel, and Ziph , and
luttah,
56 Ind lezreel, and lokdeam, and
Zanoah,
57 Cain , Gibbeah , and Timnah :
ten cities with their villages.
58 Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor,
59 And Maarah , and Bethanoth,
& Eltekon : six cities with their villages.
60 Kiriath-baal, which is Kiriath-
iearim, and Rabbah : two cities with
their villages.
I i 61 f In
Or, or.
t Helrr. by
the place of.
1 Or, lanus.
* Chap. 14.
IS.
lofephs borders.
lofhua.
Manaffehs lot.
\Hehr.toent
foorth.
ludg.
61 H In the wildernesse, Beth-ara
bah, Middin, and Secacah,
62 And Nibshan , and the city of
Salt, and Engedi : sixe cities with their
villages.
63 As for the lebusites the inhabi-
tants of lerusalem, the children of lu-
dah could not driue them out : but the
lebusites dwell with the children of
ludah at lerusalem vnto this day.
CHAP. XVI.
1 The generall borders of the sonnes of Joseph.
S The border of the inheritance of Ephra-
10 The Canaanites not conquered.
Nd the lot of the children
of loseph tfell from lor-
dan by lericho, vnto the
water of Jericho on the
East , to the wildernesse
at goeth vp from lericho through-
out mount Bethel ;
2 And goeth out from Bethel to
*Luz, and passeth along vnto the bor-
ders of Archi, to Ataroth,
3 And goeth downe Westward, to
the coast of laphleti, vnto the coast of
Bethoron the nether , and to Gezer :
and the goings out thereof are at the
Sea.
4 So the children of loseph , Ma-
nasseh, and Ephraim, tooke their inhe-
ritance.
5 f And the border of the children
of Ephraim according to their families,
was thus: euen the border of their inhe-
ritance on the East side was Ataroth-
Addar, vnto Bethoron the vpper.
6 And the border went out toward
the Sea, to Michmethah on the North-
side , and the border went about East-
ward vnto Taanath Shiloh, and pas-
sed by it on the East to lanohah :
7 And it went downe from lano-
hah to Ataroth and to Naarath , and
came to lericho, and went out at lox-
dane.
8 The border went out from Tap-
puah Westward vnto the riuer Ka-
nah : and the goings out thereof were
at the Sea. This is the inheritance of
the tribe of the children of Ephraim by
their families.
9 And the separate cities for the chil-
dren of Ephraim were among the inhe-
ritance of the children of Manasseh, all
the cities with their villages.
10 And they draue not out the Ca^
naanites that dwelt in Gezer : but the!
Canaanites dwell among the Ephra-
mites vnto this day , and serue vn-
der tribute.
CHAP. XVII.
1 The lot of Manasseh. 8 His coast. 12 The
Canaanites not driuen out. 14- The chil-
dren of loseph obtaine another lot.
Here was also a lot for the
tribe of Manasseh ; (*for
hee was the first borne of
loseph) to wit, for Machir
the first borne of Manas-
seh the father of Gilead : because he was
a man of warre, therefore hee had Gi-
lead and Bashan.
2 There was also a lot for * the rest
of the children of Manasseh by their fa-
milies; for the children of Abiezer,and
forthechildrenofHelek,andforthe chil-
dren of Asriel, and for the children of
Shechem , and for the children of He-
pher, and for the children of Shemida :
these were the male children of Manas-
seh , the Sonne of loseph by their fa-
milies.
3 IF But * Zelophehad the sonne of
Hepher, the sonne of Gilead, the sonne
of Machir, the sonne of Manasseh, had
no sonnes but daughters : And these
are the names of his daughters, Mah-
lah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and
Tirzah.
4 And they came neere before Ele-
azar the Priest, and before loshua the
Sonne of Nun , and before the Princes,
saying. The Lord commanded Mo-
ses to giue vs an inheritance among
our brethren: therefore according to the
commaundement of the Lord, hee
gaue them an inheritance among the
brethren of their father.
5 And there fel ten portions to Ma-
nasseh , beside the land of Gilead and
Bashan , which were on the other side
lordan ;
6 Because the daughters of Ma-
nasseh had an inheritance among his
sonnes : and the rest of Manassehs
sonnes had the land of Gilead.
7 II And the coast of Manasseh was
from Asher to Michmethah , that lieth
before Shechem, and the border went
along on the right hand, vnto the inha-
bitants of Entappuah.
8 Now Manasseh had the land of
Tappuah : but Tappuah on the bor
der
• Gene. 41.
.11. and 46.
20. and 60.
23. num.
32. 39.
Num. 26.
Num. 26.
33. and 27
1. and ,36. 2
Their cities.
Chap.xviij.
The Tabernacle.
Or, brooke
of reeds.
I Or, Repha-
ims.
der of Manasseh belonged to the chil-
dren of Ephraim.
9 And the coast descended vnto the
II riuer Kanah , Southward of the ri-
uer : these cities of Ephraim are among
the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Ma-
nasseh also was on the North side of the
riuer, and the outgoings of it were at
the Sea.
10 Southward it was Ephraims, and
Northward ii was Manassehs, and the
sea is his border, and they met together
in Asher on the North, and in Issachar
on the East.
11 And Manasseh had in Issachar
and in Asher, Bethshean & her townes,
and Ibleam and her townes, and the
inhabitants of Dor and her townes,
and the inhabitants of Endor and her
townes, and the inhabitants of Taa
nach and her townes, and the inhabi-
tants of Megiddo and her townes, e-
uen three countreyes.
12 Yet the children of Manasseh
could not driue out theinhabitants of those
cities, but the Canaanites would dwell
in that land.
13 Yet it came to passe when the chil-
dren of Israel were waxen strong, that
they put the Canaanites to tribute : but
did not vtterly driue them out.
14 And the children of loseph spake
vnto loshua , saying , Why hast thou
giuen me hut one lot and one portion to
inherit, seeing I am a great people, for-
asmuch as the Lord hath blessed me
hitherto .''
15 And loshua answered them , If
thou be a great people, then get thee vp
to the wood countrey, and cut downe for
thy selfe there in the land of the Periz-
zites, and of the || giants , if mount E-
phraim be too narrow for thee.
16 And the children of loseph saide.
The hill is not enough for vs : and all
the Canaanites that dwell in the lande
of the valley, haue charets of yron, both
they who are of Bethshean and her
townes, and they who are of the valley
of lezreel.
17 And loshua spake vnto the house
of loseph, euen to Ephraim , and to
Manasseh, saying , Thou art a great
people , and hast great power : Thou
shalt not haue one lot onely.
18 But the mountaine shalbe thine,
for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it
downe : and the outgoings of it shalbe
thine: for thou shalt driue out the Cana-
anites, though they haue yron charets,
and though they be strong.
CHAP. XVIII.
1 The Tabernacle is set vp at Shiloh. 2 The re-
mainder of the land is describetl, and diuided
into seuen parts. 10 loshua diuideth it by
lot. 11 The lot and border of Beniamin.
21 Their cities.
Nd the whole Congrega-
tion of the children of Is-
rael assembled together at
Shiloh, & set vp the Ta-
bernacle of the Congre-
gation there, and the land was subdued
before them.
2 And there remained among the
children of Israel seuen tribes, which
had not yet receiued their inheritance.
3 And loshua said vnto the children
of Israel, How long are you slacke to
goe to possesse the lande which the
Lord God of your fathers hath gi
uen you ?
4 Giue out from among you three
men, for each tribe : and I will send
them, and they shall rise, & goe through
the land, and describe it according to the
inheritance of them, and they shal come
againe to me.
•5 And they shall diuide it into seuen
parts : ludah shall abide in their coast
on the South, and the house of loseph
shall abide in their coasts on the North.
6 Ye shall therfore describe the land
iwto seuen parts, SMAhrmgthe description
hither to me : that I may cast lots for
you here before the Lord our God.
7 But the Leuites haue no part a-
mong you , for the Priesthood of the
Lord is their inheritance : and Gad
and Reuben, and halfe the tribe of Ma
nasseh, haue receiued their inheritance
beyond lordan on the East , which
Moses the seruant of the Lord gaue
them.
8 IT And the men arose, and went
away : and loshua charged them that
went to describe the land, saying, Goe,
and walke through the land, & describe
it, and come againe to me, that I may
here cast lots for you, before the Lord
in Shiloh.
9 And the men went , and passed
thorow the land, and described it by ci-
ties, into seuen parts in a booke , and
came againe to loshua to the hoste at
Shiloh.
lis 10 f And
The lot, borders, and
lofhua.
cities of Beniamin.
'Chap. 15.
I0r,lh€
plaine.
\Hebr.
tongue.
10 H And loshua cast lots for themj
in Shiloh , before the Lord : and
there loshua diuided the land vnto the
children of Israel according to their
diuisions.
11 H And the lot of the tribe of the
children of Beniamin came vp accor-
ding to their families : and the coast of
their lot came foorth betweene the chil-
dren of ludah , and the children of Jo-
seph.
12 And their border on the North
side was from Jordan , and the border
went vp to the side of lericho , on the
North side , and went vp through the
mountaines Westward, and the goings
out thereof were at the wildernesse of
Beth-auen.
13 And the border went ouer from
thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz,
( which is Bethel ) Southward , and
the border descended to Ataroth-Adar,
neere the hill that lielh on the South
side of the nether Beth-horon.
14 And the border was drawen
thence, and compassed the corner of the
Sea Southward , from the hill that li-
eth before Beth-horon Southward:
and the goings out thereof were at Ki-
riath-baal ( which is Kiriath-iearim ) a
city of the children of ludah : This
was the West quarter.
15 And the South quarter was
from the end of Kiriath-iearim, & the
border went out on the West, and went
out to the well of waters of Nephtoah.
16 And the border came downe to the
end of the mountaine , that lieth before
the valley of the sonne of Hinnom, and
which is in the valley of the Giants on
the North, and descended to the valley
of Hinnom to the side of lebusi on the
South, and descended to En-Rogel,
17 And was drawen fro the North,
and went foorth to Enshemesh , and
went foorth toward Geliloth, which is
ouer against the going vp of Adum
mim,and descended to * the stone of Bo-
han the sonne of Reuben,
18 And passed along toward the
side ouer against Arabah Northward,
and went downe vnto || Arabah.
19 And the border passed along to
the side of Beth-hoglah Northward :
and the outgoings of the border were
at the North tbay of the salt Sea at the
South end of lordane : This was the
South coast.
20 And lordane was the border of
it on the East side : this was the inheri-
tance of the children of Beniamin , by
the coasts thereof round about, accor-
ding to their families.
21 Now the cities of the tribe of the
children of Beniamin according to their
families, were lericho, and Bethhog-
lah, and the valley of Keziz,
22 And Betharabah , and Zema-
raim, and Bethel,
23 And Auim, and Parah, and O-
phrah,
24 And Chephar-Haammonai, and
Ophni , and Gaba , twelue cities with
their villages.
25 Gibeon, and Raniah, and Bee-
roth,
26 And Mizpeh , and Chephirah,
and Mozah,
27 And Rekem , and Irpeel , and
Taralah,
28 And Zela , Eleph , and lebusi,
(which is lerusalem) Gibeath, and Ki-
riath , foureteene cities with their vil
lages. This is the inheritance of the
children of Beniamin according to their
families.
CHAP. XIX.
1 The lot of Simeon, 10 Of Zebulun, 17 Of
Issachar, 24 Of Asher, 32 Of Naphtali,
40 Of Dan. 46 The chUdren of Ifrael giue
an inheritance to loshua.
Nd the second lot came
foorth to Simeon , euen
for the tribe of the children
of Simeon according to
their families : and their
inheritance was within the inheritance
of the children of ludah.
2 And they had in their inheritance
Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah,
3 And Hazarshual, and Balah, and
Azem,
4 And Eltolad , and Bethul , and
Hormah,
5 And Ziklag, and Beth-marca-
both, and Hazar-susah,
6 And Beth-lebaoth, and Sharu-
hen : thirteene cities and their villages
7 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and
Ashan : foure cities and their villages,
8 And all the villages that were
round about these cities , to Baalath
Beer, Ramath of the South : This is
the inheritance of the tribe of the chil-
dren of Simeon according to their fa-
milies.
9 Out
Zebuluns, Afheis,
Chap
XIX.
Naphtalis portion
Or, which
is drawen.
9 Out of the portion of the chil-
dren of ludah ivas the inheritance of
the children of Simeon : for the part of
the children of ludah was too much
for them : therefore the children of Si-
meon had their inheritance within the
inheritance of them.
10 H And the third lot came vp for
the children of Zebulun, according to
their families : and the border of their
inheritance was vnto Sarid.
11 And their border went vp toward
the Sea, and Maralah, and reached to
Dabbasheth, and reached to the riuer
that is before lokneam,
12 And turned from Sarid East-
ward, toward the Sunne rising, vnto
the border of Chisloth Tabor, and then
goeth out to Daberath, and goeth vp to
laphia,
13 And from thence passeth on along
on the East to Gittah-Hepher, to It-
tah-Kazin , and goeth out to Rem-
mon 11 Methoar to Neah.
14 And the border compasseth it on
the North side to Hannathon : and the
outgoings thereof are in the valley of
liphthah-el.
15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and
Shimron , and Idalah , and Bethle-
hem : twelue cities with their villages.
16 This is the inheritance of the chil-
dren of Zebulun according to their fa-
milies, these cities with their villages.
17 '\ And the fourth lot came out to
Issachar for the children of Issachar
according to their families. \
18 And their border was toward]
Izreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,|
19 And Hapharaim, and Shion, and!
Anaharath, i
20 And Rabbith, and Kishion, and
Abez,
21 And Remeth , and Engannim,
and Enhaddah, and Bethpazzez.
22 And the coast reacheth to Tabor,
and Shahazimath, and Bethshemesh,
and the outgoings of their border were
at lordan, sixteene cities with their vil-
lages.
23 This is the inheritance of the
tribe of the children of Issachar accor-
ding to their families , the cities , and
their villages.
24 f And the fift lot came out for
the tribe of the children of Asher accor-
ding to their families.
25 And their border was Helkath,
and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,
26 And Alammelech , and Amad,
and Misheal, and reacheth to Carrael
westward, and to Shihor-Libnath,
27 And turneth toward the Sunne
rising to Beth-dagon, and reacheth to
Zebulun, and to the valley of of liph-
thah-el toward the Northside of Beth-
emek, and Neiel , and goeth out to Ca-
bul on the left hand,
28 And Hebron , and Rehob, and
Hammon, and Kanah, euen vnto great
Zidon :
29 And then the coast turneth to Ra-
mah, and to the strong citie t Tyre, and
the coast turneth to Hosah : and the out-
goings thereof are at the Sea from the
coast to Achzib.
30 Ummah also , and Aphek , and
Rehob : twentie and two cities with
their villages.
31 This is the inheritance of the tribe
of the children of Asher according to
their families, these cities with their vil-
lages.
32 IT The sixt lot came out to the chil-
dren of Naphtali : euen for the children
of Naphtali according to their families.
33 And their coast was from Heleph,
from Allon to Zaanannim, and Ada-
mi, Nekeb, and labneel vnto Lakum :
and the outgoings thereof were at
lordan.
34 And then the coast turneth west-
ward to Aznoth-Tabor, and goeth out
from thence to Hukkok,and reacheth to
Zebulun on the Southside , and rea-
cheth to Asher on the Westside, and to
ludah vpon lordan toward the Sun
rising.
35 And the fenced cities are Ziddim,
Zer , and Hammath , Rakkath , and
Cinnereth,
36 And Adamah, and Ramah, and
Hazor,
37 And Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-
hazor,
38 And Iron, and Migdal-el, Ho-
rem, and Bethanah, and Bethshemesh,
nineteene cities with their villages.
39 This is the inheritance of the
tribe of the children of Naphtali accor-
ding to their families , the cities and
their villages.
40 % And the seuenth lot came out
for the tribe of the children of Dan ac-
cording to their families :
41 And the coast of their inheritance
was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshe-
mesh,
42 And
\Heb.Tmr.
Dans portion.
lofh
ua.
Cities of refuge,
lOr,otiera-
gainst.
I Or, lappa.
Acts. •). 36.
' ludg. 18.
• Chap. 24.
30.
' Num. 34.
17.
• Exod. 21.
13. num.
35.6,11.
14. deut.
19. 2.
42 And Shaalabbin, and Aiialon,
and lethlah,
43 And Elon , and Thimnathah,
and Ekron,
44 And Eltekeh , and Gibbethon,
and Baalah,
45 And lehud , and Bene-berak,
and Gath-rimmon,
46 And Meiarkon, and Rakkon,
with the border || before ||Iapho.
47 And the coast of the children of
Dan went out too little for them : there-
fore the children of Dan went vp to
fight against Leshem, and tooke it, and
smote it with the edge of the sword, and
possessed it, and dwelt therein, and cal-
led Leshem , * Dan , after the name of
Dan their father.
48 This is the inheritance of the
tribe of the children of Dan according
to their families, these cities with their
villages.
49 II When they had made an end of
diuiding the land for inheritance by
their coasts, the children of Israel gaue
an inheritance to loshua the sonne of
Nun among them :
50 According to the word of the
Lord, they gaue him the citie which
he asked, euen * Timnath-Serah in
mount Ephraim : and he built the citie,
and dwelt therein.
51 * These are the inheritances which
Eleazar the Priest , and loshua the
sonne of Nun, and the heads of the fa-
thers of the tribes of the children of Is-
rael, diuided for an inheritance by lot, in
Shiloh before the Lord, at the
doore of the Tabernacle of the Congre-
gation : so they made an end of diuiding
the countrey.
CHAP. XX.
1 God commandeth, 7 and the children of Is-
rael appoint the sixe cities of Refuge.
He Lord also spake vn-
to loshua, saying,
2 Speake to the chil-
dren of Israel , saying,
♦Appoint out for you ci-
ties of refuge , whereof I spake vnto
you by the hand of Moses :
3 That the slayer that killcth any
person vnawares and vnwittingly,
may flee thither : and they shall be your
refuge from the auenger of blood.
4 And when he that doeth flee vnto
one of those cities, shall stand at the en-
Num. 35.
t Hebr. san.
ctifled.
* Deut. 4.
43. 1. Ohio.
G. 78.
tring of the gate of the city, and shall de-
clare his cause in the eares of the El-
ders of that citie; they shall take him in-
to the citie vnto them, and giue him a
place, that he may dwell among them.
5 And if the auenger of blood pur-
sue after him, then they shal not deliuer
the slayer vp into his hand : because hee
smote his neighbour vnwittingly, and
hated him not beforetime.
6 And hee shall dwell in that citie,
vntill he stand before the Congregation
for iudgement, and * vntill the death of
the high Priest that shall bee in those
dayes: then shall the slayer returne, and
come vnto his owne city, and vnto his
owne house, vnto the citie from whence
he fled.
7 H And they t appointed Kedesh
in Galilee , in mount Naphtali , and
Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Ki-
riath-arba (which is Hebron) in the
mountaine of ludah.
8 And on the other side lordan by
lericho Eastward, they assigned * Be-
zer in the wildernesse vpon the plaine,
out of the tribe of Reuben , and Ra-
moth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad,
and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe
of Manasseh.
9 These were the cities appointed
for all the children of Israel, and for the
stranger that soiourneth among them,
that whosoeuer killeth any person at
vnawares might flee thither, & not die
by the hand of the auenger of blood, vn-
till he stood before the Congregation.
CHAP. XXL
1 Eight and fortie cities giuen by lot , out of the
other tribes, vnto the Leuites. 4-3 God gaue
the land, and rest vnto the Israelites, accor-
ding to his promise.
Hen came neere the heads
of the fathers of the Le-
uites vnto Eleazar the
Priest, and vnto loshua
the Sonne of Nun, and vn-
to the heads of the fathers of the tribes
of the children of Israel.
2 And they spake vnto them at
Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying,!
♦The Lord commaunded by the • Num. 35.
hand of Moses , to giue vs Cities to ^'
dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for
our cattell.
3 And the children of Israel gaue
vnto the Leuites out of their inheri-
tance,
Cities
giu
en
Chap.xxj.
to the Leuites.
t Hebr.
called.
Or, Kiri-
ath-arbah.
* Chap. 14
14. 1. chro.
6. 56.
I'
tance at the commandement of the
Lord, these cities and their suburbs.
4 And the lot came out for the fami-
hes of the Kohathites : and the chil-
dren of Aaron the Priest, ichich were of
the Leuites, had by lot out of the tribe
of ludah, and out of the tribe of Si-
meon , and out of the tribe of Benia-
min , thirteene cities.
5 And the rest of the children of Ko-
hath hnd by lot, out of the families of the
tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of
Dan, and out of the halfe tribe of Ma-
nasseh, ten cities.
6 And the children of Gershon Imd
by lot out of the families of the tribe of
Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher,
and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and
out of the halfe tribe .of Manasseh in
Bashan, thirteene cities.
7 The children of Merari by their
families, had ont of the tribe of Reuben,
and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of
the tribe of Zebulun, twelue cities.
8 And the children of Israel gaue
by lot vnto the Leuites these cities with
their suburbs, as the Lord comman-
ded by the hand of Moses.
9 IT And they gaue out of the tribe
of the children of ludah, and out of the
tribe of the children of Simeon, these ci-
ties which are here tmentioned byname,
10 Which the children of Aaron be-
ing of the families of the Kohathites,
who were of the children of I.,eui, had
(for theirs was the first lot.)
11 And they gaue them || the citie of
Arbah the father of Anak {which citie is
Hebron) in the hill countrey of ludah,
with y suburbs thereof round about it.
12 But the fields of the citie, and the
villages thereof, gaue they to f^ Caleb
the Sonne of lephunneh, for his posses-
sion.
13 If Thus they gaue to the children
of Aaron the Priest Hebron with her
suburbs to bee a citie of refuge for the
slayer, and Libnah with her suburbs,
14 And lattir with her suburbs,
and Eshtemoa with her suburbs :
15 And Holon with her suburbs, and
Debir with her suburbs :
16 And Ain with her suburbs, and
luttah with her suburbs, and Beth
shemesh with her suburbs, nine cities
out of those two tribes.
17 And out of the tribe of Beniamin,
Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with
her suburbs,
18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and
Almon with her suburbs, foure cities.
19 All the cities of the children of Aa-
ron the Priests , were thirteene cities
with their suburbs.
20 H And the families of the children
of Kohath the Leuites, which remai-
ned of the children of Kohath , euen
they had the cities of their lot out of the
tribe of Ephraim.
21 For they gaue them Shechem
with her suburbs in mount Ephraim,
to be a citie of refuge for the slayer : and
Gezer with her suburbs,
22 And Kibzaim with her suburbs,
and Beth-horon with her suburbs,
foure cities.
23 And out of the tribe of Dan, El-
tekeh with her suburbs, Gibethon with
her suburbs,
24 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath-
rimmon , with her suburbs : foure
cities.
25 And out of the halfe tribe of Ma-
nasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and
Gathrimmon with her suburbs , two
cities.
26 All the cities were ten with their
suburbs, for the families of the children
of Kohath that remained.
27 H And vnto the children of Ger-
shon of the families of the Leuites, out
of the other halfe tribe of Manasseh, they
gaue Golan in Bashan , with her sub-
urbs, to be a citie of refuge for the slayer
and Beeshterah with her suburbs, two
cities.
28 And out of the tribe of Issachar,
Kishon with her suburbs , Dabareh
with her suburbs,
29 larmuth with her suburbs, En-
gannim with her suburbs, foure cities.
30 And out of the tribe of Asher Mi-
shal with her suburbs , Abdon with
her suburbs,
31 Helkah with her suburbs, and Re-
hob with her suburbs, foure cities.
32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali,
Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to
be a citie of refuge for the slayer , and
Hammoth-dor with her suburbs, and
Kartan with her suburbs, three cities.
33 All the cities of the Gershonites
according to their families were thirteen
cities with their suburbs.
34 H And vnto the families of the
children of Merari the rest of the Le-
uites , out of the tribe of Zebulun,
lokneam , with her suburbs , and
Kar-
The Leuites cities.
lofliua.
Reubens &c. altar.
• Chap. 23.
14, 15.
Kartah with her suburbs,
35 Dimnah with her suburbs, Na-
halal with her suburbs, foure cities.
36 And out of the tribe of Reuben,
Bezer with her suburbs, and lahazah
with her suburbs,
37 Kedemoth with her suburbs,
and Mephaath with her suburbs, foure
cities.
38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ra
moth in Gilead with her suburbs , to be
a city of refuge for the slayer ; and Ma-]
hanaim with her suburbs,
39 Heshbon with her suburbs, la-
zer with her suburbs, foure cities in all.
40 So all the cities for the children of
Merari by their families, which were
remayning of the families of the Le-
uites, were by their' lot, twelue cities.
41 All the cities of the Leuites with-
in the possession of the children of Is-
rael, were fourty and eight cities , with
their suburbs.
42 These cities were euery one
with their suburbs round about them :
thus were all these cities.
43 H And the Lord gaue vnto
Israel all the land which hee sware to
giue vnto their fathers : and they pos-
sessed it, and dwelt therein.
44 And the Lord gaue them
rest round about , according to all that
he sware vnto their fathers, and there
stood not a man of all their enemies
before them: the Lord deliuered all
their enemies into their hand.
45 * There failed not ought of any
good thing which the Lord had
spoken vnto the house of Israel : all
came to passe.
CHAP. XXII.
1 The two Tribes and halfe with a blessing are
sent home. 9 They build the Altar of Te-
stimony, in their lourney. 11 The Israe-
lites are offended thereat. 21 They giue
them good satisfaction.
Hen loshua called the
Reubenites, and the Ga-
dites , and the halfe tribe
of Manasseh,
2 And said vnto them,
ee liaue kept all that Moses the ser-
uant of the Lord commanded you,
and haue obeyed my voyce in all that I
commanded you.
3 Yee haue not left your brethren
these many dayes vnto this day , but
haue kept the charge of the commande-
ment of the Lord your God.
4 And now the Lord your God
hath giuen rest vnto your brethren , as
hee promised them : therefore now re-
turne yee, and get yee vnto your tents,
and vnto the land of your possession,
* which Moses the seruant of the
Lord gaue you on the other side
lordane.
5 But take diligent heed, to doe the
Commandement and the Law, which
Moses tlie seruant of the Lord char-
ged you, *to loue the Lord your God,
and to walke in all his wayes , and to
keepe his Commaundements , and to
cleaue vnto him , and to serue him with
all your heart, and with a)l your soule.
6 So loshua blessed them , and
sent them away : and they went vnto
their tents.
7 IT Now to the one halfe of the
tribe of Manasseh Moses had giuen
possession in Bashan : but vnto the other
halfe therof gaue loshua among their
brethren on this side lordane West
ward. And when loshua sent them a
way also vnto their tents, then hee bles-
sed them,
8 And he spake vnto them, saying ;
Returne with much riches vnto your
tents, and with very much cattell, with
siluer and with gold , and with brasse,
and with iron, and with very much rai-
ment : Diuide the spoile of your ene-
mies with your brethren.
9 If And the children of Reuben,
and the children of Gad, and the halfe
tribe of Manasseh returned, and depar-
ted from the children of Israel out of
Shiloh which is in the land of Canaan,
to goe vnto the countrey of Gilead, to
the land of their possession , whereof
they were possessed , according to the
word of the Lord by the hand of
Moses.
10 H And when they came vnto the
borders of lordan , that are in the land
of Canaan, the children of Reuben, and
the children of Gad, and the halfe tribe
of Manasseh built there an altar by
lordan, a great altar to see to.
11 11 And the children of Israel
heard say. Behold, the children of Reu-
ben , and the children of Gad , and the
halfe tribe of Manasseh, haue built an
altar ouer against the land of Canaan,
in the borders of lordan, at the passage
of the children of Israel.
12 And
•Num. 32.
33. chap.
13. 8.
' Deut. 10.
Being reproued,
Chap.xxij.
they make anfwere.
t Heb. house
qfttiefather.
* Num. 28.
4.
Chap. 7.
,5.
12 And when the children of Israel
heard of it, the whole Congregation of
the children of Israel gathered them
selues together at Shiloh, to goe vp to
warre against them.
13 And the children of Israel sent
vnto the children of Reuben, and to the
children of Gad, and to the halfe tribe
of Manasseh into the lande of Gilead,
Phinehas the son of Eleazar the Priest,
1 4 And with him ten princes, of ech
tchiefe house a prince, throughout all
the tribes of Israel, and each one was
an head of the house of their fathers, a-
mong the thousands of Israel.
15 IT And they came vnto the chil-
dren of Reuben, and to the children of
Gad, and to the halfe tribe of Manasseh
vnto the land of Gilead, and they spake
with them, saying,
16 Thus saith the whole Congrega-
tion of the Lord, What trespasse is
this that ye haue committed against the
God of Israel , to turne away this day
from following the Lord, in that ye
haue builded you an altar, that yee
might rebell this day against the
Lord ?
17 Is the iniquitie *of Peor too Ti-
tle for vs, from which we are not clean-
sed vntil this day, (although there was
a plague in the Congregation of the
Lord)
18 But that ye must turne away this
day from following the Lord.'' and
it will be, seeing yee rebell to day against
the Lord, that to morrow he will be
wroth with the whole Congregation
of Israel.
19 Notwithstanding, if the lande of
your possession be vncleane, then passe
yee ouer vnto the land of the possession
of the Lord, wherein the Lords
Tabernacle dwelleth, and take posses-
sion among vs : but rebell not against
the Lord, nor rebell against vs, in
building you an altar, beside the Altar
of the Lord our God.
20 Did not Achan the sonne of Ze-
rah commit a trespasse in the accursed
thing, and wrath fell on *all the Con-
gregation of Israel ? and that man pe-
rished not alone in his iniquitie.
21 1[ Then the children of Reuben,
and the children of Gad, and the halfe
tribe of Manasseh, answered and saide
vnto the Heads of the thousands of
Israel,
22 The Lord God of gods, the
Lord God of gods, hee knoweth,
and Israel he shall know, if it bee in re-
bellion, or if in transgression against the
Lord, (saue vs not this day,)
23 That wee haue built vs an altar
to turne from following the Lord,
or if to offer thereon burnt offering, or
meat offering, or if to offer peace offe-
rings thereon, let the Lord himselfe
require it ;
24 And if we haue not rather done it
for feare of this thing, saying, t In time
to come your children might speake vn-
to our children, saying. What haue you
to doe with the Lord God of Israel .-'
25 For the Lord hath made lor-
dan a border betweene vs and you, yee
children of Reuben , and children of
Gad, yee haue no part in the Lord :
so shal your children make our children
cease from fearing the Lord :
26 Therefore we said. Let vs now
prepare to build vs an altar, not for
burnt offering, nor for sacrifice,
27 But that it may bee *a witnesse
betweene vs and you, and our genera-
tions after vs, that we might do the ser-
uice of the Lord before him with our
burnt offrings, and with our sacrifices,
and with our peace offerings, that your
children may not say to our children in
time to come, Ye haue no part in the
Lord.
28 Therefore said we, that it shalbe,
when they should so say to vs, or to our
generations in time to come, that wee
may say againe, Beholde the paterne of
the altar of the Lord, which our fa-
thers made, not for burnt offrings, nor
for sacrifices, but it is a witnes betweene
vs and you.
29 God forbid that we should rebell
against the Lord, and turne this day
from following the Lord, to build
an altar for burnt offerings, for meate
offerings , or for sacrifices , besides the
Altar of the Lord our God that is
before his Tabernacle.
30 IT And when Phinehas the Priest
and the Princes of the Congregation,
and Heads of the thousands of Israel
which were with him, heard the words
that the children of Reuben and the
children of Gad, and the children of Ma-
nasseh spake, tit pleased them.
31 And Phinehas the sonne of Ele-
azar the Priest said vnto the children of
Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and
to the children of Manasseh, This day
K k we
Gen. 31.
48. chap. 24
27. ver. 34.
t Hebr. to
m/yrrow.
t Hebr. it
was good in
their eyes.
Exhortations to
lofhiia.
the loue of God.
tH«6r.
Then.
tThaiis,
atcitnesse.
t Heb. come
into dayea.
• Exod. 14.
4.
t Hehr. at
the Sunne
let.
• Deut. 5.
32. and 28.
u.
we perceiue that the Lord is among
vs, because ye haue not committed this
trespasse against the Lord: tnow ye
haue deliuered the children of Israel
out of the hand of the Lord.
32 H And Phinehas the sonne of E-
leazar the Pric-st, and the Princes, re-
turned from the children of Reuben,
and from the children of Gad, out of the
land of Gilead, vnto the land of Cana
an, to the children of Israel, & brought
them word againe.
33 And the thing pleased the children
of Israel, and the children of Israel
blessed God, and did not intend to gee
vp against them in battel, to destroy the
land wherein the children of Reuben
and Gad dwelt.
34 And the children of Reuben, and
the children of Gad called the altar ||Ed:
for it shall bee a witnesse betweene vs,
that the Lord is God.
CHAP. XXIII.
1 loshiias exhortation before his death, 3 by
former benefits, 5 by promises, 11 and
by threatnings.
Nd it came to passe, a long
time after that the Lord
had giuen rest vnto Isra-
el from all their enemies
round about, that loshua
waxed old, and t stricken in age.
2 And loshua called for all Israel,
and for their Elders, & for their Heads,
and for their ludges, and for their Of-
ficers , and said vnto them ; I am old,
and stricken in age.
3 And yee haue scene all that the
Lord your God hath done vnto all
these nations , because of you ; for the
•Lord your God is hee that hath
fought for you.
4 Behold , I haue diuided vnto
you by lot these nations that remaine,
to bee an inheritance for your tribes,
from lordan, with all the nations that
I haue cut off, euen vnto the great Sea
t Westward.
5 And the Lord your God, hee
shall expell them from before you, and
driue them from out of your sight, & ye
shall possesse their land, as the Lord
your God hath promised vnto you.
6 Be ye therefore very courageous
to keepe and to doe all that is written in
the booke of the Law of Moses, *that
yee tume not aside therefrom , to the
right hand, or to the left,
7 That yee come not among these
nations , these that remaine amongst
you , neither * make mention of the
name of their gods, nor cause to sweare
bi/ them, neither serue them, nor bow
your selues vnto them.
8 II But cleaue vnto the Lord
your God, as yee haue done vnto this
day.
9 II For the Lord hath driuen out
from before you , great nations , and
strong : But as for you , no man hath
beene able to stand before you vnto
this day.
10 *One man of you shall chase a
thousand : for the Lord your God, he
it is that fighteth for you, as hee hath
promised you.
11 Take good heed therefore vnto
your t selues, that ye loue the Lord
your God.
12 Else, if ye do in any wise go backe,
and cleaue vnto the remnant of these
nations, eiien these that remaine among
you , and shall make marriages with
them, and goe in vnto them, and they
to you :
13 Know for a certainety, that the
Lord your God will no more driue
out any of these nations from before
you: *but they shalbe snares and traps
vnto you , and scourges in your sides,
and thornes in your eyes , vntill yee pe-
rish from off this good land which the
Lord your God hath giuen you.
14 And behold, this day I am going
the way of all the earth, and ye know in
all your hearts, and in all your soules,
that *not one thing hath failed of all the
good things which the Lord your
God spake concerning you; all are come
to passe vnto you , and not one thing
hath failed thereof.
15 Therefore it shall come to passe,
that as all good things are come vpon
you, which the Lord your God pro-
mised you : so shall the Lord bring
vpon you all euill things, vntill he haue
destroyed you from off this good land
which the Lord your God hath
giuen you.
16 When yee haue transgressed the
Couenant of the Lord your God,
which hee commaunded you, and haue
gone and serued other gods, and bow-
ed your selues to them : then shall the
anger of the Lord bee kindled a-
gainst you, and yee shall perish quickly
from
• Psal. 16. 4.
Or, for if
you will
cleaue, S[C.
I Or, then
the LORD
will driue.
• Leuit. 26.
8. deut. 32.
30.
\Heb.soulea.
' Exod. 23.
33. numb.
33. ib. deu.
7. 16.
• Chap. 21.
45.
Gods benefites
Chap.xxiiij.
on the Ifraelites.
Gen. 11.
31. iudit. 5.
6,7.
• Gen. 21. a
Gen. 25.
26.
• Gen. 36. 8
Gen. 46. 6
• Exo. 3. 10
* Exod. 12.
37.
Exod. 14.
Num. 21
33.
Num. 22.
5. deut. 23. 4
from off the good land which hee hath
giuen vnto you.
CHAP. XXIIII.
1 loshua assembleth the tribes at Shechem. 2 A
briefe historie of Grods benefits from Terah.
14 He reneweth a couenant betweene them
and God. 26 A stone the witnesse of the co-
uenant. 29 loshuas age, death and buriall.
32 losephs bones areburied. 33 Eleazar dieth.
Nd loshua gathered all
the Tribes of Israel to
Shechem, and called for
the Elders of Israel, and
for their Heads, and for
their Judges , and for their Officers,
and they presented themselues before
God.
2 And loshua said vnto all the peo-
ple. Thus saith the Lokd God of Is-
rael, *Your fathers dwelt on the other
side of the flood in old time, euen Terah
the father of Abraham, and the father
of Nachor : and they serued other gods.
3 And I tooke your father Abra-
ham fro the other side of the flood, and
led him throughout all the land of Ca-
naan, and multiplied his seed, and*gaue
him Isaac.
4 And I gaue vnto Isaac, * lacob
and Esau : & I gaue vnto * Esau mount
Seir, to possesse it : *but lacob and
his children went downe into Egypt.
5*1 sent Moses also and Aaron,
and I plagued Egypt , according to
that which I did amongst them : and
afterward, I brought you out.
6 And I * brought your fathers out
of Egypt : and you came vnto the sea,
and the Egyptians pursued after your
fathers with charets and horsemen vn-
to *the red sea.
7 And when they cried vnto the
Lord, hee put darkenesse betweene
you and the Egyptians , and brought
the sea vpon them , and couered them,
and your eyes haue scene what I haue
done in Egypt, and ye dwelt in the wil-
dernes a long season.
8 And I brought you into the land
of the Amorites, which dwelt on the o-
ther side lordan : *and they fought
with you, and I gaue them into your
hand, that ye might possesse their land,
and I destroyed them from before you.
9 Then Balak the sonne of Zippor
king of Moab , arose and warred a-
gainst Israel, and *sent and called Ba-
laam the Sonne of Beor to curse you :
10 But I would not hearken vnto
Balaam, therefore he blessed you still
SO I deliuered you out of his hand.
1 1 And ye went ouer lordan , and
came vnto lericho : and the men of le-
richo fought against you, the Amorites,
and the Perizzites, & the Canaanites,
and the Hittites, and the Girgashites,
the Hiuites, and the lebusites, and I
deliuered them into your hand.
12 And * I sent the hornet before you,
which draue them out from before you,
euen the two kings of the Amorites : but
not with thy sword, nor with thy bow,
13 And I haue giuen you a land for
which ye did not labour, & cities which
ye built not, and yee dwell in them : of
the vineyards and Oliue-yards which
ye planted not, doe ye eate.
14 IT Now therefore, feare the
Lord, and seme him in sinceritie, and
in trueth, and put away the gods which
your fathers serued on the other side of
the flood, and in Egypt: and serue yee
the Lord.
15 And if it seeme euill vnto you to
serue the Lord, choose you this day
whome you will serue , whether the
gods which your fathers serued that
were on the other side of the flood, or the
gods of the Amorites, in whose lande
ye dwell: but as for mee and my house
we will serue the Lord.
16 And the people answered and said,
God forbid that wee should forsake the
Lord, to serue other gods.
17 For the Lord our God, he it ts
that brought vs vp and our fathers out
of the land of Egypt, from the house of
bondage, & which did those great signes
in our sight, and presented vs in all the
way wherein we went, and among all
the people through whom we passed.
18 And the I^ord draue out from
before vs all the people, euen the Amo-
rites which dwelt in the land: therefore
will we also serue the Lord, for he is
our God.
19 And loshua said vnto the people.
Ye cannot serue the Lord : for hee is
an holy God : he is a ielous God, he will
your transgressions nor
not forgiue
your sinnes.
yee
20 If
forsake the Lord, and
serue strange gods, *then he will turne,
and doe you hurt, and consume you, af-
ter that he hath done you good.
21 And the people said vnto loshua,
Kk 2 Nay,
• Exod. 21
28. deut. 7.
20.
Cliap. 23.
loQiuas exhortation,
Judges.
His age, and death.
Nay, but we will serue the Lord.
22 And loshua said vnto the peo-
ple, Yee are witnesses against your
selues , that yee haue chosen you the
LoKD, to serue him. And they said,
IVe are witnesses.
23 Now therefore put away, said he,
the strange gods which are among
you , and encline your heart vnto the
Lord God of Israel.
24 And the people saide vnto lo
shua; The Lord our God will we
serue, and his voice will we obey.
25 So loshua made a couenant
with the people that day, and set them a
Statute, & an Ordinance in Shechem
26 IT And loshua wrote these
words in the booke of the Law of God,
and tooke a great stone, and set it vp
there, vnder an oake, that was by the
Sanctuary of the Lord.
27 And loshua saide vnto all the
people. Behold, this stone shalbe a wit-
nesse vnto vs ; for it hath heard all the
words of the Lord which hee spake
vnto vs ; it shall be there for a witnesse
vnto you, lest ye deny your God.
28 So loshua let the people depart,
euery man vnto his inheritance.
29 H And it came to passe after these
things, that loshua the sonne of Nun
the seruant of the Lord died, being
an hundred and ten yeeres old.
30 And they buried him in the border
of his inheritance in * Timnath - Serah
which is in mount Ephraim , on the
North side of the hill of Gaash.
31 And Israel serued the Lord all
the dayes of loshua, & all the dayes of
the Elders that touerliued loshua, and
which had knowen al the works of the
Lord, that he had done for Israel.
32 f And * the bones of loseph
which the children of Israel brought
vp out of Egypt, buried they in She-
chem, in a parcell of ground which la-
cob bought of * the sonnes of Hamor
the father of Shechem, for an hundred
II pieces of siluer; and it became the inhe-
ritance of the children of loseph.
33 And Eleazar the sonne of Aaron
died, and they buried him in a hill that
pertained to Phinehas his son, which
was giuen him in mount Ephraim.
Chap. Ifl.
30. iudg. 2.
prt
longed their
dayes after
loshua.
' Gen. 50.
25. exod.
13. 19.
Gene. 33.
I Or, lambs.
^THE BOOKE OF
Judges.
CHAP, l
1 The actes of ludah and Simeon. 4 Adoni-
bezek iustly requited. 8 Hierusalem taken.
10 Hebron taken. 11 Othniel hath Ach-
sah to wife for taking of Debir. 1 6 The Ke-
nites dwel in ludah. 1 7 Hormah, Gaza, As-
kelon and Ekron taken. 21 The acts of Ben-
iamin. 22 Of the house of loseph, who take
Bethel. 30 Of Zebulun. 31 Of Asher. 33
OfNaphtali. 34 of Dan.
OW after the
death of loshua,
it came to passe,
that the children
of Israel asked
the Lord, say-
ing, Who shal goe
vp for vs against
the Canaanites
first, to fight against them ?
2 And the Lord sayd, ludah
shall goe vp : Behold, I haue deliuered
the land into his hand.
3 And ludah saide vnto Simeon
his brother. Come vp with me into my
lot, that wee may fight against the Ca-
naanites, and I likewise will goe with
thee into thy lot. So Simeon went
with him.
4 And ludah went vp, and the
Lord deliuered the Canaanites and
the Perizzites into their hand : and
they slew of them in Bezek ten thou-
sand men.
5 And they found Adoni-bezek in
Bezek : and they fought against him,
and they slew the Canaanites, and the
Perizzites.
6 But Adoni-bezek fled , and they
pursued after him, and caught him, and
cut off his thumbes, and his great toes.
7 And
Anaks fonnes flaine.
Chap.j.
Calebs portion.
t Hebr. the
Ihumbes of
their liands
and of their
feete.
Or, gleaned
* losh. 10.
36. and II.
31. and 13.
13.
fl Or, towe
courUrey.
* losh. 15.
13.
' Num. 21.
Or, he pos-
sessed the
mmmtaine.
7 And Adoni-bezek said, Three-
score & ten kings, hauing t their thumbs
and their great toes cut off", || gathered
their meate vnder my table : as I haue
done , so God hath requited mee , and
they brought him to lerusalem , and
there he died.
8 ( Now the children of ludah had
fought against lerusalem, and had ta-
ken it, and smitten it with the edge of
the sword, and set the citie on fire )
9 f * And afterward the children
of ludah went downe to fight against
the Canaanites that dwelt in the moii-
taine, & in the South, and in the || valley
10 And ludah went against the Ca-
naanites that dwelt in Hebron (nowe
the name of Hebron before was * Kiri-
ath-arba) and they slew Sheshai, and
Ahiman, and Talmai.
11 And from thence he went against
the inhabitants of Debir, ( & the name
of Debir before was Kiriath-sepher)
12 And Caleb said, Hee that smiteth
Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him
will I giue Achsah my daughter to
wife.
13 And Othniel the sonne of Kenaz
Calebs yonger brother tooke it: and he
gaue him Achsah his daughter to wife.
14 And it came to passe when shee
came to him, that she moued him to aske
of her father a field : and shee lighted
from off" her asse , and Caleb said vnto
her. What wilt thou '^
15 And she said vnto him, Giue me a
blessing : for thou hast giuen mee a
South land, giue me also springs of wa-
ter. And Caleb gaue her the vpper
springs, and the nether springs.
16 H And the children of the Kenite,
Moses father in law, went vp out of
the citie of palme trees , with the chil
dren of ludah into the wildernesse of
ludah, which lieth in the South of A-
rad, and they went and dwelt among
the people.
17 And ludah went with Simeon
his brother, and they slew the Canaa-
nites that inhabited Zephath, and vt-
terly destroyed it, (and the name of the
* citie was called Hormah.)
18 Also ludah tooke Gaza with the
coast thereof, and Askelon with the
coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast
thereof.
19 And the Loed was with lu-
dah , andhee \\(}iT?MeoviUheinhabita7its of
the mountaine, but could not driue out
13. it. IS.
14.
• Gen. 28.
19.
'losh. 2. 14
the inhabitants of the valley , because
they had charets of yron.
20 And they gaue Hebron vnto Ca-
leb, * as Moses saide : and hee expelled * N^ni. u.
thence the three sonnes of Anak.
21 And the children of Beniamin did
not driue out the lebusites that inhabi-
ted lerusalem : but the lebusites dwel
with the children of Beniamin in le-
rusalem, vnto this day.
22 IT And the house of loseph, they
also went vp against Bethel : and the
Lord was with them.
23 And the house of loseph sent to
descrie Bethel (now the name of the ci-
tie before was * Luz )
24 And the spies sawe a man come
forth out of the citie, and they said vnto
him. Shew vs, wee pray thee, the en-
trance into the citie, and * we will shew
thee mercie.
25 And when hee shewed them the
entrance into the citie, they smote the ci-
tie with the edge of the sword : but they
let goe the man and all his familie.
26 And the man went into the lande
of the Hittites, and built a citie, and cal-
led the name thereof Luz : which is the
name thereof vnto this day.
27 U * Neither did Manasseh driue
outtheinhabita7its of Bethshean, andher
townes, nor Taanach and her townes,
nor the inhabitants of Dor, and her
townes , nor the inhabitants of Ible-
am, and her townes , nor the inhabi-
tants of Megiddo , and her townes :
but the Canaanites would dwel in that
land.
28 And it came to passe when Israel
was strong, that they put the Canaa-
nites to tribute, and did not vtterly
driue them out.
29 H * Neither did Ephraim driue
out the Canaanites that dwelt in Ge-
zer : but the Canaanites dwelt in Ge-
zer among them.
30 H Neither did Zebulun driue out
the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the in
habitants of Nahalol : but the Canaa-
nites dwelt among them, and became
tributaries.
31 H Neither did Asher driue out the
inhabitants of Accho , nor the inhabi-
tants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor Ach-
zib , nor Helbath , nor Aphik , nor of
Rehob :
32 But the Asherites dwelt among
the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the
land : for they did not driue them out.
33 f Nei-
•losh. 17.
11, 12.
losh. IC.
Ifrael is reproned.
Judges.
lofhuas buriall.
\Hebr. was
heauy.
lOr.Maale-
Akrabbm.
lOr, messen-
ger.
* Deut 7. 8.
• Deut. 12.
3.
■ loah. 23.
13.
* Exod. 23.
33. and 34.
12.
'That is,
weepen.
33 f Neither did Naphtali driue out
the inhabitants of Bethshemesh , nor
the inhabitants of Bethanath , but hee
dwelt among the Canaanites, the inha-
bitants of the land : neuerthelesse , the
inhabitants of Bethshemesh , and of
Bethanath , became tributaries vnto
them.
34 And the Amorites forced the chil-
dren of Dan into the mountaine : for
they would not suffer them to come
downe to the valley.
35 But the Amorites would dwell
in mount Heres in Aiialon, & in Shaal-
bim : yet the hand of the house of Jo-
seph tpreuailed, so that they became tri-
butaries.
36 And the coast of the Amorites was
from II the going vp to Akrabbim, from
the rocke, and vpward.
CHAP. II.
1 An Angel rebuketh the people at Bochim.
6 The wickednesse of tne new generation
after loshua. 14 Gods anger and pitie to-
wards them. 20 The Canaanites are left
to prooue Israel.
Nd an || Angel of th
Lord came vp from
Gilgal to Bochim , and
said, I made you to goe
vp out of Egypt, and haue
brought you vnto the land which
sware vnto your fathers, and I said, I
will neuer breake my Couenant with
you.
2 And *yee shall make no league
with the inhabitants of this land, * you
shal throw downe their altars : But ye
haue not obeyed my voyce ; Why haue
ye done this ?
3 Wherefore I also said , I will not
driue them out from before you : but
they shalbe * asthomesm yoursides,and
their gods shalbe a * snare vnto you.
4 And it came to passe when the
Angel of the Lohd spake these words
vnto all the children of Israel, that the
people lift vp their voice, and wept.
5 And they called the name of that
place * Bochim : and they sacrificed
there vnto the Lord.
6 H And when loshua had let the
people goe, the children of Israel went
euery man vnto his inheritance, to pos
sesse the land.
7 And the people serued the Lord
all the dayes of loshua, and all the
Idayes of the Elders that toutliued \o.\]Heir.pro.
\ t ■' 111 11 I \longea dayes
shua , who had scene all the great afterioshua.
workes of the Lord, that hee did for
Israel.
8 And loshua the sonne of Nun,
the seruant of the Lord died, being
an hundred and ten yeeres old.
9 And they buried him in the border
of his inheritance in Timnath-Heres,
in the mount of Ephraira, on the North
side of the hill Gaash.
10 And also all that generation were
gathered vnto their fathers : and there
arose another generation after them,
which knew not the Lord, nor yet
the woorkes which hee had done for
Israel.
11 H And the children of Israel did
euil in the sight of the Lord, and ser-
ued Baalim :
12 And they forsooke the Lord
God of their fathers , which brought
them out of the land of Egypt, and fol-
lowed other gods , of the gods of the
people that were round about them,
and bowed themselues vnto them, and
prouoked the Lord to anger.
13 And they forsooke the Lord,
and serued Baal and Ashtaroth.
14 IT And the anger of the Lord
was hole against Israel, and he deliue
red them into the hands of spoilers that
spoiled them, and *he sold them into the
hands of their enemies round about, so
that they could not any longer stand be-
fore their enemies.
15 Whither soeuer they went out, the
hand of the Lord was against them
for euill, as the Lord had said, and
*as the Lord had sworne vnto them :
and they were greatly distressed.
16 IT Neuerthelesse, the Lord
raysed vp ludges , which t deliuered
them out of the hand of those that spoy-
led them.
17 And yet they would not hearken
vnto their ludges , but they went a
whoring after other gods, and bowed
themselues vnto them : they turned
quickly out of the way, which their fa-
thers walked in, obeying the Comman-
dements of the Lord; hut they did
not so.
18 And when the Lord raised them
vp ludges, then the Lord was with
the ludge , and deliuered them out of
the hand of their enemies, all the dayes
of the ludge ( for it repented the
Lord, because of their gronings by
reason
• Psal. 44.
12. isa. 50.
1.
Leuit. 26.
deut. 28.
t Hebr. sa-
ved.
Ifrael obftinate.
Chap.iij.
Othniel. Ehud.
" CAap. 3.
12.
t Or, were
corrupt.
t Hebr. they
let nothing
/all 0/ their.
tOr,suffred,
reason of them that oppressed them,
and vexed them :)
19 And it came to passe * when the
ludge was dead, that they returned,
and II corrupted themselues more then
their fathers , in following other gods,
to serue them, and to bow downe vnto
them: tthey ceased not from their owne
doings, nor from their stubborne way.
20 IT And the anger of the Lord
was hote against Israel, and he said.
Because that this people hath trans-
gressed my Couenant which I com-
manded their fathers , and haue not
hearkened vnto my voice :
21 I also will not henceforth driue
out any from before them of the nati-
ons which loshua left when he died :
22 That through them I may proue
Israel , whether they will keepe the
way of the Lord, to walke therein,
as their fathers did keepe it, or not.
23 Therefore the Lord || left those
nations, without driuiug them out ha-
stily, neither deliuered he them into the
hand of loshua.
CHAP. IIL
1 The nations which were left to prooue Israel
6 By communion with them they commit
idolatrie. 8 Othniel deliuereth them from
Chushan-Rishathaim. 12 Ehud from Eg-
lon. 31 Shamgar from the Philistines.
Ow these are the nations
which the Lord left, to
prooue Israel by them
(euen as many of Israel
as had not knowen all the
warres of Canaan ;
2 Onely that the generations of
the children of Israel might know to
teach them warre, at the least such as
before knew nothing thereof:)
3 Namely fine lords of the Phili
stines, and all the Canaanites, and the
Sidonians, and the Hiuites that dwelt
in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-
Hermon , vnto the entring in of Ha-
math.
4 And they were to prooue Israel
by them, to know whether they would
hearken vnto the Commandements of
the Lord, which hee commaunded
their fathers by the hand of Moses.
5 H And the children of Israel
dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites,
and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hi-
uites, and lebusites,
6 And they tooke their daughters
to be their wiues, and gaue their daugh-
ters to their sonnes , and serued their
gods.
7 And the children of Israel did e
uill in the sight of the Lord, and for-
gate the Lord their God, and serued
Baalim, and the groues.
8 IF Therefore the anger of the
Lord was hote against Israel, and
he sold them into the hand of Chushan-
Rishathaim king of t Mesopotamia :
and the children of Israel serued Chu-
shan-Rishathaim eight yeeres.
9 And when the children of Israel
cryed vnto the Lord, the Lord
raised vp a tdeliuerer to the children of
Israel, who deliuered them , euen Oth-
niel the Sonne of Kenaz, Calebs yonger
brother.
10 And the Spirit of the Lord
tcame vpon him, and he iudged Israel,
and went out to warre, & the Lord
deliuered Chushan-Rishathaim king
of t Mesopotamia into his hand ; and
his hand preuailed against Chushan-
Rishathaim.
11 And the land had rest forty yeres :
and Othniel the sonne of Kenaz died.
1 2 IT And the children of Israel did
euill againe in the sight of the Lord :
and the Lord strengthened Eglon
the king of Moab against Israel , be-
cause they had done euill in the sight of
the Lord.
I 13 And hee gathered vnto him the
children of Ammon, and Amalek, and
I went and smote Israel, and possessed
the city of Palme-trees.
I 14 So the children of Israel serued
Eglon the King of Moab eighteene
lyeeres.
15 But when the children of Israel
cried vnto the Lord, the Lord
raised them vp a deliuerer , Ehud the
Sonne of Gera, ||a Beniamite, a man
I I left handed: and by him the children of
Israel sent a Present vnto Eglon the
king of Moab.
16 But Ehud made him a dagger
( which had two edges ) of a cubite
length , and he did gird it vnder his rai-
ment, vpon his right thigh,
17 And he brought the present vnto
Eglon king of Moab : and Eglon was
a very fat man.
18 And when he had made an end to
offer the Present, he sent away the peo-
ple that bare the Present.
19 But
t Hebr. A-
ram-naha-
raim.
t Hebr. sa-
uiour.
t Hebr. teai.
t Hebr. A-
ram.
1 Or, the
Sonne o/Ie-
mini.
t Hebr. shut
of his ri^ht
hand.
Ehud killeth Eglon.
Judges.
Deborah, Barak.
Oi, frraiien
images.
t Heb. a par-
lour of coo-
ling.
I Or, it came
out at the
fundament.
I Or, doth
hiseasement.
\ Heb. fat.
19 But hee himselfe turned againe
from the || quarries that were by Gil-
gal, and said, I haue a secret errand vn-
to thee, O king: who said, Keepe silence.
And all that stood by him , went out
from him.
20 And Ehud came vnto him , and
he was sitting in t a Summer parlour,
which hee had for himselfe alone : And
Ehud said, I haue a message from God
vnto thee. And he arose out of Aw seat.
21 And Ehud put forth his left hand,
and tooke the dagger from his right
thigh, and thrust it into his belly.
22 And the haft also went in after
the blade : and the fatte closed vpon the
blade, so that hee could not drawe the
dagger out of his belly, and the ||dirt
came out.
23 Then Ehud went forth through
the porche, and shut the doores of the
parlour vpon him, and locked them.
24 When he was gone out, his ser-
uants came, and when they saw, that
behold, the doores of the parlour were
locked, they said. Surely he || couereth
his feet in his Summer chamber.
25 And they taried till they were a-
shamcd : and behold, he opened not the
doores of the parlour, therefore they
tooke a key, and opened them: and be-
hold, their lord was fallen downe dead
on the earth.
26 And Ehud escaped while they ta-
ried : and passed beyond the quarries,
and escaped vnto Seirath.
27 And it came to passe when hee
was come, that hee blew a trumpet in
the mountaine of Ephraim , and the
children of Israel went downe with
him from the mount, & he before them.
28 And hee said vnto them, Follow
after me: for the Lokd hath deliue
red your enemies the Moabites into
your hand. And they went downe af-
ter him, and tooke the foords of Jor-
dan toward Moab, and suffered not a
man to passe ouer.
29 And they slewe of Moab at that
time about ten thousand men, all tlusty,
and all men of valour, and there escaped
not a man.
30 So Moab was subdued that day
vnder the hand of Israel : and the land
had rest fourescore yeeres.
31 % And after him was Shamgar
the Sonne of Anath, which slew of the
PhiUstines sixe hundred men with an
oxe goad, and he also deliuered Israel.
CHAP. nil.
1 Deborah and Barak deliuer them from labin
and Sisera. 18 lael killeth Sisera.
Nd the children of Israel
againedid euil in the sight
of the Lor'd, when E-
liud was dead.
2 And the Loud sold
them into the hande of labin king of
Canaan : that reigned in Hazor, the cap-
taine of whose host was Sisera, which
dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
3 And the children of Israel cried
vnto the Lord : for he had nine hun
dred charets of yron : and twentie yeres
hee mightily oppressed the children of
Israel.
4 H And Deborah a prophetesse,
the wife of Lapidoth , shee iudged Is-
rael at that time.
5 And shee dwelt vnder the palme
tree of Deborah, betweene Ramah and
Bethel in mount Ephraim : and the
children of Israel came vp to her for
iudgement.
6 And shee sent and called Barak
the Sonne of Abinoam, out of Kedesh
Naphtali, and said vnto him, Hath not
the Lord God of Israel commaun
ded, saying , Goe , and drawe toward
mount Tabor, and take with thee ten
thousand men of the children of Naph
tali, and of the children of Zebulun .-'
7 And I wil draw vnto thee to the
* riuer Kishon , Sisera the captaine of
labins army, with his charets, and
his multitude, and I will deliuer him
into thine hand.
8 And Barak said vnto her , If
thou wilt goe with me, then I wil goe :
but if thou wilt not goe with mee, then
I will not goe.
9 And she said, I wil surely go with
thee, notwithstanding the ioumey that
thou takest, shal not be for thine honor:
for the Lord shall sell Sisera into
the hand of a woman. And Deborah
arose, & went with Barak to Kedesh.
10 IT And Barak called Zebulun,
and Naphtali to Kedesh, and he went
vp with ten thousand men at his feete :
and Deborah went vp with him.
11 Now Heber the Kenite, which
was of the children of * Hobab the fa-
ther in law of Moses, had seuered him-
selfe from the Kenites, and pitched his
tent vnto the plaine of Zaanaim,
which is by Kedesh.
12 And
• Psal. 83.
9,10.
• Numb. 10
29.
Sifera is flaine.
Chap.v.
Thankefgiuing.
t Hebr. ga
thered bt/cry
or procUt-
malion.
Psal. 83.
t Hebr. vnto
one.
Or,rugge,
or blanket.
* Chap. 5.
25.
t Hebr. put.
12 And they shewed Sisera, that
Barak the sonne of Abinoam was
gone vp to mount Tabor.
13 And Sisera t gathered together
all his charets, euen nine hundred cha-
rets of iron, and al the people that were
with him , from Harosheth of the Gen-
tiles, vnto the riuer of Kishon.
14 And Deborah said vnto Barak,
Vp , for this is the day in which the
Lord hath deliuered Sisera into
thine hand : Is not the Lord gone
out before thee .'' so Barak went downe
from mount Tabor, and ten thousand
men after him.
15 And the * Lord discomfited
Sisera , and all his charets , and all
his hoste with the edge of the sword, be-
fore Barak : so that Sisera lighted
downe off his charet, and fled away on
his feet.
16 But Barak pursued after the cha-
rets , and after the hoste vnto Haro-
sheth of the Gentiles, and all the host of
Sisera fell vpon the edge of the sword;
and there was not t a man left.
17 Howbeit Sisera fled away on his
feet, to the tent of lael the wife of He-
ber the Kenite : for there was peace be-
tweene labin the king of Hazor, and
the house of Heber the Kenite.
18 H And lael went out to meete
Sisera, and said vnto him, Turne in,
my lord, turne in to me, feare not. And
when hee had turned in vnto her, in-
to the tent , shee couered him with a
mantle.
19 And he said vnto her, Giue me, I
pray thee, a litle water to drinke, for I
am thirstie. And she opened *a bottle of
milke, and gaue him drinke, and coue-
red him.
20 Againe he said vnto her. Stand
in the doore of the tent, and it shall bee
when any man doeth come and enquire
of thee and say. Is there any man here ?
that thou shalt say. No.
21 Then lael Hebers wife, t tooke
a naile of the tent, and tooke an ham-
mer in her hand, and went softly vnto
him, and smote the naile into his tem-
ples, and fastened it into the ground :
(for he was fast asleepe, and weary;)
so he died.
22 And behold , as Barak pursued
Sisera, lael came out to meet him, and
said vnto him, Come, and I will shew
thee the man whom thou seekest. And
when he came into her tent, behold, Si-
sera lay dead, and the naile was in his
temples.
23 So God subdued on that day,
labin the king of Canaan, before the
children of Israel.
24 And the hand of the children of
Israel t prospered, & preuailed against
labin the king of Canaan , vntill they
had destroyed labin king of Canaan
CHAP. V.
1 The Song of Deborah and Barak.
Hen sang Deborah , and
Barak the son of Abino-
am, on that day, saying,
2 Praise ye the Lord,
for the auenging of Is-
rael, when the people willingly offered
themselues.
3 Heare, O ye kings, giue eare, O ye
Princes : I, euen I will sing vnto the
Lord, I wil sing praise to the Lord
God of Israel.
4 Lord, * when thou wentest
out of Seir, when thou marchedst out
of the field of Edom, the earth trembled,
and the heauens dropped, the clouds al-
so dropped water.
5 * The mountaines t melted from
before the Lord, euen * that Sinai,
from before the Lord God of Israel.
6 In the dayes of * Shamgar the
son of Anath, in the dayes of * lael, the
high wayes were vnoccupied, and the
t traueilers walked thorow t by-wayes.
7 The inhabitants of the villages cea-
sed, they ceased in Israel, vntill that I
Deborah arose, that I arose a mother
in Israel.
8 They chose new gods ; then was
warre in the gates : was there a shield
or speare scene among fourtie thousand
in Israel ?
9 My heart is toward the gouer-
nours of Israel , that offered them-
selues willingly among the people :
Blesse ye the Lord.
10 II Speake yee that ride on white
asses , yee that sit in ludgement , and
walke by the way.
1 1 Theythat are deliueredixom the noise
of Archers in the places of drawing
water; there shall they rehearse the
righteous acts of the Lord, euen the
trighteous acts towards the inhabitants of
his villages in Israel : then shall the
people of the Lord goe downe to the
gates.
LI 12 Awake,
t Hebr. go-
ing, went
and was
hard.
• Deut. 4.
u.
Psal. 97.5.
^Hebr.
flowed.
• Exod. 19.
18.
• Chap. 3.
31.
• Chap. 4.
18.
t Hebr. wal-
kers of jxiths.
i Hebr.
crooked
wayes.
Or, medi-
tate.
t Hebr. righ.
teousnesses
of the Lord.
The fong of
Judges.
Deborah and Barak.
t Heb.drmBe
mththepen,
4r.
t HOr. hit
feete.
t Or, in the
diuisions,
tHet
Hebr. tm-
pressioTu.
Or, m.
I Or, port.
I Or, creeks.
t Heb. expo-
sed to re-
proch.
i Heb. paths.
I Or, tramp.,
lings, or
plungings.
t Heb. ham-
mered.
12 Awake, awake Deborah : awake,
awake, vtter a song : arise Barak, and
leade thy captiuitie captiue , thou sonne
of Abinoam.
13 Then hee made him that remai-
neth, haue dominion ouer the Nobles
among the people: the Lord made
me haue dominion ouer the mightie.
14 Out of Ephraim was there a
roote of them against Amalek , after
thee Beniamin, among thy people : Out
of Machir came downe gouernours
and out of Zebulun they that t handle
the pen of the writer.
15 And the princes of Issachar were
with Deborah : euen Issachar, and al
so Barak, he was sent on tfoot into the
valley : || for the diuisions of Reuben
there were great t thoughts of heart.
16 Why abodest thou among the
sheepefolds , to heare the bleatings of
the flocks? Il^rthe diuisions of Reuben
there were great searchings of heart.
17 Gilead abode beyond Jordan :
and why did Dan remaine in ships .'' A
sher continued on the sea || shore, and a-
bode in his || breaches.
18 Zebulun and Naphtali were a peo-
ple that tieoparded their lines vnto the
death, in the high places of the field.
19 The kings came and fought, then
fought the kings of Canaan in Taa-
nach by the waters of Megiddo , they
tooke no gaine of money.
20 They fought from heauen , the
starres in their tcovu-ses fought against
Sisera.
21 The riuer of Kishon swept them
away, that ancient riuer, the riuer Ki-
shon : O my soule , thou hast troden
downe strength.
22 Then were the horse hoofes bro-
ken, by the meanes of the || pransings
the pransings of their mightie ones.
23 Curse ye Meroz (said the Angel
of the Lord) curse ye bitterly the in-
habitants thereof: because they came
not to the helpe of the Lord, to the
helpe of the Lord against the mighty.
24 Blessed aboue women shal lael
the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed
shall she be aboue women in the tent.
25 He asked water, aiid she gaue him
milke, shee brought foorth butter in a
lordly dish.
26 Shee put her hand to the naile,
and her right hand to the workemens
hammer : and with the hammer shee
t smote Sisera, shee smote off" his head.
when she had pearsed & striken through
his temples.
27 t At her feete he bowed, he fell,
he lay downe : at her feet he bowed, he
fell ; where he bowed, there he fel down
t dead.
28 The mother of Sisera looked
out at a window, and cried through the
lattesse , Why is his charet so long in
comming.-* Why tarie the wheeles of
his charets .''
29 Her wise ladies answered her, yea
she returned tans were to her selfe,
30 Haue they not sped.? haue they not
diuided the pray t to euery man a damo-
sell or two .'' To Sisera a pray of diuers
colours, a pray of diuers colours, of nee
die worke, of diuers colours of needle
worke on both sides, meet tfor the necks
of them tftat take the spoile ?
31 So let all thine enemies perish, O
Lord : but kt them that loue him , be
as the Sunne when he goeth foorth in
his might. And the land had rest four
tie yeeres.
CHAP. VI.
1 The Israelites for their sinne are oppressed by
Midian. 8 A prophet rebuketh them. 11 An
Angel sendetn Gideon for their deliuerance.
17 Gideons Present is consumed with fire.
24 Gideon destroyeth Baals altar, and oiFreth
a sacrifice vpon the altar lehouah-shalom. 28
loash defendeth his son, & caUeth him lerub-
baal. 33 Gideons armie. 36 Gideons signes.
ND the children of Is-
rael did euill in the sight
of the Lord : and the
Lord deliuered them
into the hande of Midi-
an seuen yeeres.
2 And the hand of Midian tpreuai-
led against Israel : and because of the
Midianites , the children of Israel
made them the dennes which are in the
mountaines, and caues, & strong holds.
3 And so it was when Israel had
sowen , that the Midianites came vp,
& the Amalekites, & the children of the
East, euen they came vp against them,
4 And they encamped against them,
and destroyed the encrease of the earth,
till thou come vnto Gaza, and left no
sustenance for Israel, neither || sheepe,
nor oxe, nor asse.
5 For they came vp with their cat-
tell and their tents, and they came as
Grashoppers for multitude , for both
they and their camels were without
number :
t Hebr. be-
tweene.
t Heb. de-
stroyed.
t Heb. vjords ,
t Heb. to the
head of a
man.
t Hebr. for
the neckes
of the spoile.
t Heb. was
strong.
y Or, goate.
m
Gideon and the
Chap.vj.
Angel. Baals altar.
t Hetyr. a
man, a Pro-
pitel.
•2. King.
17. 3S, 38.
ieiem. 10. 2,
"Heb. II.
32. called
Gedeon.
t Hebr. to
cause it to
Aye.
I Or, my
thousand is
the meanest.
number : and they entred into the land
to destroy it.
6 And Israel was greatly impoue-
rished, because of the Midianites, and
the children of Israel cryed vnto the
Lord.
7 IT And it came to passe when
the children of Israel cryed vnto the
Lord, because of the Midianites,
8 That the Lord sent t a Pro-
phet vnto the children of Israel, which
said vnto them ; Thus saith the Lord
God of Israel, I brought you vp from
Egypt, and brought you forth out of the
house of bondage,
9 And I deliuered you out of the
hand of the Egyptians , and out of the
hand of al that oppressed you, and draue
them out from before you , and gaue
you their land :
10 And I said vnto you , I am the
Lord your God, *feare not the gods
of the Amorites in whose land ye dwel:
But ye haue not obeyed my voice.
11 IT And there came an Angel of
the Lord, and sate vnder an Oake
which was in Ophrah, that pertained vn-
to loash the Abi-Ezrite: and his sonne
* Gideon threshed wheat by the wine-
presse, tto hide it from the Midianites.
12 And the Angel of the Lord
appeared vnto him , and said vnto him.
The Lord is with thee, thou migh-
tie man of valour.
13 And Gideon said vnto him , Oh
my Lord, if the Lord bee with vs,
why then is all this befallen vs .-* and
where be all his miracles which our fa-
thers tolde vs of, saying. Did not the
Lord bring vs vp from Egypt .-' but
now the Lord hath forsaken vs, and
deliuered vs into the hands of the Mi-
dianites.
14 And the Lord looked vpon
him, and said , Goe in this thy might,
and thou shalt saue Israel from the
hand of the Midianites : haue not I
sent thee .''
15 And hee said vnto him , Oh my
lord, wherewith shall I saue Israel ?
behold, II my family is poore in Manas-
seh, and I am the least in my fathers
house.
16 And the Lord said vnto him,
Surely I will be with thee, and thou
shalt smite the Midianites, as one man.
17 And he said vnto him. If now I
haue found grace in thy sight, then shew
me a signe, that thou talkest with me.
18 Depart not hence , I pray thee,
vntil I come vnto thee, and bring forth
my ||Present,and set it before thee. And
hee saide, I will tary vntill thou come
againe.
19 H And Gideon went in, and made
ready ta kid, and vnleauened cakes of
an Ephah of floure : the flesh he put in a
basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and
brought it out vnto him vnder the oake.
and presented it.
20 And the Angel of God sayd vn-
to him. Take the flesh, and the vnleaue
ned cakes , and lay them vpon this
rocke, and powre out the broth. And he
did so.
21 f Then the Angel of the Lord
put foorth the end of the staffe that was
in his hand, and touched the flesh, and
the vnleauened cakes, and there rose vp
fire out of the rocke, and consumed the
flesh and the vnleauened cakes : then
the Angel of the Lord departed out
of his sight.
22 And when Gideon perceiued that
hee was an Angel of the Lord , Gi-
deon said, Alas, O Lord God: *for
because I haue scene an Angel of the
Lord face to face.
23 And the Lord said vnto him,
Peace be vnto thee, feare not, thou shalt
not die.
24 Then Gideon built an Altar
there vnto the Lord , and called it
||Iehouah-shalom : vnto this day it w
yet in Ophrah, of the Abi-Ezrites.
25 IF And it came to passe the same
night, that the Lord said vnto him,
Take thy fathers yong bullocke, ||euen
the second bullocke of seuen yeeres old,
and throw downe the altar of Baal
that thy father hath, and cut downe the
groue that is by it :
26 And builde an Altar vnto the
Lord thy God vpon the top of this
t rocke, in ||the ordered place, and take
the second bullocke , and offer a burnt
sacrifice with the wood of the groue,
which thou shalt cut downe.
27 Then Gideon tooke ten men of
his seruants, and did as the Lord
had said vnto him : And so it was be-
cause hee feared his fathers houshold,
and the men of the city, that he could
not doe it by day , that hee did it by
night.
28 f And when the men of the citie
arose earely in the morning, behold, the
altar of Baal was cast downe, and the
L 1 2 groue
I Or, meat
offering.
t Hebr. a
kid 0/ the
goates.
' Exod. 33.
20. cbap.
13. 22.
I Tliat is,
The Lord
send peace.
Or, and.
\Hebr.
strong; place.
I Or, tn an
orderly ma-
ner.
Gideons fleece
Judges.
His
armie.
t Hebr. clo-
thed.
Num. 10.
3. chap. 3.
27.
t Heb. was
called af.
lerhim.
•Gen. i«.
groue was cut downe that was by it, and
the second bullocke was offered vpon
the altar that was built.
29 And they said one to another, Who
hath done this thing ? And when they
enquired and asked, they said, Gideon
the Sonne of loash hath done this
thing.
30 Then the men of the citie said vn-
to loash. Bring out thy sonne, that he
may die : because he hath cast downe the
altar of Baal, and because hee hath cut
downe the groue that was by it.
31 And loash said vnto all that stood
against him , Will ye pleade for Baal .'
will ye saue him ? He that will plead for
him, let him be put to death whilest it is
yet morning : if he be a god, let him plead
for himselfe, because one hath cast down
his altar.
32 Therefore on that day hee called
him lerubbaal , saying , Let Baal
plead against him , because hee hath
throwen downe his altar.
33 f Then all the Midianites, and
the Amalekites, and the children of the
East were gathered together, and went
ouer , and pitched in the valley of lez
reel.
34 But the Spirit of the Lord
t came vpon Gideon, and hee *blewe a
trumpet, and Abiezer twas gathered
after him.
35 And he sent messengers through-
out all Manasseh, who also was gathe
red after him, and hee sent messengers
vnto Asher, and vnto Zebulun, and
vnto Naphtali , and they came vp to
meete them.
36 f And Gideon said vnto God, If
thou wilt saue Israel by mine hand, as
thou hast said,
37 Beholde , I will put a fleece of
wooll in the floore : anrfif the deaw be on
the fleece onely, and it bee drie vpon all
the earth beside, then shall I know that
thou wilt saue Israel by my hande, as
thou hast said.
38 And it was so : for he rose vp ear-
ly on the morrow, and thrust the fleece
together, and wringed the deaw out of
the fleece, a bowle full of water.
39 And Gideon said vnto God, * Let
not thine anger be bote against me, and
I will speake but this once : Let mee
prooue, I pray thee, but this once with
the fleece. Let it now be drie onely vpon
the fleece, and vpon all the ground let
there be deaw.
40 And God did so that night : for
it was drie vpon the fleece onely , and
there was deaw on all the ground.
CHAP. VII.
1 Gideons annie of two and thirtie thousand is
brought to three hundred. 9 He is encoura-
ged by the dreame and interpretation of the
barley cake. 16 His stratageme of trumpets
and lampes in pitchers. 24 The Ephraimites
take Oreb ancf Zeeb.
Hen lerubbaal (who is
Gideon) and all the people
that were with him, rose
vp earely, and pitched be-
side the well of Harod: so
that the hoste of the Midianites were
on the North side of them by the hill of
Moreh, in the valley.
2 And the Lord said vnto Gide
on, The people that are with thee, are
too many for me to giue the Midianites
into their handes, lest Israel vaunt
themselues against mee, saying , Mine
owne hand hath saued me.
3 Now therefore go to , proclaime
in the earesof the people, saying, *Who-
soeuer is fearefuU and afraid, let him re
turne and depart earely from mount
Gilead : and there returned of the peo-
ple twentie and two thousand, & there
remained ten thousand.
4 And the Lord said vnto Gide-
on, The people are yet too many : bring
them downe vnto the water, and I wil
trie them for thee there: and it shall bee
that of whome I say vnto thee, This
shall goe with thee, the same shall goe
with thee : and of whomsoeuer I say
vnto thee. This shal not goe with thee,
the same shall not goe.
5 So he brought downe the people
vnto the water : and the Lord sayd
vnto Gideon, Euery one that lappeth
of the water with his tongue as a dog
lappeth, him shalt thou set by himselfe,
likewise euery one that boweth downe
vpon his knees to drinke.
6 And the number of them that lap-
ped puttinff their hand to their mouth,
were three hundred men: but all the rest
of the people bowed downe vpon their
knees to drinke water.
7 And the Lord said vnto Gi-
deon , By the three hundred men that
lapped, will I saue you, and deliuer the
Midianites into thine hand : and let all
the other people goe euery man vnto his
place.
8 So
• Deut. 20. 8
1. mac. 3. 56
A dreame declared.
Chap.vij.
Midiaii deftroyed.
Or, rankes
byfiiie.
Chap. 6.
33.
t Hebr. the
breaking
thereof.
i Hebr.
trumpets in
the hand of
all of them.
i Or, fir e-
brands: or
torches.
8 So the people tooke victuals in
their hand, and their trumpets : and he
sent all the rest o/"Israel, euery man vn-
to his tent , and reteined those three
hundred men : and the hoste of Midian
was beneath him in the valley.
9 H And it came to passe the same
night , that the Lord sayd vnto
him , Arise , get thee downe vnto the
hoste, for I haue deliuered it into thine
hand.
10 But if thou feare to goe downe,
goe thou with Phurah thy seruant
downe to the hoste.
11 And thou shalt heare what they
say, and afterward shall thine handes
be strengthened to goe downe vnto the
hoste. Then went hee downe , with
Phurah his seruant, vnto the outside
of the Harmed men, that were in the
hoste.
12 And the Midianites, and the A
malekites, and *all the children of the
East , lay along in the valley like gras-
hoppers for multitude , and their ca-
mels were without number , as the
sand by the Sea side for multitude.
13 And when Gideon was come
beholde, there was a man that tolde a
dreame vnto his fellow, and sayd. Be-
hold , I dreamed a dreame, and loe, a
cake of Barley bread tumbled into
the hoste of Midian, and came vnto a
tent, and smote it that it fell, and ouer-
turned it, that the tent lay along.
14 And his fellow answered , and
said. This is nothing els saue the sword
of Gideon the sonne of loash , a man
of Israel : for into his hand hath God
'deliuered Midian, and all the hoste.
I 15 IT And it was so, when Gideon
heard the telling of the dreame , and
tthe interpretation thereof, that hee
j worshipped, and returned into the host
of Israel, and sayd, Arise, for the
Lord hath deliuered into your hand
the host of Midian.
16 And he diuided the three hundred
men into three companies, and hee put
a t trumpet in euery mans hand, with
empty pitchers , and || lampes within
the pitchers,
I 17 And hee said vnto them, Looke
on mee, and doe likewise ; and beholde,
when I come to the outside of the
campe, it shall be that as I doe, so shall
ye doe.
18 When I blow with a trumpet,
I and all that are with mee, then blow
ye the trumpets also on euery side of all
the campe, and say. The sword of the
Lord, and of Gideon.
19 f So Gideon and the hundred
men that were with him, came vnto
the outside of the campe, in the begin-
ning of the middle watch, and they had
but newly set the watch, and they blew
the trumpets, and brake the pitchers
that were in their hands.
20 And the three companies blew
the trumpets, and brake the pitchers,
and held the lampes in their left hands,
and the trumpets in their right hands
to blow withall : and they cryed, The
sword of the Lord, and of Gideon.
21 And they stood euery man in his
place, round about the campe : and all
the host ranne, and cried, and fled.
52 And the three hundred blew the
trumpets, and * the Lord set euery
mans sword against his fellow , euen
throughout all the host : and the host
fled to Beth-shittah, ||in Zererath, and
to the tborder of Abel Meholah, vnto
Tabbath.
23 And the men of Israel gathered
themselues together out of Naphta
li, and out of Asher , and out of all Ma
nasseh , and pursued after the Midi-
anites.
24 IT And Gideon sent messengers
throughout all mount Ephraim , say-
ing; Come downe against the Midi-
anites , and take before them the wa-
ters vnto Beth-barah , and lordan
Then all the men of Ephraim gathe-
red themselues together , and tooke
the waters vnto Beth - barah , and
lordane.
25 And they tooke * two Princes of
the Midianites, Oreb, and Zeeb; and
they slew Oreb vpon the rocke Oreb,
and Zeeb they slew at the winepresse
of Zeeb , and pursued Midian , and
brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb,
to Gideon on the other side lordan.
CHAP. VIIL
1 Gideon pacifieth the Ephraimites. 4 Siiccoth
and Penuel refuse to relieue Gideons army.
10 Zebah and Zalmunna are taken. 13 Suc-
coth and Penuel are destroyed. 17 Gideon
reuengeth his brethrens death on Zebah and
Zahnunna. 22 Hee refuseth gouernment.
2-4. His Ephod cause of Idolatry. 22 Midian
subdued. 29 Gideons children, and death.
33 The Israelites idolatry, and ingratitude.
' Esay 9. 4.
Or, to-
wards.
1 Hebr. lip.
' Psal. 83.
1. esa. 10.
26.
And
Zebah and
ludges.
Zalmunna flaine.
tH«6r.
ttronglj/.
Mi^.apiril.
IHekthreth
Kh, an hun-
dred and
twenty thou-
tand,euery
one drawing
a sword.
t Heb. terri-
fied.
\d the men of Ephraim
said vnto him , t Why hast
tliou serued vs thus, that
thou calledst vs not when
thou wen test to fight
with the Midianites? And they did
chide with him tsharpely.
2 And he said vnto them, What haue
I done now in comparison of you ? Is
not the gleaning of the grapes of E-
phraim better then the vintage of Abie-
zer?
3 God hath deliuered into your
hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and
Zeeb : and what was I able to doe in
comparison of you ? then their t anger
was abated toward him, when he had
said that.
4 IT And Gideon came to lordan,
and passed ouer, hee, and the three hun
dred men that were with him, faint, yet
pursuing them.
5 And he said vnto the men of Sue-
coth, Giue, I pray you, loaues of bread
vnto the people that follow me, for they
bee faint, and I am pursuing after Ze-
bah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.
6 H And the princes of Succoth
said. Are the hands of Zebah and Zal-
munna now in thine hands, that wee
should giue bread vnto thine armie ?
7 And Gideon said, Therfore when
the Lord hath dehuered Zebah and
Zalmunna into mine hand, then I wil
tteare your flesh with the thornes of the
wildemesse, and with briers.
8 H And he went vp thence to Pe-
nuel, and spake vnto them likewise : and
the men of Penuel answered him, as
the men of Succoth had answered him.
9 And he spake also vnto the men of
Penuel, saying. When I come againe in
peace, I will breake downe this towre.
10 H Now Zebah and Zalmunna
were in Karkor, and their hostes with
them, about fifteene thousand men, all
that were left of all the hosts of the chil-
dren of the East : for there fell ||an hun
dred and twentie thousand men that
drew sword.
11 H And Gideon went vp by the
way of them that dwelt in tents, on the
East of Nobah , and logbehah , and
smote the host : for the host was secure.
12 And when Zebah and Zalmun-
na fled, he pursued after them, and took
the two kings of Midian, Zebah, and
Zalmunna, & t discomfited all the host.
13 IT And Gideon the sonne of loash
t Heb. made
to know.
t Heb. mscor.
ding to the
forme, ^c.
King. 12
I returned from battel before the Sunne
was vp,
14 And caught a yong man of the
men of Succoth, and enquired of him :
and he t described vnto him the princes ^ Heb. writ.
of Succoth and the elders thereof, euen
threescore and seuenteene men.
15 And he came vnto the men of Suc-
coth, and said. Behold Zebah and Zal
munna, with whom ye did vpbraid me,
saying, Are the handes of Zebah and
Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we
should giue bread vnto thy men that are
wearie ?
16 And hee tooke the Elders of the
citie, and thornes of the wildernes, and
briers, and with them hee t taught the
men of Succoth.
17 And he beat downe the towre of
* Penuel, and slew the men of the citie.
18 f Then said he vnto Zebah and
Zalmunna, What maner of men were
they whom ye slew at Tabor.? And they
answered. As thou art, so were they, ech
one t resembled the children of a ting.
19 And hee said. They were my bre-
thren, euen the sonnes of my mother :
as the Lord liueth, if yee had saued
them aliue, I would not slay you.
20 And he said vnto Tether his first
borne, Vp, and slay them : but the youth
drew not his sword : for he feared, be-
cause he was yet a youth.
21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna
said. Rise thou, and fall vpon vs: for as
the man is, so is his strength. And Gide-
on arose , and slewe Zebah and Zal-
munna, & tooke away the || ornaments
that were on their camels neckes.
22 IT Then the men of Israel saide
vnto Gideon, Rule thou ouer vs, both
thou, and thy sonne, & thy sonnes sonne
also : for thou hast deliuered vs from the
hand of Midian.
23 And Gideon said vnto them, I
will not rule ouer you, neither shall my
sonne rule ouer you : the Lord shall
rule ouer you.
24 U And Gideon said vnto them,
I would desire a request of you , that
you would giue me euery man the eare-
rings of his pray. For they had golden
eare - rings , because they were Ish-
maelites.
25 And they answered, We will wil-
lingly giue them. And they spread a gar-
ment, and did cast therein, euery man
the earerings of his pray.
26 And the weight of the golden
eare-
1 Or, oma-
ments tike
themoone.
Gideon dieth.
Chap.ix.
lothams parable.
t Heb. going
out of his
thigh.
1 Heb. set.
I Or, aweete
ieweh.
eare - rings tliat hee requested , was a
thousand and seuen hundred shekels of
gold, beside ornaments, and || collars,
& purple raiment that zcas on the kings
of Midian, and beside the chaines that
were about tlieir camels necks.
27 And Gideon made an Ephod
thereof, and put it in his citie, euen in
Ophrah : and all Israel went thither
a whoring after it ; which thing became
a snare vnto Gideon, and to his house.
28 IT Thus was Midian subdued
before the children of Israel ; so that
they lifted vp tlieir heads no more : and
the countrey was in quietnesse fourtie
yeeres, in the dayes of Gideon.
29 II And lerubbaal the sonne of
loash went & dwelt in his owne house.
30 And Gideon had threescore and
ten sonnes tof his body begotten : for
he had many wiues.
31 And his concubine that was in
Shechem , shee also bare him a sonne,
whose name he tcalled Abimelech.
32 H And Gideon the sonne of loash
died, in a good olde age, and was buried
in the sepulchre of loash his father, in
Ophrah of the Abi-Ezrites.
33 And it came to passe as soone as
Gideon was dead, that the children of
Israel turned againe, and went a who-
ring after Baalim , and made Baal-
Berith their god.
34 And the children of Israel remem-
bred not the Lord their God, who
had deliuered them out of the hands of
all their enemies , on euery side :
35 Neither shewed they kindnesse to
the house of lerubbaal, namely Gideon,
according to all the goodnesse which he
had shewed vnto Israel.
CHAP. IX.
1 Abimelech by conspiracie with the Sheche-
mites, and murder of his brethren, is made
King. 7 lotham by a parable rebuketh them
and foretelleth their ruine. 22 Gaal conspi-
reth with the Shechemites against him. 30
Zebul reuealeth it. 34 Abimelech ouer-
commeth them, and soweth the citie with
salt. 46 Hee burneth the holde of the god
Berith. 50 At Thebez he is slaine by a piece
of a milstone. 56 lotharas curse is fulfilled.
Nd Abimelech the sonne
of lerubbaal went to
Shechem , vnto his mo-
thers brethren , and com-
muned with them , and
with all the family of the house of his
mothers father, saying ;
2 Speake, I pray you, in the eares
of all the men of Shechem ; t Whether
is better for you , either that all the
sonnes of lerubbaal (which are three-
score and ten persons) reigne ouer you,
or that one reigne ouer you .'' Remem-
ter also , that I am your bone , and
your flesh.
3 And his mothers brethren spake
of him in the eares of all the men of
Shechem, all these wordes, and their
hearts inclined to t follow Abimelech :
for they said. He is our brother.
4 And they gaue him threescore
and ten pieces of siluer, out of the house
of Baal-Berith , wherewith Abime-
lech hired vaine & light persons, which
followed him.
5 And hee went vnto his fathers
house at Ophrah, and slewe his bre-
thren the sonnes of lerubbaal , being
threescore and tenne persons, vpon one
stone : notwithstanding , yet lotham
the youngest sonne of lerubbaal was
left ; for he hid himselfe.
6 And all the men of Shechem ga-
thered together, and all the house of
Millo, and went, and made Abimelech
King, 1 1 by the plaine of the pillar that
was in Shechem.
7 H And when they told it to lo-
tham, he went and stood in the top of
mount Gerizim, and lift vp his voice,
and cried, and said vnto them. Hearken
vnto mee , you men of Shechem , that
God may hearken vnto you.
8 The trees went foorth on a time
to annoint a King ouer them, and they
said vnto the Oliue tree, Reigne thou
ouer vs.
9 But the Oliue tree saide vnto
them , Should I leaue my fatnesse,
wherewith by mee they honour God
and man, and ||goe to bee promoted o-
uer the trees .''
10 And the trees said to the Figge
tree. Come thou, and reigne ouer vs.
11 But the Figge tree saide vnto
them , Should I forsake my sweete-
nesse, and my good fruit, and goe to be
promoted ouer the trees .'
12 Then saide the trees vnto the
Vine, Come thou, and reigne ouer vs.
13 And the Vine said vnto them,
Should I leaue my wine, which chea-
reth God and man , and goe to bee pro-
moted ouer the trees .''
14 Then
t Heb. What
isgoodi whC'
ther ^c.
t Heb. after.
I Or, by the
oke of the
pillar. See
losh. 24.
26.
1 Or, goe vp
anddoume
for other
trees.
Gaal confpireth
Judges.
againft Abimelech :
Or, Ihislle.
t Heb. cast
his lifi.
i Hebr.
gtreTtf(tfiet>f!d
his hands to
kill.
14 Then said all the trees vnto the
II Bramble, Come thou, and reigne o-
uer vs.
15 And the Bramble said vnto the
trees. If in trueth ye anoint me King
ouer you, then come ,atid put your trust
in my shadow • and if not, let fire come
out of the Bramble, and deuoure the
Cedars of Lebanon.
16 Now therefore, if yee haue done
truely and sincerely, in that yee haue
made Abimelech King, and if yee haue
dealt well with lerubbaal, and his
house , and haue done vnto him accor
ding to the deseruing of his hands :
17 ( For my father fought for you,
aud taduentured his life farre, and de-
liuered you out of the hand of Midi an :
18 And yee are risen vp against my
fathers house this day, and haue slaine
his sonnes, threescore and ten persons,
vpon one stone, and haue made Abime-
lech the Sonne of his maidseruant, king
ouer the men of Shechem, because he is
your brother.)
19 If yee then haue dealt truely and
sincerely with lerubbaal, and with his
house this day, tJien reioyce yee in Abi-
melech , aud let him also reioyce in you.
20 But if not, let fire come out from
Abimelech , aud deuoure the men of
Shechem and the house of Millo : and
let fire come out from the men of She-
chem, and from the house of Millo, and
deuoure Abimelech.
21 And lotham ran away, and fled
and went to Beer, and dwelt there for
feare of Abimelech his brother.
22 f When Abimelech had reigned
three yeeres ouer Israel,
23 Then God sent an euill spirit be-
tweene Abimelech & the men of She-
chem : and the men of Shechem dealt
treacherously with Abimelech :
24 That the crueltie done to the
threescore and ten sonnes of lerubbaal
might come, and their blood be laid vp.
on Abimelech their brother which slew
them, and vpon the men of Shechem
which t aided him in the killing of his
brethren.
25 And the men of Shechem set ly-
ers in wait for him in the toppe of the
mountaines , and they robbed all that
came along that way by them : and it
was told Abimelech.
26 And Gaal the sonne of Ebed came
with his brethren, and went ouer to
Shechem : and the men of Shechem
put their confidence in him.
27 And they went out into the fields,
and gathered their vineyards , and
trode the grapes, and made ||merry , and
went into the house of their god, and
did eate and drinke, and cursed Abime-
lech.
28 And Gaal the sonne of Ebed said,
Who is Abimelech , and who is She-
chem, that we should serue him ? Is not
he the sonne of lerubbaal .'' and Zebul
his oflficer.' serue the men of Hamor the
father of Shechem : for why should we
serue him .''
29 And would to God this people
were vnder my hand ; then would I re
moue Abimelech. And he said to Abi-
melech, Increase thine armie and come
out.
30 IT And when Zebul the ruler of
the citie heard the wordes of Gaal the
Sonne of Ebed, his anger was || kindled.
31 And he sent messengers vnto Abi-
melech tpriuily, saying. Behold, Gaal
the Sonne of Ebed, and his brethren, be
come to Shechem, and behold, they for-
tifie the citie against thee.
32 Now therefore vp by night, thou
and the people that is with thee, and lie
in wait in the field.
33 And it shalbe, that in the morning
assoone as the Sunne is vp, thou shalt
rise earely , and set vpon the citie : and
behold, when he and the people that is
with him, come out against thee, then
may est thou doe to them tas thou shalt
finde occasion.
34 H And Abimelech rose vp, and
all the people that were with him, by
night, and they laid wait against She-
chem in foure companies.
35 And Gaal the sonne of Ebed went
out, and stood in the entring of the gate
of the citie: and Abimelech rose vp, and
the people that were with him, from ly-
ing in waite.
36 And when Gaal saw the people,
he said to Zebul, Behold, there come
people downe fro the top of the moun-
taines. And Zebul saide vnto him,
Thou seest the shadow of the moun-
taines, as if they were men.
37 And Gaal spake againe, and said.
See, there come people downe by the
tmiddle of the land, and another com-
panie come along by the plaine of ||Me-
onenim.
38 Then said Zebul vnto him. Where
is now thy mouth, wherzmth thou saidst,
Who
Or, songs.
II Or, hole.
t Heb. craf-
tily, or to
Tormah.
t Hebr. as
thiiie hand
shall find.
i Hehnauell
II Or, the re-
garders of
times.
He is ouercome.
Chap.x.
Abimelech flaine.
hauedone.
Who is Abimelech , that wee should
serue him ? Is not this the people that
thou hast despised ? Goe out , I pray
now, and fight with them.
39 And Gaal went out before the
men of Shechem , and fought with A-
bimelech.
40 And Abimelech chased him, and
hee fledde before him , and many were
ouerthrowen and wounded, euen vnto
the entring of the gate.
41 And Abimelech dwelt at Aru-
mah : and Zebul thrust out Gaal and
his brethren, that they should not dwell
in Shechem.
42 And it came to passe on the mor-
row, that the people went out into the
field, and they tolde Abimelech.
43 And he tooke the people, and di-
uided them into three companies , and
laide waite in the field, and looked, and
behold , the people were come forth out
of the citie, and he rose vp against them,
and smote them.
44 And Abimelech, and the compa-
nie that was with him, rushed forward,
and stood in the entring of the gate of
the citie : and the two other companies
ranne vpon all the people that were in
the fields, and slew them.
45 And Abimelech fought against
the citie all that day , and he tooke the
citie , and slewe the people that was
therein, and beat downe the citie , and
sowed it with salt.
46 IT And when all the men of the
tower of Shechem heard that, they en-
tred into an holde of the house of the
god Berith.
47 And it was told Abimelech, that
all the men of the towre of Shechem
were gathered together.
48 And Abimelech gate him vp to
mount Zalmon, hee and all the people
that were with him , & Abimelech tooke
an axe in his hand , and cut downe a
bough from the trees, and tooke it, and
laide it on his shoulder , and said vnto
the people that were with him , What ye
haue seene tme doe, make haste, and doe
as I haue done.
49 And all the people likewise cut
downe euery man his bough, and fol-
lowed Abimelech, and put them to the
holde , and set the holde on fire vpon
them : so that all the men of the towre
of Shechem died also, about a thou-
sand men and women.
50 IT Then went Abimelech to The-
bez, and encamped against Thebez, and
tooke it.
51 But there was a strong towre
within the city, and thither fled all the
men and women, and all they of the ci-
tie, and shut it to them, and gate them
vp to the top of the towre.
52 And Abimelech came vnto the
towre, and fought against it, and went
hard vnto the doore of the towre , to
burne it with fire.
53 And a certaine woman *ca8t a
piece of a milstone vpon Abimelechs
head , and all to brake his scull.
54 Then hee called hastily vnto the
young man his armour - bearer , and
said vnto him , Draw thy sword , and
slay me, that men say not of me, A wo-
man slewe him : and his young man
thrust him through, and he died.
55 And when the men of Israel saw
that Abimelech was dead, they depar-
ted euery man vnto his place.
5Q H Thus God rendred the wic-
kednesse of Abimelech which hee did
vnto his father , in slaying his seuentie
brethren.
57 And all the euill of the men of
Shechem, did God render vpon their
heads : and vpon them came the curse
of lotham the sonne of lerubbaal.
CHAP. X.
1 Tok iudgeth Israel in Shamir. 3 lair, whose
thirtie sonnes had thirtie cities. 6 The
Philistines and Ammonites oppresse Israel.
10 In their miserie, God sendeth them to
their false gods. 15 Vpon their repentance,
hee pitieth them.
Nd after Abimelech, there
arose to || defend Israel,
Tola the sonne of Puah,
the sonne of Dodo, a man
of Issachar, and he dwelt
in Shamir in mount Ephraim.
2 And he iudged Israel twenty and
three yeeres, and died , and was buried
in Shamir.
3 H And after him arose lair a Gi-
leadite, and iudged Israel twentie and
two yeeres.
4 And hee had thirtie sonnes that
rode on thirtie asse-colts, and they had
thirtie cities, which are called ||Hauoth-
lair vnto this day , which are in the
land of Gilead.
5 And lair died , and was buried
in Camon.
Mm 6 f And
"2. Sam.
II. 21.
II Or, deliuer.
Heb, satte.
i Or, the vil-
lages of lair
IlVael puniflied.
ludges.
lephthah expelled.
• Chap. S.
11. and 3. 7.
and 4. 1. &
6. l.&. 13.1
• Chap. 2.
13.
t llebr.
crushed.
' Deut. 32.
15. ierem. 2.
1.1.
iHebr.ig
good in Chine
eyes.
t Hehr. gods
of strangers.
t Hebr. was
shortened.
t Hebr. cried
together.
6 f And *the children of Israel did
euill againe in the sight of the Lord,
and serued Baalim and *Ashtaroth,
and the gods of Syria, and the gods of
Zidon , and the gods of Moab, and the
gods of the children of Ammon, and the
gods of the Philistines , and forsooke
the Lord, and serued not him.
7 And the anger of the Lord
was hot against Israel , and hee solde
them into the hands of the Philistines,
and into the hands of the children of
Ammon.
8 And that yere they vexed and top-
pressed the children of Israel: eighteene
yeeres , all the children of Israel that
were on the other side lordan , in the
land of the Amorites , which is in Gi-
lead.
9 Moreouer , the children of Am-
mon passed ouer lordan , to fight also
against ludah, and against Beniamin,
and against the house of Ephraim ; so
that Israel was sore distressed.
10 H And the children of Israel cri-
ed vnto the Lord, saying. Wee haue
sinned against thee , both because wee
haue forsaken our God, and also serued
Baalim.
11 And the Lord said vnto the
children of Israel, Did not I delluer you.
from the Egyptians , and from the A-
morites, from the children of Ammon,
and from the Philistines .''
12 The Zidonians also and the A-
malekites , and the Maonites did op-
{iresse you, and ye cried to me, and I de-
iuered you out of their hand.
13 * Yet ye haue forsaken me, and ser-
ued other gods : wherefore I will deli-
uer you no more.
14 Go, and cry vnto the gods which
ye haue chosen , let them deliuer you in
the time of your tribulation.
15 H And the children of Israel said
vnto the Lord, ^Ve haue sinned, doe
thou vnto vs whatsoeuer t seemeth
good vnto thee , deliuer vs onely , wee
pray thee, this day.
16 And they put away the t strange
gods from among them, and serued the
Lord : and his soule twas grieued
for the misery of Israel.
17 Then the children of Ammon
were t gathered together , and encam-
ped in Gilcad : and the children of Is-
rael assembled themselues together,
and encamped in Mizpeh.
18 And the people and Princes of Gi-
lead, said one to another, What man is'
hee that will begin to fight against the
children of Ammon.' he shall *be Head
ouer all the inhabitants of Gilead.
CHAP. XL
1 The Couenant betweene lephthah and the
G ileadites, that hee should be their head. 12
The treaty of peace betweene him and the
Ammonites is in vaine. 29 lephthahs vow.
32 His conquest of the Ammonites. 34 He
performeth his vow on his daughter.
Ow * lephthah the Gile-
adite was a mightie man
of valour, and he was the
Sonne of t an harlot : and
Gilead begate lephthah.
^Vnd Gileads wife bare him
sonnes, and his wiues sonnes grew vp,
and they thrust out lephthah, and said
vnto him , Thou shalt not inherite in
our fathers house , for thou art the son
of a strange woman.
3 Then lephthah fled t from his
brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob
and there were gathered vaine men to
lephthah, and went out with him.
4 H And it came to passe, t in pro-
cesse of time, that the children of Am-
mon made warre against Israel.
5 And it was so, that when the chil-
dren of Ammon made war against Is-
rael, the Elders of Gilead went to fetch
lephthah out of the land of Tob,
6 And they said vnto lephthah.
Come and bee our Captaine , that wee
may fight with the children of Ammon
7 And lephthah said vnto the El-
ders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and
expell me out of my fathers house.'' And
why are ye come vnto mee now when
ye are in distresse .''
8 And the Elders of Gilead said vn-
to lephthah , Therefore we turne a-
gaine to thee now, that thou mayest go
with vs, and fight against the children
of Ammon , and bee our head ouer all
the inhabitants of Gilead.
9 And lephthah said vnto the El-
ders of Gilead, If ye bring me home a-
gaine to fight against the children of
Ammon, and the Loud deliuer them
before me ; shall I be your Head .''
10 And the Elders of Gilead said vn-
to lephthah, The Lord the witnes
betweene vs, if we doe not so according
to thy words.
11 Then lephthah went with the El-
ders
Chap. 11.
Hebr. II.
32. called
lephte.
iHebr.awo-
man^anhar*
lot.
iHebr.from
the face.
t Hebr. after
t Hebr. be
the hearer
betweene
vs.
lephthali captaine.
Ch
ap.xj.
His rafli vow.
Num. 21.
• Deut. 2. 9.
Num.
14.
Num
13. and
24.
. 22.
22.
Deut. 2.
tiers of Gilead, and the people made
him hefid and captaine ouer them : and
lephthah vttered all his words before
the Lord in Mizpeh.
12 H And lephthah sent messengers
vnto the king of the children of Am-
mon, saying, What hast thou to do with
me, that thou art come against mee to
fight in my land .■*
13 And the king of the children of
Ammon answered vnto the messen-
gers of lephthah ; * Jiecause Israel
tooke away my land when they came
vp out of Egypt, from Arnon euen vn-
to labbok , and vnto Jordan : now
therfore restore those lands againe peace-
ably.
14 And lephthah sent messengers
againe vnto the king of the children of
Ammon :
15 And said vnto him , Thus saith
lephthah ; * Israel tooke not away
the land of Moab, nor the land of the
children of Ammon :
16 But when Israel came vp from
Egypt , and walked through the wil-
dernesse, vnto the red sea, and came to
Kadesh ;
17 Then * Israel sent messengers
vnto the king of Edom saying. Let me,
I pray thee , passe through thy land.
But the king of Edom would not hear-
ken thereto: And in like manor they sent
vnto the king of Moab : but hee would
not consent: & Israel abode in Kadesh.
18 Then they went along through
the wildernes, and compassed the land
of Edom , and the land of Moab, and
came by the Eastside of the land of Mo-
ab, and pitched on the other side of Ar-
non, *but came not within the border
of Moab : for Arnon teas the border of
Moab.
19 And ■* Israel sent messengers vn-
to Sihon king of the Amorites , the
king of Heshbon , and Israel said vnto
him. Let vs passe, we pray thee, thorow
thy land, vnto my place.
20 But Sihon trusted not Israel,
to passe through his coast : but Sihon
gathered all his people together , and
pitched in lahaz , and fought against
Israel.
21 And the Lord God of Israel
deliuered Sihon and all his people in-
to the hand of Israel, and they smote
them : so Israel possessed all the land of|
the Amorites, the inhabitants of that'
countrey.
* Num. 22.
2. deut. 23.
4. ioeh. 24. 9
22 And they possessed *all the coasts'* Deut. 2
of the Amorites, from Arnon euen vn-
to labbok, and from the wildernesse
euen vnto lordan.
23 So nowe the Lord God of
Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites
from before his people Israel , and
sliouldest thou possesse it .''
24 Wilt not thou possesse that which
Chemosh thy god giueth thee to pos-
sesse.' so whomsoeuer the Lord our
God shal driue out from before vs, them
will we possesse.
25 *And now , art thou any thing
better then Balak the sonne of Zippor
king of Moab .' Did hee euer striue a-
gainst Israel , or did hee euer fight a-
gainst them,
26 While Israel dwelt in Heshbon,
and her townes, and in Aroer, and her
townes, and in all the cities that bee a-
long by the coasts of Arnon, three hun-
dred yeeres.'' Why therefore did yee not
recouer them within that time .''
27 Wherefore, I haue not sinned a-
gainst thee, but thou doest me wrong to
warre against mee : the Lord the
ludge, bee ludge this day betweene
the children of Israel, and the children
of Ammon.
28 Howbeit, the king of the children
of Ammon hearkened not vnto the
words of lephthah which hee seut
him.
29 f Then the Spirit of the Lord
came vpon lephthah, and he passed o-
uer Gilead and Manasseh, and passed
ouer Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Miz-
peh of Gilead hee passed ouer vnto the
children of Ammon.
30 And lephthah vowed a vowe
vnto the Loud, and said. If thou
shalt without faile deliuer the children
of Ammon into mine hands,
31 Then it shall be, that twhatsoe-
uer commeth forth of the doores of my
house to meete me, when I returne in
peace from the children of Ammon,
shall surely be the Lords, || and I
will offer it vp for a burnt offering.
32 H So lephthah passed ouer vn-
to the children of Ammon to fight a-
gainst them, and the Lord deliuered
them into his hands.
33 And he smote them from Aroer,
len till thou come to Minnith, enen
twentie cities , and vnto the || plaine
of the vineyards , with a very great
slaughter : thus the children of Am-
M m 2 mon
t Hebr. that
which com-
methforth
shall came
forth.
Or, I will
offer it. Sic
II Or, Abet.
lephthahs daughter
Judges.
His death.
I0r,hehad
not of his
owne either
Sonne or
daughter.
Heb. qfhim-
selfe.
t Heb. Goe,
andgoe
downe.
Or, ordi-
nance.
i Heb. from
yeereimyere.
Or, to talke
with.
mon were subdued before the children
of Israel.
34 IT And lephthah came to Miz-
peh vnto his house , and beholde , his
daughter came out to meete him with
timbrels and with dances, and she was
his onely childe: || beside her he had nei-
ther Sonne nor daughter.
35 And it came to passe when he saw
her, that he rent his clothes, and said,
Alas, my daughter, thou hast brought
me very low, and thou art one of them
that trouble me : for I haue opened my
mouth vnto the Lord, and I can-
not goe backe.
36 And she said vnto him, My father,
if thou hast opened thy mouth vnto the
Lord, doe to me according to that
which hath proceeded out of thy
mouth ; forasmuch as the Lord hath
taken vengeance for thee of thine ene-
mies, euen of the children of Ammon.
37 And she said vnto her father. Let
this thing be done for me: Let me alone
two moneths, that I may tgoe vp and
downe vpon the mountaines, and be-
waile my virginitie , I , and my fel-
lowes.
38 And he said, Goe. And he sent her
divay for two moneths, and shee went
with her companions , and bewailed
her virginitie vpon the mountaines.
39 And it came to passe at the ende of
two moneths that shee returned vnto
her father, who did with her according
to his vow which he had vowed : and
she knew no man : & it was a ||custome
in Israel,
40 That the daughters of Israel
went tyeerely ||to lament the daughter
of lephthah the Gileadite foure dayes
in a yeere.
CHAP. XII.
1 The Ephraimites quarrelling with lephthah,
and discemeti by Snibboleth, are slaine by the
Gileadites. 7 lephthah dieth. 8 Ibzan, who
had thirtie sonnes and thirtie daughters, 1 1
and Elon, 13 and Abdon who had fourtie
sonnes, and thirtie nephewes, iudged Israel.
Nd the men of Ephraim
tgathered themselues to-
gether, and went North-
ward, & said vnto leph-
thah , Wherefore passedst
thou ouer to fight against the children
of Ammon, and didst not call vs to goe
with thee ? Wee will bume thine house
vpon thee with fire.
2 And lephthah saide vnto them,
I and my people were at great strife
with the children of Ammon : and
when I called you, ye deliuered me not
out of their hands.
3 And when I sawe that ye deliue-
red vie not, I put my life in my handes,
and passed ouer against the children of
Ammon, and the Lord deliuered
them into my hand : Wherfore then are
ye come vp vnto me this day, to fight a-
gainst me .''
4 Then lephthah gathered toge-
ther all the men of Gilead, and fought
with Ephraim : and the men of Gilead
smote Ephraim, because they said,Yee
Gileadites are fugitiues of Ephraim,
among the Ephraimites and among
the Manassites.
5 And the Gileadites tooke the pas
sages of lordan before the Ephra-
imites : and it was so that when those
Ephraimites which were escaped saide.
Let me go ouer, that the men of Gilead
said vnto him. Art thou an Ephraimite.''
If he said, Nay :
6 Then said they vnto him , Say
now. Shibboleth : and he said, Sibbo-
leth : for hee could not frame to pro-
nounce it right. Then they tooke him,
and slewe him at the passages of lor-
dan : and there fell at that time of the
Ephraimites, fourtie & two thousand.
7 And lephthah iudged Israel sixe
yeeres : then died lephthah the Gilea-
dite, and was buried in one of the cities
of Gilead.
8 f And after him Ibzan of Beth-
lehem iudged Israel.
9 And hee had thirtie sonnes, and
thirtie daughters , whome hee sent a-
broad, and tooke in thirtie daughters
from abroad for his sonnes. And hee
iudged Israel seuen yeeres.
10 Then died Ibzan, and was bu-
ried at Bethlehem.
11 II And after him, Elon, a Zebu-
lonite iudged Israel, and he iudged Is-
rael ten yeeres.
12 And Elon the Zebulonite died,
and was buried in Aiialon in the coun-
trey of Zebulun.
13 f And after him, Abdon, the
sonne of Hillel a Pirathonite iudged
Israel.
14 And he had fourty sonnes, and
thirtie tnephewes, that rode on three-
score and ten asse-colts : and he iudged
Israel eight yeeres,
15 And
\Heb,sonnes
sonnes.
Samfons birth
Chap.xiij.
is foretolde.
t Hebr. ad-
ded to com-
mitt t^c.
" Chap. 2.
. and 3. 7.
and 4. I.
and 6.1. and
10. 6.
Num. 6.
2,3.
* Num. 6. 5.
1. 8am. I.
11.
15 And Abdon the sonne of Hillel
the Pirathonite died , and was buried
in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim , in
the mount of the Amalekites.
CHAP. XIII.
1 Israel is in the hand of the Philistines. 2 An
Angel appeareth to Manoahs wife. 8 The
Angel appeareth to Manoah. 15 Manoahs
sacrifice , whereby the Angel is discouered.
24 Samson is borne.
Nd the children of Israel
t*did euill againe in the
sight of the Lord, and
the Loud deliuered
them into the hand of the
Philistines forty yeeres.
2 IF And there was a certaine man
of Zorah, of the family of the Danites,
whose name was Manoah , and his
wife was barren, and bare not.
3 And the Angel of the Lord
appeared vnto the woman , and said
vnto her , Behold now , thou a}-t bar-
ren, and bearest not : but thou shall con-
ceiue and beare a sonne.
4) Now therefore beware * I pray
thee, and drinke not wine , nor strong
drinke, and eat not any vncleane thing.
5 For loe , thou shalt conceiue , and
beare a sonne, and *no rasor shall come
on his head : for the child shall be a Na-
zarite vnto God from the wombe : and
he shall begin to deliuer Israel out of
the hand of the Philistines.
6 IT Then the woman came , and
told her husband , saying ; A man of
God came vnto mee , and his counte-
nance zca.s like the countenance of an
Angel of God , very terrible : but I
asked him not whence he was, neither
told he me his name :
7 But he said vnto mee , Behold,
thou shalt conceiue and beare a sonne;
and now , drinke no wine nor strong
drinke, neither eate any vncleane thing:
for the childe shal be a Nazarite to God,
from the wombe , to the day of his
death.
8 % Then Manoah entreated the
Lord, and said, O my Lord, let
the man of God which thou didst send,
come againe vnto vs, & teach vs what
we shall do vnto the childe that shall be
borne.
9 And God hearkened to the voyce
of Manoah ; and the Angel of God
came againe vnto the woman as shee
sate in the field : But Manoah her hus-
band was not with her.
10 And the woman made haste, and
ranne, and shewed her husband, and
said vnto him ; Behold, the man hath
appeared vnto me, that came vnto me
the other day.
11 And Manoah arose, and went af-
ter his wife, and came to the man, and
said vnto him, Art thou the man that
spakcst vnto the woman ? And he said,
I am.
12 And Manoah said. Now let thy
words come to passe: tHow shall wee
order the childe, and \\how shall we doe
vnto him .''
13 And the Angel of the Lord
said vnto Manoah , Of all that I said
vnto the woman, let her beware.
14 She may not eate of any thing
that commeth of the Vine , neither let
her drinke wine or strong drinke , nor
eat any vncleane thing : all that I com-
manded her, let her obserue.
15 IT And Manoah saide vnto the
Angel of the Lord, I pray thee let
vs deteine thee , vntill wee shall haue
made ready a kid tfor thee.
16 And the Angel of the Lord
said vnto Manoah , Though thou de-
teine mee, I will not eat of thy bread :
and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering,
thou must offer it vnto the Lord:
for Manoah knew not that he was an
Angel of the Lord.
17 And Manoah said vnto the An-
gel of the Lord, What is thy name,
that when thy sayings come to passe,
we may doe thee honour ?
18 And the Angel of the Lord
said vnto him , Why askest thou thus
after my name, seeing it is || secret.''
19 So Manoah tooke a kid , with a
meat offering, and offered it vpon a
rocke vnto the Lord: and the Angel
did wonderously, and Manoah and nis
wife looked on.
20 For it came to passe , when the
flame went vp toward heauen from
off the altar , that the Angel of the
Lord ascended in the flame of the
altar : and Manoah and his wife loo-
ked on it, and fell on their faces to the
ground.
21 (But the Angel of the Lord
did no more appeare to Manoah and
to his wife : ) then Manoah knewe
that he was an Angel of the Lord.
22 And Manoah said vnto his wife,
*We
1 Hebr. tie-
fore thee.
t Hebr. what
shall be the
manerof
the, S^-c.
I Or, n-hat
shall lie doe?
Hebr. What
shall be hia
worked
I Or, won-
derfull.
Samfons mariage
Judges.
His riddle.
• EX0<1. 33.
20. chap. 6.
i2.
1 1 Heb. she is
\rightinmine
[eyes.
t Hebr. in
meeting
him.
AVee shall surely die, because wee hauel
seene God. |
23 But his wife said vnto him , If
the Lord were pleased to kill vs, he
would rot haue receiued a burnt offe-
ring and a meat offering at our hands,
neither would hee haue shewed vs all
these things, nor would as at this time
jhaue told vs .inch things as these.
I 24 1i And the woman bare a sonne,
and called his name Samson : and the
child grew, & the Lord blessed him
lo And the Spirit of the Lord
beganne to mooue him at times in the
campe of Dan , betweene Zorah and
Eshtaol.
CHAP. XIIIL
1 Samson desireth a wife of tlie Philistines. 2
In his iourney hee killeth a Lion. 8 In a
second iourney hee findeth hony in the car-
keis. 10 Samsons marriage feast. 12 His
riddle by his wife is made knowen. 19 He
spoileth thirtie Philistines. 20 His wife is
married to another.
Nd Samson went down
to Timnath , and sawe a
woman in Timnath , of
the daughters of the Phi-
listines.
2 And hee came vp, and told his fa-
ther and his mother, and said, I haue
seene a woman in Timnath , of the
daughters of the Philistines : nowe
therefore get her for me to wife.
3 Then his father and liis mother
said vnto him , Is there neuer a wo-
man among the daughters of thy bre-
thren, or among all my people, that thou
goest to take a wife of the vncircumci-
sed Philistines .'' And Samson said vn
to his father, Get her for me, for tshee
pleaseth me well.
4 But his father and his mother
knew not that it was of the Lord,
that hee sought an occasion against the
Philistines : for at that time the Phi-
listines had dominion ouer Israel.
5 H Then went Samson downe,
and his father & his mother, to Tim-
nath , and came to the vineyards of
Timnath : and behold, a young Lion
roared tagainst him.
6 And the Spirit of the Lord
came mightily vpon him , and hee rent
him as he would haue rent a kid, and he
had nothing in his hand : but hee told
not his father or his mother what hee
had done.
7 And hee went downe and talked;
with the woman, and she pleased Sam-|
son well. I
8 •! And after a time hee returned
to take her, and he turned aside to see:
the carkeis of the Lion : and beholde,|
there was a swarme of Bees , and
honie in the carkeis of the Lion.
9 And hee tooke thereof in his
handes, and went on eating, and came
to his father and mother, and hee gauei
them, and they did eate : but he told noti
them that he had taken the hony out of
the carkeis of the Lion.
10 H So his father went downe vn-
to the woman , and Samson made
there a feast: for so vsed the young meni
to doe.
11 And it came to passe when they
saw him, that they brought thirtie com-
panions to be with him.
12 H And Samson said vnto them,
I will now put foorth a riddle vnto
you : if you can certeinly declare it me,
within the seuen dayes of the feast, and
finde it out, then I will giue you thir-
tie II sheetes, and thirtie change of gar- 'iOr,siiiru.
ments :
13 But if ye cannot declare it me, then
shall yee giue me thirtie sheetes , and
thirtie change of garments. And they
said vnto him , Put foorth thy riddle,
that we may heare it.
1 4 And hee said vnto them , Out of
the eater came foorth meate, and out of
the strong came foorth sweetnesse. And
they could not in three dayes expound
the riddle.
15 And it came to passe on the seuenth
day, that they said vnto Samsons wife,
Entice thy husband, that hee may de-
clare vnto vs the riddle , lest we burne
thee and thy fathers house with fire :
Haue vee called vs, t to take that wee iHeb.topos-
S6SSC 1)8 1 or to
haue .'' is it not so .'' immmerisk
16 And Samsons wife wept before"*-
him, and said, Thou doest but hate me,
and louest me not : thou hast put foorth
a riddle vnto the children of my people,
and hast not tolde it me. And hee said
vnto her. Behold, I haue not tolde it
my father nor my mother, and shall I
tell it thee .'
17 And shee wept before him || the
seuen dayes, while the feast lasted : and
it came to passe on the seuenth day, that
he tolde her, because shee lay sore vpon
him : and she tolde the riddle to the chil-
dren of her people.
18 And
Or, the rest
of the seiien
dayes, ^c.
His foxe-tailes
Chap. XV.
His
law
bo
ne.
Wr,apparel.
t Heb. let
Iter be thine.
Qr^ now
shall I bee
blamelesse
from the
Philistines^
though, ^c.
1 Or, tor-
ches.
18 And the men of the city said vnto
him on the seuenth day before the sunne
went downe, What is sweeter then ho-
nie? and what is stronger then a Lion?
And he said vnto them , If ye had not
plowed with my heifer , yee had not
found out my riddle.
19 H And the Spirit of the Lord
came vpon him , and hee went downe
to Ashkelon, and slewe thirtie men of
them, and tooke their ||spoiIe, and gaue
change of garments vnto them which
expounded the riddle , and his anger
was kindled, and hee went vp to his
fathers house.
20 But Samsons wife was giuen to
his companion, whom hee had vsed as
his friend.
CHAP. XV.
\ Samson is denied his wife. 3 He burneth the
Philistines corne with foxes and firebrands.
6 His wife and her father are burnt by the
Phihstines. 7 Samson smiteth them hip and
thigh. 9 He is bound by the men of ludah
and deliuered to the Philistines. 14. Hee kil-
leth them with a iawbone. 18 God maketh
the fountaine En-hakkore for him in Lehi.
If Vt it came to passe within
' awhile after, in the time of
wheat haruest, that Sam-
son visited his wife with a
kid, and he said, I will goe
m to my wife into the chamber. But her
father would not suffer him to goe in.
2 And her father saide , I verily
thought that thou haddest vtterly ha-
ted her, therfore I gaue her to thy com-
panion : is not her younger sister fairer
then she .'' t take her, I pray tliee, in stead
of her.
3 H And Samson said concerning
them, II Now shal I be more blamelesse
then the Philistines, though I do them
a displeasure.
4 And Samson went and caught
three hundred foxes, and tooke ||fire-
brands , and turned taile to taile , and
put a firebrand in the midst betweene
two tailes.
•5 And when hee had set the brands
on fire, he let them goe into the standing
corne of the Philistines, and burnt vp
both the sliockes, and also the standing
corne, with the vineyards and oliues.
6 f Then the Philistines saide,
Who hath done this ? and they an-
swered , Samson the sonne in law of
the Timnite, because hee had taken his
wife , and giuen her to his companion.
And the Philistines came vp, and burnt
her and her father with fire.
7 If And Samson said vnto them.
Though ye haue done this, yet will I
be auenged of you, and after that, I wil
cease.
8 And he smote them hip and thigh,
with a great slaughter; and hee went
down and dwelt in the top of the rocke
Etam.
9 IT Then the Philistines went vp,
and pitched in ludah, and spread them-
selues in Lehi.
10 And the men of ludah said. Why
are ye come vp against vs.-" and they an-
swered. To bind Samson are we come
vp, to doe to him, as he hath done to vs.
11 Then three thousand men of lu-
dah twent to the top of the rocke Etam,
and sayd to Samson ; Knowest thou
not that the Philistines are rulers ouer
vs.' What is this that thou hast done vn-
to vs ? And he said vnto them. As they
did vnto me, so haue I done vnto them.
12 And they said vnto him. Wee are
come downe to binde thee, that we may
deliuer thee into the hand of the Phili-
stines. And Samson said vnto them,
Sweare vnto me, that yee will not fall
vpon me your selues.
13 And they spake vnto him, saying;
No : but wee will binde thee fast , and
deliuer thee into their hand : but surely
we will not kill thee. And they bound
him with two new cordes, and brought
him vp from the rocke.
14 1i And when he came vnto Lehi,
the Philistines shouted against him :
and the Spirit of the Lord came
mightily vpon him, and the cordes that
were vpon his armes became as flaxe
that was burnt with fire, & his bands
tloosed from off his hands.
15 And he found a tnew iawbone of
an asse , and put foorth his hand, and
tooke it , and slewe a thousand men
therewith.
16 And Samson said. With the iaw-
bone of an asse, theapes vpon heapes,
with the iaw of an asse haue I slaine a
thousand men.
17 And it came to passe when he had
made an end of speaking, that hee cast
away the iaw bone out of his hand, and
called that place ||Ramath-Lchi.
18 H And hee was sore athirst, and
called on the Lord, and said. Thou
hast
t Heb. went
downe.
t Hebr. were
melted.
t Heb. moist.
t Heb, an
heape, two
heapes.
I That is.
The lifting
vp oftlte
iaiv-bone,
or, casting
away of the
iaw-bone.
Samfon and Delilah
Iiidges.
She betrayeth him.
I Or, Lehi.
I That is, the
ttetl of him
that called
or cried.
hast giuen this great deliuerance into
the hand of thy seruant : and now shall
I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of
the vncircumcised ?
19 But God claue an hollow place
that was in ||the iawe, and there came
water thereout, & when he had drunke,
his spirit canr.e againe, and he reuiued:
wherefore hee called the name thereof
II En-hakkore , which is in Lehi , vnto
this day :
20 And he iudged Israel in the dayes
of the Philistines twentie yeeres.
CHAP. XVI.
1 Samson at Gaza escapeth , and carieth away
the gates of the city. 4 Delilah corrupted by
the Philistines, entiseth Samson. 6 Thrise
she is deceiued. 15 At last shee ouercom-
meth him. 21 The Philistines take him, and
Eut out his eyes. 22 His strength renewing,
ee pulleth downe the hoxise vpon the Phi-
listines, and dieth.
t Heb. silent.
t Heb. with
the barre.
I Or, by the
brooke.
I Or, hum-
ble.
I Or, newe
coords, heb,
moist.
Hen went Samson to Ga-
za, and saw there tan har-
lot, and went in vnto her.
2 And it was told the Ga-
zites, saying, Samson is
come hither. And they compassed him
in, and layd wait for him all night in the
gate of the citie, and were t quiet all the
night, saying. In the morning when it
is day, we shall kill him.
3 And Samson lay till midnight,
and arose at midnight , and tooke the
doores of the gate of the city, and the
two posts, and went away with them,
tbarre and all, and put them vpon his
shoulders , and caried them vp to the
toppe of an hill that is before Hebron
4 % And it came to passe afterward,
that he loued a woman in the valley ||of
Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
5 And the lords of the Philistines
came vp vnto her , and said vnto her.
Entice him, and see wherein his great
strength lieth, and by what meanes we
may preuaile against him, that we may
bind him, to || afflict him : and we will
giue thee euery one of vs , eleuen hun
dreth pieces of siluer.
6 IT And Delilah said to Samson,
Tel me, I pray thee, wherein thy great
strength lyeth , and wherewith thou
mightest be bound, to afflict thee.
7 And Samson said vnto her, If
they binde mee with seuen || greene
withs, that were neuer dried, then shall
t Heb. smel-
leth.
t Heb. wher-
with worke
hath not bin
done.
I be weake, and be as t another man. it Heb. one.
8 Then the lords of the Philistines
brought vp to her seuen greene withs,
which had not bene dried , & she bound
him with them.
9 Now there were men lying in
wait, abiding with her in the chamber :
and she said vnto him, The Philistines
he vpon thee, Samson. And he brake
the withs , as a threed of tow is bro-
ken, when it ttoucheth the fire : so his
strength was not knowen.
10 And Delilah said vnto Samson,
Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told
mee lies : now tell mee , I pray thee,
wherewith thou mightest be bound.
11 And he said vnto her. If they bind
me fast with newe ropes tthat neuer
were occupied, then shall I bee weake,
and be as another man.
12 Delilah therfore tooke new ropes,
and bound him therewith, and said vn-
to him , The Philistines be vpon thee,
Samson. (And there were liers in wait
abiding in the chamber. ) and hee brake
them from off his armes, like a threed.
13 And Delilah said vnto Samson,
Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told
me lies : tell me wherewith thou migh-
test be bound. And he said vnto her. If
thou weauest the seuen lockes of my
head with the web.
14 And she fastened it with the pinne,
and said vnto him. The Philistines be
vpon thee, Samson. And hee awaked
out of his sleepe, and went away with
the pinne of the beame, <§• with the web.
15 f And shee said vnto him , How
canst thou say, I loue thee, when thine
heart is not with mee.'' Thou hast moc-
ked mee these three times, and hast not
told me wherin thy great strength lieth.
16 And it came to passe, when shepres
sed him daily with her wordes , and vr
ged him, so that his soule was t vexed
vnto death,
17 That he told her all his heart, and
said vnto her, There hath not come a
rasor vpon mine head: for I hauc bene a
Nazarite vnto God from my mothers
wombe : If I bee shauen , then my
strength will goe from me, and I shall
become weake , and bee like any other
man.
18 And when Delilah saw that he had
told her all his heart, she sent and called
for the Lords of the Philistines, saying.
Come vp this once, for hee hath shewed
me all his heart. Then the lords of the
Phili-
t Heb. short-
ned.
Samfon is taken;
Chap.xvij.
His death.
Philistines came vp vnto her, & brought
money in their hand.
19 And she made him sleepe vpon her
knees, and she called for a man, and she
caused him to shaue off' the seuen lockes
of his head, and she began to afflict him,
and his strength went from liim.
t Hebr. boa-
red out.
iOr,aswhen
he was sha-
uen.
t Hebr. and
who mxiUi-
plied our
slaine.
f Hebr. be-
fore them.
I Or, he lea-
ned on them.
20 And she said,
vpon thee, Samson
The Philistines be
And hee awoke
out of his sleepe, and said, I will go out
as at other times before, and shake my
selfe. And he wist not that the Lord
was departed from him.
21 H But the Philistines tooke him
and tput out his eyes, and brought him
downe to Gaza , and bound him with
fetters of brasse , and he did grind in the
prison house.
22 Howbeit , the haire of his head
began to grow againe, || after he was
shauen.
23 Then the lords of the Philistines
gathered them together, for to offer a
great sacrifice vnto Dagon their god,
and to reioyce : for they said. Our god
hath deliuered Samson our enemy in-
to our hand.
24 And when the people saw him,
they praised their god : for they said.
Our god hath deliuered into our hands
our enemy, and the destroyer of our
countrey, t which slew many of vs.
25 And it came to passe when their
hearts were merry, that they said. Call
for Samson , that hee may make vs
sport. And they called for Samson out
of the prison house, and he made tthem
sport , and they set him betweene the
pillars.
26 And Samson said vnto the lad
that held him by the hand. Suffer mee,
that I may feele the pillars where-
upon the house standeth , that I may
leane vpon them.
27 Now the house was full of men
and women , and all the lords of the
Philistines were there : and there were
vpon the roofe about three thousand
men and women , that behelde while
Samson made sport.
28 And Samson called vnto the
Lord, and said, O Lord God, re-
member me, I pray thee, & strengthen
mee, I pray thee, onely this once, O
God, that I may be at once auenged of
the Philistines, for my two eyes.
29 And Samson tooke hold of the
two middle pillars , vpon which the
house stood, and ||on which it was borne
t Hebr. my
soule.
vp, of the one with his right hand, and
of the other with his left.
30 And Samson said , Let t me die
with the Philistines : & he bowed him-
selfe with all his might : and the house
fel vpon the lords, and vpon all the peo-
ple that were therein : so the dead which
he slew at his death , were moe , then
they which he slew in his life.
31 Then his brethren , and all the
house of his father , came downe, and
tooke him, and brought him vp, and bu-
ried him betweene Zorah and Eshtaol,
in the burying place of Manoah his fa-
ther : and hee iudged Israel twentie
yeeres.
CHAP. XVIL
1 Of the money that Micah first stole, then re-
stored, his mother makcth Images, 5 and
hee ornaments for them. 6 He hireth a Le-
uite to be his Priest.
Nd there was a man of
mount Ephraim , whose
name was Micah.
2 And he said vnto his
mother. The eleuen hun-
dred .shekels of siluer, that were taken
from thee, about which thou cursedst,
and spakest of also in mine eares, be-
hold, the siluer i* with mee, I tooke it.
And his mother said. Blessed be thou
of the Lord, my sonne.
3 And when hee had restored the e-
leuen hnnAreAshekels of siluer to his mo-
ther , his mother said , I had wholly
dedicated the siluer vnto the Lord,
from my hand, for my sonne, to make
a grauen image and a molten image :
now therefore I will restore it vnto
thee.
4 Yet hee restored the money vnto
his mother, and his mother tooke two
hundred shekels of siluer, and gaue them
to the founder , who made thereof a
grauen image and a molten image, and
they were in the house of Micah.
5 And the man Micah had an house
of gods, and made an *Ephod, and|*Chap. a.
* Teraphim , and t consecrated one ofl^Jj^j
his sonnes, who became his Priest. is. ose. 3.4
6 * In those dayes there was no king l^f^;^''"''
in Israel, but euery man did that which * chap. le.
was right in his owne eyes.
7 % And there was a young man
out of Bethlehem ludah, of the fami-
ly of ludah, who was a Leuite, and
he soiourned there.
8 And the man departed out of the
N n citie
1. and 21.
29.
Spies of Dan
Judges.
fearch Laifli,
\Heb.in ma-
king Ms teas/.
I Or, a dou-
ble suit, ^r.
Heb. an or-
der of gar-
ments.
iHebr.
tonnes.
jcitie from Bethlehem ludah , to so-
iourne where he could finde a place: and
ihe came to mount Ephraim to the house
of Micah, tas he iourneyed.
9 And Micah said vnto him, Whence
commest thou ? And he said vnto him,
I am a Leuite, of Bethlehem ludah,
and I goe to soiourne where I may
finde a place.
10 And Micah said vnto him. Dwell
with me , and be vnto me a father and
a Priest, and I will giue thee ten shekels
of siluer by the yeere, and {|a suite of ap-
parell, and thy victuals. So the Le-
uite went in.
11 And the Leuite was content to
dwell with the man, and the yong man
was vnto him as one of his sonnes.
12 And Micah consecrated the Le-
uite , and the young man became his
Priest, and was in the house of Micah.
13 Then said Micah , Now know
I that the Lord will doe me good,
seeing I haue a Leuite to my Priest.
CHAP. XVIIL
1 The Danites send fiue men to seeke out an in-
heritance. 3 At the house of Micah they con-
sult with lonathan , and are incouraged in
their way. 7 They search Laish, and bring
backe newes of good hope. 11 Sixe hundred
men are sent to surprize it. 14 In the way
they robbe Micah of^his Priest and his conse-
crate things. 27 They win Laish and call it
Dan. 30 They set vp Idolatrie, wherein lo-
nathan inherited the Priesthood.
N * those dayes there was
no king in Israel : and in
those dales the tribe of the
Danites sought them an
inheritance to dwel in : for
vnto that day, all their inheritance had
not fallen vnto them, among the tribes
of Israel.
2 And the children of Dan sent of
their family, fiue men from their coasts,
t men of valour , from Zorah , and
from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and
to search it, and they said vnto them,
Goe, search the land : Who when they
came to mount Ephraim, to the house
of Micah, they lodged there.
3 When they were by the house of
Micah, they knew the voice of the yong
man the Leuite : and they turned in
thither, & said vnto him. Who brought
thee hither ? And what makest thou in
this place ? and what hast thou here .''
4 And hee said vnto them , Thus
and thus dealeth Micah with me , and
hath hired me, and I am his Priest.
5 And they sayd vnto him , Aske
counsell, we pray thee, of God, that we
may know , whether our way which
we goe, shall be prosperous.
6 And the Priest said vnto them,
Goe in peace : before the Lord is your
way wherein ye goe.
7 IT Then the fiue men departed,
and came to Laish , and saw the people
that were therein , how they dwelt
carelesse , after the maner of the Zido-
nians, quiet and secure, and there was
no t magistrate in the land that might
put them to shame in any thing, and
they were farre from the Zidonians,
and had no businesse with any man.
8 And they came vnto their bre-
thren to Zorah , and Eshtaol : and
their brethren said vnto them , What
say yee ?
9 And they said, Arise, that we may
goe vp against them : for we haue scene
the land, and behold, it is very good : and
are ye still.'' Bee not slothfull to goe,and
to enter to possesse the land.
10 When ye goe, ye shall come vnto a
people secure, and to a large land : for
God hath giuen it into your handes : a
place where there is no want of any
thing, that is in the earth.
11 H And there went from thence of
the family of the Danites out of Zo-
rah, and out of Eshtaol, sixe hundred
men , t appoynted with weapons of
warre.
12 And they went vp, and pitched in
Kiriath-iearim, in ludah : Wherefore
they called that place Mahaneh-Dan,
vnto this day: behold, it is behinde Ki-
riath-iearim.
13 And they passed thence vnto
mount Ephraim , and came vnto the
house of Micah.
14 IT Then answered the fiue men
that went to spie out the countrey of
Laish , and saide vnto their brethren,
Doe ye know that there is in these hou
ses an Ephod , and Teraphim , and j
grauen image , and a molten image ?
Now therefore consider what ye haue
to doe.
15 And they turned thitherward, and
came to the house of the yong man the
Leuite, euen vnto the house of Micah,
and t saluted him.
16 And the six hundred men appoin-
ted
iHeb.posses-
sour,orheire
o/restraint.
t Heb. gir-
ded.
t Heb. asked
him of peace
I
rob Micah, and
Chap.xjx.
fet vp idolatrie.
t Heb. that
thou art ga-
thered to-
gether?
\Heb. bitter
ofsoule.
ted with their weapons of war, which
were of the children of Dan , stood by
the entring of the gate.
17 And the fiue men that went to
spie out the land, went vpand came in
thither, and tooke the grauen image,
and the Ephod, and the Teraphim, and
the molten image : and the Priest stood
in the entring of the gate, with the sixe
hundreth men that were appointed
with weapons of warre.
18 And these went into Micahs
house , and fetched the carued image,
the Ephod, and the Teraphim, and the
molten image : then said the Priest vn-
to them. What doe ye ?
19 And they said vnto him, Hold thy
peace, lay thine hand vpon thy mouth,
and goe with vs, and bee to vs a father
and a Priest: Is it better for thee to bee
a Priest vnto the house of one man, or
that thou be a Priest vnto a tribe and a
family in Israel ?
20 And the Priests heart was glad,
and he tooke the Ephod, and the Tera-
phim, and the grauen image, and went
in the middest of the people.
21 So they turned , and departed,
and put the little ones, and the cattell,
and the cariage before them.
22 H And when they were a good
way from the house of Micah, the men
that were in the houses neere to Mi-
cahs house , were gathered together,
and ouertooke the children of Dan.
23 And they cried vnto the children of
Dan : and they turned their faces, and
said vnto Micah, What aileth thee, t that
thou commest with such a company .-'
24 And he said, Yee haue taken a-
way my gods which I made , and the
Priest, and ye are gone away : and what
haue I more.'' and what is this that yee
say vnto me, What aileth thee .'
25 And the children of Dan said vn-
to him. Let not thy voyce bee heard a-
mong vs, lest t angry fellowes run vp-
on thee , and thou lose thy life , with
the hues of thy houshold.
26 And the children of Dan went
their way : and when Micah sawe that
they were too strong for him, he turned
and went backe vnto his house.
27 And they tooke the things which
Micah had made, and the Priest which
hee had, and came vnto Laish, vnto a
people that were at quiet , and secure,
and they smote them with the edge of
the sword, and burnt the citie with fire.
28 And there was no deliuerer, be-
cause it was farre from Zidon , and
they had no businesse with any man :
and it was in the valley that lieth by
Beth-rehob, and they built a citie, and
dwelt therein.
29 And they called the name of the
* city, Dan, after the name of Dan their
father , who was borne vnto Israel :
howbeit the name of the citie was La-
ish at the first.
30 H And the children of Dan set
vp the grauen image : and lonathan
the Sonne of Gershom , the Sonne of
Manasseh , hee and his sonnes , were
Priests to the tribe of Dan, vntill the
day of the captiuitie of the land.
31 And they set them vp Micahs
grauen image, which hee made, all the
time that the house of God was in Shi-
loh.
CHAP. XIX.
1 A Leuite goeth to Bethlehem to fetch home his
wife. 1 6 An old man entertaineth him at Gi-
beah. 22TheGibeonites abuse his concubine
to death. 29 He diuideth her into twelue
pieces to send them to the twelue tribes.
ND it came to passe in
those dayes, *when there
was no King in Israel,
that there was a certaine
Leuite soiourning on the
of mount Ephraim , who tooke
to him ta concubine out of Bethlehem
ludah.
2 And his concubine played the
whore against him , and went away
from him vnto her fathers house to
Bethlehem ludah , and was there
11 foure whole moneths.
3 And her husband arose, and went
after her to speake t friendly vnto her,
and to bring her againe, hauing his ser-
uant with him , and a couple of asses :
and shee brought him into her fathers
house, and when the father of the dam-
seU saw him, he reioyced to meet him.
4 And his father in law, the damo-
sels father, reteined him, and hee abode
with him three dayes : so they did eate
and drinke, and lodged there.
5 H And it came to passe on the
fourth day, when they arose earely in
the morning, that he rose vp to depart :
and the damosels father saide vnto his
Sonne in lawe , t Comfort thine heart
with a morsell of bread, and afterward
side
goe your way.
Nn2
6 And
• losh. 19.
47.
• Chap. 17.
6. and 18. 1
and 21. 29.
t Heb. a wo-
man a con-
cubine, or a
wifeaconcu-
bine.
iOr,ayeere
andfoure
motteths,
Heb. dayes,
foure mo-
neths.
t Heb. to tier
heart.
iHebMreng.
then.
The Leuites wife
Judges.
is forced to death.
\Heh.mthe
dag decli-
ned.
iHebr.is
weake.
t Heb. it is
the pitching
time of the
day.
^ Heb. to
thy tent.
iHeb.too-
ver against
lebus.
6 And they sate downe, and did eat
and drinke botli of them together : for
the damosels father had saide vnto the
man, Be content, I pray thee, and tary
all night, and let thine heart be merrie.
7 And when the man rose vp to de-
part, his father in law vrged him : ther-
fore he lodged there againe.
8 And hee arose early in the mor-
ning on the fift day to depart, and the
damosels father sayd , Comfort thine
heart , I pray thee. And they taried
tvntill after noone, and they did eate
both of them.
9 And when the man rose vp to de
part, hee and his concubine, and his ser
uant; his father in law, the damsels fa-
ther, said vnto him , Behold, now the
day t draweth towardes euening , I
pray you tarie all night : behold, tthe
day groweth to an ende , lodge heere.
that thine heart may be merrie ; and to
morrow get you early on your way,
that thou mayest goe thome.
10 But the man would not tary that
night, but he rose vp and departed, and
came touer against lebus (which is
lerusalem : ) and there were with him
two asses sadled, his concubine also was
with him.
11 And when they were by lebus,
the day was farre spent , and the ser-
uant said vnto his master , Come , I
pray thee, and let vs turne in into this
citie of the lebusites, and lodge in it.
12 And his master said vnto him, We
will not turne aside hither into the citie
of a stranger, that is not of the children
of Israel, we wil passe ouer to Gibeah.
13 And hee sayde vnto his seruant,
Come, and let vs draw neere to one of
these places to lodge all night, in Gi
beah, or in Ilamah.
14 And they passed on and went
their way, and the sunne went downe
vpon them wlien they were by Gibeah,
which behngeih to Beniamin.
15 And they turned aside thither, to
go in and to lodge in Gibeah : and when
he went in, he sate him downe in a street
of the citie : for there was no man that
tooke them into his house to lodging.
16 H And behold, there came an olde
man from his worke out of the field at
euen , which was also of mount Ephra-
im ; and hee soiourned in Gibeah, but
the men of the place were Beniamites.
17 And when he had lift vp his eyes,
he saw a wayfaring man in the streete
of the citie : and the old man said. Whi-
ther goest thou .' and whence commest
thou .?
18 And he said vnto him, We are pas-
sing from Bethlehem ludah, toward
the side of mount Ephraim, from thence
am I : and I went to Bethlehem lu-
dah, but I am now going to the house
of the Lord, and there is no man
that treceiueth me to house.
19 Yet there is both straw and pro-
uender for our asses, and there is bread
and wine also for me and for thy hand-
maid, and for the young man which is
with thy seruants : there is no want of
any thing.
20 And the olde man said, Peace be
with thee; howsoeuer, let all thy wants
lie vpon me; only lodge not in the street,
21 So he brought him into his house,
and gaue prouender vnto the asses : and
they washed their feet, and did eate and
drinke.
22 H Now as they were making
their hearts merrie, behold, the men of
the citie, certaine sonnes of Belial, be-
set the house round about, and beat at
the doore, and spake to the master of the
house , the olde man , saying ; Bring
foorth the man that came into thine
house, that we may know him.
23 And * the man, the master of the
house, went out vnto them, and said vn-
to them. Nay my brethren, nay, I pray
you doe not so wickedly ; seeing that
this man is come into mine house, doe
not this folly.
24 Behold , here is my daughter, a
maiden, and his concubine, them I wil
bring out now, and humble yee them,
and doe with them what seemeth good
vnto you : but vnto this man doe not
t so vile a thing.
25 But the men would not hearken
to him: so the man tooke his concubine,
and brought her foorth vnto them, and
they knew her, and abused her all the
night vntil the morning : and when the
day began to spring, they let her goe.
26 Then came the woman in the
dawning of the day, and fell downe at
the doore of the mans house,where her
lord was, till it was light.
27 And her lord rose vp in the mor-
ning, & opened the doores of the house,
and went out to goe his way : and be-
hold , the woman his concubine was
fallen downe at the doore of the house,
and her hands were vpon the threshold.
28 And
t Hebr. ga-
thereth.
* Genes.
19. 6.
t Hebr. the
matter of
this folly.
The Leuites
Chap.
XX.
com
plaint.
28 And he said vnto her, Vp, and let
vs be going. But none answered : then
the man tooke her vp vpon an asse, and
the man rose vp , and gate him vnto
his place.
29 IT And when he was come into
his house, hee tooke a knife, and layd
hold on his concubine, and diuided her,
together with her bones , into twelue
pieces, and sent her into all the coasts
of Israel.
30 And it was so that all that saw it,
said. There was no such deed done nor
scene, from the day that the children of
Israel came vp out of the land of E
gypt, vnto this day : consider of it, take
aduise, and speake your mindes.
CHAP. XX.
1 The Leuite in a generall assembly declareth
his wrong. 8 The decree of the assembly
12 The Beniamites being cited, make head
against the Israelites. 18 The Israelites in
two battels loose fourty thousand. 26 They
destroy by a stratageme all the Beniamites,
except sixe hundred.
Hen all the children of Is-
rael went out , and the
Congregation was ga-
thered together as one
man , from Dan euen to
Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead,
vnto the Lord in Mizpeh.
2 And the chiefe of al the people, euen
of all the tribes of Israel , presented
themselues in the assembly of the peo-
ple of God , foure hundred thousand
footmen that drew sword.
3 ( Now the children of Beniamin
heard that the children of Israel were
gone vp to Mizpeh.) Then said the chil-
dren of Israel, Tell vs, how was this
wickednesse .''
^Heb.the 4 And + the Leuite the husband of
man !he Le- f\iQ woman that was slaine, answered
and said , I came into Gibeah that he-
kmgeth to Beniamin, I and my concu-
bine, to lodge.
5 And the men of Gibeah rose a-
gainst me, and beset the house round a-
bout vpon me by night, and thought to
:haue slaine mee, and my concubine haue
Heft. Aum- they t forced that she is dead.
6 And I tooke my concubine , and
cut her in pieces, and sent her through-
out all the countrey of the inheritance
of Israel : for they haue committed
lewdnesse and folly in Israel.
t
bled.
7 Behold, ye are all children of Is-
rael, giue here your aduise and counsell.
8 H And all the people arose as one
man, saying. We will not any <)fvs goe
to his tent, neither will wee any qfvs
turne into his house :
9 But now, this shall bee the thing
which we will doe to Gibeah, ice will goe
vp by lot against it :
10 And we wil take ten men of a hun
dred throughout all the tribes of Is-
rael, and an hundred of a thousand, and
a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch
victuall for the people , that they may
doe, when they come to Gibeah of Ben-
iamin , according to all the folly that
they haue wrought in Israel.
11 So all the men of Israel were ga-
thered against the citie, tknit together
as one man.
12 % And the tribes of Israel sent
men thorow all the tribe of Beniamin,
saying. What wickednesse is this that is
done among you .'
13 Now therfore deliuer vs the men,
the children of Belial which are in Gi-
beah, that wee may put them to death,
and put away euill from Israel : but
the children of Beniamin would not
hearken to the voice of their brethren
the children of Israel.
14 But the children of Beniamin
gathered themselues together out of
the cities , vnto Gibeah, to goe out to
battell against the children of Israel.
15 And the children of Beniamin
were numbred at that time out of the
cities , twentie and sixe thousand men
that drew sword, beside the inhabitants
of Gibeah, which were numbred seuen
hundred chosen men.
16 Among all this people there were
seuen hundred chosen men * left han-
ded , euery one could sling stones at an
haire breadth, and not misse.
17 And the men of Israel , beside
Beniamin , were numbred foure hun-
dred thousand men that drewe sword ;
all these were men of warre.
18 H And the children of Israel a-
rose, and went vp to the house of God,
and asked counsell of God , and saide,
Which of vs shall goe vp first to the bat-
tell against the children of Beniamin ?
And the Lord said, ludah shall goe
vp first.
19 And the children of Israel rose
vp in the morning, and encamped a-
gainst Gibeah.
20 And
t Hebr.fel.
lowes.
* Chap. 3.
15.
The Ifraelites vvarre
lud
ges.
with Beniamm,
t Hehr. lo
rniUe of the
peopUuKrun-
ilea at at
for, Bethel.
20 And the men of Israel went out
to battell against Beniamin , and the
men of Israel put themselues in aray
to fight against tliem at Gibeah.
21 And the children of Beniamin
came forth out of Gibeah, and destroied
downe to the ground of the Israelites
that day, twenty & two thousand men.
22 And the people the men of Israel
incouraged themselues, & set their battel
againe in aray , in the place where they
put themselues in aray the first day.
23 (And the children of Israel went
vp and wept before the Lord vntill
Euen, and asked counsel of the Lord,
saying, Shall I goe vp againe to bat-
tell against the children of Beniamin
my brother .'' And the Lord saide,
Goe vp against him.)
24 And the children of Israel came
neere against the children of Beniamin,
the second day.
25 And Beniamin went foorth a-
gainst them out of Gibeah the second
day, & destroyed down to the ground of
the children of Israel againe, eighteene
thousand men, all these drew the sword.
26 f Then all the children of Is-
rael, and all the people went vp, and
came vnto the house of God, and wept,
and sate there before the Lord, and
fasted that day vntill Euen, and offered
burnt offerings , and peace offerings
before the Lord.
27 And the children of Israel enqui
red of the Lord, (for the Arke of y co-
uenant of God was there in those daies,
28 And Phinehas the sonne of E-
leazar the sonne of Aaron stood before
it in those dayes.) saying ; Shall I yet
againe goe out to battel against the chil-
dren of Beniamin my brother, or shall
I cease ? And the Lord said , Goe
vp ; for to morrow I will deliuer them
into thine hand.
29 And Israel set lyers in waite
round about Gibeah.
30 And the children of Israel went
vp against the children of Beniamin on
the third day, and put themselues in a-
ray against Gibeah, as at other times.
31 And the children of Beniamin
went out against the people, and were
drawen away from the citie , and they
began to t smite of the people and kill as
at other times, in the high wayes, of
which one goeth vp to |( the house of
God , and the other to Gibeah in the
field, about thirtie men of Israel.
32 And the children of Beniamin
said , They are smitten downe- before
vs, as at the first : But the children of
Israel said. Let vs flee, and draw them
from the citie, vnto the high wayes.
33 And all the men of Israel rose vp
out of their place, and put themselues
in aray at Baal Tamar : and the lyers
in waite of Israel came foorth out of
their places, euen out of the medowes
of Gibeah.
34 And there came against Gibeah
ten thousand chosen men, out of all Is-
rael , and the battell was sore : but they
knew not that euill was neere them.
35 And the Lord smote Beniamin
before Israel, and the children of Israel
destroyed of the Beniamites that day,
twentie and fine thousand, and an hun
dred men ; all these drew the sword.
36 So the children of Beniamin saw
that they were smitten : for the men of
Israel gaue place to the Beniamites,
because they trusted vnto the lyers in
wait, which they had set beside Gibeah
37 And the liers in wait hasted, and
rushed vpon Gibeah , and the liers in
wait II drew themselues along, and smote
all the citie with the edge of the sword
38 Nowe there was an appointed
llsigne between the men of Israel tand
the liers in wait, that they should make
a great tflame with smoke rise vp out
of the citie.
39 And when the men of Israel re
tired in the battell, Beniamin began to
t smite and kill of the men of Israel a-
bout thirtie persons ; for they saide.
Surely they are smitten downe before
vs, as in the first battell.
40 But when the flame began to a-
rise vp out of the citie, with a pillar of
smoke, the Beniamites looked behind
them, and behold, the tflame of the ci-
tie ascended vp to heauen.
41 And when the men of Israel
turned againe, the men of Beniamin
were amased ; for they saw that euill
twas come vpon them.
42 Therefore they turned their backs
before the men of Israel, vnto y way of
the wildernes, but the battel ouertooke
them : & them which came out of the ci
ties, they destroyed in the midst of them.
43 Thus they inclosed the Beniamites
round about, and chased them, and trode
them downe ||with ease touer against
Gibeah toward the sunne rising.
44 And there fell of Beniamin
eighteene
II Or, made
a long sound
with the
trumpet.
II Or, time.
t Heb. with.
t Heb. eleua-
lion.
t Hebr. to
smite the
wounded.
t Heb. the
whole con-
sumption.
t Heb. tou-
ched them.
II Or, from
Menuchah,
t Heb. vnto
oueragainst.
and fmite them.
Ch
ap.xxj.
Care for wiues.
• Chap. 21.
13.
t Heb. was
found.
t Heb. were
found.
eighteene thousand men; all these were
men of"valour.
45 And they turned and fled toward
the wildernesse vnto the rocke of Rim-
mon : and they gleaned of them in the
high wayes flue thousand men : and
pursued hard after them vnto Gidom,
and slew two thousand men of them.
46 So that all which fell that day
of Beniamin , were twentie and fine
thousand men that drew the sword ; all
these were men of valour.
47 *But sixe hundred men turned
and fledde to the wildernesse vnto the
rocke Rimmon, and abode in the rocke
Rimmon foure moneths.
48 And the men of Israel turned
againe vpon the children of Beniamin,
and smote them with the edge of the
sword, as well the men of euery citie, as
the beast, and all that tcame to hand :
also they set on fire all the cities that
tthey came to.
CHAP. XXI.
1 The people bewaile the desolation of Benia-
min. 8 By the destruction of labesh Gilead
they prouide them foure hundred wiues.
16 They aduise them to surprise the virgines
that daunced at Shiloh.
Owe the men of Israel
had sworne in Mizpeh,
saying, There shall not a-
ny of vs giue his daughter
vnto Beniamin to wife.
2 And the people came to the house
of God , and abode there till euen be-
fore God , and lift vp their voices, and
wept sore :
3 And said, O Lord God of Is-
rael , why is this come to passe in Is-
rael , that there should bee to day one
tribe lacking in Israel .''
4 And it came to passe on the mor-
row, that the people rose early, and
built there an Altar, and offered burnt
offerings, and peace offerings.
5 And the children of Israel sayd.
Who is there among all the tribes of Is-
rael, that came not vp with the congre-
gation vnto the Lord.'' for they had
made a great oath concerning him that
came not vp to the Lord to Mizpeh,
saying, He shall surely be put to death.
6 And the children of Israel repen-
ted them for Beniamin their brother,
and said, There is one tribe cut off from
Israel this day :
7 How shall wee doe for wiues for
them that remaine , seeing wee haue
sworne by the Lord, that wee will
not giue them of our daughters to
wiues .''
8 f And they said. What one in there
of the tribes of Israel , that came not
vp to Mizpeh to the Loud .' And be-
holde, there came none to the campe
from labesh Gilead to the assembly.
9 For the people were numbred,
and behold, there were none of the in-
habitants of labesh Gilead there.
10 And the congregation sent thither
twelue thousand men of the valiantest,
and commaunded them , saying, Goe,
and smite the inhabitants of labesh
Gilead with the edge of the sword, with
the women and the children.
11 And this is the thing that yee shall
doe, *Yee shall vtterly destroy euery
male , and euery woman that hath
t lien by man.
12 And they found among the inha-
bitants of labesh Gilead, foure hun-
dred tyong virgins that had knowen no
man, by lying with any male : and they
brought them vnto the campe to Shi-
loh, which is in the land of Canaan.
13 And the whole Congregation sent
some tto speaketo the children of Benia-
min that zoere in the rocke Rimmon,
and to II call peaceably vnto them.
14 And Beniamin came againe at
that time, and they gaue them wiues
which they had saued aliue of the wo-
men of labesh Gilead: and yet so they
sufficed them not.
15 And the people repented them for
Beniamin, because that the Lord
had made a breach in the tribes of Is
rael.
16 1[ Then the Elders of the Congre-
gation said. How shall we doe for wiues
for them that remaine ? seeing the wo-
men are destroyed out of Beniamin.
17 And they said, There must be an
inheritance for them that bee escaped of
Beniamin, that a tribe be not destroyed
out of Israel.
18 Howbeit wee may not giue them
wiues of our daughters. For the chil-
dren of Israel haue sworne, saying.
Cursed be he that giueth a wife to Ben-
^iamin.
19 Then they said. Behold, there is a
feast of the Lord in Shiloh tyerely,
in a place which is on the Northside of
Bethel on the ||East side || of the hie way
that
•Num. 31.
17.
\Heb. know-
eth the ly'
ing with
man.
t Hebr. yong
women vir-
gins.
t Hebr. and
spake and
called.
Or,pro-
claimepeace.
+ Heb. from
yeere to
yeere.
y Or, toicards
Oie Sunne
rising.
I Or, on.
Wines for
Ruth.
the Beniamites.
I Or, gratifie
vs VI them.
iHebr.
nulged.
that goeth vp from Bethel to She-
chem, and on the South of Lebanon.
20 Therefore they commanded the
children of Beniamin, saying, Goe and
lie in wait in the vineyards.
21 And see, and behold, if the daugh-
ters of Shiloh come out to daunce in
daunccs, then come yee out of the vine-
yards , and catch you euery man his
wife of the daughters of Shiloh , and
goe to the land of Beniamin.
22 And it shall bee when their fa-
thers or their brethren come vnto vs to
complaine, that we will say vnto them,
Bee fauourable vnto them for our
sakes : because we reserued not to each
man his wife in the warre : for yee did
not giue vnto them at this time, that
you should be guiltie.
23 And the children of Beniamin did
so , and tooke them wiues according to
their number , of them that daunced,
whome they caught: and they went
and returned vnto their inheritance,
and repaired the cities , and dwelt in
them.
24 And the children of Israel depar-
ted thence at that time , euery man to
his tribe , and to his family , and they
went out from thence euery man to his
inheritance.
25 *In those dayes there was no
King in Israel : euery man did that
which was right in his owne eyes.
• Cnap. 17.
G. and 18.
1. and 19. 1
^THE BOOKE OF
Ruth.
CHAP. I.
1 Elimelech driuen by famine into Moab,
dieth there. 4 Mahlon and Chilion, ha-
uing married wiues of Moab , die also. 6
Naomi returning homeward, 8 disswa-
deth her two daughters in law from going
with her. 14 Orpah leaueth her, but
Ruth with great constancie accompanieth
her. 19 They two come to Bethlehem,
where they are gladly receiued.
Owe it came to
passe in the dayes
when _v ludges
t ruled, that there
was a famine in
the land : and a
certaine man of
Bethlehem lu
dah , went to so-
lourne m tiie countrey of Moab, he, and
his wife, and his two sonnes.
2 And the name of the man teas Eli-
melech, and the name of his wife, Nao
mi , and the name of his two sonnes,
Mahlon, and Chilion, Ephrathites of
Bethlehem ludah : and they came in-
iHebr.were.^to the countrey of Moab, and t conti-
nued there.
3 And Elimelech Naomies hus-
band died , and shee was left , and her
two sonnes ;
4 And they tooke them wiues of
the women of Moab: the name of the
one zcas Orpah , and the name of the o-
ther Ruth : and they dwelled there a-
bout ten yeeres.
5 And Mahlon and Chilion died al-
so both of them , and the woman was
left of her two sonnes , and her hus-
band.
6 If Then shee arose with her
daughters in law , that shee might re-
turne from the countrey of Moab : for
shee had heard in the countrey of Mo-
ab, how that the Lord had visited
his people, in giuing them bread.
7 Wherefore slie went foorth out of
the place where she was, and her two
daughters in law with her : and they
iwent on the way to returne vnto the
land of ludah.
I 8 Aud Naomi .said vnto her two
[daughters in law, Goe, returne each
}to her mothers house : the Lord
|deale kindly with you, as ye haue dealt
with the dead, and with me.
I 9 The Lord graunt you, that
jyou may finde rest each of you in the
inouse of her husband. Then she kissed
I them.
Ruth continueth
Chap.ij.
with Naomi.
Or,ifI
were with
an husband,
t Heb. hope.
t Hebr. I
haue much
bittemes.
Or, be not
against me.
t Hebr.
strengthen-
ed her selfe.
That is,
pleasant.
I That is,
bitter.
them, and they lift vp their voyce and
wept.
10 And they said vnto her, Surely
wee will returne with thee , vnto thy
people.
11 And Naomi said, Turne againe,
my daughters : why will you goe with
mee .'' Are there yet any moe sonnes in
my wombe, that they may be your hus-
bands ?
12 Turne againe, my daughters, go
your way, for I am too old to haue an
husband : if I should say, I haue hope,
if I should 11 haue a husband also to
night, and should also beare sonnes :
13 Would ye ttary for them till they
were growen ? would ye stay for them
from hauing husbands .-" nay my daugh-
ters : for tit grieueth me much for your
sakes, that the hand of the Loed is
gone out against me.
14 And they lift vp their voyce, and
wept againe : and Orpah kissed her
mother in law, but Ruth claue vnto
her.
15 And she said. Behold, thy sister in
law is gone backe vnto her people, and
vnto her gods : returne thou after thy
sister in law.
16 And Ruth said , || Intreate mee
not to leaue thee, or to returne from fol-
lowing after thee : for whither thou
goest, I will goe ; and where thou lod-
gest, I will lodge : thy people shall be
my people, and thy God my God :
17 Where thou diest, wil I die, and
there will I bee buried: the Lord
doe so to me, and more also, \i ought but
death part thee and me.
18 When shee sawe that shee twas
stedfastly minded to goe with her, then
shee left speaking vnto her.
19 IT So they two went vntill they
came to Bethlehem : And it came to
passe when they were come to Beth
lehem, that all the citie was mooued a-
bout them, and they said, Is this Na-
omi.'*
20 And she said vnto them. Call me
not II Naomi; call mee || Mara: for the
Almightie hath dealt very bitterly
with me.
21 I went out full, and the Lord
hath brought me home againe emptie :
Why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the
Lord hath testified against me, and
the Almighty hath affts^ted me ?
22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth
the Moabitesse her daughter in law
with her, which returned out of the
countrey of Moab : and they came to
Bethlehem, in the beginning of barley
haruest.
CHAP. IL
1 Ruth gleaneth in the fields of Boaz. 4 Boaz
taking knowledge of her, 8 sheweth her
great fauour. 18 That which she got, shee
carieth to Naomi.
Nd Naomi had a kinse-
man of her husbands,
mighty man of wealth, of
the familie of Elimelech,
and his name was Boaz.
2 And Ruth the Moabitesse saide
vnto Naomi, Let me now goe to the
field, and gleane eares of corne after
him, in whose sight I shall finde grace.
And shee saide vnto her , Goe , my
daughter.
3 And she went, and came, and glea-
ned in the field after the reapers : and
her thappe was to light on a part of
the fielde belonging vnto ||Boaz, who
■was of the kinred of Elimelech.
4 IT And behold, Boaz came from
Bethlehem, and said vnto the reapers,
The Lord bee with you; and they
answered him , The Lord blesse
thee.
5 Then said Boaz vnto his seruant,
that was set ouer the reapers , Whose
damosell is this .''
6 And the seruaunt that was set o-
uer the reapers, answered and said, It
is the Moabitish damosell that came
backe with Naomi out of the countrey
of Moab :
7 And she said, I pray you, let mee
gleane and gather after the reapers a-
mongst the sheaues : so shee came, and
hath continued euen from the morning
vntill now, that she taried a little in the
house.
8 Then said Boaz vnto Ruth, Hea-
rest thou not, my daughter ? Goe not
to gleane in another field, neither goe
from hence , but abide here fast by my
maidens.
9 Let thine eyes be on the field that
they doe reape, and go thou after them :
Haue I not charged the young men,
that they shall not touch thee ? and
when thou art athirst , goe vnto the
vessels , and drinke of that which the
yong men haue drawen.
10 Then she fel on her face, and bow-
ed her selfe to the ground, and said vnto
O 0 him,
t Heb. happe
happened.
II CaUed
Mat. 1. 5.
Booz.
Boaz his kindnes
Ruth.
toward Ruth.
Or, Ifinde
fauour.
t Heb. to the
heart.
t Heb. shame
her not.
I Or, one
that hath
right to re-
deeme.
him, Why haue I found grace in thine
eyes, that thou shouldcst take know-
ledge of me, seeing I am a stranger ?
11 And Boaz answered and said vn-
to her, It hath fully bene shewed me,
all that thou hast done vnto thy mo-
ther in law since the death of thine hus-
band: and Itow thou hast left thy father
and thy mother, and the land of thy na-
tiuitie , and art come vnto a people,
which thou knewest not heretofore.
12 The Lord recompense thy
worke, and a full reward be giuen thee
of the Lord God of Israel, vnder
whose wings thou art come to trust.
13 Then she said , ||Let me finde fa-
uour in thy sight, my lord, for that thou
hast comforted mee , and for that thou
hast spoken t friendly vnto thine hand
maid , though I be not like vnto one
of thy hand-maidens.
14 And Boaz sayde vnto her. At
meale time come thou hither, and eate
of the bread, and dip thy morsell in the
vineger. And shee sate beside the rea-
pers : and he reached her parched come,
and she did eate, and was sufficed, and
left.
15 And when shee was risen vp to
gleane , Boaz commanded his young
men, saying. Let her gleane euen a-
mong the sheaues, & treproch her not.
16 And let fall also some of the hand
fuls of purpose for her, and leaue them
that she may gleane them, and rebuke
her not. . -
17 So she gleaned in the field vntill
euen, and beat out that she had gleaned
and it was about an Ephah of barley.
18 K And shee tooke it vp, and went
into the citie : and her mother in lawe
saw what shee had gleaned ; and shee
brought foorth , and gaue to her that
she had reserued, after she was sufficed
19 And her mother in law said vnto
her. Where hast thou gleaned to day
and where wroughtest thou.-* blessed be
hee that did take knowledge of thee
And shee shewed her mother in lawe
with whom shee had wrought , and
said , The mans name with whom I
wrought to day, is Boaz.
20 And Naomi said vnto her daugh
ter in law. Blessed be he of the Lord
who hath not left off his kindnesse to
the liuing and to the dead. And Naomi
said vnto her, The man is neere of kin
vnto vs, !|one of our next kinsemen.
21 And Ruth the Moabitesse said,
He said vnto me also. Thou shalt keepe
fast by my yong men , vntill they haue
ended all my haruest.
22 And Naomi said vnto Ruth her
daughter in law, It is good, my daugh-
ter, that thou goe out with his mai-
dens, that they ||meete thee not in any
other field.
23 So shee kept fast by the maidens
of Boaz to gleane, vnto the end of bar-
ley haruest, and of wheat haruest, and
dwelt with her mother in law.
CHAP. III.
I By Naomi her instruction, 5 Ruth lieth at
Boaz his feete. 8 Boaz acknowledgeth the
right of a kinseman. 14 He sendeth her a-
way with sixe measures of barley.
Hen Naomi her mother
in law said vnto her, My
daughter, slial I not seeke
rest for thee, that it may
_ be well with thee .''
now is not Boaz of our kin
red , with whose maidens thou wast ?
Behold, he winnoweth barley to night
in the threshing floore.
3 Wash thy selfe therefore , and an
noint thee, and put thy raiment vpon
thee, and get thee downe to the floore:
hut make not thy selfe knowen vnto the
man, vntill hee shall haue done eating
and drinking.
4 And it shall be when hee lieth
downe, that thou shalt marke the place
where hee shall lie, and thou shalt goe
in, and || vncouer his feete, and lay thee
downe, and he will tell thee what thou
shalt doe.
5 And shee said vnto her , All that
thou say est vnto me, I will doe.
6 IT And she went downe vnto the
floore, and did according to all that her
mother in law bade her.
7 And when Boaz had eaten and
drunke, and his heart was merrie, hee
went to lie downe at the ende of the
heape of come: and she came softly, and
vncouered his feet, and laid her downe.
8 H And it came to passe at mid-
night , that the man was afraid , and
II turned himselfe : and behold, a woman
lay at his feete.
9 And hee said. Who art thou .'' And
she answered, I am Ruth thine hand-
maid : spread therefore thy skirt ouer
thine handmaid, for thou art ||a neare
kinseman.
10 And
I Or, fall vp.
on thee.
I Or, lift vp
the clothes
that are on
his feete.
Or, tooke
holde on.
Or, one that
hath right
to redeeme.
Boaz talketh with
lap. 111).
Ruths kinfman.
t Heb. gate.
I Or, sheete,
or, apron.
10 And hee said , Blessed be thou of
the Lord, my daughter : Jbr thou
hast shewed more kindnesse in the latter
ende, then at the beginning, in as much
as thou followedst not yong men, whe-
ther poore, or rich.
11 And now my daughter, feare not,
I will doe to thee all that thou requi-
rest : for all the tci tie of my people doeth
know , that thou art a vertuous wo-
man.
12 And now it is true, that I am
thy neare kinseman : howbeit there is
a kinseman nearer then I.
13 Tary this night, and it shall be in
the morning , that if hee will performe
vnto thee the part of a kinseman, well,
let him doe the kinsemans part ; but if
hee will not doe the part of a kinseman
to thee , then will I doe the part of a
kinseman to thee, as the Lord liueth:
lie downe vntill the morning.
14 IT And shee lay at his feete vntill
the morning : and she rose vp before one
could know another. And he said, Let
it not be knowen , that a woman came
into the floore.
15 Also he said. Bring the || vaile that
thou hast vpon thee, and holde it. And
when shehelde it, he measured .sixe mea-
sures of barley, and laide it on her : and
he went into the citie.
16 And when shee came to her mo-
ther in law, she said. Who art thou, my
daughter.'' and she tolde her all that the
man had done to her.
17 And she said. These sixe meoMires
of barley gaue he me, for he said to me,
Go not emptie vnto thy mother in law.
18 Then said she, Sit still, my daugh-
ter, vntill thou know how the matter
will fall : for the man will not be in rest,
vntil he haue finished the thing this day.
CHAP. IIIL
1 Boaz callethintoiudgment the next kinseman.
6 He refuseth the redemption according to
the maner in Israel. 9 Boaz huyeth the inhe-
ritance. 11 He marrieth Ruth. 13 She bea-
reth Obed the grandfather of Dauid. 18 The
generation of Pharez.
Hen went Boaz vp to the
gate, and sate him downe
there : and beholde , the
kinseman of whome Bo-
az spake , came by , vnto
om he said , Ho , such a one : turne
aside, sit downe here. And hee turned
aside, and sate downe.
% And hee tooke ten men of the El
ders of the citie, and said. Sit ye downe
here. And they sate downe.
3 And he said vnto the kinseman
Naomi that is come againe out of the
countrey of Moab, selleth a parcell of
land , which was our brother Elime-
lechs.
4 And 1 1 thought to aduertise thee,
saying , Buy it before the inhabitants,
and before the Elders of my people. If
thou wilt redeeme it, redeeme it, but if
thou wilt not redeeme it, then tell mee,
that I may know : for there is none to
redeeme it, besides thee, and I am after
thee. And he said, I will redeeme it.
5 Then said Boaz, What day thou
buyest the field of the hand of Naomi,
thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moa-
bitesse, the wife of the dead, to raise vp
the name of the dead vpon his inheri-
tance.
6 H And the kinseman said, I can-
not redeeme it for my selfe, lest I marre
mine owne inheritance : redeeme thou
my right to thy selfe, for I cannot re-
deeme it.
7 * Now this was the maner in for-
mer time in Israel , concerning redee-
ming and concerning changing, for to
confirme all thingo : a man plucked off
his shooe, and gaue it to his neighbour:
and this was a testimonie in Israel.
8 Therfore the kinseman said vnto
Boaz, Buy it for thee : so he drew off his
shooe.
9 II And Boaz saide vnto the El-
ders, and vnto all the people. Ye are wit-
nesses this day , that I haue bought all
that was Elimelechs, and all that was
Chilions, and Mahlons, of the hande
of Naomi.
10 Moreouer, Ruth the Moabitesse,
the wife of Mahlon, haue I purchased
to be my wife , to raise vp the name of
the dead vpon his inheritance, that the
name of the dead be not cut off from a-
mong his brethren, and from the gate
of his place : ye are witnesses this day.
11 And all the people that were in the
gate, and the Elders said. Wee are wit-
nesses : The Lord make the woman
that is come into thine house, like Ra-
chel and hke Leah, which two did build
the house of Israel : and ||do thou wor-
thily in Ephratah, and tbee famous in
Be£hlehem.
12 And let thy house be like the house
of Pharez, (*whom Tamar bare vn-
O o 2 to
^ Heb. I mid
IwUreiteaie
inthineeare.
Deut. 25.
7,9.
Or, get
thee riches
or power.
t Hebr. pro-
claime thy
name.
• Gen. 38.
29. 1. chro.
2. 4. matt.
1.3.
Elkanab, and
I.Samuel.
his two wiues.
t Hebr. cau-
aed to cease
mttothee
Or, redee-
mer.
ft Hebr. to
nourish.
t Heb. thy
grap haires.
to ludah) of the seed which the Lord
shall giue thee of this yong woman.
13 IT So Boaz tooke Ruth, and she
was his wife: and when he went in vn-
to her, the Lord gaue her concepti-
on, and she bare a sonne.
14 And the women said vnto Nao-
mi, Blessed be the Lord which hath
not tleft thee this day without a ||kinse-
man, that his name may bee famous in
Israel :
15 And he shalbe vnto thee a restorer
of </i^life,and t a nourisher of tthine old
age : for thy daughter in law which lo-
ueth thee , which is better to thee then
seuen sonnes, hath borne him.
16 And Naomi tooke the childe, and
laid it in her bosome, and became nurse
vnto it.
17 And the women her neighbours
gaue it a name, saying. There is a sonne
borne to Naomi , and they called his
name Obed : hee is the father of Jesse
the father of Dauid.
18 IT Now these are the generations
of Pharez : * Pharez begate Hezron,
19 And Hezron begate Ram , and
Ram begate Amminadab,
20 And Amminadab begate Nah-
shon, and Nahshon begate || Salmon,
21 And Salmon begate Roaz, and
Boaz begate Obed,
22 And Obed begat lesse, and lesse
begate Dauid.
• I. Chron.
■2. 4. matt.
1. 3.
II Or, Sal-
mah.
H
THE FIRST BOOKE
of Samuel, othervvife called, The
first Booke of the Kings.
CHAP. I.
1 Elkanah a Leuite hauing two wiues , wor-
shippeth yeerely at Shiloh. 4 Hee che-
risheth Hannah , though barren , and pro-
uoked by Peninnah. 9 Hannah in gnefe,
prayeth for a childe. 12 Eli first rebuking
her, afterwards blesseth her. 1 9 Hannah ha-
uing borne Samuel, stayeth at home till he
be weaned. 24 She presenteth him, accor-
ding to her vow, to the Lord.
Ow there was a
certaine man of
Ramathaim Zo-
phim, of mount
Ephraim , & his
name was Elka-
nah, the sonne of
leroham , the
^ sonne of Elihu,
the sonne of Tohu, the sonne of Zuph,
an Ephrathite ;
2 And he had two wiues, the name
of the one was Hannah , and the name
of the other Peninnah : and Penin-
nah had children, but Hannah had no
children.
3 And this man went vp out of his
citie * t yeerely , to worship and to sacri-
fice vnto the Lord of hostes in Shi-
loh ; and the two sonnes of Eli, Hoph-
ni , and Phinehas , the Priests of the
Lord, were there.
4 H And when the time was, that
Elkanah offered, he gaue to Peninnah
his wife , and to all her sonnes, and her
daughters, portions.
5 But vnto Hannah he gaue ||a wor
thy portion: (for he loued Hannah, but
the Lord had shut vp her wombe.
6 And her aduersary also tprouoked
her sore, for to make her fret , because
the Lord had shut vp her wombe.)
7 And as he did so yeere by yeere,
II when she went vp to the house of the
Lord, so she prouoked her; therefore
she wept, and did not eat.
8 Then said Elkanah her husband
to her, Hannah, why weepest thou ? and
why eatest thou not .' and why is thy
heart grieued .'' Am not I better to
thee, then ten sonnes ?
9 IF So Hannah rose vp after they
had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had
drunke.
• Deut. 16.
16.
i Hebr. from
yeere to
yeere.
Or, a
double por-
tion.
t Hebr. an.
gred her.
II Or, from
the time
that she, ^c.
Hebr. from
hergomgvp.
Hannahs prayer,
Chap.ij.
and thaukCgiuing.
t Hehr. hit-
ter ofsoule.
t Hebr. seed
of men.
* Num. 6. 5.
iudg. 13. 5.
t Hebr. mul-
tiplied to
pray.
t Hebr. hard
of spirit.
I Or, medita-
tion.
t Hebr. re-
velation of
dayes,
I That is,
asked of God.
drunke ; (now Eli the Priest sate vpon
a seat by a poste of the Temple of the
Lord.)
10 And shee was tin bitternesse of
soule, and prayed vnto the Loud, and
wept sore.
11 And she vowed a vow, and said,
O Lord of hostes, if thou wilt in-
deed looke on the affliction of thine
handmayd, and remember me, and not
forget thine handmayd, but wilt giue
vnto thine handmayd ta man childe,
then I will giue him vnto the Lord
all the dayes of his life, and *there shall
no rasor come vpon his head.
12 And it came to passe as she tcon-
tiniied praying before the Lord, that
Eli marked her mouth.
13 Now Hannah, shee spake in her
heart ; onely her lippes mooued, but
her voice was not heard : therefore Eli
thought she had beene drunken.
14 And Eli said vnto her, How long
wilt thou be drunken.!" put away thy
wine from thee.
15 And Hannah answered, and said.
No, my lord, I am a woman tof a sor-
rowful! spirit : I haue drunke neither
wine nor strong drinke, but haue pow-
red out my soule before the Lord.
16 Count not thine handmaid for a
daughter of Belial : for out of the abun-
dance of my II complaint and griefe,
haue I spoken hitherto.
17 Then Eli answered, and said,
Goe in peace : and the God of Israel
grant thee thy petition, that thou hast
asked of him.
18 And she said. Let thine handmaid
finde grace in thy sight. So the woman
went her way, and did eate, and her
countenance was no more sad.
19 H And they rose vp in the mor-
ning early , and worshipped before the
Lord, and returned, and came to
their house to Ramah : and Elka-
nah knewe Hannah his wife, and the
Lord remembred her.
20 Wherefore it came to passe when
the ttime was come about, after Han-
nah had conceiued , that shee bare a
Sonne, and called his name || Samuel,
saying; Because I haue asked him of the
Lord.
21 And the man Elkanah, and all
his house, went vp to offer vnto the
Lord the yeerely sacrifice, and his
vowe.
22 But Hannah went not vp ; for
shee said vnto her husband, I will not goe
vp vntill the childe be weaned, and men
I will bring him, that he may appeare
before the Lord, and there abide for
euer.
23 And Elkanah her husband said
vnto her, Do what seemeth thee good,
tary vntill thou haue weaned him, only
the Lord establish his word: so the
woman abode , and gaue her sonne
sucke vntill she weaned him.
24 IT And when shee had weaned
him, shee tooke him vp with her, with
three bullocks, and one Ephah of floure,
and a bottle of wine, and brought him
vnto the house of the Lord in Shi-
loh : and the childe was young.
25 And they slew a buUoeke , and
brought the childe to Eli.
26 And she said, Oh my lord, as thy
soule liueth, my lord, I am the woman,
that stood by thee heere, praying vnto
the Lord.
27 For this childe I prayed, and the
Lord hath giuen me my petition,
which I asked of him :
28 Therefore also I haue ||lent him
to the Lord as long as hee liueth,
II he shall be lent to the Lord. And
he worshipped the Lord there.
CHAP. IL
1 Hannahs song in thankefulnesse. 12 The
sinne of Elies sonnes. 18 Samuels ministe-
rie. 20 By Elies blessing, Hannah is more
fruitfull. 22 Eli reprooueth his sonnes. 28
A propheeie against Elies house.
Nd Hannah prayed, and
said. My heart reioyceth
in the Lord, mine home
is exalted in the Lord :
my mouth is inlarged o-
uer mine enemies : because I reioyce in
thy saluation.
2 There is none holy as the Lord :
for there is none beside thee : neither is
there any Rocke like our God.
3 Talke no more so exceeding proud-
ly, let not tarrogancie come out of your
mouth : for the Lord is a God of
knowledge , and by him actions are
weighed.
4 The bowes of the mightie men
are broken, and they that stumbled are
girt with strength.
5 They that were full, haue hired
out themselues for bread : and they that
were hungry, ceased : so that the barren
hath
II Or, retur-
ned him,
whom Ihmie
obtained by
petition to
the LORD.
II Or, hee
whom I haue
obteined by
petition,
shalhe re-
turned.
^ Hebr.hard.
Elis fonnes wicked.
I.Samuel.
Eli therefore
Deut. 32.
3!). wisd.
16. 13. cob.
13. «.
• Psal. 113.
7.
" Chap. 7.
10.
t Hebr. at
on the day.
<* Kxod. 28.
hatli borne seuen, and she that hath ma-
ny children, is waxed feeble.
6 *The Lord killeth and maketh
aliue, he bringeth downe to the graue,
and bringeth vp.
7 The Lord maketh poore, and
maketh rich : he bringeth low, and lif-
teth vp.
8 He *raiseth vp the poore out of the
dust, and lifteth vp the begger from the
dunghill, to set them among princes, and
to make them inherit the throne of glo-
ry : for the pillars of tlie earth are the
Lords, and hee hath set the world
vpon them.
9 He will keepe the feet of his saints,
and the wicked shall bee silent in darke-
nesse; for by strength shall no man pre
uaile.
10 The aduersaries of the Lord
shalbe broken to pieces: *out of heauen
sTial he thunder vpon them : the Lord
shall iudge the ends of the earth, and he
shal giue strength vnto his king, and ex-
alt the home of his Anointed.
11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to
his house, and the child did minister vn
to the Lord before Eli the Priest.
12 H Now the sonnes of Eli were
sonnes of Belial , they knewe not the
Lord.
13 And the priests custome with the
people xeas, that when any man offred sa
crifice, the priestes seruant came, while
the flesh was in seething, with a flesh-
hooke of three teeth in his hand,
14 And he strooke it into the panne,
or kettle, or caldron, or pot: all that the
flesh -hooke brought vp, the priest tooke
for himselfe : so they did in Shiloh vnto
all the Israelites that came thither.
15 Also before they burnt the fat, the
priests seruant came, & said to the man
that sacrificed, Giue flesh to roste for the
priest, for he wil not haue sodden flesh of
thee, but raw.
16 And if any man said vnto him,
Let them not faile to burne the fat tpre-
sently,andthentakea«wiMfAasthysoule
desireth : then hee would answere him,
Nay, but thou shalt giue it mee now :
and if not, I will take it by force.
17 Wherefore the sinne of the yong
men was very great before the Lord :
for men abhorred the offering of the
Lord.
18 IT But Samuel ministred before
the Lord, being a child, * girded with
a linnen Ephod.
t Hebr. as-
sembled by
troupes.
II Or, I heare
euill words
OtffOtl.
I Or, to cry
out.
19 Moreouer, his mother made him
a litle coate, and brought it to him from
yeere to yeere, when she came vp with
her husband , to offer the yeerely sa-
crifice.
20 H And Eli blessed Elkanah, and
his wife, and said. The Lord giue
thee seed of this woman, for the ||loane,iiOr,»e<>/jon
which is lent to the Lord. And they J^Agrf,*|*
went vnto their owne home.
21 And the Lord visited Hannah,
so that shee conceiued, and bare three
sonnes , and two daughters : and the
child Samuel grew before the Lord.
22 U Now Eli was very olde, and
heard all that his sonnes did vnto all
Israel, and how they lay with the wo-
men that + assembled at the doore of the
Tabernacle of the Congregation.
23 And he said vnto them. Why doe
ye such things? for || I heare of your euil
dealings, by all this people.
24 Nay my sonnes : for it is no good
report that I heare ; yee make the
Lords people to ||transgresse.
25 If one man sinne against an-
other, the Iudge shall iudge him : but if
a man sinne against the Lord, who
shall intreat for him .'' Notwithstan-
ding they hearkened not vnto the voice
of their father, because the Lord
would slay them.
26 (And the child Samuel grew on,
and was in fauour , both with the
Lord, and also with men.)
27 IT And there came a man of God
vnto Eli , and saide vnto him, Thus
saith the Lord, Did I plainely ap-
peare vnto the house of thy father,
when they were in Egypt in Phara-
ohs house .''
28 And did I chuse him out of all
the tribes of Israel, to be my Priest, to
offer vpon mine altar, to burne incense,
to weare an Ephod before mee .' and
* did I giue vnto the house of thy fa-
ther, all the offerings made by fire of
the children of Israel .'*
29 Wherefore kicke ye at my sacrifice,
and at mine offering, which I haue
commaunded in my habitation , and
honourest thy sonnes aboue mee , to
make your selucs fat with the chiefest
of all the offrings of Israel my people ?
30 Wherefore the Lord God of
Israel saith, I sayd indeede, that thy
house, & the house of thy father should
walke before me for euer : but now the
Lord saith. Be it farre from mee;
for
Leuit. 10.
is threatened.
Chap.iij.
God calleth Samuel.
II Or, the of.
Jiictionofthe
Tabernacle^
for all the
teealth
which God
would harce
giuen IsraeL
t Heb. men.
^ HeLioj/ne.
II Or, Some-
what about
the Priest-
hood.
for them that honour me, I will ho-
nour, and they that despise me, shall be
lightly esteemed.
31 Behold, the dayes come, that I
will cut oft' thine arme, and the arme
of thy fathers house , that there shall
not be an old man in thine house.
32 And thou shalt see ||an enemie in
my habitation, in all the wealth which
God shall giue Israel, and there shall
not bee an olde man in thine house for
euer.
33 And the man of thine , whom I
shall not cut off" from mine Altar, sliall
be to consume thine eyes, and to grieue
thine heart : and all the increase of thine
house shall die t in the floure of their
age.
34< And this shall bee a signe vnto
thee , that shall come vpon thy two
sonnes, on Hophni and Phinehas : in
one day they shall die both of them.
35 And I will raise me vp a faith-
full Priest, that shall doe according to
tluit lohich is in my heart and in my mind,
and I will build him a sure house, and
hee shall walke before mine Anointed
for euer.
36 And it shall come to passe , that
euery one that is left in thine house, shal
come and crouch to him for a piece of sil-
uer, and a morsel of bread, and shall say,
tPut me (I pray thee) into ||one of the
Priests offices, that I may eat a piece
of bread.
CHAP. III.
1 How the word of the Lord was first reuealed
to Samuel. 1 1 God telleth Samuel the de-
struction of Elies house. 15 Samuel, though
loth, telleth Eli the vision. 19 Samuel
groweth in credit.
Nd the child Samuel mi-
nistred vnto the Lord
before Eli : and the word
of the Lord was pre-
cious in those daies; there
was no ()])en vision.
2 And it came to passe at that time,
when Eli was layd downe in his place,
and his eyes beganne to waxe dimme,
that he could not see ;
3 And yer the lampe of God went
out in the Temple of the Lord,
where the Arke of God was, and Sa-
muel was layd downe to sleepe ;
4 That the Lord called Sa-
muel, and he answered. Here am I.
5 And he ranne vnto Eli, and sayd,
Here am I, for thou calledst me. And
he said, I called not ; lie downe againe.
And he went and lay downe.
6 And the Lord called yet a-
gaine , Samuel. And Samuel arose,
and went to Eli, and said. Here am I,
for thou diddest call me. And he answe-
red, I called not, my sonne ; lie downe
againe.
7 II Now Samuel did not yet know
the Lord, neither was the word of
the Lord yet reuealed vnto him. ,
8 And the Lord called Samuel
againe the third time. And hee arose,!
and went to Eli, and said. Here am I,
for thou diddest call me. And Eli per-
ceiued that the Lord had called the
childe.
9 Therefore Eli said vnto Samuel,
Go, lie downe, & it shal be, if he call thee,
that thou shalt say, Speake Lord,
for thy seruant heareth. So Samuel
went, and lay downe in his place.
10 And the Lord came, and stood
and called as at other times, Samuel
Samuel. Then Samuel answered,
Speake, for thy seruant heareth.
11 IT And the Lord sayd to Sa-
muel, Behold, I will doe a thing in
Israel, at which, both the eares of *e-
uery one that heareth it, shall tingle.
12 In that day, I will performe a-
gainst Eli, all things which I haue spo-
ken concerning his house : twhen I be-
gin, I will also make an end.
13 ||*For I haue tolde him, that I
will iudge his house for euer, for the
iniquitie which hee knoweth : because
his sonnes made themselues ||vile, and
he trestrained them not.
14 And therefore I haue sworne vn-
to the house of Eli, that the iniquitie of
Elies house shall not be purged witl
sacrifice, nor offering for euer.
15 H And Samuel lay vntill the
morning, and opened the doores of the
house of the Lord: and Samuel
feared to shew Eli the vision.
16 Then Eli called Samuel, and
said, Samuel my sonne. And he answe-
red. Here am I.
17 And he said , What is the thing
that the Lord hath said vnto thee.''
I pray thee hide it not from mee : God
doe so to thee, and tmore also, if thou
hide a7iy || thing from me, of all the
things that hee said vnto thee.
18 And Samuel tolde him t euery
whit, and hid nothing from him. And
hee
iOr,thmA\i
Samuel, be-
foreheknew
tlie LORD;
and before _
the word of
the LOItD
was reuea-
led vnto
him.
* 2. Kin. 21
12.
t Hebr. be-
ginning and
ending.
Or, and I
will tell him,
* Chap. 2.
29,30, 31,
&c.
Or, accur-
sed.
i Heb. frow-
ned not vpon
them.
t Hebr. so
adde.
II Or, word.
t Heb all the
things, or
words.
Ifrael is oiiercome.
I.Samuel.
Eli dieth.
1 Or, faith.
fuU.
Or, came to
passe: Hebr.
was.
t H^. the
battetl was
spread.
t Hebr. the
aray.
t Hehr. take
vnto vs.
he said, It w the Lord : Let him doe
what seemeth him good.
19 f And Samuel grew, and the
Lord was with him, and did let
none of his words fall to the ground.
20 And all Israel from Dan euen to
Beer-sheba , knew that Samuel was
II established to bee a Prophet of the
Loud.
21 And the Lokd appeared a-
gaine in Shiloh : for the Lord reuei-
led himselfe to Samuel in Shiloh, by
the word of the Lord.
CHAP. nil.
1 The Israelites are ouercomebythe Philistines
at Aben-Ezer. 3 They fetch the Arke, vnto
the terrour of the Philistines. 10 They are
smitten againe, the Arke taken, Hophni and
Phinehas are slaine. 12 Eli at the newes, fal-
ling backward, breaketh his necke. 19 Phi-
nehas wife, discouraged in her trauaile with
lehabod, dieth.
Nd the word of Samuel
II came to all Israel. Now
Israel went out against
the Philistines to battell,
and pitched beside Eben-
ezer : and the Philistines pitched in
Aphek.
2 And the Philistines put them-
selues in aray against Israel : and when
tthey ioyned battell, Lsrael was smit-
ten before the Philistines : and they slew
of t the armie in the field, about foure
thousand men.
3 IT And when the people were come
into the campe , the Elders of Israel
said. Wherefore hath the Lord smit-
ten vs to day before the Philistines ? Let
vs tfetch the Arke of the Couenant of
the Lord out of Shiloh vnto vs,
that when it commeth among vs, it may
saue vs out of the hand of our enemies.
4 So the people sent to Shiloh,
that they might bring from thence the
Arke of the Couenant of the Lord
of hostes, which dwelletli hetweene the
Cherubims : and the two sonnes of E-
li, Hophni, and Phinehas were there,
with the Arke of the Couenant of God.
5 And when the Arke of the Coue-
nant of the Lord came into the
campe, all Israel shouted with a great
shout, so that the earth rang againe.
6 And when the Philistines heard
the noise of the shout, they said. What
meaneth the noise of this great shout in
the campe of the Hebrewes ? And they
vnderstood , that the Arke of the
Lord was come into the campe.
7 And the Philistines were afraid,
for they saide , God is come into the
campe. And they said. Woe vnto vs: for
there hath not bene such a thing there-
tofore.
8 Woe vnto vs : who shall deliuer
vs out of the hand of these mightie
Gods ? these are the Gods that smote
the Egyptians with all the plagues in
the wildernesse.
9 Bee strong, and quit your selues
like men, O ye Philistines, that yee be
not seruants vnto the Hebrewes, *as
they haue bene to you : t quit your selues
like men, and fight.
10 If And the Philistines fought, and
Israel was smitten, and they fled euery
man into his tent : and there was a ve-
ry great slaughter, for there fell of Is-
rael thirtie thousand footmen.
11 And the Arke of God was taken,
and the two sonnes of Eli, Hophni, and
Phinehas twere slaine.
12 f And there ran a man of Benia-
min out of the army , and came to Shi-
loh the same day with his clothes rent,
and with earth vpon his head.
13 And when hee came, loe, Eli sate
vpon a seat by the way side, watching:
for his heart trembled for the Arke of
God. And when the man came into the
citie, and told it, all the city cried out.
14 And when Eli heard the noise of
the crying, hee said; What meaneth the
noise of this tumult ? And the man
came in hastily, and told Eli.
15 Now Eli was ninetie and eight
yeeres old, and *his eyes twere dimme,
that he could not see.
16 And the man said vnto EH, I am
he, that came out of the army, and I
fled to day out of the army. And he said.
What tis there done, my sonne ?
17 And the messenger answered, and
said , Israel is fled before the Phih-
stines, and there hath bene also a great
slaughter among the people , and thy
two sonnes also, Hophni & Phinehas,
are dead, and the Arke of God is taken.
18 And it came to passe when hee
made mention of the Arke of God, that
he fell from oft' the seat backward by the
side of the gate, and his necke brake, and
hee died : for hee was an old man , and
heauie, and hee had iudged Israel for-
tie yeeres.
19 f And
t Hebr. ye-
sterday, or
the thtrd
day.
' ludg. 13.
1.
t Hebr. Be
men.
t Hebr. died.
• Chap. 3.
2.
i Hebr.
stood.
t Hebr. is
the thing.
Dagons fall. The
Chap.v.vj.
Philiftins plagued.
B Or, to crie
out.
t Hebr. were
turned.
t Heb. set
not her heart
That is,
where is the
glory f
Or, there
is no glory.
tor, the fil
thy part.
• Psal. 78.
6G.
19 H And his daughter in law Phi
nehas wife was with childe neere ||to be
dehuered : and when shee heard the ti-
dings that the Arke of God was taken,
and that her father in law, and her hus-
band were dead , shee bowed her selfe
and traueyled ; for her paines t came
vpon her.
20 And about the time of her death,
the women that stood by her, said vnto
her : Feare not , for thou hast borne a
Sonne. But she answered not, t neither
did she regard it.
21 And she named the childe ||Icha-
bod , saying, |1 The glory is departed
from Israel, (because the Arke of God
was taken, and because of her father in
law and her husband.)
22 And she said, The glory is depar-
ted from Israel : for the Arke of God
is taken.
CHAP. V.
The Philistines hauing brought the Arke into
Ashdod, set it in the house of Dagon. 3 Da-
gon is smitten downe and cut in pieces, and
they of Ashdod smitten with Emerods. 8 So
God dealeth with them of Gath, when it was
brought thither : 10 and so with them of Ek-
ron when it was brought thither.
Nd the Philistines tooke
the Arke of God , and
brought it from Eben-
ezer vnto Ashdod.
2 When the Philistines
tooke the Arke of God, they brought it
into the house of Dagon, and set it by
Dagon.
3 IT And when they of Ashdod arose
earely on the morrow, behold, Dagon
was fallen vpon his face to the earth,
before the Arke of the Lord : and
they tooke Dagon , and set him in his
place againe.
4 And when they arose earely on
the morrow morning, behold, Dagon
was fallen vpon his face to the ground,
before the Arke of the Lord : and the
head of Dagon, and both the palmes of
his hands were cut off vpon the thre-
shold, only lithe stumpe of Dagon was
left to him.
5 Therefore neither the priests of
Dagon, nor any that come into Da-
gons house , tread on the threshold of
Dagon in Ashdod vnto this day.
6 But the hand of the Lord was
heauy vpon them of Ashdod, and he de-
stroyed them, and smote them with *E-
merods, euen Ashdod , and the coastes
thereof.
7 And when the men of Ashdod
saw that it wa^ so, they said, The Arke
of the God of Israel shall not abide
with vs : for his hand is sore vpon vs,
and vpon Dagon our god.
8 They sent therefore , and gathe-
red all the lords of the Philistines vnto
them, and said. What shall we doe with
the Arke of the God of Israel .'' And
they answered , Let the Arke of the
God of Israel bee caried about vnto
Gath. And they caried the Arke of the
God of Israel about thither.
9 And it was so, that after they had
caried it about, the hand of the LorDj
was against the citie with a very great'
destruction : and hee smote the men of i
the citie both small and great, and they
had Emerods in their secret parts. j
ion Therfore they sent the Arke ofi
God to Ekron: and it came to passe as
the Arke of God came to Ekron, thati
the Ekronites cried out, saying. They
haue brought about the Arke of the
God of Israel to vs, to slay vs, and our
people.
11 So they sent and gathered toge-
ther all the lords of the Philistines, and
said , Send away the Arke of the God
of Israel, and let it goe againe to his
owne place, that it slay vs not, and our
people : for there was a deadly destruc-
tion throughout all the citie : The hand
of God was very heauy there.
12 And the men that died not , were
smitten with the Emerods : and the cry
of the citie went vp to heauen.
CHAP. VI.
1 After seuen moneths the Philistines take coun-
sell, how to send backe the Arke. 10 They
bring it on a new cart with an offering vnto
Bethshemesh. 1 9 The people are smitten for
looking into the Arke. 21 They send to them
of Kiriath-iearim to fetch it.
ND the Arke of the
Lord was in the coun-
trey of the Philistines se-
uen moneths.
2 And the Philistines
called for the priests and the diuiners,
saying. What shall we doe to the Arke
of the Lord? Tell vs wherewith
we shall send it to his place .'
3 And they said. If yee send away
the Arke of the God of Israel, send it
P p not
The Arke is fent
I.Samuel.
to Bethlhemefli.
\Heb.them.
Or,re-
pTOchfvUy.
' Exod. 12.
31.
\Heh.them.
I Or, it.
not empty : but in any wise returne him
a trespasse oft'ring: then ye shall be hea-
led, and it shall be knowen to you, why
his hand is not remooued from you.
4 Then said they. What shaU be the
trespasse offering , which wee shall re-
turne to him ? They answered , Fine
golden Emerods, and fiue golden mice,
according to the number of the lordes of
the Philistines : for one plague was on
tyou all, and on your lords.
5 Wherefore ye shall make images
of your Emerodes, and images of your
Mice, that marre the land, and ye shall
giue glory vnto the God of Israel : per-
aduenture hee will lighten his hand
from off you , and from off your gods,
and from off your land.
6 Wherefore then doe yee harden
your hearts , as the Egyptians and
Pharaoh hardened their hearts .'' when
he had wrought || wonderfully among
them, * did they not let tthe people goe,
and they departed .''
7 Now therefore make a new cart,
and take two milcli-kine , on which
there hath come no yoke , and tic the
kine to the cart , and bring the calues
home from them.
8 And take the Arke of the Lord,
and lay it vpon the cart , and put the
iewels of golde , which ye returne him
for a trespasse offering, in a coffer by the
side thereof, and send it away, that it
may goe.
9 And see, if it goeth vp by the way
of his owne coast to Bethshemesh, then
II he hath done vs this great euill : but if
not, then wee shall know that it is not
his hand that smote vs ; it was a chance
that happened to vs.
10 ^ And the men did so: and tooke
two milch-kine , and tied them to the
cart, and shut vp their calues at home.
11 And they layde the Arke of the
Lord vpon the cart, and the coffer,
with the mice of golde, and the images
of their Emerods.
12 And the kine tooke the straight
way to the way of Bethshemesh , and
went along the high way , lowing as
they went , and turned not aside to the
right hand, or to the left : and the lords
of the Philistines went after them, vn
to the border of Bethshemesh.
13 And they of Bethshemesh were
reaping their wheat haruest in the val
ley : and they lifted vp their eyes , and
saw the Arke, and reioyced to see it.
I 14 And the cart came into the field of
loshua a Bethshemite, & stood there,
where there zaas a great stone: and they
,claue the wood of the cart, and offered
'the kine, a burnt offering vnto the
Lord.
15 And the Leuites tooke downe
jthe Arke of the Lord, and the coffer
that loas with it, wherein the iewels of
golde were, and put them on the great
stone : And the men of Bethshemesh
offered burnt offrings, and sacrificed sa-
crifices the same day vnto the Lord.
16 And when the fiue lordes of the
Philistines had scene it , they returned
to Ekron the same day.
17 And these are the golden Eme-
rods which the Philistines returned for
trespasse offering vnto the Lord;
for Ashdod one, for Gaza one , for As-
kelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one.
18 And the golden Mice according to
the number of all the cities of the Phi-
listines, fefo«^2«^'- to thefiue lordesjboth
of fenced cities , and of countrey villa-
ges, euen vnto the || great stovie of Abel,
whereon they set downe the Arke of
the Lord; which stone remaineth vn-
to this day , in the field of loshua the
Bethshemite.
19 IT And he smote the men of Beth-
shemesh, because they had looked into
the Arke of the Lord, euen he smote
of the people fiftie thousand , and three-
score and tenne men : and the people la-
mented, because the Lord had smit-
ten many of the people with a great
slaughter.
20 And the men of Bethshemesh
said , Who is able to stand before this
holy Lord God.-* and to whom shal
he goe vp from vs .''
21 IT And they sent messengers to
the inhabitants of Kiriath-iearim, say-
ing. The Philistines haue brought a-
gaine the Arke of the Lord ; come
ye downe, and fetch it vp to you.
CHAP. VII.
1 They of Kiriath - iearim bring the Arke into
the house of Abinadab, and sanctifle Eleazar
his Sonne to keepe it. 2 After twentie yeeres
3 Thelsraelites,by Samuels meanes^ solemnly
repent at Mizpeh. 7 While Samuel prayetn
and sacriflcetn , the Lord discomfiteth the
Philistines by thunder, at Eben - ezer. 13The
Philistines are subdued. 1 5 Samuel peaceably
and religiously iudgeth Israel.
And
n Or, gieat
stone.
ntetl
1.
Chap.vij.viij.
Samuels fonnes.
' losh. 24.
15, 23.
• ludg. 2.
13.
• Deut. 6. 4.
matt. 4. 10.
luke 4. 8.
■ ludg. a.
11.
iHeb. be not
silent from
vsfrom cry-
ing-
I Or, answe-
red.
Nd the men of Kiriath
iearim came, and fetcht vp
the Arke of the Lord,
and brought it into the
house of Abinadab in the
hill, and sanctified Eleazar his sonne,
to keepe the Arke of the Lord.
2 And it came to passe while the
Arke abode in Kiriath -iearim, that the
time was long : for it was twentie
yeeres : and all the house of Israel la-
mented after the Lord.
3 IT And Samuel spake vnto all the
house of Israel , saying. If ye doe re-
turne vnto the Loud with all your
hearts, then *put away the strange gods,
and * Ashtaroth from among you, and
prepare your hearts vnto the Lord,
and * serue him onely : & he will deliuer
you out of the hand of the Philistines.
4 Then the children of Israel did
put away * Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and
serued the Lord onely.
5 And Samuel said, Gather all Is-
rael to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you
vnto the Lord.
6 And they gathered together to
Mizpeh, and drew water, and powred
it out before the Lord, and fasted on
thatday, aud said there, We haue sinned
against the Lord. And Samuel iud-
ged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.
7 And when the Philistines heard
that the children of Israel were gathe-
red together to Mizpeh, the lords of the
Philistines went vp against Israel :
and when the children of Israel heard
it, they were afraid of the Philistines.
8 And the children of Israel said to
Samuel , t Cease not to crie vnto the
Lord our God for vs, that he will
saue vs out of the hand of the Phili-
stines.
9 H And Samuel tooke a sucking
lambe , and offered it for a burnt offe-
ring wholly vnto the Lord ; and Sa-
muel cried vnco the Lord for Israel,
and the Lord ||heard him.
10 And as Samuel was offering
vp the burnt offering, the Philistines
drewe neere to battell against Israel :
but the Lord thundred with a great
thunder on that day vpon the Phili-
stines, and discomfited them, and they
were smitten before Israel.
11 And the men of Israel went out of
Mizpeh , and pursued the Philistines,
and smote them , vntill they came vnder
Bethcar.
I 12 Then Samuel tooke a stone, and
set it betweene Mizpeh and Shen,
and called the name of it ||Eben-Ezer,
[saying. Hitherto hath the Lord
helped vs.
13 IT So the Philistines were subdu-
ed, and they came no more into the coast
of Israel : and the hand of the Lord
was against the Philistines , all the
dayes of Samuel.
14 And the cities which the Phili-
stines had taken from Israel, were re-
stored to Israel , from Ekron euen vn-
to Gath, and the coasts thereof did Is-
rael deliuer out of the hands of the Phi-
listines : and there was peace betweene
Israel and the Amorites.
15 And Samuel iudged Israel all
the dayes of his life.
16 And he went from yeere to yeere
tin circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and
Mizpeh, and iudged Israel in all those
places.
17 And his returne was to Ramah :
for there was his house : and there hee
iudged Israel, and there hee built an
altar vnto the Lord.
CHAP. VIII.
1 By occasion of the ill gouemment of SamU'
els sonnes, the Israelites aske a King. 6 Sa-
muel praying in griefe is comforted by God.
10 Hee telleth the manner of a King. 19
God willeth Samuel to yeeld vnto the im
portunitie of the people.
Nd it came to passe, when
Samuel was old, that he
made his sonnes ludges
ouer Israel.
2 Now the name of
his first borne was loel, and the name
of his second, Abiah : they were ludges
in Beer-sheba.
3 And his sonnes walked not in his
wayes, but turned aside after lucre, and
* tooke bribes, & peruerted iudgement.
4 Then all the Elders of Israel
gathered themselues together, and
came to Samuel vnto Ramah,
5 And said vnto him. Behold, thou
art olde, and thy sonnes walke not in
thy wayes: now *make vs a King to
iudge vs, like all the nations.
6 IT But the thing t displeased Sa-
muel , when they said, Giue vs a King
to iudge vs : and Samuel prayed vnto
the Lord.
7 And the Lord said vnto Sa-
P p 2 muel,
That Is,
the stone of
/telpe.
t Heb. and
he circuited.
* Deut. 16.
19.
Ose. 13. 10
acts 13. 21.
iHeb.wajie-
uill in the
eyes ofSa-
muel.
A king defcribed.
I.Samuel.
Saul feeking affes,
I Or, obey.
I Or, nol-
ujiihstan-
ding, when
thou hast so-
lemnly pro-
tested a-
gaxnst them,
then thou
Shalt shew.
^Heb.Eu-
nuches.
muel , Hearken vnto the voyce of the
people in all that they say vnto thee : for
they haue not reiected thee , but they
haue reiected mee , that I should not
reigne ouer them.
8 According to all the works which
they haue done since the day that I
brought them vp out of Egypt euen
vnto this day, wherewith they haue
forsaken me, and serued other gods : so
doe they also vnto thee.
9 Nowe therefore || hearken vnto
their voyce : ||howbeit , yet protest so-
lemnly vnto them , and shew them the
maner of the King that shall reigne o-
uer them.
10 IT And Samuel told all the words
of the Lord vnto the people, that as
ked of him a King.
11 And hee sayd, This will be the
maner of the king that shall reigne o-
uer you : Hee will take your sonnes,
and appoint tliem for himselfe for his
charets, and to bee his horsemen, and
some shall runne before his charets.
12 And hee will appoint him Cap
taines ouer thousands, and captaines
ouer fifties, and will set them to eare his
ground , and to reape his haruest, and
to make his instruments of warre, and
instruments of his charets.
13 And he will take your daughters
to be confectionaries, and to be cookes,
and to be bakers.
14 And he will take your fields, and
your vineyards, and your oliue-yards-
euen the best of them, and giue them to
his seruants.
15 And he will take the tenth of your
seed, and of your vineyards, and giue to
his t officers, and to his seruants.
16 And hee will take your men ser-
uants , and your mayd seruants , and
your goodliest young men , and your
asses, and put them to his worke.
17 Hee will take the tenth of your
sheepe, and ye shall be his seruants.
18 And ye shall cry out in that day,
because of your king which ye shal haue
chosen you; and the Lord will not
heare you in that day.
19 IT Neuerthelesse, the people refu-
sed to obey the voyce of Samuel ; and
they said. Nay, but we wil haue a King
ouer vs :
20 That we also may be like all the
nations, and that our King may iudge
vs, and goe out before vs, and fight our
battels.
21 And Samuel heard all the words
of the people, and he rehearsed them in
the eares of the Lord.
1% And the Lord said to Samuel,
Hearken vnto their voyce , and make
them a King. And Samuel said Vnto
the men of Israel , Goe yee euery man
vuto his citie.
CHAP. IX.
1 Saul despairing to finde his fathers asses, 6
by the counsel! of his seruaunt, 1 1 and di-
rection of young maidens, 15 according to
Gods reuelation, 18 commeth to Samuel.
19 Samuel entertaineth Saul at the feast. 25
Samuel after secret communication, bringeth
Saul on his way.
Ow there was a man of
Beniamin , whose name
was * Kish , the sonne of
Abiel, the sonne of Zeror,
the Sonne of Bechorath,
the sonne of Aphiah, a ||Beniamite, a
mighty man of || power.
2 And he had a sonne , whose name
was Saul , a choice young man , and a
goodly : and tliere was not among the
children of Israel a goodlier person
then hee : from his shoulders and vp-
ward , hee was higher then any of the
people.
3 And the asses of Kish, Sauls fa-
ther, were lost ; and Kish said to Saul
his sonne , Take nowe one of the ser-
uants with thee, and arise, goe seeke the
asses.
4 And he passed thorow mount E-
phraim , and passed thorow the land of
Shalisha, but they found them not : then
they passed thorow the land of Shalim,
and there they were not: and hee passed
thorow the land of the Beniamites,
but they found them not.
5 And when they were come to the
land of Zuph, Saul said to his seruant
that was with him , Come, and let vs
returne, lest my father leaue cai-'ing tor
the asses, and take thought for vs.
6 And hee said vnto him. Behold
now, there is in this citie a man of God,
and he is an honourable man ; all that
he saith, commeth surely to passe : Now
let vs goe thither; peraduenture he can
shew vs our way that we should goe.
7 Then said Saul to his seruaunt.
But behold, if we goe, what shall wee
bring the man.'' for the bread t is spent in
our vessels, and there is not a present to
bring
Chap. 14.
51. 1. chro.
8. 33.
Or, the
Sonne of a
man of le-
mini.
II Or, sub-
stance.
\ Hebr is
gone out of
is by Samuel
Chap,
ix.x.
anointed
king.
t Hebr. is
with vs ?
i Hebr. there
isfountl in
my hand.
t Hebr. thy
wordisgood.
t Hebr. in
the ascent of
the citie.
I Or, feast.
fHeb.todaff.
* Chap. 15.
1. acts. 13.
21.
t Heb. re-
iieiledthe
eare of Sa-
muel.
t Hebr. re-
strairte in.
bring to the man of God : What thaue
wee ?
8 And the seruant answered Saul
againe, and said, t Behold, I haue here
at hand the fourth part of a shekel of sil-
uer; that wil I giue to the man of God,
to tell vs our way.
9 ( Beforetime in Israel , when a
man went to enquire of God, thus he
spake; Come, and let vs go to the Seer:
for he that is now called a Prophet, was
beforetime called a Seer.)
10 Then said Saul to his seruant,
t Wei said, come, let vs go: so they went
vnto the city where the man of God zoos.
11 IT And as they went vp tthe hill
to the city, they found yong maydens
going out to draw water, and said vnto
them, Is the Seer here .''
12 And they answered them , andi
said. He is: behold,/ifi«beforeyou,make
haste now : for he came to day to the ci-
tie; for there is ||a sacrifice of the people
to day in tlie hie place.
13 Assoone as ye be come into the ci-
tie, ye shall straightway finde him, be-
fore he goe vp to the high place to eate:
for the people will not eate vntill hee
come, because he doth blesse the sacrifice,
and afterwards they eat that be bidden :
Now therefore get you vp, for t about
this time ye shall finde him.
14 And they went vp into the citie :
and when they were come into the ci-
tie, behold, Samuel came out against
them, for to goe vp to the hie place.
15 f *Now the Lord had ttold
Samuel in his eare a day before Saul
came, saying,
16 To morrow about this time I
will send thee a man out of the land of
Beniamin, and thou shalt anoynt him
to be Captaine ouer my people Israel,
that he may saue my people out of the
hand of the Philistines : for I haue loo-
ked vpon my people, because their cry
is come vnto me.
17 And when Samuel saw Saul,
the LoKD said vnto him. Behold the
man whom I spake to thee of : this
same shall treigne ouer my people.
18 Then Saul drew neere to Sa-
muel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I
pray thee, where the Seers house is.
19 And Samuel answered Saul,
and said, I am the Seer: Goe vp be-
fore me vnto the high place, for ye shall
eate with me to day, and to morrow I
will let thee goe, and will tell thee all
that is in thine heart.
20 And as for thine asses that were
lost t three dayes agoe, set not thy minde
on them , for they are found : And on
whom is all the desire of Israel ? is it
not on thee, & on all thy fathers house?
21 And Saul answered , and said.
Am not I a Beniamite, of the smallest
of the tribes of Israel .'' and my family
the least of all the families of the tribe of
Beniamin .'' Wherefore then speakest
thou tso to me.''
22 And Samuel tooke Saul, and
his seruant, and brought them into the
parlour, & made them sit in the chiefest
place among them that were bidden,
which were about thirtie persons.
23 And Samuel said vnto the cooke.
Bring the portion which I gaue thee, of
which I said vnto thee. Set it by thee.
24 And the cooke took vp the shoul-
der, and that which was vpon it, and
set it before Saul, and Samuel said. Be-
hold, thatwhichis|| left, set it before thee,
and eate : for vnto this time hath it bene
kept for thee, shice I said I haue inuited
the people : So Saul did eat with Sa
muel that day.
25 H And when they were come
downe from the high place into the ci-
tie, Samuel communed with Saul vpon
the top of the house.
26 And they arose early: and it came
to passe about the spring of the day, that
Samuel called Saul to the top of the
house, saying, Vp, that I may send thee
away : And Saul arose, and they went
out both of them , hee and Samuel,
abroad.
27 And as they were going downe
to the end of the city, Samuel said to
Saul, Bid the seruant passe on before
vs, (and he passed on) but stand thou
still ta while, that I may shew thee the
word of God.
CHAP. X.
1 Samuel anoynteth Saul. 2 Hee confirmeth
him by prediction of three signes. 9 Sauls
heart is changed, and he propnecieth. 1 1 He
concealeth the matter of the kingdome from
his vncle. J 7 Saul is chosen at Mizpeh by lot.
26 The different affections of his subiects.
Hen Samuel tooke a viall
of oile, and powred it vpon
his head, & kissed him, and
said, 1,9 it not because the
Lord hath anoynted
thee to be captain ouer his inheritance.''
2 When
1 Hebr. to
day three
dayes.
t Hebr. ac-
cording to
this word f
I Or, reser-
ved.
t Hebr. to
day.
Saul prophecieth,
I.Samuel.
and is chofen king.
•Gen. 35.
M.
t Heb. the
bttsiitesse.
t Heb. aske
thee of peace
\ Heb. and U
shall come to
passe that
when these
signes ^c.
t Heb.',dofor
thee as thine
hand shall
finie.
'.Chap. 13.
t Heb. shmiX-
der.
t Heb. tur.
ned.
i Heb. A
man to his
neighbour.
• Chap. 19.
24.
\ Heb. from
thence.
2 When thou art departed from me
to day, then thou shalt find two men by
* Rachels sepulchre in the border of
Beniamin , at Zelzah : and they will
say vnto thee , The asses which thou
wentest to seeke, are found: and loe, thy
father liath left tthe care of the asses,
and sorroweth for you, saying, What
shall I doe for my sonne ?
3 Then shalt thou goe on forward
from thence, and thou shalt come to the
plaine of Tabor, and there shall meete
thee three men , going vp to God to
Bethel, one carying three kids, and a-
nother carying three loaues of bread,
and another carying a bottle of wine.
4 And they will t salute thee , and
giue thee twoloaues of bread, which thou
shalt receiue of their hands.
5 After that thou shalt come to the
hill of God, where is the garison of the
Philistines : and it shall come to passe
when thou art come thither to the citie,
that thou shalt meet a company of pro-
phets comming downe from the high
place, with a psalterie, and a tabret, and
a pipe, and a harpe before them, and
they shall prophecie.
6 And the Spirit of the Lokd
will come vpon thee , and thou shalt
prophecie with them, and shalt be tur-
ned into another man.
7 And tlet it be when these signes are
come vnto thee, t that thou doe as occa-
sion serue thee, for God is with thee.
8 And thou shalt goe downe before
me to Gilgal, and behold, I will come
downe vnto thee, to offer burnt offe-
rings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace
offerings : * seuen dayes shalt thou ta
rie, till I come to thee, and shew thee
what thou shalt doe.
9 H And it was so that when he had
turned his tbacke to go from Samuel,
God tgaue him another heart : and all
those signes came to passe that day.
10 And when they came thither to
the hill, behold, a company of the pro-
phets met him, and the spirit of God
came vpon him, and hee prophesied a-
mong them.
11 And it came to passe when all that
knew him beforetime , saw , that be-
hold, hee prophesied among the pro.
pliets, then the people said tone to ano-
ther, What is this that is come vnto the
sonne of Kish ? * Is Saul also among
the prophets ?
12 And one +of the same place an
swered, and sayd. But who is their fa-
ther ? Therefore it became a prouerbe,
Is Saul also among the Prophets ?
13 And when he had made an end of
prophesying, he came to the high place.
14 U And Sauls vncle saide vnto
him, and to his seruant. Whither went
ye? And he said, To seeke the asses : and
when we saw that they were no where,
we came to Samuel.
15 And Sauls vncle said. Tell me, I
pray thee, what Samuel said vnto you.
16 And Saul sayd vnto his vncle;
He told vs plainely that the asses were
found. But of the matter of the king-
dome, whereof Samuel spake, he told
him not.
17 1[ And Samuel called the peo-
ple together vnto the Lokd to Miz-
peh ;
18 And said vnto the children of Is-
rael, Thus saith the Lokd God of
Israel, I brought vp Israel out of E-
gypt, and deliuered you out of the hand
of the Egyptians, and out of the hand
of all kingdomes, and of them that op-
pressed you.
19 And ye haue this day reiected your
God, who himselfe saued you out of all
your aduersities & your tribulations :
and ye haue said vnto him,iVff»/,butseta
king ouer vs. Now therefore present
your selues before the Lord by your
tribes, and by your thousands.
20 And when Samuel had caused
all the tribes of Israel to come neere,
the tribe of Beniamin was taken.
21 When he had caused the tribe of
Beniamin to come neere by their fami-
lies, the familie of Matri was taken,
and Saul the sonne of Kish was taken :
and when they sought him, he could not
be found.
22 Therefore they enquired of the
Lord further, if the man should yet
come thither: and the Lord answe-
red , Behold , hee hath hid himselfe a-
mong the stuff'e.
23 And they ranne, and fetched him
thence, and when he stood among the
people, he was higher then any of the
people, from the shoulders & vpward.
24 And Samuel said to all the peo-
ple. See ye him whome the Lord
hath chosen, that there is none like him
among all the people? And all the peo-
ple shouted, and saide, tGod saue the
King.
25 Then Samuel tolde the people
the
t Heb. let
the Icing liue
The Ammonites
Chap.xj.xij.
are discomfited.
Or, >ie was.,
as though he
I had beetle
deaje.
\Hebr./or-
beare vs.
t Heh. as one
man.
the maner of the kingdome, and wrote
it in a booke, and layd it vp before the
Lor I), and Samuel sent all the peo-
ple away, euery man to his house.
26 H And Saul also went home to
Gibeah , and there went with him a
band of men, whose hearts God had
touched.
27 But the children of Belial sayd,
Howe shall this man saue vs .'' and
they despised him, and brought him no
presents : but ||he held his peace.
CHAP. XI.
1 Nahash ofFereth them of labesh Gilead a re-
prochfuU condition. 4 They send messen-
gers and are deliuered by Saul. 12 Saul there-
by is confirmed, and his kingdome renewed.
Hen Nahash the Ammo-
nite came vp, and encam-
ped against labesh Gi-
lead : and all the men of
labesh sayde vnto Na-
hash, Make a couenant with vs, and
we will serue thee.
2 And Nahash the Ammonite an-
swered them. On this condition will I
make a couenant with you, that I may
thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it
for a reproch vpon all Israel.
3 And the Elders of labesh sayd
vnto him, tGiue vs seuen dales respite,
that we may send messengers vnto all
the coasts of Israel : and then, if there
be no man to saue vs, we will come out
to thee.
4 II Then came the messengers to
Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in
the eares of the people: and all the peo-
ple lift vp their voyces, and wept.
5 And behold, Saul came after the
herd out of the field , and Saul sayd.
What aileth the people that they weep.'
and they told him the tidings of the men
of labesh.
6 And the Spirit of God came vp-
on Saul, when he heard those tydings,
and his anger was kindled greatly.
7 And he tooke a yoke of oxen, and
hewed them in pieces , and sent them
throughout all the coasts of Israel by
the hands of messengers, saying, Who-
soeuer commeth not foorth after Saul
and after Samuel, so shall it bee done
vnto his oxen : and the feare of the
Lord fell on the people, and they
came out twith one consent.
8 And when he numbred them in
Bezek , the children of Israel were
three hundred thousand, and the men
of ludah thirty thousand.
9 And they said vnto the messengers
that came. Thus shall yee say vnto the
men of labesh Gilead, To morrow by
that time the sunne be hote,ye shal haue
||helpe. And the messengers came, and
shewed it to the men of labesh, and
they were glad.
10 Therfore the men of labesh said.
To morrow wee will come out vnto
you, and ye shall doe with vs all that
seemeth good vnto you.
11 And it was so on the morrow, that
Saul put the people in three copanies,
and they came into the midst of the host
in the morning watch, and slewe the
Ammonites, vntill the heat of the day :
and it came to passe, that they which re-
mained were scattered , so that two of
them were not left together.
12 1[ And the people said vnto Sa-
muel, Who is he that said. Shall Saul
reigne ouer vs .'' bring the men, that we
may put them to death.
13 And Saul said. There shall not a
man be put to death this day : for to day
the Lord hath wrought saluation in
Israel.
14 Then said Samuel to the people,
Come, and let vs goe to Gilgal, and re-
new the kingdome there.
15 And all the people went to Gilgal,
and there they made Saul King before
the Lord in Gilgal : and there they
sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings be-
fore the Lord : and there Saul and
all the men of Israel reioyced greatly.
CHAP. XIL
1 Samuel testifieth his integritie. 6 Hee re-
prooueth the people of ingratitude. 16 He
terrifieth them with thunder in haruest time.
20 He comforteth them in Gods mercy.
ND Samuel saide vnto
all Israel , Beholde , I
haue hearkned vnto your
voice in all that ye said vn-
to mee, and haue made a
King ouer you.
2 And now behold, the King wal-
keth before you : and I am olde, and
gray headed , and behold, my sonnes
are with you : and I haue walked be-
fore you from my childhood vnto this
day.
3 Behold, *here I am, witnesse a-
gainst
I Or, deli-
verance.
' Ecclus.
40. 19.
Samuels vprightnes : I.Samuel.
His exhortation.
t He*r. ran-
some.
Or, that I
should hide
mine eyes at
at him.
Or, made.
t Hebr. righ-
teousnesses.
Or, bene-
fits.
t Heb. with.
Gen. 46.
5,6.
• Exod. 4.
16.
• ludg. 4. 2.
• ludg. U.
gainst me before the Lord, and be-
fore liis Anoynted : Whose oxe haue I
taken .'' or whose asse haue I taken .'' or
whom haue I defrauded.? whom haue
I oppressed ? or of whose hand haue I
receiued anytbribe||to blinde mine eyes
therewith ? and I will restore it you.
4 And they said, Thou hast not de-
frauded vs, nor oppressed vs, neither
hast thou taken ought of any mans
hand.
5 And hee said vnto them , The
Lord is witnesse against you, and
his Anointed is witnesse this day, that
ye haue not found ought in my hand :
And they answered. He is witnesse.
6 H And Samuel said vnto the peo-
ple, It is the Lord that ||aduanced Mo-
ses and Aaron, and that brought your
fathers vp out of the land of Egypt.
7 Now therefore stand still , that
I may reason with you before the
Lord, of all the trighteous acts of
the Lord, which he did tto you and
your fathers.
8 *When lacob was come into E
gypt , and your fathers cried vnto the
Lord, then the Lord *sent Moses
and Aaron, which brought foorth your
fathers out of Egypt,, and made them
dwell in this place.
9 And when they forgat the Lord
their God, *he sold them into the hand
of Sisera captaine of the hoste of Hazor,
and into the hand of the Philistines, and
into the hand of the king of Moab, and
they fought against them.
10 And they cried vnto the Lord,
and said , Wee haue sinned , because we
haue forsaken the Lord, and haue
serued Baalim and Ashtaroth : but
now deliuer vs out of the hand of our
enemies, and we will serue thee.
11 And the Lord sent lerubbaal
and Bedan, and *Iephthah, and Sa-
muel, and deliuered you out of the hand
of your enemies on euery side, and yee
dwelled safe.
12 And when ye saw that Nahash
the king of the children of Ammon came
against you, ye said vnto me. Nay, but a
King shall reigne ouer vs, when the
Lord your God was your King.
13 Now therefore, behold the King
whom yee haue chosen, and whom yee
haue desired: and behold, the Lord
hath set a King ouer you.
14 If ye will feare the Lord, and
serue him, and obey his voice, and not
rebell against the t Commandement of
the Lord, then shall both ye and also
the King that reigneth ouer you, t con-
tinue following the Lord your God.
15 But if ye wil not obey the voice of
the Lord, but rebel against the Com-
mandement of the Lord, then shall
the hand of the Lord be against you,
as it ze>as against your fathers.
16 H Now therefore stand and see
this great thing which the Lord
will doe before your eyes.
17 Is it not wheat haruest to day .''
I will call vnto the Lord, and hee
shall send thunder and raine , that ye
may perceiue and see that your wicked
nesse is great, which ye haue done in the
sight of the Lord, in asking you a
King.
18 So Samuel called vnto the
Lord, and the Lord sent thun
der and raine that day : and all the peo
pie greatly feared the Lord and
Samuel.
19 And all the people said vnto Sa
muel. Pray for thy seruants vnto the
Lord thy God, that we die not : for
we haue added vnto all our sinnes, thi^
euil, to aske vs a King.
20 H And Samuel saide vnto the
people, Feare not : (ye haue done al this
wickednesse , yet turne not aside from
following the Lord, but serue the
Lord with all your heart:
20 And turne ye not aside , for then
should ye goe after vaine things, which
cannot profit, nor deliuer, for they are
vaine.)
22 For the Lord wil not forsake
his people, for his great Names sake:
because it hath pleased the Lord to
make you his people.
23 Moreouer, as for me, God forbid
that I should sin against the Lord,
tin ceasing to pray for you : but I will
teach you the good and the right way.
24 Onely feare the Lord, and
serue him in trueth with all your heart :
for consider ||how great things he hath
done for you.
25 But if yee shall still doe wicked-
ly, yee shall be consumed, both yee and
your King.
CHAP. XIII.
1 Sauls selected band. 3 Hee calleth the He-
brewes to Gilgal against the Philistines, whose
garrison Jonathan had smitten. 5 The Phili-
stines
\ Hebr.
mouth.
t Hebr. be
after.
t Hebr.from
ceasing.
I Or, what a
great thing
Sauls prefuinption.
Cha
3.X11J.
He is repioued.
t Hebr. the
sontw o/otie
yeere in his
reigning.
Or,thehiU.
t Hebr. did
stirike.
t Heb. trem-
bled after
him.
' Chap. 10.
1 1 Heb.Zblesse
, him.
stines great hoste. 6 The distresse of the Isra-
elites. 8 Saul wearyof stayingforSamueljSa-
criflceth. 11 Samuel reproueth him. 17 The
three spoiling bands of the Philistines. 19
The policie of the Philistines , to suffer no
Smith in Israel.
Aul t reigned one yeere,
and when he had reigned
two yeeres ouer Israel,
S, Saul chose him three
thousand men of Israel :
whereof two thousand were with Saul
in Michmash , and in mount Bethel,
and a thousand were with lonathan
in Gibeah of Beniamin : and the rest of
the people he sent euery man to his tent.
3 And lonathan smote the garison
of the Philistines that zaas in ||Geba, and
the Philistines heard of it : and Saul
blew the trumpet thorowout all the
land, saying, Let the Hebrewes heare.
4 And all Israel heard say , that
Saul had smitten a garison of the Phi-
listines, and that Israel also twas had
in abomination with the Philistines :
and the people were called together af-
ter Saul to Gilgal.
5 IT And the Philistines gathered
themselues together, to fight with Is-
rael, thirtie thousand charets, and sixe
thousand horsemen, and people as the
sand which is on the sea shore in multi-
tude, and they came vp, and pitched in
Michmash , Eastward from Beth -
auen.
6 When the men of Israel saw that
they were in a strait : ( for the people
were distressed : ) then the people did
hide themselues in caues , and in thic-
kets , and in rocks , and in high places,
and in pits.
7 And some of the Hebrewes went
ouer lordane, to the land of Gad and
Gilead ; as for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal,
and all the people t followed him trem-
bling.
8 IT * And he taried seuen dayes, ac-
cording to the set time that Samuel had
appointed: but Samuel came not to Gil-
gal, and the people were scattered from
him.
9 And Saul said , Bring hither a
burnt offring to me, and peace off'rings.
And he offered the burnt offering.
10 And it came to passe that assoone
as he had made an end of offering the
burnt offering, behold, Samuel came,
and Saul went out to meete him, that
he might t salute him.
11 f And Samuel said, What hast
thou done ? And Saul said, Because I
sawe that the people were scattered
from me, and that thou earnest not
within the dayes appointed , and that
the Philistines gathered themselues to-
gether to Michmash :
12 Therfore said I, The Philistines
will come downe now vpon me to Gil-
gal, and I haue not tmade supplicati-
on vnto the Lord: I forced my
selfe therefore , and offered a burnt of-
fering.
13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou
hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept
the commandement of the Lord thy
God, which hee commanded thee : for
now would the Lord haue establi-
shed thy kingdome vpon Israel for e-
uer.
14 But now thy kingdome shall not
continue : the Lord hath sought him
a man after his owne heart , and the
Lord hath commanded him to bee
captaine ouer his people, because thou
hast not kept that which the Lord
commanded thee.
15 And Samuel arose, and gate him
vp from Gilgal, vnto Gibeah of Ben
iamin , and Saul numbred the people
that were tpresent with him, about sixe
hundred men.
16 And Saul and lonathan his
Sonne, and the people that were present
with them, abode in Gibeah of Benia-
min : but the Philistines encamped in
Michmash.
17 IT And the spoilers came out of
the campe of the Philistines , in three
companies : one company turned vnto
the way that leadeth to Ophrah , vnto
the land of Shual.
18 And another company turned the
way to Bethoron : and another compa-
nie turned to the way of the border,
that looketh to the valley of Zeboim
toward the wildernesse.
19 IT Now there was no smith found
thorowout all the land of Israel : for
the Philistines said. Lest the Hebrewes
make them swords or speares.
20 But all the Israehtes went
downe to the Philistines, to sharpen e-
uery man his share and his coulter, and
his axe, and his mattocke.
21 Yet they had a tfile for the mat-
tocks, and for the coulters, and for the
forkes, and for the axes, and tto sharpen
the goads.
Qq 22 So
t Hebr. t'/i-
treated the
face.
^ Heb. found
\ Hebr. a
file with
mouthes.
i Heb. to set.
lonathan and his
I.Samuel.
armoui*'
bear
•er :
I Or, stan-
ding campe.
22 So it came to passe in the day of
battell , that there was neither sword
nor speare found in the hand of any of
the people that were with Saul and
lonathan : but with Saul & with Jo-
nathan his Sonne was there found.
23 And the ||garison of the Phili-
stines went out to the passage of Mich-
mash.
CHAP. XIIII.
lonathan, vnwitting to his father, the Priest,
or the people , goetn and miraculously smi-
teth the Philistines garrison. 15 A diuine
terrour maketh them beate themselues. 17
Saul not staying the Priests answere, setteth
on them. 21 The captiuated Hebrewes,
and the hidden Israelites, ioyne against them
24 Sauls vnaduised adiuration, hindreth the
victory. 32 Hee restraineth the people from
eating blood. 35 He buildeth an Altar. 36
lonathan taken by lot , is saued by the peo-
ple. 47 Sauls strength and family.
Or, there
was a das/.
\* Chap. 4.
21.
Ow II it came to passe vp-
on a day, that lonathan
the Sonne of Saul said vn-
to the yong man that bare
his armour , Come , and
let vs goe ouer to the Philistines gari-
son, thatw on the otherside: but hee told
not his father.
2 And Saul taried in the vttermost
part of Gibeah, vnder a Pomegranate
tree, which is in Migron: and the peo
Ele that were with him, were about sixe
undred men :
3 And Ahiah the sonne of Ahitub,
*Ichabods brother, the sonne of Phi-
nehas, the sonne of Eli, the Lords
Priest in Shiloh, wearing an Ephod:
and the people knew not that Jona-
than was gone.
4 IT And betweene the passages, by
which lonathan sought to go ouer vn-
to the Philistines garison , there was a
sharpe rocke on the one side, and a sharp
rocke on the other side : and the name
of the one was Bozez, and the name of
the other Seneh.
\Heb. tooth. 5 The t forefront of the one was si-
tuate Northward ouer against Mich-
mash, and the other Southward ouer
against Gibeah.
6 And lonathan said to the young
man that bare his armour , Come,
and let vs goe ouer vnto the garison of
these vncircumcised; it may be that the
LoED will worke for vs: for there is
no restraint to the Lord,* to saue
by many , or by few.
7 And his armour bearer sayd vn-
to him , Doe all that is in thine heart :
turne thee, behold, I am with thee, ac-
cording to thy heart.
8 Then said lonathan. Behold,
we will passe ouer vnto these men, and
we will discouer our selues vnto them.
9 If they say thus vnto vs, tTary
vntill we come to you : then wee will
stand still in our place, and will not goe
vp vnto them.
10 But if they say thus , Come vp
vnto vs : then we will goe vp ; for *the
Lord hath deliuered them into our
hand : and this shall be a signe vnto vs,
11 And both of them discouered
themselues vnto the garison of the Phi-
listines : and the Philistines sayd , Be-
hold, the liebrewes come foorth out of
the holes , where they had hid them-
selues.
12 And the men of the garison an-
swered lonathan and his armour bea-
rer, and said , Come vp to vs, and wee
will shew you a thing. And lonathan
said vnto his armour bearer, Come vp
after me ; for the Lord hath deliue-
red them into the hand of Israel.
13 And lonathan climed vp vpon
his hands, and vpon his feete , and his
armour bearer after him : and they fell
before lonathan ; and his armour bea-
rer slew after him.
14 And that first slaughter which
lonathan and his armour-bearer
made, was about twentie men, within
as it were ||an halfe acre of land, which
a yoke of oxen might plow.
15 And there was trembling in the
hoste,in the field, and among all the peo-
ple : the garison and the spoilers, they
also trembled , and the earth quaked :
so it was + a very great trembling.
16 And the watchmen of Saul in
Gibeah of Beniamin looked : and be-
hold, the multitude melted away , and
they went on beating downe one another.
17 Then said Saul vnto the people
that ivere with him, Number now, and
see who is gone from vs. And when
they had numbred, behold, lonathan
and his armour bearer were not there.
18 And Saul said vnto Ahiah, Bring
hither the Arke of God: (for the Arke
of God was at that time with the chil-
dren of Israel.)
19 f And it came to passe while Saul
talked
• 2. Chron.
14. 11.
t Heb. be
still.
1. Mace.
. 30.
Or, halfe a
furrow of an
acre of land.
iHebr.a
trembling
o/Cod.
He tafteth honie.
Chap.xiiij.
Cafling of lots.
I Or, tumuli.
t Heh. were
cryed toge-
ther.
• ludg. 7.
22. 2. chro.
20. 23.
Or, wearie.
talked vnto the Priest, that the || noise
that was in the lioste of the Philistines
went on, and increased: And Saul said
vnto the Priest, Withdraw thine hand.
20 And Saul and all the people that
were with him tassembled themselues,
and they came to the battel, and behold,
*euery mans sword was against his fel-
low , and there zvas a very great discom-
fiture.
21 Moreouer , the Hebrewes that
were with the Philistines before that
time , which went vp with them into
the campe/y-owi thecountrey round about ;
euen they also turned to be with the Is-
raelites, that were with Said and lo-
nathan.
22 Likewise all the men of Israel,
which had hid themselues in mount E-
phraim, when they heard that the Phili-
stines fled, euen they also followed hard
after them in the battell.
23 So the Lord saued Israel
that day : and the battell passed ouer
vnto Beth-auen.
24 H And the men of Israel were
distressed that day; for Saul had adiu-
red the people, saying. Cursed bee the
man that eateth any foode vntill eue-
ning, that I may be auenged on mine
enemies : so none of the people tasted
any food.
25 And all they of the land came to a
wood , and there was honie vpon the
ground.
26 And when the people were come
into the wood, behold, the honie drop-
ped , but no man put his hand to his
mouth : for the people feared the oath.
27 But lonathan heard not when
his father charged the people with the
oath; wherefore be put foorth the ende
of the rodde that was in his hand, and
dipt it in an bony combe , and put his
hand to his mouth, and his eyes were
enlightened.
28 Then answered one of the peo-
ple, and said. Thy father straitly char-
ged the people with an oath , saying.
Cursed be the man that eateth any food
this day. And the people were || faint.
29 Then said lonathan. My father
hath troubled the land : see, I pray you,
how mine eyes haue beene enlightened,
because I tasted a little of this honie :
30 How much more, if haply the
people had eaten freely to day of the
spoile of their enemies which they
found .'' for had there not beene now a
much greater slaughter among the
Philistines ?
31 And they smote the Philistines
that day from Michmash to Aiialon :
and the people were very faint.
32 And the people flewe vpon the
spoile, and tooke sheepe, and oxen, and
calues , and slew them on the ground,
and the people did eate them *with the
blood.
33 f Then they tolde Saul, saying.
Behold, the people sinne against the
LoKD, in that they eate with the
blood. And he said, Yee haue || trans-
gressed : roule a great stone vnto mee
this day.
34 And Saul said , Disperse your
selues among the people, and say vnto
them, Bring me hither euery man his
oxe, and euery man his sheepe, and slay
them here, and eat, and sinne not against
the Lord in eating with the blood
And all the people brought euery man
his oxe twith him that night, and slew
them there.
35 And Saul built an altar vnto the
Lord: tthe same was the first al-
tar that he built vnto the Lord.
36 H And Saul saide , Let vs goe
downe after the Philistines by night,
and spoile them vntil the morning light,
and let vs not leaue a man of them. And
they said. Do whatsoeuer seemeth good
vnto thee. Then said the priest, Let vs
draw neere hither vnto God.
37 And Saul asked counsell of God,
Shall I goe downe after the Phili-
stines.'' Wilt thou deliuer them into the
hand of Israel ? But he answered him
not that day.
38 And Saul said , Draw yee neere
hither *allthe tchiefe of the people: and
know and see, wherein this sinne hath
beene this day.
39 For as the Lord liueth, which
saueth Israel, though it bee in lona-
than my Sonne, he shall surely die : But
there was not a man among all the people
that answered him.
40 Then said he vnto all Israel, Be
ye on one side, and I, and lonathan
my sonne will be on the other side. And
the people said vnto Saul, Doe what
seemeth good vnto thee.
41 Therefore Saul saide vnto the
Lord God of Israel, ||Giue a perfect
lot. And Saul and lonathan were ta-
ken : but the people t escaped.
42 And Saul said. Cast lots betweene
Q q 2 me
• Leuit. 7.
2(i. and 19.
26. deut.
2. 16.
Or, dealt
treache-
rously.
t Heb. in his
hand.
t Hebr. that
Altar he be.
ganne to
build vnto
the LORD.
* ludg. 20.2
t Heb. cor.
ners.
Or, shew
the innocent.
t Heb. went
forth.
lonathan is refcued.
I.Samuel.
Saul fpareth Agag.
Or, wroght
nipitUy.
me and lonathan my sonne. And lo-
nathan was taken.
43 Then Saul said to lonathan,
Tell me what thou hast done. And lo-
nathan tolde him , and saide, I did but
taste a litle hony with the end of the
rodde that was in mine hand, and loe, I
must die.
44 And SarJ answered, God do so
and more also : for thou shalt surely die,
lonathan.
45 And the people said vnto Saul,
Shall lonathan die , who hath
wrought this great saluation in Is
rael.'' God forbid : as the Lord liueth,
there shal not one haire of his head fall
to the ground : for hee hath wrought
with God this day. So the people res-
cued lonathan, that hee died not.
46 Then Saul went vp from fol
lowing the Philistines : and the Phili-
stines went to their owne place.
47 If So Saul tooke the kingdom
ouer Israel , and fought against all
his enemies on euery side, against Mo
ab, and against the children of Ammon,
and against Edom , and against the
kings of Zobah, and against the Phili
stines: and whithersoeuer hee turned
himselfe, he vexed them.
48 And he || gathered an hoste, and
smote the Amalekites , and deliuered
Israel out of the handes of them that
spoiled them.
49 Now the sonnes of Saul , were
lonathan , and Ishui , and Melchi
.shua : and the names of his two daugh
ters icere these : the name of the first
borne Merab, and the name of the yon-
ger Michal :
50 And the name of Sauls wife was
Ahinoam , the daughter of Ahimaaz,
and the name of the captaine of his host
was Abner , the sonne of Ner , Sauls
vncle.
51 And Kish was the father of Saul,
and Ner the father of Abner was the
sonne of Abiel.
52 And there was sore warre against
the Philistines, all the dayes of Saul :
and when Saul saw any strong man,
or any valiant man , he tooke him vnto
him.
CHAP. XV.
1 Samuel sendeth Saul to destroy Amalek. 6
Saul fauoureth the Kenites. 8 Hee spareth
Agag and the best of the spoile. 10 Samuel
denounceth vnto Saul commending and ex-
cusing himselfe, Godsreiection of him for his
disobedience. 24 Sauls humiliation. 32 Sa-
muel killeth Agag. 34 Samuel and Saul part.
Amuel also saide vnto
Saul, * The Lord sent
me to annoint thee to bee
king ouer his people, ouer
Israel : nowe therefore
hearken thou vnto the voyce of the
words of the Lord.
2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts,
I remember that which Amalek did to
Israel, * how he laid wait for him in the
way when he came vp from Egypt.
3 Now goe, and smite Amalek, and
vtterly destroy all that they haue , and
spare them not; but slay both man and
woman , infant and suckling , oxe and
sheepe, camell and asse.
4 And Saul gathered the people
together, and numbred them in Te
laim, two hundred thousand footmen
and ten thousand men of ludah.
5 And Saul came to a citie of Ama-
lek, and II laid waite in the valley.
6 IT And Saul saide vnto the Ke-
nites, Goe, depart, get you downe from
among the Amalekites, lest I destroy
you with them : for yee shewed kind-
nesse to all the children of Israel when
they came vp out of Egypt. So the
Kenites departed from among the A-
malekites.
7 And Saul smote the Amalekites
from Hauilah , vntill thou commest to
Shur, that is ouer against Egypt.
8 And hee tooke Agag the king of
the Amalekites aliue , and vtterly de
stroyed all the people with the edge of
the sword.
9 But Saul and the people spared
Agag, and the best of the sheepe, and of
the oxen, and of the ||fatlings, and the
lambes , and all that was good , and
would not vtterly destroy them : but e-
uery thing that was vile, and refuse,
that they destroyed vtterly.
10 IT Then came the word of the
Lord vnto Samuel, saying;
11 It repenteth me that I haue set
vp Saul to be king : for hee is turned
backe from following me, and hath not
performed my commandements. And
it grieued Samuel ; and he cried vnto
the Lord all night.
12 And when Samuel rose early to
meet Saul in the morning, it was tolde
Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel,
and behold, he set him vp a place, and is
gone
• Chap. 9.
IG.
• Exod. 17.
8. num. 24.
20.
iOr, fought.
Or, of the
secondsort.
Saul reproued.
Chap.xvj.
Agag flaine.
t Heb. they
cmisume
them.
' Eccles.
4. 17. ose. 6.
7. matt. fl.
13. and 12.
7.
t Heb. diui-
naiion.
gone about, and passed on, and gone
downe to Gilgal.
13 And Samuel came to Saul, and
Saul said vnto him. Blessed be thou of
the Lord : I haue performed the
commandement of the Lord.
14 And Samuel said, What mea-
neth then this bleating of the sheepe in
mine eares, and the lowing of the oxen
which I heare .''
15 And Saul sayde , They haue
brought them from the Amalekites :
for the people spared the best of the
sheepe, and of the oxen, to sacrifice vnto
the Lord thy God, and the rest we
haue vtterly destroyed.
16 Then Samuel sayd vnto Saul,
Stay, and I will tell thee what the
Lord hath said to mee this night
And he said vnto him, Say on.
17 And Samuel said, When thou
wast litle in thine owne sight, wast thou
not made the Head of the tribes of Is-
rael , and the Lord anointed thee
King ouer Israel ?
18 And the Lord sent thee on i
iourney, and said, Goe, and vtterly de-
stroy the sinners the Amalekites, and
fight against them , vntill tthey be con-
sumed.
19 Wherefore then didst thou not o-
bey the voice of the Lord , but didst
flie vpon the spoile, and didst euill in the
sight of the Lord ?
20 And Saul said vnto Samuel;
Yea, I haue obeyed the voice of the
Lord, and haue gone the way which
the Lord sent me, and haue brought
Agag the king of Amalek, and haue vt-
terly destroyed the Amalekites.
21 But the people tooke of the spoile,
sheepe and oxen, the chiefe of the things
which should haue bene vtterly de-
stroyed, to sacrifice vnto the Lord
thy God in Gilgal.
22 And Samuel saide, Hath the
Lord as great delight in burnt offer-
ings and sacrifices, as in obeying the
voice of the Lord.'' Behold, *to o-
bey, is better then sacrifice : and to hear-
ken, then the fat of rammes.
23 For rebellion is as the sin of twitch-
craft, and stubburnnesse is as iniquitie
and idolatrie : because thou hast reiec-
ted the word of the Lord, he hath al-
so reiected thee from being- king.
24 IT And Saul said vnto Samuel,
I haue sinned : for I haue transgressed
the Commandement of the Lord,
and thy wordes ; because I feared the
people, and obeyed their voice.
25 Now therefore, I pray thee, par-
don my sinne, and turne againe with
me, that I may worship the Lord.
26 And Samuel said vnto Saul, I
will not returne with thee : for thou
hast reiected the word of the Lord,
and the Lord hath reiected thee from
being king ouer Israel.
27 And as Samuel turned about to
goe away, he laid hold vpon the skirt of
his mantle, and it rent.
28 And Samuel said vnto him, The
Lord hath rent the kingdome of
Israel from thee this day, and hath gi-
uen it to a neighbourof thine, <Aa< is bet-
ter then thou.
29 And also the || strength of Israel
will not lie, nor repent : for he is not a
man that he should repent.
30 Then he said, I haue sinned; i/et
honour me now, I pray thee, before the
Elders of my people, and before Israel,
and turne againe with me, that I may
worship the Lord thy God.
31 So Samuel turned againe
ter Saul , and Saul worshipped the
Lord.
32 IT Then said Samuel, Bring you
hither to me Agag the king of the Ama-
lekites : and Agag came vnto him deli-
cately. And Agag said, Surely the bit-
ternesse of death is past.
33 And Samuel said, * As thy sword
hath made women childlesse , so shall
thy mother bee childlesse among wo-
men. And Samuel hewed Agag in pie-
ces before the Lord in Gilgal.
34 H Then Samuel went to Ra-
mah, and Saul went vp to his house to
Gibeah of Saul.
35 And Samuel came no more to see
Saul vntill the day of his death : neuer-
thelesse , Samuel mourned for Saul :
and the Lord repented that he had
made Saul king ouer Israel.
CHAP. XVL
Samuel sent by God, vnder pretence of a sa-
crifice, commeth to Bethlehem. 6 His hu-
mane iudgement is reprooued. 1 1 He an-
ointeth Dauid. 15 Saul sendeth for Dauid
to quiet his euiU spirit.
Nd the Lord said vnto
Samuel , How long wilt
thou mourne for Saul,
seeing I haue reiected
him from reigning ouer
Israel ?
Or, etemi-
tie : or, vu
ctory.
• Exod. 17.
11. num.
14. 45.
Samuel is feiit, and
I.Samuel.
annointeth Dauid.
t Hebr. m
thine hand.
t Hebr. mee-
ting.
t Hebr. eyes.
1. Chron.
28. 9. psal.
7. !). ierem.
11. 211. and
17. 10. and
20. 12.
• 2. Sam. 7.
8. psal. 78.
71.
fHeb.round.
t Hebr.faire
of eyes.
Israel .' Fill thine home with oile, and
goe, I will send thee to lesse the Beth-
lehemite : for I haue prouided mee a
King among his sonnes.
2 And Samuel said , How can I
goe.'' if Saul heare i<, he will kill mee.
And the Lord said, Take an heifer
twith thee, and say, I am come to sacri-
fice to the LoiD.
3 And call lesse to the sacrifice, and
I will shew thee what thou shalt doe :
and thou shalt anoynt vnto mee him
whom I name vnto thee.
4 And Samuel did that which the
Lord spake, and came to Bethle-
hem : and the elders of the towne trem
bled at his tcomming, and said, Com-
mest thou peaceably 'i
5 And hee said , Peaceably : I am
come to sacrifice vnto the Lord : san-
ctifie your selues, and come with me to
the sacrifice: and he sanctified lesse, and
his sonnes, and called them to the sa-
crifice.
6 IT And it came to passe when they
were come , that he looked on Eliab,
and said. Surely the Lords anoin-
ted is before him.
7 But the Lord said vnto Sa-
muel, Looke not on his countenance,
or on the height of his stature, because
I haue refused him : for the Lord seeth
not, as man seeth ; For man looketh on
the t outward appearance , but the
Lord looketh on the *heart.
8 Then lesse called Abinadab, and
made him passe before Samuel : and he
said, Neither hath the Lord cho-
sen this.
9 Then lesse made Shammah to
passe by : and he said, Neither hath the
Lord chosen this.
10 Againe lesse made seuen of his
sonnes to passe before Samuel ; and
Samuel said vnto lesse. The Lord
hath not chosen these.
11 And Samuel saide vnto lesse,
Are here all thy children ? And he said,
There remaineth yet the yongest, and
behold, he keepeth the sheepe. And Sa-
muel said vnto lesse, *Send, and fetch
him : for we will not sit tdowne, till hee
come hither.
12 And he sent, and brought him in:
now he was ruddy , ««(/ wi th al t of a beau-
tifuU countenance, and goodly to looke
to : And the I>ord said. Arise, anoint
him : for this is he.
13 Then Samuel tooke the home of
oile, and annointed him in the midst ofi
his brethren : and the Spirit of thej
Lord came vpon Dauid, from that
day forward : So Samuel rose vp and
went to Ramah.
14 H But the spirit of the Lord
departed from Saul, and an euil spirit
from the Lord || troubled him.
15 And Sauls seruants said vnto
him. Behold now, an euill spirit from
God troubleth thee.
16 Let our lord now command thy
seruants which are before thee, to seeke
out a man , who is a cunning player on
an harpe : and it shall come to passe
when the euill spirit from God is vpon
thee, that hee shall play with his hand,
and thou shalt be well.
17 And Saul said vnto his seruants,
Prouide mee now a man, that can play
well, and bring him to me.
18 Then answered one of the ser-
uants, and said. Behold, I haue scene a
Sonne of lesse the Bethlehemite, that
is cunning in playing, and a mighty va-
liant man, and a man of warre, and
prudent in ||matters, and a comely per-
son, and the Lord is with him.
19 U Wherefore Saul sent messen-
gers vnto lesse, and said. Send me Da
uid thy Sonne, which is with the sheepe.
20 And lesse tooke an asse laden
with bread, and a bottle of wine, and
a kid, and sent them by Dauid his sonne
vnto Saul.
21 And Dauid came to Saul, and
stood before him : and hee loued him
greatly , and hee became his armour
bearer.
22 And Saul sent to lesse, saying.
Let Dauid , I pray thee , stand before
me : for hee hath found fauour in my
sight.
23 And it came to passe, when the
euill spirit from God was vpon Saul,
that Dauid tooke an harpe, and played
with his hand : So Saul was refre-
shed, and was well, and the euill spirit
departed from him.
CHAP. XVII.
1 The armies of the Israelites, and Philistines
beeing reaclie to battell, 4 Goliath com-
meth proudly forth , to chalenge a combate.
12 Dauid sent by his father to visit his bre-
thren, taketh the chalenge. 28 Eliab chideth
him. 30 He is brought to Saul. 32 He
sheweth the reason of his confidence. 38
Without
Or, terri-
fied.
Or, speech.
Goliath defieth the
Lhap.xiiij.
armies of Ifrael.
Or, the
coast of
Dammim.
t Heb. ran-
ged the bat-
ten.
t Heb. cloa-
thed.
I Or, gor-
get.
• Chap.
16. 1.
Without armour, armed by faith, he slayeth
the Giant. 55 Saul taketh notice of Dauid.
Ow the Philistines gathe-
red together their armies
to battell, and were gathe-
red togetlier at Shochoh,
_ _ which belongeth to ludah,
and pitched betweene Shocholi and A-
zei^ah, in ||Ephes-Dammim.
2 And Saul and the men of Israel
were gathered together, and pitched by
the valley of Elah, and tset the battell
in aray against the Philistines.
3 And the Philistines stood on a
mountaine on the one side, and Israel
stood on a mountaine on the other side:
and there was a valley betweene them.
4 IT And there went out a cham-
pion out of the campe of the Philistines,
named Goliath of Gath : whose height
was sixe cubites and a span.
5 And he had an helmet of brasse vp-
on his head, and he was tanned with
a coate of male : and the weight of the
coat was fiue thousand shekels of brasse,
6 And he had greaues of brasse vp-
on his legs, and a || target of brasse be-
tweene his shoulders.
7 And the stafFe of his speare was
like a weauers beame, and his speares
head weighed sixe hundred shekels of y-
ron : and one bearing a shield, went be-
fore him.
8 And hee stood and cried vnto the
armies of Israel, and said vnto them,
Why are yee come out to set your battell
in aray? am not I a Philistine, and you
seruants to Saul .'' chuse you a man for
you, and let him come downe to me.
9 If he be able to fight with mee,
and to kill me, then will we be your ser-
uants : but if I preuaile against him,
and kill him , then shall yee be our ser-
uants, and serue vs.
10 And the Philistine said, I defie
the armies of Israel this day ; giue me
a man, that we may fight together.
11 When Saul and all Israel heard
those words of the Philistine, they were
dismayed, and greatly afraid.
12 il Now Dauid rww * the sonne of
that Ephrathite of Bethlehem ludah,
whose name was lesse , and hee had
eight sonnes : and the man went a-
mong men for an old man in the dayes
of Saul.
13 And the three eldest sonnes of lesse
went, and followed Saul to the battell :
and the names of his three sonnes that
went to the battell, were, Eliab the first
borne, and next vnto him, Abinadab,
and the third, Shammah.
14 And Dauid was the yongest : and
the three eldest followed Saul.
15 But Dauid went, and returned
from Saul, to feed his fathers sheepe
at Bethlehem.
16 And the Philistine drewe neere,
morning and euening, and presented
himselfe forty dayes.
17 And lesse said vnto Dauid his
Sonne, Take now for thy brethren an
ephah of this parched come, and these
ten loaues, and run to the campe to thy
brethren.
18 And carie these ten t cheeses vnto
the t Captaine of their thousand , and
looke how thy brethren fare, and take
their pledge.
19 Now Saul, and they, and all the
men of Israel were in the valley of E-
lah, fighting with the Philistines.
20 IT And Dauid rose vp earely in
the morning, and left the sheepe with a
keeper, and tooke, and went, as lesse
had commanded liim ; and he came to
the II trench, as the host was going forth
to II the fight, and shouted for the bat-
tell.
21 For Israel and the Philistines
had put the battel in aray, army against
armie.
22 And Dauid left t his cariage in
the hand of the keeper of the cariage,
and ranne into the armie, and came and
t saluted his brethren.
23 And as he talked with them, be-
hold, there came vp the champion (the
Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name)
out of the armies of the Philistines, and
spake according to the same words: and
Dauid heard them.
24 And all the men of Israel, when
they saw the man, fled tfrom him, and
were sore afraid.
25 And the men of Israel said, Haue
yee scene this man that is come vp ?
Surely to defie Israel is he come vp :
and it shall be that the man who killeth
him, the king wil enrich him with gi-eat
riches, and *will giue him his daugh-
ter, and make his fathers house free in
Israel.
26 And Dauid spake to the men that
stood by him, saying; What shall bee
done to the man that killeth this Phi-
listine , and taketh away the reproch
from Israel .'' for who is this vncir-
cumcised
t Heb. chee-
ses ofmiike.
\ Heb. cap-
taiii£ of a
thousand.
M Or,jftaceof
the cariage.
1 Or, battell
ray, or place
offight.
t Hebr. the
vesselsfrom
vpon him.
t Heb. asked
his brethren
qf peace.
t Heb. from
hisface.
losli. 15.
16.
Dauids faith : He
I.Samuel.
killeth Goliath.
\ Hebr.
teord.
t Heb. tooke
him.
\ Or, kid.
t Heb. cloa-
Ihecl, ^c.
with his
cloathes.
cumcised Philistine, that he should de-
fie the armies of the liuing God ?
27 And the people answered him
after this maner, saying, So shall it be
done to the man that killeth him.
28 H And Eliab his eldest brother
heard when he spake vnto the men, and
Eliabs anger was kindled against Da-
uid, and he said, Why camest thou down
hither ? and with whom hast thou left
those few sheepe in the wildernesse ? I
know tliy pride, and the naughtinesse of
thine heart ; for thou art come downe,
that thou mightest see the battell.
29 And Dauid saide. What haue I
now done ? Is there not a cause ?
30 II And hee turned from him to-
wards another , and spake after the
same t maner : and the people answered
him againe after the former maner.
31 And when the words were heard
which Dauid spake , they rehearsed
them before Saul : and he tsent for him.
32 IT And Dauid said to Saul, Let
no mans heart faile , because of him :
thy seruant will goe and fight with this
Philistine.
33 And Saul said to Dauid, Thou
art not able to goe against this Phili
stine, to fight with him : for thou art but a
youth, and he a man of warre from his
youth.
34 And Dauid said vnto Saul, Thy
seruant kept his fathers sheepe , and
there came a Lyon, and a Beare, and
tooke a ||lambe out of the flocke :
35 And I went out after him, and
smote him , and deliuered it out of his
mouth : and when he arose against me,
I caught him by his beard, and smote
him, and slew him.
36 Thy seruant slew both the Lyon
and the Beare: and this vncircumcised
Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing
he hath defied the armies of the liuing
God.
37 Dauid saide moreouer , The
Lord that deliuered me out of the
paw of the Lyon, and out of the pawe
of the Beare, he will deliuer me out of
the hand of this Philistine. And Saul
said vnto Dauid, Goe, and the Lord
be with thee.
38 IT And Saul farmed Dauid with
his armour, and hee put an helmet of
brasse vpon his head, also he armed him
with a coat of male.
39 And Dauid girded his sword vp-
on his armour, and he assayed to goe,
for he had not proued it: and Dauid said
vnto Saul, I cannot goe with these :
for I haue not proued them. And Da-
uid put them off him.
40 And hee tooke his staffe in his
hand, and chose him fine smoothe stones
out of the ybrooke, and put them in a
shepheards tbag which he had, euen in
a scrip, and his sling was in his hande,
and he drew neere to the Philistine.
41 And the Philistine came on and
drew neere vnto Dauid, and the man
that bare the shield, went before him.
42 And when the Philistine looked
about, and saw Dauid, hee disdained
him : for he was but a youth, and ruddy,
and of a faire countenance.
43 And the Philistine said vnto Da-
uid, Am I a dog, that thou commest to
me with staues .-' and the Philistine cur-
sed Dauid by his gods.
44 And the Philistine said to Dauid,
Come to me, and I will giue thy flesh
vnto the foules of the aire, and to the
beasts of the field.
45 Then said Dauid to the Phili-
stine , Thou commest to mee with a
sword , and with a speare , and with a
shield : but I come to thee in the Name
of the Lord of hostes , the God of
the armies of Israel, whom thou hast
defied.
46 This day wil the Lord t deli-
uer thee into mine hand, and I will
smite thee , and take thine head fi-om
thee, and I wil giue the carkeises of the
host of the Philistines this day vnto the
foules of the aire, and to the wild beasts
of the earth , that all the earth may
know that there is a God in Israel.
47 And all this assembly shal know
that the Lord saueth not with sword
& speare (for the battell is the Lords)
and he will giue you into our hands.
48 And it came to passe when the
Philistine arose, and came , and drewe
nigh to meet Dauid, that Dauid hasted
and ran toward the armie to meete the
Philistine.
49 And Dauid put his hande in his
bag, and tooke thence a stone, and slang
it, & smote the Philistine in his forehead,
that the stone sunke into his forehead,
and he fell vpon his face to the earth
50 So * Dauid preuailed oucr the
Philistine with a sling and with a stone,
and smote the Philistine, and slew him,
but there was no sword in the hande of
Dauid.
51 There
Or, valley.
t Heb. vee-
seU.
t Hebr. stmt
thee vp.
. • Kcclus.
■47. 4. 1.
mace. 4. 30.
lonathans loue to
Chap.xviij. Dauid. Sauls enuie.
51 Therefore Dauid ran and stood
vpon the Philistine , and tooke his
sword, and drewe it out of the sheath
thereof, and slew him , and cut off his
head therewith. And when the Phili-
stines sawe their champion was dead,
they fled.
52 And the men of Israel , and of
ludah arose, and shouted, and pursued
the Philistines, vntill thou come to the
valley, and to the gates of Ekron : and
the wounded of the Philistines fell
downe by the way to Shaaraim , euen
vnto Gath, and vnto Ekron.
53 And the children of Israel retur-
ned from chasing after the Philistines,
and they spoiled their tents.
54 And Dauid tooke the head of the
Philistine, and brought it to lerusa
lem, but he put his armour in his tent.
55 IT And when Saul sawe Dauid
goe forth against the Philistine, he sayd
vnto Abner the captaine of the hoste,
Abner, whose sonne is this youth .'' And
Abner said, As thy soule liueth, O king,
I cannot tell.
56 And the king said. Enquire thou
whose sonne the stripling is.
57 And as Dauid returned from the
slaughter of the Philistine, Abner tooke
him, & brought him before Saul, with
the head of the Philistine in his hand.
58 And Saul saide to him , Whose
Sonne art thou, thou yong man .'' And
Dauid answered, I am the sonne of thy
seruant I esse, the Bethlehemite.
CHAP. XVIII.
1 lonathan loueth Dauid. 5 Saul enuieth his
praise, 10 Seeketh to kill him in his furie,
12 Feareth him for his good successe, 17 Of-
fereth him his daughters for a snare. 22 Da-
uid perswaded to be the Kings sonne in law,
giueth two hundred foreskinnes of the Phili-
stines for MichaJs dowrie. 28 Sauls hatred,
and Dauids glory increaseth.
Nd it came to passe when
hee made an ende of spea-
king vnto Saul, that the
soule of lonathan was
knit with the soule of Da-
uid , and lonathan loued him as his
owne soule.
2 And Saul tooke him that day,
and would let him go no more home to
his fathers house.
3 Then lonathan and Dauid made
a couenant, because he loued him as his
owne soule.
4 And lonathan stript himselfe of
the robe that was vpon him, and gaue it
to Dauid, and his garments, euen to
his sword, and to his bow, and to his
girdle.
5 IT And Dauid went out, whither
soeuer Saul sent him , and || bchaued
himselfe wisely : and Saul set him ouer
the men of warre, and he was accepted
in the sight of all the people, and also in
tbe sight of Sauls seruants.
6 And it came to passe as they came
when Dauid was returned from the
slaughter of the || Philistine, that the
women came out of all cities of Israel,
singing and dancing, to meete king
Saul, with tabrets, with ioy, and with
t instruments of musicke.
7 And the women answered one
another as they played, and said, * Saul
hath slaine his thousands , and Dauid
his ten thousands.
8 And Saul was very wroth, and
the saying t displeased him, and he sayd,
They haue ascribed vnto Dauid tenne
thousands, and to me they haue ascri-
bed but thousands : and what can he haue
more, but the kingdome ?
9 And Saul eyed Dauid from that
day, and forward.
10 H And it came to passe on the
morrow, that the euill spirit from God
came vpon Saul, and he prophecied in
the midst of the house : and Dauid play-
ed with his hand, as at other times:
and there was a iauelin in Sauls hand.
11 And Saul cast the iauelin; for hee
said , I will smite Dauid euen to the
wall with it : and Dauid auoided out of
his presence twice.
12 IT And Saul was afraid of Da-
uid , because the Lord was with
him, and was departed from Saul.
13 Therefore Saul remooued him
from him, and made him his captaine
ouer a thousand, and hee went out and
came in before the people.
14 And Dauid ||behaued himselfe
wisely in all his wayes; & the Lokd
was with him.
15 Wherefore when Saul saw that
hee behaued himselfe very wisely, hee
was afraid of him.
16 But all Israel and ludah loued
Dauid, because hee went out and came
in before them.
17 IT And Saul said to Dauid, Be
hold, my elder daughter Merab, her
will I giue thee to wife : onely be thou
II r t valiant
Or, prospe-
red.
1 Or, Phi-
listines.
t Heb. three
stringed in-
struments.
Chap. 21.
II. and 29.
5. ecclus.
47. 6.
t Heir, was
euill in his
eyes.
II Or, prosper
red.
Sonne of va-
lour.
Michal Daiiids wife.
I.Samuel.
Jonathans lone.
t Hebr. was
right in his
eyes.
t Hebr. ac-
cording to
these woras.
i Hebr. Jul.
fiOed.
t valiant for me, and fight the Lords
battels : for Saul said , Let not mine
hand be vpon him , but let the hand of
the Philistines be vpon him.
18 And Dauid said vnto Saul, Who
am I ? and what is my life , or my fa-
thers family in Israel, that I should
be Sonne in law to the king ?
19 But it c&me to passe at the time
when Merab Sauls daughter should
haue beene giuen to Dauid , that shee
was giuen vnto Adriel the Mehola-
thite to wife.
20 And Michal Sauls daughter lo-
ued Dauid : and they tolde Saul , and
the thing tpleased him.
21 And Saul said , I will giue him
her, that she may be a snare to him, and
that the hand of the Philistines may be
against him. Wherefore Saul said to
Dauid, Thou shalt this day be my
Sonne in law, in the one o^the twaine.
22 II And Saul commanded his ser-
uants, saying. Commune with Dauid
secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath
delight in thee, and all his seruants loue
thee : now therefore be the kings sonne
in law.
23 And Sauls seruants spake those
wordes in the eares of Dauid : And
Dauid said, Seemeth it to you a light
thing to be a kings sonne in law, seeing
that I am a poore man , and lightly
esteemed .''
24 And the seruants of Saul tolde
him, saying; tOn this manner spake
Dauid.
25 And Saul said. Thus shall yee
say to Dauid , The King desireth not
any dowrie, but an hundred foreskinnes
of the Philistines , to be auenged of the
kings enemies. But Saul thought to
make Dauid fal by the hand of the Phi-
listines.
26 And when his seruants told Da-
uid these wordes, it pleased Dauid well
to be the kings sonne in lawe : and the
dayes were not texpired.
27 Wherefore Dauid arose, hee and
his men, and slew of the Philistines two
hundred men, and Dauid brought their
foreskinnes, and they gaue them in full
tale to the king, that hee might be the
kings Sonne in law : and Saul gaue him
Michal his daughter to wife.
28 IT And Saul saw and knew that
the LoED was with Dauid, and that
Michal Sauls daughter loued him.
29 And Saul was yet the more a-
fraid of Dauid ; and Saul became Da-
uids enemie continually.
30 Then the Princes of the Phili-
stines went foorth : and it came to passe
after they went foorth, tlmt Dauid beha-
ued himselfe more wisely then all the
seruants of Saul, so that his name was
tmuch set by.
CHAP. XIX.
1 Jonathan discloseth hisfathers purpose to kill
Dauid. 4 Hee perswadeth his father to re-
conciliation. 8 By reason of Dauids good
successe in a new warre, Sauls malicious rage
breaketh out against him. 12 Michal decei-
ueth her father with an image in Dauids bed
18 Dauid commeth to Samuel in Naioth
20 Sauls messengers sent to take Dauid, 22
and Saul himselfe, prophesie.
Nd Saul spake to lona-
than his sonne , and to
all his seruants, that they
should kill Dauid.
2 But lonathan Sauls
sonne delighted much in Dauid, and
lonathan told Dauid , saying , Saul
my father seeketh to kill thee : Now
therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thy
selfe vntill the morning , and abide in a
secret place, and hide thy selfe :
3 And I will goe out and stand be-
side my father in the field where thou
art, and I will commune with my fa-
ther of thee, and what I see, that I will
tell thee.
4 II And lonathan spake good of
Dauid vnto Saul his father, and said
vnto him , Let not the King sinne a-
gainst his seruant , against Dauid : be-
cause hee hath not sinned against thee,
and because his workes haue bene to thee
ward very good.
5 For he did put his *life in his hand,
and slew the Philistine, &e the Lord
wrought a great saluation for all Is
rael : thou sawest it, and didst reioyce:
Wherefore then wilt thou sinne against
innocent blood , to slay Dauid without
a cause .''
6 And Saul hearkened vnto the
voyce of lonathan ; and Saul sware,
As the Lord liueth , he shall not be
slaine.
7 And lonathan called Dauid,
and lonathan shewed him all those
things : and lonathan brought Dauid
to Saul, and he was in his presence, as
tin times past.
8 HAnd
t Hebr. pre-
cious.
" ludg. 9.
17. and 12.
3. chap. 28.
21. psalm.
119. 109.
t Hebr. ye-
sterday,
third day.
Dauid efcapeth.
Chap
.XX.
Saul prophefietb.
t Heb. his
face.
8 IF And there was warre againe,
and Dauid went out, and fought with
the Philistines, and slew them with a
great slaughter, & they fled from thim
9 And tlie euill spirit from the
Lord was vpon Saul, as he sate in
his house with his iauelin in his hand :
and Dauid played with Ms hand.
10 And Saul sought to smite Dauid
euen to the wall with the iauelin : but
hee slipt away out of Sauls presence,
and he smote the iauelin into the wall:
and Dauid fled, and escaped that night.
11 Saul also sent messengers vnto
Dauids house, to watch him, and to slay
him in the morning : and Michal Da-
uids wife tolde him , saying , If thou
saue not thy life to night , to morrow
thou shalt be slaine.
12 f So Michal let Dauid downe
thorow a window : and hee went and
fled, and escaped.
13 And Michal tooke an image, and
laid it in the bedde , and put a piUow of
goats haire for his bolster, and couered
it with a cloth.
14 And when Saul sent messengers
to take Dauid, she said. He is sicke.
15 And Saul sent the messengers
againe to see Dauid, saying. Bring him
vp to me in the bedde, that I may slay
him.
16 And when the messengers were
come in, behold, there was an image in
the bed , with a pillow of goates haire
for his bolster.
1 7 And Saul said vnto Michal, Why
hast thou deceiued me so, and sent away
mine enemie , that he is escaped.'' And
Michal answered Saul , Hee said vnto
me , Let mee goe ; Why should I kill
thee ?
18 If So Dauid fledde, and escaped,
and came to Samuel to Ramah , and
told him all that Saul had done to him:
and hee and Samuel went , and dwelt
in Naioth.
19 And it was told Saul, saying, Be-
hold , Dauid is at Naioth in Ramah.
20 And Saul sent messengers to
take Dauid : and when they sawe the
company of the Prophets prophecying,
and Samuel standing as appointed o-
uer them, the Spirit of God was vpon
the messengers of Saul , and they also
prophecied.
21 And when it was tolde Saul, he
sent other messengers, and they prophe-
cied likewise : and Saul sent messen-
gers againe the third time , and they
prophecied also.
22 Then went hee also to Ramah,
and came to a great well that is in Se-
chu: and he asked, and said, Where are
Samuel and Dauid.' And one said. Be-
hold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.
23 And hee went thither to Naioth
in Ramah : and the Spirit of God was
vpon him also, and he went on and pro-
phecied vntill hee came to Naioth in
Ramah :
24 And he stript oflF his clothes also,
and prophecied before Samuel in like
manner, and t lay downe naked all that
day, and all that night: wherefore they
say , * Is Saul also among the Pro-
phets ?
CHAP. XX.
1 Dauid consulteth with lonathan for his safe-
tie. 1 1 lonathan and Dauid renew their co-
uenant by oath. 18 Jonathans token to Da-
uid. 24. Saul missing Dauid, seeketh to kill
lonathan. 35 lonathan louingly taketh his
leaue of Dauid.
Nd Dauid fled from Nai-
oth in Ramah, and came
and said before lonathan,
What haue I done.'' what
M mine iniquity.'' and what
is my sinne before thy father, that he see-
keth my life ?
2 And he said vnto him, God forbid,
thou shalt not die ; beholde, my father
will doe nothing, either great or small,
but that he will tshew it me : and why
should my father hide this thing from
me .'' it is not so.
3 And Dauid sware moreouer, and
said , Thy father certeinly knoweth
that I haue found grace in thine eyes,
and he sayth, Let not lonathan know
this, lest he be grieued : but truely , as the
Lord liueth, and as thy soule liueth,
there is but a step betweene me & death.
4 Then said lonathan vnto Da-
uid, II Whatsoeuer thy soule tdesireth,
I will euen doe it for thee.
5 And Dauid said vnto lonathan,
Behold, to morrow is the new moone,
and I should not faile to sit with the
king at meate : but let me goe , that I
may hide my selfe in the fields vnto the
third day at euen.
6 If thy father at all misse me, then
say, Dauid earnestly asked leaue of me
that he might runne to Bethlehem his
R r 2 citie
\ Heb. fell.
* Chap. 10.
II.
t Heb. vnco-
Iter mine
eare.
I Or, Say,
what is thy
mind, and I
will doe, 4'C.
t Heb. spea-
keth,orthin-
keth.
loiiathans couenant
I.Samuel.
with Dauid.
I Ot, feast.
Chap. 18.
3. and S3.
18.
t Heb. tear-
died.
t Heb. vn-
couer thine
eare.
i Heb. cut.
I Or, Jy Aw
loue towards
him.
\Heb.missed
citie: for<Aer<;tsayeerely|| sacrifice there
for all the family.
7 If he say thus , It m well, thy ser-
uant shall haue peace : but if he be very
wroth , then be sure that euill is deter-
mined by him.
8 Therefore thou shalt deale kindly
with thy seruant,for *thou hast brought
thy seruant into a couenant of the
Lord with thee: notwithstanding,
if there be in me iniquitie, slay me thy
selfe : for why shouldest thou bring me
to thy father ."
9 And Jonathan said, Farre be it
from thee : for if I knew certainely that
euill were determined by my father to
come vpon thee, then would not I tell
it thee ?
10 Then said Dauid to lonathan.
Who shall tell me .'' or what j^thy father
answere thee roughly.-'
11 IF And lonathan said vnto Da-
uid, Come, and let vs goe out into the
field. And they went out both of them
into the field.
12 And lonathan said vnto Dauid,
O LoED God of Israel, when I
haue t sounded my father , about to
morrow any time, or the third day, and
behold, iftJiere be good toward Dauid
and I then send not vnto thee, and
t shew it thee ;
13 The LoKD doe so and much
more to lonathan : but if it please my
father to doe thee euill, then I wil shew
it thee, and send thee away, that thou
mayest goe in peace, and the Lord be
with thee , as hee hath beene with my
father.
14 And thou shalt not onely while
yet I Hue, shew me the kindnesse of the
Lord, that I die not :
15 But also thou shalt not cut off thy
kindnesse from my house for euer : no
not when the Lord hath cut off the
enemies of Dauid , euery one from the
face of the earth.
16 So lonathan tmade a couenant
with the house of Dauid, «awM!^, Let the
Lord euen require it at the nande of
Dauids enemies.
17 And lonathan caused Dauid to
sweare againe, || because he loued him :
for he loued him as he loued his owne
soule.
18 Then lonathan said to Dauid,
To morrow is the newe moone : and
thou shalt be missed, because thy seat wil
be temptie.
day of the
businesse.
arrowes ^P^'JJ,fL„
shewetn the
t Heb. not
any thing.
19 And when thou hast stayed three!
dayes , then thou shalt goe downej
quickly, and come to the place where «0r, (/t«-
thou diddest hide thy selfe, twhen thef^"ai?y.
businessewas in hand, and shaltremaine 1^^'>-J't "'*
by the stone ||Ezel.
20 And I will shoot three
on the side tliereof, as though I shot at way.
a marke. I
21 And behold , I will send a ladde,'
saying, Goe , find out the arrowes. If
I expresly say vnto the lad. Behold, the
arrowes are on this side of thee , take
them : then come thou, for there is peace
to thee, and tno hurt, as the Lord
liueth.
J2 But if I say thus vnto the yong
man. Behold, the arrowes are beyond
thee : goe thy way, for the Lord hath
sent thee away.
23 And as touching the matter which
thou and I haue spoken of, behold, the
Lord be betweene thee and mee for
euer.
24 IT So Dauid hid himselfe in the
field : and when the newe moone was
come, the king sate him downe to eate
meate.
25 And the king sate vpon his seate,
as at other times, euen vpon a seate by
the wall : and lonathan arose, and Ab-
ner sate by Sauls side , and Dauids
place was emptie.
26 Neuerthelesse, Saul spake not
any thing that day : for hee thought.
Some thing hath befallen him, hee is
not cleane ; surely he is not cleane.
27 And it came to passe on the mor-
row which was the second day of the
moneth, that Dauids place was emp-
tie : and Saul said vnto lonathan his
Sonne , Wherefore commeth not the
Sonne of lesse to meat, neither yester
day nor to day ?
28 And lonathan answered Saul,
Dauid earnestly asked leaue ofme,togoe
to Bethlehem.
29 And he said. Let me goe, I pray
thee, for our familie hath a sacrifice in
the citie, and my brother, hee hath com
manded mee to be there : and now if I
haue found fauour in thine eyes, let me
get away, I pray thee, and see my bre-
thren : Therefore he commeth not vn
to the kings table.
30 Then Sauls anger was kindled , or </,(««
against lonathan, and hee said vnto ^'^""^ .
him, II Thou sonne of the peruerse rebel- sonneo/per-
lious woman, doe not I know that thou '/^^^f """''
hast
lonathans kindnefle. Chap.xxj.
Dauid at Nob.
t Hebr. to
passe mier
nim.
+ Heb. is the
Sonne of
death.
t Heb, in-
struments,
t Hebr. that
was his.
I! Or, The
Lord be
witnesse of
that which,
^0.
hast chosen the sonne of lesse to thine
owne confusion, and vnto tiie confusion
of thy mothers nakednesse ?
31 For as long as the sonne of lesse
liueth vpon the ground, thou shalt not
be stabhshed, nor thy kingdome: where-
fore now send and fetch him vnto mee,
for he t shall surely die.
32 And Jonathan answered Saul
his father, and said vnto him , Where-
fore shall hee be slaine? what hath hee
done ?
33 And Saul cast a iauelin at him to
smite him , whereby Jonathan knewe
that it was determined of his father to
slay Dauid.
34 So lonathan arose from the ta-
ble in fierce anger, and did eate no meat
the second day of the moneth : for hee
was grieued for Dauid , because his fa-
ther had done him shame.
35 H And it came to passe in the mor-
ning, that lonathan went out into the
field, at the time appointed with Dauid,
and a little ladde with him.
36 And he said vnto his lad, Runne,
finde out now the arrowes which I
shoote. And as the ladde ranne, he shot
an arrow t beyond him.
37 And when the ladde was come
to the place of the arrow, which Jona-
than had shot , lonathan cryed after
the ladde, and said , Is not the arrow
beyond thee .''
38 And lonathan cryed after the
ladde. Make speed, haste, stay not. And
lonathans ladde gathered vp the ar-
rowes, and came to his master.
39 But the lad knew not any thing :
onely lonathan and Dauid knew the
matter.
40 And lonathan gaue his t artil-
lery vnto this ladde, and said vnto him,
Goe, cary tJiem to the citie.
41 H And assoone as the ladde was
gone, Dauid arose out of a place toward
the South , and fell on his face to the
ground , and bowed himselfe three
times : and they kissed one another ,
and wept one with another, vntill Da-
uid exceeded.
42 And lonathan said to Dauid,
Goe in peace, || forasmuch as wee haue
sworne both of vs in the Name of the
Lord, saying; The Lord be be-
tweene me and thee, and betweene my
seede and thy seede foreuer. And hee a-
rose, and departed : and lonathan
went into the citie.
CHAP. XXL
1 Dauid at Nob, obtaineth of Ahimelech hal-
lowed bread. 7 Doeg was present. 8 Da-
uid takethGoliaths sword. 10 Dauid atGath
faineth himselfe madde.
Hen came Dauid to Nob,
to Ahimelech the Priest,
and Ahimelech was a-
fraide at the meeting of
Dauid, and said vnto him,
Why art thou alone, and no man with
thee ?
2 And Dauid said vnto Ahimelech
the Priest, The king hath commanded
me a businesse, and hath said vnto me,
Let no man know any thing of the bu-
sinesse whereabout I send thee, and
what I haue commanded thee : and I
haue appointed my seruants to such and
such a place.
3 Now therefore what is vnder
thine hand.'' giue me fine loaues of bread
in mine hand, or what there is tpresent.
4 And the Priest answered Dauid,
and said. There is no common bread
vnder mine hand, but there is * hallow-
ed bread : if the young men haue kept
themselues at least from women.
5 And Dauid answered the Priest,
and said vnto him, Of a trueth women
haue beene kept from vs about these
three dayes, since I came out, and the
vessels of the young men are holy, and
the bread is in a manner common, ||yea,
though it were sanctified this day in the
vessell.
6 So the Priest gaue him hallowed
bread; for there was no bread there, but
the Shewbread that was taken from
before the Lord, to put hote bread in
the day when it was taken away.
7 Now a certaine man of the ser-
uants of Saul was there that day , detai-
ned before the IjOrd, and his name
K'osDoeg an Edomite,the chiefestof the
heardmen that belonged to Saul.
8 H And Dauid said vnto Ahime-
lech , And is there not here vnder thine
hand speare or sword ? for I haue nei-
ther brought my sword nor my wea-
pons with mee, because the kings busi-
nesse required haste.
9 And the Priest said. The sword of
Goliath the Philistine , whome thou
slewest in *the valley of Elah, behold,
it is heere wrapt in a cloth behinde the
Ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it;
for there is no other saue that, here. And
Dauid
t Heb. found.
* Extxl. 2S.
30. leuit.
24. 5. matt.
13. 4.
Or, especi-
aily wlie this
day there is
other sancti-
fied in the
vesscU.
• Chap.
17. 2.
Dauid feemeth mad.
I.Samiiel.
Doegs villenie.
Chap. 18.
7. and 29. 5.
ecclus. 47.
Or, made
markes.
Or, playeth
the mad-
man.
t Hebr. had
a credilour,
\Hebr. bit-
ter 0/ smile.
Dauid saide , There is none like that,
giue it me.
10 1i And Dauid arose, and fled that
day , for feare of Saul , and went to A-
chish, the king of Gath.
11 And the seruants of Achish sayd
vnto him, Is not this Dauid the king
of the land .'' Did they not sing one to
another of him in daunces , saying,
*Saul hath slaine his thousands, and
Dauid his ten thousands .''
12 And Dauid layd vp these wordes
in his heart, and was sore afraid of A-
chish the king of Gath.
13 And he changed his behauiour be-
fore them , and fained himselfe mad in
their hands, and Hscrabled on the doores
of the gate, and let his spittle fall downe
vpon his beard.
14 Then saide Achish vnto his ser-
uants, Loe, you see the man ||is mad :
wherefore then haue yee brought him
to mee ?
15 Haue I need of mad-men, that ye
haue brought this fellow to play the
mad-man in my presence ? Shall this
fellow come into my house ^
CHAP. XXII.
1 Companies resort vnto Dauid at AduUam. 3
At Mizpeh he commendeth his parents vnto
the King of Moab. 5 Admonished by Gad,
hee commeth to Hareth. 6 Saul going to
pursue him, complaineth of his seruants vn-
faithfulnesse. 9 Doeg accuseth Ahiraelech.
1 1 Saul comandeth to kil the Priests. 1 7 The
footmen refusing, Doeg executeth it. 20 A
biathar escaping, bringeth Dauid the newes.
fi> Auid therefore departed
thence, and escaped to the
caue Adullam : and when
his brethren, and all his fa
thers house heard it, they
went downe thither to him.
2 And euery one that was in distresse,
and euery onethat t zcas'm debt, andeue-
ry one that was t discontented, gathered
tnemselues vnto him , and he became a
captaine ouer them : and there were
with him about foure hundred men.
3 % And Dauid went thence to
Mizpeh of Moab; and he said vnto the
king of Moab, Let my father, and my
mother, I pray thee, come foorth, and be
with you , till I know what God will
doe for me.
4 And he brought them before the
king of Moab : and they dwelt with
him all the while that Dauid was in
the hold.
5 H And the Prophet Gad said vn-
to Dauid, Abide not in the hold; depart,
and get thee into the land of ludah.
Then Dauid departed , and came into
the forrest of Hareth.
6 H When Saul heard that Dauid
was discouered , and the men that were
with him : ( now Saul abode in Gi
beah vnder a ||tree in Ramah , hauing
his speare in his hand , and all his ser-
uants were standing about him.)
7 Then Saul saide vnto his ser
uants that stood about him , Heare
now, ye Beniamites : WiU the sonne of
lesse giue euery one of you fields, and
Vineyards, aiid make you all captaines
of thousands , and captaines of hun-
dreds :
8 That all of you haue conspired a-
gainst me, and there is none that tshew
eth mee , that my sonne hath made a
league with the sonne of lesse , and
there is none of you that is sory for me,
or sheweth vnto me that my sonne hath
stirred vp my seruant against me, to lye
in wait, as at this day.'
9 IT Then answered Doeg the E-
domite , ( which was set ouer the ser-
uants of Saul) and saide, I saw the
Sonne of lesse comming to Nob, to A
himelech the sonne of Ahitub.
10 And hee enquired of the Lord
for him , and gaue him victuals , and
gaue him the sword of Goliath the Phi-
listine.
11 Then the king sent to call Ahime-
lech the Priest, the sonne of Ahitub, and
all his fathers house , the Priests that
we7-e in Nob : and they came all of them
to the king.
12 And Saul said, Heare now thou
sonne of Ahitub : and hee answered,
tHere I am, my lord.
13 And Saul saide vnto him , Why
haue ye conspired against me , thou and
the sonne of lesse, in that thou hast gi-
uen him bread, and a sword, and hast
enquired of God for him, that he should
rise against mee, to lye in waite, as at
this day ?
14 Then Ahimelech answered the
king, and said. And who is so faithfuU
among all thy seruants , as Dauid,
which is the kings sonne in law , and
goeth at thy bidding, and is honou-
rable in thine house ?
15 Did I then beginne to enquire of
God
nOr,gr(mein
a hie place.
t Hebr. vn-
c&uereth
mine eare.
t Hebr. be-
hold me.
Sauls crueltie.
Chap.xxiij.
Dauid in Keilah.
iHebr.litle
or great.
I Or, guard.
Heb. the
runners.
God for him? be it farre from mee: let
not the king impute any thing vnto his
seruant, nor to all the house of my fa-
ther : for thy seruant knew nothing of
all this, tlesse or more.
16 And the king saide , Thou shalt
surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy
fathers house.
17 H And the king said vnto the
||footmen that stood about him, Turne
and slay the Priests of the L o k d, be-
cause their hand also is with Dauid, and
because they knew when he fled, and did
not shew it to mee. But the seruants
of the king would not put foorth their
hand to fall vpon the Priestes of the
Lord.
18 And the king said to Doeg, Turne
thou and fall vpon the Priests. And
Doeg the Edomite turned, and hee fell
vpon the Priests, and slew on that day
foure score and flue persons that did
weare a linnen Ephod.
19 And Nob the citie of the Priests
smote he with the edge of the sword,
both men and women, children and
sucklings , and oxen and asses , and
sheepe, with the edge of the sword.
20 H And one of the sonnes of Ahi-
melech, the Sonne of Ahitub, named A-
biathar, escaped and fled after Dauid :
21 And Abiathar shewed Dauid
that Saul had slaine the Lords
Priests.
22 And Dauid said vnto Abiathar,
I knew it that day, when Doeg the E-
domite was there, that he would surely
tell Saul : I haue occasioned the death
of all the persons of thy fathers house.
23 Abide thou with me , feare not :
for he that seeketh my life, seeketh thy
life : but with me thou shalt bee in safe-
gard.
CHAP. XXIII.
1 Dauid enquiring of the Lord by Abiathar,
rescueth Keilah. 7 God shewing him the
comming of Saul and the trecherie of the
Keilites, heescapeth from Keilah. 1 4 In Ziph
Jonathan commeth and comforteth him. 19
The Ziphites discouer him to Saul. 25 At
Maon he is rescued from Saul by the inuasion
of the Philistines. 29 Hedwelleth at En-gedi.
Hen they told Dauid, say-
^ ing, Beliolde, the Phili-
stines fight against Kei-
^ lah, and they rob the thre-
shing floores.
2 Therefore Dauid enquired of the
Lord, saying, Shall I go and smite
these Philistines ? And the Lord said
vnto Dauid, Goe, and smite the Phili-
stines, and saue Keilah.
3 And Dauids men said vnto him.
Behold, we be afraid here in ludah :
how much more then if wee come to
Keilah against the armies of the Phili-
stines ?
4 Then Dauid enquired of the
Lord yet againe : And the Lord
answered him, and said. Arise, go down
to Keilah : for I will deliuer the Phili-
stines into thine hand.
5 So Dauid and his men went to
Keilah, and fought with the Philistins,
and brought away their cattell, and
smote them with a great slaughter : so
Dauid saued the inhabitants of Kei-
lah.
6 And it came to passe when Abia-
thar the Sonne of Ahimelech * fled to
Dauid to Keilah, that hee came downe
ivith an Ephod in his hand.
7 H And it was told Saul that Da-
uid was come to Keilah : and Saul
said, God hath deliuered him into mine
hand : for he is shut in, by entring into a
towne that hath gates and barres.
8 And Saul called all the people to-
gether to warre, to goe downe to Kei-
lah, to besiege Dauid, and his men.
9 11 And Dauid knewe that Saul
secretly practised mischiefe against him,
and hee said to Abiathar the Priest,
Bring hither the Ephod.
10 Then saide Dauid, O Lord
God of Israel , thy seruant hath cer-
tainly heard that Saul seeketh to come
to Keilah , to destroy the citie for my
sake.
11 Will the men of Keilah deliuer me
vp into his hande ? will Saul come
downe, as thy seruant hath heard, O
Lord God of Israel.'' I beseech
thee tell thy seruant. And the Lord
said. He will come downe.
12 Then said Dauid, Will the men of
Keilah t deliuer me, and my men, into
the hand of Saul.'' And the Lord
said. They will deliuer thee vp.
13 IT Then Dauid and his men, which
rvere about sixe hundred, arose, and de-
parted out of Keilah , and went whi-
thersoeuer they could goe : and it was
told Saul that Dauid was escaped
from Keilah , and hee forbare to goe
foorth.
14 And Dauid abode in the wilder-
nesse
' Chap. 22.
\Hebr. shut
vp.
Dauid deliuered,
I.Samuel.
fpareth Saul.
t Hebr. on
the right
hand.
I Or, the wU-
derneasef
nesse in strong liolds, and remained in
a mountaine in tlie wildernes of Ziph :
and Saul sought him euery day , but
God deliuered liim not into his hand.
15 And Dauid saw that Saul was
come out to seeke his life : and Dauid
icas in the wildernes of Ziph in a wood.
16 II And Jonathan Sauls sonne
arose, & went to Dauid into the wood,
and strengthened his hand in God.
17 And he said vnto him, Feare not;
for the hand of Saul my father shall
not finde thee, and thou shalt be king o-
uer Israel, and I shall be next vnto
thee : and that also Saul my father
knoweth.
18 And they two made a couenant
before the Lord : and Dauid abode
in the wood , and Jonathan went to
his house.
19 H Then came vp the Ziphites to
Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not Da-
uid hide himselfe with vs in strong
holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachi-
lah, which is ton the South of ||Ieshi-
mon.''
20 Now therefore, O king, come
downe according to all the desire of thy
soule to come downe, and our part shall
be to deliuer him into the kings hand.
21 And Saul said , Blessed be yee of
the Lord, for yee haue compassion
t Heb.foote
ahttlbe.
on me.
22 Goe, I
know , and
t haunt is.
pray you, prepare yet, and
see his place where his
and who hath scene him
there : for it is told mee that he dealeth
very subtilly.
23 See therefore, and take know-
ledge of all the lurking places where he
hideth himselfe, and come ye againe to
me with the certainty, and I will goe
with you : and it shall come to passe, if
he be in the land, that I will search him
out throughout all the thousands of
ludah.
24 And they arose, & went to Ziph
before Saul : but Dauid and his men
were in the wildernesse of Maon, in the
plaine on the South of leshimon.
25 Saul also and his men went to
seeke him , and they told Dauid : where-
fore he came downe into a rocke , and a-
bode in the wildernesse of Maon : and
when Saul heard that , he pursued af-
ter Dauid in the wildernes of Maon.
26 And Saul went on this side of
the mountaine, and Dauid and his men
on that side of the mountaine : and Da-
iHebr.
spreadthem.
seines vpon
I That is,
the rocke of
diuisions.
uid made haste to get away for feare of
Saul : for Saul and his men compassed
Dauid and his men round about to
take them.
27 H But there came a messenger
vnto Saul , saying , Haste thee , and
come: for the Philistines haue tinuaded
the land.
28 Wherefore Saul returned from
pursuing after Dauid , & went against
the Philistines; therefore they called
that place ||Sela-Hammahlekoth.
29 II And Dauid went vp from
thence , and dwelt in strong holds at
En-gedi.
CHAP. XXIIIL
1 Dauid in a caue at Engedi , hauing cut off
Sauls skirt, spareth his life. 8 Hee sheweth
thereby his innocencie. 16 Saul acknow-
ledging his fault , taketh an oath of Dauid,
and departeth.
Nd it came to passe when
Saul was returned from
tfolowing the Philistines
that it was told him, say-
^^^^^^_ ing. Behold , Dauid is in
the wildernesse of En-gedi.
2 Then Saul tooke three thousand
chosen men out of all Israel, and went
to seeke Dauid and his men vpon the
rockes of the wilde goates.
3 And hee came to the sheepe coates
by the way, where zvas a caue, and Saul
went in to couer his feete : and Dauid
and his men remained in the sides of
the caue.
4 And the men of Dauid sayd vnto
him , Beholde the day of which the
Lord sayd vnto thee. Behold, I wil
deliuer thine enemy into thine hand,
that thou mayest doe to him as it shall
seeme good vnto thee. Then Dauid a-
rose , and cut off the skirt of t Sauls
robe priuily.
5 And it came to passe afterward,
that Dauids heart smote him , because
he had cut off Sauls skirt.
6 And hee sayd vnto his men, The
Lord forbid that I should doe this
thing vnto my master the Lords
Anoynted, to stretch forth mine hand a
gainst him, seeing he is the Anoynted of
the Lord.
7 So Dauid t stayed his seruants
with these wordes , and suffered them
not to rise against Saul : but Saul rose
vp out of the caue, and went on his way.
8 Dauid also rose afterward, and
went
t Heb. after.
t Hebr. the
robe, which
was Sauls.
t Hebr. out
Sauls confeffion.
Chap,
XXV.
Samuel dieth.
t Heb. iudge
t Heb. shut
vp.
went out of the caue , and cryed after
Saul, saying, My lord the king. And
when Saul looked behinde him, Da-
uid stouped with liis face to the earth,
and bowed himselfe.
9 % And Dauid said to Saul, Wher-
fore hearest thou mens words , saying.
Behold, Dauid seeketh thy hurt ?
10 Behold , this day thine eyes haue
scene, how that the Lord had deli-
uered thee to day into mine hand in the
caue : and some bade me kill thee, but
mine eye spared thee, and I said, I will
not put foorth mine hand against my
lord, for hee is the Lords Anoin-
ted.
11 Moreouer my father. See, yea see
the skirt of thy robe in my hand : for in
that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and
killed thee not, know thou and see, that
there is neither euill nor transgression
in mine hand, and I haue not sinned a-
gainst thee; yet thou huntest my soule,
to take it.
12 The Lord iudge betweene me
and thee, and the Lord auenge me
of thee: but mine hand shall not be vp-
on thee.
13 As saith the prouerbe of the anci
ents, Wickednesse proceedeth from the
wicked: but mine hand shall not be vp-
on thee.
14 After whom is the king of Israel
come out ? after whom doest thou pur.
sue ? After a dead dogge, after a flea.
15 The Lord therfore be Iudge,
and iudge betweene me and thee , and
see, and plead my cause, and tdeliuer me
out of thine hand.
1 6 H And it came to passe when Da-
uid had made an ende of speaking these
words vnto Saul, that Saul said , Is
this thy voice , my sonne Dauid "i And
Saul lift vp his voice, and wept.
17 And he said to Dauid, Thou art
more righteous then I : for thou hast
rewarded mee good , whereas I haue
rewarded thee euill.
18 And thou hast shewed this day
how that thou hast dealt well with me
forasmuch as when the Lord had
tdeliuered me into thine hand, thou kil-
ledst me not.
19 For if a man finde his enemie, will
hee let him goe well away .'' wherefore
the Lord reward thee good, for that
thou hast done vnto me this day.
20 And now behold, I know well
that thou shalt surely be King, and that
the kingdome of Israel shall be establi-
shed in thine hand.
21 Sweare now therefore vnto me
by the Lord, that thou wilt not cut
off' my seede after mee , and that thou
wilt not destroy my name out of my fa-
thers house.
22 And Dauid sware vnto Saul,
and Saul went home : but Dauid and
his men gate them vp vnto the holde.
CHAP. XXV.
1 Samuel dieth. 2 Dauid in Paran sendeth to
Nabal. 10 Prouoked by Nabals churlish,
nesse, hee mindeth to destroy him. 14 Abi-
gail vnderstanding thereof, 18 taketh a pre-
sent, 23 and by her wisedome 32 pacifl-
eth Dauid. 36 Nabal hearing thereof, di-
eth. 39 Dauid taketh Abigail and Ahinoarn
to be his wiues. 44 Michal is giuen to Phalti.
Nd * Samuel died, and
all the Israelites were ga-
thered together, and la
mented him , and buried
him in his house at Ra-
mah. And Dauid arose, & went downe
to the wildernesse of Paran.
2 And there was a man in Maon,
whose II possessions were in Carmel, and
the man was very great , and hee had
three thousand sheepe, and a thousand
goates: and he was shearing his sheepe
in Carmel.
3 Now the name of the man was
Nabal, and the name of his wife, Abi-
gail : and shee was a woman of good yn-
derstanding, and of a beautifull counte-
nance : but the man was churlish and
euill in his doings, and hee wa^ of the
house of Caleb.
4 IT And Dauid heard in the wilder-
nesse, that Nabal did sheare his sheepe.
5 And Dauid sent out ten yong men.
and Dauid said vnto the young men.
Get you vp to Carmel, and goe to Na-
bal, and tgreete him in my name;
6 And thus shall ye say to him that
liueth jn^pravper j<je,Peace6eboth tothee,
and peace he to thine house, and peace he
vnto all that thou hast.
7 And now, I haue heard that thou
hast shearers : now thy shepheards
which were with vs, wee thurt them
not , neither was there ought missing
vnto them, all the while they were in
Carmel.
8 Aske thy yong men, and they will
shew thee : wherefore let the yong men
S s finde
Chap. 28.
3. ecclus.
46. 13, 20.
'\Or,busmes.
t Heb. aske
him in my
name, of
peace.
t Heb. sha-
med.
Nabals churliflines.
I.Samuel.
Abigails wifdome.
1 Hub. re-
tted.
iHebr.
tkaighter.
iHebr.
Jletevpon
them.
t Heb. sha-
med.
lOr, lumps.
finde fauour in thine eyes: (for we come
in a good day) giue, I pray thee, what
soeuer commeth to thine hand, vnto thy
seruants, and to thy sonne Dauid.
9 And when Dauids yong men
came, they spake to Nabal according to
all those words in the name of Dauid,
and t ceased.
10 H And Nabal answered Dauids
seruants, and said. Who is Dauid? and
who i.i the Sonne of lesse ? There bee
many seruants now a dales that breake
away euery man from his master.
11 Shall I then take my bread and
my water, and my t flesh that I haue
killed for my shearers, and giue it vnto
men, whom I know not whence they
bee.''
12 So Dauids yong men turned their
way, and went againe, and came and
told him all those sayings.
13 And Dauid said vnto his men,
Gird you on euery man his sword. And
they girded on euery man his sword,
and Dauid also girded on his sword :
and there went vp after Dauid about
foure hundred men, and two hundred
abode by the stuffe.
14 IT But one of the yong men told
Abigail Nabals wife, saying, Behold,
Dauid sent messengers out of the wil-
dernesse to salute our master: and the
railed on them.
15 But the men were very good vnto
vs, and we were not thurt, neither mis-
sed we any thing as long as wee were
conuersant with them , when we were
in the fields.
16 They were a wall vnto vs both
by night and day , all the while we were
with them keeping sheepe.
17 Now therefore know and consi-
der what thou wilt doe : for euill is de-
termined against our master , and a-
gainst all his houshold: for he is such a
Sonne of Belial, that a man cannot
speake to him.
18 IF Then Abigail made haste, and
tooke two hundred loaues, and two
bottles of wine, and flue sheepe readie
dressed , and flue measures of parched
corne, and an hundred || clusters of rai-
sins, and two hundred cakes of figges,
and laid them on asses.
19 And she said vnto her seruants,
Goe on before me, behold, I come after
you: but she told not her husband Na-
bal.
JO And it was so as she rode on the
asse, that she came downe by the couert
of the hill, and behold, Dauid and his
men came downe against her, and she
met them.
21 (Now Dauid had said. Surely
in vaine haue I kept all that this fel-
low hath in the wildernesse, so that no-
thing was missed of all that pertained
vnto him : and he hath requited me euil
for good.
22 So and more also doe God vnto
the enemies of Dauid, if I leaue of all
that pertaine to him by the morning
light, any that pisseth against the wall.)
23 And when Abigail saw Dauid,
she hasted, and lighted off" the asse, and
fell before Dauid on her face, and bow
ed her selfe'to the ground,
24 And fell at his feet, and said, Vp-
on me, my lord, vpon me let this iniquitie
be, and let thine nandmaid, I pray thee,
speake in thine t audience, and heare the
words of thine handmaid.
25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, tre
gard this man of Belial, euen Nabal :
for as his name is, so is he: Nabal is his
name , and folly is with him : But I
thine handmaid saw not the yong men
of my lord, whom thou didst send.
26 Now therefore , my lord, as the
Lord liueth, and as thy soule liueth,
seeing the Lord hath withholden
thee from comming to sJied blood, and
from tauenging thy selfe with thine
owne hand : now let thine enemies and
they that seeke euill to my lord, bee as
Nabal.
27 And now this || blessing which
thine handmaid hath brought vnto my
lord, let it euen be giuen vnto the yong
men that t follow my lord.
28 I pray thee, forgiue the trespasse
of thine handmaide: for the Lord
will certainely make my lord a sure
house, because my lord fighteth the bat-
tels of the Lord, and euill hath not
bene found in thee ali thy dayes.
29 Yet a man is risen to pursue thee,
and to seeke thy soule: but the soule of
my lord shall be bound in the bundle of
life with the Lord thy God,' and
the soules of thine enemies, them shall
he sling out, fas out of the middle of a
sling.
30 And it shall come to passe when
the Lord shal haue done to my lord,
according to all the good that hee hath
spoken concerning thee, and shall haue
appointed thee ruler ouer Israel ;
31 That
t Heb. eares.
t Heb. lay it
to his heart.
t Hebr. sa-
uing thy
selfe.
Oi,present
1 Heb. walke
at the feet of
^0.
\ Heb. in the
midst of the
bought of a
sling.
Nabal dieth. Dauid Chap.xxvj.
marieth Abigail.
t Hebr. no
staggering :
OTt stunt'
bling.
31 That this shall bee no tgriefe vn-
to thee , nor offence of heart vnto my
lord , either that thou hast shed blood
causelesse, or that my lord hath auenged
himself'e : But when the L o ii d shall
haue dealt well with my lord , then re-
member thine handmayd.
32 f And Dauid sayd to Abigail,
Blessed be the Loud God of Israel,
which sent thee this day to meet me.
33 And blessed bee thy aduice, and
blessed be thou, which hast kept me this
day from comming to shed blood , and
from auenging my selfe with mine
owne hand.
34 For in very deed, as the Lord
God of Israel liueth , which hath kept
mee backe from hurting thee, except
thou hadst hasted and come to meet me,
surely there had not bene left vnto Na-
bal, by the morning light, any that pis-
seth against the wall.
35 So Dauid receiued of her hand
that which shee had brought him, and
sayd vnto her, Goe vp in peace to thine
house ; See , I haue hearkened to thy
voyce, and haue accepted thy person.
36 H And Abigail came to Nabal,
and behold, he held a feast in his house
like the feast of a king; & Nabals heart
was merry within him, for hee was very
drunken: wherefore shee tolde him no-
thing, lesse or more, vntill the morning
light.
37 But it came to jiasse in the mor-
ning , when the wine was gone out of
Nabal, and his wife had told him these
things, that his heart died within him,
and he became as a stone.
38 And it came to passe about ten
dayes after, that the Lord smote Na-
bal, that he died.
39 f And when Dauid heard that
Nabal was dead, he said. Blessed be the
Lord, that hath pleaded the cause of
my reproch from the hand of Nabal,
and hath kept his seruant from euil : for
the Lord hath returned the wicked-
nesse of Nabal vpon his owne head.
And Dauid sent , and communed with
Abigail, to take her to him to wife.
40 And when the seruants of Da-
uid were come to Abigail to Carmel,
they spake vnto her , saying , Dauid
sent vs vnto thee , to take thee to him
to wife.
41 And shee arose , and bowed her
selfe on her face to the earth , and sayd,
Beholde, let thine handmayd bee a ser-
uant to wash the feet of the seruants of
my lord.
42 And Abigail hasted, and rose,
and rode vpon an asse , with fiue damo-
sels of hers that went t after her; and
she went after the messengers of Da-
uid, and became his wife.
43 Dauid also tooke Ahinoam *of
lezreel , and they were also both of
them his wiues.
44 IT But Saul had giuen *Mi
chal his daughter , Dauids wife , to
Phalti the sonne of Laish , which was
of Gallim.
CHAP. XXVI.
1 Saul by the discouery of the Ziphites, com
tneth to Hachilah against Dauid. 4 Da-
uid comming into the trench, stayeth A-
bishai from killing Saul , but taketh his
speare and cruse. 13 Dauid reprooueth Ab
ner, 18 and exhorteth Saul. 21 Saul ac-
knowledgeth his sinne.
Nd the Ziphites came
vnto Saul to Gibeah
saying , * Doeth not Da-
uid hide himselfe in the
hill of Hachilah, which m
before leshimon .''
2 Then Saul arose , and went
downe to the wildernesse of Ziph, ha-
uing three thousand chosen men of Is-
rael with him, to seeke Dauid in the wil-
dernesse of Ziph.
3 And Saul pitched in the hill of
Hachilah, which is before leshimon by
the way : but Dauid abode in the wil-
dernesse , and he saw that Saul came
after him into the wildernesse.
4 Dauid therefore sent out spies ,
and vnderstood that Saul was come in
very deed.
5 H And Dauid arose , and came to
the place where Saul had pitched : and
Dauid beheld the place where Saul
lay , and * Abner the sonne of Ner the
captaine of his hoste : and Saul lay in
the 1 1 trench, and the people pitched
round about him.
6 Then answered Dauid, and sayd
to Ahimelech theHittite,and toAbishai
the Sonne of Zeruiah brother to loab,
saying , Who will goe downe with me
to Saul to the campe.' And Abishai
sayd, I will goe downe with thee.
7 So Dauid and Abishai came to
the people by night, and behold, Saul
lay sleeping within the trench, and his
speare stucke in the ground at his bol-
S s 2 ster:
t Hebr. at
her feet.
losh. IS.
56.
• i. 8am.
14, IS.
• Chap. 23.
19.
Chap. 14.
50. and 17.
.55.
Ory_ midst
of his car-
riages.
Dauid declareth
I.Samuel.
his innocencie.
vp.
<lHeb.Vie
tonnes of
death.
ster : but Abner and the people lay
round about him.
8 Then said Abishai to Dauid, God
hath tdeliuered thine enemie into thine
hand this day : now therefore let niee
smite him, I pray thee, with the speare,
euen to the earth at once, and I will
not smite him the second time.
9 And Dauid sayd to Abishai , De-
stroy him not : for who can stretch forth
his hand against the Lords Anoin-
ted, and be guiltlesse .''
10 Dauid said furthermore, As the
Lord liueth, the Lord shal smite
him, or his day shall come to die, or hee
shall descend into battell, and perish.
11 The Lord forbid that I should
stretch foorth mine hand against the
Lords Anointed : but I pray thee,
take thou now the speare that is at his
bolster, and the cruse of water, and let
vs goe.
12 So Dauid tooke the speare and
the cruse of water from Sauls bolster,
and they gate them away, and no man
saw it , nor knew it , neither awaked :
for they were all asleepe, because a deepe
sleepe ^offi the Lord was fallen vp-
on them.
13 IT Then Dauid went ouer to the
other side, and stood on the toppe of an
hill afarre off ( a great space being be
tweene them : )
14 And Dauid cryed to the people
and to Abner the sonne of Ner, saying,
Answerest thou not, Abner .!• Then
Abner answered , and sayd , Who art
thou tfuit cryest to the King ?
15 And Dauid said to Abner, Art not
thou a vaUant man .'' and who is like to
thee in Israel.' Wherefore then hast
thou not kept thy lord the king ? for
there came one of the people in, to de-
stroy the king thy lord.
16 This thing is not good that thou
hast done: as the Lord liueth, ye are
t worthy to die, because yee haue not
kept your master the Lords An-
ointed : and now see where the Kings
speare is , and the cruse of water that
was at his bolster.
17 And Saul knew Dauids voyce,
and said , Is this thy voice , my sonne
Dauid.? And Dauid saide. It is my
voice, my lord, O king.
18 And he said. Wherefore doeth my
lord thus"pursue after his seruant ? for
what haue I done ? or what euill is in
mine hand ?
t Heb. clea-
uing.
19 Now therefore , I pray thee, let
my lord the king heare the words of his
seruant: If the Lord haue stirred
thee vp against mee , let him t accept an t Heb, smell.
offering : but if they be the children of
men, cursed be they before the Lord:
for they haue driuen me out this day
from t abiding in the inheritance of the
Lord, saying, Goe serue other
gods.
20 Now therefore, let not my blood
fall to the earth before the face of the
Lord : for the king of Israel is come
out to seeke a flea, as when one doeth
hunt a partridge in the mountaines.
21 H Then said Saul , I haue sin-
ned : Returne, my sonne Dauid, for I
will no more doe thee harme , because
my soule was precious in thine eyes
this day : behold , I haue played the
foole, and haue erred exceedingly.
22 And Dauid answered , and sayd,
Behold the kings speare, and let one of
the yong men come ouer and fetch it.
23 The Lord render to euery
man his righteousnesse , and his faith-
fulnesse : for the Lord deliuered thee
into my hand to day, but I would not
stretch foorth mine hand against the
Lords Anointed.
24 And behold, as thy life was much
set by this day in mine eyes : so let my
life bee much set by in the eyes of the
Lord, and let him deliuer me out of
all tribulation.
25 Then Saul said to Dauid, Bles-
sed be thou, my Sonne Dauid: thou shalt
both doe great things, and also shalt still
preuaile. So Dauid went on his way,
and Saul returned to his place.
CHAP. XXVIL
Saul hearing Dauid to be in Gath, seeketh no
more for hira. S Dauid beggeth Ziklag of
Achish. 8 Hee inuading other countreys,
perswadeth Achish he fought against ludah.
ND Dauid sayd in his
heart , I shall now t pe-
rish one day by the hand
of Saul : there is nothing
better for me, then that I
should speedily escape into the land of
the Philistines; and Saul shal despaire
of me, to seeke me any more in any coast
of Israel : so shall I escape out of his
hand.
2 And Dauid arose, and hee passed
ouer with the sixe hundred men that
were
t Hebr. be
consumed.
M
Achifh deceiued.
Chap.xxviij.
Saul treiwbleth.
t Heh. the
number of
dayes.
t Hebr. a
yeere of
I Or, Ger-
xites.
Or, did you
not make a
rode, ^c.
t Hebr. to
stinke.
were with him, vnto Achish the sonne of
Maoch king of Gath.
3 And Dauid dwelt with Achish at
Gath, he, and his men, euery man with
his houshold, euen Dauid with his two
wiues, Ahinoam the lezreelitesse, and
Abigail the Carmelitesse Nabals wife.
4 And it was told Saul, that Da-
uid was fled to Gath, and he sought no
more againe for him.
5 IT And Dauid said vnto Achish,
If I haue now found grace in thine
eyes, let them giue mee a place in some
towne in the countrey, that I may
dwel there : for why should thy seruant
dwell in the royall citie with thee .'
6 Then Achish gaue him Ziklag
that day : wherfore Ziklag pertaineth
vnto the kings of ludah vnto this day
7 And tthe time that Dauid dwelt
in the countrey of the Philistines , was
ta full yeere, and foure moneths.
8 H And Dauid and his men went
vp and inuaded the Geshurites, and the
KGezrites, and the Amalekites : for
those nations were of old the inhabitants
of the land, as thou goest to Shur, e-
uen vnto the land of Egypt.
9 And Dauid smote the land, and left
neither man nor woman aliue , and
tooke away the sheepe , and the oxen,
and the asses, and the camels, and the
apparell, and returned, and came to A-
chish.
10 And Achish said, || Whither haue
ye made a rode to day .-' And Dauid said,
Against the South of ludah , and a-
gainst the South of the lerahmee
lites, and against the South of the Ke-
nites.
11 And Dauid saued neither man
nor woman aliue , to bring tidings to
Gath, saying. Lest they should tell on
vs, saying. So did Dauid, and so will
be his maner, all the while he dwelleth
in the countrey of the Philistines.
12 And Achish beleeued Dauid, say-
mg , Hee hath made his people Israel
tvtterly to abhorre him , therefore hee
shall be my seruant for euer.
CHAP. XXVIII.
1 Achish putteth confidence in Dauid. 3 Saul
hauing destroyed the witches, 4 and now in
his feare forsaken of God, 7 seeketh to a
witch. 9 The witch , encouraged by Saul,
raiseth vp Samuel. 15 Saul hearing hisruine,
fainteth. 21 The woman with his seruants
refresh him with meate.
ND it came to passe in
those dayes, that the Phi-
listines gathered their ar-
mies together for war-
fare, to fight with Israel :
And Achish said vnto Dauid, Knowe
thou assuredly, that thou shall goe out
with me to battell, thou, and thy men.
2 And Dauid said to Achish, Surely
thou shalt know what thy seruant can
doe. And Achish said to Dauid, Ther-
fore will I make thee keeper of mine
head for euer.
3 IT Now * Samuel was dead, and
all Israel had lamented him, and buri-
ed him in Ramah, euen in his owne ci-
tie : and Saul had put away those that
had familiar spirits, and the wyzards,
out of the land.
4 And the Philistines gathered
themselues together, and came and pit-
ched in Sliunem : and Saul gathered
all Israel together, and they pitched in
Gilboa.
5 And when Saul saw the hoste of
the Philistines, he was afraid, and his
heart greatly trembled.
6 And when Saul enquired of the
Lord, the Lord answered him
not, neither by dreames, nor by Vrim,
nor by Prophets.
7 IT Then said Saul vnto his ser
uants, Seeke me a woman that hath a
familiar spirit, that I may goe to her,
and enquire of her. And his seruant
said to him, Beholde, tJiere is a woman
that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.
8 And Saul disguised himselfe, and
put on other raiment , and hee went,
and two men with him, and they came
to the woman by night, and he said, I
pray thee diuine vnto me by the famili-
ar spirit, and bring me him vp whom I
shall name vnto thee.
9 And the woman saide vnto him,
Beholde , thou knowest what Saul
hath done, how hee hath cut off those
that haue familiar spirits, and the wy
zards out of the land : wherefore then
layest thou a snare for my life, to cause
me to die ?
10 And Saul sware to her by the
Lord, saying. As the Lord liueth,
there shall no punishment happen to
thee for this thing.
11 Then said the woman, Whome
shall I bring vp vnto thee.' and he said,
Bring me vp Samuel.
12 And when the woman saw Sa-
muel,
' Chap. 2i.
Saul is with the
I.Samuel.
witch at Endor.
t Hebr. what
is his/orme^
t Hebr. Iiy
theluindqf
Prophets.
t Or, for
himselfe.
' Chap. 15.
28.
t Hebr. mine
hand.
t Heb. made
haste antl/el
with thefid-
nesse of his
stature.
muel, she cried with a lowd voyce ; and
the woman s])ake to Saul, saying, Why
hast thou deceiued me.-* for thou art Saul.
13 And the king sayd vnto her, Be
not afraid : for what sawest thou.' And
the woman said vnto Saul, I saw
gods ascending out of the earth.
14 And hesaidvntoher, t AVhatforme
is he of.'' And she said. An old man com-
jmeth vp, and he is couered with a man
|tle. And Saul perceiued that it was
Samuel, and hee stouped with his face
to the ground, and bowed himselfe.
15 H And Samuel said to Saul, Why
hast thou disquieted me, to bring me vp.''
And Saul answered, I am sore distres-
sed; for the Philistins make war against
me, and God is departed from me, and
answereth me no more, neither t by Pro-
phets , nor by dreames : therefore I
haue called thee, that thou mayst make
knowen vnto me , what I shall doe.
16 Then said Samuel, Wherefore
then doest thou aske of mee, seeing the
LoKD is departed from thee, and is
become thine enemy.''
17 And the Lord hath done ||to
him , *as hee spake by tmee : for the
Lord hath rent the kingdome out
of thine hand, and giuen it to thy neigh-
bour, eiien to Dauid :
18 Because thou obeiedst not the voice
of the Lord, nor executedst his fierce
wrath vpon Amalek , therefore hath
the Lord done this thing vnto thee
this day.
19 Moreouer, the Lord will also
deliuer Israel with thee, into the hand
of the Philistines : and to morrow shall
thou and thy sonnes bee with mee : the
Lord also shall deliuer the hoste of
Israel into the hand of the Philistines.
20 Then Saul tfell straightway all
along on the earth, and was sore afraid,
because of the words of Samuel, & there
was no strength in him : for he had ea-
ten no bread all the day, nor al the night.
21 H And the woman came vnto
Saul , and saw that he was sore trou-
bled, and sayd vnto him. Behold, thine
handmayd hath obeyed thy voice , and
I haue put my life in my hand , and
haue hearkened vnto thy words which
thou spakest vnto me.
22 Now therefore, I pray thee, hear-
ken thou also vnto the voyce of thine
handmaid, & let me set a morsel of bread
before thee; &eat,thatthou mayesthaue
strength, when thou goest on thy way.
23 But hee refused, and said, I will
not eate. But his seruants together
with the woman compelled him , and
he hearkened vnto their voyce : so he a-
rose from the earth, & sate vpon the bed.
24 And the woman had a fat calfe
inthehouse,and she hasted, and killed it,
and tooke flower and kneaded it, and
did bake vnleauened bread thereof.
25 And she brought it before Saul,
and before his seruants , and they did
eate : then they arose vp , and went a-
way that night.
CHAP. XXIX.
1 Dauid marching with the Philistines, 3 is
disalowed by their Princes. 6 Achish dismis-
seth him with commendations of his fidelity.
Ow the Philistines gathe-
red together all their ar-
mies toAphek : and the Is-
raelites pitched by a foun
taine which is in lezreel.
the lords of the Philistines
passed on by hundreds , and by thou-
sands : but Dauid and his men passed
on in the rere-ward with Achish.
3 Then said the princes of the Phi-
listines, What doe these Hebrewes here?
And Achish said vnto the princes of the
Philistines , Is not this Dauid the ser-
uant of Saul the king of Israel, which
hath bene with me these dayes, or these
yeeres , and I haue found no fault in
him since he fell vnto me,yr\io this day.''
4 And the princes of the Philistines
were wroth with him, and the princes
of the Philistines said vnto him, *Make
this fellow returne, that he may goe a-
gaine to his place which thou hast ap-
pointed him, and let him not go downe
with vs to battel, lest in the battell he be
an aduersary to vs : for wherewith
should hee reconcile himselfe vnto his
master.' should it not be with the heads
of these men ?
5 Is not this Dauid, of whom they
sang one to another in daunces, saying,
* Saul slew his thousands , and Dauid
his ten thousands .''
6 H Then Achish called Dauid, and
said vnto him, Surely, as the Lord
liueth, thou hast bene vpright, and thy
going out and thy comming in with me
in the hoste is good in my sight : for I
haue notfound euil in thee, since the day
of thy comming vnto me vnto this day :
neuertheles, the t lords fauour thee not.
7 AVherefore now returne and goe
in
1. Chron.
12. 19.
Chap. 18.
7. and 21.
11.
\Hebr. thou
art not good
intheeyesof
the lords.
Ziklag burnt. Dauid Chap.xxx.
piii*fueth them.
t Habr. doe
not euilt in
the eyes of
the lords.
fHebr.be.
/ore thee.
in peace, that thou t displease not the
lords of the Philistines.
8 H And Dauid said vnto Achish,
But what haue I done ? and what hast
thou found in thy seruant so long as I
haue bene t with thee vnto this day, that
I may not goe fight against the ene-
mies of my lord the king ?
9 And Achish answered, and said to
Dauid , I know that thou ay-t good in
my sight, as an Angel of God: notwith-
standing the Princes of the Philistines
haue said, Hee shall not goe vp with vs
to the battell.
10 Wherfore now rise vp early in the
morning , with thy masters seruants
that are come with thee : and assoone
as yee be vp early in the morning, and
haue light, depart.
11 So Dauid and his men rose vp
early to depart in the morning , to re-
turne into the land of the Philistines ;
and the Philistines went vp to lezreel.
CHAP. XXX.
1 The Amalekites spoile Ziklag. 4 Dauid as-
king counsell, is encouraged by God to pur-
sue them. 1 1 By the meanes of a reuiued E-
gyptian, he is brought to the enemies^ and re-
couereth all the spoile. 22 Dauids law to di-
uide the spoile equally betweene them that
fight, and them that keepe the stufFe. 26 He
sendeth presents to his friends.
Nd it came to passe when
Dauid and his men were
come to Ziklag on the
third day, that the Ama-
Ickites had inuaded the
South and Ziklag, and smitten Zik-
lag, and burnt it with fire :
2 And had taken the women cap-
tiues, that were therein; they slew.e not
any either great or smal, but caried them
away, and went on their way.
3 IT So Dauid and his men came
to the citie , and beholde, it was burnt
with fire , and their wiues , and their
sonnes , and their daughters were ta-
ken captiues.
4 Then Dauid and the people that
were with him , lift vp their voice, and
wept, vntill they had no more power to
weepe.
5 And Dauids two wiues were ta-
ken captiues, Ahinoam the lezreeli-
tesse, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the
Carmelite.
6 And Dauid was greatly distres-
sed : for the people .spake of stoning him,
because the soule of all the people was
+ gi-ieued, euery man for his sonnes, and
for his daughters : but Dauid encoura-
ged himselfe in the Lord his God.
7 And Dauid said to Abiathar the
Priest Ahimelechs sonne, I pray thee,
bring mee hither the Ephod : and Abi-
athar brought thither the Ephod to
Dauid.
8 And Dauid enquired at the
Lord, saying; Shall I pursue after
this troupe.' shall I ouertake them.?
And he answered him. Pursue, for thou
shalt surely ouertake them , and with-
out faile recouer all.
9 So Dauid went, hce, and the sixe
hundred men that we7-e with him , and
came to the brooke Besor, where those
that were left behinde, stayed.
10 But Dauid pursued, he and foure
hundred men : (for two hundred abode
behinde , which were so faint that they
could not goe ouer the brooke Besor.)
11 H And they found an Egyptian
in the field, and brought him to Dauid,
and gaue him bread, and he did eate,and
they made him drinke water.
12 And they gaue him a piece of a
cake of figges , and two clusters of rai-
sins: and when hee had eaten, his spirit
came againe to him : for hee had eaten
no bread, nor drunke any water , three
dayes and three nights.
13 And Dauid sayde vnto him , To
whome helongest thou .'' and whence art
thou ? And he said, I am a yong man of
Egypt , seruant to an Amalekite , and
my master left me, because three dayes
agone I fell sicke.
14 Wee made an inuasion vpon the
South of the Cherethites , and vpon
the coast which hekmgcth to ludah, and
vpon the South of Caleb , and wee
burnt Ziklag with fire.
15 And Dauid sayde to him , Canst
thou bring me downe to this company .''
And he said, Sweare vnto me by God,
that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deli-
uer mee into the handes of my master,
and I will bring thee downe to this
company.
16 H And when he had brought him
downe, behold, they icere spread abroad
vpon all the earth, eating and drinking,
and dauncing , because of all the great
spoile that they had taken out of the
land of the Philistines , and out of the
land of ludah.
17 And
meb. bitter.
Dauids fpoile.
I.Samuel.
Sauls death.
\Heb. their
morrow.
I Or, asked
them bowe
then did.
t Heb. men.
t Heb. and
/orward.
t Heb. bles-
sing.
17 And Dauid smote them from the
twilight, euen vnto the euening of t the
next day : and there escaped not a man
of them , saue foure hundred yong men
which rode vpon camels, and fled.
18 And Dauid recouered all that the
Amalekites had caried away : and Da-
uid rescued his two wiues.
19 And tnere was nothing lacking
to them, neither small nor great, neither
sonnes nor daughters, neither spoile,
nor any thing that they had taken to
them : Dauid recouered all.
20 And Dauid took? all the flockes,
and the herds, zt-'hich they draue before
those other cattell, and said. This is Da-
uids spoile.
21 % And Dauid came to the two
hundred men which were so faint that
they could not follow Dauid, whome
they had made also to abide at the brook
Besor: and they went forth to meet Da-
uid, and to meete the people, that were
with him; and when Dauid came neere
to the people, he || saluted them.
22 Then answered all the wicked
men, and men of Belial, of t those that
went with Dauid, and said, Because
they went not with vs, we wil not giue
them ought of the spoile, that wee haue
recouered, saue to euery man his wife
and his children , that they may leade
them away, and depart.
23 Then said Dauid, Ye shall not do
so, my brethren , with that which the
Lord hath giuen vs, who hath pre-
serued vs, and deliuered the companie
that came against vs, into our hand.
24 For who will hearken vnto you
in this matter ? But as his part is that
goeth downe to the battell, so shall his
part bee that tarieth by the stuff'e: they
shall part alike.
25 And it was so from that day tfor-
ward, that he made it a statute, and an
ordinance for Israel, vnto this day.
26 1i And when Dauid came to
Ziklag, hee sent of the spoile vnto the
Elders of ludah, euen to his friends,
(saying. Behold a t Present for you, of
the spoile of the enemies of the Lord)
27 To th£m which were in Bethel,
and to thevi which were in South Ra-
moth, and to them which were in lattir,
28 And to them which were in Aroer,
and to them which were in Siphmoth,
and to them which were in Eshtemoa,
29 And to them which were in Rachal,
and them which were in the cities of the
lerahmeelites, and to them which were
in the cities of the Kenites,
30 And to tliem which were in Hor-
mah, and to them which were in Chora-
shan, and to </«eOT which were in Athach,
31 And to them which were in Hebron,
and to all the places where Dauid him-
selfe and his men were wont to haunt.
CHAP. XXXL
1 Saul hauing lost his armie, and his sonnes
slaine, he and his armour bearer kill them-
selues. 7 The Philistines possesse the forsa
ken townes of the Israelites. SThey triumph
ouer the dead carkeises. 11 They of labesh
Gilead, recouering the bodies by night,
bume them at lahesh, and mournfully
burie their bones.
Owe *the Philistines
fought against Israel
and the men of Israel fled
from before the Phili
stines , and fell downe
slaine in mount Gilboa.
2 And the Philistines followed hard
vpon Saul, and vpon his sonnes, and
the Philistines slewe lonathan , and
Abinadab, and Malchishua, Sauls
sonnes.
3 And the battell went sore against
Saul, and the t archers thit him, and he
was sore wounded of the archers.
4 Then said Saul vnto his armour
bearer. Draw thy sword, and thrust me
through therewith, lest these vncircum-
cised come and thrust me through, and
abuse mee. But his armour bearer
would not, for he was sore afraid : ther-
fore Saul tooke a sword, & fell vpon it.
5 And when his armour bearer saw
that Saul was dead, he fell likewise vp-
on his sword, and died with him.
6 So Saul died, and his three sons,
and his armour bearer, and all his men
that same day together.
7 If And when the men of Israel
that were on the other side of the valley,
and they that were on the other side lor-
dane, saw that the men of Israel fled,
and that Saul and his sonnes were
dead, they forsooke the cities and fled,
and the Philistines came and dwelt in
them.
8 And it came to passe on the mor-
row when the Philistines came to strip
the slaine, that they found Saul, and
his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
9 And they cut off" his head , and
stripped
• 1. Chron.
10. 1.
I Or, woun-
ded.
t Heb. shoo-
ters, men
with bowes.
\Heb. found
him.
Or, mocke
me.
Dauid heareth
Chap. j.
of Sauls death.
Or, concer-
ning him.
. Sam.
30. 17.
t Heb. what
was S[C.
Stripped off his armour , and sent into
the land of the Philistines round about
to publish it in the house of their idoles,
and among the people.
10 And they put his armour in the
house of Ashtaroth : and they fastened
his body to the wall of Bethshan.
11 H And when the inhabitants of
labesh Gilead heard llof that which the
Philistines had done to Saul :
j 12 All the valiant men arose, and
went all night, and tooke the body of
Saul , and the bodies of his sonnes
from the wall of Hethshan, and came
to labesh, and * burnt them there.
I 13 And they tooke their bones, and
l*buried them vnder a tree at labesh,
and fasted seuen dayes.
%
THE SECOND BOOKE
of Samuel, otlierwife called, The
second Booke of the Kings.
CHAP. I.
The Amalekite, who brought tidings of the
ouerthrow, and accused himselfe of Sauls
death, is slaine. 17 Dauid lamenteth Saul
and Jonathan with a song.
Ow it came to
passe after y death
of Saul , when
Dauid was re-
turned from *the
slaughter of the
Amalekites , and
Dauid had abode
two dales in Zik-
lag,
2 It came euen to passe on the third
day, that behold, a man came out of the
campe from Saul , with his clothes
rent, and earth vpon his bead : and so it
was when he came to Dauid , that hee
fell to the earth, and did obeysance.
3 And Dauid said vnto him , From
whence commest thou? And he said vn-
to him , Out of the campe of Israel am
I escaped.
4 And Dauid said vnto him, tHow
went the matter? I pray thee, tell mee.
And he answered. That the people are
fled from the battell , and many of the
people also are fallen and dead , and
Saul and lonathan his sonne are
dead also.
5 And Dauid said vnto the yong
man that told him. How knowest thou
that Saul and lonathan his sonne be
dead ?
6 And the yong man that told him,
said , As I happened by chance vpon
mount Gilboa , behold , Saul leaned
vpon his speare : and loe, the charets
and horsemen followed hard after him.
7 And when he looked behind him,
he saw me, and called vnto mee : and I
answered, +Here am I.
8 And hee said vnto mee , Who art
thou ? and I answered him , I am an
Amalekite.
9 He said vnto me againe. Stand, I
pray thee, vpon me, and slayme: for (lan-
guish is come vpon mee, because my life
is yet whole in me.
10 So I stood vpon him , and slew
him, because I was sure that hee could
not liue after that hee was fallen : And
I tooke the crowne that was vpon his
head, and the bracelet that was on his
arme , and haue brought them hither
vnto my lord.
11 Then Dauid tooke hold on his
clothes, and *rent them, and likewise all
the men that were with him.
12 And they mourned and wept, and
fasted vntill Euen, for Saul and for lo-
nathan his Sonne, and for the people of
the Lord, and for the house of Is-
rael , because they were fallen by the
sword.
13 f And Dauid said vnto the yong
man that told him , Whence art thou?
T t And
• lere. 34.
i.
* 2. Sam. 2.
4.
t Hebr. be-
hold me.
.Or, my
coat of male,
(or, my em.
broidered
coat J hinde.
reth mee,
that my, ^c.
* Chap. 3.
31. and 13.
31.
Dauid lamenteth.
1 1. Samuel.
Saul buried.
• Psal. 104.
15.
•Micahl
10.
And he answered, I am the sonne of a
stranger, an Amalekite.
14 And Dauid said vnto him, *How
wast thou not afraid to stretch foorth
thine hand, to destroy the Lords
Anointed ?
15 And Dauid called one of the yong
men, and sayd, Goe neere, and fall vp-
on him. And hee smote him , that hee
dyed.
16 And Dauid said vnto him, Thy
blood be vpon thy head : for thy mouth
hath testified against thee , saying , I
haue slaine the Lords Annoyn
ted.
17 IT And Dauid lamented with this
lamentation ouer Saul , and ouer Jo-
nathan his Sonne :
18 (Also hee bade them teach the chil-
dren of ludah the vse of the bow : be-
hold, it is written *in the booke || of la-
sher.)
19 The beauty of Israel is slaine vp-
on thy high places : how are the migh-
tie fallen !
20 *Tell it not in Gath, publish it
not in the streetes of Askelon : lest the
daughters of the Philistines reioyce,
lest the daughters of the vncircumcised
triumph.
21 Yee mountaines of Gilboa, let
there bee no dewe , neither let there be
raine vpon you, nor fields of offerings :
for there the shield of the mightie is
vilely cast away, the shield of Saul,
as though hee had not beene annointed
with oile.
22 From the blood of the slaine, from
the fat of the mightie, the bow of lona-
than turned not backe, and the sword of
Saul returned not emptie.
23 Saul and Jonathan zvere louely
\0r, tweet, and ||pleasant in their Hues, and in their
death they were not diuided: they were
swifter then Eagles, they were stronger
then Lions.
24 Yee daughters of Israel, weepe
ouer Saul, who clothed you in scarlet,
with other delights , who put on orna-
ments of golde vpon your apparell.
25 How are the mightie fallen in the
midst of the battell ! O lonathan, thou
wast slaine in thine high places.
26 I am distressed for thee , my bro-
ther lonathan, very pleasant hast thou
beene vnto mee : thy loue to mee was
wonderfull, passing the loue of women
27 How are the mightie fallen , and
the weapons of warre perished !
CHAP. IL
Dauid by Gods direction, with his companie
goeth vp to Hebron, where he is made King
of ludah. 5 He commendeth them of la-
besh Gilead, for their kindnesse to Saul. 8
Abner maketh Ishbosheth king of Israel.
12 A mortall skirmish betweene twelue of
Abners, and twelue of loabs men. 18 Asahel
is slaine. 25 At Abners motion loab soun
deth a retreat. 32 Asahels buriall.
Nd it came to passe after
this, that Dauid enquired
of the Lord, saying ,
Shall I goe vp into any
of the Cities of ludah ?
And the Lord said vnto him , Goe
vp. And Dauid said, Whither shall I
goe vp ? And he said, Vnto Hebron.
2 So Dauid went vp thither , and
his two wiues also, Ahinoam the lez-
reelitesse, and Abigail Nabals wife the
Carmelite.
3 And his men that xeere with him,
did Dauid bring vp, euery man with his
houshold : and they dwelt in the cities
of Hebron.
4 And *the men of ludah came,
and there they anointed Dauid king o-
uer the house of ludah: and they tolde
Dauid, saying; That *the men of la-
besh Gilead were they that buried Saul.
5 IT And Dauid sent messengers vn-
to the men of labesh Gilead, and said
vnto them. Blessed be- ye of the Lord,
that ye haue shewed this kindnesse vn-
to your lord, euen vnto Saul, and haue
buried him.
6 And now the Lord shewe
kindnesse and trueth vnto you : and I
also will requite you this kindnesse, be-
cause ye haue done this thing.
7 Therefore now let your handes
be strengthened , and tbe ye valiant : for
your master Saul is dead, and also the
house of ludah haue anointed me king
ouer them.
8 IT But Abner the sonne of Ner,
captaine of t Sauls hoste, tooke Ishbo-
sheth the sonne of Saul , and brought
him ouer to Mahanaim.
9 And hee made him king ouer Gi
lead, and ouer the Ashurites, and ouer
lezreel , and ouer Ephraim, and ouer
Beniamin, and ouer all Israel.
10 Ishbosheth Sauls sonne was for-
tie yeeres olde when he began to reigne
ouer Israel, and reigned two yeres : but
the house of ludah followed Dauid.
11 (And
' 1. Mace.
.57.
• 1. Sam.
31. 13.
t Heb. be ye
thesonnesof
valour.
^ Heb. the
hoste which
was Sauls.
Dauids warre
Chap.ij.
with llhboiheth.
t Heb. them
together.
I That is,
thefleU of
strong men.
^Heb.num.\ 11 (And the +time that Dauid was
berqfdayes. •^■^^^ in Hebron ouer the house of lu-
dah, was seuen yeeres,andsixemoneths)
12 1[ And Abner the sonne of Ner,
and the seruants of Ishboshetli the
Sonne of Saul, went out from Maha-
naim, to Gibeon.
13 And loab the sonne of Zeruiah,
and the seruants of Dauid went out,
and met t together by the poole of Gi-
beon : and they sate downe, the one on
the one side of the poole, and the other
on the other side of the poole.
14 And Abner said to loab, Let
the yong men now arise, and play be-
fore vs : and loab saide , Let them
arise.
15 Then there arose and went ouer
by number twelue of Beniamin, which
pertained to Ishbosheth the sonne of
Saul , and twelue of the seruants of
Dauid.
16 And they caught euery one his fel-
low by the head, and thrust his sword in
his fellowes side, so they fell downe to-
gether: Wherfore that place was called
Helkath-hazzurim , which is in Gi-
beon.
17 And there was a very sore battell
that day : and Abner was beaten , and
the men of Israel, before the seruants
of Dauid.
18 II And there were three sonnes of
Zeruiah there, loab, and Abishai, and
Asahel : and Asahel wasasYi^i tof foot
tas a wilde Roe.
19 And Asahel pursued after Abner,
and in going he turned not to the right
hand nor to the left from t following
Abner.
20 Then Abner looked behind him,
and said, Art thou Asahel.' And he an-
swered, I am.
21 And Abner said to him , Turne
thee aside to thy right hand, or to thy
left, and lay thee holde on one of the
yong men, and take thee his || armour.
But Asahel would not turne aside
from following of him.
22 And Abner said againe to Asa-
hel, Turne thee aside from following
me : Wherefore should I smite thee to
the ground ? how then should I holde
vp my face to loab thy brother ?
23 Howbeit he refused to turne aside:
wherefore Abner with the hinder ende
of the speare smote him vnder the fift
ribbe, that the speare came out behinde
him, and hee fell downe there, and died
t Heb. of his
feete..
t Heb. as one
of the Roes
that is in the
field.
^ Heb. from
after Ab-
Or, spoile.
in the same place : and it came to passe,
tliat as many as came to the place
where Asahel fell downe and died,
stood still.
24 loab also and Abishai pursued
after Abner : and the Sunne went
downe when they were come to the hill
of Ammah, that Ikth before Giah by the
way of the wildernesse of Gibeon.
, 25 f And the children of Beniamin
gathered themselues together after Ab-
ner, and became one troupe, and stood
on the top of an hill.
26 Then Abner called to loab, and
said, Shall the sword deuoure for euer.''
Knowest thou not that it wil be bitter-
nesse in the latter end ? How long shall
it bee then, yer thou bid the people re-
turne from following their brethren .''
27 And loab said. As God liueth,
vnlesse thou hadst spoken , surely then
tin the morning the people had ||gone
vp euery one from following his bro-
ther.
28 So loab blew a trumpet , and
all the people stood still, and pursued af-
ter Israel no more, neither fought they
any more.
29 And Abner and his men walked
all that night thorow the plaine, and
passed ouer lordanj, and went thorow
all Bithron , and they came to Maha-
naim.
30 And loab returned from folow-
ing Abner ; and when he had gathered
all the people together, there lacked of
Dauids seruants nineteene men , and
Asahel.
31 But the seruants of Dauid had
smitten of Beniamin and of Abners
men , so that three hundred and threescore
men died.
32 f And they tooke vp Asahel, and
buried him in the sepulchre of his father
which was in Bethlehem : and loab
and his men went all night , and they
came to Hebron at breake of day.
CHAP. III.
1 During the warre Dauid still waxeth stronger.
2 Sixe sonnes were borne to him in Hebron.
6 Abner displeased with Ishbosheth, 12 re-
uolteth to Dauid. 13 Dauid requireth a con-
dition to bring him his wife Michal. 1 7 Ab-
ner hauing communed with tlie Israelites, is
feasted by Dauid, and dismissed. 22 loab re
turning from battell, is displeased with the
king, and kiUeth Abner. 28 Dauid curseth
loab, 31 and moumeth for Abner.
t Heb. from
the morning.
Or, gone
away.
T t 2
Now
Abner reuolteth
II. Samuel.
to Dauid.
• Chap. 21.
10.
t Hd>r. toy-
ing. ^
Ow there was long war
betweene the house of
Saul , and the house of
Dauid : but Dauid waxed
stronger and stronger, and
the house of Saul waxed weaker and
weaker.
2 IT And vnto Dauid were sonnes
borne in Hebron : and his first borne was
Amnon, of Ahinoam the lezreelitesse
3 And his second, Chileab, of Abi-
gail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite
and the third, Absalom the sonne of
Maacah, the daughter of Talmai king
of Geshur ;
4 And the fourth, Adoniiah the son
of Haggith : and the fifth, Shephatiah
the sonne of Abital ;
5 And the sixth, Ithream by Eglah
Dauids wife : these were borne to Da-
uid in Hebron.
6 If And it came to passe while there
was warre between the house of Saul
and the house of Dauid , that Abner
made himselfe strong for the house of
Saul.
7 And Saul had a concubine, whose
name was *Rizpah, the daughter of A-
iah : and Ishbosheth saide to Abner,
Wherefore hast thou gone in vnto my
fathers concubine .''
8 Then was Abner very wroth
for the words of Ishbosheth , and said.
Am I a dogs head , which against lu-
dah doe shew kindnesse this day vnto
the house of Saul thy father, to his bre
thren, and to his friends , and haue not
deliuered thee into the hand of Dauid,
that thou chargest mee to day with a
fault concerning this woman .''
9 So doe God to Abner , and more
also, except, as the Lord hath sworne
to Dauid, euen so I doe to him :
10 To translate the kingdome from
the house of Saul , and to set vp the
throne of Dauid ouer Israel, and ouer
ludah, from Dan euen to Beer-sheba.
11 And he could not answere Abner
a word againe, because he feared him.
12 IT And Abner sent messengers to
Dauid on his behalfe, saying. Whose is
the land.' saying ako, Make thy league
with me, and behold, my hand sliall bee
with thee, to bring about all Israel vn-
to thee.
18 f And he said. Well, I will make
a league with thee: but one thing I re-
quire of thee, tthat is. Thou shalt not
see my face, except thou first bring Mi-
chal Sauls daughter, when thou com-
mest to see my face.
14 And Dauid sent messengers to
Ishbosheth Sauls sonne, saying, Deli-
mee my wife Michal , which I
espoused to mee for *an hundred fore-,"!- Sam.
skinnes of the Philistines. ' ' ''
15 And Ishbosheth sent , and tooke
her from her husband, euen from *Phal- '^ •p^jj^*
tiel the sonne of Laish.
16 And her husband went with her
t along weeping behinde her to Bahu- t^«*^«^-
rim : then said Abner vnto him, Goe, re- l^rfn^-,
turne. And he returned.
17 IT And Abner had communica-
tion with the Elders of Israel, saying,
Yee sought for Dauid tin times past, to't/feftr. both
be king ouer you. &th^^'
18 Now then doe it, for the 'Lomn third day.
hath spoken of Dauid, saying ; By the
hand of my seruant Dauid I will saue
my people Israel out of the hand of the
Philistines , and out of the hand of all
their enemies.
19 And Abner also spake in the eares
of Beniamin : and Abner went also to
speake in the eares of Dauid in Hebron,
all that seemed good to Israel, and that
seemed good to the whole house of
Beniamin.
20 So Abner came to Dauid to He-
bron, and twenty men with him : and
Dauid made Abner, and the men that
were with him, a feast.
21 And Abner said vnto Dauid , I
will arise , and goe, and will gather all
Israel vnto my lord the king, that they
may make a league with thee, and that
thou mayest raigne ouer all that thine
heart desireth. And Dauid sent Abner
away, and he went in peace.
22 IT And behold, the seruants of
Dauid, and loab came from pursuing a
troupe , and brought in a great spoile
with them : ( but Abner was not with
Dauid in Hebron, for he had sent him a-
way, and he was gone in peace.)
23 When loab and all the host that
was with him , were come , they told
loab, saying, Abner the sonne of Ner
came to the king, and he hath sent him
away, and he is gone in peace.
24 Then loab came to the king, and
said. What hast thou done .'' behold, Ab-
ner came vnto thee, why is it that thou
hast sent him away, & he is quite gone.''
25 Thou knowest Abner the sonne
of Ner, that he came to deceiue thee, and
to know thy going out , and thy com-
ming
loab slayeth Abner.
Chap.iiij.
IftiboQieth flaine.
I. King.
2. «.
Or, peace-
ably.
" Chap. 2.
23.
^Heb. Hoods
t Heb. be
cutoff.
Chap. 2.
t Heb. bed.
I
t Heb. ckil.
dren ofini-
quitie.
t Heb. was
good in their
ming in , & to know all that thou doest.
26 And when loab was come out
from Dauid , bee sent messengers after
Abner , which brought him againe
from the well of Siriah ; but Dauid
knew it not.
27 And when Abner was returned
to Hebron, * loab tooke him aside in the
gate to speake with him || quietly : and
smote him there vnder the fift rihbe, thaX
he died,fortheblood of* Asahelhis bro-
ther.
28 H And afterward when Dauid
heard it, hee said, I and my kingdome
are guiltlesse before the Lord for e-
uer, from the tblood of Abner the sonne
of Ner :
29 Let it rest on the head of loab,
and on all his fathers house, & let there
not tfaile from the house of loab one
that hath an issue, or that is a leper , or
that leaneth on a staffe,or that falleth on
the sword, or that lacketh bread.
30 So loab and Abishai his brother
slew Abner, because he had slaine their
brother *Asahel at Gibeon in the bat-
tell.
31 f And Dauid said to loab , and
to all the people that were with him.
Rent your clothes, and girde you with
sackecloth , and mourne before Abner.
And king Dauid himselfe followed the
tbiere.
32 And they buried Abner in Hebron,
and the king lift vp his voice, and wept
at the graue of Abner; and all the peo-
ple wept.
33 And the king lamented ouer Ab-
ner, and said. Died Abner as a foole
dieth ?
34 Thy hands were not bound, nor
thy feete put into fetters : as a man fal-
leth before t wicked men, so fellest thou.
And all the people wept againe ouer
him.
35 And when all the people came to
cause Dauid to eate meate while it was
yet day, Dauid sware, saying. So doe
God to mee , and more also , if I taste
bread or ought else, till the Sunne be
downe.
36 And all the people tooke notice of
it, and it t pleased them: aswhatsoeuer
the King did, pleased all the people.
37 For all the people, and all Israel
vnderstood that day , that it was not
of the King to slay Abner the sonne of
Ner.
38 And the King said vnto his ser-
uants , Knowe yee not that there is a
prince and a great man fallen this day
m Israel.''
39 And I am this day tweake,
though anointed King, and these men
the sonnes of Zeruiah be too hard for
me : the Lord shall reward the doer
of euill, according to his wickednesse.
CHAP. IIIL
1 The Israelites being troubled at the death of
Abner, 2 Baanah and Rechab slay Ishbo-
sheth, and bring his head to Hebron. 9 Da-
uid causeth them to be slaine , and Ishbo-
sheths head to be buried.
ND when Sauls sonne
heard that Abner was
dead in Hebron, his hands
were feeble , and all the
Israelites
were
had
troubled,
two men
2 And Sauls soi
that were captaines of bands : the name
of the one was Baanah , and the name
of the tother Rechab, the sonnes of
Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children
of Beniamin : (for Beeroth also was
reckoned to Beniamin :
3 And the Beerothites fled to Git-
taim, and were soiourners there vntill
this day.)
4 And lonathan , Sauls sonne,
had a sonne that was lame of his feete,
and was fiue yeeres olde when the ti-
dings came of Saul and lonathan out
of lezreel , and his nource tooke him
vp, and fled: and it came to passe as she
made haste to flee, that hee fell, and be-
came lame , and his name was Mephi-
bosheth.
5 And the sonnes of Rimmon the
Beerothite , Rechab and Baanah,
went, and came about the heat of the
day to the house of Ishbosheth, who
lay on a bed at noone.
6 And they came thither into the
midst of the house, as tluntgh they would
haue fetched wheat , and they smote
him vnder the fift rib, and Rechab and
Baanah his brother escaped.
7 For when they came into the
house, hee lay on his bedde in his bed-
chamber, and they smote him, and slew
him, and beheaded him, and tooke his
head, and gate them away thorow the
plaine all night.
8 And they brought the head of
Ishbosheth vnto Dauid to Hebron,
and said to the King, Behold the head
of
t Heb. se-
cond.
t Heb. ten-
der.
Rechab &c, llaine.
1 1. Samuel.
Dauids children.
• Ch»p. 1.
15.
t Heb. hee
leas in his
oieneeyesas
abringer,
&c.
I Or, which
was the re'
teard I mite
himjbrnis
tidings.
* Chap. 3.
32.
1. Chron.
II. 1.
* Psal. 78.
71.
* Chap. 2. II
of Ishbosheth the sonne of Saul, thine
encmie, which sought thy life, and the
LoBD hath auenged my lord the king
this day of Saul and of his seed.
9 1i And Dauid answered Rechab
and Baanah his brother, the sonnes of
Rimmon the Beerothite, and said vnto
them, As the Loud liueth, who hath
redeemed my soule out of all aduersitie,
10 When *one told me, saying, Be-
hold, Saul is dead, (t thinking to haue
brought good tidings ) I tooke hold of
him, and slew him in Ziklag, ||who
thought that I would haue giuen him a
reward for his tidings :
11 How much more, when wicked
men haue slaine a righteous person, in
his owne house, vpon his bed ? Shall
~ not therefore now require his blood
of your hand, and take you away from
the earth ?
1 2 And Dauid commanded his yong
men, and they slew them , and cut off
their hands and their feete, and hanged
them vp ouer the poole in Hebron : but
they tooke the head of Ishbosheth, and
buried it in the * sepulchre of Abner, in
Hebron.
CHAP. V.
The tribes come to Hebron to annoint Dauid
ouer Israel. 4 Dauids age. 6 Hee taking
Zion from the lebusites d welleth in it. 1 1 Hi-
ram sendeth to Dauid. 13 Eleuen sonnes are
borne to him in lerusalem. 17 Dauid directed
by God smiteth the Philistines at Baal Pera-
zira, 22 and againe at the Mulberie trees.
Hen * cameall the tribes of
Israel to Dauid vnto He-
bron , and spake , saying,
Behold, we are thy bone,
and thy flesh.
2 Also in time past when Saul was
king ouer vs, thou zcast hee that leddest
out and broughtest in Israel : and the
Lord said to thee, *Thou shalt feed
my people Israel, and thou shalt bee a
captaine ouer Israel.
3 So all the Elders of Israel came
to the King to Hebron, and King Da-
uid made a league with them in Hebron
before the Lord: and they anointed
Dauid King ouer Israel.
4 U Dauid was thirtie yeeres old
when he began to reigne , and he reig-
ned fourtie yeeres.
5 In Hebron he reigned ouer lu-
dah * seuen yeeres , and sixe moneths :
and in lerusalem he reigned thirty and
three yeres ouer all Israel and ludah.
6 H And the king and his men went
to lerusalem, vnto the lebusites , the
inhabitants of the land : which spake
vnto Dauid, saying. Except thou take
away the blind and the lame, thou shalt
not come in hither: || Thinking, Dauid
cannot come in hither.
7 Neuerthelesse, Dauid tooke the
strong hold of Zion : the same is the ci-
tie of Dauid.
8 And Dauid said on that day, Who-
soeuer getteth vp to the gutter, and smi
teth the lebusites, and the lame , and
the hWnd, that are hated of Dauids soule,
*he6haUbechiefea7idcaptaine:\\WheTe{ore
they said. The blind and the lame shall
not come into the house.
9 So Dauid dwelt in the fort , and
called it the citie of Dauid, and Dauid
built round about, from Millo and in
ward.
10 And Dauid twent on, and grew
great, and the Lord God of hosts
was with him.
11 If And * Hiram king of Tyre sent
messengers to Dauid, and Cedar trees,
and carpenters, and t Masons: and
they built Dauid an house.
12 And Dauid perceiued that the
Lord had established him King o-
uer Israel, and that he had exalted his
kingdome for his people Israels sake.
13 IT And *Dauid tooke him mo con-
cubines and wiues out of lerusalem,
after he was come from Hebron , and
there were yet sonnes and daughters
borne to Dauid.
14 And * these be the names of those
that zcere borne vnto him in lerusalem,
Shammua, & Shobab, and Nathan,
and Solomon .•
15 Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Ne-
pheg, and laphia,
16 And Elishama, and Eliada, and
Eliphalet.
17 H *But when the PhiHstines
heard that they had anointed Dauid
King ouer Israel, all the Philistines
came vp to seeke Dauid , and Dauid
heard of it, and went downe to the hold.
18 The Philistines also came, and
s])red themselues in the valley of Re-
phaim.
19 And Dauid enquired of the
Lord, saying, Shall I goe vp to
the Philistines.'' wilt thou deliuer them
into mine hand? And the Lord said
vnto Dauid, Goe vp : for I will doubt-
lesse
II Or, saying,
Dauid shall
not ^c.
* 1. Chron.
11.6.
II Or, because
theplutd said
euen the
blind * the
lame, He
shalnotcome
into the
house.
t Heb. went,
going^ and
growing.
" 1. Chion.
14. 1.
t Hebr. hew^
ers of the
stone of the
wall.
• 1. Cliron.
3. 9.
• 1. Chron.
3.5.
• 1. Chron.
11. 16.
and 14. 8.
The Arke remoued.
Chap.vj.
Vzzah flaine.
• Esa. 28.
21.
I That Is,
the plaine of
l}reach€s.
1. Chron.
14. 12.
II Or, tooke
them away.
' I. Chro.
3, 5, 0.
I Or, at
which the
N'ajne, euen
the Name of
the LOUD
of hosts iras
coiled vpon.
t Heb. made
to ride.
Or, the hill.
' 1. Sani. 7.
2.
lesse deliuer the Philistines into thine
hand.
20 And *Dauid came to Baal-Pe-
razim , and Dauid smote them there,
and said, The Loud hath broken
foorth vpon mine enemies before me, as
the breach of waters. Therefore he cal-
led the name of that place, ||BaaI-Pe-
razim.
21 And there they left their images,
and Dauid and his men *||burnt
them.
22 IT And the Philistines came vp
yet againe, and spread themselues in the
valley of Rephaim.
23 And when Dauid enquired of the
Lord, he said, Thou shalt not goe
vp : but {etch a compasse behinde them,
and come vpon them oner against the
Mulbery trees.
24 And let it be when thou hearest
the sound of a going in the tops of the
mulbery trees, that then thou shalt be-
stirre thy selfe : for then shal the Lord
goe out before thee, to smite the host of
the Philistines.
25 And Dauid did so, as the Lord
had commaunded him ; and smote the
Philistines from Geba, vntil thou come
to Gazer.
CHAP. VI.
I Dauid fetcheth the Arke from Kiriath-iearim
on a new cart. 6 Vzzah is smitten at Perez-
Vzzah. 9 God blesseth Obed-Edom for
the Arke. 12 Dauid bringing the Arke in
to Zion with sacrifices, daunceth before it, for
which Michol despiseth him. 17 Hee pla-
ceth it in a tabernacle with great ioy and fea-
sting. 20 Michal reproouing Dauid for his
rehgious ioy, is childlesse to her death.
Gaine , Dauid gathered
togetlier all the chosen
men of Israel, thirtie
thousand :
2 And * Dauid arose
and went with all the people that we?-e
with him , from Baale of ludah , to
bring vp from thence the Arke of God,
II whose Name is called by the Name of
the Lord of hostes , that dwelleth
betzveene the Cherubims.
3 And they tset the Arke of God vp-
on a new cart, and brought it out of the
house of Abinadab that was in ||Gibeah :
and Vzzah and Aliio the sonnes of Abi-
nadab, draue the new cart.
4 And they brought it out of *the
house of Abinadab which was at Gi-
beah, taccompanying the Arke of God;
and Ahio went before the Arke.
5 And Dauid and all the house of
Israel played before the Lord on all
manner of in.struments made of Firre-
wood, euen on harpes, and on Psalte-
ries, and on timbrels, and on cornets,
and on cimbals.
6 IT And *when they came to Na-
chons threshing floore, Vzzah put forth
his hand to the Arke of God, and tooke
hold of it, for the oxen ||shooke it.
I And the anger of the Lord
was kindled against Vzzah , and God
smote him there for his ||errour, and
there he died by the Arke of God.
8 And Dauid was displeased , be-
cause the Lord had tmade a breach
vpon Vzzah : And hee called the name
of the place , || Perez- Vzzah to this day.
9 And Dauid was afraide of the
Lord that day , and said. How shall
the Arke of the Lord come to me .''
10 So Dauid would not rem one the
Arke of the Lord vnto him into the
citie of Dauid : but Dauid caried it a-
side into the house of Obed Edom, the
Gittite.
II And the Arke of the Lord con-
tinued in the house of Obed Edom the
Gittite, three moneths : and the Lord
blessed Obed Edom, and all his house-
hold.
12 If And it was told king Dauid,
saying, *The Lord hath blessed the
house of Obed Edom , and all that per-
tained vnto him , because of the Arke of
God. So Dauid went, and brought vp
the Arke of God, from the house of O-
bed Edom, into the citie of Dauid, with
gladnesse.
13 And it was so , that when they
that bare the Arke of the Lord, had
gone sixe paces , hee sacrificed oxen and
fatlings.
14 And Dauid daunced before the
Lord with all his might, and Dauid
was girded with a linnen Ephod.
15 So Dauid and all the house of
Israel brought vp the Arke of the
Lord with shouting, and with the
sound of the trumpet.
16 And as the Arke of the Lord
came into the citie of Dauid , Michal
Sauls daughter looked through a
window, and saw king Dauid leaping
and dauncing before the Lord, and
she despised him in her heart.
17 % And
\ Hebr.wilh.
' 1. Chron.
13. U.
I Or, stum-
bled.
i Or, rash-
nesse.
t Hebr. bro-
ken.
1 That is.
The breach
of f^zzah.
* 1. Chron.
IS. 25.
Michal childleHe.
ll.Sainuel.
Gods promife.
t i/«A. stret-
ched.
• 1. Chron.
16. 2.
i Or, openly.
I Or, ofOie
handmaids
ol my ser-
uants.
1. Chron.
17. 2.
17 IF And they brought in the Arke
of the Lord, and set it in his place,
in the midst of the Tabernacle that Da-
uid had t pitched for it : and Dauid offe-
red burnt offerings, and peace offrings
before the Lord.
18 And assoone as Dauid had made
an end of offering burnt offerings and
peace offerings , *hee blessed the peo-
Ele in the Name of the Lord of
ostes.
19 And hee dealt among all the peo
pie, euen among the whole multitude of
Israel, as well to the women as men,
to euery one a cake of bread, and a good
piece ofjlesh, and a flagon of wine: so all
the people departed euery one to his
house.
20 IT Then Dauid returned to blesse
his houshold : and Michal the daugh-
ter of Saul came out to meete Dauid,
and said , How glorious was the King
of Israel to day, who vncouered him
selfe to day in the eyes of the handmaids
of his seruants, as one of the vaine fel
lowes llshamelessely vncouereth him
selfe !
21 And Dauid said vnto Michal , It
was before the Lord, which chose me
before thy father, & before all his house,
to appoint me ruler ouer the people of
the Lord, ouer Israel : therefore
will I play before the Lord.
22 And I will yet be more vile then
thus , and will be base in mine owne
sight : and ||of the maid seruants which
thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be
had in honour.
23 Therefore Michal the daughter
of Saul had no childe vnto the day of
her death.
CHAP. VII.
1 Nathan first approouing the purpose of Da-
uid to build God an house, 4 after by the
word of God forbiddeth him. 12 He promi-
seth him benefites and blessings in his seede.
18 Dauids prayer and thankesgiuing.
ND it came to passe,
*when the King sate in
his house, and the Lord
had giuen him rest round
^__^ about fro all his enemies;
2 That the king said vnto Nathan
the Prophet , See now , I dwell in an
house of Cedar , but the Arke of God
dwelleth within curtaines.
3 And Nathan sayde to the King.
t Heb. to my
seruant to
Dauid.
I In the 1.
Chro. 17. 6.
any of the
Judges.
• I.Sam. 16.
Go, doe all that is in thine heart : for the
Lord in with thee.
4 U And it came to passe that night,
that the word of the Lord came vn-
to Nathan, saying ;
5 Goe and tell tmy seruant Dauid,
Thus sayth the Lord, Shalt thou
build me an house for me to dwell in .'
6 Whereas I haue not dwelt in
any house, since the time that I brought
vp the children of Israel out of Egypt,
euen to this day , but haue walked in a
tent and in a tabernacle.
7 In all tlie places wherein I haue
walked with all the children of Israel,
spake I a word with ||any of the tribes
of Israel , whome I commanded to
feede my people Israel , saying , Why
build ye not me an house of Cedar ?
8 Now therefore so shalt thou say
vnto my seruant Dauid ; Thus sayth
the Lord of hostes , *I tooke thee'
from the sheepe-cote, tfrom following 70.' '' ''"''
the sheepe, to be ruler ouer my people, ^ Heb. from
ouer Israel.
9 And I was with thee whitherso-
euer thou wentest, and haue cut off all
thine enemies tout of thy sight, andij^^*.*-/'
haue made thee a great name, like vnto
the name of the great men that are in
the earth.
10 (Moreouer I will appoint a place
for my people Israel , and will plant
them, that they may dwell in a place of
their owne , and mooue no more : nei-
ther shall the children of wickednesse
afflict them any more, as beforetime,
11 And as since the time that I com-
manded ludges to bee ouer my people
Israel , and haue caused thee to rest
from all thine enemies : ) Also the
Lord telleth thee, that he will make
thee an house.
12 IT And *when thy dayes be fulfil-
led , and thou shalt sleepe with thy fa-
thers, I will set vp thy seede after thee,
which shall proceede out of thy bowels,
and I will establish his kingdome.
13 * Hee shall build an house for my
Name , and I will stablish the throne
of his kingdome for euer.
14*1 will be his father, and he shall
be my sonne: * if hee commit iniquitie,!* Psai. 89.
I will chasten him with the rodde of '
men, and with the stripes of the children
of men.
15 But my mercie shall not depart
away from him, as I tooke it from!
Saul, whom I put away before thee.
16 And:
• 1. tCtag.
8. 20.
• I. King.
.5. 5. and 6.
12. 1. chro.
22. 10.
• Heb. 1. 5.
Dauids thankes,
Chap.viij.
and prayer.
t Heb, Law,
Deut. 4. 7
t Heb. ope-
ned the eare.
loh. 17.
17.
16 And thine house, and thy king
dome shall be stablished for euer before
thee: thy throne shall bee stablished for
euer.
17 According to all these words, and
according to all this vision, so did Na-
than speake vnto Dauid.
18 IT Then went king Dauid in, and
sate before the Lord, and hee said,
Who am I, O Lord God ? and what
is my house, that thou hast brought me
hitherto ?
19 And this was yet a small thing in
thy sight, O Lord God : but thou hast
spoken also of thy seruants house for a
great while to come , and is this the
tmaner of man, O Lord God ?
20 And what can Dauid say more
vnto thee? for thou, Lord God,
knowest thy seruant.
21 For thy words sake , and accor-
ding to thine own heart hast thou done
all these great things, to make thy ser-
uant know them.
22 Wherefore thou art great, O
Lord God : for there is none like thee,
neither is there any God beside thee, ac-
cording to all that we haue heard with
our eares.
23 And *what one nation in the
earth is like thy people, eiten like Israel,
whom God went to redeeme for a peo-
ple to himselfe, & to make him a name,
and to doe for you great things, and ter-
rible, for thy lande, before thy people
which thou redeemedst to thee from E-
gypt,yrom the nations, and their gods?
24 For thou hast confirmed to thy
selfe thy people Israel to be a people vn-
to thee for euer: and thou. Lord art
become their God.
25 And now, 0 Lord God, the
word that thou hast spoken, concerning
thy seruant, and concerning his house,
establish it for euer, and doe as thou hast
said.
26 And let thy name bee magnified
for euer, saying. The Lord of hosts
is the God ouer Israel : and let the
house of thy seruant Dauid bee establi-
shed before thee.
27 For thou, O Loud of hostes,
God of Israel, hast treuealed to thy
seruant , saying , I will build thee an
house: therfore hath thy seruant found
in his heart to pray this prayer vnto
thee.
28 And now, O Lord God, (thou
art that God, and *thy words be true.
and thou hast promised this goodnesse
vnto thy seruant.)
29 Therefore now tiet it please thee
to blesse the house of thy seruant, that it
may continue for euer before thee: for
thou, O Lord God, hast spoken it, and
with thy blessing let the house of thy
seruant be blessed for euer.
CHAP. VIIL
1 Dauid subdueth the Philistines and the Moa-
bites. 3 He smiteth Hadadezer, and the Sy-
rians. 9 Toi sendeth loram with Presents to
blesse him. 11 The Presents and the spoile
Dauid dedicateth to God. 1 4 He putteth ga-
risons in Edom. 16 Dauids officers.
t Heb. bee
thou pleased
and blesse.
Nd * after this it came to
passe, that Dauid smote
the Philistines , and sub-
dued them : and Dauid
tooke ||Metheg-Ammah
out of the hand of the Philistines.
2 And he smote Moab, and measu-
red them with a line , casting them
downe to the ground : euen with two
lines measured he, to put to death, and
with one full line to keepe aliue : and
so the Moabites became Dauids ser-
uants, and brought gifts.
3 IT Dauid smote also Hadadezer
the Sonne of Rehob, king of Zobah, as
he went to recouer his border at the ri
uer Euphrates.
4 And Dauid tooke ||from him a
thousand \\charets, and seuen hundred
horsemen, and twentie thousand foote-
men : and Dauid houghed all the cha-
ret horses, but reserued of them_yor an
hundred charets.
5 And when the Syrians of Da-
mascus came to succour Hadadezer
king of Zobah, Dauid slew of the Sj'-
rians two and twentie thousand men.
6 Then Dauid put garisons in Sy-
ria of Damascus : And the Syrians be-
came seruants to Dauid, a7id brought
gifts: and the Lord preserued Da
uid whithersoeuer he went.
7 And Dauid tooke the shields of
gold that were on the seruants of Ha-
dadezer, and brought them to lerusa-
lem.
8 And from Betah and from Bero-
thai, cities of Hadadezer, King Dauid
tooke exceeding much brasse.
9 IT When Toi king of Hamath
heard that Dauid had smitten all the
hoste of Hadadezer,
U u 10 Then
• 1. Chron.
18. 1. &c.
psal. 60. 2.
Or, the bri-
dle ofAm-
mah.
I Or, of his.
II As 1. Chr.
la. 4.
Dauids kindnefle
II. Samuel.
to Mephiboflieth.
i Hebr.aske
him of peace.
\ Hebr.vxu
amanqf
wamttnth.
t Hebr. m
hiihand
t Hebr. his
smiting.
(h, re-
membran-
cer, or wri-
ter ofChro-
nicies.
I Or, secre-
tary.
• I. Chron.
18. 17.
1 Or, Prin-
ces.
10 Then Toi sent loram his sonne
vnto king Dauid to t salute him, and to
|blesse him , because hee had fought a-
gainst Hadadezer, and smitten him: (for
Hadadezer thad warres with Toi)
andloram tbroughc with him vessels of
siluer, and vessels of gold, and vessels of
brasse ;
11 Which also king Dauid did dedi-
cate vnto the Lord, with the siluer,
and gold that he had dedicate of all na-
tions which he subdued : 1
12 Of Syria, and of Moab, and of
the children of Ammon, and of the Phi-
listines, ScofAmalek, and of the spoile of
Hadadezer sonne of Rehob king of
Zobah.
13 And Dauid gate him a name when
he returned from tsmiting of the Syri-
ans in the valley of salt, being eighteene
thousand men.
14 H And he put garrisons in Edom;
thorowout all Edom put he garrisons,
and all they of Edom became Dauids
seruants : and the Loed preserued
Dauid whithersoeuer he went.
15 And Dauid reigned ouer all Is-
rael , and Dauid executed iudgement
and iustice vnto all his people.
16 And loab the sonne of Zeruiah
was ouer the host, and lehoshaphat the
sonne of Ahilud was \\ Recorder.
17 And Zadok the sonne of Ahitub,
and Ahimelech the sonne of Abiathar,
were the Priests, and Seraiah was the
II scribe.
18 *And Benaiah the sonne of le-
hoiada was ouer both the Cherethites,
and the Pelethites, and Dauids sonnes
were ||chiefe rulers.
CHAP. IX.
1 Dauid by Ziba, sendeth for Mephibosheth.
7 For Jonathans sake he intertaineth him at
his table, and restoreth hira all thatwas Sauls.
9 He maketh Ziba his farmour.
Nd Dauid said, Is there
yet any that is left of the
house of Saul , that I
may shew him kindnesse
for lonathans sake ?
2 And there was of the house of
Saul, a seruant whose name was Zi-
ba : and when they had called him vnto
Dauid, the king said vnto him. Art thou
Ziba? And he said. Thy seruant is he.
3 And the king said. Is there not
yet any of the house of Saul, that I
may shew the kindnesse of God vnto
him .'' and Ziba said vnto the king, lo-
nathan hath yet a sonne, which is *lame
on his feete.
4 And the king saide vnto him.
Where is hee .'* and Ziba said vnto the
king. Behold, he is in the house of Ma-
chir the sonne of Ammiel, in Lodebar.
5 It Then king Dauid sent, and fet
him out of the house of Machir the son
of Ammiel, from Lodebar.
6 Now when Mephibosheth the
sonne of lonathan the sonne of Saul,
was come vnto Dauid, hee fell on his
face, and did reuerence: and Dauid said,
Mephibosheth ! And he answered. Be-
hold thy seruant.
7 f And Dauid saide vnto him,
Feare not ; for I will surely shew thee
kindnesse, for lonathan thy fathers
sake, and will restore thee all the land
of Saul thy father, and thou shalt eate
bread at my table continually.
8 And hee bowed himselfe, and
saide, What is thy seruant, that thou
shouldest looke vpon such a dead dogge
as I am ?
9 IT Then the king called to Ziba
Sauls seruant, and said vnto him , I
haue giuen vnto thy masters sonne all
that pertained to Saul, and to all his
house.
10 Thou therefore and thy sonnes,
and thy seruants , shall till the land for
him , and thou shalt bring in the fruits,
that thy masters sonne may haue food
to eate : but Mephibosheth thy ma-
sters sonne shall eat bread alway at my
table. Now Ziba had fifteene sonnes.
and twenty seruants.
11 Then saide Ziba vnto the king.
According to all that my lord the king
hath commanded his seruant, so shall
thy seruant doe : as for Mephibosheth,
said the King,hesha\\ca,te at my table,as
one of the kings sonnes.
12 And Mephibosheth had a yong
Sonne whose name was Micha : and all
that dwelt in the house of Ziba, were ser-
uants vnto Mephibosheth.
13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in le-
rusalem : for hee did eate continually at
the kings table, and was lame on both
his feete.
CHAP. X.
1 Dauids messenp;ers sent to comfort Hanun
the sonne of Nahash, are villenously intrea-
ted. 6 The Ammonites, strengthened by the
Syrians,
• Chap. 4.
4.
Hanuns villenie
Chap.x.xj.
is reuenged.
1. Chron.
19.
t Hebr. in
thine eyes
doth Da-
uid?
Syrians, are ouercome by loab and Abishai.
1 5 Shobach making a new supply of the Sy-
rians at Helain, is slaine by Dauid.
Nd it came to passe, after
this, that the * king of the
children of Ammon died,
and Hanun his sonne reig-
ned in his stead.
2 Then said Dauid , I will shewe
kindnes vnto Hanun the sonne of Na-
hash, as his father shewed kindnes vn-
to me. And Dauid sent to comfort him
by the hand of his seruants, for his fa-
ther : and Dauids seruants came into
the land of the children of Ammon.
3 And the princes of the children of
Ammon saide vnto Hanun their lord,
tThinkest thou that Dauid doeth ho-
nour thy father, that he hath sent com-
forters vnto thee .'' Hath not Dauid ra-
ther sent his seruants vnto thee , to
search the citie, and to spie it out, and to
ouerthrow it ?
4 Wherefore Hanun tooke Dauids
seruants, and shaued oflF the one halfe
of their beards, and cut off their gar-
ments in the middle, euen to their but-
tocks, and sent them away.
5 When they told it vnto Dauid, he
sent to meet them, because the men were
greatly ashamed : and the King saide,
Tarie at lericho vntill your beards be
growen, ayid then returne.
6 H And when the children of Am-
mon saw that they stanke before Da-
uid, the children of Ammon sent , and
hired the Syrians of Beth-Rehob,
and the Syrians of Zoba, twentie
thousand footmen, and of king Maa-
cah , a thousand men , and of Ishtob
twelue thousand men. I
7 And when Dauid heard of it, hei
sent loab, and all the hoste of the migh-j
tie men.
8 And the children of Ammon
came out, and put the battel! in aray at
the entring in of the gate : and the Sy-
rians of Zoba and of Rehob, and Ish-
tob, and Maacah, wei'e by themselues inj
the field. |
9 When loab saw that the front of
the battell was against him, before and
behind, he chose of all the choise men of
Israel, and put them in aray against
the Syrians.
10 And the rest of the people he deli-
uered into the hand of Abishai his bro-
ther, that he might put them in aray a-
gainst the children of Ammon.
11 And he said. If the Syrians bee
too strong for me, then thou shalt helpe
me : but if the children of Ammon bee
too strong for thee , then I will come
and helpe thee.
12 Be of good courage, and let vs
play the men, for our people, and for the
cities of our God : and the Lord doe
that which seemeth him good.
1 3 And loab drew nigh, and the peo-
ple that were with him, vnto the battell
against the Syrians : and they fled be-
fore him.
14 And when the children of Am-
mon saw that the Syrians were fledde,
then fled they also before Abishai, and
entred into the citie : so loab returned
from the children of Ammon , and
came to lerusalem.
15 IT And when the Syrians sawe
that they were smitten before Israel,
they gathered themselues together.
16 And Hadarezer sent, and brought
out the Syrians that were beyond the ri-
uer, and they came to Helam, and Sho-
bach the captaine of the hoste of Hada-
rezer went before them.
17 And when it was told Dauid, he
gathered all Israel together, and pas-
sed ouer lordane, and came to Helam:
and the Syrians set themselues in aray
against Dauid, and fought with him.
18 And the Syrians fled before Is-
rael, and Dauid slew tfie men of seuen
hundred charets of the Syrians, and
fourtie thousand horsemen, and smote
Shobach the captaine of their hoste,
who died there.
19 And when all the kings that were
seruants to Hadarezer sawe, that they
were smitten before Israel, they made
peace with Israel, and serued them : so
the Syrians feared to helpe the children
of Ammon any more.
CHAP. XI.
1 While loab besieged Rabbah, Dauid com-
mitteth adulterie with Bath - sheba. 6 Vriah
sent for by Dauid to couer the adulterie,
would not goe home neither sober nor drun-
ken. 1 4 Hee carieth to loab the letter of his
death. 18 loab sendeth the newes thereof to
Dauid. 26 Dauid taketh Bath-sheba to wife.
Nd it came to passe, that
t after the yeere was expi-
red , at the time when
kings goe foorth to battell,
that * Dauid sent loab
and his seruants with him, and all Is-
U u 2 rael ;
iHeb.atthe
retwmeof
the yeere.
1. Chron.
20. I.
Dauids adulterie,
Il.Samuel.
and murder.
Or, and
whe she had
purified her
selfe, ^c she
returned.
Leuit, 15,
19. and
18. 19.
t Heb. of the
o/^c.
t Heb. went
mii after
him.
rael ; and they destroyed the children of
Ammon, and besieged llabbah : but
Dauid taried still at lerusalem.
2 f And it came to passe in an eue-
ning tide, that Dauid arose from off his
bed, and walked vpon the roofe of the
kings house : and from the roofe he saw
a woman washing her selfe; and the
woman was very beautiful! to looke
vpon.
3 And Dauid sent and enquired af
ter the woman: and one said, Is not
this Bath-sheba the daughter of E
liam, the wife of Vriah the Hittite .''
4 And Dauid sent messengers, and
tooke her, and shee came in vnto him
and he lay with her, (|| for she was *pu-
rifled from her vncleannesse) and shee
returned vnto her house.
. 5 And the woman conceiued , and
sent and tolde Dauid, and said, I am
with childe.
6 H And Dauid sent to loab, say-
ing; Send me Vriah the Hittite. And
loab sent Vriah to Dauid.
7 And when Vriah was come vn-
to him, Dauid demanded of him thow
loab did, and how the people did, and
how the warre prospered.
8 And Dauid said to Vriah , Goe
downe to thy house, and wash thy feete.
And Vriah departed out of the Kings
house, and there t followed him a messe
of meat from the king.
9 But Vriah slept at the doore of
the kings house, with all the seruants
of his lord, and went not downe to his
house.
10 And when they had tolde Dauid
saying, Vriah went not downe vnto
his house, Dauid said vnto Vriah, Ca
mest thou not from thy iourney .'' why
t/ten diddest thou not goe downe vnto
thine house .''
11 And Vriah said vnto Dauid, The
Arke, and Israel, and ludah abide in
tents, and my lord loab, and the ser
uants of my lord are encamped in the
open fields ; shall I then goe into mine
house, to eate and to drinke, and to lie
with my wife ? As thou liuest, and as
thy soule liueth , I will not doe this
thing.
12 And Dauid said to Vriah, Tary
here to day also, and to morow I will
let thee depart. So Vriah abode in le-
rusalem that day, and the morrow.
13 And when Dauid had called him,
hee did eate and drinke before him, and
he made him drunke : and at euen hee
went out to lie on his bed with the ser-
uants of his lord, but went not downe
to his house.
14 f And it came to passe in the mor-
ning, that Dauid wrote a letter to lo-
ab, and sent it by the hand of Vriah.
15 And he wrote in the letter, saying.
Set yee Vriah in the forefront of the
thottest battel, and retire yetfrom him,
that he may be smitten, and die.
16 And it came to passe when loab
obserued the citie, that he assigned Vri-
ah vnto a place where hee knewe that
valiant men were.
17 And the men of the city went out.
and fought with loab : and there fell
some of the people of the seruants of
Dauid, and Vriah the Hittite died also.
18 H Then loab sent, and tolde
Dauid all the things concerning the
warre :
19 And charged the messenger, say-
ing, When thou hast made an ende of
telling the matters of the warre vnto
the King;
20 And if so be that the kings wrath
arise, and hee say vnto thee , Wherefore
approched ye so nigh vnto the city when
yee did fight .'' Knew yee not that they
would shoot from the wall ?
21 Who smote *Abimelech the sonne
of lerubesheth .-' Did not a woman
cast a piece of a milstone vpon him from
the wall, that he died in Thebez ? why
went ye nigh the wall.'' Then say thou.
Thy seruant Vriah the Hittite is dead
also.
22 IT So the messenger went, and
came and shewed Dauid all that loab
had sent him for.
23 And the messenger said vnto Da-
uid , Surely the men preuailed against
vs, and came out vnto vs into the field,
and we were vpon them euen vnto the
entring of the gate.
24 And the shooters shot from off
the wall vpon thy seruants, and some
of the Kings seruants be dead, and thy
seruant Vriah the Hittite is dead also.
25 Then Dauid said vnto the mes
senger. Thus shalt thou say vnto lo-
ab. Let not this thing t displease thee:
for the sword deuoureth tone as well as
another : Make thy battell more strong
against the citie, and ouerthrow it; and
encourage thou him.
26 IT And when the wife of Vriah
heard that Vriah her husband was
dead.
tffeft. strong
t Heb. from
after him.
* ludg. 9.
63.
t Heb. be
euiU in thine
eyes.
t Heb. so
and such.
Nathans parable.
Chap.xij.
Dauid repenteth.
t Heb. was
euill in the
eiesof.
+ Heb. mar-
sell.
t Or, is wor-
thy to die.
• Exo.22. 1
• Sam. 16.
13.
dead, she mourned for her husband.
27 And when the mourning was
past, Dauid sent, and fet lier to his
house, and she became his wife, and bare
him a sonne : but the thing that Dauid
had done, t displeased the Loed.
CHAP. XII.
1 Nathans parable of the Ewe lambe, cau-
seth Dauid to be his owne ludee. 7 Da-
uid, reproued by Nathan, confesseth his sinne
and is pardoned. 15 Dauid raourneth and
prayetli for the childe, while it liued. 24
Salomon is borne and named ledidiah. 26
Dauid taketh Rabbah, and tortureth the
people thereof.
Nd the Lord sent Na-
than vnto Dauid : and he
came vnto him , and said
vnto him , There were
two men in one citie ; the
one rich, and the other poore.
2 The rich man had exceeding ma-
ny flockes and herds.
3 But the poore man had nothing
saue one litle ewe lambe, which he had
bought and nourished vp : and it grew
vp together with him , and with his
children, it did eate of his owne tmeate,
and dranke of his owne cup , and lay in
his bosome, and was vnto him as
daughter.
4 And there came a traueller vnto
the rich man , and he spared to take of
his owne flocke, and of his owne herd
to dresse for the wayfaring man that
was come vnto him , but tooke the
poore mans lambe, and dressed it for the
man that was come to him.
5 And Dauids anger was greatly
kindled against the man, and he said to
Nathan, As the Lord liueth , the
man that hath done this thing, || shall
surely die.
6 And he shall restore the Lambe
*fourefold, because he did this thing,
aud because he had no pittie.
7 H And Nathan said to Dauid,
Thou art the man : thus saith the
Lord God of Israel, I * anointed
thee king ouer Israel, and I deliuered
thee out of the hand of Saul,
8 And I gaue thee thy Masters
house, and thy Masters wiues into thy
bosome, and gaue thee the house of Is-
rael and of ludah, and if that had bene
too litle, I would moreouer haue giuen
vnto thee such and such things.
9 Wherefore hast thou despised the
commandement of the Lord, to doe
euill in his sight .' thou hast killed Vri
ah the Hittite with the sword, and hast
taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast
slaine him with the sword of the chil-
dren of Ammon.
10 Now therefore the sword shall
neuer depart from thine house , because
thou hast despised me, and hast taken
the wife of Vriah the Hittite, to be thy
wife.
11 Thus saith the Lord, Behold,
I will raise vp euill against thee out of
thine owne house, and I will *take thy
wiues before thine eyes, and giue them.
vnto thy neighbour , and he shall lie
with thy wiues in the sight of this
Sunne.
12 For thou diddest it secretly : but I
will do this thing before all Israel, and
before the Sunne.
13 And Dauid saide vnto Nathan,
*I haue sinned against the Lord.
And Nathan saide vnto Dauid, The
Lord also hath put away thy sinne,
thou shall not die.
14 Howbeit , because by this deede
thou hast giuen great occasion to the e
nemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the
childe also that is borne vnto thee, shall
surely die.
15 f And Nathan departed vnto
his house : and the Lord strake the
childe that Vriahs wife bare vnto Da-
uid, and it was very sicke.
16 Dauid therfore besought God for
the childe, and Dauid t fasted, and went
in, and lay all night vpon the earth.
17 And the Elders of his house a-
rose, and went to him, to raise him vp
from the earth : but he would not, nei-
ther did he eate bread with them.
18 And it came to passe on the se-
uenth day, that the childe died : and the
seruants of Dauid feared to tell him
that the child was dead : for they saide.
Behold, while the childe was yet aliue,
we spake vnto him, and he would not
hearken vnto our voice : how will he
then tvexe himselfe, if we tell him that
the childe is dead .''
19 But when Dauid saw that his
seruants whispered , Dauid perceiued
that the childe was dead : therefore Da-
uid said vnto his seruants. Is the child
dead .' and they said, He is dead.
20 Then Dauid arose from the earth
and washed, and anointed himselfe, and
changed
Deut. 28.
30. chap.
16. 22.
Ecdus.
47. 11.
t Heb. fasted
a fast.
t Heb. doe
hurt.
Solomon borne.
Il.Samuel.
Amnons luft.
•Matt. 1.6.
• 1. Chron.
22. 9.
I That is.
Beloved of
the Lard.
t Hebr. my
name be cat'
ledvponit.
* 1. Chron.
20.2.
t Hebr. very
great.
Ichanged his apparell, and came into the
house of the Lord, and worshipped :
then hee came to his owne house, and
when lie required, tliey set bread before
him, and he did eate.
21 Then said his seruants vnto him.
What thing is this that thou hast done.?
thou didst fast and weepe for the childe,
while it was aliue, but when the childe
was dead, thuu didst rise and eat bread.
22 And he said, While the child was
yet aliue, I fasted and wept : for I said,
Who can tell, ichether God will be graci-
ous to me, that the child may liue .'*
23 But now hee is dead, Wherefore
should I fast .'' Can I bring him backe
againe.'' I shall goe to him, but he shall
not returne to me.
24 f And Dauid comforted Bath-
sheba his wife, and went in vnto her,
and lay with her : and *she bare a sonne,
and he called his name Solomon, and
the Lord loued him.
25 And hee sent by the hand of Na-
than the Prophet, and *hee called his
name || ledidiah, because of the I.,ord
26 1i And loab fought against Kab-
bah of the children of Ammon , and
tooke the royall citie.
27 And loab sent messengers to
Dauid, and said, I haue fought against
Kabbah , and haue taken the citie of
waters.
28 Now therefore, gather the rest
of the people together, and encampe a-
gainst the citie, and take it : lest I take
the citie, andtitbe called aftermyname.
29 And Dauid gathered all the peo-
ple together, and went to Kabbah, and
fought against it, and tooke it.
30 * And he tooke their kings crowne
from off his head (the weight whereof
was a talent of gold , with the precious
stones) and it was set on Dauids head,
and he brought forth the spoile of the ci
tie tin great abundance.
31 And he brought foorth the people
that were therein , and put them vnder
sawes , and vnder harrowes of yron
and vnder axes of yron, and made them
passe through the bricke-kilne : And
thus did he vnto all the cities of the chil-
dren of Ammon. So Dauid and all the
people returned vnto Jerusalem.
CHAP. XIIL
1 Amnon louiii;' Tamar, by lonadabs counsel!
faining himselfe sicke, rauisheth her. 15 Hee
hateth her, and shamefully turneth her a-
way. 19 Absalom entertaineth her, and
concealeth his purpose. 23 At a sheepe-
shearing, among all the Kings sonnes, hee
killeth Amnon. 30 Dauid grieuing at the
newes is comforted by lonadab. 37 Absalom
flieth to Talmai at Geshur.
Nd it came to passe after
this , that Absalom the
Sonne of Dauid had a faire
sister, whose nameie^a* Ta-
mar : and Amnon the
sonne of Dauid loued her.
2 And Amnon was so vexed, that
he fell sicke for his sister Tamar: for she
was a virgine, and t Amnon thought it
hard for him to doe any thing to her.
3 But Amnon had a friend, whose
name xvas lonadab, the sonne of Shi-
meah, Dauids brother: and lonadab
was a very subtill man.
4 And he saide vnto him, Why art
thou, being the Kings sonne, tleane
t from day to day.'' Wilt thou not tel me .''
and Amnon said vnto him, I loue Ta-
mar my brother Absaloms sister.
5 And lonadab said vnto him. Lay
thee downe on thy bed, and make thy
selfe sicke : and when thy father com-
meth to see thee, say vnto him, I pray
thee, let my sister Tamar come, and
giue me meat, and dresse the meat in my
sight, that I may see it, and eate it at her
hand.
6 H So Amnon lay downe , and
made himselfe sicke : and when the king
was come to see him, Amnon said vnto
the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my si-
ster come, & make me a couple of cakes
in my sight, that I may eat at her hand
7 Then Dauid sent home to Ta-
mar, saying, Goe now to thy brother
Amnons house, and dresse him meat.
8 So Tamar went to her brother
Amnons house (and hee was laide
downe) and she tooke ||flowre, and knea-
ded it, and made cakes in his sight, and
did bake the cakes.
9 And she tooke a pan, and powred
them out before him , but hee refused to
eate: and Amnon said, Haue out all men
from mee : And they went out euery
man from him.
10 And Amnon saide vnto Tamar,
Bring the meate into the chamber, that
I may eate of thine hand. And Tamar
tooke the cakes which shee had made,
and brought them into the chamber to
Amnon her brother.
11 And when shee had brought them
vnto
t Heb. it was
maruelous
or hidden in
the eyes of
Amnon.
t Heb. thin.
t Heb. mor-
ning by mor.
ning.
Or, paste.
Tamar rauifhed.
Chap.xiij.
Amnon murdered.
t Heb. hum-
ble me.
Leuit.
18. 9.
t Heb. It
ou^hl not so
to be done.
t Heb. with
great hatred
greatly.
t Heb. set
not thine
heart.
t Heb. and
desolate.
vnto him to eate , hee tooke hold of her,
and said vnto her, Come lye with mee,
my sister.
12 And she answered him, Nay, my
brother, doenottforceme: for *t no such
thing ought to bee done in Israel; doe
not thou this folly.
13 And I, whither shall I cause my
shame to goe.'' and as for thee, thou shalt
be as one of the fooles in Israel : now
therefore, I pray thee, speake vnto the
king, for he will not withhold me from
thee.
14 Howbeit hee would not hearken
vnto her voice, but being stronger then
shee, forced her, and lay with her.
15 IF Then Amnon hated her tex-
ceedingly, so that the hatred wherwith
he hated her, was greater then the loue
wherewith hee had loued her : And
Amnon said vnto her. Arise, be gone.
16 And she said vnto him. There is
no cause : this euill in sending me away,
is greater then the other that thou did-
dest vnto me : But he would not hear-
ken vnto her.
17 Then hee called his seruant that
ministred vnto him, and said. Put now
this woman out from mee, and bolt the
doore after her.
18 And shee had a garment of diuers
colours vpon her : for with such robes
were the Kings daughters, that were
virgins, apparelled. Then his seruant
brought her out, and bolted the doore
after her.
19 H And Tamar put ashes on her
head , and rent her garment of diuers
colours that was on her, and layde her
hand on her head, and went on, crying.
20 And Absalom her brother sayde
vnto her. Hath Amnon thy brother
beene with thee ? But holde nowe thy
peace, my sister: he is thy brother, tre-
gard not this thing. So Tamar remai
ned + desolate in her brother Absaloms
house.
21 IT But when King Dauid heard
of all these things, he was very wroth.
22 And Absalom spake vnto his bro
ther Amnon neither good nor bad : for
Absalom hated Amnon, because he had
forced his sister Tamar.
23 H And it came to passe after two
full yeeres , that Absalom had sheepe-
shearers in Baal-Hazor, which is beside
Ephraim : and Absalom inuited all the
kings sonnes.
24 And Absalom came to the King,
and said. Behold now, thy seruant hath
sheepe-shearers , Let the King, I be
seech thee, and his seruants, goe with
thy seruant.
25 And the King sayde to Absalom,
Nay, my sonne, let vs not all now goe,
lest we be chargeable vnto thee. And he
pressed him : howbeit he would not goe,
but blessed him.
26 Then said Absalom , If not , I
pray thee , let my brother Amnon goe
with vs. And the King said vnto him.
Why should he goe with thee .''
27 But Absalom pressed him, that
he let Amnon and all the kings sonnes
goe with him.
28 H Now Absalom had comman-
ded his seruants, saying, Marke yee
now when Amnons heart is merrie
with wine, and when I say vnto you.
Smite Amnon , then kill him , feare
not: ||haue not I commanded you.'' be
couragious, and be t valiant.
29 And the seruants of Absalom did
vnto Amnon as Absalom had com-
manded : then all the Kings sonnes a-
rose, and euery man t gate him vp vpon
his mule, and fled.
30 H And it came to passe while they
were in the way, that tidings came to
Dauid, saying, Absalom hath slaine all
the Kings sonnes , and there is not one
of them left.
31 Then the king arose, and tare his
garments , and lay on the earth : and
all his seruants stoode by with their
clothes rent.
32 And lonadab the sonne of Shi-
meah Dauids brother , answered and
said, Let not my lord suppose that they
haue slaine all the yong men the Kings
sonnes ; for Amnon onely is dead : for
by the t appointment of Absalom this
hath beene || determined, from the day
that he forced his sister Tamar.
33 Now therefore let not my lord the
King take the thing to his heart, to
thinke that all the Kings sonnes are
dead : for Amnon onely is dead.
34 But Absalom fled : and the yong
man that kept the watch , lift vp his
eyes, and looked, and behold, there came
much people by the way of the hill side
behind him.
35 And lonadab said vnto the king,
Behold, the kings sonnes come: tas thy
seruant said, so it is.
36 And it came to passe assoone as
hee had made an ende of speaking, that
behold.
i Or, will you
not, since I
haue com-
maruledyou^
iHeb.sonnes
ofvalour.
t Heb. rode.
t Heb. mouth
Or, setled.
+ Heb. accor-
ding to the
word of thy
seruant.
rhe widow of
Il.Samuel.
Tekoahs parable.
t Hebr. ipUh
a great tcee^
pitiggreat-
XOr^Am.
miAur.
I Or, tms
consumed.
iHebr.saue.
t Hebr. no
Miuerer
betweene
them.
behold, the kings sonnes came, and lift
vp their voice, and wept ; and the King
also and all his seruants wept tvery
sore.
37 H But Absalom fled, and went
to Talmai the sonne of || Ammihud
king of Geshur : and Dauid mourned
for liis sonno euery day.
38 So Absalom fled, and went to
Geshur, and was there three yeeres.
39 And the soitle ofVvng Dauid ||lon-
ged to goe foorth vnto Absalom : for he
was comforted concerning Amnon,
seeing he was dead.
CHAP. XIIII.
1 loab, suborning a widow of Tekoah, by a pa-
rable to incline the Kings heart to fetch home
Absalom, bringeth him to Hierusalem. 25
Absaloms beautie, haire, and children. 28
After two yeres, Absalom by loab is brought
into the Kings presence.
Ow loab the sonne of
Zeruiah , perceiued that
the kings heart was to-
ward Absalom.
2 And loab sent to
and fetcht thence a wise wo
man, and said vnto her, I pray thee
faine thy selfe to be a mourner, and put
on now mourning apparel, and anoint
not thy selfe with oile, but be as a wo-
man that had a long time mourned for
the dead :
3 And come to the king, and speake
on this maner vnto him : so loab put
the words in her mouth.
4 'i And when the woman of Te-
koah spake to the king, shee fell on her
face to the ground, and did obeysance,
and said, tHelpe, O king.
5 And the king said vnto her. What
aileth thee.'* And she answered, I am
indeed a widow woman, and mine hus-
band is dead.
6 And thy handmayd had two
sonnes, and they two stroue together in
the field, and there was tnone to part
them, but the one smote the other, and
slew him.
7 And behold, the whole family is
risen against thine handmayd, and they
said , Deliuer him that smote his bro
ther, that we may kill him, for the life of
his brother whom he slew, and we will
destroy the heire also: and so they shall
quench my cole which is left, and shall
not leaue to my husband neither name
^ Hebr. that
thereuenger
of blood doe
not multiply
to destroy.
nor remainder tvpon the earth. \\Hebr.vpon
8 And the king saide vnto the wo-]^"^^//
man, Goe to thine house, and I will!
giue charge concerning thee. |
9 And the woman of Tekoah said
vnto the king. My lord, O king, the ini-
quitie bee on mee, and on my fathers
house : and the king and his throne bee
guiltlesse.
10 And the king said, Whosoeuer
saith ovght vnto thee, bring him to mee,
and he shall not touch thee any more.
11 Then said she, I pray thee, let the
king remember the Lokd thy God,
tthat thou wouldest not suffer the re-
uengers of blood to destroy any more
lest they destroy my sonne. And he said.
As the Lord liueth, there shall not
one haire of thy sonne fall to the earth.
12 Then the woman said. Let thine
handmayd, I pray thee, speake one
word vnto my lord the king. And hee
said. Say on.
13 And the woman said. Wherefore
then hast thou thought such a thing a-
gainst the people of God .? For the king
doeth speake this thing as one which is
faulty, in that the king doeth not fetch
home againe his banished.
14 For we must needs die, and are as
water spilt on the ground , which can
not bee gathered vp againe : || neither
doeth God respect any person, yet doeth
he deuise meanes, that his banished bee
not expelled from him.
15 Now therefore that I am come
to speake of this thing vnto my lord the
king, it is because the people haue made
me afraid : and thy handmayd said, I
will now speake vnto the king ; it may
bee that the king will performe the re-
quest of his handmayd.
1 6 For the king wil heare, to deliuer
his handmayd out of the hand of the
man that would destroy mee , and my
sonne together out of the inheritance
of God:
17 Then thine handmayd said. The
word of my lord the king shall now be
t comfortable : for as an Angel of God,
so is my lord the king t to discerne good
and bad : therfore the Lord thy God
will be with thee.
18 Then the king answered and said
vnto the woman, Hide not from me, I
pray thee, the thing that I shall aske
thee. And the woman said, Let my lord
the king now speake.
19 And the king said, Is not the
hand
II Or, because
Hod hath
not taken a-
loay his life,
he hath also
deuised
meanes, S[C.
i Hebr. for
rest.
t Hebr. to
heare.
Abfaloms beautie.
Chap. XV.
His flatterie.
t Heb. bles-
sed.
Or, thy.
t Heb. and
as Absa-
lom there
was not a
beautiftdt
man tn all
Israel, to
praise
fereatly.
I
t Heb. neere
my place.
hand of loab with thee in all this?
And the woman answered and said, As
thy soule liueth, my lord the king, none
can turne to the right hand or to the left
from ought that my lord the king hath
spoken : for thy seruant loab, hee bade
me, and he put all these wordes in the
mouth of thine handmaid :
20 To fetch about this forme of
speech hath thy seruant loab done this
thing: and my lord is wise, according to
the wisedome of an Angel of God, to
know all things that are in the earth.
21 IT And the king said vnto loab,
Behold now, I haue done this thing:
goe therefore, bring the yong man Ab-
salom againe.
22 And loab fell to the ground on
his face, & bowed himselfe, and t thank-
ed the king : and loab said. To day thy
seruant knoweth that I haue found
grace in thy sight, my lord O king, in
that the king hath fulfilled the request of
||his seruant.
23 So loab arose, and went to Ge-
shur, & brought Absalom to lerusalem.
24 And the king said, Let him turne
to his owne house, & let him not see my
face. So Absalom returned to his owne
house, and sawe not the kings face.
25 II tBut in all Israel there was
none to be so much praised as Absalom
for his beautie : from the sole of his foot
euen to the crowne of his head, there
was no blemish in him.
26 And when he polled his head, (for
it was at euery yeres end that he polled
it : because tlie ha'ire was heauy on him,
therefore he polled it) hee weighed the
haire of his head at two hundred she-
kels after the kings weight.
27 And vnto Absalom there were
borne three sonnes, and one daughter,
whose name xoas Tamar : shee was a
woman of a faire countenance.
28 f So Absalom dwelt two full
yeeres in lerusalem, and saw not the
kings face.
29 Therefore Absalom sent for lo-
ab, to haue sent him to the king, but hee
would not come to him : and when hee
sent againe the second time, hee would
not come.
30 Therefore hee said vnto his ser-
uants, See, loabs field is tneere mine,
and he hath barley there: goe, and set it
on fire : and Absaloms seruants set the
field on fire.
31 Then loab arose, and came to
Absalom vnto his house, and said vnto
him. Wherefore haue thy seruants set
my field on fire .''
32 And Absalom answered loab.
Behold, I sent vnto thee, saying, come
hither, that I may send thee to tne king
to say. Wherefore am I come from Ge-
shur ? It had bene good for mee to liaue
bene there still : now therefore let me see
the kings face : and if there bee any ini-
quitie in me, let him kill me.
33 So loab came to the King, and
told him : and when hee had called for
Absalom, he came to the king, and bow-
ed himselfe on his face to the ground be-
fore the king, and the King kissed Ab-
salom.
CHAP. XV.
1 Absalom, by faire speeches and courtesies,
stealeth the hearts of Israel. 7 Vnder pretence
of a vow he obtaineth leaue to go to Hebron.
10 He maketh there a great conspiracie. 13
Dauid vpon the newes fleeth from lerusalem.
19 Ittai would not leaue him. 24 Zadok and
Abiathar are sent backe with the Arke. 30
Dauid and his companie go vp mount Ohuet
weeping. 31 He cursethAhithophels counsel.
32 Husnai is sent backe with instructions.
Nd it came to passe after
this, that Absalom prepa-
red him charets and hor-
ses, and fiftiemen to runne
before him.
2 And Absalom rose vp earely, and
stood beside the way of the gate: and it
was so, that when any man that had a
controuersie, tcame to the king for iudg-
raent, then Absalom called vnto him,
and said, Of what citie art thou ? And
he said , Thy seruant is of one of the
tribes of Israel.
3 And Absalom said vnto him. See,
thy matters are good & right, but there
is II no man deputed of the king to heare
thee.
4 Absalom said moreouer, Oh that
I were made ludge in the land , that
euery man which hath any suit or cause,
might come vnto me, and I would do
him iustice.
5 And it was so, that when any man
came nigh to him, to doe him obeisance,
he put foorth his hand, and tooke him,
and kissed him.
6 And on this maner did Absalom
to all Israel, that came to the King for
iudgement: so Absalom stole the hearts
of the men of Israel.
X X 7 IT And
II Or, mme
will heare
you from tlte
king down-
ward.
t Hebr. to
come.
Abfaloms trealbn.
Il.Samuel.
Daiiid fleeth.
iHeb. thrust
\Heb.chuse.
t Heh.
feete.
at hit
7 f And it came to passe after four-
tie yeeres, tliat Absalom said vnto the
king, I pray thee, let mee goe and pay
my vow which I haue vowed vnto
the Lord in Hebron.
8 For thy seruant vowed a vowe
while I abode at Gesliur in Syria, say-
ing. If the Lord shall bring mee a-
gaine in deed to lerusalem, then I will
serue the Lord.
9 And the king said vnto him, Goe
in peace. So he arose, and went to He-
bron.
10 f But Absalom sent spies tho-
rowout all the tribes of Israel, saying,
As soone as yee heare the sound of the
trumpet, then yee shall say, Absalom
reigneth in Hebron.
11 And with Absalom went two
hundred men out of lerusalem, that
were called, and they went in their sim
plicitie, and they knew not any thing.
12 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel
the Gilonite, Dauids counseller, from
his citie, eu^n from Giloh, while he offe-
red sacrifices : and the conspiracie was
strong , for the people encreased conti-
nually with Absalom.
13 H And there came a messenger to
Dauid, saying, The hearts of the men
of Israel are after Absalom.
14 And Dauid said vnto all his ser
uants that were with him at lerusa
lem. Arise, and let vs flee; for wee shall
not else escape from Absalom : make
speede to depart , lest hee ouertake vs
suddenly, and t bring euiil vpon vs, and
smite the city with the edge of the sword.
15 And the kings seruants said vnto
the king. Behold, thy seruants are readie
to doe whatsoeuer my lord the king shall
t appoint.
16 And the king went foorth, and all
his houshold t after him : and the King
left tenne women, which were concu-
bines, to keepe the house.
17 And the king went forth, and all
tlie people after him , and taried in a
place that was farre off.
18 And all his seruants passed on be-
side him : and all the Cherethites, and
ail the Pelethites, and all the Gittites,
sixe hundred men, which came after him
from Gath, passed on before the king.
19 f Then said the king to Ittai the
Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with
vs ? Returne to thy place, and abide
with the King : for thou art a stranger,
and also an exile.
20 Whereas thou camest but yester-
day, should I this day tmake thee goe
vp and downe with vs .' Seeing I goe
whither I may, returne thou, and take
backe thy brethren : mercie and trueth
be with thee.
21 And Ittai answered the King,
and said. As the Lord liueth, and as
my lord the king liueth, surely in what
place my lord the king shall be, whether
in death or life, euen there also will thy
seruant be.
22 And Dauid said to Ittai , Goe,
and passe ouer. And Ittai the Gittite
passed ouer, and all his men, and all the
little ones that we7-e with him.
23 And all the countrey wept with
a loude voice, and all the people passed
ouer : the King also himselfe passed o-
uer the brooke || Kidron, and all the peo-
ple passed ouer, toward the way of the
wildernesse.
24 IT And loe, Zadok also, and all
the Leuites were with him, bearing the
Arke of the Couenant of God, and they
set downe the Arke of God ; and Abia-
thar went vp, vntill all the people had
done passing out of the citie.
25 And the King said vnto Zadok
Gary backe the Arke of God into the ci-
tie : if I shall finde fauour in the eyes
of the Lord, he wil bring me againe,
and shew me both it, and his habitation.
26 But if he thus say, I haue no de
light in thee: beholde, here am I, let
him doe to me, as seemeth goodvnto him.
27 The king said also vnto Zadok
the Priest, *Art not thou a Seer.'' Re-
turne into the citie in peace , and your
two sonnes with you , Ahimaaz thy
Sonne, and lonathan the sonne of A-
biathar.
28 See, I will tarie in the plaine of
the wildernesse, vntill there come word
from you to certifie me.
29 Zadok therefore and Abiathar
caried the Arke of God againe to leru-
salem ; and they taried there.
30 f And Dauid went vp by the
ascent of mount Oliuet , +and wept as
he went vp, and had his head couered,
and he went barefoote, and all the peo-
ple that wcis with him , couered euery
man his head, and they went vp, wee-
ping as they went vp.
31 If And one tolde Dauid , saying,
Ahithophel is among the conspirators
with Absalom. And Dauid sayde , O
Lord, I pray thee turne the counsell
of
t Heb. make
thee wander
in going f
II Called loh
18. 1. Ce-
dron.
• 1. Sam.
9.9.
t Heh. going
vi) ami wee^
ping.
Hufliais friendlhip.
Chap.xvj.
Shimei curfeth.
of Ahithophel into foolishnesse.
32 IT And it came to passe, that wJien
Dauid was come to the top of the mount,
where he worshipped God, behold, Hu-
shai the Archite came to meet him, with
his coat rent, and earth vpon his head:
33 Vnto whom Dauid said, If thou
passest on with me, then thou shalt be a
burden vnto me.
34 But if thou returne to the citie,
and say vnto Absalom, I wil be thy ser-
uant, O king : as I haue bene thy fathers
seruant hitherto, so will I now also be
thy seruant : then mayest thou for mee
defeat the counsell of Ahithophel.
35 And hast thou not there with thee
Zadok , and Abiathar the Priests ?
therefore it shall be, that what thing so-
euer thou shalt heare out of the kings
house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and A-
biathar the Priests.
36 IJehold, thei/ Imue there with them
their two sonnes , Ahimaaz Zadoks
Sonne, and Jonathan Abiathars sonne :
and by them ye shall send vnto me eue-
ry thing that ye can heare.
37 So Hushai Dauids friend came
into the citie , and Absalom came into
Jerusalem.
CHAP. XVI.
1 Ziba by presents and false suggestions, ob-
taineth his masters inheritance. 5 At Bahu-
rim Shimei curseth Dauid. 9 Dauid with
patience abstaineth , and restraineth others
from reuenge. 15 Hushai insinuateth him^
selfe into Absaloms counsaile. 20 Ahitho-
phels counsaile.
Nd when Dauid was
little past the top qfthehill,
Keholde , Ziba the ser-
uant of Mephibosheth
met him with a couple of
asses sadled, and vpon them two hun
dred loaues of bread , and an hundred
bunches of raisins, and an hundred of
summer fruits, and a bottell of wine.
2 And the King saide vnto Ziba.
What meanest thou by these .'^ And Zi-
ba saide , The asses bee for the kings
houshold to ride on , and the bread and
summer fruit for the yong men to eate,
and the wine, that such as be faint in the
wildernesse, may drinke.
3 And the king said , And where is
thy masters sonne .'' and Ziba said vn-
|to the king, Behold, he abideth at le-
rusalem : for hee said, To day shall the
house of Israel restore mee the king-
dome of my father.
4 Then said the king to Ziba, Be-
hold, thine are all that pertained vnto
Mephibosheth. And Ziba saide, 1 1
humbly beseech thee that I may finde
grace in thy sight, my lord, O king.
5 H And when king Dauid came to
Bahurim , behold , thence came out a
man of the family of the house of Saul,
who.se name was Shimei the sonne of
Gera: || hee came foorth, and cursed still
as he came.
6 And he cast stones at Dauid, and
at all the seruants of king Dauid : and
all the people, and all the mighty men
were on his right hand, and on his left.
7 And thus said Shimei when hee
cursed. Come out, come out thou tbloo-
dy man, and thou man of Belial :
8 The Lord hath returned vp-
on thee all the blood of the house of
Saul, in whose stead thou hast raigned,
and the Lord hath deliuered the
kingdome into the hand of Absalom
thy Sonne : and t behold, thouart taken to
thy mischiefe , because thou art a bloody
man.
9 f Then said Abishai the sonne of
Zeruiah vnto the king, Why should
this Mead dogge curse my lord the king.'
let mee goe ouer, I pray thee, and take
off his head.
10 And the king said, What haue I
to doe with you , ye sonnes of Zeruiah .''
So let him curse, because the Lord
hath said vnto him, Curse Dauid. Who
shall then say , Wherefore hast thou
done so .'
11 And Dauid said to Abishai, and to
all his seruants , Beholde, my sonne
which came foorth of my bowels, see
keth my life : how much more now may
this Beniamite doe it? let him alone, and
let him curse : for the Lord hath
bidden him.
12 It may bee that the Lord will
looke on mine || affliction, and that the
Lord will requite good for his cur-
sing this day.
13 And as Dauid and his men went
by the way, Shimei went along on the
hilles side ouer against him , and cursed
as hee went, and threw stones at him,
and tcast dust.
14 And the king, and all the people
that were with him, came weary, and
refreshed themselues there.
15 11 And Absalom and al the people
X X 2 the
t Hebr. I
doe obey-
sance.
I Or, he stm
came foorth
arul cursed.
t Hebr. mari
of Mood.
t Hebr. be-
hold thee in
thy euill.
"I.Sam. 24.
15. chap. 3.
I Or, teares,
Hebr. eye.
t Hebr. du-
sted him
with dust.
Ahithophels and
I I.Samuel.
Huftiais counfel.
iHeb.letlhe
king Hue.
t Heb. word.
the men of Israel, came to lerusa-
lem, and Ahithophel with him.
16 And it came to passe when Hushai
the Archite, Dauids friend, was come
vnto Absalom, that Hushai said vnto
Absalom, tGod saue the king, God saue
the king.
17 And Absalom said to Hushai, Is
this thy kindnesse to thy friend .'' Why
wentest thou not with thy friend .-'
18 And Hushai said vnto Absalom,
Nay, but whom the Lord and this
eople, and all the men of Israel chuse,
is will I bee, and with him will I
abide.
19 And againe , whom should I
serue .'' should I not seme in the presence
of his Sonne .'' as I haue serued in thy
fathers presence, so will I be in thy pre-
sence.
20 f Then said Absalom to Ahitho
phel , Giue counsell among you what
we shall doe.
21 And Ahithophel said vnto Absa
lom , Goe in vnto thy fathers concu-
bines, which he hath left to keepe the
house, and all Israel shall heare that
thou art abhorred of thy father , then
shall the hands of all that are with thee
be strong.
22 So they spread Absalom a tent
vpon the top of the house, and Absalom
went in vnto his fathers concubines,
in the sight of all Israel.
23 And the counsell of Ahithophel
which he counselled in those dayes, was
as if a man had enquired at the t Oracle
of God: so was all the counsell of Ahi-
thophel , both with Dauid and with
Absalom.
CHAP. XVII.
1 Ahithophels counsell is ouerthrowen by Hu-
shais, according to Gods appointment. 1 5 Se-
cret intelligence is sent vnto Dauid. 23 Ahi-
thophel hangeth himselfe. 25 Amasa is
made captaine. 27 Dauid at Mahanaim
is furnished with prouision.
Oreouer Ahithophel said
vnto Absalom , Let mee
:? nowe chuse out twelue
thousand men , and I
will arise and pursue af-
ter Dauid this night.
2 And I wil come vpon him while
hee is wearie and weake handed, and
wil make him afraid: and all the people
that are with him shall flee, and I will
smite the king onely.
3 And I wil bring backe all the peo-
ple vnto thee : the man whom thou see-
kest is as if all returned: «o all the people
shall be in peace.
4 And the saying t pleased Absalom
well, and all the Elders of Israel.
5 Then said Absalom , Call now
Hushai the Archite also, and let vs
heare likewise twhat he saith.
6 And when Hushai was come to
Absalom , Absalom spake vnto him,
saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after
this maner: shall we doe after his tsay-
ing ? if not, speake thou.
7 And Hushai said vnto Absalom,
The counsell that Ahithophel hath tgi-
uen, is not good at this time.
8 For, (said Hushai,) thou know-
est thy father and his men, that they bee
iriightie men, and theyietchafed in their
minds, as a beare robbed of her whelps
in the field : and thy father is a man of
warre, and will not lodge with the
people.
9 Behold, he is hid now in some pit,
or in some other place : and it wil come to
passe when some of them bee touer
throwen at the first, that whosoeuer
heareth it, wil say. There is a slaughter
among the people that followe Ab-
salom.
1 0 And he also tliat is valiant, whose
heart is as the heart of a Lyon , shall
vtterly melt : for all Israel knoweth
that thy father is a mightie man
and they which be with him are valiant
men.
11 Therefore I counsell, that all Is
rael be generally gathered vnto thee,
from Dan euen to Beer-sheba, as the
sand that is by the sea for multitude, and
tthat thou goe to battell in thine owne
person.
12 So shall wee come vpon him in
some place where he shall be found, and
we will light vpon him as the dew fa)
leth on the ground : and of him and of
all the men that arewith him, there shall
not be left so much as one.
13 Moreouer, if hee be gotten into a
citie, then shall all Israel bring ropes
to that city, and we will draw it into the
riuer, vntill there be not one small stone
found there.
14 And Absalom and all the men of
Israel said, The counsell of Hushai the
Archite, M better then the counsell of A
hithophel : For the Loud had tap-
pointed to defeate the good counsell of
Ahitho-
t Hebr. was
right in the
eyes of^c.
t Hebr. what
is in his
mmith.
t Heb. word.
t Heb. coun-
selled.
t Heb. bitter
of smile.
\ Heb. fal-
len.
t Heb. that
thy face or
presencegoe,
^0.
t Hell, com-
manded.
Ahitliophels death.
Chap.xviij.
Dauid relieued.
t Heb. done.
t Heh. gaue
charge coTi-
cernirig Im
k&iise.
Ahithophel, to the intent tliat the
Lord might bring euill vpon Ab-
salom.
15 f Then said Hushai vnto Zadoic
and to Abiathar the Priestes, Thus
'and thus did Ahithophel counsell Ab-
salom and the Elders of Israel, and
I thus and thus haue I counselled.
I 16 Now therefore send quickly, and
I tell Dauid, saying, Lodge not this night
in the plaines of the wildernes, but spee-
,dily passe ouer , lest the King be swal-
lowed vp, and all the people that are
with him.
17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz
stayed by En-rogel : (for they might not
■be scene to come into the citie) and a
jwench went and tolde them : and they
went, and tolde king Dauid.
18 Neuerthelesse, a ladde saw them,
and tolde Absalom : but they went both
of them away qnickely , and came to a
mans house in Bahurim, which had a
Well in his court , whither they went
downe.
19 And the woman tooke and spread
a couering ouer the welles mouth, and
spread ground come thereon ; and the
thing was not knowen.
20 And when Absaloms seruants
came to the woman to the house, they
said, Where i« Ahimaaz and Jonathan .-'
And the woman said vnto them. They
be gone ouer the brooke of water. And
when they had sought , and could not
finde them, they returned to lerusa
lem.
21 And it came to passe after they
were departed, that they came vp out of
the Well, and went and tolde king Da-
uid, and said vnto Dauid, Arise, and
passe qnickely ouer the water: for thus
hath Ahithophel counselled against
you.
22 Then Dauid arose, and all the
people that were with him , and they
passed ouer lordane : by the morning
light there lacked not one of them that
was not gone ouer lordane.
23 IT And when Ahithophel sawe
that his counsell was not t followed, he
sadled his asse, and arose, and gate him
home to his house, to his citie, and tput
his houshold in order, and hanged him-
selfe, and died, and was buried in the se-
pulchre of his father.
24 Then Dauid came to Mahana-
im : and Absalom passed ouer lordane,
he and all the men of Israel with him.
25 U And Absalom made Amasa
captaine of the hoste in stead of loab :
which Amasa xoas a mans sonne whose
name was Ithra an Israelite, that went
in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash,
sister to Zeruiah loabs mother.
26 So Israel and Absalom pitched
in the land of Gilead.
27 IT And it came to passe when Da-
uid was come to Mahanaim, that Sho-
bi the Sonne of Nahash of Rabbah of
the children of Ammon , and Machir
the Sonne of Ammiel of Lodebar, and
Barzillai the Gileadite, of llogelim,
28 Brought beds, and || basins, and < Or, cup*,
earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley,
and floure, and parched come, & beanes,
and lentiles, and parched pidse,
29 And honie, and butter, and sheepe,
and cheese of kine for Dauid, and for the
people that were with him, to eate : for
they said. The people i.s hungrie, and
wearie, and thirstie in the wildernesse.
CHAP. XVIIL
1 Dauid viewing the armies in their march , gi-
ueth them charge of Absalom. 6 The Isra-
elites are sore smitten in the wood of Ephra-
im. 9 Absalom hanging in an Oke, is slaine
by loab, and cast into a pit. 18 Absaloms
place. 19 Ahimaaz and Cushi bring tidings
to Dauid. 33 Dauid moumeth for Absalom
Nd Dauid numbred the
people that were with him
and set captaines of thou
sands , and captaines of
hundreds ouer them.
2 And Dauid sent forth a third part
of the people vnder the hand of loab.
and a third part vnder the hand of Abi-
shai the sonne of Zeruiah loabs bro-
ther, and a third part vnder the hand of
Ittai the Gittite : and the king said vn
to the people, I will surely goe foorth
with you my selfe also.
3 But the people answered , Thou
shalt not goe foorth : for if we flee away,
they will not care for vs, neither if halfe
of vs die will they +care for vs : but now
thou art t worth ten thousand of vs : ther-
fore now it is better that thou t succour
vs out of the citie.
4 And the King sayde vnto them.
What seemeth you best, I will doe.
And the King stood by the gate side,
and all the people came out by hun-
dreds, and by thousands.
5 And the king commanded loab,
and
t Heh. set
their lieart
on vs.
t Heh. as ten
thousarut
ofvs,
t Heh. he to
succour.
lAbfalom flaine.
Il.Samuel.
Abfaloms pillar.
t Hebr. mul-
tiplied to de-
uoure.
t Heb. uieifrh
vpon mine
hanil.
t Hebr. be-
ware whoso-
ever ye be,
f Hebr. be-
fore thee.
t Heb. heart.
and Abishai, and Ittai, saying, Deale
gently for my sake with the yong man,
eticn with Absalom. And all the people
heard when the king gaue all the cap-
taines charge concerning Absalom.
6 H So the people went out into
le field against Israel : and the battell
was in the wood of Ephraim,
7 Where tlie people of Israel were
slaine before the seruants of Dauid, and
there was there a great slaughter that
day of twenty thousand men.
8 For the battell was there scatte-
red ouer the face of all the countrey : and
the wood tdeuoured more people that
day, then the sword deuoured.
9 H And Absalom met the seruants
of Dauid; and Absalom rode vpon a
mule , and the mule went vnder the
thicke boughs of a great Oke, and his
head caught hold of the Oke, and hee
was taken vp betweene the heauen
and the earth, and the mule that was vn-
der him, went away.
10 And a certaine man saw it, and told
loab, and said. Behold, I saw Absa-
lom hanged in an Oke.
11 And loab said vnto the man that
told him. And behold, thou sawest him,
and why didst thou not smite him there
to the ground, and I would haue gi
uen thee tenne shekels of siluer , and a
girdle .''
12 And the man saide vnto loab,
'hough I should treceiue a thousand
shekels of siluer in mine hand, yet would
I not put foorth mine hand against the
Kings Sonne : for in our hearing the
King charged thee, and Abishai , and
Ittai, saying, t Beware that none touch
the yong man Absalom.
13 Otherwyse , I should haue
wrought falshood against mine owne
hfe : for there is no matter hid from th
King, and thou thy selfe wouldest haue
set thy selfe against vie.
14 Then said loab, I may not tary
thus twith thee. And hee tooke three
darts in his hand , and thrust them tho-
row the heart of Absalom , while hee
was yet aliue in the t midst of the Oke.
15 And ten yong men that bare lo-
abs armour , compassed about and
smote Absalom, and slew him.
16 And loab blew the trumpet, and
the people returned from pursuing af-
ter Israel : for loab helde backe the
people.
17 And they tooke Absalom, and
• Gene. 14.
17.
t Hebr.
iudged him
from the
hand ^c
t Hebr. be a
man ofti-
cast him into a great pit in the wood,
and layd a very great heape of stones
vpon him: and all Israel fled euery one
to his tent.
18 H Now Absalom in his life time
had taken and reared vp for himselfe a
pillar, which is in *the Kings dale : for
hee said, I haue no sonne to keepe my
name in remembrance : And hee called
the pillar after his owne name , and it
is called vnto this day, Absaloms place.
19 If Then said Ahimaaz the sonne
of Zadok , Let mee now runne , and
beare the King tidings, how that the
Lord hath tauenged him of his
enemies.
20 And loab said vnto him. Thou
shalt not t beare tidings this day, but
thou shalt beare tidings another day :
but this day thou shalt beare no ti-
dings, because the Kings sonne is dead.
21 Then said loab to Cushi , Goe
tell the King what thou hast scene. And
Cushi bowed himselfe vnto loab, and
ranne.
22 Then said Ahimaaz the sonne of
Zadok yet againe to loab. But thow-
soeuer, let mee, I pray thee, also runne
after Cushi. And loab said. Wherefore
wilt thou runne, my sonne, seeing that
thou hast no tidings || ready.''
23 But howsoeuer, {said he) let mee
runne: And hee said vnto him, Runne.
Then Ahimaaz ranne by the way of
the plaine, and ouerranne Cushi.
24 And Dauid sate betweene the
two gates : and the watchman went vp
to the roofe ouer the gate vnto the
wall, and lift vp his eyes, and looked,
and behold, a man running alone.
25 And the watchman cried , and
told the King. And the king said, If he
bee alone, there is tidings in his mouth.
And he came apace, and drew neere.
26 And the watchman saw another
man running, and the watchman cal-
led vnto the porter, and said. Behold,
another man running alone. And the
King said. He also bringeth tidings.
27 And the watchman said, tMee
thinketh the running of the foremost is
like the running of Ahimaaz the sonne
of Zadok. And the King said, Hee is a
good man, and commeth with good ti
dings.
28 And Ahimaaz called, and said vn-i
to the King, IJAU is well. And hee fell '»«'. ;**■<>
downe to the earth vpon his face before }//«ir.pea«
the King, and saide. Blessed bee thej
Lord!
+ Hel>r. be
what may.
U Or^ conue-
nieTit.
t Hebr. I
see the run-
ning.
Dauid mourneth.
Chap,
XIX.
Dauid retiirneth.
t Heb. shut
vp.
t Hehr. Is
there peace?
t Hebr. ti-
dings is
brought.
t Heb. sal.
uation or de-
liueranee.
Lord thy God which hath tdeHue
red vp the men that lift vp their handc
against my lord the King.
29 And the king said , tis the yong
man Absalom safe ? And Ahimaaz an
swered, When loab sent the kings ser
uant, and me thy seruant, I saw a great
tumult, but I knew not what it teas.
30 And the king said vnto him, Turne
aside and stand here. And hee turned a-
side, and stood still.
31 And behold,Cushicame,andCushi
said, t Tidings my lord the king : for the
Lord hath auenged thee this day
of all them that rose vp against thee.
32 And the king said vnto Cushi, Is
the yong man Absalom safe.'' And Cu-
shi answered , The enemies of my lord
the king, and all that rise against thee to
doe thee hurt, be as that yong man is.
33 IT And the king was much moued,
and went vp to the chamber ouer the
gate, and wept : and as he went, thus
hee said , O my sonne Absalom , my
sonne, my sonne Absalom : would God
I had died for thee , O Absalom , my
sonne, my sonne.
CHAP. XIX.
1 loab causeth the king to cease his mourning.
9 The Israelites are earnest to bring the king
backe. 1 1 Dauid sendeth to the Priests to in-
cite them of ludah. 18 Shimei is pardoned.
24 Mephibosheth excused. 32 Barzillai dis-
missed, Chimham his sonne is taken into the
Kings familie. 41 The Israelites expostulate
with ludah for bringing home the King
without them.
Nd it was told loab, Be-
holde , the king weepeth
and mourneth for Absa-
lom.
2 And the t victorie that
day was turned into mourning vnto all
the people : for the people heard say that
day, how the king was grieued for his
Sonne.
3 And the people gate them by stealth
that day into the citie, as people beeing
ashamed steale away when they flee in
battell.
4 But the king couered his face, and
the king cried with a loud voyce, O my
sonne Absalom, O Absalom my sonne,
my sonne.
5 And loab came into the house to
the king, and said. Thou hast shamed
this day the faces of all thy seruants.
which this day haue saued thy life, and
the Hues of thy sonnes, & of thy daugh-
ters, and the liues of thy wiues , and
the liues of thy concubines,
6 t In that thou louest thine ene-
mies , and hatest thy friends ; for thou
hast declared this day, tthat thou re-
gardest neither princes , nor seruants :
for this day I perceiue, that if Absalom
had liued, and all we had died this day,
then it had pleased thee well.
7 Now therefore arise, goc foorth,
and speake t comfortably vnto thy ser-
uants : for I sweare by the Lord,
if thou goe not forth, there wil not tarie
one with thee this night, and that will
be worse vnto thee then all the euill that
befell thee from thy youth vntill now.
8 Then the King rose , and sate in
the gate: and they told vnto all the peo-
ple, saying. Behold, the king doth sit in
the gate : and all the people came before
the king : for Israel had fled euery man
to his tent.
9 H And all the people were at strife
throughout all the tribes of Israel, say-
ing, The king saued vs out of the hand
of our enemies, and he deliuered vs out
of the hand of the Philistines, and now
he is fled out of the land for Absalom.
10 And Absalom whom wee anoin-
ted ouer vs, is dead in battell : nowe
therefore why t speake ye not a word of
bringing the king backe ?
11 H And King Dauid sent to Za
dok and to Abiathar the priests, saying,
Speake vnto the Elders of ludah,
saying. Why are ye the last to bring the
king backe to his house.'' (seeing the
speech of all Israel is come to the king,
euen to his house.)
12 Yee are my brethren , Yee are my
bones and my flesh : wherfore then are
ye the last to bring backe the king ?
13 And say ye to Amasa: Art thou not
of my bone, and of my flesh ? God do so
to me, and more also, if thou be not cap-
taine of the hoste before me continually
in the roome of loab.
14 And he bowed the heart of all the
men of ludah, euen as the heart of one
man, so that they sent this word vnto the
King, Ileturne thou and all thy ser-
uants.
15 So the King returned, and came
to lordan : and ludah came to Gilgal,
to goe to meet the King, to conduct the
king ouer lordane.
16 H And * Shimei the sonne of
Gera
t Heb. bff lo-
uing, S(C.
t Heb. that
princes or
seruanls are
not lo thee.
t Heb. to the
heart of thy
seruants.
t Heb are ye
silent f
• I. King.
2. I!.
Shimeis fubmiffion.
II. Samuel.
Barzillai aged.
Chap.
16. 1.
t Heb. the
good in his
rres.
" Chap. 16.
IS.
' Chap.
Gera, a Beniamite, which wass of Ba-
huriiT), hasted, & came downe with the
men of ludah, to meet King Dauid.
17 x\nd there were a thousand men of
Beniamin with him, and *Ziba the ser-
uant of the house of Saul , and his fif-
teene sonnes and his twenty seruants
with him, ana they went ouer lordane
before the King.
18 And there went ouer a ferry-boat
to cary ouer the kings houshold, and to
doe twhat he thought good: and Shi-
mei the sonne of Gera fell downe be-
fore the king as he was come ouer lor-
dane;
19 And said vnto the king, Let not
my lord impute iniquitie vnto me, nei
ther do thou remember that which thy
seruant did peruersly the day that my
lord the king *went out of Jerusalem,
that the king should take it to his heart.
20 For thy seruant doeth know that
I haue sinned : therefore behold, I am
come the first this day of all the house of j
loseph, to goe downe to meete my lord
the king.
21 But Abishai the sonne of Zeruiah
answered, and sayd, Shall not Shimei
be put to death for this, because hee cur-
sed the Lords Anointed .''
22 And Dauid said. What haue I to
doe with you , yee sonnes of Zeruiah,
that yee should this day be aduersaries
vnto me ? shall there any man be put to
death this day in Israel .' for doe not I
know, that I am this day King ouer
Israel ?
23 Therfore the king said vnto Shi-
mei, Thou shalt not die : and the King
sware vnto him.
24 H And Mephibosheth the sonne
of Saul came downe to meet the king,
and had neither dressed his feete , nor
trimmed his beard , nor washed his
clothes, from the day the King depar-
ted , vntill the day hee came againe in
peace.
25 And it came to passe when he was
come to lerusalem to meete the King,
that the King sayd vnto him. Where-
fore wentest not thou with me, Mephi-
bosheth ?
26 And hee answered, My lord O
king, my seruant deceiued mee ; for thy
seruant sayd , I will saddle me an asse
that I may ride thereon, and goe to the
king, because thy seruant is lame :
27 And *hee hath slandered thy ser-
uant vnto my lord the king, but my lord
the King is as an Angel of God : doe
therefore what is good in thine eyes.
28 For all of my fathers house were
but tdead men before my lord the king:
yet diddest thou set thy seruant among
them that did eate at thine owne table:
what right therefore haue I yet to crie
any more vnto the king ?
29 And the king said vnto him, Why
speakest thou any more of thy matters .''
I haue said. Thou and Ziba diuide
the land.
30 And Mephibosheth said vnto the
king , Yea, let him take all , forasmuch
as my lorde the king is come againe in
peace vnto his owne house.
31 f And Barzillai the Gileadite
came downe from Rogelim, and went
ouer lordane with the king, to conduct
him ouer lordane.
32 Now Barzillai was a very aged
man , euen fourescore yeeres olde , and
*he had prouided the king of sustenance
while he lay at Mahanaim : for he was a
very great man.
33 And the king said vnto Barzillai,
Come thou ouer with me , and I will
feede thee with me in lerusalem.
34 And Barzillai sayde vnto the
king, t How long haue I to Hue, that I
should goe vp with the King vnto le-
rusalem .'
35 I am this day fourescore yeeres
olde : and can I discerne betweene good
and euill ? Can thy seruant taste what
I eate, or what I drinke .'' can I heare
any more the voice of singing men and
singing women ? wherfore then should
thy seruant bee yet a burden vnto my
lord the king .''
36 Thy seruant will goe a little way
ouer lordane with the king : and why
should the king recompense it me with
such a reward .''
37 Let thy seruant, I pray thee,
turne backe againe , that I may die in
mine owne citie , and be buried by the
graue of my father, and of my mother :
but behold thy seruant Chimham , let
him go ouer with my lord the king, and
doe to him what shall seeme good vnto
thee.
38 And the king answered, Chim-
ham shal goe ouer with me, and I will
doe to him that which shall seeme good
vnto thee : and whatsoeuer thou shalt
t require of me, that will I doc for thee.
39 And all the people went ouer
lordane : and when the king was come
t Heb. men
o/deaih.
' Chap. 17.
27.
t How manp
dayesarethe
leeres of my
im
t Heb. chuse.
Sheba rebelleth.
Chap.xx.
Amafa flaine.
t Hebr. set
vs at light.
' Chap. 16.
22.
\ Hebr. a
house of
ward.
ouer, the king kissed Barzillai, and bles-
sed him, and he returned vnto his owne
place.
40 Then the King went on to Gil-
gal, and Chimham went on with him :
and all the people of ludah conducted
the king , and also halfe the people of
Israel.
41 H And behold, all the men of Is-
rael came to the king, and said vnto the
king, Why haue our brethren the men
of ludah stoUen thee away, and haue
brought the King and his houshold,
and all Dauids men with him , ouer
lordane .''
42 And all the men of ludah an-
swered the men of Israel, Because the
king is neere of kinne to vs : wherefore
then be ye angrie for this matter.'' Haue
we eaten at all of the kings cost .'' or hath
he giuen vs any gift.''
43 And the men of Israel answe-
red the men of ludah, and said. Wee
haue ten parts in the king, and we haue
also more right in Dauid then yee: why
then did yee t despise vs, that our aduice
should not be first had in bringing backe
our king .■' And the wordes of the men
of ludah were fiercer then the words
of the men of Israel.
CHAP. XX.
1 By occasion of the quarrell, Sheba maketh a
party in Israel. 3 Dauids ten concubines are
shut vp in perpetual prison. 4 Araasa made
captaine ouer ludah, is slaine by loab. 14
loab pursueth Sheba vnto Abel. 16 A wise
woman saueth the citie by Shebaes head
23 Dauids Officers.
Nd there happened to bee
there a man of Belial ,
whose name was Sheba
the Sonne of Bichri, a Ben
iamite, & hee blew a trum-
pet, and said. Wee haue no part in Da-
uid, neither haue we inheritance in the
Sonne of lesse : euery man to his tents,
O Israel.
2 So euery man of Israel went vp
from after Dauid, and followed Sheba
the Sonne of Bichri : but the men of lu-
dah claue vnto their king , from lor-
dane euen to lerusalem.
3 IT And Dauid came to his house
at lerusalem , and the king tooke the
ten women his * concubines, whom he
had left to keep the house, and put them
in t ward, and fed them, but went not in
vnto them : so they were tshut vp vnto
the day of their death, tliuing in wi-
dowhood.
4 IT Then said the king to Amasa,
t Assemble me the men of ludah with-
in three dayes, and be thou here present
5 So Amasa went to assemble the
men of ludah ; but hee taried longer
then the set time which he had appoin-
ted him.
6 And Dauid said to Abishai, Now
shall Sheba the sonne of Bichri doe vs
more harme then did Absalom : take
thou thy lords seruants, and pursue af-
ter him, lest he get him fenced cities, and
t escape vs.
7 And there went out after him
loabs men , and the * Cherethites, and
the Pelethites, and all the mighty men :
and they went out of lerusalem , to
pursue after Sheba the sonne of Bichri.
8 When they were at the great stone
which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before
them : and loabs garment that he had
put on, was girded vnto him, and vpon
it a girdle with a sword fastned vpon his
loynes in the sheath thereof, and as hee
went forth, it fell out.
9 And loab saide to Amasa , Art
thou in health, my brother .'' And loab
tooke Amasa by the beard with the
right hand to kisse him.
10 But Amasa tooke no heed to the
sword that was in loabs hand : so hee
smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and
shed out his bowels to the ground, and
tstrake him not againe, and he died : so
loab and Abishai his brother pursued
after Sheba the sonne of Bichri.
11 And one of loabs men stood by
him, and said, He that fauoureth loab,
and hee that is for Dauid, let him goe af-
ter loab.
12 And Amasa wallowed in blood
in the mids of the high way : and when
the man saw that all the people stood
still, he remoued Amasa out of the high
way into the field, and cast a cloth vpon
him, when hee saw that euery one that
came by him, stood still.
13 When he was remoued out of the
high way , all the people went on after
loab, to pursue after Sheba the sonne
of Bichri.
14 IT And hee went thorow all the
tribes of Israel vnto Abel , and to
Bethmaachah, and all the Berites : and
they were gathered together, and went
also after him.
Y y 15 And
1Hebr.
bound.
t Hebr. in
widowhood
oflife.
iHebr.
caU.
^ Hebr.de.
liuer him.
selfefrom
our eyes.
• Chap. 8.
18.
iHebr.
doubled not
his stroke.
Sheba beheaded.
Il.Samuel.
Famine in Ifrael.
OlyitttOOll
agmnsi tAe
outmost teaU
\Heb. mar-
red to thrmo
doane.
i Or, They
flainlyspake
tn the begin-
mng,sai/ing,
surely they
will aske of
Abel^ and so
make an end
\Heb. by his
mane.
t Heb. were
scattered.
* Chap. u.
10.
I Or, re.
membrancer
■ Or, a
prince.
15 And they came and besieged him
in Abel of Bethmaachah, and tney cast
vp abanke against the citie, and ||it stood
in the trencli : and all the people that
were with loab, t battered the wall, to
throw it downe.
16 1i Then cried a wise woman out
of the citie, Heare, heare; say, I pray
you, vnto loab, Come neere hither,
that I may speake with thee.
17 And when he was come neere vn-
to her, the woman said, Art thou loab.''
And he answered, I am he: Then shee
said vnto him, Heare the words of thine
handmaid. And he answered, I doe
heare.
18 Then she spake, saying, ||They
were wont to speake in old time , say-
ing. They shall surely aske counsell at
Abel : and so they ended the matter.
191 am one of them that are peacea-
ble and faithfull in Israel: thou seekest
to destroy a citie, and a mother in Is-
rael : Why wilt thou swallow vp the
inheritance of the Lord ?
20 And loab answered and saide,
Farre be it, farre be it from me, that I
should swallow vp or destroy.
21 The matter is not so : but a man
of mount Ephraim ( Sheba the sonne
of Bichri tby name) hath lift vp his
hand against the king, euen against Da-
uid : deliuer him onely , and I will de-
part from the city. And the woman said
vnto loab. Behold, his head shall be
throwen to thee ouer the wall.
22 Then the woman went vnto all
the people in her wisedome, and they
cut off the head of Sheba the sonne of
Bichri, and cast it out to loab: and hee
blew a trumpet, and they t retired from
the citie, euery man to his tent : & loab
returned to lerusalem vnto the king.
23 IT Now * loab was ouer all the
hoste of Israel, and Benaiah the sonne
of lehoiada wa^ ouer the Cherethites,
and ouer the Pelethites.
24 And Adoram was ouer the tri-
bute , and lehoshaphat the sonne of
Ahilud wa-i || Recorder.
25 And Sheua was scribe, and Za-I
dok, and Abiathar were the Priests. |
26 And Ira also the lairite, was
II a chiefs ruler about Dauid.
CHAP. XXI.
1 The three yeeres famine for the Gibeonites,
c^se, by hanging seuen of Sauls sonnes. 10
Rizpahs kindnes vnto the dead. 12 Dauid
I
• losh. 9. 3,
16, 17.
burieth the bones of Saul and Jonathan in his
fathers sepulchre. 15 Foure battels against
the Philistines, wherein foure valiants of Da-
uid slay foure gyants.
Hen there was a famine in
the dayes of Dauid three
yeeres, yeere after yeere,
and Dauid t enquired of \Heb.souM
the Lor d. And the "^^""^ *"'
Lord answered. It is for Saul, and
for his bloodie house, because he slew the
Gibeonites.
2 And the king called the Gibeo
nites, and said vnto them, (now the Gi-
beonites were not of the children of Is-
rael, but *of the remnant of the Amo-
rites, and the children of Israel had
sworne vnto them : and Saul sought
to slay them, in his zeale to the children
of Israel and ludah)
3 Wherefore Dauid said vnto the
Gibeonites, What shall I doe for you .''
and wherwith shall I make the atone-
ment, that ye may blesse the inheritance
of the Lord.''
4 And the Gibeonites saide vnto
him, II We will haue no siluer nor golde
of Saul , nor of his house, neither for
vs shalt thou kill any man in Israel.
And he said. What you shall say, tftat
will I doe for you.
5 And they answered the king. The
man that consumed vs, and that ||deui-
sed against vs, that we should be destroi-
ed from remaining in any of the coasts
of Israel,
6 Let seuen men of his sonnes bee
deliuered vnto vs, and wee will hang
them vp vnto the Lord in Gibeah of
Saul, \\whome the Lord did chuse.
And the king said, I will giue them.
7 But the king spared Mephibo-
sheth the sonne of lonathan the sonne
of Saul , because of the * L o r d s
othe that was between them, betweene
Dauid, and lonathan the sonne of
Saul.
8 But the king tooke the two sons
of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom
she bare vnto Saul, Armoni and Me-
phibosheth, and the flue sonnes of ||Mi-
chal the daughter of Saul, whome she
t brought vp for Adriel the sonne of
Barzillai the Meholathite.
9 And hee deliuered them into the
hands of the Gibeonites, and they ban.
ged them in the hill before the Lord
and they fell all seuen together , and
were put to death in the dayes of bar-
uest.
II Or, It is
not siluer or
■old that tee
aiie to doe
with. Saul or
his house,
neither jier.
tames it to
vs to kit S)-c.
1 Or, cut vs
Or, chosen
of the Lord.
1. Sam. 18
3. and 20. R,
42.
I Or, Mi.
chals sister.
t Heb. bare
to Adriel.
Sauls bones buried.
Chap.xxij.
Dauids fong.
• Chap, a 7.
1. Sam.
31. 10.
Or,Rapha.
t Heb. the
staffe, or the
head.
t Heb. can~
die, or lavipe
* 1. Chron.
20..4.
Or, liapha.
• See 1.
Cbro. 20. 5,
uest, in the first dayes, in the beginning
of barley haruest.
ion And *Rizpah the daughter of
Aiah tooke sackecloth, and spread it for
her vpon the rocke, from the beginning
of haruest , vntill water dropped vpon
them out of heauen , and suffered nei-
ther the birds of the aire to rest on them
by day , nor the beastes of the fielde by
night.
11 And it was tolde Dauid what
Rizpah the daughter of Aiah the con-
cubine of Saul had done.
12 IT And Dauid went and tooke the
bones of Saul, and the bones of lona-
than his sonne from the men of labesh
Gilead , which had stoUen them from
the street of Bethshan where the "Phi-
listines had hanged them , when the
Philistines had slaine Saul in Gilboa.
13 And hee brought vp from thence
the bones of Saul , and the bones of
lonathan his sonne, and they gathe-
red the bones of them that were han-
ged.
14 And the bones of Saul and lo-
nathan his Sonne buried they in the
countrey of Beniamin in Zelan, in the
sepulchre of Kish his father : and they
perfourmed all that the king comman-
ded : and after that, God was entreated
for the land.
15 IT Moreouer , the Philistines had
yet warre againe with Israel, and Da-
uid went down, and his seruants with
him, and fought against the Philistines,
and Dauid waxed faint.
16 And Ishbi-benob which ijeas of
the sonnes of ||the gyant, (the weight of
whose t speare weighed three hundred
shekels of brasse in weight) he being gir-
ded with a new sword, thought to haue
slaine Dauid.
17 But Abishai the sonne of Zer-
uiah succoured him, and smote the Phi-
listine, and killed him. Then the men of
Dauid sware vnto him, saying, Thou
shalt goe no more out with vs to bat-
tell, that thou quench not the || light of
Israel.
18 *And it came to passe after this,
that there was againe a battel! with
the Philistines at Gob : then Sibbechai
the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of
the sonnes of ||the Gyant.
19 And there was againe a battell in
Gob, with the Philistines, where El
hanan the sonne of laare-Oregim i
Bethlehemite, slewe*<Ag brother of Go
liath the Gittite , the staffe of whose
speare was like a weauers beame.
20 And there was yet a battell in
Gath , where was a man of great sta-
ture , that had on euery hand sixe fin-
gers, and on euery foote sixe toes, foure
and twenty in number, and he also was
borne to ||the Gyant.
"21 And when he ||defied Israel, Jo-
nathan the Sonne of * Shimea the bro-
ther of Dauid, slew him.
22 These foure were borne to the
Gyant in Gath, and fell by the hand of
Dauid, and by the hand of his ser-
uants.
CHAP. XXII.
A Psalme of thankesgiuing for Gods powerful!
deliuerance, and manifold blessings.
Nd Dauid spake vnto the
Lord the wordes of
this song, in the day that
the Loud had deliue-
red him out of the hand of
all his enemies, and out of the hand of
Saul.
2 And he said, *The Lord is my
rocke and my fortresse , and my deli-
uerer :
3 The God of my rocke, in him will
I trust : hee is my shield, and the home
of my saluation , my high tower , and
my refuge , my Sauiour ; thou sauest
me from violence.
4 I will call on the Lord, who
is worthy to be praised : so shall I be sa-
ued from mine enemies.
5 When the || wanes of death com-
passed me : the floods of tvngodly men
made me afraid.
6 The ]|sorowes of Hell compassed
me about : the snares of death preuen-
ted me.
7 In my distresse I called vpon
the Lord, and cryed to my God,
and hee did heare my voice out of his
Temple, and my crie did enter into his
eares.
8 Then the earth shooke and
trembled : the foundations of heauen
mooued and shooke , because hee was
wroth.
9 There went vp a smoake t out of
his nostrils , and fire out of his mouth
deuoured : coales were kindled by it.
10 Hee bowed the heauens also and
came downe : and darkenesse was vnder
his feete.
Y v2
11 And
I Or, Bapha.
Or, repro-
ched.
* 1. Sam.
16. 9.
•Psal. 18. 8.
&c.
Or, pangs.
t Heb. Be.
lial.
Or, coards.
\ Heb. by.
The fong
1 1. Samuel.
of Dauid.
t Hetir. bin-
dmfo/wtt-
tert.
\ Or, gnat.
t Hebr. to
him.
t Hebr. be-
forehkei/es.
\OT,wre$lle.
p«. 18. 27.
I Or, candle.
\ Or, broken
a troupe.
11 And he rode vpon a Cherub , and
did flie : and hee was scene vpon the
wings of the winde.
12 And hee made darkenesse pauili-
ons round about him, t darke waters,
and thicke clouds of the skies.
13 Through the brightnesse before
him, were coales of fire kindled.
14 The Lord thundred from
heauen : and the most high vttered his
voice.
15 And he sent out arrowes, and scat-
tered them; lightning, and discomfited
them.
16 And the channels of the Sea ap
peared , the foundations of the world
were discouered, at the rebuking of the
Lord, at the blast of the breath of
his nostrils.
17 He sent from aboue, he tooke me
he drew me out of ||many waters.
18 He deliuered me from my strong
enemy, and from them that hated mee:
for they were too strong for me.
19 They preuented me in the day of
my calamitie : but the Lord was
my stay.
20 Hee brought me forth also into a
large place: he deliuered me, because hee
delighted in me.
21 The Lord rewarded mee ac
cording to myrighteousnesse: according
to the cleannesse of my hands, hath hee
recompensed me.
22 For I haue kept the wayes of the
Lord, and haue not wickedly depar-
ted from my God.
23 For all his iudgements were before
me : and as for his Statutes, I did not
depart from them.
24 I was also vpright tbefore him
and haue kept my selfe from mine ini
qui tie.
25 Therefore the Lord hath re
compensed me, according to my righte-
ousnesse : according to my cleannesse
t in his eye sight.
26 With the merciful thou wilt shew
tliy selfe mercifull, and with the vpright
man thou wilt shew thy selfe vpright.
27 With the pure thou wilt shew
thy selfe pure : and with the froward,
thou wilt II shew thy selfe vnsauoury.
28 And the afflicted people thou wilt
saue: but thine eyes arevpon the hautie,
tliat thou mayest bring them downe.
29 For thou art my ||lampe, O
Lord : and the Lord wil lighten
my darkenesse.
30 For by thee I haue ||run through
a troupe : by my God haue I leaped o-
uer a wall.
31 As for God , his way is perfect,
the word of the Lord is || tried: he is
a buckler to all them that trust in him.
32 For who is God, saue the Lord ?
and who is a rocke, saue our God ?
33 God is my strength and power:
and he t maketh my way perfect.
34 Hee t maketh my feet like hindes
feet : and setteth mee vpon my high
places.
35 He teacheth my hands t to warre:
so that a bow of Steele is broken by mine
armes.
36 Thou hast also giuen mee the
shield of thy saluation : and thy gentle-
nesse t hath made me great.
37 Thou hast enlarged my steps vn-
der me : so that my t feet did not slip.
38 I haue pursued mine enemies,
and destroyed them : and turned not a-
gaine vntill I had consumed them.
39 And I haue consumed them and
wounded them , that they could not a-
rise : yea, they are fallen vnder my feet.
40 For thou hast girded mee with
strength to battel: them that rose vp a-
gainst me, hast thou t subdued vnder me.
41 Thou hast also giuen mee the
necks of mine enemies , that I might
destroy them that hate me.
42 They looked , but there was
none to saue : euen vnto the Lord,
but he answered them not.
43 Then did I beat them as small
as the dust of the earth : I did stampe
them as the myre of the street , and did
spread them abroad.
44 Thou also hast deliuered mee
from the striuings of my people , thou
hast kept mee to behead of the heathen
a people which I knew not , shall
serue me.
45 + Strangers shall || submit them-
selues vnto me : as soone as they heare
they shall be obedient vnto me.
46 Strangers shall fade away : and
they shall bee afraid out of their close
places.
47 The Lord liueth, and blessed
be my rocke: and exalted be the God of
the rocke of my saluation.
48 It is God that t auengeth mee,
and that bringeth downe the people vn-
der me :
49 And that bringeth me forth from
mine enemies : thou also hast lifted mee
vp
Or, refined.
t Hebr. rid-
deth, or,
looseth.
\ Heb.eguaJ-
let/i.
t Hebr. for
the warre.
\Hebr. mul-
tiplied me.
t Hebr. an-
cles.
i Hebr, cau-
sed to botv.
iHeksonnes
of the stran-
ger.
Or, peeld
fttined obe-
dience. Heb.
lye.
t Hebr. gi-
ueth aueitf^c-
menlfor me.
Dauids worthies,
Chap.xxiij.
and valiant men.
•Rom. 15.9
• Cha. 7. 13
Or, be thou
ruler, ^c.
iHeb. filled.
I Or, losheb-
baasebet the
Tachmonite
head of the
three.
iSee 1. chr.
11. 11.
fHeb.slainc.'
' 1. Chron.
11. 12.
vp on high aboue them that rose vp a-
gainst me : thou hast deliuered me from
the violent man.
50 Therefore I will giue thankes
vnto thee, O Lord, among * the hea-
then : and I will sing praises vnto thy
Name.
51 He is the towre of saluation for his
king : and sheweth mercy to his Anoin
ted, vnto Dauid, and *to his seede for
euermore.
CHAP. XXIII.
1 Dauid in his last words, professeth his faith in
Gods promises to be beyond sence or experi-
ence. 6 The different state of the wicked.
8 A catalogue of Dauids miglitie men.
Owe these bee the last
words of Dauid : Dauid
the Sonne of lesse saide,
and the man who was
raised vp on high, the A-
nointed of the God of lacob, and the
sweet Psalmist of Israel, said,
2 The spirit of the Lord spake
by me, and his word wm in my tongue.
3 The God of Israel said, the Rocke
of Israel spake to me : ||he that ruleth
ouer men must be iust, ruling in the feare
of God:
4 And he shall be as the light of the
morning, zcheri the Sunne riseth, euen a
morning, without cloudes; as the tender
grasse .springijigovit of the earth bycleare
shining after raine :
5 Although my house be not so with
God : yet he hath made with mee an e-
uerlasting couenant, ordred in al things
and sure : for this is all my saluation, and
all my desire, although he make it not to
grow.
6 1[ But the sonnes of Belial .^hall bee
all of them as thornes thrust away, be-
cause they cannot be taken with hands,
7 But the man that slial touch them,
must betfenced with yron,and the staff'e
of a speare, and they shall bee vtterly
burnt with fire in the same place.
8 If These be the names of the migh
tie men whome Dauid had : || The
Tachmonite that sate in the seat, chiefe
among the captaines, (the same zcas A-
dinotheEznite: ) \\hce liftvphis speare a-
gainst eight hundred, t whom he slew at
one time.
9 And after him xoas *Eleazar the
Sonne of Dodo the Ahohite, mie of the
three mightie men with Dauid, when
they defied the Philistines that were
1. Chron.
11. 27.
i Or, for for.
raging.
Or, the
three cap-
taines ouer
the thirtie.
there gathered together to battell, and
the men of Israel were gone away.
10 He arose, and smote the Philistines
vntill his hand was wearie, and his
hand claue vnto the sword : and the
Lord wrought a great victorie that
day, and the people returned after him
onely to spoile.
11 And after him teas * Shammah
the Sonne of Agee the Hararite : and the
Philistines were gathered together
II into a troupe, where was a piece of
ground full of lentiles : and the people
fled from the Philistines.
12 But hee stood in the midst of the
ground, and defended it, and slewe the
Philistines: and the Lord wrought
a great victorie.
13 And II three of the thirtie chiefe
went downe and came to Dauid in the
haruest time, vnto the caue of Adullam:
and the troupe of the Philistines pit-
ched in the valley of Rephaim.
14 And Dauid zcas then in an holde,
and the garison of the Philistines was
then in Bethlehem.
15 And Dauid longed, and said. Oh
that one would giue mee drinke of the
water of the well of Bethlehem which
is by the gate.
16 And the three mightie men brake
through the host of the Philistines, and
drew water out of the Well of Bethle
hem, that was by the gate, and tooke it,
and brought it to Dauid : neuerthelesse
he would not drinke thereof, but pow-
red it out vnto the Lord.
17 And he said. Be it farre from me,
O Lord, that I should doe this : is
not this the blood of the men that went
in ieopardie of their Hues .'' therefore he
would not drinke it. These things did
these three mightie men.
18 And * Abishai the brother of loab,
the Sonne of Zeruiah , was chiefe a-
mong three, and he lift vp his speare a
gainst threehundred,t«?i(2slew</«fOT, and
had the name among three.
19 Was hee not most honourable of
three.' therefore he was their captaine :
howbeit, hee attained not vnto the^rst
three.
20 And Benaiah the sonne of le-
hoiada the sonne of a valiant man, of
Kabzeel, twho had done many actes, \Heb. great
he slew two ||lion-like men of Moab:!""^^^*' /j,^
hee went downe also, and slewe a "/««/.
Lyon in the middest of a pit in time of
w.
21 And
1. Chron.
11. 20.
\Heb.slaine.
Dauids worthies.
Il.Samuel.
Ifrael numbred.
^Heb.aman'
qfcounie*
nance or
sight; railed
l.Chro.n. \
33. a man qf
gtttA sta-
ture.
Or, honou-
rable among
the thirtie.
Or, Coun-
eill:Heb.at
hU ctunmand
Chap. i.
* 1. Chion.
11.27.
Or, valleys.
21 And he slew an Egyptian ta good-!
ly man : and the Egyptian had a speare
in his hand ; but lie went downe to him
with a staffe, and plucked the speare out
of the Egyptians hand , and slewe him
with his owne speare.
22 These things did Benaiah the
Sonne of lehoiada, and had the name
among three mightie men.
23 Hee was ||more honourable then
the thirtie , but hee attained not to the
Jirst three: and Dauid set him ouer his
II guard.
24 *Asahel the brother of loab was
one of the thirtie : Elhanan the sonne
of Dodo of Bethlehem,
25 Shammah the Harodite, Elika
the Harodite,
26 Helez the * Paltite, Ira the sonne
of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
27 Abiezer the Anethothite, Me-
bunnai the Hushathite,
28 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai
the Netophathite,
29 Heleb the sonne of Baanah, a Ne-
tophathite, Ittai the sonne of Ribai
out of Gibeah of the children of Ben-
iamin.
30 Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai
of the jlbrookes of Gaash,
31 Abialbon the Arbathite, Azma-
ueth the Barhumite,
32 Elihaba the Shaalbonite : of the
sonnes of lashen, Jonathan,
33 Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam
the Sonne of Sharar the Hararite,
34 Eliphelet the sonne of Ahasbai,
the Sonne of the Maachathite , Eliam
the sonne of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
35 Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the
Arbite,
36 Igal the sonne of Nathan of Zo-
bah, Bani the Gadite,
37 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai
the Berothite, armour-bearer to loab
the Sonne of Zeruiah,
38 Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an I-
thrite,
39 Vriah the Hittite : thirtie and se
uen in all.
CHAP. XXIIII.
1 Dauid tempted by Satan, forceth loab to
number the i)eople. 5 The captaines in nine
moneths and twentie dayes, bring the muster
of eleuen thousand fighting men. 10 Da-
uid hauing three plagues propounded by
Gad, repenteth, andchuseth the three dayes
pestilence. 15 After the death of threescore
and ten thousand, Dauid by repentance pre-
uenteth the destruction of lerusalem. 18
Dauid, by Gads direction purchaseth Arau-
nahs threshing-floore, where hauing sacrifi-
ced, the plague stayeth.
ND againe the anger of
the Lord was kindled
against Israel, and ||hee
mooued Dauid against
them , to say , Goe, num-
ber Israel and ludah.
2 For the king said to loab the cap-
taine of the hoste, which xcas with him.
II Goe now through all the tribes of Is-
rael , from Dan euen to Beer-sheba,
and number ye the people, that I may
know the number of the people.
3 And loab sayde vnto the King,
Now the Lord thy God adde vnto
the people (how many soeuer they be)
an hundred folde, and that the eyes of
my lorde the king may see it : but why
doeth my lord the king delight in this
thing ?
4 Notwithstanding, the kings word
preuailed against loab, and against the
captaines of the hoste : and loab and
the captaines of the host went out from
the presence of the king, to number the
people of Israel.
5 H And they passed ouer lordane,
and pitched in Aroer, on the right side
of the citie that I'leth in the midst of the
||riuer of Gad, and toward lazer.
6 Then they came to Gilead , and
to the ||land of Tahtim-Hodshi ; and
they came to Dan-Iaan, and about to
Zidon,
7 And came to the strong holde of
Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hiuites,
and of the Canaanites : and they went
out to the South of ludah , euen to
Beer-sheba.
8 So when they had gone through
all the land, they came to lerusalem at
the ende of nine moneths, and twentie
dayes.
9 And loab gaue vp the summe of
the number of the people vnto the king,
and there were in Israel eight hun-
dred thousand valiant men that drewe
the sword : and the men of ludah were
fine hundred thousand men.
10 IT And Dauids heart smote him,
after that hee had numbred the people:
and Dauid sayde vnto the Lord, I
haue sinned greatly in that I haue
done : and nowe I beseech thee , O
Lord, take away the iniquitie of
thy
II Satan. See
Chron.
Or,com-
passe.
I Or, valley.
II Or, nether
land Tiewly
inhabited.
Dauid repenteth,
Chap.xxiiij.
and facrificeth.
I Or, many.
' 1. Sam.
15. 11.
thy seruant, for I haue done very foo-
lisnly.
11 For when Dauid was vp in the
morning, the word of the Lord came
vnto the Prophet Gad Dauids Seer,
saying,
12 Goe and say vnto Dauid, Thus
saith the Lord, I offer thee three
things ; chuse thee one of them, that
may doe it vnto thee.
13 So Gad came to Dauid, and told
him, and said vnto him , Shall seuen
yeeres of famine come vnto thee in thy
land ? or wilt thou flee three moneths
before thine enemies, while they pursue
thee ? or that there be three dayes pesti
lence in thy land ? Now aduise, and see
what answere I shall returne to him
that sent me.
14 And Dauid saide vnto Gad , I
am in a great strait : let vs fall now into
the hand of the Lord (for his mer-
cies are || great,) and let me not fall into
the hand of man.
15 H So the Lord sent a pesti-
lence vpon Israel , from the morning,
euen to the time appointed : and there
died of the people from Dan euen to
Beersheba, seuentie thousand men.
16 And when the Angel stretched
out his hand vpon lerusalem to de-
stroy it, *the Lord repented him of
the euill, and said to the Angel that de-
stroyed the people, It is ynough : stay
now thine hand. And the Angel of the
Lord was by the threshing place of
Araunah the lebusite.
17 And Dauid spake vnto the
Lord when he saw the Angel that
smote the people, and said, Loe, I haue
sinned, and I haue done wickedly : but
these sheepe, what haue they done .'' Let
thine hand, I pray thee, be against mee,
and against my fathers house.
18 II And Gad came that day to Da-
uid, and said vnto him, Goe yp, reare an
Altar vnto the Loud, in the thresh-
ing floore of Araunah the lebusite.
19 And Dauid, according to the say-
ing of Gad, went vp, as the Lord
commanded.
'20 And Araunah looked , and saw
the King and his seruants comming
on toward him : and Araunah went
out , and bowed himselfe before the
King on his face vpon the ground.
21 And Araunah said. Wherefore
is my lord the King come to his ser-
uant .'' and Dauid saide , To buy the
threshing floore of thee, to build an Al
tar vnto the Lord, that the plague
may be stayed from the people.
22 And Araunah said vnto Dauid,
Let my lord the King take and offer
vp what seemeth good vnto him : Be-
holde , fiere be oxen for burnt sacrifice,
and threshing instruments , and other
instruments of the oxen for wood.
23 All these things did Araunah,
as a king, giue vnto the King: and A-
raunah saide vnto the King, The
Lord thy God accept thee.
24 And the King said vnto Arau-
nah , Nay, but I will surely buy it of
thee at a price : neither will I offer
burnt offerings vnto the Lord my
God, of that which doeth cost mee no-
thing. So Dauid bought the threshing
floore, and the oxen , for fiftie shekels of
siluer.
25 Aud Dauid built there an Altar
vnto the Lord, and offered burnt
offerings , and peace offerings : so the
Lord was intreated for the land,
and the plague was stayed from Is-
rael.
If
THE
Abifliag. Adonijah
. I.Kings.
his treafon.
t Hebr. en.
tredinto
dopes.
^THE FIRST BOOKE OF
the Kings, commonly called The
third Booke of the Kings.
t Heb. let
them seeke.
i Hebr. a
damtetl,a
virgine.
t Heb. be a
cheriiher
vnio him.
\neb.reigne
t lieh.from
his dat/es.
CHAP. I.
1 Abishag cherisheth Dauid in his extreame
age. 5 Adonijah, Dauidsdearling,vsurpeth
the kingdome. 1 1 By the counsel of Nathan,
15 Bath-sheba raoueth the king, 22 and Na-
than secondeth her. 28 Dauid reneweth his
oath to Bath-sheba. 32 Salomon by Dauids
appointment, beeing annointed King by
Zadok and Nathan, the people triumph.
41 Jonathan, bringing these newes, Adoni-
iahs guests flie. SO Adonijah flying to the
homes of the Altar, vpon his good beha-
uiour is dismissed by Solomon.
Ow King Da-
uid was olde, and
t striken in yeeres,
and they couered
him with clothes,
but hee gate :
heate.
2 Wherefore
his seruants said
vnto him, tLet there be sought for my
lord the king ta yong virgin, and let her
stand before the King, and let her t che-
rish him, and let her lie in thy bosome.
that my lord the King may get heate.
3 So they sought for a faire damosel
throughout all the coasts of Israel, and
found Abishag a Shunammite , and
brought her to the King.
4 And the damosell was very faire,
and cherished the king, and ministred to
him : but the king knew her not.
■5 1[ Then Adoniiah the sonne of
Haggith exalted himselfe, saying, I wil
tbe king : And he prepared him charets
and horsemen, and fiftie men to runne
before him.
6 And his father had not displeased
him tat any time, in saying. Why hast
thou done so .■* And hee also zcas a very
goodly man, and his mother bare him af-
ter Absalom.
7 And hee t conferred with loab
the sonne of Zeruiah, and with Abia-
thar the Priest : and they following A-
doniiah, t helped hivi.
8 But Zadok the Priest, and Be-
naiah the sonne of lehoiada, and Na-
than the Prophet , and Shimei, and
Rei, and the mightie men which behn-
ged to Dauid, were not with Adoniiah.
9 And Adoniiah slew sheepe , and
oxen, and fat cattell, by the stone of Zo-
heleth, which is by ||En-Rogel, and cal-
led all his brethren the kings sonnes,
and all the men of ludah the kings ser-
uants.
10 But Nathan the Prophet , and
Benaiah , and the mightie men, and
Solomon his brother he called not.
11 IT Wherefore Nathan spake vnto
Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon,
saying. Hast thou not heard that Ado
niiah the son of * Haggith doth reigne,
and Dauid our lord knoweth it not .'
12 Now therefore come, let mee , I
pray thee, giue thee counsell, that thou
mayest saue thine owne life, and the life
of thy Sonne Solomon.
13 Goe , and get thee in vnto King
Dauid, and say vnto him, Diddest not
thou, my lord , O king , sweare vnto
thine handmaid, saying. Assuredly So-
lomon thy Sonne shall reigne after mee,
and he shall sit vpon my throne .'' why
then doth Adoniiah reigne ?
1 4 Beholde , while thou yet talkest
there with the king, I also will come in
after thee, and tconfirme thy words-
15 IT And Bath-sheba went in vn-
to the King into the chamber : and the
king was very olde, and Abishag the
Shunammite ministred vnto the king,
16 And Bathsheba bowed , and did
obeysance vnto the king : and the king
said, t What wouldest thou ?
17 And she said vnto him. My lord,
thou
t Heb. his
words were
with loab.
1 Heb. helped
after Ado-
nijah.
t Or, the
welt Rogel.
' 2. Sam.
3. 4.
iHeb./illvp.
t Heh. tchat
totlieei
It is told Dauid.
Chap. j.
Solomon anointed.
t Hebr. »in-
ners.
t Hebr, Let
king AdO'
niiah Hue.
t Hebr. be-
fore tlie
king.
thou swarest by the Lord thy God
vnto thine handmaid,«ayj«^. Assuredly
Solomon thy sonne shall reigne after
me, and he shall sit vpon my throne :
18 And now behold , Adoniiah reig-
neth ; and now my lord the king , thou
knowest it not.
19 And he hath slaine oxen, and fat
cattell, and sheepe in abundance , and
hath called all the sonnes of the king,
and Abiathar the Priest, and loab the
captaine of the hoste : but Solomon thy
seruant hath he not called.
20 And thou , my lord O king, the
eyes of all Israel are vpon thee , that
thou shouldest tell them who shall sit
on the throne of my lord the king af-
ter him.
21 Otherwise it shall come to passe,
when my lord the king shal sleepe with
his fathers , that I and my sonne So-
lomon shall be counted t offenders.
22 IT And loe, while shee yet talked
with the king, Nathan the Prophet al-
so came in.
23 And they tolde the king , saying,
Beholde Nathan the Prophet. And
when hee was come in before the king,
he bowed himselfe before the king with
his face to the ground.
24 And Nathan said. My lord O
king, hast thou said, A'doniiah shall
reigne after mee, and hee shall sit vpon
my throne ?
25 For hee is gone downe this day,
and hath slaine oxen, and fat cattel, and
sheepe in abundance, and hath called all
the kings sonnes , and the captaines of
the host, and Abiathar the Priest : and
behold, they eate and drinke before him,
and say, tGod saue king Adoniiah.
26 But me, euen me thy seruant, and
Zadok the Priest , and Benaiah the
Sonne of lelioiada , and thy seruant
Solomon hath he not called.
27 Is tliis thing done by my lord
the king, and thou hast not shewed it
vnto thy seruant, who should sit on the
throne of my lord the king, after him ?
28 H Then king Dauid answered,
and said. Call me Bathsheba. And she
came t into the kings presence, and stood
before the king.
29 And the king sware, and said. As
the Lord liueth, that hath redeemed
my soule out of all distresse,
30 Euen as I sware vnto thee by the
Lord God of Israel, saying, Assu-
redly Solomon thy sonne shall reigne
after me, and he shall sit vpon my throne |
in my stead; euen so wil I certainly doe
this day.
31 Then Bathsheba bowed with lier\
face to the earth, and did reuerence to'
the king , and said. Let my lord king
Dauid liue for euer.
32 IT And king Dauid said, Call me,
Zadok the Priest, and Nathan the Pro-
phet, and Benaiah the sonne of leho-!
iada. And they came before the king.
33 The king also saide vnto them,'
Take with you the seruants of your
lord, and cause Solomon my sonne toi
ride vpon tmine owne mule, and bring \Heb. which
him downe to Gihon. ^'^^T^^
34 And let Zadok the Priest, and,
Nathan the Prophet, anoint him there'
King ouer Israel : and blow ye with I
the trumpet, and say, God saue King
Solomon.
35 Then ye shall come vp after him,
that hee may come and sit vpon my
throne; for he shall be king in my stead:
and I haue apj)ointed him to be ruler
ouer Israel, and ouer ludah.
36 And Benaiah the sonne of leho-
iada answered the King, and said , A
men : The Lord God of my lord the
king say so too.
37 As the Lord hath bene with
my lord the King , euen so be he with
Solomon , and make his throne grea-
ter then the throne of my lord King
Dauid.
38 So Zadok the Priest, and Na
than the Prophet , and Benaiah the
sonne of lehoiada , and the Chere-
thites, and the Pelethites went downe,
and caused Solomon to ride vpon
King Dauids mule, and brought him
to Gihon.
39 And Zadok the Priest tooke an
home of oile out of the Tabernacle, and
anointed Solomon : and they blew the
trumpet , and all the people said, God
saue King Solomon.
40 And all the people came vp after
him, and the people piped with || pipes, iOr,jiutes.
and reioyced with great ioy , so that the
earth rent with the sound of them.
41 H And Adoniiah and all the ghests
that were with him , heard it as they
had made an end of eating : and when
loab heard the sound of the trumpet,
heesaid,Wherefore is this noiseof theci-
tie, being in an vproare .''
42 And while hee yet spake, behold,
lonathan the sonne of Abiathar the
Z z Priest
Adonijah yeeldeth.
I.Kings.
Dauids charge
Priest came , and Adoniiah sayde vnto
him , Come in , for thou art a valiant
man, and bringest good tidings.
43 And Jonathan answered , and
said to Adoniiah, Verily our lorde king
Dauid hath made Solomon king.
44 And the king hath sent with
him Zadok the Priest, and Nathan the
Prophet, and Benaiah the sonne of le
hoiada , and the Cherethites , and the
Pelethites, and they haue caused him to
ride vpon the kings mule.
45 And Zadok the Priest, and Na
than the Prophet haue anointed him
king in Gihon : and they are come vp
from thence reioycing, so that the citie
rang againe : this is the noyse that yee
haue heard.
46 And also Solomon sitteth on the
throne of the kingdome.
47 And moreouer , the kings ser-
uants came to blesse our lorde king Da-
uid, saying, God make the name of So-
lomon better then thy name, and make
his throne greater then thy throne. And
the king bowed himselfe vpon the bed
48 And also thus sayde the King,
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
which hath giuen one to sit on my throne
this day, mine eyes euen seeing it.
49 And all the guests that were
with Adoniiah , were afraid , and rose
vp, and went euery man his way.
50 f And Adoniiah feared because
of Solomon, and arose, and went, and
caught hold on the homes of the Altar.
51 And it was tolde Solomon , say-
ing, Behold, Adoniiah feareth King
Solomon : for loe, he hath caught hold
on the homes of the Altar, saying, Let
King Solomon sweare vnto mee to
day, that hee will not slay his semant
with the sword.
52 And Solomon sayd. If hee will
shewe himselfe a worthy man , there
shall not an haire of him fall to the
earth : but if wickednesse shall be found
in him, he shall die.
53 So king Solomon sent, and they
brought him downe from the Altar,
and hee came and bowed himselfe to
king Solomon : and Solomon sayde
vnto him, Goe to thine house.
CHAP. IL
1 Dauid bailing giuen a charge to Solomon,
Sofrcli^ousnesse, 5ofIoab, 7 of Barzillai,
8 of Shimei, 10 dieth. 12 Solomon suc-
ceedeth. 13 Adoniiah, mouing Bath-sheba
• Deut. 29.
9. iosh. 1.7.
I Or, doe
wisely.
* 2. Sam.
to sue vnto Solomon for Abishag, is put to
death. 26 Abiathar hauing his life giuen
him, is depriued of the Priesthood. 28 loab
fleeing to the homes of the Altar, is there
slaine. 35 Benaiah is put in loabs roume,
and Zadok in Abiathars. 36 Shimei confi-
ned to lerusalem, by occasion of going thence
to Gath, is put to death.
Ow the dayes of Dauid
drew nigh, that he should
die, and he charged Solo
mon his sonne, saying;
2 I goe the way of all
e thou strong therefore, and
shew thy selfe a man.
3 And keepe the charge of the
Lord thy God, to walke in his
wayes, to keepe his Statutes, and his
Commandements, & his ludgements,
and his Testimonies, as it is written
in the Law of Moses, that thou mayest
prosper in all that thou doest , and
whithersoeuer thou turnest thy selfe :
4 That the Lord may continue
his word which hee spake concerning
me, saying. If thy children take heede
to their way , to walke before mee in
trueth , with all their heart , and with
all their soule, * there shall not tfaile
thee (sayd hee) a man on the throne of ^"^^j ^^
Israel. \cutokfrom
5 Moreouer thou knowest also yrha,t the th'rme.
loab the sonne of Zeruiah did to mee,
and what he did to the two captaines of
the hostes of Israel, vnto *Abner the
sonne of Ner, and vnto *Amasa the
sonne of lether, whom hee slewe, and
tshed the blood of warre in peace, and
put the blood of warre vpon his girdle
that zvfis about his loynes , and in his
shooes that were on his feet.
6 Doe therefore according to thy
wisedome, and let not his hoare head
goe downe to the graue in peace.
7 But shewe kindnesse vnto the
sonnes of * Barzillai the Gileadite, and
let them be of those that eate at thy ta
ble: for so they came to me when I fled
because of Absalom thy brother.
8 And behold, thou haH with thee
* Shimei the sonne of Gera, a Benia-
mite of Bahurim , which cursed mee
with a tgrieuous curse, in the day when
I went to Mahanaim : but hee came
downe to meete me at lordane, and I
sware to him by the I^ord, saying,
*I will not put thee to death with the
sword.
9 Nowe therefore holde him not
guiltlesse :
■ 2. Sam. 3.
27.
• 2. Sam.
20. 10.
t Heb. piU.
" 2. Sam.
19. 31.
• 2. Sam.
16. 5.
\ Heb. strong
' 2. Sam.
19. 23.
Adonijahs requeft.
Chap.vij.
loab flaine.
•Acta.
89. and 13.
2. Sam. 5. 4
1. chron. 29
28, 27.
• 2. Chron.
29. 23.
t Heb. tume
not away
myfiKe.
guiltlesse : for thou art a wise man , and
knowest what thou oughtest to doe vn
to him, but his hoare head bring thou
downe to the graue with blood.
10 So *Dauid slept with his fa-
thers , and was buried in the citie of
Dauid.
11 And the dayes that Dauid *raig-
ned ouer Israel, were fourty yeeres : se-
uen yeeres raigned hee in Hebron, and
thirty and three yeeres raigned hee in
lerusalem.
12 H *Then sate Solomon vpon the
throne of Dauid his father, and his
kingdome was established greatly.
13 f And Adoniiah the sonne of Hag-
gith came to Bathsheba the mother of
Solomon, and she said, Commest thou
peaceably .' And he said. Peaceably.
14 He said moreouer, I haue some-
what to say vnto thee. And she saide.
Say on.
15 And he said , Tho]! knowest that
the kingdome was mine , and that all
Israel set their faces on me , that I
should raigne : howbeit the kingdome
is turned about, and is become my bro-
thers : for it was his from the Lord.
16 And now I aske one petition of
thee, t deny me not. And she saide vnto
him. Say on.
17 And hee saide , Speake , I pray
thee, vnto Solomon the king (for hee
will not say thee nay) that he giue me
Abishag the Shunammite to wife.
18 And Bathsheba said, Wei, I will
speake for thee vnto the king.
19 H Bathsheba therefore went vn-
to king Solomon, to speake vnto him
for Adoniiah : and the king rose vp to
meete her , and bowed himselfe vnto
her, and sate downe on his throne, and
caused a seate to bee set for the Kings
mother, and she sate on his right hand.
20 Then she said, I desire one small
petition of thee, I pray thee say me not
nay : and the King said vnto her, Aske
on , my mother , for I will not say
thee nay.
21 And she saide. Let Abishag the
Shunammite be giuen to Adoniiah thy
brother to wife.
22 And king Solomon answered,
and said vnto his mother. And why do
est thou aske Abishag the Shunammite
for Adoniiah .' Aske for him the king-
dome also (for he is mine elder brother)
euen for him , and for Abiathar the
Priest, & for loab the sonne of Zeruiah.
23 Then king Solomon sware by
the Lord, saying, God doe so to me,
and more also, if Adoniiah haue not spo-
ken this word against his owne life.
24 Now therefore as the Lord
liueth, which hath established mee, and
set mee on the throne of Dauid my fa-
ther, and who hath made me an house
as -he * promised, Adoniiah shall be put
to death this day.
25 And king Solomon sent by the
hand of Benaiah the sonne of lehoia-
da, and he fell vpon him that he died.
26 H And vnto Abiathar the Priest
saide the King, Get thee to Anathoth,
vnto thine own fields, for thou art t wor-
thy of death : but I will not at this time
put thee to death , because thou barest
the arke of the Lord God before Da-
uid my father , and because thou hast
bene afflicted in all wherein my father
was afflicted.
27 So Solomon thrust out Abia-
thar from beeing Priest vnto the
Loud : that hee might * fulfill the
word of the Lord, which hee spake
concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh
28 II Then tidings came to loab
(for loab had turned after Adoniiah,
though hee turned not after Absalom)
and loab fled vnto the Tabernacle of
the Lord, and caught hold on the
homes of the Altar.
29 And it was told king Solomon
that loab was fled vnto the Taber-
nacle of the Lord, and behold, hee is
by the Altar : Then Solomon sent
Benaiah the sonne of lehoiada , say-
ing, Goe fall vpon him.
30 And Benaiah came to the Ta-
bernacle of the Lord, and said vnto
him, Thus saith the king. Come foorth.
And he said. Nay, but I will die heere.
And Benaiah brought the king word
againe, saying. Thus said loab, and
thus he answered me.
31 And the king saide vnto him. Doe
as he hath said, and fall vpon him, and
bury him, that thou mayest take away
the innocent blood which loab shed,
from mee , and from the house of my
father.
32 And the Lord shall returne
his blood vpon his owne head , who
fell vpon two men, more righteous and
better then hee, and slew them with the
sword, my father Dauid not knowing
thereof, to rOT7,* Abner the sonne of Ner,
captaine of the hoste of Israel , and
Z z 2 *Amasa
• 2. 8am. 7.
12, 13.
\Heb.aman
(if death.
* 1. Sam. 2.
31, 3«.
* 2. Sam.
3. 27.
loab is flaine.
I. Kings.
Shimei is flaine.
J. Sam. so. *Amasa the sonne of lether, captainc
'*■ jof the hoste of ludah.
' 33 Their blood shall therefore re-
Itume vpon the head of loab, and vp-
jon the head of his seed for euer : but vp-
on Dauid , and vpon his seede, and vp-
his house , and vpon his throne ,
shall there bee peace for euer from the
Lord.
3-t So Benaiah the sonne of leho-
iada went vp, and fell vpon him, and
slewe him , and hee was buried in his
owne house in the wildernesse.
35 IT And the king put Benaiah the
sonne of lehoiada in his roome ouer
the hoste, and Zadok the Priest did the
king put in the roume of Abiathar.
36 % And the king sent, and called
for Shimei, and said vnto him. Build
thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell
there, and goe not forth thence any whi-
ther.
37 For it shall be, that on the day
thou goest out, & passest ouer the brooke
Kidron , thou shalt know for certaine,
that thou shalt surely die : thy blood shal
be vpon thine owne head.
38 And Shimei said vnto the King,
The saying is good : as my lord the king
hath said, so will thy seruant doe. And
Shimei dwelt in lerusalem many
dayes.
39 And it came to passe at the end of
three yeeres , that two of the seruants
of Shimei ranne away vnto Achish
Sonne of Maachah king of Gath : and
they told Shimei, saying, Beholde, thy
seruants be in Gath.
40 And Shimei arose, and sadled
his asse, and went to Gath to Achish,
to seeke his seruants : and Shimei went
and brought his seruants from Gath.
41 And it was told Solomon, that
Shimei had gone from lerusalem to
Gath, and was come againe.
42 And the king sent and called for
Shimei, and said vnto him. Did I not
make thee to sweare by the Loud,
and protested vnto thee, saying. Know
for a certaine, that on the day thou goest
out, and walkest abroad any whither,
that thou shalt surely die .'' And thou
saidest vnto me. The word that I haue
heard, is good.
43 Why then hast thou not kept the
Oath of the Lord , and the com-
mandement that I haue charged thee
with?
44 The king said moreuer to Shi-
mei, Thou knowest all the wickednesse
which thine heart is priuie to, that thou
diddest to Dauid my father : therefore
the Lord shall returne thy wicked-
nesse vpon thine owne head.
45 And king Salomon shall be bles-
sed, and the throne of Dauid shall bee
established before the Lord for euer.
4G So the king commaunded Be-
naiah the sonne of lehoiada , which
went out, and fell vpon him, that he di-
ed, and the * kingdome was established
in the hand of Solomon.
* 2. Chron.
1. 1.
CHAP. III.
1 Solomon marieth Pharaohs daughter. 2 Hie
places beingin vse, Solomon sacrificeth at Gi-
beon. 5 Solomon at Gibeon, in the choice
which God gaue him, preferring wisedome,
obtaineth wisedome, riches, and honour.
16 Solomons iudgement betweene the two
harlots, maketh hira renowmed.
N D * Solomon made
affinitie with Pharaoh
king of Egypt, and tooke
Pharaohs daughter, and
brought her into the citie
of Dauid, vntill he had made an end of
building his owne house, and the house
of the Lord, and the wall of leru
salem round about.
2 Only the people sacrificed in high
places , because there was no house
built vnto the Name of the Lord
vntill those dayes.
1 And Solomon loued the Lord
walking in the statutes of Dauid hii
father : onely he sacrificed and burnt in-
cense in high places.
4 And the king went to Gibeon to
sacrifice there ; for that was the great
high place : a thousand burnt offerings
did Solomon offer vp on that Altar.
5 H In Gibeon the Lord appea-
red to Solomon in a dreame by night :
and God sayd, Aske what I shall giue
thee.
6 And Solomon said. Thou hast
shewed vnto thy seruant Dauid my fa-
ther great || mercy, according as he wal-
ked before thee in trueth, and in righte-
ousnesse, and in vprightnesse of heart
with thee , and thou hast kept for him
this great kindnesse, that thou hast gi-
uen him a sonne to sit on his throne, as
it is this day.
7 And now, O Lord my God,
thou hast made thy seruant King in
stead
Chap. 7. 8
IOr,bountie.
Solomons petition.
L/hap.mj.
The two harlots.
2. Chron.
10.
t Hebr. hea-
ring.
t Hebr. ma-
ny dayes.
t Hebr. to
heare.
Matth. 6.
33. wlsd. 7.
II.
i Or, hath
not bene.
' Chap. IS.
Stead of Dauid my father : and I am
but a litle cliilde : I know not how to
goe out or come in.
8 And thy seruant is in the midst of
thy people wliich thou hast chosen, a
great people, that cannot be numbred,
nor counted for multitude.
9 *Giue therefore thy seruant an
t vnderstanding heart, to iudge thy peo-
ple, that I may discerne betweene good
and bad : for who is able to iudge this
thy so great a people .'
10 And the speach pleased the Lord,
that Solomon had asked this thing.
11 And God said vnto him. Because
thou hast asked this thing, and hast not
asked forthy selfe tlong life, neitherhast
asked riches for thy selfe, nor liast asked
the life of thine enemies, but hast asked
for thy selfe vnderstanding t to discerne
iudgement ;
12 Behold, I haue done according
to thy word : loe , I haue giuen thee a
wise and an vnderstanding heart , so
that there was none like thee before
thee , neither after thee shall any arise
like vnto thee.
13 And I haue also * giuen thee that
which thou hast not asked, both riches,
and honour : so that there || shall not be
any among the Kings like vnto thee,
ail thy dayes.
14 And if thou wilt walke in my
wayes, to keepe my Statutes and my
Commandements , * as thy father Da
uid did walke , then I will lengthen
thy dayes.
15 And Solomon awoke , and be-
hold, it was a dreame : and he came to Je-
rusalem, and stood before the Arke of
the Couenant of the Lord, and
offered vp burnt offerings, and offered
peace offerings, and made a feast to all
his seruants.
16 % Then came there two women
that were harlots, vnto the king , and
stood before him.
17 And the one woman said, O my
lord , I and this woman dwell in one
j house, and I was deliuered of a childe,
iwith her in the house.
j 1 8 And it came to passe the third day
after that I was deliuered , that this
i woman was deliuered also : and wee
i^eere together; there was no stranger
i with vs in the house , saue we two in
I the house.
19 And this womans childe died in
the night : because she ouerlaid it.
i Hebr. were
hot.
20 And shee arose at midnight, and
tooke my sonne from beside me , while
thine handmaid slept, and layd it in her
bosome, and layd her dead childe in my
bosome.
21 And when I rose in the morning
to giue my childe sucke, behold, it was
dead : but when I had considered it in
the morning , beholde , it was not my
Sonne, which I did beare.
22 And the other woman said, Nay,
but the liuing is my sonne, and the dead
is thy Sonne : And this said, No, but the
dead is thy sonne, and the liuing is my
sonne. Thus they spake before the king.
23 Then said the King, The one
saith. This is my sonne, that liueth, and
thy Sonne is the dead: and the othersaith
Nay : but thy sonne is the dead, and my
Sonne is the liuing.
24 And the King said , Bring mee
a sword. And they brought a sword be-
fore the king :
25 And the king said, Diuide the li
uing childe in two, and giue halfe to the
one, and halfe to the other.
26 Then spake the woman whose
the liuing childe was, vnto the king, (for
her bowels t yerned vpon her sonne )
and she said, O my lord, giue her the li
uing childe, and in no wise slay it : But
the other said , Let it be neither mine
nor thine, but diuide if.
27 Then the King answered and
said, Giue her the liuing child, and in no
wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.
28 And all Israel heard of the
Iudgement which the king had iudg-
ed, and they feared the King : for they
saw that the wisedome of God was tin
him, to doe Iudgement.
CHAP. nil.
1 Solomons Princes. 7 His twelue Officers
for prouision. 20. 24 The peace and large-
nesse of his kingdome. 22 His daily proui-
sion. 26 His stables. 29 His wisedome.
O King Solomon was
king ouer all Israel.
2 And these wei-e the
Princes which he had, A-
zariah the sonne of Za-
dok, lithe Priest, iOr,ihe
3 Elihoreph, and Ahiah the sonnes ofi^^-'^'
Shisha, || Scribes: lehoshaphat the * Or, secre-
Sonne of Ahilud the || Recorder;
4 And Benaiah the sonne of leho-
iada was ouer the host : And Zadok
and
t Hebr. in
the mittst of
him.
tartes.
iOr, remem-
brancer.
Solomons officers,
I.Kings.
and prouilion,
" Chap. 5.
14.
Or, leuie.
K)r,Ben-
kur.
\ Or, Ben.
Dekar.
I Or, B«n-
Heteb.
Or,Ben-
Abinadab.
\Or,Ben-
Geber.
I Or, to Ma-
hanaim.
■Eccliu.
47. IS.
and Abiathar were the Priests :
5 And Azariah the sonne of Na-
than was ouer the officers : and Zabud
the sonne of Nathan was principall offi-
cer, and the kings friend.
6 And Ahishar was ouer the hous-
hold : and ♦Adoniram the sonne of Ab-
da was ouer the || tribute.
7 H And Solomon had twelue of-
ficers ouer all Israel , which prouided
victuals for the king and his houshold :
each man his moneth in a yeere made
prouision.
8 And these are their names : || the
sonne of Hur in mount Ephraim,
9 The II Sonne of Dekar in Makaz,
and in Shaalbim , and Bethshemesh
and £lon-Bethhanan.
10 The II sonne of Heseb in Aruboth
tohim pertained Sochoh,and all the land
of Hepher;
11 The II sonne of Abinadab in all the
region of Dor, which had Taphath the
daughter of Solomon to wife :
12 Baana the sonne of Ahilud, to him
pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and
all Beth-shean, which is by Zartanah
beneath lezreel, from Beth-shean to
Abel-Meholah , euen vnto the place that is
beyond lokneam :
13 The II Sonne of Geber in Ramoth
Gilead, to him pertained the townes of
lair the sonne of Manasseh, which are
in Gilead: tohim aZ*o/)ertomf<i theregion
of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore
great cities, with walles, and brasen
barres.
14 Ahinadab the sonne of Iddo had
IIMahanaim.
15 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also
tooke Basmath the daughter of Solo
mon to wife.
16 Baanah the sonne of Hushai was
in Asher and in Aloth :
17 lehoshaphat the sonne of Par-
uah in Issachar :
18 Shimei the sonne of Elah in Ben-
iamin :
19 Geber the sonne of Vri was in the
countrey of Gilead , in the countrey of
Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og
king of Bashan ; and hee was the onely
officer which was in the land.
20 % ludah and Israel were many,
as the sand which is by the sea in multi-
tude , eating and drinking and making
merrie.
21 And • Solomon reigned ouer all
kingdoms from the riuer vnto the land
of the Philistines, and vnto the border
of Egypt : they brought presents , and
serued Solomon all the dayes of his
life.
22 IF And Solomons t prouision for
one day, was thirtie measures of fine
floure, and threescore t measures of
meale,
23 Ten fat oxen , and twentie oxen
out of the pastures , and an hundred
sheepe, beside Harts, and Roe-buckes,
and fallow Deere, and fatted foule.
24 For he had dominion ouer all tfie
region on this side the Riuer, from Tiph
sah euen to Azzah ouer all the kings on
this side the Riuer : and hehad peace on
all sides round about him.
25 And ludah and Israel dwelt
t safely, euery man vnder his Vine, and
vnder his Figtree, from Dan euen to
Beer-sheba, all the dayes of Solomon
!6 H And * Solomon had fourtie
thousand stalles of horses for his cha
rets, and twelue thousand horsemen.
27 And those officers prouided vie
tuall for king Solomon, and for all that
came vnto king Solomons table, eue
ry man in his moneth : they lacked no-
thing.
28 Barley also and straw for the hor-
ses and II dromedaries, brought they vn-
to the place where the officers were, e-
uery man according to his charge.
29 II And *God gaue Solomon wis-
dome , and vnderstanding , exceeding
much, and largenesse of heart, euen as
the sand that is on the sea shoare.
30 And Solomons wisedome excel-
led the wisedome of all the children of
the East countrey, and all the wisedome
of Egypt.
31 For hee was wiser then all men
then Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman
and Chalcol, and Darda the sonnes of
Mahol : and his fame was in all nati-
ons round about.
32 And he spake three thousand pro-
uerbes : and his songs were a thousand
and fiue.
33 And hee spake of trees , from the
Cedar tree that is in Lebanon, euen vn
to the Hyssope that springeth out of the
wall : hee spake also of beasts , and of
foule, and of creeping things , and of
fishes.
34 And there came of all people to
heare the wisedome of Solomon, from
all kings of the earth, which had heard
of his wisedome.
CHAP.
t Heb. bread.
^Heb. Cars.
t Heb. confi.
dentty.
' 2. Chion.
. 25.
Or, mules,
or swift
beasts.
Ecclus.
47. 14, IS,
16.
Hirams promife
Chap.v.vj.
to Solomon
l.Chro.
2. 3.
t Hebr. say.
' 2. Sam. 7.
13. 1. chro.
22. 10.
iHebr. say.
\Hebr.
heard.
t Hebr. send.
CHAP. V.
1 Hiram sending to congratulate Solomon, is
certified of his purpose to build the Temple,
and desired to furnish him with timber therfr
to. 7 Hiram blessing God for Solomon, and
requesting food for nis family, fumisheth
him with trees. 13 The number of Solo-
mons workemen and labourers.
Nd Hiram king of Tyre
sent his seruants vnto
Solomon : (for hee had
heard that they had an-
ointed him King in the
roume of his father, ) for Hiram was
euer a loner of Dauid.
And * Solomon sent to Hiram,
saying,
3 Thou knowest how that Dauid
my father could not build an house vn-
to the Name of the Lord his God,
for the warres which were about him
on euery side, vntill the Lord put
them vnder the soles of his feet.
4 But now the Lord my God
hath giuen me rest on euery side, so that
there is neither aduersary , nor euill oc-
current.
5 And behold , I t purpose to build
an house vnto the Name of the Lord
my God, *as the Lord spake vnto
Dauid my father, saying. Thy sonne,
whom I will set vpon thy throne in
thy roume, he shall build an house vnto
my Name.
G Now therefore command thou,
that they hew me Cedar trees out of
Lebanon , and my seruants shall bee
with thy seruants : and vnto thee will
I giue hire for thy seruants, according
to all that thou shalt t appoint : for thou
knowest that there is not among vs ,
any that can skill to hew timber, like
vnto the Sidonians.
7 f And it came to passe when Hi-
ram heard the wordes of Solomon,
that hee reioyced greatly , and said,
Blessed be the Lord this day, which
hath giuen vnto Dauid a wise sonne
ouer this great people.
8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, say-
ing, I haue t considered the things
which thou sen test to me for: mid I will
doe all thy desire concerning timber of
Cedar, and concerning timber of firre.
9 My seruants shall bring them
downe from Lebanon vnto the Sea :
and I wil conuey them by sea in flotes,
vnto the place that thou shalt t appoint
me, and will cause them to be discharged
there, and thou shalt receiue them: and
thou shalt accomplish my desire, in gi-
uing food for my houshold.
10 So Hiram gaue Solomon Cedar
trees, and Firre trees, a<:cor(/JM^ to all his
desire.
11 And Solomon gaue Hiram twen
tie thousand t measures of wheate for
food to his houshold, and twentie mea-
sures of pure oile : thus gaue Solomon
to Hiram yeere by yeere.
12 And the Lord gaue Solomon
wisedome, *as hee promised him : and
there was peace betweene Hiram and
Solomon, and they two made a league
together.
13 IT And King Solomon raised a
tleuie out of all Israel, and the leuie
was thirtie thousand men.
14 And hee sent them to Lebanon,
ten thousand a moneth by courses : a
moneth they were in Lebanon, and two
moneths at home : and * Adoniram was
ouer the leuie.
15 And Solomon had threescore and
ten thousand that bare burdens , and
fourescore thousand hewers in the
mountaines :
16 Besides the chiefe of Solomons
officers which were ouer the worke, three
thousand and three hundred, which ru-
led ouer the people that wrought in the
worke.
17 And the king commanded , and
they brought great stones, costly stones,
and hewed stones, to lay the foundation
of the house.
18 And Solomons builders, and Hi-
rams builders, did hewe them, and the
stone-squarers : so they prepared tim-
ber and stones to build the house.
CHAP. VL
1 The building of Solomons Temple. 5 The
chambers thereof. 11 Gods promise vnto
it. 1 5 The sieling and adorning of it : 23 The
Cherubims. 31 The doores. 36 The
court. 37 The time of building it.
Nd *itcametopasseinthe
foure hundred and foure-
score yeere after the chil-
dren of Israel were come
out of the land of Egypt,
in the fourth yere of Solomons reigne
ouer Israel, in the moneth Zif, which
is the second moneth, that he t began to
build the house of the Lord.
2 And
t Heb. Con.
* Cha. 3. 12
i Heb. tri-
bute of
* Chap. 4. 6.
• Or, fiii-
lites, as £-
xek. 27. 9.
2. Chron.
3.1.
t Heb. built.
The building
I. Rings.
of the Temple.
I Or, win-
doues broad
irithin and
narrmcteith-
out:or^keu>-
eti and do- j
sed. I
iOr,vpo7i,or,
ioyniiig to.
i Heb./loores ,
tHff6. rti*. 1
And the house which king Solo-
mon built for the Lord, the length
thereof was th-eescore cubites , and the
breadth thereof twentie cubits, and the
height thereof thirtie cubites.
3 And the porch before the Temple
of the liouse : twentie cubites was the
length thereof, according to the breadth
of the house, and tenne cubites zvas the
breadth thereof before the house.
4 And for the house he made ||win
dowes of narrow lights.
5 H And II against the wall of the
house he built t chambers round about,
against the walles of the house round a-
bout, both of the Temple and of the O-
racle : and hee made t chambers round
about
6 The nethermost chamber zcas fiue
cubites broad, and the middle z£)a*sixecu-
bites broad, and the third rt'a,? seuen cu
bites broad : forwithout iii the zvallotthe
house hee made t narrowed rests round
l^^t^^e^^,^ about, that the beanies should not bee fa-
stened in the walles of the house,
7 And the house when it was in
building, was built of stone, made ready
before it was brought thither : so that
there was neither hammer nor axe, nor
any toole of yron heard in the house,
while it was in building.
8 The doore for the middle cham
jber was in the right tside of the house
]and they went vp with winding staires
into the middle chamber, and out of the
middle into the third.
9 So he built the house and finished
it : and couered the house ||with beams
Tnd'the"Ji^. 'and boards of Cedar-
lingt tcUh
t Heb. nar-
^Heb.»houl-
der.
I Or, the
vault beams
ttnfn t
Cedar.
' s. Sam. 7.
13. 1
sa. lb,
chio.
10 And then hee built chambers a
gainst all the house, fiue cubites high
and they rested on the house with tim-
ber of Cedar.
11 1i And the word of the Lord
came to Solomon, saying ;
12 Concerning this House which
thou art in building, if thou wilt walke
in my Statutes, and execute my ludg
ments, and keepe all my Commande-
ments to walke in them : then will I
performe my word with thee, * which
I spake vnto Dauid thy father.
13 And I will dwell among the chil
dren of Israel, and will not forsake my
people Israel.
14 So Solomon built the house,
and finished it.
15 And liee built the walles of the
house within with boards of Cedar,
||both the floore of the house, and the
walles of the sieling : and hee couered
them on the inside with wood, and co-
uered the floore of the house with
plankes of firre.
16 And hee built twentie cubites on
the sides of the house , both the floore,
and the walles with boards of Cedar :
he euen built them for it within, euen for
the Oracle, etien for the most holy place
17 And the house, that is, the Tem-
ple before it, was fortie cubites hug:
18 And the Cedar of the house with-
in was carued with ||knops, and topen
flowres : all was Cedar , there was no
stone scene.
19 And the Oracle he prepared in the
house within , to set there the Arke of
the Couenant of the Lord.
20 And the Oracle in the forepart
was twenty cubits in length and twen-
tie cubites in breadth , and twentie cu-
bites in the height thereof : and hee
ouerlayd it with tpure golde, and so co-
uered the Altar which was of Cedar.
21 So Solomon ouerlayd the house
within with pure golde : and he made a
partition, by the chaines of golde before
the Oracle, and he ouerlaid it with gold.
22 And the whole house he ouerlaid
with golde vntill he had finished aU the
house : also the whole Altar that was
by the Oracle he ouerlaide with golde
23 H And within the Oracle he made
two Cherubims of ||01iue tree, each ten
cubites high.
24 And fiue cubits was the one wing
of the Cherub, and fiue cubits the other
wing of the Cherub : from the vtter-
most part of the one wing, vnto the vt-
|termost part of the other, were ten cu-
I bites.
25 And the other Cherub was tenne
cubites : both the Cherubims were of
one measure, and one size.
26 The height of the one Cherub
7e'a*ten cubites, and so wasit of the other
Cherub.
27 And he set the Cherubims with-
in the inner liouse : and *|| they stretched
foorth the wings of the Cherubims , so
.that the wing of the one touched the 07ie
jWall, and the wing of the other Cherub
touched the other wall : & their wings
touched one another in the midst of the
house.
28 And he ouerlayd the Cherubims
with golde.
29 And hee carued all the walles of
the
Or, from
the floore of
the house
vnto the
watlest ^c.
And so ver.
16.
II Or, gourds,
t Heb. ope-
nings of
flowres.
t Heb. shut
vp.
I Or, ot/lie.
Heb. trees
ofoyle.
Exod. 25.
20.
II Or, ate
Chernbims
stretched
foorth their
wings.
The Cherubims.
Chap.vij.
Solomons houfe.
t Heh. ope-
ningsofflow-
ers.
Or, fine
square.
I Or, leaues
qfthedoores.
t Hebr. ope-
nings of
flowers.
Or, fame
square.
y Or, with all
the appurte~
nances ther-
of, and with
all the ordi-
nances ther-
of.
• Chap. 9.
10.
the house round about with carued fi-
gures of Cherubims , and palme trees,
and topen flowers, within & without.
30 And the floore of the house hee o-
uerlayed with gold, within and with-
out.
31 IT And for the entring of the O-
racle he made doores of Oliue tree : the
lintell ami side posts were\\ a fifth part of
tlie wall.
32 The 1 1 two doores also were of O-
liue tree, and he carued vpon them ear-
nings of Cherubims , and palme trees,
and topen flowers, and ouerlayd them
with gold , and spread gold vpon the
Cherubims, and vpon the palme trees.
33 So also made hee for the doore of
the Temple postes of Oliue tree {| a
fourth part of the wall.
34 And the two doores xoet-e of firre
tree : the two leaues of the one doore
were folding , and the two leaues of the
other doore were folding.
35 And he carued thereon Cherubims,
and palme trees, and open flowers : and
couered them with gold, fitted vpon the
carued worke.
36 IT And hee built the inner Court
with three rowes of hewed stone, and a
row of Cedar beames.
37 % In the fourth yeere was the
foundation of the house of the Lord
layd, in the moneth Zif.
38 And in the eleuenth yeere in the
moneth Bui (which is the eight mo-
neth) was the house finished || through-
out all the parts therof , and according
to all the fashion of it : So was he seuen
yeeres in building it.
CHAP. VII.
1 The building of Solomons house. 2 Of the
house of Lebanon. 6 Of the porch of pil-
lars. 7 Of the porch of ludgement. 8 Of
the house for Pharaohs daughter. 13 Hi-
rams worke of the two pillars. 23 Of the
molten Sea. 27 Of the ten bases. 38 Of
the ten lauers, 40 And all the vessels.
Vt Solomon was buil-
ding his owne house * thir-
teene y eres, and he finished
all his house.
2 f Hee built also the
louse of the forrest of Lebanon ; the
length thereof was a hundred cubites,
and the breadth thereof fiftie cubites,
and the height thereof thirtie cubites,
vpon foure rowes of Cedar pillars.
with Cedar beames vpon the pillars.
3 And it was couered with Cedar a-
boue vpon the t beames , that lay on for-
tie fine pillars, fifteene in a row.
4 And there were windowes in three
rowes, and flight was against light in
three rankes.
5 And all the || doores and postes
were square, with the windowes : and
light zaas against light in three rankes.
6 H And he made a porch of pillars,
the length thereof !»a* fiftie cubites , and
the breadth thereof thirtie cubites : and
the porch was || before them : and the o-
ther pillars , and the thicke beame were
before them.
7 H Then hee made a porch for the
throne where he might iudge, euen the
porch of ludgement : and it was coue-
red with Cedar from tone side of the
floore to the other.
8 H And his house where he dwelt,
had another court within the porch,
which was of the like worke : Solomon
made also an house for Pharaohs
daughter, (*whom he had taken to wife)
like vnto this porch.
9 All these were of costly stones,
according to the measures of hewed
stones, sawed with sawes, within and
without, euen from the foundation vn-
to the coping, and so on the outside to-
ward the great court.
10 And the foundation was of costly
stones, euen great stones ; stones of ten
cubites, and stones of eight cubites.
11 And aboue were costly stones (af-
ter the measures of hewed stones) and
Cedars.
12 And the great court round about,
was with three rowes of hewed stones,
and a row of Cedar beames, both for
the inner court of the house of the
Lord, and for the porch of the house.
13 f And king Solomon sent and
fet Hiram out of Tyre.
14 Hee was ta widowes sonne of the
tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a
man of Tyre, a worker in brasse, and he
was filled with wisedome, and vnder-
standing , and cunning to worke all
workes in brasse : and hee came to king
Solomon, and wrought all his worke.
15 For the cast two pillars of brasse
of eighteene cubites high a piece : and a
line of twelue cubites did compasse ei-
ther of them about.
16 And hee made two Chapiters of
molten brasse , to set vpon the tops of
3 A the
t Heb. ribs.
t Hebr. sight
against
sight.
H Or, spaces
and pillars
were square
in pro^ct.
Or, accor-
ding to them.
Or, accor-
ding to them.
\ Heir, from
floore to
floore.
Chap. 3.1.
t Hebr. the
Sonne of a
widow wo-
man.
^ Hebr. fa-
shioned.
The moulten Sea.
I.Ki
ngs.
The ten bafes.
• 2. Chr. 3.
17.
I That it, he
thall esta-
blish.
I That is, in
it is strength
iHeh.from
his brimme,
to his brim.
* 2. Cbron.
4.3.
the pillars : the height of the one cha-
piter was fiue cubites, and the height of
the other chapiter was fiue cubites :
17 And nets of checker worke, and
wreathes of chaine worke, for the cha-
piters which were vpon the top of the
pillars : seuen for the one chapiter, and
seuen for the other chapiter.
18 And he made the pillars, and two
rowes round about vpon the one net
worke, to couer the chapiters that were
vpon the top, with pomegranates : and
so did he for the other chapiter.
19 And the chapiters that were vpon
the top of the pillars, were of lillie worke
in the porch, foure cubites.
20 And the chapiters vpon the two
pillars Aa(ij907negTanafe*also,aboue,ouer
against the belly which was by the net
worke : and the pomegranates were
two hundred in rowes round about,
vpon the other chapiter.
21 *And he set vp the pillars in the
porch of the temple : and hee set vp the
right pillar, and called the name therof
II lachin : and he set vp the left pillar,
and called the name thereof ||Boaz.
22 And vpon the top of the pillars
was lillie worke: so was the worke of the
pillars finished.
23 f And he made a moulten Sea,
ten cubites tfrom the one brim to the o-
ihei-.itwas round all about, & his height
was fiue cubits: and a line of thirtie cu-
bites did compasse it round about.
24 And vnder the brimme of it
round about there were knops compas-
sing it, ten in a cubite, * compassing the
sea round about : the knops were cast in
two rowes, when it was cast.
25 It stood vpon twelue oxen, three
looking toward the North, and three
looking toward the West, and three loo-
king toward the South, and three loo-
king toward the East : and the Sea was
set aboue vpon them, and all their hin-
der parts were inward.
26 And it was an hand breadth
thicke, and the brimme thereof was
wrought like the brim of a cup, with
flowres of lilUes : it contained two thou-
sand Baths.
27 IF And he made ten bases of brasse;
foure cubites was the length of one base,
and foure cubites the breadth thereof,
and three cubites the height of it.
28 And the worke of the bases was
on this maner: they had borders, and the
borders were betweene the ledges :
29 And on the borders that were be-
tweene the ledges were lyons, oxen, and
Cherubims : and vpon the ledges there
was a base aboue : and beneath the ly-
ons and oxen were certaine additions
made of thinne worke.
30 And euery base had foure brasen
wheeles , and plates of brasse : and the
foure corners therof had vndersetters
vnder the lauer were vndersetters mol
ten, at the side of euery addition.
31 And the mouth of it within the
chapiter, and aboue, was a cubite : but
the mouth thereof was round after the
worke of the base, a cubite and an halfe
and also vpon the mouth of it were gra-
uings with their borders, foure square
not round.
32 And vnder the borders were foure
wheeles : & the axletrees of the wheeles
!rceretioynedtothebase,andtheheightof
a wheele was a cubite and halfe a cubite.
33 And the worke of the wheeles was
like the worke of a charet wheele : their
axletrees and their naues, and their fel-
loes, and their spokes were all molten.
34 And there were foure vndersetters
to the foure corners of one base : and the
vndersetters zoere of the very base it
selfe.
35 And in the top of the h&sewas there
a round compasse of halfe a cubite high :
and on the top of the base the ledges
thereof, and the borders thereof were of
the same.
36 For on the plates of the ledges
thereof, and on the borders thereof, he
graued Cherubims, lions , and palme
trees, according to the t proportion of e-
uery one, and additions round about.
37 After this maner he made the ten
bases : all of them had one casting, one
measure, and one size.
38 IT Then made hee ten lauers of
brasse : one lauer conteined fourtie
baths : and euery lauer was foure cu-
bites, and vpon euery one of the ten ba-
ses, one lauer.
39 And he put fiue bases on the right
t side of the house, and fiueon the left side
of the house : and he set the Sea on the
right side of the house Eastward, ouer
against the South.
40 % And Hiram made the lauers,
and the shouels, and the basons : So
Hiram made an ende of doing all the
worke that hee made King Solomon,
for the house of the Lord.
41 The two pillars, and the two
bowles
t Heb. in the
base.
t Heb. na-
kednesse.
t Heb. shotU-
der.
Diuers vessels. The Chap.viij.
Temple dedicated.
t Hebr. vpon
the/ace.
iHebr.
made bright,
or scoured.
t Hehr. in
the thick-
nesse of the
ground.
i Hebr. for
the excee-
ding multi-
tude.
iHebr. sear-
ched.
t Heb. ash-
pans.
iHeb. things
ofDauid.
2. Chron.
5. 1.
2. Chron.
5.2.
+ Hebr.
Princes.
bowles of the chapiters that were on the
top of the two pillars: and the two net-
workes, to couer the two bowles of the
chapiters which were vpon the top of
the pillars :
42 And foure hundred Pomegra-
nates for the two networkes, euen two
rowes of Pomegranates for one net-
worke , to couer the two bowles of the
chapiters that were t vpon the pillars :
43 And the ten bases, and ten lauers
on the bases.
44 And one Sea, and twelue oxen
vnder the Sea.
45 And the pots , and the shouels,
and the basons : and all these vessels
which Hiram made to King Solo-
mon , for the house of the Lord, were
of t bright brasse.
46 In the plaine of lordane did the
king cast them tin the clay ground, be^
tweene Succoth and Zarthan.
47 And Solomon left all the ves
se\svnweigked,'fheca,usetheyyrereexcee-
ding many : neither was the weight of
the brasse t found out.
48 And Solomon made all the ves-
sels that pertained vnto the house of the
Lord: the Altar of gold , and the
table of gold, whereupon the Shew-
bread was :
49 And the candlesticks of pure gold,
fine on the right side, and fiueon the left,
before the Oracle, with the flowers, and
the lampes, and the tongs of gold,
50 And the boules, and the snuffers,
and the basons, & the spoones, and the
t censers of pure gold : and the hindges
of gold, both for the doores of the inner
house the most Holy place , and for the
doores of the house, to wit, of the temple.
51 So was ended all the worke that
king Solomon made for the house of
the Lord: and Solomon brought
in the t things * which Dauid his father
had dedicated, euen the siluer, and the
gold, & the vessels did he put among the
treasures of the house of the Lord.
CHAP. VIIL
1 The feast of the dedication of the Temple.
12. and 54. Solomons blessing. 22 Solomons
prayer. 62 His sacrifice of peace offrings.
Hen * Solomon assembled
the Elders of Israel , and
all the heads of the tribes,
f the tchiefe of the fathers
§ of the children of Israel,
vnto king Solomon in lerusalem,
that they might bring vp the Arke of
the Couenant of the Lord, out of the
citie of Dauid, which is Zion.
- 2 And all the men of Israel assem-
bled themselues vnto king Solomon,
at the feast , in the moneth Ethanim,
which is the seuenth moneth.
3 And all the Elders of Israel came,
and the Priests tooke vp the Arke.
4 And they brought vp the Arke of
the Lord, and the Tabernacle of the
Congregation, and all the holy vessels
that were in the Tabernacle, euen those
did the Priests & the Leuites bring vp.
5 And king Solomon, and all the
Congregation of Israel, that were as-
sembled vnto him, were with him before
the Arke, sacrificing sheepe , and oxen,
that could not bee told nor numbred for
multitude.
6 And the Priests brought in the
Arke of the Couenant of the Lord
vnto his place , into the Oracle of the
house to the most holy place, euen vnder
the wings of the Cherubims.
7 For the Cherubims spread forth
their two wings ouer the place of the
Arke, and the Cherubims couered the
Arke, and the staues thereof aboue.
8 And they drew out the staues, that
the tends of the staues were scene out in
the II Holy place before the Oracle , and
they were not scene without : and there
they are vnto this day.
9 There was nothing in the Arke,
* saue the two Tables of stone , which
Moses put there at Horeb, ||when the
Lord made a Couenant with the chil-
dren of Israel , when they came out of
the land of Egypt.
10 And it came to passe when the
Priests were come out of the holy place,
that the cloud * filled the house of the
Lord ;
11 So that the Priests could not
stand to minister , because of the cloud:
for the glory of the Lord had filled
the house of the Lord.
12 IT Then spake Solomon; The
Lord *said that hee would dwell in
the thicke darkenesse.
13 I haue surely built thee an house
to dwel in, a setled place forthee to abide
in for euer.
14 And the King turned his face a-
bout, and blessed all the Congregation
of Israel : (and all the Congregation
of Israel stood.)
3 A 2 15 And
t Heb. heads.
I Or, Arke,
as 2. Chron.
5. 9.
• Deut 10.
5.
I Or, where.
Exod. 40.
• 2. Chro 6.
1.
Solomons blefsing,
I.Kings.
and prayer.
' ». Sam. 7'
15 And he said, Blessed be the Lokd
God of Israel, which spake with his
mouth vnto Dauid my father, and hath
with his hand fulfilled it, saying ;
16 Since the day that I brought
foorth my people Israel out of Egypt,
I chose no citie out of all the tribes of
Israel to build an house that my Name
might be therein ; but I chose * Dauid
to be ouer my people Israel.
17 And it was in the heart of Dauid
my father , to builde an house for the
Name of the Loed God of Israel.
18 And the Lord sayd vnto Da-
uid my father. Whereas it was in thine
heart to build an house vnto my Name,
thou diddest well that it was in thine
heart.
19 Neuerthelesse, thou shalt not build
the house, but thy sonne that shall come
foorth out of thy loynes, hee shall build
the house vnto my Name.
20 And the Lord hath perfour-
med his word that he spake, and I am
risen vp in the roume of Dauid my fa-
ther, and sit on the throne of Israel, as
the Lord promised, and haue built
an House for the Name of the Lord
God of Israel.
21 And I haue set there a place for
the Arke , wherein is the Couenant of
the Lord, which he made with our
fathers, when he brought them out of
the land of Egypt.
22 f And Solomon stood before
•the Altar of the Lord , in the pre
sence of all the Congregation of Israel,
and spread foorth his handes toward
heauen :
23 And hee said, *Loed God of
Israel, there is no God like thee, in hea
uen aboue , or on earth beneath , who
keepest couenant and mercy with thy
seruants, that walke before thee with
all their heart :
24 Who hast kept with thy seruant
Dauid my father that thou promisedst
him : thou spakest also with thy mouth,
and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as
it is this day.
25 Therefore now Lord God of
Israel, keepe with thy seruant Dauid
my father , that thou promisedst him
saying; *t There shall not faile thee a
^JutUmUe "'^" '" ""y ^'8^* *" ^^^ "^ *^^ Throne of
Israel ; t so that thy children take heede
to their way, that they walke before me
as thou hast walked before me :
26 And now, O God of Israel, let
i. Chron.
6. 13.
" 2. Mocc.
2. 8.
•Chap. 8. 4.
2. Ham. 7'
12.
\cul off vnto
\thee a man
Xframmy
t Heb.one-
thy worde (I pray thee) bee verified,
which thou spakest vnto thy seruant
Dauid my father.
27 But will God indeede dwell on
the earth ? Behold, the heauen, and hea-
uen of heauens cannot conteine thee :
how much lesse this House that I haue
builded ?
28 Yet haue thou respect vnto the
prayer of thy seruant, and to his suppli-
cation , O Lord my God , to hear-
ken vnto the crie and to the prayer,
which thy seruant prayeth before thee
to day:
29 That thine eyes may be open to
ward this house, night and day, euen to-
ward the place of which thou hast said,
* My Name shall be there : that thou
mayest hearken vnto the prayer which
thy seruant shall make {| towards this
place.
30 And hearken thou to the suppli-
cation of thy seruant, and of thy people
Israel, when they shall pray || towards
this place : and neare thou in heauen
thy dwelling place, and when thou hea-
rest, forgiue.
31 If If any man trespasse against
his neighbour, tand an oath be laid vp-
on him to cause him to sweare , and the
oath come before thine Altar in this
house :
32 Then heare thou in heauen , and
doe , and iudge thy seruants , condem-
ning the wicked to bring his way vpon
his head , and iustifying the righteous,
to giue him according to his righteous-
nesse.
33 IT When thy people Israel bee
smitten downe before the enemie , be-
cause they haue sinned against thee, and
shall turne againe to thee , and confesse
thy Name, and pray, and make suppli-
cation vnto thee ||in this house:
34 Then heare thou in heauen, and
forgiue the sinne of thy people Israel,
and bring them againe vnto the land
which thou gauest vnto their fathers.
35 % When heauen is shut vp , and
there is no raine, because they haue sin-
ned against thee : if they pray towards
this place, and confesse thy Name, and
turne from their sinne , when thou af-
flictest them :
36 Then heare thou in heauen , and
forgiue the sinne of thy seruants, and of
thy people Israel, that thou teach them
the good way wherein they should
walke , and giue raine vpon thy land
which
Deut. 12.
I Or, in this
place.
Or, in this
place.
t Heb. and
he require
an (Hith of
him.
II Or, to-
wards.
Solomons prayer
Chap.viij.
for the people.
I Or J iuris-
dictum.
t Hebr. thy
Name is cal-
led vpcii /Aw
lunue.
t Hebr. the
way oftlie
citie.
I Or, right.
• 2. Chron.
6. SC. ec-
cles. 7. 22.
1. iohn 1. 8,
10.
t Heb. bring
backe to
their heart.
which thou hast giuen to thy people for
an inheritance.
37 H If there be in the land famine,
if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew,
locust, or if there be caterpiller : if their
enemy besiege them in the land of their
II cities, whatsoeuer plague, whatsoeuer
sicknes there be ;
38 What prayer and supplication so-
euer be made by any man , or by all thy
people Israel, which shall know euery
man the plague of his owne heart, and
spread forth his handes towards this
house :
39 Then heare thou in heauen thy
dwelling place, and forgiue, and do, and
giue to euery man according to his
wayes, whose heart thou knowest ; (for
thou , euen thou onely knowest the
hearts of all the children of men,)
40 That they may feare thee all the
dayes that they Hue, in the land which
thou gauest vnto our fathers.
41 Moreouer, concerning a stranger
that is not of thy people Israel , but
commeth out of a farre countrey , for
thy Names sake ;
42 (For they shall heare of thy great
Name, and of thy strong hand , and of
thy stretched out arme ) when hee shall
come and pray towards this house :
43 Heare thou in heauen thy dwel-
ling place, and doe according to all that
the stranger calleth to thee for : that all
people of the earth may know thy
Name, to feare thee, as doe thy people
Israel , and that they may know that
tthis house which I haue builded, is
called by thy Name.
44 H If thy people goe out to bat-
tell against their enemie, whithersoeuer
thou shalt send them, and shall pray vn-
to the Lord t toward the city which
thou hast chosen, and toward the house
that I haue built for thy Name :
45 Then heare thou in heauen their
prayer & their supplication, and main-
teine their || cause.
46 If they sinne against thee, (*for
there is no man that sinneth not, ) and
thou be angry with them , and deliuer
them to the enemy , so that they cary
them away captiues , vnto the land of
the enemy , farre or neere ;
47 Yet if they shall tbethinke them-
selues , in the land whither they were
caried captiues, and repent, and make
supplication vnto thee in the land ofi
them that caried them captiues, saying.
Wee haue sinned , and haue done per
uersly, we haue committed wickednes ;
48 And so returne vnto thee with
all their heart, and with all their soule,
in the land of their enemies, which led
them away captiue , and pray vnto thee
toward their land, which thou gauest
vnto their fathers, the city which thou
hast chosen , and the house which I
haue built for thy Name :
49 Then heare thou their prayer
and their supplication in heauen thy
dwelling place , and mainteine their
cause,
50 And forgiue thy people that haue
sinned against thee, and all their trans-
gressions , wherein they haue trans
gressed against thee, and giue them com-
passion before them who caried them
captiue, that they may haue compassion
on them :
51 For they bee thy people and thine
inheritance, which thou broughtest
foorth out of Egypt, from the mids of
the furnace of iron :
52 That thine eyes may be open vn
to the supplication of thy seruant, and
vnto the supplication of thy people Is-
rael , to hearken vnto them in all that
they call for vnto thee.
53 For thou didst separate them from
among all the people of the earth, to be
thine inheritance , as thou spakest by
the hand of Moses thy seruant , when
thou * broughtest our fathers out of E-
gypt, O Lord God.
54 And it was so , that when Solo-
mon had made an end of praying all
this prayer and supplication vnto the
Lord, he arose from before the Altar
of the Lord, from kneeling on his
knees, with his handes spread vp to
heauen.
55 And he stood, and blessed all the
Congregation of Israel , with a lowd
voice, saying;
56 Blessed be the Lord, that hath
giuen rest vnto his people Israel, accor-
ding to all that he promised : there hath
not t failed one word of all his good pro-
mise, which he promised by the hand of
Moses his seruant.
57 The Lord our God be with
vs, as he was with our fathers : let him
not leaue vs, nor forsake vs :
58 That hee may encline our hearts
vnto him , to walke in all his wayes,
and to keepe his Commaundements,
and his Statutes, and his ludge-
ments
Or, right.
Kxod. 19.
mek/tdlen.
Solomons offrings.
I.Kings.
Salomons vifion.
t Heb. the
daftnhu
dag.
* s. Chron.
7.4.
• 2. Chron.
7.7.
Or, than,
ked.
ments which hee commaunded our fa-
thers.
59 And let these my wordes where-
with I haue made supplication before
the Lord, be nigh vnto the Lord
our God, day and night, that hee main-
taine the cause of his seruant , and the
cause of his people Israel tat all times
as the matter shall require :
60 That all the people of the earth
may know that the Lord is God:
and that there is none else.
61 Let your heart therefore be per
feet with the Lord your God , to
walke in his Statutes, and to keepe his
Commandements, as at this day.
62 H And *the king, and all Israel
with him , offered sacrifice before the
Lord.
63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice
of peace offerings, which he offered vn-
to the Lord, two and twentie thou-
sand oxen, and an hundred and twentie
thousand sheepe : so the king and all the
children of Israel dedicated the house
of the Lord.
64 The same day did the king hal-
low the middle of the Court that was
before the house of the Lord: for
there hee offered burnt offerings, and
meat offerings, and the fat of the peace
offerings : because *the brasen Altar
that was before the Lord, was too lit-
tle to receiue the burnt offerings , and
meat offerings, and the fat of the peace
offerings.
65 And at that time Solomon held
a feast, and all Israel with him, a great
Congregation, from the entring in of
Hamath , vnto the riuer of Egypt , be-
fore the Lord our God, seuen dayes
and seuen dayes, euen fourteene dayes.
66 On the eight day he sent the peo-
ple away : and they || blessed the King,
and went vnto their tents ioyfull, and
glad of heart, for all the goodnesse that
the Lord had done for Dauid his
seruant, and for Israel his people.
CHAP. IX.
1 Gods Couenant in a vision , with Solomon
10 The mutual presents of Solomon and Hi-
ram. IS In Solomons workes the Gentiles
were his bondmen , the Israelites honoura-
ble seruants. 24 Pharaohs daughter re-
mooueth to her house. 25 Solomons yeere-
ly solemne sacrifices. 26 His nauie fetcheth
golde from Ophir.
• 2. Chron.
7.11.
' Chap. 3. 5.
• Cha. 8. 29
"2. Sam. 7.
12. 1. cbro.
22. 10.
Nd* it came to passe, when
Solomon had finished
the building of the house
of the Lord, and the
kings house , and all So-
lomons desire which hee was pleased
to doe,
2 That the Lord appeared to
Solomon the second time, * as hee had
appeared vnto him at Gibeon.
3 And the Lord said vnto him,
I haue heard thy prayer and thy sup-
plication that thou hast made before
me : I haue hallowed this house which
thou hast built, * to put my Name there
for euer, and mine eyes and mine heart
shall be there perpetually.
4 And if thou wilt walke before
me, as Dauid thy father walked, in in-
tegritie of heart, and in vprightnesse, to
doe according to all that I haue com-
manded thee , and wilt keepe my Sta-
tutes, and my ludgements :
5 Then I will establish the throne
of thy kingdome vpon Israel for euer,
*as I promised to Dauid thy father,
saying, There shall not faile thee a man
vpon the throne of Israel.
6 But if you shall at all turne from
following me, you or your children, and
will not keepe my Commandements
and my Statutes, which I haue set be-
fore you , but goe and serue other gods
and worship them :
7 Then will I cut off Israel out
of the land which I haue giuen them ;
and this house which I haue hallowed
* for my Name , will I cast out of my
sight, and Israel shall bee a prouerbe,
and a by-word among all people :
8 And at this house which is high,|
euery one that passeth by it, shalbe asto-
nished, andshallhisse,andtheyshal say,|
*Why hath the Lord done thus vn- "Deut. 29.
to this land, and to this house .-*
9 And they shall answere , Because
they forsooke the Lord their God,
who brought forth their fathers out ofi
the land of Egypt, and haue taken hold
vpon other gods, and haue worshipped
them, and serued them : therefore hath
the Lord brought vpon them all
this euill.
10 f And *it came to passe at the end **■ chron,
of twentie yeeres, when Solomon hadi
built the two houses, the house of the
1>ord, and the Kings house,
11 (Now Hiram the king of Tyre
had furnished Solomon with Cedar
trees.
' ler. 7. 14.
24. iereni.
22. 8.
Solomons buildings.
Chap.
X.
His Nauie.
t Heb. were
not right
in his eyes.
That is,
ispteasing
or, dirtie.
\Heb. the
desire of So-
lomon which
he desired.
* Lcuit. 25.
39.
• 2. Chron.
8. 11.
trees, and firre trees , and with golde
according to al his desire) that then So-
lomon gaue Hiram twentie cities in the
land of Galile.
12 And Hiram came out from Tyre
to see the cities which Solomon had gi-
uen him, and they t pleased him not.
13 And he said, What cities are these
which thou hast giuen me, my brother .'
And he called them the land of ||Cabul
vnto this day.
14 And Hiram sent to the king sixe
score talents of gold.
15 IT And this is the reason of the le-
uie which king Solomon raised, for to
build the house of the Lord, and his
owne house, and Millo, and the wall of
lerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo,
and Gezer.
16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had
gone vp, and taken Gezer, and burnt it
with fire, and slaine the Canaanites
that dwelt in the citie, and giuen it for a
present vnto his daughter Solomons
wife.
17 And Solomon built Gezer, and
Beth - horon the nether,
18 And Baalath, and Tadmor in the
wildernesse, in the land.
19 And all the cities of store that So-
lomon had, and cities for his charets,
and cities for his horsemen , and tthat
which Solomon desired to build in Je-
rusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the
land of his dominion.
20 And all the people that were left of
the Amorites, Hittittes, Perizzites, Hi-
uites, and lebusites , which were not
of the children of Israel,
21 Their children that were left af-
ter them in the land, whom the children
of Israel also were not able vtterly to
destroy, vpon those did Solomon leuie
a tribute of bond-seruice vnto this day.
22 But of the children of Israel did
Solomon *make no bondmen : but
they were men of warre , and his ser-
uants, and his princes, and his cap-
taines, and rulers of his charets, and
his horsemen.
23 These were the chiefe of the officers
that Kere ouer Solomons worke, fiue
hundred and fiftie, which bare rule ouer
the people that wrought in the worke.
24 II But * Pharaohs daughter
came vp out of the citie of Dauid, vnto
her house which Solomon had built
for her : then did he build Millo.
25 If And three times in a yeere did
Solomon offer burnt offerings , and
peace offerings vpon the Altar which
he built vnto the Lord, and he burnt
incense tvpon the altar that tccut before
the Lord : so he finished the house
26 U And king Solomon made a
nauie of ships in Ezion Geber, which is
beside Eloth, on the tshoare of the red
sea, in the land of Edora.
27 And Hiram sent in the nauie his
seruants, shipmen that had knowledge
of the Sea, with the seruants of So-
lomon.
28 And they came to Ophir, and fet
from thence gold foure hundred and
twentie talents , and brought it to king
Solomon.
CHAP. X.
1 The Queene of Sheba admireth the wisdome
of Solomon. 14 Solomons gold. 16 His
targets. 18 The throne of luorie. 21 His
vessels. 24 His presents. 26 His chariots
and horse. 28 His tribute.
Nd when the * Queene of
Sheba heard of the fame
of Solomon , concerning
the Name of the Lord ;
shee came to prooue him
with hard questions.
2 And she came to lerusalem with
a very great traine , with camels that
bare spices , and very much gold, and
precious stones : and when shee was
come to Solomon, she communed with
him, of all that was in her heart.
3 And Solomon tolde her all her
t questions : there was not any thing
hid from the king, which hee told her
not.
4 And when the Queene of Sheba
had scene all Solomons wisedome, and
the house that he had built,
5 And the meat of his table, and the
sitting of his seruants, and the tatten-
dance of his ministers , and their appa-
rell , and his || cup-bearers, and his
ascent by which hee went vp vnto the
house of the Lord: there was no
more spirit in her.
6 And she said to the king. It was
a true treport that I heard in mine
owne land, of thy ||actes and of thy
wisedome.
7 Howbeit, I beleeued not the
words , vntill I came and mine eyes
had scene it: and beholde, the halfe was
not told me: +thy wisedom andprospe-
ritie exceedeth the fame which I heard.
8 Happie
t Hehr. vp-
on it.
\Heb. lip.
* 2. Chron.
9. 1. mat. 12
42. luke 11
31.
^Heb. words
t neb. stan-
ding.
tOr,Bueers
t Heb. word.
II Or, saj/ings
t Heb. thou
hast added
wisedojne
ami goodties
to the fame.
Solomons power,
I.Kings.
and magnificence.
8 Happie are thy men, happy are these
thy seruants , which stand continually
before thee, aid that heare thy wisedom.
9 Blessed be the Lord thy God
which delighted in thee , to set thee on
the throne of Israel; because the Lord
loued Israel for euer , therefore made
he thee King, to doe iudgement and
iustice.
10 And she gaue the king an hundred
and twentie talents of gold, and of spi-
ces very great store, & precious stones :
there came no more such abundance of
spices, as these, which the Queene of
Sheba gaue to king Solomon.
11 And the nauie also of Hiram that
brought gold from Ophir, brought in
from Ophir, great plentie of Almug
trees, and precious stones.
12 And the king made of the Almug
trees , || pillars for the house of the
Lord, and for the Kings house
Harpes also and Psalteries for singers:
there came no such * Almug trees, nor
were scene vnto this day.
13 And king Solomon gaue vnto the
Queene of Sheba, al her desire whatsoe-
tter she asked, besides that which Solo-
mon gaue her iothis royall bountie: so
she turned and went to her owne coun-
trey, she and her seruants.
14 IT Now the weight of gold that
came to Solomon in one yere, was sixe
hundred, threescore & six talentsof gold,
15 Besides that lie had of the merchant
men, and of the traffique of the spice-
merchants , and of all the kings of A-
rabia, and of the ||gouernours of the
countrey.
16 1[ And king Solomon made two
hundred targets of beaten golde : sixe
hundred shekels of golde went to one
target.
1 7 And he made three hundred shields
of beaten gold, three pound of gold went
to one shield; and the king put them in
the • house of the forrest of Lebanon.
18 1[ Moreouer the king made a great
throne of yuorie, and ouerlaide it with
the best gold.
19 The throne hadsixe steps, and the
top of the throne was round t behind :
iheren/"'^' jand there were tstayes on either side on
\Heb.hanU.t\ie place of the seate, and two lyons
stood beside the stayes.
20 And twelue lions stood there on
the one side and on the other vpon the
sixe steps: there was not tthe like made
in any kingdome.
Or, miles.
Ueb. aprop.
2. Chion.
9. lu
t Hebr. ac-
cording to
the hand of
king Solo-
mon.
Or, Cap.
taines.
'Chap. 7.1
iHeh.onlhe
hinder
AHeh.$o.
21 IT And all king Solomons drink-
ing vessels were of gold, and all the ves-
sels of the house of the forrest of Leba-
non were of pure gold, ||none were of sil-
uer, it was nothing accounted of in the
dayes of Solomon.
22 For the king had at sea a nauie of
Tharshish, with the nauie of Hiram :
once in three yeeres came the nauie of
Tharshish , bringing golde and siluer,
II yuorie, and apes, and peacocks.
23 So king Solomon exceeded all
the kings of the earth, for riches and for
wisedome.
24 f And all the earth t sought to
Solomon, to heare his wisedom which
God had put in his heart.
25 And they brought euery man his
present, vessels of siluer, and vessels of
gold, and garments, and armour, and
spices, horses, and mules, a rate yeere by
yeere.
26 H And Solomon gathered toge
ther *charets and horsemen. And hee
had a thousand and foure hundred cha-
rets, and twelue thousand horsemen,
whom he bestowed in the cities for cha-
rets, and with the king at lerusalem
27 And the king tmade siluer to be in
lerusalem as stones, and Cedars made
he to be as the Sycomore trees, that are
in the vale for abundance.
28 H *tAnd Solomon had horses
brought out of Egypt, and linen yarne :
the kings merchants receiued the linen
yarne at a price.
29 And a charet came vp and went
out of Egypt for sixe hundred shekels of
siluer, and an horse for an hundred and
fiftie : and so for all the kings of the Hit-
tites, and for the kings of Syria, did
they bring them out t by their meanes.
CHAP. XI.
1 Solomons wiues and concubines. 4 In his old
age they draw him to idolatry. 9 God threat-
neth him. 14 Solomons aduersaries were
Hadad, who was intertained in Egypt, 23
Rezon who reigned in Damascus, 26 And
leroboam, to whom Ahiiah prophesied. 41
Solomons actes, reigne, and death : Rehobo-
am succeedeth him.
Vt King Solomon loued
*many strange women,
(II together with y daugh-
ter of Pharaoh ) women
of the Moabites, Ammo-
nites, Edomites, Sidonians 4" Hittites :
2 0fi
Or, there
wsisTwsiluer
in them.
Or,Ele.
phanis teeth.
t Hehsought
tlieface q/".
•2. Chron.
I. 14.
\Heb.gaue.
2. Chron. 1.
18. & 9. 28.
t Heh. and
the going
forth of the
horses which
was Solo-
mons.
^ Hebr. by
their hand.
• Deut. 17.
17. ecclus.
4!). If).
I Or, besides
His wines, idolatries, Chap.xj.
and aduei*faries.
• Exod. 34.
16.
ludg. 2.
t Hehr. ful-
filled not af.
ter.
• Chap. 3.
5,9.
• Chap. «.
tt Hel/r. is
I with t/tee.
* Chap. 12.
IS.
2 Of the nations concerning which!
the Lord said vnto the children of
Israel, *Yee shall not goe in to themj
neither shall they come in vnto you, for \
surely they will turne away your heart
after their gods : Solomon claue vnto
these in loue.
3 And he had seuen hundred wiues,
Princesses , and three hundred concu-
bines : and his wiues turned away his
heart.
4 For it came to passe when Solo-
mon was old, that his wiues turned a-
way his heart after other gods : and
his heart was not perfect with the;
Lord his God, as was the heart of
Dauid his father.
5 For Solomon went after * Ash-
toreth the goddesse of the Zidonians
and after Milcom the abomination of
the Amorites.
6 And Solomon did euill in the
sight of the Lord, and twent not fully
after the Lord, as did Dauid his fa-
ther.
7 Then did Solomon build an hie
place for Chemosh the abomination of
Moab, in the hill that is before lerusa-
lem, and for Molech the abomination
of the children of Ammon.
8 And likewise did hee for all his
strange wiues , which burnt incense
and sacrificed vnto their gods.
9 H And the Lord was angry
with Solomon , because his heart was
turned from the Lord God of Is-
rael * which had appeared vnto him
twise,
10 And *had commaunded him con-
cerning this thing, that hee should not
goe after other gods : but hee kept not
that which the Lord commanded.
11 Wherefore the Lord said vnto
Solomon ; Forasmuch as this tis done
of thee, and thou hast not kept my Co-
uenant , and my Statutes which I
haue commanded thee , * I wil surely
rend the kingdome from thee, and will
giue it to thy seruant.
12 Notwithstanding in thy dayes I
wil not doe it , for Dauid thy fathers
sake : but I wil rend it out of the hand
of thy Sonne.
13 Howbeit, I wil not rend away all
the kingdome : but wil giue one tribe to
thy Sonne, for Dauid my seruants sake,
and for lerusalems sake, which I
haue chosen.
14 1i And the Lord stirred vp an
aduersary vnto Solomon, Hadad the
Edomite : hee was of the kings seed in
Edom.
15 "For it came to passe when Dauid
was in Edom, and loab the captaine
of the host was gone vp to bury the
slaine, after he had smitten euery male
in Edom :
16 ( For sixe moneths did loab re-
maine there with all Israel, vntil hee
had cut off euery male in Edom.)
17 That Hadad fled, he and certaine
Edomites of his fathers seruants with
him, to goe into Egypt : Hadad being
yet a litle childe.
18 And they arose out of Midian,
and came to Paran, and they tooke men
with them out of Paran, and they came
to Egypt , vnto Pharaoh king of E
gypt , which gaue him an house , and
appointed him vitailes, and gaue him
land.
19 And Hadad found great fauour
in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gaue
him to wife the fister of his owne wife,
the sister of Tahpenes the Queene.
20 And the sister of Tahpenes bare
him Genubath his sonne, whom Tah
penes weaned in Pharaohs house : and
Genubath was in Pharaohs houshold
among the sonnes of Pharaoh.
21 And when Hadad heard in E-
gypt that Dauid slept with his fathers,
and that loab the captaine of the host
was dead , Hadad said to Pharaoh,
tLet me depart, that I may go to mine
owne countrey.
22 Then Pharaoh said vnto him,
But what hast thou lacked with mee,
that, behold, thou seekest to goe to thine
owne countrey .'' And hee answered,
t Nothing : Howbeit , let mee goe in
any wise.
23 H And *God stirred him vp an-
other aduersary : Rezon, the sonne of E-
liadah , which fled from his lord Hada-
dezer king of Zobah :
24 And he gathered men vnto him
and became captaine ouer a band, when
Dauid slew them ()f Zobah : and they
went to Damascus, and dwelt therein
and reigned in Damascus.
25 And he was an aduersarie to Is
rael all the dayes of Solomon , beside
the mischiefe that Hadad cZ/d; and he ab-
horred Israel, and reigned ouer Syria.
26 H And *Ieroboam the sonne of
Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, So-
lomons seruant, (whose mothers name
3B
• 2. 8am. 8.
14.
t Heb. send
me away.
t Heb. Not.
• 2. Sam. fi.
.1. and 10.
18.
• 2. Chion.
1.3. 6.
Ahijah. leroboain.
I.Kings.
Solomons death.
ted.
t Heb. did
morke.
deit.
was Zeruah a widow woman) euen he
lift vp ?tis hand against the king.
i 27 And this was the cause that hee
ilift vp his hand against the king : Solo-
t Hebr. do. mon built Millo,a7idtrepaired the brea-
ches of the citie of Dauid his father.
28 And the man leroboam was a
mightie man of valour : and Solomon
seeing the young man that he twas in-
dustrious, nee made him ruler ouer all
t H«6r. bur- the tcharge of the house of loseph.
29 And it came to passe at that time
when leroboam went out of Jerusa-
lem, that the Prophet Ahiiah the Shi-
lonite found him in the way : and hee
had clad himselfe with a new garment ;
and they two were alone in the field.
30 And Ahiiah caught the new gar-
ment that was on him , and rent it in
twelue pieces.
31 And he said to leroboam , Take
thee tenne pieces : for thus sayth the
Lord the God of Israel, Behold,
I will rent the kingdome out of the
hand of Solomon , and will giue ten
tribes to thee :
32 (But hee shall haue one tribe, for
my seruant Dauids sake, and for leru-
salems sake, the citie which I haue cho-
sen out of all the tribes of Israel :)
33 Because that they haue forsaken
mee, and haue worshipped Ashtaroth
the goddesse of the Zidonians, Che-
mosh the god of the Moabites, and Mil-
com the god of the children of Ammon,
and haue not walked in my wayes , to
doe that which is right in mine eyes,
and to keepe my Statutes , and my
ludgements, as did Dauid his father.
34 Howbeit , I will not take the
whole kingdome out of his hand : but
I will make him Prince all the dayes
of his life, for Dauid my seruants sake,
whom I chose , because hee kept my
Commandemeuts and my Statutes :
35 But • I will take the kingdome
out of his sonnes hand, and will giue it
vnto thee, euen ten tribes.
36 And vnto his sonne will I giue
one tribe , that Dauid my seruant may
haue a flight alway before me in le-
rusalem, the citie which I haue chosen
me to put my Name there.
37 And I will take thee, and thou
shalt reigne according to all that thy
soule desireth, and shalt be King ouer
Israel.
38 And it shall be, if thou wilt hear-
ken vnto all that I command thee, and
■ Oaf. 12.
15.
t Heb. lampe
or candle.
wilt walke in my wayes , and doe that
is right in my sight , to keepe my Sta-
tutes and my Commandements , as
Dauid my seruant did ; that I will be
with thee, and build thee a sure house,
as I built for Dauid, and will giue Is-
rael vnto thee.
39 And I will for this afflict the seed
of Dauid, but not for euer.
40 Solomon sought therefore to
kill leroboam , and leroboam arose,
and fledde into Egypt , vnto Shishak
king of Egypt, and was in Egypt vntill
the death of Solomon.
41 IT And the rest of the ||actes of ' o^. . «'<"■*.
Solomon , and all that he did , and his ""^ ""^'
wisedome , are they not written in the
booke of the actes of Solomon .'
42 And the ttime that 9io\omon ^Heh. dayes.
reigned in lerusalem, ouer all Israel,
wu,<i *fourtie yeeres.
43 And Solomon slept with his fa-
thers, and was buried in the citie of Da-
uid his father : and *Rehoboam his
Sonne reigned in his stead.
Mat. I. 7.
called Ito-
boam.
' 2. Chron.
10. 1.
CHAP. XII.
1 The Israelites assembled at Shechem to
crowne Rehoboam, by leroboam make a
suite of relaxation ^tito him. 6 Rehoboam
refusing the olde mens counsell, by the ad-
uice of young men, answereth them roughly.
16 Ten tribes reuolting, kill Adoram, and
make Rehoboam to flee. 21 Rehoboam
raising an armie, is forbidden by Shemaiah.
25 leroboam strengtheneth himselfe by cities,
26 and by the idolatrie of the two calues.
ND * Rehoboam went
to Shechem : for all Is-
rael were come to She-
chem to make him king.
2 And it came to passe
when leroboam the sonne of Nebat,
who was yet in * Egypt, heard of it (forj» chap. ii.
hee was fled from the presence of kingt'"'-
Solomon, and leroboam dwelt in E-
gyptO
3 That they sent , and called him
and leroboam and all the Congrega-
tion of Israel came, and spake vnto
Rehoboam, saying;
4 Thy father made our *yoke grie- •chap. 4. 7
uous : now therefore, make thou the
grieuous seruice of thy father, and his
heauy yoke whicli he put vpon vs, ligh-
ter, and we will serue thee.
5 And hee said vnto them , Depart
yet for three daies , then come againe to
me.
• 2. Chron.
9. 30.
Rehoboam king.
Chap.xij.
Ifrael rebelleth.
t Heb. hard-
ly.
* Chap.
11.
me. And the people departed.
6 f And king Rehoboam consulted
with the old men that stood before So-
lomon his father, while he yet lined, and
said, How doe you aduise, that / may
answere this people .''
7 And they spake vnto him, saying.
If thou wilt be a seruant vnto this peo-
ple this day, and wilt serue them , and
answere them, and speake good words
to them, then they will be thy seruants
for euer.
8 But hee forsooke the counsell of
the old men, which they had giuen him,
and consulted with the yong men, that
were growen vp with him , and which
stood before him.
9 And hee said vnto them, What
counsell giue ye, that we may answere
this people , who haue spoken to mee,
saying , Make the yoke which thy fa-
ther did put vpon vs, lighter ?
10 And the young men that were
growen vp with him, spake vnto him,
saying , Thus shalt thou speake vnto
this people that spake vnto thee , say-
ing. Thy father made our yoke heauy,
but make thou it lighter vnto vs ; thus
shalt thou say vnto them , My litle^rt-
ger shall bee thicker then my fathers
loynes.
11 And now whereas my father did
lade you with a heauy yoke, I wil adde
to your yoke : my father hath chastised
you with whippes , but I will chastise
you with scorpions.
12 H So leroboam and all the peo-
ple came to Rehoboam the third day, as
the king had appointed, saying, Come
to me againe the third day.
13 And the king answered the people
t roughly, and forsooke the old mens
counsell that they gaue him :
14 And spake to them after the coun-
sell of the young men, saying, My fa-
ther made your yoke heauy, and I will
adde to your yoke ; my father also chasti-
sed you with whips, but I will chastise
you with scorpions.
1-5 Wherefore the king hearkened
not vnto the people : for the cause was
from the Lord, that hee might per-
forme his saying, which the Lord
spake by *Ahiiah the Shilonite vnto
leroboam the sonne of Nebat.
16 f So when all Israel saw that
the king hearkned not vnto them, the
people answered the king, saying,
What portion haue we in Dauid ? nei-
ther hatie we inheritance in the sonne of
lesse : to your tents, O Israel : nowe
see to thine owne house, Dauid. So
Israel departed vnto their tents.
17 But as for the children of Israel
which dwelt in the cities of ludah,
Rehoboam reigned ouer them.
18 Then king Rehoboam sent Ado-
ram, who was ouer the tribute, and all
Israel stoned him with stones that hee
died : therefore king Rehoboam tmade
speed to get him vp to his charet, to flee
to lerusalem.
19 So Israel ||rebelled against the
house of Dauid vnto this day.
20 And it came to passe when all Is-
rael heard that leroboam was come
againe, that they sent and called him vn-
to the Congregation , and made him
king ouer all Israel : there was none
that followed the house of Dauid , but
the tribe of ludah *onely.
21 11 And when Rehoboam was
come to lerusalem , hee assembled all
the house of ludah , with the tribe of
Beniamin , an hundred and fourescore
thousand chosen men which were war-
riers , to fight against the house of Is-
rael , to bring the kingdome againe to
Rehoboam the sonne of Solomon.
22 But * the word of God came vn-
to Shemaiah, the man of God, saying,
23 Speake vnto Rehoboam the
Sonne of Solomon king of ludah, and
vnto all the house of ludah and Ben-
iamin, and to the remnant of the people,
saying,
24 Thus saith the Lord, Ye
shall not goe vp, nor fight against your
brethren the children of Israel : returne
euery man to his house , for this thing
is from me. They hearkened therefore
to the word of the Lord , and retur-
ned to depart, according to the word of
the Lord.
25 51 Then leroboam built She-
chem in mount Ephraim , and dwelt
therein, and went out from thence, and
built Penuel.
26 And leroboam said in his heart,
Now shall the kingdome returne to the
house of Dauid :
27 If this people goe vp, to doe sa-
crifice in the house of the Lord at
lerusalem , then shall the heart of this
people turne againe vnto their lorde,
euen vnto Rehoboam king of ludah,
and they shall kill mee , and goe againe
to Rehoboam king of ludah.
3 B 2 28 Where-
iHeb.streng.
I thened him-
selfe.
i Or,/eU a.
way.
• Chap. 11.
13.
• 2. Chron.
11. 2.
leroboams calues.
I. Kings.
The man of God is
■Bzod. 32.
8.
I Or, tveni
vptothe al-
tar Sfc.
Or to sa-
crifice.
Or, went
vp to the al-
tar^.
t Hebr. to
bume in-
eense.
Or, to 'iffer.
i. King.
23. 17.
28 Whereupon the king tooke coun-
sell, and made two calues of gold, and
said vnto them , It is too much for you
to goe vp to lerusalem : * Behold thy
gods, O Israel, which brought thee vp
out of the land of Egypt.
29 And he set the one in Bethel, and
the other put he in Dan.
BO And this thing became a sinne:
for the people went to ivorship before the
one, euen vnto Dan.
31 And he made an house of hie pla-
ces , and made priests of the lowest of
the people, which were not of the
sonnes of Leui.
32 And leroboam ordeined a feast
in the eight moneth , on the fifteenth
day of the moneth , like vnto the feast
that is in ludah, and he ||offered vpon
the altar (so did he in Bethel,) || sacrifi-
cing vnto the calues that he had made :
and he placed in Bethel the priests of
the high places which he had made.
33 So hee || offered vpon the altar,
which hee had made in Bethel, the fif-
teenth day of the eighth moneth, euen
in the moneth which he had deuised of
his owne heart : and ordeined a feast vn
to the children of Israel, and he offered
vpon the altar, tand burnt incense.
CHAP. XIII.
1 leroboams hand, that ofiPered violence to him
that prophesied against his altar at Bethel^
witheretn, 6 and at the prayer of the Pro-
phet is restored. 7 The Prophet, refusing
the kings intertainment , departeth from
Bethel. 11 An old Prophet, seducing him,
bringeth him backe. 20 He is reprooued by
God, 23 slaine by a Lion, 26 buried by
the old Prophet, 31 Who confirmeth his
prophecie. 33 leroboams obstinacie.
Nd behold , there came a
man of God out of ludah
by the word of the Lord
vnto Bethel : and lero-
beam stood by the altar
to yburne incense.
2 And hee cried against the altar in
the word of the Lord, and said, O
altar, altar, thus saith the Lord, Be-
hold, a child shalbe borne vnto the house
of Dauid, • losiah by name, and vpon
thee shall he offer the priests of the high
places that bume incense vpon thee,
and mens bones shall bee burnt vpon
thee.
3 And he gaue a signe the same day.
saying, This is the signe which the
Lord hath spoken : Behold, the al-
tar shall be rent, and the ashes that are
vpon it, shalbe powred out.
4 And it came to passe when king
leroboam heard the saying of the
man of God, which had cried against
the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his
hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold
on him : And his hand which hee put
foorth against him, dried vp, so that nee
could not pull it in againe to him.
5 The altar also was rent, and the
ashes powred out from the altar, accor-
ding to the signe which the man of God
had giuen by the word of the Lord.
6 And the king answered , and said
vnto the man of God, Intreat now the
face of the Lord thy God, and pray
for mee, that my hand may be restored
mee againe. And the man of God be-
sought t the Lord, and the kings
hand was restored againe, and became
as it was before.
7 And the king said vnto the man
of God, Come home with mee, and re-
fresh thy selfe, and I wil giue thee a re-
ward.
8 And the man of God said vnto the
king. If thou wilt giue mee halfe thine
house, I will not goe in with thee, nei-
ther will I eat bread, nor drinke water
in this place :
9 For so was it charged mee by the
word of the Loud, saying, Eate
no bread, nor drinke water, nor turne a-
gain by the same way that thou earnest.
10 So he went another way, and re-
turned not by the way that hee came to
Bethel.
11 U Now there dwelt an old Pro-
phet in Bethel, and his sonne came and
told him all the workes that the man of
God had done that day in Bethel : the
words which hee had spoken vnto the
king , them they tolde also to their fa-
ther.
12 And their father said vnto them,
What way went he .'' for his sonnes had
scene what way the man of God went,
which came from ludah.
13 And hee saide vnto his sonnes.
Saddle me the asse. So they sadled him
the asse, and he rode thereon,
14 And went after the man of God,
and found him sitting vnder an oke ;
and he said vnto him, Art thou the man
of God that camest from ludah ? And
he said, I am.
15 Then
t Hebr, the
face of the
LORD.
flaine by a lyon.
Chap.xiij.xiiij.
His buriall.
iHebr.a
word was.
t Heb. Iirij.
ken.
15 Then hee said vnto him , Come
home with me, and eate bread.
16 And he said, I may not returne
with thee, nor goe in with thee : neither
will I eat bread, nor drinke water with
thee in this place.
17 For tit was said to mee by the
word of the Lord, Thou shalt eate
no bread, nor drinke water there , nor
turne againe to go by the way that thou
earnest.
18 He said vnto him, I am a prophet
also as thou art, and an angel spake vnto
me by the word of the Lord, saying.
Bring him backe with thee into thine
house, that he may eat bread, and drinke
water : But he lied vnto him.
19 So he went backe with him, and
did eate bread in his house, and dranke
water.
20 IT And it came to passe as they
sate at the table, that the word of the
Lord came vnto the prophet that
brought him backe :
21 And he cried vnto the man of God
that came from ludah, saying. Thus
saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou
hast disobeied the mouth of the Lord,
and hast not kept the commandement
which the Lord thy God comman-
ded thee,
22 But earnest backe, and hast eaten
bread, and drunke water, in the place, of
the which the Lord did say to thee,
Eate no bread , and drinke no water ;
thy carcaise shall not come vnto the se-
pulchre of thy fathers.
23 ^ And it came to passe after he had
eaten bread, and after hee had drunke,
that he sadled for him the asse, to zvit,for
the Prophet, whome hee had brought
backe.
24 And when he was gone, a lyon
met him by the way, and slew him : and
his carcaise was cast in the way, and the
asse stood by it, thelyon also stood by the
carcaise.
25 And beholde, men passed by, and
saw the carcaise cast in the way, and the
lyon standing by the carcaise : and they
came and told it in the citie where the
old prophet dwelt.
26 And when the prophet that
brought him back from the way, heard
thereof, he said. It is the man of God,
who was disobedient vnto the word of
the Lord: therefore the Lord
hath deliuered him vnto the lion, which
hath t torne him, and slaine him, accor-
ding to the word of the Lord, which
he spake vnto him.
27 And he spake to his sonnes, say-
ing, Saddle me the asse : and they sadled
him.
28 And he went and found his car-
caise cast in the way, and the asse and the
lyon standing by the carcaise : the lyon
had not eaten the carcaise, nor ttomethe
asse.
29 And the prophet tooke vp the car-
caise of the man of God, and laid it vpon
the asse, and brought it backe : and the
old prophet came to the city, to mourne,
and to burie him.
30 And hee laid his carcaise in his
owne graue, and they mourned ouer
him, saying; Alas my brother.
31 And it came to passe after hee had
buried him, that he spake to his sonnes,
saying. When I am dead, then bury me
in the sepulchre , wherein the man of
God is buried, lay my bones beside his
bones.
32 For the saying which hee cried by
the word of the Lord against the al-
tar in Bethel, and against all the houses
of the high places which are in the cities
of Samaria, shall surely come to passe.
33 IT After this thing, leroboam re-
turned not from his euill way , but
tmade againe of the lowest of the peo-
ple priests of the high places : whosoe-
uer would, he tconsecrated him, and he
became one of the priests of the high
places.
34 And this thing became sinne vnto
the house of leroboam, euen to cut it
off, and to destroy it from off the face of
the earth.
CHAP. xiin.
1 Abijahbeingsicke, leroboam sendeth his wife
d i sguised with Presen ts to the prophet Ahij ah
at Shiloh. 5 Ahijah forewarned by God, de-
nounceth Gods iudgement. 17 Abijah dieth
and is buried. 19 Nadab succeedeth le-
roboam. 21 Rehoboams wicked reigne. 25
Shishak spoileth lerusalem. 29 Abiiam suc-
ceedeth Rehoboam.
T that time Abiiah the
Sonne of leroboam fell
sicke.
2 And leroboam said
to his wife. Arise, I pray
thee, and disguise thy selfe, that thou be
not knowen to be the wife of lerobo-
and get thee to Shiloh : Behold,
there
iHeb.bro.
ken.
t Heb. re-
turned wul
made.
\ Heb. filled
his band.
leroboams fonnes
I.King
'S.
death and buriall.
•Chap. 11.
31.
t Heb. in
time hand.
I Or, cakes.
tOr,MUe.
t Heb. stood
/britoariiies.
\Heb. hard.
• 1. King.
IS. 29.
•Chap. 21.
21. 2. king.
there is Ahiiah the Prophet, which told
mee that * I should be king ouer this
people.
3 And take twith thee ten loaues,
and II cracknels, and a || cruse of honie,
and goe to him: he shall tell thee what
shall become of the childe.
4 And leroboams wife did so, and
arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to
the house of Ahiiah : but Ahiiah could
not see, for his eyes t were set by reason
of his age.
5 IT And the Lord said vnto A-
hiiah, Behold, the wife of leroboam
commeth to aske a thing of thee for her
Sonne, for hee is sicke: thus and thus
shalt tliou say vnto her : for it shall be
when shee commeth in, that shee shall
faine her selfe to be another woman.
6 And it was so, when Ahiiah
heard the sound of her feet, as she came
in at the doore, that hee said , Come in,
thou wife of leroboam , why fainest
thou thy selfe to be another? for I am
sent to thee with theauie tidhigs.
7 Goe, tell leroboam. Thus saith
the Lord God of Israel, Forasmuch
as I exalted thee from among the peo-
ple, and made thee prince ouer my peo
pie Israel,
8 And rent the kingdome away
from the house of Dauid , and gaue it
thee: a.nA yet thou hast not beene as my
seruant Dauid, who kept my Comman
dements, and who followed mee with
all his heart, to doe that onely which
was right in mine eyes,
9 But hast done euill aboue all that
were before thee : for thou hast gone
and made thee other gods, and molten
images, to prouoke me to anger, and
Ihast cast me behinde thy backe :
10 Therefore behold, *I will bring
euill vpon the house of leroboam, and
will cut off from leroboam, *him that
pisseth against the wall, andhvm that is
shut vp and left in Israel, and will take
away the remnant of the house of le-
roboam, as a man taketh away dung,
till it be all gone.
11 Him that dieth of leroboam in
the citie, shall the dogs eate : and him
that dieth in the field, shall the foules of
the aire eate : for the Loed hath spo-
ken it.
12 Arise thou therefore, get thee to
thine owne house : and when thy feete
enter into the citie, the child shall die.
13 And all Israel shall mourne for
him, and bury him : for he onely of le-
roboam shal come to the graue, because
in him there is found some good thing
toward the Lord God of Israel, in
the house of leroboam.
14 Moreouer , the Lord shall
raise him vp a king ouer Israel , who
shal cut off the house of leroboam that
day : but what .' euen now.
15 For the Lord shall smite Is-
rael , as a reede is shaken in the water,
and hee shall root vp Israel out of this
good land , which hee gaue to their fa-
thers, and shall scatter them beyond the
Riuer, because they haue made their
groues, prouoking the Lord to an-
ger.
16 And hee shall giue Israel vp , be-
cause of the sinnes of leroboam, who
did sinne, & who made Israel to sinne.
17 IT And leroboams wife arose,
and departed, and came to Tirzah : and
when shee came to the threshold of the
doore, the child died.
18 And they buried him, and all Is-
rael mourned for him, according to the
word of the Lord, which hee spake
by the hand of his seruant Ahiiah the
Prophet.
19 And the rest of the actes of lero-
boam , how hee warred, and how hee
reigned, behold, they are written in the
booke of the Chronicles of the kings of
Israel.
20 And the dayes which leroboam
reigned , were two and twentie yeeres :
and he t slept with his fathers, and Na-
dab his sonne reigned in his stead.
21 IT And Rehoboam the sonne of
Solomon reigned in ludah : * Reho-
boam teas fourtie and one yeeres olde
when he began to reigne, and hee reig-
ned seuenteene yeeres in lerusalem, the
citie which the Lord did chuse out
of all the tribes of Israel , to put his
Name there : and his mothers name
was Naamah an Ammonitesse.
22 And ludah did euill in the sight
of the Lord, and they prouoked him
to iealousie with their sinnes which they
had committed, aboue all that their fa-
thers had done.
23 For they also built them high pla-
ces, and II images, and groues on eue-
ry high hill, and vnder euery greene
tree.
24 And there were also Sodomites
in the land, and they did according to all
the abominations of the nations which
the
^ Heb. lay
dowTie.
•2. Chron.
12. 13.
I Or, stan-
dingimagei,
or statues.
leroboam dieth.
Chan.xv.
Abijain . Afa.BaaQia
m
"Chap. 10.
IG.
t Heb. run-
ners.
i»2. Chro.
II. 22.
the Lord cast out before the children
of Israel.
25 H And it came to passe in the fift
yeere of king Rehoboam, that Shishak
king of Egypt came vp against leru
salem :
26 And he tooke away the treasures
of the house of the Lord, and the
treasures of the kings house , hee euen
tooke away all : and he tooke away all
the shields of gold * which Solomon
had made.
27 And king Rehoboam made in
their stead brasen shields, and commit-
ted them vnto the hands of the chiefe of
the tguard, which kept the doore of the
kings house.
28 And it was so , when the king
went into the house of the Lord,
that the guard bare them, and brought
them backe into the guard-chamber.
29 H Nowe the rest of the actes of
Rehoboam , and all that hee did , are
they not written in the booke of the
Chronicles of the kings of ludah .?
30 And there was warre betweene
Rehoboam and leroboam all their
dayes.
31 And Rehoboam slept with his
fathers , and was buried with his fa-
thers in the city of Dauid : and his mo-
thers name was Naamah an Ammo-
nitesse. And Abijam his sonne reigned
in his stead.
CHAP. XV.
1 Abiiams wicked reigne. 7 Asa succeeJeth
him. 9 Asas good reigne. 16 The warre
betweene Baasha and him, causeth him to
make a league with Benhadad. 23 lehosha-
phat succeedeth Asa. 25 Nadabs wicked
reigne. 27 Baasha conspiring against him
executeth Ahiiahs prophecy. 3 1 Nadabs acts
and death. 33 Baashas wicked reigne.
Owe in the eighteenth
yeere of king * leroboam
the Sonne of Nebat , reig-
ned Abiiam ouer lu-
dah.
2 Three yeeres reigned hee in Je-
rusalem : and his mothers name was
Maachah , the daughter of Abisha-
lom.
3 And he walked in all the sinnes of
his father , which hee had done before
him : and his heart was not perfect
with the Lord his God, as the heart
of Dauid his father.
4 Neuerthelesse , for Dauids sake
did the Lord his God giue him a
(|lampe in Jerusalem, to set vp his
sonne after him, and to establish Jeru-
salem :
5 Because Dauid did that which was
right in the eies of the Lord, and
turned not aside from any thing that he
commanded him all the dales of his life,
*saue onely in the matter of Vriiah the
Hittite.
6 And there was warre betweene
Rehoboam and leroboam all the
dayes of his life.
7 Now the rest of the actes of Abi-
iam, and all that hee did, are they not
written in the *booke of the Chronicles
of the Kings of ludah .'' And there
was warre betweene Abiiam and le-
roboam.
8 And Abiiam slept with his fa-
thers, and they buried him in the citie of
Dauid : and Asa his sonne reigned in
his stead.
9 If And *in the twentieth yeere of
leroboam king of Israel, reigned Asa
ouer ludah.
10 And forty and one yeeres reigned
hee in lerusalem : and his || mothers
name was Maachah, the daughter of
Abishalom.
11 And Asa did that which xeas right
in the eies of the Lord, as did Dauid
his father.
12 And hee tooke away the Sodo-
mites out of the land , and remooued
all the idoles that his fathers had
made.
13 And also * Maachah his mother,
euen her hee remoued from being
Queene, because she had made an idole
in a groue,and Asa tdestroyedheridole,
and burnt it by the brooke Kidron.
14 But the high places were not
remooued : neuerthelesse, Asa his heart
was perfect with the Lord all his
dayes.
15 And he brought in the t things
which his father had dedicated, and the
things which himselfe had dedicated,
into the house of the Lord, siluer,
and gold, and vessels.
16 H And there was war betweene
Asa and Baasha King of Israel all
their dayes.
17 And Baasha king of Israel went
vp against ludah , and built Ramah.
that he might not suffer any to goe out
or come in to Asa king of ludah.
18 Then
I Or, candle.
* 2. Sam. 11
4. and 12. a.
*2. Chron.
13. 3.
* 2. Chron.
14. 1.
II TImt is,
grandmo-
ther.
* 2. Chron.
IS. 16.
+ Heb. ctct
off.
1 Hell. holy.
Afa and Benhadad.
I.Kings.
Nadab. Baatha.
a. Chron.
16.2.
iHebr.goe
iHebr./ree.
•Matth 1.
8. called lo-
3apha4.
iHebr. reig-
ned.
18 Then Asa tooke all the siluerand
the golde that were left in the treasures
of the house Oi" the Lord, and the trea-
sures of the kings house, and deliuered
them into the hand of his seruants : and
king Asa sent them to *Benhadad the
Sonne of Tabrimon, the sonne of Hezi-
on king of Syria, that dwelt at Da-
mascus, saying,
19 There is a league betweene me and
thee , and betweene my father and thy
father : behold, I haue sent vnto thee a
present of siluer and gold ; come and
breake the league with Baasha king of
Israel, that he may t depart from me.
20 So Benhadad hearkened vnto
king Asa, and sent the captaines of the
hosts, which he had, against the cities of
Israel, and smote lion, and Dan, and
Abel - Bethmaachah , and all Cinne-
roth, with all the land of Naphtali.
21 And it came to passe when Ba-
asha heard thereof, that hee left off bull
ding of Kamah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
22 Then king Asa made a Procla
mation throughout all ludah, (none
was t exempted : ) and they tooke away
the stones of Ramah , and the timber
thereof wherewith Baasha had bud-
ded, and king Asa built with them Geba
of Beniamin, and Mizpah.
23 The rest of all the acts of Asa, and
all his might, and all that he did, and
the cities which hee built, are they not
written in the booke of the Chronicles
of the Kings of ludah 't Neuerthelesse
in the time of his old age, hee was disea-
sed in his feete.
24 And Asa slept with his fathers,
and was buried with his fathers , in
the citie of Dauid his father : and *Ie-
hoshaphat his sonne reigned in his
stead.
25 f And Nadab the sonne of le-
roboam +began to reigne ouer Israel,
in the second yeere of Asa king of lu-
dah , and reigned ouer Israel two
yeeres.
26 And he did euill in the sight of the
LoBD, and walked in the way of his
father, and in his sinne wherewith hee
made Israel to sinne.
27 If And Baasha the sonne of A
hiiah, of the house of Issachar, conspi-
red against him , and Baasha smote
him at Gibbethon, which belongeth to
the Philistines, ( for Nadab and all Is
rael layd siege to Gibbethon,)
28 Euen in the third yeere of Asa
king of ludah , did Baasha slay him,
and reigned in his stead.
29 And it came to passe when hee
raigned, that he smote all the house le-
roboam , hee left not to leroboam any
that breathed , vntill hee had destroyed
him, according vnto *the saying of the
Lord , which hee spake by his ser-
uant Ahiiah the Shilonite :
30 Because of the sinnes of lero-
boam which he sinned , and which hee
made Israel sinne , by his prouocation
wherewith he prouoked the Lord
God of Israel to anger.
31 IT Now the rest of the acts of Na-
dab, and all that hee did , are they not
written in the booke of the Chronicles
of the Kings of Israel.''
32 And there was warre betweene
Asa and Baasha king of Israel al their
dayes.
33 In the third yeere of Asa King
of ludah , began Baasha the sonne of
Ahiiah to reigne ouer all Israel in Tir-
zah, twentie and foure yeeres.
34 And hee did euill in the sight of
the Lord, and walked in the way
of leroboam , and in his sinne where
with he made Israel to sinne.
CHAP. XVI.
. 7 lehus prophesie against Baasha. 5 Elah
succeedetn hnn. 8 Zimri conspiring against
Elah, succeedeth him. 11 Zimri executeth
lehus prophesie. 15 Omri made King by
the souldiers, forceth Zimri desperatly to
burne himselfe. 21 The kingdome being
diuided, Omri preuaileth against Tibni. 23
Omri buildeth Samaria. 25 His wicked
reigne. 27 Ahab succeedeth him. 29 A-
habs most wicked reigne. SI loshuas curse
vpon Hiel the builder of lericho.
Hen the word of the
Lord came to lehu
the Sonne of Hanani , a-
gainst Baasha, saying,
2 Forasmuch as I ex-
ee out of the dust, and made thee
Prince ouer my people Israel, and thou
hast walked in the way of leroboam,
and hast made my people Israel to
sinne , to prouoke mee to anger with
their sinnes :
3 Behold, I will take away the po-
steritie of Baasha, and the posteritie of
his house : and will make thy house hke
*the house of leroboam the sonne of
Nebat.
4 *Him
•Chap. 14.
10.
• Chap. 15.
29.
Baaftia dieth. Elah.
Chap.xvj.
Omri. Tibni.
• Chap. 14.
U.
' 2. Chron.
16. 1.
t Heb. which
wasouer.
1 Or, both
hiskitisemen
and his
friends.
\ Heb. by the
lumdof.
4 * Him that dieth of fiaasha in the
citie, shall the dogs eate : and him that
dieth (if his in the fields, shall the foules
of the aire eate.
5 Now the rest of the actes of Baa-
sha, and what he did, and his might, are
they not written in the *booke of the
Chronicles of the kings of Israel .''
6 So Baasha slept with his fathers,
and was buried in Tirzah, and Elah
his sonne reigned in his stead.
7 And also by the hand of the pro-
phet lehu the sonne of Hanani, came
the word of the Lord against Baa-
sha, and against his house, euen for all
the euill that hee did in the sight of the
Lord, in prouoking him to anger
with the worke of his hands, in being
like the house of leroboam, and be-
cause he killed him.
8 IT In the twentieth and sixt yeere
of Asa king of ludah, began Elah the
Sonne of Baasha to reigne ouer Israel
in Tirzah, two yeeres.
9 And his seruant Zimri (captaine
of halfe his charets) conspired against
him as he was in Tirzah drinking him-
selfe drunke in the house of Arzat stew-
ard of his house in Tirzah.
10 And Zimri went in and smote
him, and killed him, in the twentie and
seuenth yeere of Asa king of ludah,
and reigned in his stead.
11 H And it came to passe when hee
began to reigne, assoone as hee sate on
his throne, that he slew all the house of
Baasha : hee left him not one that pis-
seth against a wall, || neither of his kins-
folkes, nor of his friends.
12 Thus did Zimri destroy all the
house of Baasha, according to the word
of the Lord, which he spake against
Baasha tby lehu the prophet,
13 For all the sinnes of Baasha and
the sinnes of Elah his sonne, by which
they sinned, and by which they made
Israel to sinne , in prouoking the
Lord God of Israel to anger with
their vanities.
14 Now the rest of the actes of E-
lah , and all that he did, are they not
written in the booke of the Chronicles
of the kings of Israel .-'
15 H In the twentie and seuenth
yeere of Asa king of ludah, did Zimri
reigne seuen dayes in Tirzah : and the
people were encamped against Gibbe-
thon which belonged to the Philistines
16 And the people that were encam-
ped, heard say, Zimri hath conspired,
and hath also slaine the king : Wherfore
all Israel made Omri the captaine of
the hoste, king ouer Israel that day, in
the campe.
17 And Omri went vp from Gibbe-
thon, and all Israel with him, and they
besieged Tirzah.
18 And it came to passe when Zimri
saw that the citie was taken, that hee
went into the palace of the kings house,
and burnt the kings house ouer him
with fire, and died,
19 For his sinnes which he sinned in
doing euill in the sight of the Lord,
in walking in the way of leroboam,
and in his sinne which he did, to make
Israel sinne.
20 Now the rest of the acts of Zim-
ri, and his treason that hee wrought,
are they not written in the booke of the
Chronicles of the kings of Israel .''
21 H Then were the people of Is
rael diuided into two parts : halfe of
the people followed Tibni the sonne of
Ginath, to make him king : and halfe
followed Omri.
22 But the people that followed
Omri preuailed against the people that
followed Tibni the sonne of Ginath
so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.
23 1[ In the thirtie and one yeere of
Asa king of ludah , began Omri to
reigne ouer Israel twelue yeeres: sixe
yeeres reigned he in Tirzah.
24 And hee bought the hill Sa-
maria of Shemer, for two talents of
siluer, and built on the hill, and called
the name of the citie which hee built, af-
ter the name of Shemer, owner of the
hill, t Samaria.
25 f But Omri wrought euil in the
eyes of the Lord, and did worse then
all that were before him.
26 For he walked in all the way of
leroboam the son of Nebat, and in his
sinne wherewith hee made Israel to
sinne, to prouoke the Lord God of
Israel to anger with their vanities.
27 Now the rest of the acts of Om-
ri, which he did, and his might that he
shewed, are they not written in the
booke of the Chronicles of the^kings of
Israel ?
28 So Omri slept with his fathers,
and was buried in Samaria, and Ahab
his Sonne reigned in his stead.
29 H And in the thirtie and eight
yeere of Asa king of ludah , began
3 C Ahab
t Heb. Sho-
meron.
lericho built. Elijah. I.Kings.
fed by a widow.
t Heb. teas
U a tight
Omgi ^.
' Ia(h. «. 26.
t Heb. Eli-
iaJiu. Luke
4. 35. he is
coiled Elias.
' Ecclus.
1 48. 3. iames
,S. 17.
Ahab the sonne of Omri to reigne ouer
Israel, and Ahab the sonne of Omri
reigned ouer Israel in Samaria, twen-
tie and two yeeres.
30 And Ahab the sonne of Omri did
euill in the sight of the Lord, aboue
all that were before him.
31 And it came to passe, fas if it had
beene a light thing for him to walke in
the sinnes of leroboam the sonne of
Nebat ; that hee tooke to wife lezebel
the daughter of Ethbaal king of the
Zidonians, and went and serued Baal,
and worshipped him.
32 And hee reared vp an Altar for
Baal, in the house of Baal , which hee
had built in Samaria.
33 And Ahab made a groue, and A-
hab did more to prouoke the Lord
God of Israel to anger, then all the
kings of Israel that were before him.
34 IT In his dayes did Hiel the Be
thelite build lericho : he laid the foun
dation therof in Abiram his first borne,
and set vp the gates thereof in his yon
gest sonne Segub , * according to the
word of the Lord, which hee spake
by loshua the sonne of Nun.
CHAP. XVIL
1 Elijah hauing prophecied against Ahab^ is sent
to Cherith, wnere the rauens feed him. 8 He
is sent to the widow of Zarephath. 17 Hee
raiseth the widowes sonne. 24i The wo-
man beleeuetli him.
Nd tEliiah the Tishbite
who was of the inhabi
tants of Gilead, said vnto
Ahab, *As the Lord
God of Israel liueth , be-
fore whome I stand, there shall not be
deaw nor raine these yeres, but accor-
ding to my word.
And the worde of the Lord
came vnto him, saying,
3 Get thee hence , and turne thee
Eastward , and hide thy selfe by the
brooke Cherith, that is before lordane.
4 And it shall bee, that thou shalt
drinke of the brooke, and I haue com-
manded the rauens to feed thee there.
6 So hee went , and did according
vnto the word of the Lord: for hee
went and dwelt by the brooke Cherith,
that M before lordane.
6 And the rauens brought him bread
and flesh in the morning, and bread and
• flesh in the euening: and hee dranke of
!the brooke.
^ Heb. at the
end of dopes.
* Luke 4.
26. caUed
Sarepta.
7 And it came to passe t after a while,
that the brooke dryed vp, because there
had beene no raine in the land.
8 IF And the word of the Lord
came vnto him, saying,
9 Arise , get thee to * Zarephath,
which behngeth to Zidon , and dwell
there : behold, I haue commaunded a
widow woman there to sustaine thee.
20 So he arose , and went to Zare-
phath : and when he came to the gate of
the citie , behold , the widow woman
was there gathering of stickes : and he
called to her, and said. Fetch me, I pray
thee, a little water in a vessell, that I
may drinke.
11 And as shee was going to fetch it,
he called to her, and said. Bring mee, I
pray thee , a morsell of bread in thine
hand.
12 And she said, As the Lord thy
God liueth, I haue not a cake, but an
handfuU of meale in a barrell, and a lit
tie oyle in a cruse : and behold, I am ga-
thering two stickes, that I may goe in,
and dresse it for me and my sonne, that
we may eate it, and die.
13 And Eliiah said vnto her , Feare
not , goe, and doe as thou hast said : but
make mee thereof a little cake first, and
bring it vnto mee , and after make for
thee, and for thy sonne.
14 For thus saith the Lord God
of Israel , The barrell of meale shall
not waste, neither shall the cruse of oile
faile , vntill the day that the Lord
tsendeth raine vpon the earth.
15 And shee went, and did according
to the saying of Eliiah : and she, and he,
and her house did eate \\many dayes.
16 And the barrell of meale wasted
not, neither did the cruse of oyle faile, ac-
cording to the word of the Lord,
which he spake tby Eliiah. ,
17 f And it came to passe after these '"""'"■^
things , that the sonne of t he woman,
the mistresse of the house, fell sicke, and
his sickenesse was so sore , that there
was no breath left in him.
18 And shee sayd vnto Eliiah , What
haue I to doe with thee ? O thou man
of God ! Art thou come vnto me to call
my sinne to remembrance, and to slay
my sonne .-*
1 9 And he said vnto her, Giue m e thy
Sonne. And he tooke him out of her bo-
some , and caried him vp into a loft ,
where he abode, and laide him vpon his
owne bed.
20 And
t Heb. gi-
rieth.
Or, a full
yeere.
t Heb. bv the
He goeth, and
Chap.xviij.
meeteth Ahab.
t Hebr. mea-
sured.
t Heir, into
his inward
parts.
+ Hebr. Oba-
diahu.
t Hebr. ouer
his house.
t Hebr. Ize-
bel.
t Hebr. that
wecutnotoff
our selues
from the
beasts.
20 And hee cried vnto the Lord,
and said, O Lord my God, hast
thou also brought euill vpon the wi
dow , with whom I soiourne, by slay-
ing her Sonne ?
21 And he t stretched himselfe vpon
the child three times, and cried vnto the
Lord, and said; O Lord my
God, I pray thee, let this childes soule
come tinto him againe.
22 And the Lord heard the voice
of Eliiah, and the soule of the child came
into him againe, and he reuiued.
23 And EHiah tooke the childe, and
brought him downe out of the cham
her into the house , and deliuered him
vnto his mother : and Eliiah said. See,
thy Sonne liueth.
24 H And the woman said to Eli
iah, Now by this I know, that thou
art a man of God, and that the word of
the Lord in thy mouth is trueth.
CHAP. XVIII.
In the extremitie of famine Eliiah sent to A.
hab, meeteth good Obadiah. 9 Obadiah
bringeth Ahab to Eliiah. 17 Eliiah repro-
uing Ahab , by fire from heauen conuinceth
Baals prophets. 41 Eliiah by prayer obtai-
ning raine, foUoweth Ahab to lezreel.
Nd it came to passe after
many daies, that the word
of the Lord came to E
liiah in the third y eere, say
ing, Goe shewe thy selfe
vnto Ahab , and I will send raine vp-
on the earth.
2 And Eliiah went to shew him-
selfe vnto Ahab , and there was a sore fa-
mine in Samaria.
3 And Ahab called t Obadiah which
was tthe gouernour of his house : (now
Obadiah feared the Lord greatly :
4 For it was so, when tiezebel cut
off the Prophets of the Lord, that
Obadiah tooke an hundred Prophets,
and hid them by fiftie in a caue , and fed
them with bread and water.)
5 And Ahab said vnto Obadiah,
Goe into the land, vnto all fountaines
of water, and vnto all brookes : perad-
uenture we may finde grasse to saue the
horses and mules aliue, that we tleese
not all the beasts.
6 So they diuided the land be-
tweene them to passe throughout it : A-
hab went one way by himselfe, and O-
badiah went another way by himselfe.
7 IT And as Obadiah was in the
way, behold, Eliiah met him : and hee
knew him, and fell on his face, and said;
Art thou that my lord Eliiah ?
8 And he answered him, I am : goe,
tell thy lord, Behold, Eliiah is here.
9 And he said, What haue I sinned,
that thou wouldest deliuer thy ser-
uant into the hand of Ahab, to slay
mee ?
10 As the Lord thy God liueth,
there is no nation or kingdome , whi-
ther my lord hath not sent to seeke thee:
and when they said. He is not there, hee
tooke an oath of the kingdome and na-
tion, that they found thee not.
1 1 And now thou sayest, Goe, tell thy
lord, Behold, Eliiah is here.
12 And it shall come to passe, as soone
as I am gone from thee, that the spirit
of the Lord shall cary thee whither
I know not; and so when I come and
tell Ahab, and he cannot finde thee, he
shall slay mee : but I thy seruant feare
the Lord from my youth.
13 Was it not told my lord, what I
did when lezebel slew the Prophets
of the Lord.? how I hid an hun-
dred men of the Lords Prophets,
by fiftie in a caue, and fedde them with
bread and water .''
14 And now thou sayest, Goe, tell
thy lord. Behold, Eliiah is here; and hee
shall slay me.
15 And Eliiah said. As the Lord
of hostes liueth, before whom I stand,
I will surely shew my selfe vnto him
to day.
16 So Obadiah went to meete A
hab, and told him : and Ahab went to
meete Eliiah.
17 H And it came to passe when A
hab saw Eliiah , that Ahab saide vnto
him , Art thou hee that troubleth Is
rael .''
18 And hee answered , I haue not
troubled Israel , but thou and thy fa-
thers house , in that yee haue forsaken
the Commandements of the Lord,
and thou hast followed Baalim.
19 Now therefore send , and gather
to mee all Israel vnto mount Carmel,
and the prophets of Baal foure hun-
dred and fiftie, and the prophets of the
groues foure hundred , which eate at
lezebels table.
20 So Ahab sent vnto all the chil-
dren of Israel , and gathered the pro-
phets together vnto mount Carmel.
3 C 2 21 And
Baals prophets, and I.Kings.
Eliiah facrifice.
I Or,
tUMights.
t Hebr. the
worditgood.
Or,an-
twere.
Or, heard.
Or, leaped
vp & dmene
at the altar.
t Heb. with
a great voice
I Or, be me-
ditatelh.
t Heb. hath
a purtuit.
t Hehr. pmr-
red out blood
vponthem.
t Hebr. at-
cendmg.
t Heb. at-
tention.
21 And Eliiah came vnto all the peo-
ple, and said , How long halt yee be-
tweene two || opinions? If the Lord
bee God, follow him : but if Baal, tJien
follow him : and the people answered
him not a word.
22 Then said Eliiah vnto the people,
I, ettai I onely remaine a Prophet of
the Lord : but Baals prophets are
foure hundred and fiftie men.
23 Let them therefore giue vs two
buUocks, and let them chuse one bul-
locke for themselues, and cut it in pieces,
and lay it on wood, and put no fire vn
der : and I will dresse the other bul
locke, and lay it on wood, and put no
fire vnder.
24 And call ye on the name of your
gods, and I will call on the Name of
the Lord : and the God that answe-
reth by fire, let him be God. And all the
people answered , and said, t It is well
spoken.
25 And Eliiah said vnto the prophets
of Baal, Chuse you one bullocke for
yourselues, and dresse it first,foryee are
many : and call on the name of your
gods, but put no fire vnder.
26 And they took the bullocke which
was giuen them, and they dressed it, and
called on the name of Baal from mor-
ning, euen vntil noone, saying, O Baal,
||heare vs. But there was no voyce, nor
any that ||answered: And they ||leapt
vpon the altar which was made.
27 And it came to passe at noone,
that Eliiah mocked them, and saide,
Crie taloud: for he w a god, either || he is
talking, or he tis pursuing, or hee is in
a ioumey, or peraduenture he sleepeth,
and must be awaked.
28 And they cried loud, and cut them-
selues after their maner, with kniues,
and lancers, till tthe blood gushed out
vpon them.
29 And it came to passe when mid
day was past, and they prophesied vntil
the time of the t offering of the euening
sacrifice; that <Aerewa«neithervoice,nor
any to answere, nor t any that regarded.
30 And Eliiah said vnto all the peo-
ple, Come neere vnto me. And all the
people came neere vnto him. And he re
paired the Altar of the Lord that
was broken downe.
31 And Eliiah tooke twelue stones,
according to the number of the tribes of
the sonnes of lacob, vnto whome the
word of the Lord came, saying,
* Israel shall bee thy name.
32 And with the stones hee built an
altar in the Name of the Lord, and
hee made a trench about the altar, as
great as would containe two measures
of seed.
33 And he put the wood in order, and
cut the bullocke in pieces, and laide him
on the wood, and said , Fill foure bar-
rels with water, and powre it on the
burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.
34 And hee said , Doe it the second
time. And they did it the second time.
And he said, Doe it the third time. And
they did it the third time.
35 And the water tran round about
the altar, and hee filled the trench also
with water.
36 And it came to passe at the time of
the offering of the euening sacrifice, that
Eliiah the prophet came neere and said,
Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and
of Israel, Let it bee knowen this day
that thou art God in Israel, and that I
am thy seruant, and that I haue done all
these things at thy word.
37 Heare me, O Lord, heare me,
that this people may know that thou
art the Lord God, and that thou hast
turned their heart backe againe.
38 Then the fire of the Lord fell,
and consumed the burnt sacrifice , and
the wood, and the stones, and the dust,
and licked vp the water that was in the
trench.
39 And when all the people sawe it,
they fell on their faces : and they saide.
The Lord, he is the God, the Lord,
he is the God.
40 And Eliiah saide vnto them,
II Take the prophets of Baal, let not
one of them escape : And they tooke
them, and Eliiah brought them downe
to the brooke Kishon, and slewe them
there.
41 f And Eliiah said vnto Ahab,
Get thee vp, eate and drinke, for there is
II a sound of abundance of raine.
42 So Ahab went vp to eate and
to drinke, and Eliiah went vp to the top
of Carmel, and he cast himselfe downe
vpon the earth , and put his face be-
tweene his knees,
43 And said to his seruant, Goe vp
now, looke toward the Sea. And hee
went vp, and looked, and saide, Tltere is
nothing. And he said , Goe againe se
uen times.
44 And it came to passe at the se-
uenth
* Gen. 32.
28. 2. king.
17. 34.
t Heb. went.
II Or, appre-
hend.
1 Or, a sound
of a noise of
raine.
Elijah fed. He
Chap.xix.
talketh with God.
iHeb.tie,
orbinde.
t Heb. till
thou come
to lexreel.
t Heb. for
his life.
\ Heb. bol-
ster.
uenth time, that he said, Behold, there
ariseth a little cloud out of the Sea, like
a mans hand. And he said, Goe vp, say
vnto Ahab , t Prepare thy cJiaret, and
get thee downe, that the raine stop thee
not.
45 And it came to passe in the meane
while, that the heauen was blacke with
cloudes and winde , and there was a
great raine : and Ahab rode and went
to lezreel.
46 And the hand of the Lord
was on Eliiah ; and hee girded vp his
loynes, andranne before Ahab, tto the
entrance of lezreel.
CHAP. XIX.
1 Eliiah threatned by lezebel, fleeth to Beer-
sheba, 4 In the wildernesse being wearie of
his life, is comforted by an Angel. 9 At Ho-
reb God appeareth vnto him, sending him to
anoint Hazael, lehu, and Elisha. I!) Elisha
taking leaue of his friends, foUoweth Elijah.
ND Ahab told lezebel
all that Eliiah had done,
and withall , how hee had
^apK^^ slaine all the Prophets
^ScAlicS with the sword.
2 Then lezebel sent a messenger
vnto Eliiah, saying; So let the gods do
to me, and more also, if I make not thy
life as the life of one of them, by to mor-
row about this time.
3 And when he saw that, hee arose,
and went for his life, and came to Beer-
sheba , which belongeth to ludah , and
left his seruant there.
4 H But he himselfe went a dayes
ioumey into the wildernesse, and came
and sate downe vnder a luniper tree :
and hee requested t for himselfe that hee
might die, and sayd. It is enough, now
O Lord, take away my life : for I
am not better then my fathers.
5 And as hee lay and slept vnder a
luniper tree , behold then , an Angel
touched him, and sayd vnto him. Arise,
and eate.
6 And he looked, and behold, there
was a cake baken on the coales , and a
cruse of water at his t head : and hee did
eate and drinke , and laide him downe
againe.
7 And the Angel of the Lord
came againe the second time, and tou-
ched him , and sayd , Arise, and eate, be-
cause the ioumey is too great for thee.
8 And hee arose , and did eate and
drinke, and went in the strength of that
meate fourtie dayes and fourtie nights,
vnto Horeb the mount of God.
9 IT And he came thither vnto a caue,
and lodged there, and behold, the word
of the Lord came to him, and he said
vnto him , What doest thou here , E-
liiah ?
10 And hee sayd, I haue beene very
iealous for the Lord God of hostes :
for the children of Israel haue forsaken
thy Couenant, throwen downe thine
Altars, and slaine thy Prophets with
the sword : and *I, euen I onely am
left, and they seeke my life, to take it a-
way.
11 And he sayd, Goe forth, and stand
vpon the mount before the Lord.
And beholde , the Lord passed by,
and a great and strong winde rent the
mountaines , and brake in pieces the
rockes , before the Lord; but the
Lord was not in the winde : and af-
ter the winde an earthquake , hut the
Lord was not in the earthquake.
12 And after the earthquake , a fire,
but the Lord was not in the fire : and
after the fire, a still small voice.
13 And it was so, when Eliiah heard
it, that he wrapped his face in his man-
tle, and went out, and stood in the en-
tring in of the caue : and behold, there
came a voice vnto him, and sayd, What
doest thou here, Eliiah .''
14 And he sayd, I haue beene very
iealous for the Lord God of hostes,
because the children of Israel haue for-
saken thy Couenant , throwen downe
thine Altars , and slaine thy Prophets
with the sword, and I, euen I onely
am left, and they seeke my life, to take it
away.
15 And the Lord sayd vnto him,
Goe, retume on thy way to the wilder-
nesse of Damascus : and when thou
commest, anoint Hazael to be King o-
uer Syria.
IG And lehu the sonne of Nimshi
shalt thou anoint to bee king ouer Is-
rael : and * Elisha the sonne of Sha-
phat of Abel Meholah , shalt thou an-
noint to be Prophet in thy roume.
17 And *it shall come to passe, that
him that escapeth the sword of Hazael,
shall lehu slay: and him that escapeth
from the sword of lehu , shall Elisha
slay.
18 * Yet II I haue left jne seuen thou-
sand in Israel, all the knees which
haue
*Roni.u.3.
• Luk. 4. 27
called EU-
scus.
•2. King.
!). 1, 3, ec-
clus. 48. 8.
•Horn.
11. 4.
1 (}r, I will
leaue.
Elldia is called.
I.Kings.
Benhadads crueltie.
t Hebr. goe
retume.
haue not bowed vnto Baal, and euery
mouth which hath not kissed him.
19 f So he«! departed thence and
found Elisha the sonne of Shaphat,
who was plowing with twelue yoke
of oxen before him , and hee with the
twelfth : and Eliiah passed by him, and
cast his mantle vpon him.
20 And he left the oxen, and ranne
after Eliiah, and said, Let mee, I pray
thee, kisse my father and my mother,
and then I wil follow thee : and he said
vnto him, t Goe backe againe; for what
haue I done to thee ?
21 And he returned backe from him,
and tooke a yoke of oxen, & slew them,
and boyled their flesh with the instru-
ments of the oxen , and gaue vnto the
people, and they did eat : then he arose,
and went after Eliiah , and ministred
vnto him.
CHAP. XX.
1 Benhadad not content with Ahabs hom-
mage, besiegeth Samaria. 13 By the dire-
ction of a Prophet, the Syrians are slaine. 22
As the Prophet forewarned Ahab, the Syri-
ans trusting in the valleys, come against him
in Aphek. 28 By rhe word of the Prophet,
and Gods iudgment, the Syrians are smitten
againe. 31 The Syrians submitting them-
selues , Ahab sendeth Benhadad away with
a couenant. 35 The Prophet vnder the
parable of a prisoner, making Ahab to
ludge himselfe, denounceth Gods iudge-
ment against him.
Nd Benhadad the King
of Syria gathered all his
hoste together , and there
were thirtie and two kings
with him, and horses, and
charets : and hee went vp and besieged
Samaria, and warred against it.
2 And hee sent messengers to Ahab
king of Israel, into the city, and saide
vnto him. Thus saith Benhadad,
3 Thy siluer and thy gold is mine,
thy wiues also, and thy children, euen
the goodliest, are mine.
4 And the king of Israel answered,
and said. My lord O king, according to
thy saying, I am thine, and all that I
haue.
5 And the messengers came againe,
and saide. Thus speaketh Benhadad,
saying. Although I haue sent vnto
thee, saying. Thou shalt deliuer me thy
siluer, and thy gold, and thy wiues, and
thy children :
6 Yet I will send my seruants vn-
to thee to morrow about this time, and
they shall search thine house , and the
houses of thy seruants ; and it shall be,
that whatsoeuer is t pleasant in thine
eies, they shall put it in their hand, and
take it away.
7 Then the king of Israel called
all the Elders of the land , and saide ;
Marke , I pray you , and see how this
man seeketn mischiefe: for hee sent vnto
me for my wiues, and for my children,
and for my siluer , and for my gold, and
tl denied him not.
8 And all the Elders, and all the
people said vnto him; Hearken not vnto
him, nor consent.
9 Wherefore hee said vnto the mes
sengers of Benhadad , Tell my lord
the king. All that thou diddest send for
to thy seruant at the first, I will doe :
but this thing I may not doe. And the
messengers departed, and brought him
word againe.
10 And Benhadad sent vnto him,
and said. The gods doe so vnto me and
more also , if the dust of Samaria shall
suffice for handfuls for all the people
that t follow me.
11 And the king of Israel answered,
and said , Tell him , Let not him that
girdethotihisharnesse,hoa.sthimse\{e,as
he that putteth it off.
12 And it came to passe, when Benha
dad heard this t message (as hee was
drinking, he and the kings in the ||paui-
lions) that hee said vnto his seruants,
1 1 Setyourselues in aray. And they set them
sehies in aray against the citie.
13 H And behold, there tcame a Pro
phet vnto Ahab king of Israel, saying,
Thus saith the Lokd , Hast thou
scene all this great multitude '^ behold,
I will deliuer it into thine hand this
day, and thou shalt knowe that I am
the Lord.
14 And Ahab saide. By whom ? and
he saide, Thus saith the Loun, Euen
by the || young men of the Princes of the
prouinces: Then he said. Who shall + or
der the battell.'' And hee answered,
Thou.
1 5 Then he numbred the young men
of the Princes of the prouinces, and they
were two hundred and thirty two : and
after them hee numbred all the people,
euen all the children of Israel , being
seuen thousand.
16 And they went out at noone : But
Benhadad
t Heh. desi-
rable.
^ Heh. I kept
not backe
from him.
t Heh. are at
myfeete.
t Heh. word,.
I Or, Tents.
II Or, place
the engins :
a?ui they
placed en-
gines.
\Heh.appro-
ched.
I Or, ser-
uants.
\Heh.Bi/nd,
or, tie.
fhe Syrians are
Chap.xx.
put to flight.
+ Heb. that
was/alien.
t Heb. to the
i warre with
i Israel.
i Or^ were
victualled.
Benhadad was drinking himselfe
drunke in the pauilions, hee and the
kings , the thirty and two kings that
helped him.
17 And the young men of the Prin-
ces of the Prouinces went out first, and
Benhadad sent out, and they told him,
saying, There are men come out of Sa-
maria.
18 And he said. Whether they be come
out for peace, take them aliue : or whe-
ther they be come out for warre, take
them aliue.
19 So these yong men of the princes
of the prouinces, came out of the citie,
and the armie which followed them :
20 And they slew euery one his man :
and the Syrians fled, and Israel pur-'
sued them : and Benhadad the king of
Syria escaped on an horse, with the
horsemen.
21 And the king of Israel went out,
and smote the horses and charets , and
slewe the Syrians with a great slaugh-
ter.
22 IT And the Prophet came to the
king of Israel, and said vnto him, Goe,
strengthen thy selfe , and marke and see
what thou doest : for at the returne of
the yeere, the king of Syria will come
vp against thee. |
23 And the seruants of the King of
Syria said vnto him , Their gods are
gods of the hilles , therefore they were
stronger then wee : but let vs fight a-
gainst them in the plaine, and surely we
shall be stronger then they.
24 And doe this thing , Take the
kings away, euery man out of his place,
and put captaines in their roumes.
25 And number thee an armie, like
the armie tthat thou hast lost, horse for
horse, and charet for charet : and wee
will fight against them in the plaine,
and surely wee shall be stronger then
they. And hee hearkened vnto their
voice, and did so.
26 And it came to passe at the returne
of the yeere, that Benhadad numbred
the Syrians , and went vp to Aphek,
+ to fight against Israel.
27 And the children of Israel were
numbred, and ||were all present, and
went against them : and the children of
Israel pitched before them , like two
little flockes of kids : but the Syrians
filled the countrey.
28 H And there came a man of God,
and spake vnto the king of Israel, and
sayd. Thus sayth the Lord, Be-
cause the Syrians haue sayde, The
Lord i* God of the hilles, but hee is
not God of the valleys : therefore will
I deliuer all this great multitude into
thine hand, and yee shall know that I
am the Lord.
29 And they pitched one ouer against
the other seuen dales, and so it was, that
in the seuenth day the battell was ioy
ned : and the children of Israel slewe of
the Syrians an hundred thousand foot-
men in one day.
30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the
citie, and there a wall fell vpon twentie
and seuen thousand of the men that
were left: and Benhadad fled, and came
into the citie, ||into an inner chamber.
31 II And his seruants said vnto him,
Behold now, wee haue heard that the
kings of the house of Israel are merci-
full kings : let vs, I pray thee, put sack
cloth on our loines, and ropes vpon our
heads, and goe out to the king of Is-
rael; peraduenture he will saue thy life.
32 So they girded sackcloth on their
loynes, and put ropes on their heads,
and came to the king of Israel, and said,
Thy seruant Benhadad saith , I pray
thee, let me Hue. And he said. Is he yet
aliue ? he is my brother.
33 Now the men did diligently ob
serue whether any thing would come
from him, and did hastily catch it: and
they saide. Thy brother Benhadad.
Then he said, Goe ye, bring him : then
Benhadad came forth to him : and hee
caused him to come vp into the charet.
34 And Benhadad said vnto him. The
cities which my father tooke from thy
father, I will restore, and thou shalt
make streets for thee in Damascus, as
my father made in Samaria. Then, said
Ahab, I will send thee away with this
couenant. So he made a couenant with
him, and sent him away.
35 IT And a certaine man of the
sonnes of the Prophets, saide vnto his
neighbour in the word of the Lord,
Smite me, I pray thee. And the man
refused to smite him.
36 Then said he vnto him. Because
thou hast not obeyed the voyce of the
Lord, beholde, assoone as thou art
departed from me, a lyon shal slay thee.
And assoone as hee was departed from
him, a lyon found him, and slew him.
37 Then he found another man, and
said. Smite me, I pray thee. And the
man
Or, from
chamber to
chamber.
Heb. into a
chamber
within a
chamber.
Ahab reproued.
I.Kings.
Naboth ftoned.
1 1 Hebr. smi-
ling and
xroitniling.
iHe^aeigh
t Heb. hee
\ urns not.
• Chap. 22.
38.
man smote him, so that in t smiting hee
wounded him.
38 So the prophet departed, and
waited for the king by the way, and dis-
guised himselfe with ashes vpon his
face.
39 And as the king passed by, he cried
vnto the king : and he saide , Thy ser-
uant went out into the mids of the bat-
tell, and behold, a man turned aside, and
brought a man vnto me, and said. Keep
this man ; if by any meanes he be mis-
sing, then shall thy life be for his life, or
else thou shalt tpay a talent of siluer
40 And as thy seruant was busie
here and there, the was gone. And the
king of Israel saide vnto him, So shall
thy iudgement bee, thy selfe hast disci
ded it.
41 And he hasted , and tooke the a-
shes away from his face, and the king
of Israel discerned him that hee was of
the Prophets.
42 And hee said vnto him. Thus
saith the Lord, * Because thou hast
let goe out of thy hand, a man whom I
ai)pointed to vtter destruction, therfore
thy life shall goe for his life, and thy peo-
ple for his people.
43 And the king of Israel went to
his house, heauie, and displeased, and
came to Samaria.
\^ Hebr. he
\goodinthitie
epa.
CHAP. XXI.
Ahab being denied Naboths vineyard, is grie-
ued. 5 lezebel writiiiglettersagainstNaboth,
he is condemned of blasphemie. IS Ahab
taketh possession of the vineyard. leEliiah
denounceth iudgcmcnts against Ahab and
lezebel. 25 Wicked Ahab repenting, God
deferreth the iudgement.
Nd it came to passe after
these things, that Naboth
the lezrcclite had a vine-
yard , which zoas in lez-
reel , hard by the palace of
Ahab king of Samaria.
2 And Ahab spake vnto Naboth,
saying, Giue me thy vineyard, that I
may haue it for a garden of hcrlx?s, be-
cause it is neere vnto my house, and I
will giue thee for it a better vineyard
then it : or if it t seeme good to thee, I
will giue thee the worth of it in money.
3 And Naboth said tt) Ahab , The
L o B D forbid it mee , that I should
giue the inheritance of my fathers vnto
thee.
4 And Ahab came into his house,
heauie , and displeased, because of the
word which Naboth the lezreelite
had spoken to him : for he had saide, I
will not giue thee the inheritance of my
fathers : and he laid him downe vpon
his bed, and turned away his face, and
would eate no bread.
5 H But lezebel his wife came to
him, and said vnto him, Why is thy spi-
rit so sad, that thou eatest no bread .-'
6 And he said vnto her. Because I
spake vnto Naboth the lezreelite, and
said vnto him, Giue mee thy vineyard
for money, or else if it please thee, I will
giuethee another \'meya.rd for it: Andhe
answered, I wil not giue thee my vine
yard.
7 And lezebel his wife saide vnto
him, Doest thou now gouerne the king-
dome of Israel .'' Arise, and eate bread,
and let thine heart bee merrie : I will
giue thee the vineyard of Naboth the
lezreelite.
8 So shee wrote letters in Ahabs
name, and sealed them with his seale,
and sent the letters vnto the Elders,
and to the Nobles that were in his citie
dwelling with Naboth.
9 And she wrote in the letters, say-
iing, Proclaime a fast, and set Naboth
t on high among the people :
10 And set two men, sonnes of Be-
lial before him, to beare witnes against
him, saying , Thou diddest blaspheme
God and the king : and then carie him
out, and stone him that he may die.
1 1 And the men of his citie, euen the
Elders and the Nobles who were the
inhabitants in his citie , did as lezebel
had sent vnto them, and as it was writ-
ten in the letters which she had sent vn-
to them.
1 2 They proclaimed a fast , and set
Naboth on high among the people.
13 And there came in two men, chil-
dren of Belial, and sate before him : and
the men of Belial witnessed against
him, euen against Naboth, in the pre-
sence of the people, saying, Naboth did
blaspheme God and the king. Then
they caried him foorth out of the citie,
and stoned him with stones, that hee
'died.
14 Then they sent to lezebel, say-
ing, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
15 IT And it came to passe when le-
zebel heard that Naboth was stoned
and was dead , that lezebel said to A-
hab.
»
t Heb. in the
top of the
people.
Aliabs wickednes.
Chap.xxij.
lelioihaphat.
Chap. 14.
10. 2. king.
. 8.
. 1. Sam.
25. 22.
• Chap. 14.
0.
Chap. 16.
29.
* Chap. 16.
3.
2. Kmg. 9.
36.
Or, ditch.
Or, incited.
hab, Arise, take possession of the Vine-
yard of Nabotli the lezreelite, which
nee refused to giue thee for money : for
Naboth is not aliue, but dead.
16 And it came to passe when Ahab
heard that Naboth was dead, that A-
hab rose vp to goe downe to the Vine-
yard of Naboth the lezreelite, to take
possession of it.
17 H And the word of the Lord
came to Ehiah the Tishbite, saying,
18 Arise , goe downe to meet Ahab
king of Israel , which is in Samaria :
behold, hee is in the Vineyard of Na-
both, whither he is gone downe to pos-
sesse it.
19 And thou shalt speake vnto him,
saying, Thus saith the Lord, Hast
thou killed , and also taken possession .■*
And thou shalt speake vnto him , say-
ing. Thus saith the Lord; In the
place where dogs licked the blood of
Naboth , shall dogges licke thy blood,
euen thine.
20 And Ahab said to Eliiah , Hast
thou found me, O mine enemie .'' And he
answered, I haue found thee: because
thou hast sold thy selfe to worke euill in
the sight of the Lord.
21 Behold, * I will bring euill vpon
thee, and will take away thy posteritie,
and will cut off from Ahab *him that
pisseth against the wall, and *him that
is shut vp, and left in Israel,
22 And will make thine house like
the house of * leroboam the sonne of
Nebat, and like the house of *Baasha
the Sonne of Ahiiah, for the provocation
wherewith thou hast prouoked mee to
anger, and made Israel to sinne.
23 And * of lezebel also spake the
Lord, saying. The dogs shall eate
lezebel by the || wall of lezreel.
24 Him that dieth of Ahab in the ci-
tie, the dogs shall eate : and him that di-
eth in the field , shall the foules of the
aire eat.
25 H But there was none like vnto
Ahab, which did sell himselfe to worke
wickednesse in the sight of the Lord,
whom lezebel his wife || stirred vp.
26 And hee did very abominably in
following Idoles , according to all
things as did the Amorites, whom the
Lord cast out before the children of
Israel.
27 And it came to passe when Ahab
heard those wordcs, that hee rent his
clothes , and put sackecloth vpon his
flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth,
and went softly.
28 And the word of the Lord
came to Eliiah the Tishbite, saying,
■ 29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth
himselfe before mee ? because hee hum-
bletli himselfe before mee , I will not
bring the euill in his dayes : but in his
sonnes dayes will I bring the euill vp-
on his house.
CHAP. XXII.
1 Ahab seduced by false prophets, according to
the word of Micaiah, is slaine at Ramoth Gi-
lead. 37 The dogges licke vp his blood, and
Ahaziah succeedeth him. 41 lehoshaphats
good reigne, 45 his acts. 50 lehoram suc-
ceedeth him. 51 Ahaziahs euil reigne.
Nd *they continued three
yeeres without warre be-
tweene Syria and Israel.
2 And it came to passe
on the third yere, that le-
hoshaphat the King of ludah came
downe to the king of Israel.
3 (And the king of Israel said vnto
his seruants. Know ye that Ilamoth
in Gileadis ours, and wee bet still, and
take it not out of the hand of the king
of Syria .'' )
4 And hee said vnto lehoshaphat.
Wilt thou goe with me to battel to Ra-
moth Gilead ? And lehoshaphat said
to the king of Israel, *I am as thou
art, my people as thy people, my horses
as thy horses.
5 And lehoshaphat said vnto the
king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at
the word of the Lord to day.
6 Then the king of Israel gathered
the prophets together about foure hun-
dred men, and said vnto them. Shall I
goe against Ramoth Gilead to battell,
or shall I forbeare .'' And they said, Goe
vp, for the Lord shall deliuer it into
the hand of the king.
7 And lehoshaphat said , /* there
not here a Prophet of the Lord be-
sides, that we might enquire of him .''
8 And the king of Israel said vnto
lehoshaphat , There is yet one man,
( Micaiah the sonne of Imlah ) by
whom we may enquire of the Lord;
but I hate him, for he doth not prophe-
sie good concerning me, but euill. And
lehoshaphat said, Let not the King
say so.
9 Then the king of Israel called
3D an
• 1. Chron.
18. 1, &c.
t Hebr. si-
lent from ta-
king it.
* 2. King. 3.
7.
Micaiali prophecietl
I.Ki
i\habs deftrudlion.
lOr, £u-
mueh.
an II Officer, and said, Hasten hither Mi-
caiah the sonne of Imlah.
10 And the King of Israel and le-
hoshaphat the King of ludah sate
each on his throne, hauing put on their
\Ba>.jioore. robes, in a tvoyd place in the entrance
of the gate of Samaria , and all the
Prophets prophecied before them.
11 And Zedekiah the sonne of Che-
naanah made him homes of yron : and
he sayd. Thus saith the Lord, With
these shalt thou push the Syrians, vn-
till thou haue consumed them.
12 And all the Prophets prophecied
80, saying ; Goe vp to Ramoth Gilead,
and prosper : for the Lord shall deli-
uer it into the kings hand.
13 And the messenger that was gone
to call Micaiali , spake vnto him, say-
ing. Behold now, the words of the pro-
phets declare good vnto the King with
one mouth : let thy word, I pray thee,
bee like the word of one of tnem , and
speake that which is good.
14 And Micaiah sayde. As the
LoBD liueth, what the Lord saith
vnto me, that will I speake.
15 H So he came to the king, and the
king sayd vnto him, Micaiah, shall wee
goe against Hamoth Gilead to battell
or shall we forbeare ? And he answered
him, Go, and prosper: for the Lord
shall deliuer it into the hand of the king.
16 And the king said vnto him. How
many times shall I adiure thee, that
thou tell me nothing but that which is
true, in the Name of the Lord .''
17 And hee sayd, I saw all Israel
scattered vpon the hilles, as sheepe that
haue not a shepheard. And the Lord
said, These haue no master, let them re
turne euery man to his house in peace.
18 And the King of Israel said vnto
lehoshaphat. Did I not tell thee, that
he would prophecie no good concerning
me, but euill ?
19 And he said, Heare thou therefore
the word of the Lord: I sawe the
Lord sitting on his Throne, and all
jthe hoste of heauen standing by him, on
his right hand and on his left.
I 20 And the Lord said. Who shall
iOr,deceiue. ||perswade Ahab, that hee may goe vp
'and fall at Ramoth Gilead ? And one
sayd on this manner, and another said
on that manner.
21 And there came forth a spirit, and
stood before the Lord, and said, I
will perswade him.
;2 And the Lord said vnto him.
Wherewith ? And hee sayd, I will goe
foorth, and I will be a lying spirit in the
mouth of all his prophets. And he said,
Thou shalt perswade him , and pre-
uaile also : Goe forth, and doe so.
23 Now therfore behold, the Lord
hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of
all these thy prophets, and the Lord
hath spoken euill concerning thee.
24 But Zedekiah the sonne of Che-
naanah went neere , and smote Mi-
caiah on the cheeke, and said, * Which
way went the Spirit of the Lord
from me, to speake vnto thee ?
25 And Micaiah sayde , Beholde ,
thou shalt see in that day, when thou
shalt goe ||into an inner chamber, to
hide thy selfe.
26 And the King of Israel sayde.
Take Micaiah , and cary him backe
vnto Amon the gouernour of the citie,
and to loash the kings sonne :
27 And say. Thus sayth the King,
Put this fellow in the prison, and feede
him with bread of affliction , and with
water of afflictio, vntil I come in peace
28 And Micaiah saide. If thou re-
turne at all in peace, the Lord hath
not spoken by me. And he said , Hear-
ken, O people, euery one of you.
29 So the King of Israel, and le
hoshaphat the king of ludah, went vp
to Ramoth Gilead.
30 And the king of Israel said vnto
lehoshaphat, ||I wil disguise my selfe,
& enter into the battell, but put thou on
thy robes. And the King of Israel dis-
guised himselfe, & went into the battell.
31 But the King of Syria comman-
ded his thirtie and two Captaines that
had rule ouer his charets, saying. Fight
neither with small nor great, saue only
with the king of Israel.
32 And it came to passe , when the
captaines of the charets saw lehosha-
phat , that they said , Surely it is the
king of Israel. And they turned aside
to fight against him : and lehoshaphat
cryed out.
33 And it came to passe, when the cap-
taines of the charets perceiued that it
was not the king of Israel , that they
turned backe from pursuing him.
34 And a certaine man drew a bow
tat a venture, and smote the king of Is-
rael betweene the tioynts of the har-
nesse: wherefore hee sayd vnto the dri-
uer of his charet , Turne thine hand,
and
2. Chron.
18. a.i.
II Or, from
chamber to
cimmber.
Heb. cham-
ber in a
chamber.
I Or, when
hewasiodis-
f^ise him-
selfe and en-
ter into the
battell.
f Heb. in his
simpliciiie.
t Heb. ioynts
and the
brestplate.
Ahab dieth.
Chap.xxij.
Ahaziah. lehoram.
t Heb. made
sicke.
t Hebr. as-
cended.
t Heb. bo-
some.
t Heb. came.
Chap. 21.
19.
2. Chron.
20. 31.
and cary me out of the hoste, for I am
t wounded.
35 And the battell t increased that
day : and the king was stayed vp in his
charet against the Syrians, and died at
euen : and the blood ranne out of the
wound, into the tmids of the charet.
36 And there went a proclamation
throughout the hoste, about the going
downe of the Sunne , saying , Euery
man to his citie, and euery man to his
owne countrey.
37 H So the King died, and twas
brought to Samaria, and they buried
the king in Samaria.
38 And one washed the charet in the
poole of Samaria, and the dogges lic-
ked vp his blood , and they washed his
armour , according * vnto the word of
the Lord which he spake.
39 Now the rest of the actes of A-
hab, and all that he did, and the luory
house which he made, and all the cities
that he built, are they not written in the
booke of the Chronicles of the Kings
of Israel ?
40 So Ahab slept with his fa-
thers , and Ahaziah his sonne reigned
in his stead.
41 H And *Iehoshaphat the sonne
of Asa began to reigne ouer ludah in
the fourth yeere of Ahab King of Is-
rael.
42 lehoshaphat was thirtie and fiue
yeeres olde when hee began to reigne,
and he reigned twentie and fiue yeeres
in lerusalem : and his mothers name
was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
43 And he walked in all the wayes
of Asa his father, hee turned not aside
from it, doing that which was right in
the eyes of the Lord : neuerthelesse.
jthe high places were not taken away
\for the people offered and burnt incense
yet in the high places.
44 And lehoshaphat made peace
with the king of Israel.
45 Now the rest of the actes of le-
hoshaphat , and his might that hee
shewed, and how he warred, are they
not written in the booke of the Chroni-
cles of the Kings of ludah .-"
46 And the remnant of the Sodo-
mites which remained in the dayes of
his father Asa, he tooke out of the land.
47 There was then no king in E-
dom : a deputie was king.
48 lehoshaphat ||made shippes of
Tharshish to goe to Ophir for golde :
but they went not, for the shippes were
broken at Ezion Geber.
49 Then said Ahaziah the sonne of
Ahab vnto lehoshaphat. Let my ser-
uants goe with thy seruants in the
ships : But lehoshaphat would not.
50 IT And lehoshaphat slept with
his fathers , and was buried with his
fathers in the citie of Dauid his father :
and lehoram his sonne reigned in his
stead.
51 IT Ahaziah the sonne of Ahab be-
gan to reigne ouer Israel in Samaria
the seuenteenth yeere of lehoshaphat
king of ludah, and reigned two yeres
ouer Israel.
52 And he did euill in the sight of the
Lord, and walked in the way of his
father , and in the way of his mother,
and in the way of leroboam the sonne
of Nebat, who made Israel to sinne.
53 For he serued Baal, and worship-
ped him , and prouoked to anger the
Lord God of Israel, according vn-
to all that his father had done.
IT
THE
3D2
Or, had
ten ships.
Ahaziah ficke.
I I.Kings.
Fire from lieauen.
" Chap. 3.
s.
It
THE SECOND BOOKE
of the Kings , commonly called, The
fourth Booke of the Kings.
CHAP. I.
Moab rebelleth. 2 Ahaziah, sending to Baal-
zebub, hath liis iudgement by Eliiah. 5 E-
liiah twise bringeth fire from heauen vpon
them whom Ahaziah sent to apprehend him.
13 He pitieth the third captaine, and incou-
raged by an Angel, telleth the King of his
death. 17 lehoram succeedeth Ahaziah.
(T^© Hen Moab rebel
led against Isra-
el ,*after th e death
of Ahab.
2 And Ahazi-
ah fel downe the-
row a lattesse in
his vpper cham
berthatwew in Sa-
maria, and was sicke : and he sent mes-
sengers, and said vnto them, Goe, en-
quire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron,
whether I shal recouer of this disease.
3 But the Angel of the Lord said
to Eliiah the Tishbite , Arise , goe vp
to meete the messengers of the king of
Samaria, and say vnto them. Is it not
because there is not a God in Israel,
that ye goe to enquire of Baalzebub the
god of Ekron ?
4 Now therefore, thus sayeth the
Lord, tThou shall not come downe
from that bed on which thou art gone
gonevpjkou'Yp but shalt surely die. And Eliiah de
sAaltnot I \ j •'
comedoume parted.
5 H And when the messengers tur
ned backe vnto him , he said vnto them.
Why are ye now turned backe .''
6 And they said vnto him , There
came a man vp to meet vs, and said vn-
to vs, Goe, turne againe vnto the king'
that sent you, and say vnto him. Thus!
saith the Lord, Is it not because there
is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest
to enquire of liaalzebub the god of E-j
kron.' therefore thou shalt not come
t Heb. the
bed, tehither
thou art
from it.
downe from that bedde on which thou
art gone vp, but shalt surely die.
7 And hee said vnto them, tWhat
maner of man zcas he which came vp to
meet you, and told you these words .''
8 And they answered him, He was
an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of
leather about his loynes : and he said,
It is Eliiah the Tishbite.
9 Then the King sent vnto him
captaine of fiftie, with his fiftie : and he
went vp to him, (and behold, he sate on
the top of an hill ) and hee spake vnto
him. Thou man of God, the king hath
said. Come downe.
10 And Eliiah answered, and said to
the captaine of fiftie , If I fe a man of
God , then let fire come downe from
heauen, and consume thee and thy fiftie,
And there came downe fire from hea-
uen, and consumed him and his fiftie.
11 Againe also hee sent vnto him an
other captaine of fiftie , with his fiftie :
And hee answered, and said vnto him,
O man of God , Thus hath the king
said. Come downe quickly.
12 And Eliiah answered, and saide
vnto them, I{ I be a, man of God , let
fire come downe from heauen, and con
sume thee, and thy fiftie. And the fire of
God came downe from heauen , and
consumed him, and his fiftie.
13 II And hee sent againe a captaine
of the third fiftie, with his fiftie : and the
third captaine of fiftie went vp, and
came and tfell on his knees before Eli
iah, and besought him, and saide vnto
him, oh man of God, I pray thee, let
my life, and the life of these fiftie thy ser
uants, be precious in thy sight.
14 Behold, there came fire downe
from heauen , and burnt vp the two
captaines of the former fifties , with
their fifties : Therefore let my life now
be precious in thy sight.
15 And
t Hcb. what
was the ma.
ner of the
manf
iHebr.
bowed.
Ahaziah dieth.
Cliap.ij.
Elijah taken vp.
15 And the Angel of the Lord
said vnto Elijah, Goe downe with him,
be not afraid of him. And he arose, and
went downe with him vnto the king.
16 And he said vnto liim, Thus saith
the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast
sent messengers to enquire of Baalze-
bub the god of Ekron (is it not because
there is no God in Israel, to enquire of
his word.'') therefore thou shalt not
come downe off that bed on wliich thou
art gone vp, but shalt surely die.
17 IT So he died, according to the
worde of the Lord which Eliiah
had spoken : and lehoram reigned in
his stead, in the second yeere of leho-
ram the Sonne of lehoshaphat king of
ludah, because he had no sonne.
18 Now the rest of the actes of Aha-
ziah, which hee did, are they not writ-
ten in the booke of the Chronicles of
the kings of Israel ?
CHAP. IL
lElijah, taking hisleaueofElisha, with his man-
tle diuideth lordan, 9 and granting Elisha
his request, is taken vp by a fierie charet into
heauen. 12 Elisha, diuiding lordan with E-
lijahs mantle, is acknowledged his successor.
16 The young prophets, hardly obtaining
leaue to seeke Elijah, could not finde him. 19
Elisha with salt, healeth the vn wholesome
waters. 23 Beares destroy the children
that mocked Elisha.
Nd it came to passe when
the Lord would take
vp Elijah into heauen
by a whirlewinde , that
Elijah went with Eli-
sha from Gilgal.
2 And Elijali said vnto Elisha, Ta-
rie here, I pray thee: for the Lord
hath sent me to Bethel : and Elisha said
vnto him, As the Lord liueth, and
as thy soule liueth, I wil not leaue thee
So they went downe to Bethel.
3 And the sonnes of the Prophets
that were at Bethel, came foorth to Eli
sha, and said vnto him, Knowest thou
that the Lord will take away
thy master from thy head to day .'' And
he said, Yea, I know it, hold you your
peace.
4 And Elijah said vnto him, Elisha,
tarie here, I pray thee : for the Lord
hath sent me to lericho : And hee said.
As the Lord liueth, and as thy soule
liueth, I will not leaue thee. So they
came to lericho.
5 And the sonnes of the Prophets
that were at lericho came to Elisha, and
said vnto him , Knowest thou that the
Lord will take away thy master
from thy head to day ? and hee answe-
red. Yea, I knowe it, holde you your
peace.
6 And Elijah said vnto him, Tarie,
I pray thee, here : for the Lord hath
sent me to lordan. And he said, As the
Lord liueth, and as thy soule liueth,
I will not leaue thee. And they two
went on.
7 And fiftie men of the sonnes of
the Prophets went, and stood tto view
afarre off: and they two stood by
lordan.
8 And Elijah tooke his mantle, and
wrapt it together, and smote the wa-
ters, and they were diuided hither and
thither, so that they two went ouer on
drie ground.
9 IT And it came to passe when they
were gone ouer, that Elijah said vnto
Elisha, Aske what I shall doe for thee,
before I be taken away from thee. And
Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double
portion of thy spirit be vpon me.
10 And hee said, tThou hast asked a
hard thing : neuerthelesse , if thou see me,
xohen lam taken from thee, it shall be so
vnto thee: but if not, it shall not be so.
11 And it came to passe as they still
went on and talked, that beholde, there
appeared a charet of fire, and horses of
fire, and parted them both asunder, and
*Elijah went vp by a whirlewind into
heauen.
12 H And Elisha saw it, and he cried,
*My father, my father, the charet of
Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And
he saw him no more : and he tooke hold
of his owne cloathes, and rent them in
two pieces.
13 He tooke vp also the mantle of E-
lijah that fell from him, and went back,
and stood by the tbanke of lordan.
14 And he tooke the mantle of Eli-
iah that fell from him, and smote the
waters, and said. Where is the Lord
God of Elijah ? and when hee also had
smitten the waters, they parted hither
and thither : and Elisha went ouer.
15 And when the sonnes of the Pro-
phets which icere *to view at lericho,
saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah
doth rest on Elisha : And they came to
meet him, and bowed themselues to the
ground before him.
16 ir And
\ Hebr. in
sight^ortmer
against.
t Hebr. thou
hast done
hard in as-
king.
* Ecclus. 48
9. 1. mac. 2.
58.
' Chap. 13.
t Hebr. lip.
• Verse 7.
Waters healed.
II.Ki
ngs.
lehoram King.
iHebr.
tonnes of
strength.
t Hebr. one
of the moun-
taines.
t Hebr. cau-
sing to mit-
cary.
16 IT And they said vnto him , Be-j
hold now, there bee with thy seruants
fiftie t strong men, let them goe, we pray j
thee, and seeke thy master : lest perad-
uenture the Spirit of the Loud hath
taken him vp, and cast him vpon tsome
mountaine, or into some valley. And he
said. Ye shall not send.
17 And when they vrged him, till he
was ashamed, he said. Send. They sent
therefore fiftie men , and they sought
three dayes, but found him not.
18 And when they came againe to
him (for he taried at Jericho) hee said
vnto them , Did I not say vnto you,
Goe not ?
19 H And the men of the city said vn-
to Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situ-
ation of this city is pleasant, as my lord
seeth : but the water is nought, and the
ground t barren.
20 And hee said , Bring mee a new
cruse, and put salt therein. And they
brought it to him.
21 And he went forth vnto the spring
of the waters, and cast the salt in there,
and said. Thus saith the Lord, I
haue healed these waters ; there shall
not be from thence any more death, or
barren land.
22 So the waters were healed vnto
this day , according to the saying of E
lisha, which he spake.
23 H And he went vp from thence
vnto Bethel : and as hee was going vp
by the way , there came foorth little chil-
dren out of the citie, and mocked him,
and said vnto him , Goe vp thou bald
head, Goe vp thou bald head.
24 And hee turned backe , and loo-
ked on them , and cursed them in the
Name of the Lord : and there came
foorth two shee Beares out of the
wood, and tare fortie and two children
of them.
25 And hee went from thence to
mount Carmel , and from thence he re-
turned to Samaria.
CHAP. III.
lehorams reigne. 4 Mesha rebelleth. 6 le-
horam, with lehoshaphat, and the king of
Edom, being distres.se<l for want of water, by
Elisha obtaineth water, and promise of vi-
ctory. 21 The Moabites deceiued by the
colour of the water, comming to spoile, are
ouercome. 26 The king of Moab, by sa-
crificing the king of Edoms Sonne, raiseth
the siege.
Ow lehoram the sonne
of Ahab began to reigne
ouer Israel in Samaria,
the eighteenth yere of le-
hoshaphat king of lu-
dah, and reigned twelue yeeres.
2 And he wrought euill in the sight
of the Lord, but not like his father
and like his mother ; for hee put away
the t image of Baal that his father had
made.
3 Neuerthelesse, hee cleaued vnto
the sinnes of leroboam the sonne of
Nebat, which made Israel to sinne ; he
departed not therefrom.
4 H And Mesha king of Moab was
a sheepe-master , and rendred vnto the
king of Israel an hundred thousand
lambes , and an hundred thousand
rammes, with the wooll.
5 But it came to passe when *Ahab
was dead , that the king of Moab re-
belled against the king of Israel.
6 H And king lehoram went out
of Samaria the same time , and num-
bred all Israel.
7 And he went , and sent to leho-
shaphat the King of ludah , saying,
The king of Moab hath rebelled a-
gainst mee : Wilt thou goe with mee a-
gainst Moab to battell .'' and he said, I
will goe vp : * I am as thou art , my
people as thy people , and my horses as
thy horses.
8 And he said, Which way shall we
goe vp ? And he answered , The way
through the wildernesse of Edom.
9 So the king of Israel went, and
the king of ludah , and the king of E-
dom : and they fetch t a compasse of seuen
dayes iourney : and there was no wa-
ter for the hoste, and for the cattell t that
followed them.
10 And the king of Israel said, Alas,
that the Lord hath called these three
kings together, to deliuer them into the
hand of Moab.
11 But lehoshaphat said. Is there
not here a Prophet of the Lord, that
we may enquire of the Lord by him ?
And one of the king of Israels ser
uants answered, and said, Here is Elisha
the Sonne of Shaphat , which powred
water on the hands of Eliiah.
12 And lehoshaphat saide, The
word of the Lord is with him. So
the king of Israel, & lehoshaphat, and
the king of Edom went downe to him.
13 And Elisha saide vnto the king of
Israel,
t Hebr.
statue.
Chap. 1.
l.King.
22. 4.
t Hehr. at
their feet.
The Moabites
Chap.xvj.
are ouercome,
iHeb.grieue
I
t Heh. were
cryed toge-
ther.
t Heb. gird
himselfe
with a gir-
die.
t Heb. de.
stroged.
Or, they
smote in it,
euen smi-
ting.
Israel, What haue I to doe with thee ?
Get thee to the prophets of thy fiither,
and to the prophets of thy mother. And
the king of Israel said vnto him, Nay:
for the IjOud hath called these three
kings together, to deliuer them into the
hand of Moab.
14 And Elisha said, As the Lord
of hostes liueth , before whom I stand.
Surely were it not that I regard the
presence of lehoshaphat the King of
ludah , I would not looke toward
thee, nor see thee.
15 But now bring me a minstrell.
And it came to passe when the minstrell
played, that the hand of the Lord
came vpon him.
16 And hee sayde , Thus sayth the
Lord, Make this valley full of dit-
ches.
17 For thus sayth the Lord, Yee
shall not see winde, neither shall ye see
raine, yet that valley shall be filled with
water, that ye may drinke, both ye, and
your cattell, and your beasts.
18 And this is but a light thing in
the sight of the Lord, he will deli-
uer the Moabites also into your hand.
19 And ye shall smite euery fenced ci-
tie, and euery choice citie, and shall fell
euery good tree, and stop all welles of
water, and tmarre euery good piece of
land with stones.
20 And it came to passe in the mor-
ning when the meate offering was of-
fered, that behold, there came water by
the way of Edom , and the countrey
was filled with water.
21 1i And when all the Moabites
heard that the kings were come vp to
fight against them , they t gathered all
that were able to tput on armour, and
vpward, and stood in the border.
"^ And they rose vp early in the
morning, and the Sunne shone vpon
the water, and the Moabites sawe the
water on the other side as red as blood.
23 And they said. This is blood : the
kings are surely tslaine, aud they haue
smitten one another : now therefore,
Moab, to the spoile.
24 And when they came to the campe
of Israel , the Israelites rose vp and
smote the Moabites , so that they fledde
before them: but ||they went forward
smiting the Moabites , euen in their
countrey.
25 And they beat downe the cities,
and on euery good piece of land cast
euery man his stone, and filled it, and
they stopped all the welles of water,
and felled all the good trees : tonely in|t Heb. mum
Kirharaseth left they the stones there-!ito»2s afre-
et : howbeit the slingers went about it, ^i'^i'^'
and smote it.
26 f And when the king of Moab
sawe that the battell was too sore for
him, he tooke with him seuen hundred
men that drewe swordes, to breake tho-
row euen vnto the king of Edom : but
they could not.
27 Then hee tooke his eldest sonne
that should haue reigned in his stead ,
and offered him for a burnt offering vp-
on the wall : and there was great in-
dignation against Israel, and they de-
parted from him, and returned to their
owne land.
CHAP. IIIL
1 Elisha multiplieth the widowes oyle. 8 Hee
giueth a sonne to the good Shunammite.
18 Hee raiseth againe her dead sonne. 38
At Gilgal hee healeth the deadly pottage.
42 Hee satisfieth an hundred men with
twentie loaues.
Ow there cryed a certaine
woman of the wiues of
the sonnes of the Prophets
vnto Elisha, saying, Thy
seruant my husband is
dead , and thou knowest that thy ser-
uant did feare the Lord: and the
creditour is come to take vnto him my
two sonnes to be bondmen.
2 And Elisha said vnto her. What
shall I doe for thee .'' Tell mee, what
hast thou in the house ? And shee sayd.
Thine handmaid Iiath not any thing in
the house, saue a pot of oyle.
3 Then hee said, Goe, borrow thee
vessels abroad , of all thy neighbours ;
euen emptie vessels, || borrow not a few.
4 And when thou art come in, thou
shalt shut the doore vpon thee, and vp-
on thy sonnes, and shalt powre out into
all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside
that which is full.
5 So shee went from him, and shut
the doore vpon her, & vpon her sonnes :
who brought the vessels to her, and shee
powred out.
6 And it came to passe , when the
vessels were full, that shee said vnto her
sonne. Bring me yet a vessell. And hee
said vnto her, There is not a vessel more.
And the oyle stayed.
7 Then
Or, scant
not.
Elillia, and
Il.Kinos.
the Shiinammite.
lOr,ere<K-
lour.
i Heb. there
wot a day.
t Heb. laid
hold on him.
* Gen. 18.
10.
iHeb.tet
time.
7 Then she came, and told the man
of God : and he said, Goe, sell the oyle,
and pay thy || deljt, and Hue thou and thy
children of the rest.
8 % Aud tit fell on a day, that Eli-
sha passed to Shunem , where was a
great woman; and shee t constrained
him to eate bread : And so it was, that
as oft as he passed by , hee turned in thi-
ther to eate bread.
9 And shee said vnto her husband,
Behold now, I perceiue that this is an
holy man of God , zohich passeth by vs
continually.
10 Let vs make a litle chamber , I
Eray thee, on the wall, and let vs set for
im there a bed , and a table , and a
stoole, and a candlesticke : and it shall be
when he commeth to vs , that hee shall
turne in thither.
11 And it fell on a day that hee came
thither, and hee turned into the cham-
ber, and lay there.
12 And he said to Gehazi his seruant.
Call this Shunammite. And when hee
had called her, she stood before him.
13 And he said vnto him, Say, now
vnto her, Behold, thou hast beene care-
full for vs with all this care ; What is to
be done for thee.'' Wouldest thou be spo-
ken for to the king, or to the captaine of
the hoste.? And she answered, I dwell
among mine owne people.
14 And he said. What then is to bee
done for her.-* And Gehazi answered,
Verily she hath no child , and her hus-
band is old.
15 And he said. Call her. And when
he had called her, she stood in the doore.
16 And he said, * About this tseason,
according to the time of life, thou shalt
imbrace a sonne. And she said. Nay my
lord, thou man of God, doe not lie vnto
thine handmaid.
17 And the woman conceiued, and
bare a sonne at that season, that Elisha
had said vnto her, according to the time
of life.
18 % And when the child was grow-
en, it fell on a day that hee went out to
his father, to the reapers.
19 And he said vnto his father. My
head, my head : and he said to a ladde,
Carie him to his mother.
20 And when he had taken him, and
brought him to his mother, hee sate on
her knees till noone, and tfien died.
21 And she went vp, and laid him on
the bed of the man of God, and shut the
doore vpon him, and went out.
22 And she called vnto her husband,
and said , Send me, I pray thee, one of
the yong men, and one of the asses, that
I may runne to the man of God , and
come againe.
23 And he said. Wherefore wilt thou
goe to him to day ? it is neither newe
moone nor Sabbath. And shee said , It
shalbe twell.
24 Then she sadled an asse, and said
to her seruant, Driue, and goe forward :
tslacke not thy riding for mee , except I
bid thee.
25 So she went , and came vnto the
man of God to mount Carmel : and it
came to passe when the man of God
saw her afarre off, that hee said to Ge
hazi his seruant, Tie\\o\A, yonder is that
Shunammite :
26 Runne now, I pray thee, to meet
her, and say vnto her, Is it wel with thee.''
is it wel with thy husband ? is it wel with
the child ? And she answered. It is well.
27 And when shee came to the man
of God to the hill, shee caught thim by
the feet : but Gehazi came neere to thrust
her away. And the man of God saide,
Let her alone , for her soule is t vexed
within her: and the Lord hath hid
it from me, and hath not told me.
28 Then shee said , Did I desire a
Sonne of my Lord.'' did I not say
Doe not deceiue me .''
29 Then he said to Gehazi, Gird vp
thy loines, and take my staffe in thine
hand, and goe thy way : if thou meete
any man, salute him not : and if any sa-
lute thee, answere him not againe : and
lay my staffe vpon the face of the childe.
30 And the mother of the childe said
As the Lord liueth, and as thy soule
liueth, I will not leaue thee. And he a-
rose, and followed her.
31 And Gehazi passed on before them,
and laid the staffe vpon the face of the
child, but there teas neither voyce, nor
thearing : wherefore he went againe to
meete him, and tolde him, saying. The
child is not awaked.
32 And when Elisha was come into
the house, behold, the child was dead,
and laid vpon his bed.
33 He went in therefore, and shut the
doore vpon them twaine, and prayed
vnto the Loud.
34 And he went vp , and lay vpon
the child, and put his mouth vpon his
mouth, and his eyes vpon his eyes, and
his
\ Heb. peace.
t Heb. re-
atraine not
for me to
ride.
t Heb. by his
feete.
t Heb. bitter
t Heb. atten-
tion.
The dead raifed.
Chap.v.
Naaman leprous.
t Heh. onee
hither, and
once thither.
t Hebr. euU
thing.
I Or, in his
scrip,orgar-
ment.
•lohne.
U.
his hands vpon his hands, and he stret-
ched himselfe vpon the child, and the
flesh of the child waxed warme.
35 Then he returned, and walked in
the house tto and fro, and went vp, and
stretched himselfe vpon him : and the
child neesed seuen times, andthe child o-
pened his eyes.
36 And hee called Gehazi, and said.
Call this Shunammite. So hee called
her : and when shee was come in vnto
him, he said, Take vp thy sonne.
37 Then she went in, and fell at his
feet, and bowed her selfe to the ground,
and tooke vp her sonne, and went out.
38 IT And Elisha came againe to Gil-
gal, and there was a dearth in the land,
and the sonnes of the Prophets were sit-
ting before him : and hee said vnto his
seruant, Set on the great pot, and seethe
pottage for the sonnes of the Prophets
39 And one went out into the field to
gather herbes, and found a wild vine,
and gathered thereof wilde gourds
his lap full , and came and shred them
into the pot of pottage : for they knew
them not.
40 So they powred out for the men
to eat: and it came to passe as they were
eating of the pottage , that they cried
out, and said, O thou man of God, there
is death in the pot. And they could not
eate thereof.
41 But he said , Then bring meale
And he cast it into the pot : And he said,
Powre out for the people , that they
may eat. And there was no tharme in
the pot.
42 IT And there came a man from
Baal-Shalisha , and brought the man
of God bread of the first fruits, twentie
loaues of barley, and full eares of come
t in the huske thereof: and he said, Giue
vnto the people, that they may eate.
43 And his seruitour saide. What
should I set this before an hundred
men.'' He said againe, Giue the people,
that they may eate : for thus saith the
Lord, *They shall eate, and shall
leaue thereof.
44 So he set it before them, and they
did eate, and left thereof, according to the
word of the Lord.
CHAP. V.
1 Naaman , by the report of a captiue may d, is
sent to Samaria to be cured of his leprosie. 8
Elishaj sending him to lordan, cureth him.
IS He refusing Naamans gifts, granteth
him some of the earth. 20 Gehazi , abu-
sing his masters name vnto Naaman, is smit-
ten with leprosie.
Ow Naaman captaine of
the host of the king of Sy-
ria , was a great man
t with his master, and ||ho-
nourable, because by him
the Lord had giuen ||deliuerance vn
to Syria : He was also a mighty man in
valour, hut he was a leper.
2 And the Syrians had gone out
by companies, and had brought away
captiue out of the land of Israel a litle
maid, & she t waited on Naamans wife
3 And shee saide vnto her mistressC;
Would God my lord were twith the
Prophet that is in Samaria , for hee
would trecouer him of his leprosie.
4 And one went in, and tolde his
lord, saying, Thus and thus said the
mayd that is of the land of Israel.
5 And the king of Syria said , Goe
to, Goe, and I will send a letter vnto
the king of Israel. And hee departed,
and tooke twith him ten talents of sil-
uer,and sixe thousand jiiece* of gold, and
ten changes of raiment.
6 And hee brought the letter to the
king of Israel, saying. Now when this
letter is come vnto thee, behold, I haue
therewith sent Naaman my seruant to
thee, that thou mayest recouer him of
his leprosie.
7 And it came to passe when the
king of Israel had read the letter, that
he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God,
to kill and to make aliue, that this man
doeth send vnto me, to recouer a man of
his leprosie? Wherefore consider, I pray
you, and see how he seeketh a quarrell
against me.
8 H And it was so when Elisha the
man of God had heard, that the king of
Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent
to the king, saying. Wherefore hast thou
rent thy clothes.'' Let him come now to
mee , and he shall know that there is a
Prophet in Israel.
9 So Naaman came with his hor-
ses, and with his charet , and stood at
the doore of the house of Elisha.
10 And Elisha sent a messenger vnto
him, saying, Goe and wash in lordane
seuen times, and thy flesh shall come a-
gaine to thee, and thou shalt be cleane.
11 But Naaman was wroth, and
went away , and saide , Beholde, 1 1
thought. He will surely come out to me
3E and
t Hebr. be-
fore.
I Or, graci-
ous. Hebr.
lifted vp, or
accepted in
countenance.
I Or, victory.
t Hebr. was
before.
t Hebr. be-
fore.
t Hebr. ga-
ther in.
+ Hebr. in
his hand.
t Hebr. said.
Or, I said
with mu
/e,HewiU
siirelv come
out (fc.
Naanian clenfed.
II.Ki
ngs.
Gehazi leprous.
\Hebr.
moouevp
anddotene.
I Or, A.
* Luke 4.
«7.
t Hebr. a
litle piece qf
grwind.
t Hebr. U
and stand , and call on the Name of the
Lord his God, tand strike his hand
ouer the place, and recouer the leper.
12 Are not ||Abana and Pharpar, ri-
uers of Damascus, better then all the
waters of Israel? May I not wash in
them, and be cleane ? So he turned, and
went away in a rage.
13 And his seruants came neere and
spake vnto him, and said. My father, If
the Prophet had bid thee do some great
thing, wouldest thou not haue done it ?
How much rather then, when hee saith
to thee, Wash and be cleane .''
14 Then went he downe , and dip-
ped himselfe seuen times in Jordan , ac-
cording to the saying of the man of God:
and his flesh came againe like vnto the
flesh of a litle childe,and *he was cleane.
15 H And he returned to the man of
God, he and all his company, and came,
and stood before him : and he said. Be
hold, now I know that there is no God
in all the earth , but in Israel : now
therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of
thy seruant.
16 But he said, As the Lord H
ueth, before whom I stand, I will re
ceiue none : And hee vrged him to take
it, but he refused.
17 And Naaman said , Shall there
not then, I pray thee , be giuen to thy
seruant two mules burden of earth .'
for thy seruant wil henceforth offer nei-
ther burnt offering , nor sacrifice vnto
other gods, but vnto the Lord.
18 In this thing the Lord par-
don thy seruant , that when my master
goeth into the house of Rimmon to
worship there , and hee leaneth on my
hand , and I bow my selfe in the house
of Rimmon : when I bow downe my
selfe in the house of Rimmon , the
Lord pardon thy seruant in this
thing.
19 And he said vnto him, Go in peace.
So he departed from him, ta litle way.
20 H But Gehazi the seruant of E-
lisha the man of God, said. Behold, my
master hath spared Naaman this Sy-
rian, in not receiuing at his hands that
which hee brought : but as the Lord
liueth, I wil runne after him, and take
somewhat of him.
21 So Gehazi followed after Naa-
man : and when Naaman saw him
running after him, hee lighted downe
from the charet to meet him, and said
(bat peace f t/i all well.?
And he said. All is well : my ma-
ster hath sent me, saying. Behold, euen
now there be come to mee from mount
Ephraim two yong men, of the sonnes
of the Prophets : Giue them , I pray
thee, a talent of siluer, and two changes
of garments.
23 And Naaman said. Bee content,
take two talents : and hee vrged him,
and bound two talents of siluer in two
bags, with two changes of garments,
and layde them vpon two of his ser-
uants, and they bare them before him.
24 And when he came to the ||towre,
he tooke them from their hand, and be-
stowed them in the house, and hee let the
men goe, and they departed.
25 But he went in, and stood before
his master : and Elisha said vnto him,
Whence commest thou, Gehsizi? Andhee
said. Thy seruant went tno whither
26 And he said vnto him , Went not
mine heart with thee, when the man tur-
ned againe from his charet to meete
thee? /* it a time to receiue money, and
to receiue garments , and Oliue yards,
and Vineyards , and sheepe, and oxen,
and men seruants, and mayd seruants ?
27 The leprosie therefore of Naa-
man shall cleaue vnto thee , and vnto
thy seede for euer : And hee went out
from his presence a leper as white as
snow.
CHAP. VL
1 Elisha giuing leaue to the yong Prophets to
inlarge their dwellings, causeth yron toswim
8 Hee discloseth the king of Syria his coun-
sel]. 13 The armie which was sent to Do-
than to apprehend Elisha, is smitten with
blindnesse: 19 Being brought into Sama-
ria, they are dismissed in peace. 24 The fa-
mine in Samaria, causeth women to eate
their owne children. 30 The king sendeth
to slay Elisha.
Nd the sonnes of the Pro-
phets saide vnto Elisha,
Beholde now , the place
where wee dwell with
thee, is too strait for vs :
2 Let vs goe, wee pray thee, vnto
lordane, and take thence euery man a
beame, and let vs make vs a place there
where we may dwell. And hee answe-
red, Goe ye.
3 And one said , Be content, I pray
thee, and goe with thy seruants. And he
answered, I will goe.
4 So hee went with them : and
when
I Or, secrel
place.
f Hebr. Not
hither or
thither.
Iron swimmeth.
Chap.vj.
A great famine.
t Heb. yron.
I Or, encam-
ping.
t Heb. No.
t Het. hea-
uie.
I Or, mini-
ster.
' 2. Chron.
32. 7.
when they came to lordane , they cut
downe wood.
5 But as one was felling a beame,
the taxe head fell into the water : and
hee cryed, and sayd, Alas master, for it
was borrowed.
6 And the man of God said, Where
fell it ? and hee shewed him the place :
and he cut downe a sticke, and cast it in
thither, and the yron did swimme.
7 Therefore said he, Take it vp to
thee : And hee put out his hand, and
tooke it.
8 IT Then the king of Syria war-
red against Israel , and tooke counsell
with his seruants, saying. In such and
such a place shall be my ||campe.
9 And the man of God sent vnto the
king of Israel, saying. Beware that
thou passe not such a place; for thither
the Syrians are come downe.
1 0 And the king of Israel sent to the
place which the man of God tolde him,
and warned him of, and saued himselfe
there, not once nor twise.
11 Therefore the heart of the king of
Syria was sore troubled for this thing,
and he called his seruants , and said vn
to them, Will ye not shewe me which of
vs is for the king of Israel .''
12 And one of his seruants sayde,
tNone, my lord O king ; but Elisha the
Prophet, that is in Israel, telleth the
king of Israel , the wordes that thou
speakest in thy bed-chamber.
13 IF And he said, Goe and spie where
he is, that I may send and fetch him.
And it was tolde him, saying, Behold,
he is in Dothan.
14 Therefore sent he thither horses,
and charets, and a + great hoste: and
they came by night, and compassed the
citie about.
15 And when the ||seruant of the man
of God was risen early and gone forth,
behold, an host compassed the citie, both
with horses and charets : and his ser-
uant said vnto him , Alas my master,
how shall we doe ?
16 And he answered, Feare not : for
they that be with vs, are moe then they
that be with them.
17 And Elisha prayed , and sayde,
Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes
that he may see. And the Lord ope-
ned the eyes of the young man, and hee
saw : and behold, the mountaine was full
of horses , and charets of fire round a-
bout Elisha.
18 And when they came downe to
him, Elisha prayed vnto the Lord,
and said , Smite this people , I pray
thee, with blindnesse. And hee smote
them with blindnesse, according to the
word of Elisha.
19 % And Elisha saide vnto them.
This is not the way , neither is this the
citie : t follow me, and I will bring you
to the man whom ye seeke. But hee led
them to Samaria.
20 And it came to passe when they
were come into Samaria, that Elisha
said, Lord, open the eyes of these
men , that they may see. And the
Lord opened their eyes , and they
saw, and beholde, they were in the raids
of Samaria.
21 And the king of Israel saide vnto
Elisha, when he saw them. My father,
shall I smite them? shall I smite them?
22 And he answered. Thou shalt not
smite them : wouldest thou smite those
whom thou hast taken captiue with
thy sword, and with thy bow ? set bread
and water before them, that they may
eate, and drinke, and go to their master.
23 And hee prepared great prouision
for them, and when they had eaten and
drunke, hee sent them away, and they
went to their master: so the bands of
Syria came no more into the lande of
Israel.
24 IT And it came to passe after this,
that Benhadad king of Syria gathe-
red all his hoste, and went vp, and besie-
ged Samaria.
25 And there was a great famine in
Samaria : and behold, they besieged it,
vntill an asses head was solde for foure-
scoxe pieces of siluer, and the fourth part
of a kab of doues doungfor (me pieces of
siluer.
26 And as the king of Israel was
passing by vpon the wall, there cried a
woman vnto him , saying, Helpe, my
lord, O king.
27 And he said, ||If the Lord do
not helpe thee , whence shall I helpe
thee ? out of the barne floore, or out of
the wine presse .?
28 And the king said vnto her. What
aileth thee ? And shee answered , This
woman said vnto me, Giue thy sonne,
that we may eate him to day, and wee
will eate my sonne to morrow.
29 So *we boy led my sonne, and did
eate him : and I saide vnto her on the
t next day, Giue thy sonne, that we may
3 E 2 eate
t Heb. come
ye after me.
i Or, Let not
the Lord
sane thee.
• Deut. 28.
53.
i Heb. other.
Plenty foretold.
UK
ings.
The Syrians flee.
t Heh. a
Lard which
belonged to
\ the King,
..«,' Ktx ^ ,
y Uamngvpon
tat hand.
eate him : and she hath hid her sonne.
30 H And it came to passe when the
king heard the words of the woman,
that he rent liis clothes , and hee passed
by vpon the wall , and the people loo-
ked, and behold, hee had sackcloth with-
in, vpon his flesh.
31 Then he said, God doe so, and more
also to mee , if the head of Elisha the
Sonne of Shaphat , shall stand on him
this day.
32 But Elisha sate in his house (and
the elders sate with him) and the king
sent a man from before him : but y er the
messenger came to him, hee said to the
Elders, See yee how this sonne of a
murderer hath sent to take away
mine head? Lookewhen the messenger
commeth, shut the doore, and hold him
fast at the doore : Is not the sound of
his masters feete behind him .-'
33 And while hee yet talked with
them , beholde , the messenger came
downc vnto him : and he said. Behold,
this euill is of the Lord, what should
I waite for the Lord any longer?
CHAP. VII.
I Elisha prophecieth incredible plenty in Sa-
maria. 3 Foure Lepers venturing on the
host of the Syrians , bring tydings of their
flight. 22 Tne king finding by spies the
newes to be true, spoileth the tents of the Sy-
rians. 17 The Lord, who would not beleeue
the prophecy of plenty, hauing the charge
of the gate, is trotlen to death in thepresse.
HenElishasaid,Heareyee
the word of the Lord,
Thus saith the Lord
To morrowe about this
time shal a measure of fine
flower he sold for a shekell, and two mea
sures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of
Samaria.
2 Then ta lord on whose hand the
king leaned, answered the man of God,
and said. Behold, j/' the Lord would
make windowes in heauen, might this
thing bee? and he saide. Behold, thou
shalt see it with thine eies, but shalt not
eate thereof.
3 f And there were foure leprou
men at the entring in of the gate : and
they saide one to another. Why sit wee
here vntill we die ?
4 If we say. We will enter into the
citie, then the famine win the citie, and
wee shall die there : and if we sit still
here, we die also. Now therefore come.
and let vs fall vnto the host of the Syri-
ans : if they saue vs aliue, we shall liue;
and if they kill vs, we shall but die.
5 And they rose vp in the twilight,
to goe vnto the campe of the Syrians :
and when they were come to the vtter-
most part of the campe of Syria, be-
hold, there was no man there.
6 For the Loud had made the host
of the Syrians to heare a noise of cha-
rets, and a noise of horses, euen the noise
of a great host : and they said one to an-
other, Loe, the king of Israel hath hi-
red against vs the kings of the Hittites,
and the kings of the Egyptians, to come
vpon vs.
7 Wherefore they arose and fled in
the twilight, and left their tents, and
their horses, and their asses, euen the
campe as it was, and fled for their life.
8 And when these lepers came to
the vttermost part of the campe, they
went into one tent, and did eate, and
drinke, and carried thence siluer, and
gold, and raiment, and went and hid it,
and came againe , and entred into ano-
ther tent, and carried thence also, and
went and hid it.
9 Then they said one to another.
We doe not well : this day is a day of
good tydings, and we hold our peace : if
we tarie till the morning light, tsome
mischiefe will come vpon vs : nowe
therefore come, that we may goe, and
tell the kings houshold.
10 So they came, and called vnto the
porter of the citie : and they told them,
saying; We came to the campe of the
Syrians, and behold, tliere was no man
there, neither voice of man, but horses
tyed, and asses tyed, and the tents as
they were.
11 And hee called the porters, and
they told it to the kings house within.
12 H And the king arose in the night,
and said vnto his seruants, I will now
shew you what the Syrians haue done
to vs : They know that we be hungrie,
therefore are they gone out of the camp,
to hide themselues in the field, saying;
When they come out of the citie, we shal
catch them aliue, and get into the citie.
13 And one of his seruants answe-
red, and said. Let some take, I pray
thee, fiue of the horses that remaine,
which arelefttinthecitie: (behold, they
are as all the multitude of Israel that
are left in it : behold , I say, they are
euen as all the multitude of the Israe-
lites
t Heb. we
shallfindpit-
nishment.
t Heb. in it.
I
Plenty in Samaria.
Ch
a
p.vuj.
Benhadad ficke.
Chap.
4 3i.
lites that are consumed) and let vs send,
and see.
14 They tooke therefore two charet
horses, and the king sent after the hoste
of the Syrians, saying, Goe, and see.
15 And they went after them vnto
lordane, and loe, all the way was full
of garments , and vessels , which the
Syrians had cast away in their haste :
and the messengers returned, and told
the king.
16 And the people went out, and spoi-
led the tents of the Syrians : So a mea-
sure of fine flowre was sold for a shekell,
and two measures of barley for a shekel,
according to the word of the Lord.
17 H And the king appointed the
lord on whose hand he leaned, to haue
the charge of the gate : and the people
trode vpon him in the gate, and he died,
as the man of God had said, who spake
when the king came downe to him.
18 And it came to passe, as the man
of God had spoken to the king, saying,
Two measures of barley for a shekel,
and a measure of fine flowre for a she-
kel, shalbe to morrow about this time,
in the gate of Samaria :
19 And that lord answered the man
of God , and said, Now behold, if the
Loud should make windowes in
heauen, might such a thing be .'' And he
said. Behold, thou shalt see it with thine
eyes, but shalt not eate thereof
20 And so it fell out vnto him : for the
people trode vpon him in the gate , and
he died.
CHAP. VIII.
The Shunammite, hauing left her coun-
trey seuen yeeres, to auoide the forewarned
famine, for Elishas miracle sake.hath her land
restored by the king. 7 Hazael being sent
with a present by Benhadad to Elisha at Da-
mascus, after he had heard the prophesie, kil-
leth his master, and succeedeth him. 16 le-
horaras wicked reigne in ludah. 20 Edom
and Libnah reuolt. 23 Ahaziah succeedeth
lehoram. 25 Ahaziahs wicked reigne. 28 He
visiteth lehoram wounded, at lezreel.
Hen spake Elisha vnto the
woman (* whose sonne he
had restored to life) saying.
Arise, and goe thou and
thine housholde , and so-
iourne whersoeuer thou canst soiourne :
for the Lord hath called for a famin,
and it shall also come vpon the land se-
uen yeeres.
2 And the woman arose , and did
after the saying of the man of God : and
she went with her housholde, and sO'
iourned in the land of the Philistines
seuen yeeres.
3 And it came to passe at the seuen
yeeres ende, that the woman returned
out of the land of the Philistines : and
she went foorth to crie vnto the king for
her house, and for her land.
4 And the king talked with Gehazi
the seruant of the man of God, saying.
Tell mee , I pray thee , all tlie great
things that Elisha hath done.
5 And it came to passe as he was tel-
ling the King how hee had restored a
dead body to life , that behold , the wo-
man whose Sonne he had restored to life,
cryed to the King for her house and for
her land. And Gehazi said. My lord O
king, this is the woman, and this is her
Sonne, whom Elisha restored to life.
6 And when the king asked the wo-
man, shee tolde him. So the King ap-
pointed vnto her a certaine ||oflicer, say-
ing, Restore all that was hers , and all
the fruites of the field, since the day that
she left the land, euen till now.
7 IT And Elisha came to Damas-
cus, and Benhadad the king of Syria
was sicke, and it was tolde him, saying.
The man of God is come hither.
8 And the king said vnto Hazael,
Take a present in thine hand, and goe
meete the man of God, and enquire of
the Lord by him, saying. Shall I
recouer of this disease ?
9 So Hazael went to meete him,
and tooke a present twith him, euen of
euery good thing of Damascus, fourtie
camels burden, and came, and stood be-
fore him, and said , Thy sonne Benha-
dad king of Syria hath sent me to thee,
saying, Shall I recouer of this disease.''
10 And Elisha said vnto him , Goe,
say vnto him , Thou mayest ccrteinly
recouer: howbeit , the Lord hath
shewed me, that he shall surely die.
11 And hee setled his countenance
tstedfastly, vntill he was ashamed : and
the man of God wept.
1 2 And Hazael said , Why weepeth
my lord .'' And he answered, Because I
know the euill that thou wilt doe vnto
the children of Israel : their strong
holds wilt thou set on fire , and their
young men wilt thou slay with the
sword, and wilt dash their children, and
rip vp their women with childe.
13 And
I Or, Eu.
niicfi.
t Heb, in his
hand.
t Heh. and
set it.
Hazael is king.
1 1. Kings.
Ahaziah wicked.
• a. Cliron.
13 And Hazael said, But what, is thy
seruant a dogge, that he should doe this
great thing? And Elisha answered, The
Lord hath shewed mee that thou
shall be king ouer Syria.
14 So he departed from Elisha, and
came to his master, who saide to him
What said Elisha to thee ? and hee an-
swered. He told me that thou shouldst
surely recouer.
15 And it came to passe on the mor-
row, that he tooke a thicke cloth, and
dipt it in water, and spread it on his face,
so that he died , and Hazael reigned in
his stead.
16 If And in the fifth yeere of loram
the Sonne of Ahab king of Israel, le-
hoshaphat being- then king of ludah,
♦lehoram the sonne of lehoshaphat
ikebr.reig- king of ludah t began to reigne.
ned.
i " a. Sam, 7.
13.
itHeAr.
[candle, or
lampe.
•«. Chron.
aa. 1.
17 Thirtie and two yeeres old
he when he began to reigne, and hee
reigned eight yeeres in Jerusalem
18 And he walked in the way of the
kings of Israel, as did the house of A-
hab : for the daughter of Ahab was his
wife, and hee did euill in the sight of the
Lord.
19 Yet the Lord would not de-
stroy ludah , for Dauid his seruants
sake, *as hee promised to giue to him al
way a flight, and to his children.
20 H In his dayes Edom reuolted
from vnder the hand of ludah , and
made a king ouer themselues.
21 So loram went ouer to Zair,
and all the charets with him , and hee
rose by night, and smote the Edomites,
which compassed him about : and the
captaines of the charets, and the people
fled into their tents.
22 Yet Edom reuolted from vnder
the hand of ludah vnto this day.
Then Libnah reuolted at the same
time.
23 And the rest of the actes of lo-
ram, and all that hee did, are they not
written in the booke of the Chronicles
of the kings of ludah .'
24 And loram slept with his fa-
thers, and was buried with his fathers
in the citie of Dauid : And* Ahaziah his
Sonne reigned in his stead.
25 IT In the twelfth yeere of lo-
ram the Sonne of Ahab, king of Israel,
did Ahaziah , the sonne of lehoram
king of ludah, begin to reigne.
26 Two and twentie yeeres old was
Ahaziah when he began to reigne, and
he reigned one yeere in lerusalem, and
his mothers name was Athaliah the
daughter of Omri king of Israel.
27 And he walked in the way of the
house of Ahab, and did euill in the sight
of the Lord, as did the house of A
hab : for hee was the sonne in law of the
house of Ahab.
28 f And he went with loram the
Sonne of Ahab, to the warre against Ha
zael king of Syria in Ramoth Gilead,
and the Syrians wounded loram.
29 And king loram went backe to
be healed in lezreel, of the woundes
t which the Syrians thad giuen him at
Ramah , when hee fought against Ha-
zael king of Syria : And Ahaziah the
son of lehoram king of ludah, went
downe to see loram the sonne of Ahab
in lezreel, because he was sicke.
\ Hebr.
wherewith
the Syrians
had tooun-
ded.
1 Hebr.
wounded.
CHAP. IX.
Eli sha sendeth a y ong Prophet with instructi
ons to annoint lehu at Ramoth Gilead. 4
The I'rophet hauing done his message, flieth.
1 1 lehu being made king by the souldiers,
killeth loram in the field of Naboth. 27 A-
haziah is slaine at Gur, and buried at Jerusa-
lem. 30 Proud lezebel is throwen downe
out of a window, and eaten by dogs.
Nd Elisha the Prophet
called one of the children
of the Prophets , and said
vnto him , Gird vp thy
loines , and take this boxe
of oile in thine hand , and goe to Ra-
moth Gilead.
2 And when thou commest thither,
looke out there lehu the sonne of le-
hoshaphat, the sonne of Nimshi, and
goe in, and make him arise vp from a-
mong his brethren, and carie him to an
tinner chamber.
3 Then * take the boxe of oile , and
powre it on his head , and say , Thus
saith the Lord, I haue anointed
thee king ouer Israel : then open the
doore, and flee, and tary not.
4 IT So the yong man, euen the yong
man the Prophet, went to Ramoth
Gilead :
5 And when hee came, behold, the
captaines of the host were sitting ; and
hee said, I haue an errand to thee, O
captaine : And lehu said, Vnto which
of all vs ? And he said, To thee, O cap-
taine.
6 And hee arose, and went into the
house.
t Heh. cham-
ber in a
chamber.
I. King.
19. 16.
lehu annoynted.
Chap.ix.
lehoram flaine.
• 1. Kings
21. 15.
* 1. Kings
14. 10. and
21. 21.
• 1. Kings
14. lu. and
21. 22.
• I. Kings
16.3.
i Heb. reig-
neth.
" Cha. 8. 29
t Heb. leho-
ram.
t Heb. smote
t Heb. let no
escaper goe,
house, and hee powred the oyle on his
head, and said vnto him , Thus sayth
the Lord God of Israel, I haue
anoynted thee king ouer the people of
the Loud, etien ouer Israel.
7 And thou shalt smite the house of
Ahab thy master , that I may auenge
the blood of my seruants the Prophets,
and the blood of all the seruants of the
Lord, *at the hand of lezebel.
8 For the whole house of Ahab shal
Eerish, and *I will cut off from Ahab,
im that pisseth against the wall , and
him that is shut vp and left in Israel.
9 And I will make the house of A-
hab , like the house of * leroboam the
Sonne of Nebat , and like the house of
*Baasha the sonne of Ahiiah.
10 And the dogges shal eate lezebel
in the portion of lezreel, and there shal
be none to burie her. And he opened the
doore, and fled.
11 H Then lehu came foorth to the
seruants of his lord , and one said vnto
him, Is all well ? wherefore came this
madde fellow to thee ? And he said vn-
to them , Yee know the man , and his
communication.
12 And they said. It is false , tell vs
now : And hee sayde , Thus and thus
spake he to me, saying. Thus saith the
Lord, I haue anoynted thee King
ouer Israel.
13 Then they hasted, and tooke eue-
ry man his garment, and put it vnder
him on the top of the staires, and blewe
with trumpets, saying, lehu tis king.
14 So lehu the sonne of lehosha-
phat, the sonne of Nimshi, conspired a-
gainst loram : (now loram had kept
Ramoth Gilead, hee, and all Israel, be-
cause of Hazael king of Syria :
15 But * king t loram was retur-
ned to bee healed in lezreel , of the
wounds which the Syrians had t gi-
uen him, when he fought with Hazael
king of Syria.) And lehu said, If it
be your minds, then tlet none goe forth
norescATpe out of the citie, to goe to tell it
in lezreel.
16 So lehu rode in a charet , and
went to lezreel, (for loram lay there:)
and Ahaziah king of ludah was come
downe to see loram.
17 And there stood a watchman on
the towre in lezreel, and hee spied the
company of lehu as he came, and said,
I see a companie. And loram sayd.
Take an horseman, and send to meete
them, and let him say, Is it peace .-'
18 So there went one on horsebacke
to meete him, and said. Thus sayth the
king. Is it peace ? And lehu said, What
hast thou to doe with peace .'' tume thee
behinde me. And the watchman tolde,
saying , The messenger came to them,
but he commeth not againe.
19 Then he sent out a second on horse-
backe, which came to them , and sayd.
Thus sayth the king, /* it peace .'' And
lehu answered. What hast thou to doe
with peace .' turne thee behinde me.
20 And the watchman tolde, saying.
He came euen vnto them, and commeth
not againe: and the ||driuing is like the
driuing of lehu the sonne of Nimshi ;
for he driueth t furiously.
21 And loram said, tMake readie.
And his charet was made ready. And
loram king of Israel , and Ahaziah
king of ludah, went out, each in his
charet , and they went out against le-
hu, and tmet him in the portion of Na-
both the lezreelite.
22 And it came to passe when lo-
ram saw lehu, that hee said, /* it peace,
lehu ? And he answered, What peace,
so long as the whoredomes of thy mo-
ther lezebel, and her witchcrafts are so
many .''
23 And loram turned his hand, and
fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is trea-
chery, O Ahaziah.
24 And lehu tdrew a bowe with
his full strength , and smote lehoram
betweene his armes , and the arrow
went out at his heart, and hee tsunke
downe in his charet.
25 Then said lehu to Bidkar his cap-
taine. Take vp, and cast him in the por-
tion of the field of Naboth the lezree-
lite : for remember, how that when I
and thou rode together after Ahab his
father, the Lord laide this burden
vpon him :
26 * Surely I haue scene yesterday
the tblood of Naboth, and the blood of
his sonnes, sayd the Lord, and I|
will requite thee in this ||plat, sayth the
Lord. Now therefore take and castl
him into the plat o/'^/owJid, according toi
the word of the Lord. >
27 H But when Ahaziah the king
of ludah saw this, hee fled by the way
of the garden house : and lehu follow-
ed after him, and said. Smite him also
in thecharet ; and they did so, at thegoing
vp to Gur , which is by Ibleam : And
I hee
Or^ mar-
ching.
t Heb. in
madnesse.
t Heb. bind.
t Heb./ouitd
^ Heb. filled
his hand
with a bow.
t Heb. botv-
ed.
• 1. Kings
21. 29.
\ Heb. bloods
I Or,portion.
lezebels death.
1 I.Kings. Ahabs fonnes flaine.
2 Now assoone as this letter com
meth to you, seeing your masters sons
aremth you, and there are-with you cha-
rets and horses, a fenced citie also , and
armour :
3 Looke euen out the best and mee
test of your masters sonnes, and set him
on his fathers throne , and fight for
your masters house.
4 But they were exceedingly afraid,
and said. Behold, two kings stood not
before him : how then shall we stand ?
5 And he that was ouer the house,
and he that was ouer the citie, the elders
also, and the bringers vp qftfie children,
sent to lehu, saying, Wee are thy ser-
uants, and will doe all that thou shalt
bid vs, we will not make any king : doe
thou thai which is good in thine eyes
6 Then he wrote a letter the second
time to them, saying. If yee be tmine,
and if ye will hearken vnto my voyce,
take ye the heads of the men your ma
sters sonnes, and come to me to lezreel
by to morow this time : (now the kings
sonnes being seuenty persons, were with
the great men of the city, which brought
them vp. )
7 And it came to passe when the let
ter came to them, that they tooke the
kings sonnes, and slewe seuentie per-
sons, and put their heads in baskets,
and sent him them to lezreel.
8 IT And there came a messenger,
and tolde him , saying , They haue
brought the heads of the kings sonnes
And he said. Lay ye them in two heaps
at the entring in of the gate, vntill the
morning-
9 And it came to passe in the mor-
ning, that he went out, & stood, and said
to all the people , Ye be righteous : be-
hold, I conspired against my master,
and slew him : But who slew all these .''
10 Know now, that there shall fall
vnto the earth nothing of the worde of
the Lord, which the Lord spake
concerning the house of Ahab : for the
Lord hath done that which he spake
*tby his seruant Elijah.
11 So lehu slew all that remained
of the house of Ahab, in lezreel , and
all his great men, and his ||kinsefolkes,
and his priests , vntill he left him none
remaining.
12 f And hee arose, and departed,
and came to Samaria : And as he was
at the tshearing house in the way,
13 lehu tmet with the brethren of
Aha-
t Heb. pxit
her es/es in
painting.
I Or. cham-
berlaines.
\ Heb.bg the
hand of.
• I.King.
81.23.
t Hti, nou-
ri$hers.
hee fled to Megiddo, and died there.
28 And his seruants caried him in
a charet to Jerusalem, and buried him
in his sepulchre with his fathers, in the
citie of Dauid.
29 And in the eleuenth yeere of lo-
ram the sonne of Ahab , began Ahazi-
ah to reigne ouer ludah.
30 H And when lehu was come to
lezreel, lezebel heard of it , and shee
tpainted her face, and tyred her head,
and looked out at a window.
31 And as lehu entred in at the gate,
she said. Had Zimri peace, who slew his
master ?
32 And he lift vp his face to the win-
dow, and said, Who is on my side, who.''
And there looked out to him two or
three ||Eunuches.
33 And he said, Throw her downe.
So they threw her downe , and some of
her blood was sprinkled on the wall
and on the horses : and he trode her vn-
der foote.
34 And when he was come in, hee
did eate and drinke, and saide, Goe, see
now this cursed woman, and burie her:
for she is a kings daughter.
3-5 And they went to burie her, but
they found no more of her then the skul,
and the feete, & the palmes other hands.
36 Wherefore they came againe, and
told him : and he said , This is the word
of the Lord, which he spake +by his
seruant Elijah the Tishbite , saying,
* In the portion of lezreel shall dogs
eate the flesh of lezebel :
37 And the carkeise of lezebel shall
be as doung vpon the face of the field in
the portion of lezreel, so that they shall
not say, This is lezebel.
CHAP. X.
1 lehu by his letters causeth seuentie of Ahabs
children to be beheaded. 8 He excuseth the
facte by the prophecie of Elijah. 12 At the
shearing house he slayeth two and fourtie of
Ahazians brethren. 15 Hee taketh lehona-
dab into his company. 1 8 By subtiltie hee de-
stroyeth all the worshippers of Baal. 29 lehu
followeth leroboams sinnes. 32 Hazael op-
presseth Israel. Sllehoahazsucceedethlehu.
ND Ahab had seuentie
sonnes in Samaria : and
lehu wrote letters, and
sent to Samaria vnto the
rulers of lezreel , to the
Elders, and to tthem that brought vp
Ahabs children, saying.
i Heb. for
me.
1. King.
21. 29.
t Heb. by the
hand of.
I Or, ac.
quaintance.
t Heb. howte
of shepherds
binding
sheepe.
t Heb. found
lehu deftroyeth
Chap.x.
Baals priefts.
t Hebr. to
the peace of
i Hebr.
found,
i^Hebr.
blessed.
t Hebr. san-
clifie.
I Or, so full,
that they
stood mouth
to mouth.
Ahaziah king of ludah, and said. Who
are ye? And they answered,Weear^ the
brethren of Ahaziah, and we go downe
tto salute the children of the King, and
the children of the Queene.
14 And hce said. Take them aliue.
And they tooke them aliue , and slew
them at the pit of the shearing house,
etien two and fourty men ; neither left
he any of them.
15 If And when hee was departed
thence, he flighted on lehonadab the
Sonne of Rechab , comming to meet him :
and he t saluted him , & said to him. Is
thine heart right, as my heart is with
thy heart ? And lehonadab answered,
It is : If it be , giue mee thine hand.
And hee gaue him his hand , and hee
tooke him vp to him into the charet.
16 And he said , Come with me, and
see my zeale for the Lord: so they
made him ride in his charet.
17 And when he came to Samaria,
he slew all that remained vnto Ahab in
Samaria, till he had destroyed him, ac-
cording to the saying of the Lord,
which he spake to Eliiah.
18 f And lehu gathered all the
people together, and said vnto them, A
hab serued Baal a litle, but lehu shall
serue him much.
19 Now therefore, call vnto me all
the prophets of Baal, all his seruants,
and all his priests, let none be wanting:
for I haue a great sacrifice to doe to
Baal ; whosoeuer shall be wanting, he
shall not Hue. But lehu did it in subtili-
tie, to the intent that hee might destroy
the worshippers of Baal.
20 And lehu said, tProclaime a so-
lemne assembly for Baal. And they pro-
claimed it.
21 And lehu sent through all Is-
rael , and all the worshippers of Baal
came, so that there was not a man left
that came not : and they came into the
house of Baal ; and the house of Baal
was ||full from one end to another.
22 And he said vnto him that was
ouer the vestrie. Bring forth vestments
for all the worshippers of Baal. And he
brought them forth vestments.
23 And lehu went, and lehonadab^
the Sonne of Rechab into the house of,
Baal, and said vnto the worshippers of
Baal, Search, and looke that there be,
here with you none of the seruants of
the Lord, but the worshippers ofi
Baal onely.
i Hebr.
the mouth.
24 And when they went in to offer
sacrifices , and burnt offerings , lehu
appointed fourescore men without, and
said. If any of the men whom I haue
brought into your hands, escape, hee
that letteth him goe, his life shall he for
the life of him.
25 And it came to passe assoone as
hee had made an end of offering the
burnt offering, that lehu saide to the
guard, and to the captaines, Goe in, and
slay them, let none come foorth. And
they smote them with the tedge of the
sword, and the guard, and the captaines
cast them out , and went to the citie of
the house of Baal.
26 And they brought foorth the fl-'^^ Hebr. ata.
mages out of the house of Baal, and *'
burnt them.
27 And they brake downe the image
of Baal , and brake downe the house of
Baal, and made it a draughthouse, vn-
to this day.
28 Thus lehu destroyed Baal out
of Israel.
29 1[ Howbeit,_//ow8 the sinnes of le-
roboam the sonne of Nebat, who made
Israel to sinne , lehu departed not
from after them, to zoit, the golden calues
that were in Bethel , and that were in
Dan.
30 And the Lord said vnto lehu.
Because thou hast done well in execu-
ting that which is right in mine eyes,
and hast done vnto the house of Ahab
according to all that was in mine heart,
thy children of thefourth ^^nera^ion, shal
sit on the throne of Israel.
31 But lehu t tooke no heede to
walke in the Law of the Lord God
of Israel, with all his heart -.Jbr he de-
parted not from the sinnes of lero-
boam, which made Israel to sinne.
32 1[ In those dayes the Lord
began +to cut Israel short : and Hazael
smote them in all the coasts of Israel:
33 From lordan t Eastward, a\i \ Hebr. to-
the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the^^^'^-^"-
Reubenites, and the Manassites, from|'^'""'«-
Aroer, (which is by the riuer Arnon)
euen Gilead and Bashan.
34 Now the rest of the acts of le-
hu, and all that he did, & all his might,
are they not written in the booke of the
Chronicles of the kings of Israel ?
35 And lehu slept with his fa-
thers , and they buried him in Sama-
ria, and lehoahaz his sonne reigned in
his stead.
3 F 36 And
t Hebr. ob-
serued not.
t Hebr. to
cut off th^
ends.
I Or, euen to
Gilead and
Bashan.
Athaliahs crueltie :
II. Kings.
Shee is flaine.
iHeb-Ute
dtljfCS VPCTtt
* 2. Chron.
22. 10.
t ffeft. seede
of the ki»g-
aome.
2. Chron.
23. 1.
Or, from
breaking vp-
lOrtCompa-
niet. Ha>.
hantU.
36 And tthe time that lehu reigned
ouer Israel in Samaria, wets twentie
and eight yeeres.
CHAP. XI.
1 lehoash, being saued by lehosheba his aunt
from Athaliahs massacre of the seed royall,
is hid sixe yeeres in the house of God. 4 le-
hoiada giumg order to the captaines, in the
seuenth yeere anointeth him King. 13 A-
thaliah is slaine. 17 lehoiada restoreth the
worship of God.
Nd when * Athaliah the
mother of Ahaziah sawe
that her sonne was dead,
she arose, and destroyed all
the tseed royall.
2 But lehosheba the daughter of
king loram , sister of Ahaziah , tooke
loash the sonne of Ahaziah, and stale
him from among the Kings sonnes
which were slaine ; and they hid him,
euen him and his nurse in the bed-cham-
ber from Athaliah, so that he was not
slaine.
3 And he was with her hidde in the
House of the Lord, sixe yeeres : and
Athaliah did reigne ouer the land.
4 f And *the seuenth yeere leho
iada sent and fet the rulers ouer hun
dreds, with the captains, and the guard,
and brought them to him into the house
of the LoBD , and made a couenant
with them, and tooke an othe of them
in the house of the Lord, and shewed
them the Kings sonne.
5 And he commanded them, saying,
This is the thing that yee shall doe ; A
third part of you that enter in on the
Sabbath , shall euen be keepers of the
watch of the kings house :
6 And a third part shaU be at the gate
of Sur, and a third part at the gate be-
hinde the guard : so shall yee keepe the
watch of the house, ||that it be not bro-
ken downe.
7 And two llparts of all you , that
goe foorth on the Sabbath , euen they
shall keepe the watch of the house of the
Lord about the King.
8 And yee shall compasse the King
round about, euery man with his wea-
pons in his hand : and he that commeth
within the ranges , let him bee slaine :
and be yee with the king, as hee goeth
out, and as he commeth in.
9 And the captaines ouer the hun-
dreds did according to all things that
lehoiada the Priest commanded : and
they tooke euery man his men that
were to come in on the Sabbath , with
them that should goe out on the Sab-
bath, and came to lehoiada the Priest.
10 And to the captaines ouer hun-
dreds, did the Priest giue king Dauids
speares and shields , that were in the
Temple.
11 And the guard stood, euery man
with his weapons in his hand, round
about the king , from the right t corner
of the Temple, to the left corner of the
Temple , along by the Altar and the
Temple.
12 And he brought foorth the kings
sonne , and put the crowne vpon him,
and gaiie him the Testimonie, and they
made him King, and anointed him, and
they clapt their hands, and said, tGod
saue the King.
13 IT And when Athaliah heard the
noise of the guard, and of the people, she
came to the people, into the Temple of
the Lord.
14! And when shee looked, behold,
the king stood by a pillar, as the maner
was, and the Princes, and the trumpet-
ters by the King, and all the people of
the land reioyced, and blew with trum-
pets : and Athaliah rent her clothes,
and cryed. Treason, treason.
15 But lehoiada the Priest com-
manded the captaines of the hundreds,
the officers of the hoste, and sayde vnto
them , Haue her foorth without the
ranges ; and him that followeth her,
kill with the sword : for the Priest had
sayd , Let her not be slaine in the house
of the Lord.
16 And they laid hands on her, and
she went by the way , by the which the
horses came into the kings house , and
there was she slaine.
17 f And lehoiada made a coue
nant betweene the Lord and the
king, and the people, that they should
be the Lords people ; betweene the
king also and the people.
1 8 And all the people of the land went
into the house of Baal, and brake it
down, his altars, and his images brake
they in pieces throughly, and slew Mat-
tan the priest of Baal before the altars:
and the Priest appointed t officers ouer
the house of the Lord.
19 And hee tooke the rulers ouer
hundreds , and the captaines , and the
guard , and all the people of the land,
and
Mleb.shmd-
der.
t Heb. let
the king
Hue.
t Heb. ogees
Prouifion for
Chap.xij.
the Temple.
2. Chron.
24. 1.
I Or, hot!/
things. Heb.
holinesses.
t Heb. the
money of the
smiles ofhis
estimation.
\ Heb.ascen-
deth opon
the heart of
a man.
t Heb. in the
twentieth
yeere., and
third yeere.
and they brought downe the king from
the house of the Lord, and came by
the way of the gate of the guard, to the
kings house, and he sate on the throne of
the kings.
20 And all the people of the land re-
ioyced, and the citie was in quiet , and
they slew Athaliah with the sword, he-
side the kings house.
21 Seuen yeeres old was lehoash
when he began to reigne.
CHAP. XII.
1 lehoash reigneth well all the dayes of leho-
iada. 4 Hee giueth order for the repaire of
the Temple. 17 Hazaelisdiuertedfromleru-
salem by a present of the halowed treasures.
1 9 lehoash being slaine by his seruants^ A-
maziah succeedeth him.
N *the seuenth yeere of
Jehu, lehoash began to
reigne, and fourtie yeeres
reigned he in lerusalem,
and his mothers name
was Zibiah of Beersheba.
2 And lehoash did that which was
right in the sight of the Lord all his
dayes, wherein lehoiada the Priest in-
structed him.
3 But the high places were not ta-
ken away : the people still sacrificed, and
burnt incense in the high places.
4 H And lehoash said to the priests,
All the money of the || dedicated things
that is brought into the house of the
Lord, ett£ii the money of euery one
thatpasseth the accoiint/fthemoneythat
euery man is set at, aiid all the money
that tcommeth into any mans heart, to
bring into the house of the Lord,
5 Let the priests take it to them, e-
uery man of his acquaintance, and let
them repaire the breaches of the house,
wheresoeuer any breach shalbe found.
6 But it was so that tin the three and
twentieth yeere of king lehoash , the
priests had not repaired the breaches of
the house.
7 Then king lehoash called for
lehoiada the priest , and the other
priests, and saide vnto them. Why re-
paire ye not the breaches of the house .''
now therefore receiue no more money
of your acquaintance , but deliuer it for
the breaches of the house.
8 And the priests consented to receiue
no more money of the people, neither to
repaire the breaches of the house.
t Heb, thre-
shold.
Or, secre-
tarie.
t Heb. hound
vp.
\ Hebr.
+ Heb. went
forth.
9 But lehoiada the priest tooke a
chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and
set it beside the Altar, on the right side,
as one commeth into the house of the
Lord, and the priests that kept the
tdoore, put therein all the money that
was brought into the house of the
Lord.
10 And it was so when they saw that
there was much money in the chest, that
the kings || scribe, and the high priest
came vp, and they tput vp in bags and
told the money that was found in the
house of the Lord.
11 And they gaue the money, being
told, into the handes of them that did
the worke, that had the ouersight of the
house of the Lord : and they tlaid it
out to the carpenters and builders, that /o„"^'
wrought vpon the house of the Lord,
12 And to Masons, and hewers of
stone, and to buy timber, and hewed
stone to repaire the breaches of the
house of the Lord, and for all that
twas laid out for the house to repaire it.
13 Howbeit, there were not made for
the house of the Lord, bowles of sil-
uer , snuffers , basons , trumpets, any
vessels of gold, or vessels of siluer, of
the money that was brought into the
house of the Lord :
14 But they gaue that to the worke-
men, and repaired therewith the house
of the Lord.
15 Moreouer, they reckned not with
the men , into whose hand they deliue-
red the money to be bestowed on work-
men : for they dealt faithfully.
16 The trespasse money, and sinne
money was not brought into the house
of the Lord : it was the Priests.
17 If Then Hazael king of Syria
went vp, and fought against Gath, and
tooke it : and Hazael set his face to goe
vp to lerusalem.
18 And lehoash king of ludah
tooke all the hallowed things that le-
hoshaphat, and lehoram, and Ahazi-
ah his fathers, kings of ludah had de-
dicate , and his owne hallowed things,
and all the gold that was found in the
treasures of the house of the Lord,
and in the kings house, and sent it to
Hazael king of Syria, and hee twent
away from lerusalem.
19 H And the rest of the actes of le-
hoash, and all that he did, are they not
written in tlie booke of the Chronicles
of the kings of ludah .''
3 F 2 20 And
t Heb. went
vp.
lehoaQi ilaine.
ILK
ings.
Eliflia ficke.
IOr,Beth-
Mitto.
t Heb. in the
tmentieth
yeere and
third yeere.
t flei. wal.
ked after.
i Heb. at
yesterday,
and third
day.
\ Heb.hee
milked.
t Heb. stood.
20 And his seruants arose , and
made a conspiracie, and slew lehoash
in II the house of Millo, which goeth
downe to Silla.
21 For lozachar the sonne of Shi-
meath , and lehozabad the sonne of
Shomer, his seruants, smote him, and
he died ; and they buried him with his
fathers in the citie of Dauid, and Ama-
ziah his sonne reigned in his stead.
CHAP. XIII.
1 lehoahaz his wicked reigne. 3 lehoahaz
oppressed by Hazael, is relieued by prayer.
8 loash succeedeth him. 10 His wicked
reigne. 12 leroboam succeedeth him. H
Ehsha dying prophecieth to loash three
victories ouer the Syrians. 20 The Moa-
bitesinuading the land, EUshas bones raise vp
a dead man. 22 Hazael dying, loash get-
teth three victories ouer Benhadad.
N tthe three and twenti
eth yeere of loash the
Sonne of Ahaziah king of
ludah , lehoahaz the
sonne of lehu beganne to
reigne ouer Israel in Samaria, and
reigned seuenteene yeeres.
2 And hee did that which was euill in
the sight of the Lord, and tfollowed
the sinnes of leroboam the sonne of
Nebat, which made Israel to sinne, he
departed not there from.
3 IT And the anger of the Lord
was kindled against Israel, and hee de-
liuered them into the hand of Hazael
king of Syria , and into the hand of
Benhadad the sonne of Hazael, all their
dayes.
4 And lehoahaz besought the
Lord, and the Lord hearkened
vnto him : for hee saw the oppression of
Israel , because the king of Syria op-
pressed them.
5 (And the Lord gaue Israel a
sauiour, so that they went out from vn-
der the hand of the Syrians : and the
children of Israel dwelt in their tents
tas before-time.
6 Neuerthelesse, they departed not
from the sinnes of the house of lerobo-
am, who made Israel sinne, but t wal-
ked therein : and there t remained the
groue also in Samaria.)
7 Neither did he leaue of the people
to lehoahaz, but fiftie horsemen , and
tenne charets, and tenne thousand foot-
men : for the king of Syria had destroy-
ed them , and had made them like the
dust by threshing.
8 IT Nowe the rest of the actes or
lehoahaz, and all that he did , and his
might , are they not written in the
booke of the Chronicles of the kings of
Israel .-*
9 And lehoahaz slept with his fa-
thers , and they buried him in Sama-
ria, and loash nis sonne reigned in his
stead.
10 II In the thirty and seuenth yeere
of loash king of ludah , beganne le-
hoash the sonne of lehoahaz to reigne
ouer Israel in Samaria , and reigned
sixteene yeeres.
11 And hee did that which xoas euill in
the sight of the Lord ; hee departed
not from all the sinnes of leroboam
the Sonne of Nebat , who made Israel
sinne : but hee walked therein.
12 And the rest of the actes of loash,
and all that hee did , and his might,
wherewith hee fought against Ama-
ziah king of ludah , are they not writ-
ten in the booke of the chronicles of the
kings of Israel .''
13 And loash slept with his fathers,
and leroboam sate vpon his throne :
and loash was buried in Samaria
with the kings of Israel.
14 IT Nowe Elisha was fallen
sicke, of his sicknesse whereof he died,
and loash the king of Israel came
downe vnto him , and wept ouer his
face, and said, O my father, my father,
the charet of Israel , and the horsemen
thereof.
15 And Elisha said vnto him. Take
bowe and arrowes. And he tooke vnto
him bowe and arrowes.
16 And he said to the king of Israel,
tPut thine hand vpon the bowe. And t Heb. make
he put his hand vpon it : and Elisha put ^o'JSe!""^
his hands vpon the kings hands.
17 And he sayd, Open the window
Eastward. And hee opened it. Then
Elisha sayd, Shoote. And he shot. And
he said; The arrowe of the Loiids
deliuerance , and the arrowe of deliue-
rance from Syria : for thou shalt smite
the Syrians in Aphek , till thou haue
consumed them.
18 And he sayd. Take the arrowes.
And he tooke them. And hee said vnto
the king of Israel, Smite vpon the
ground. Andhesmotethrise,and stayed.
19 And the man of God was wroth
with him, and saide, Thou shouldest
haue
Elifha dieth.
Chap.xiiij.
Amaziali taken.
t Heb. went
downe.
Ecclus.
48. 14.
f Heb. /ace.
i Heb. re-
turned and
tooke.
• 2. Chron.
35. 1.
haue smitten fiue orsixe times, then had
dest thou smitten Syria till thou had
dest consumed it : whereas now thou
shalt smite Syria but thrice.
20 IT And Elisha died, and they bu-
ried him : And the bands of the Moa-
bites inuaded the land at the comming
in of the yeere.
21 And it came to passe as they were
burying a man, that behold, they spyed
abando/'m('n,and they cast the man into
the sepulchre of Elisha : and when the
man t was let downe, and touched the
bones of Elisha, *he reuiued, and stood
vp on his feete.
22 f But Hazael king of Syria, op-
p.ressed Israel all the dayes of lehoa-
haz.
23 And the Loud was gracious
vnto them , and had compassion on
them, and had respect vnto them, be-
cause of his couenant with Abraham,
Isaac, and lacob, and would not de-
stroy them , neither cast hee them from
his t presence as yet.
24 So Hazael the king of Syria dy-
ed, and Benhadad his sonne reigned
in his stead.
25 And lehoash the sonne of leho-
ahaz t tooke againe out of the hand of
Benhadad the sonne of Hazael, the ci-
ties which he had taken out of the hand
of lehoahaz his father, by warre:
three times did loash beat him, and re-
couered the cities of Israel.
CHAP. XIIII.
1 Amaziah his good reigne. 5 His iustice on
the murderers of his father. 7 His victory
ouer Edom. 8 Amaziah prouoking leho-
ash, is ouercome and spoiled. 15 lerohoam
succeedcth lehoash. 17 Amaziah slaine by
a conspiracie. 21 Azariah succeedcth him.
23 leroboams wicked reigne. 28 Zacha-
riah succeedeth him.
N the second yeere of lo-
ash Sonne of lehoahaz
king of Israel, reigned *A-
maziah the sonne of loash
king of ludah.
Hee was twentie and fiue yeeres
olde when he began to reigne, and reig-
ned twentie and nine yeeres in lerusa-
lem : and his mothers name was leho-
addan of lerusalem.
3 And he did that which was right in
the sight of the Lord, yet not like
Dauid his father : hee did according to
all things as loash his father did.
4 Howbeit, the high places were
not taken away : as yet the people did
sacrifice, and burnt incense on the high
places.
5 H And it came to passe assoone as
the kingdome was confirmed in his
hand, that he slew his seruants * which
had slaine the king his father.
6 But the children of the murderers
he slew not, according vnto that which
is written in the booke of the Law of
Moses, wherein the Loud com-
manded, saying, *The fathers shal not
be put to death for the children, nor the
children be put to death for the fathers
but euery man shall be put to death for
his owne sinne.
7 He slew of Edom in the valley of
salt , ten thousand, and tooke ||Selah
by warre, and called the name of it,
loktheel, vnto this day.
8 H Then Amaziah sent messen-
gers to lehoash the sonne of lehoa-
haz Sonne of lehu king of Israel, say-
ing. Come, let vs looke one another in
the face.
9 And lehoash the king of Israel
sent to Amaziah king of ludah, saying.
The thistle that zeas in Lebanon, sent to
the Cedar that was in Lebanon, saying,
Giue thy daughter to my sonne to wife.
And there passed by a wilde beast that
was in Lebanon, and trode downe the
thistle.
10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom,
and thine heart hath lifted thee vp : glo-
ry of this, and tary tat home : for why
shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that
thou shouldest fall, euen thou, and lu-
dah with thee ?
11 But Amaziah would not heare :
therefore lehoash king of Israel went
vp, and hee, and Amaziah king of lu-
dah, looked one another in the face at
Betlishemesh , which bchngeth to lu-
dah.
12 And ludah twas put to the
worse before Israel, and they fled euery
man to their tents.
13 And lehoash king of Israel tooke
Amaziah king of ludah , the sonne of
lehoash the sonne of Ahaziah at Beth-
shemesh, and came to lerusalem, and
brake downe the wall of lerusalem,
from the gate of Ephraim, vnto the cor-
ner gate, foure hundred cubites.
14 And he tooke all the golde and sil-
uer, and all the vessels that were found
in the house of the Lord, and in the
trea-
Deut. 24.
16. ezek.
18. 20.
Or, the
rocke.
* Chap. 12.
20.
\Heb.atthp
house.
t Heb. was
smitten.
Auiaziah.Ieroboam.
II. Kings.
Azariah a leper.
• 2. Chnm.
85.87.
2. Chron.
26. 1. He is
called Vx-
iriah.
treasures of the kings house, and hosta-
ges, and returned to Samaria.
15 f Now tlie rest of the acts of le-
hoash which he did, and his might, and
how he fought with Amaziah king of
ludah, are they not written in the
booke of the Chronicles of the kings of
Israel ?
16 And lehoash slept with his fa-
thers, and was buried in Samaria,
with the kings of Israel, and lerobo-
am his sonne reigned in his stead.
17 IT And Amaziah the sonne of lo-
ash king of ludah, liued after the death
of lehoash sonne of lehoahaz king of
Israel, fifteene yeeres.
18 And the rest of the acts of Amazi
ah, are they not written in the booke of
the Chronicles of the kings of ludah ?
19 Now ♦they made a conspiracie a
gainst him in lerusalem: and he fled to
Lachish, but they sent after him to La-
chish, and slew him there.
20 And they brought him on horses,
and he was buried at lerusalem with
his fathers, in the city of Dauid.
21 H And all the people of ludah
tooke * Azariah (which zoas sixteene
yeeres old ) and made him king in stead
of his father Amaziah.
22 He built Elath, and restored it to
ludah, after that the king slept with
his fathers.
23 1i In the fifteenth yeere of Ama-
ziah the Sonne of loash king of ludah,
leroboam the sonne of loash king of
Israel began to raigne in Samaria,
and raigiud forty and one yeeres :
2-i And hee did that which was euill
in the sight of the Lord : hee depar-
ted not from all the sinnes of lerobo-
am the Sonne of Nebat , who made Is-
rael to sinne.
25 Hee restored the coast of Israel,
from the entring of Hamath, vnto the
sea of the plaine, according to the word
:of the LoED God of Israel, which
Matth. i2.lhe spake by the hand of his seruant *Io-
nah, the sonne of Amittai the Prophet,
which was of Gath Hepher.
26 For the Loed saw the afflic-
tion of Israel , that it was very bitter : for
there was not any shut vp, nor any left,
nor any helper for Israel.
27 And the Loed said not, that
hee would blot out the name of Israel
from vnder heauen : but he saued them
by the hand of leroboam the sonne of
loash.
39, 40. cal-
led loruu.
28 % Now the rest of the actes of
leroboam, and all that he did, and his
might, how he warred, and how he re-
couered Damascus and Hamath, 7ckich
belonged to ludah, for Israel, are they
not written in the booke of the Chroni-
cles of the kings of Israel ?
29 And leroboam slept with his
fathers, eiien with the kings of Israel,
and Zachariah his sonne reigned in
his stead.
CHAP. XV.
1 Azariah his good reigne. 5 He dying a Le-
per, lotham succeedeth. 8 Zachariah, tlie
last of lehu his generation, reigning ill, is
slaine by Shallum. 13 Shallum reigning a
moneth, is slaine by Menahem. 16 Mena-
hem strengtheneth nimselfe by Pul. 21 Pe-
kahiah succeedeth him. 23 Pekahiah is
slaine by Pekah. 27 Pekah is oppressed by
Tiglath Pileser, and slaine by Hoshea. 32 lo-
thams good reigne. 36 Ahaz succeedeth him
N the twenty and seuenth
yeere of leroboam kin^
of Israel, began Azariah
Sonne of Amaziah king of
ludah to reigne.
!iJ Sixteene yeeres old was he when
he began to reigne, and he reigned two
aud fifty yeeres in lerusalem : and his
mothers name teas lecholiah of le-
rusalem.
3 And he did that which was right in
the sight of the Lord, according to
all that his father Amaziah had done ;
4 Saue that the high places were
not remoued : the people sacrificed, and
burnt incense still on the high places
5 H And the Lord smote the
king, so that hee was a Leper vnto the
day of his death, and dwelt in a seuerall
house , and lotham the kings sonne
was ouer the house, iudging the people
of the land.
6 And the rest of the actes of Aza-
riah, and all that hee did, are they not
written in the booke of the Chronicles
of the kings of ludah .-'
7 So Azariah slept with his fa-
thers, and they buried him with his fa-
thers in the city of Dauid, and lotham
his sonne reigned in his stead.
8 H In the thirty and eight yeere
of Azariah king of ludah, did Zacha-
riah the Sonne of leroboam reigne o-
uer Israel in Samaria sixe moneths.
9 And hee did that which was euil in
the
Shallum.Menaheni.
Chap.
XV
Pekahiah.Pekah.
"Chap. 10.
30.
Mattb. 1.
9. called O-
zlas.
iHebr.a
moneth of
* 1. Chron.
5. 26.
t Heb. cau-
sed to come
forth.
the sight of the Lord, as his fathers
had done : he departed not from the
sinnes of leroboam the sonne of Ne-
bat, who made Israel to sinne.
10 And Shallum the sonne of la-
besh, conspired against him, and smote
him before the people , and slewe him,
and reigned in his stead.
11 And the rest of the actes of Zacha-
riah, beholde, they are written in the
booke of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel.
12 This was *the word of the Lord
which he spake vnto lehu, saying, Thy
sonnes shall sit on the throne of Israel,
vnto the fourth generation. And so it
came to passe.
13 H Shallum the sonne of labesh
began to reigne in the nine and thir-
tieth yeere of*Vzziah king of ludah,
and he reigned ta full moneth in Sa-
maria.
14 For Menahem the sonne of Gadi,
went vp from Tirzah, and came to Sa-
maria, and smote Shallum the sonne
of labesh, in Samaria, and slew him,
and reigned in his stead.
15 And the rest of the actes of Shal-
lum, and the conspiracy which he made,
behold, they are written in the booke of
the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
16 H Then Menahem smote Tiph-
sah, and all that were therein, and the
coasts thereof from Tirzah : because
they opened nottoAm,therfore he smote
it, and all the women therein that were
with child, he ript vp.
17 In the nine and thirtieth yeere of
Azariah king of ludah, began Mena-
hem the sonne of Gadi to reigne ouer
Israel, and reigned tenne yeres in Sa-
maria.
18 And he did that which was euill in
the sight of the Lord: hee departed
not all his dayes from the sinnes of le-
roboam the Sonne of Nebat, who made
Israel to sinne.
19 *^MfiPul the king of Assyria came
against the land : and Menahem gaue
Pul a thousand talents of siluer, that
his hand might be with him, to confirm
the kingdome in his hand.
20 And Menahem t exacted the mo-
ny of Israel, euen of all the mightie men
of wealth, of each man fiftie shekels
of siluer, to giue to the king of Assyria:
so the king of Assyria turned backe, and
stayed not there m the land.
21 f And the rest of the acts of Me-
nahem, and all that he did, are they not
written in the booke of the Chronicles
of the kings of Israel .''
22 And Menahem slept with his fa-
thers, and Pekahiah his sonne reigned
in his stead.
23 H In the fiftieth yere of Azariah
king of ludah, Pekahiah the sonne of
Menahem began to reigne ouer Israel
in Samaria, and reigned two yeeres.
24 And he did that which was euill in
the sight of the Lord, hee departed
not from the sinnes of leroboam the
Sonne of Nebat, who made Israel to
sinne.
25 But Pekah the sonne of Rema-
liah, a captaine of his, conspired against
him, and smote him in Samaria, in the
palace of the kings house , with Ar-
gob, and Arieh, and with him fiftie men
of the Gileadites : and hee killed him,
and reigned in his roume.
26 And the rest of the actes of Peka-
hiah, and all that he did, beholde, they
are written in the booke of the chroni-
cles of the kings of Israel.
27 IT In the two and fiftieth yeere
of Azariah king of ludah , Pekah the
Sonne of Remaliah began to reigne o-
uer Israel in Samaria, and reigned
twentie yeeres.
28 And he did that wfiich was euill in
the sight of the Lord, hee departed
not from the sinnes of leroboam the
sonne of Nebat, who made Israel to
sinne.
29 In the dayes of Pekah king of
Israel, came Tiglath Pileser king of
Assyria , and tooke lion , and Abel-
Beth - maachah, and lanoah, and Ke-
desh, and Hazov, and Gilead, and Gali-
lee, all the land of Naphtali, and caried
them captiue to Assyria.
30 And Hoshea the sonne of Elah,
made a conspiracie against Pekah the
Sonne of Remaliah, and smote him, and
slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the
twentieth yeere of lotham the sonne
of Vzziah.
31 And the rest of the actes of Pekah,
and all that he did, behold, they are
written in the booke of the Chronicles
of the kings of Israel.
32 H *In the second yeere of Pekah
the Sonne of Remaliah king of Israel,
began lotham the sonne of Vzziah
king of ludah to reigne.
33 Fiue and twentie yeeres olde was
he when he began to reigne, and hee
reigned
2, Chron.
27. 1.
lothams death.
II. Kings.
Ahaz his idolatrie.
2. Chron.
28.1.
•I»a7. 1-
reigned sixteene yeeres in Jerusalem : '
and his mothers name teas lerusha,
the daughter of Zadok. |
34 And he did that which was right in
the sight of the Lord : hee did accor-
ding to all that his father Vzziah had
done. j
35 f Howbeit, the high places were
not remoued : the people sacrificed and
burnt incense still in the high places: He
built the higher gate of the house of the
Lord. I
36 H Now the rest of the actes of
lotham, and all that hee did, are they
not written in the booke of the Chroni-
cles of the kings of ludah .''
37 (In those dayes the Lord be-
gan to send against ludah, Rezin the
king of Syria, and Pekah the sonne of
Remaliah)
38 And lotham slept with his fa-
thers, and was buried with his fathers
in the citie of Dauid his father, and A-
haz his sonne reigned in his stead.
CHAP. XVL
I Ahaz his wicked reigne. S Ahaz assailed by
Rezin and Pekah , hireth Tiglath Pileser a-
gainst them. 10 Ahaz sending a pateme of,
an Altar from Damascus to Vrijah, diuerteth
the brasen Altar to his owne deuotion. 17
Hee spoileth the Temple. 19 Hezekiah
succeedeth him.
N * the seuenteenth yeere
of Pekah the sonne of Re-
maliah, Ahaz the sonne of
lotham King of ludah
began to reigne.
a Twentie yeeres olde was Ahaz
when hee began to reigne, and reigned
sixteene yeeres in Jerusalem, and did'
not that which was right in the sight of
the Lord his God, like Dauid his
father :
3 But hee walked in the way of the
kings of Israel , yea & made his sonne
to passe through the fire, according to
the abominations of the heathen,
whom the Lord cast out from before
the children of Israel.
4 And hee sacrificed and burnt in-
cense in the high places, and on the hils,
and vnder euery greene tree.
5 H *Then Rezin king of Syria, and
Pekah sonne of Remaliah king of Is-
rael, came vp to lerusalem to warre :
and they besieged Ahaz, but could not
ouercome him.
6 At that time Rezin king of Syria,
recouered Elath to Syria , & draue the
lewes from Elath : and the Syrians
came to Elath , and dwelt there vnto
this day.
7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tig-
lath Pileser king of Assyria, saying, I
am thy seruant, and thy sonne : come vp,
and saue me out of the hand of the king
of Syria, and out of the hand of the king
of Israel, which rise vp against me.
8 And Ahaz tooke the siluer and
gold that was found in the house of the
Lord, and in the treasures of the
kings house, and sent itjbr a present to
the king of Assyria.
9 And the king of Assyria hearkened
vnto him : for the king of Assyria went
vp against Damascus, and tooke it, and
caried the people of it captiue to Kir, and
slew Rezin.
10 f And King Ahaz went to t Da-
mascus, to meete Tiglath Pileser king
of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at
Damascus : and king Ahaz sent to Vri-
iah the Priest the fashion of the altar,
and the pateme of it, according to all the
workemanship thereof.
11 And Vriiah the Priest built an al-
tar: according to all that king Ahaz had
sent from Damascus , so Vriiah the
Priest made it, against king Ahaz came
from Damascus.
12 And when the king was come
from Damascus , the King saw the al-
tar : and the King approched to the al-
tar, and offered thereon.
13 And he burnt his burnt offering,
and his meate offering, and powred his
drinke offering, and sprinkled the blood
of this peace offerings vpon the altar.
14 And hee brought also the brasen
altar which was before the Lord,
from the forefront of the house , from
betweene the altar and the house of the
Lord, and put it on the North side
of the altar.
15 And king Ahaz commanded V
riiah the Priest, saying, Vpon the great
altar , burne the morning burnt offe-
ring, and the euening meate offering,
and the Kings burnt sacrifice, and his
meate offering, with the burnt offe-
ring of all the people of the land, and
their meate offering, and their drinke
offerings, and sprinkle vpon it all the
blood of the burnt offering, and all the
blood of the sacrifice : and the brasen al-
tar shall be for me to enquire by.
16 Thus
fHeb.Dam-
mesek.
t Heb. which
were hu.
Ahaz dieth.
Chap.xvij.
Ifraels caj3tiuitie.
t Hehr. ren-
dred.
Or, tribute.
' Chap. 18.
16 Thus did Vriiah the Priest, ac-
cording to all that king Ahaz com-
maunded.
17 IT And king Ahaz cut off' the bor-
ders of the bases, and remooued the la-
uer from oft' them , and tooke downe
the sea from oft' the brasen oxen that
were vnder it , and put it vpon a paue-
ment of stones :
18 And the couert for the Sabbath
that they had built in the house , and
the kings entry without, turned hee
from the house of the Lokd, for the
king of Assyria.
19 IF Now the rest of the actes of A-
haz, which he did, are they not written
in the booke of the Chronicles of the
kings of ludah ?
20 And Ahaz slept with his fathers,
and was buried with his fathers in the
city of Dauid , and Hezekiah his sonne
reigned in his stead.
CHAP. XVII.
1 Hoshea his wicked reigne. 3 Being sub-
dued by Shalmaneser, hee conspireth against
him with So King of Egypt. 5 Samaria for
their sinnes, is captiuated. 24 The strange
nations, which were transplanted in Samaria,
beeing plagued with Lions, make a mix-
ture of Religions.
N the twelfth yeere of A
haz, king of ludah, began
Hoshea the sonne of Elah
to reigne in Samaria, o-
_ _ uer Israel nine yeeres.
2 And hee did that which was euill in
the sight of the Lord, but not as the
kings of Israel that were before him.
3 H Against him came vp Shalma-
neser king of Assyria, and Hoshea be-
came his seruant, and tgaue him ||pre
sents.
4 And the king of Assyria found
conspiracie in Hoshea : for hee had sent
messengers to So king of Egypt , and
brought no present to the king of Assy-
ria, as he had done yeere by yeere : there-
fore the king of Assyria shut him vp,
and bound him in prison.
5 H Then the king of Assyria came
vp thorowout all the land, and went vp
to Samaria, and besieged it three yeres.
6 If * In the ninth yeere of Hoshea,
the king of Assyria tooke Samaria, and
caried Israel away into Assyria , and
placed them in Halali , and in Habor by
the riuer of Gozan, and in the cities of
the Medes.
7 For so it was, that the children of
Israel had sinned against the Lord
their God, which had brought them vp
out of the land of Egypt , from vnder
the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt,
and had feared other gods,
8 And walked in the statutes of the
heathen, (whom the Lord cast out
from before the children of Israel) and
of the kings of Israel, which they had
made.
9 And the children of Israel did se-
cretly those things that were not right,
against the Lord their God : and
they built them high places in all their
cities , from the tower of the watch-
men, to the fenced city.
10 And they set them vp t images,
and groues in euery high hill , and vn-
der euery greene tree.
11 And there they burnt incense in all
the high places , as did the heathen
whom the Lord caried away before
them , and wrought wicked things to
prouoke the Lord to anger.
12 For they scrued idoles, whereof
the Lord had said vnto them, * Yee
shall not doe this thing.
13 Yet the Lord testified against
Israel, and against ludah, thy all the
Prophets, and by all the Seers, saying,
*Turne ye from your euill wayes, and
keepe my commandements, and my sta-
tutes, according to all the law which I
commanded your fathers, and which
I sent to you by my seruants the Pro-
phets.
14 Notwithstanding, they would
not heare, but * hardened their neckes,
like to the necke of their fathers, that
did not beleeue in the Lord their
God.
15 And they reiected his Statutes,
and his Couenant that hee made with
their fathers , and his Testimonies
which he testified against them , and
they followed vanitie , and became
vaine, and went after the heathen that
were round about them , concerning
whom the Lord had charged them,
that they should not doe like them.
16 And they left all the Commande-
ments of the Lord their God, and
♦made them molten images, euen two
calues, and made a groue, and worship-
ped all the hoste of heauen, and serued
Baal.
17 And they caused their sonnes and
their daughters to passe through the
3 G fire,
t Heb. sta-
tues.
• Deut. 4.
19.
1 Heb. by the
hand of all.
' lerem. 18.
11. and 25.
5. & 35. 15.
• Exod. 32.
8. 1. king.
12. 28.
Lions in Samaria.
II. Kings.
Diuers religions.
fire, and vsed diuination , and inchant-
ments, and sold themselues to doe euill
in the sight of the Lord, to prouoke
him to anger.
18 Therefore the Lord was very
angry with Israel, and remoued them
out of his sight, there was none left, but
the tribe of ludah onely.
19 Also ludah kept not the Com-
mandements of the Lord their God,
but walked in the Statutes of Israel
which they made.
20 And the Lord reiected all the
seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and
deliuered them into the hand of spoi-
lers, vntill he had cast them out of his
sight.
21 For he rent Israel from the house
of Dauid , and they made leroboam
the Sonne of Nebat king, and lerobo-
am draue Israel from following the
Lord, and made them sinne a great
sinne.
22 For the children of Israel wal-
ked in al the sinnes of leroboam which
he did, they departed not from them :
23 Vntill the Lord remoued Is-
rael out of his sight , as hee had said by
all his seruants the Prophets : so was
Israel caried away out of their owne
land to Assyria, vnto this day.
24 IF And the King of Assyria
brought men from Babylon, and from
Cuthah, and from Aua, and from Ha-
math, and from Sepharuaim, and pla-
ced them in the cities of Samaria , in
stead of the children of Israel ; and they
possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the ci-
ties thereof.
25 And so it was at the beginning of
their dwelling there , that they feared
not the Lord; therefore the Loud
sent Lions among them, which slew
some of them.
26 Wherefore they spake to the king
of Assyria, saying, The nations which
thou hast remoued, and placed in the ci-
ities of Samaria, know not the maner
of the God of the land : therfore he hath
:sent Lions among them, and beholde,
they slay them, because they know not
!the maner of the God of the land.
i 27 Then the king of Assyria com-
manded, saying, Carie thither one of the
priests whom ye brought from thence,
and let them goe and dwell there, and
let him teach them the maner of the
;God of the land.
I 28 Then one of the priests whom
they had caried away from Samaria,
came and dwelt in Bethel , and taught
them howe they should feare the
Lord.
29 Howbeit, euery nation made gods
of their owne, and put them in the hou-
ses of the high places which the Sa-
maritanes had made , euery nation in
their cities wherein they dwelt :
30 And the men of Babylon made
Succoth-Benoth, and the men of Cuth
made Nergal, and the men of Hamath
made Ashima :
31 And the Auites made Nibhaz
and Tartak : and the Sepharuites
burnt their children in fire to Adram-
melech, and Anammelech, the gods of
Sepharuaim.
32 So they feared the Lord, and
made vnto themselues of the lowest of
them priests of the high places, which
sacrificed for them in the nouses of the
high places.
33 * They feared the Lord, and
serued their owne gods , after the ma-
ner of the nations ||whom they caried
away from thence.
34 Vnto this day they doe after the
former maners : they feare not the
Lord, neither doe they after their
Statutes, or after their Ordinances, or
after the Law and Commaundement
which the Lord commaunded the
children of lacob, *whom hee named
Israel,
35 With whom the Lord had
made a Couenant, and charged them,
saying, * Yee shall not feare other gods,
nor bow your seines to them, nor serue
them, nor sacrifice to them :
36 But the Lord, who brought
you vp out of the land of Egypt, with
great power, and a stretched out arme,
him shall ye feare, and him shall ye wor-
ship, and to him shall ye doe sacrifice.
37 And the Statutes, and the Ordi-
nances, and the Law, and the Com-
mandement which he wrote for you, ye
shall obserue to doe for euermore , and
ye shall not feare other gods :
38 And the Couenant that I haue
made with you, ye shall not forget, nei-
ther shall ye feare other gods.
39 But the Lord your God yee
shall feare, and he shall deliuer you out
of the hand of all your enemies.
40 Howbeit , they did not hearken,
but they did after their former maner.
41 So these nations feared the
Lord,
' Sophan. l,
II Or, who
caried them
away from
thence.
' Gen. .12.
28. 1. king.
18. 31.
• ludg. 6.
10.
Hezekiah king.
Chap.xviij.
Samaria taken.
2. Chron.
28. 27. and
29. 1. hee
is called E.
zeklas, Mat,
' 9.
t Heh. sta-
tues.
" Numb.
21. 8.
flleb./rom
after him.
t Heb. Az-
zah.
•Cha. 17.3
'Cha. 17. 6
LoiiD, and serued their grauen ima-
ges, both their children, and their chil-
drens children : as did their fathers, so
doe they vnto this day.
CHAP. XVIII.
1 Hezekiah his good reigne. 4 He destroyeth
idolatrie, and prospereth. 9 Samaria is caried
captiue for their sins. 13 Sennacherib inua-
ding ludah, is pacified by a tribute. 1 7 Rab
shakeh sent by Sennacherib againe, reuileth
Hezekiah, ana by blasphemous perswasions,
soUiciteth the people to reuolt.
Ow it came to passe in the
third yereof Hosheasonne
of Elah king of Israel,
that * Hezekiah the sonne
of Ahaz king of ludah,
began to reigne.
2 Twentie and fiue yeeres old was
he when hee began to reigne, and hee
reigned twentie and nine yeeres in le-
rusalem : His mothers name also was
Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.
3 And he did that which loas right in
the sight of the Lokd, according to
all that Dauid his father did.
4 % He remooued the high places,
and brake the timages, and cut downe
the groues, and brake in pieces the * bra-
sen serpent that Moses had made : for
vnto those dayes the children of Israel
did burne incense to it : and he called it
Nehushtan.
5 He trusted in the Lord God of
Israel, so that after him was none like
him among all the kings of ludah, nor
any that were before him.
6 For he claue to the Lord, and
departed not tfrom following him, but
kept his commandements , which the
Lord commanded Moses.
7 And the Lord was with him,
and hee prospered whithersoeuer hee
went forth : and he rebelled against the
king of Assyria, and serued him not.
8 He smote the Philistines euen vn-
to t Gaza, and the borders thereof, from
the towre of the watchmen to the fenced
cities.
9 IT And *it came to passe in the
fourth yeere of king Hezekiah, ( which
was the seuenth yeere of Hosliea, sonne
of Elah king of Israel ) that Shalma-
neser king of Assyria came vp against
Samaria, and besieged it.
10 And at the end of three yeeres they
tookeit : ew^winthe sixt yeere ofHezeki-
ah (that is * the ninth yeere of Hoshea
king of Israel) Samaria was taken.
11 And the king of Assyria did carle
away Israel vnto Assyria, and put
them in Halah and in Habor ^the riuer
of Gozan, & in the cities of the Medes :
12 Because they obeyed not the voice
of the Lord their God , but trans-
gressed his Couenant, and all that Mo-
ses the seruant of the Lord comman-
ded, and would not heare them, nor doe'
them. I
13 H Now * in the fourteenth
yeere * 2. chron.
. San-
of king Hezekiah, did t Sennacherib |^; J; 2du.
king of Assyria come vp against all the ■"'• '8.
fenced cities of ludah, and tooke them. AerjA.'
14 And Hezekiah king of ludah
sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish,
saying, I haue offended, returne from
me : that which thou puttest on me, wil
beare. And the king of Assyria ap-
pointed vnto Hezekiah king of ludah,
three hundred talents of siluer, and
thirtie talents of gold.
15 And Hezekiah gaue him all the sil-
uer that was found in the house of the
Lord, and in the treasures of the
kings house,
16 At that time did Hezekiah cut off
the gold from the doores of the temple of
the Lord, and /row the pillars which
Hezekiah king of ludah had ouerlaid,
and gaue tit to the king of Assyria.
17 H And the king of Assyria sent
Tartan and Rabsaris, and Rabsha-
keh , from Lachish to king Hezekiah,
with a tgreat hoste against lerusalem :
and they went vp, and came to lerusa-
lem : and when they were come vp, they
came and stood by the conduit of the vp
per poole , which is in the high way of
the fullers field.
18 And when they had called to the
king, there came out to them Eliakim
the Sonne of Helkiah, which was ouer
the houshold, and Shebna the || Scribe,
and loah the sonne of Asaph the Re-
corder.
19 And Rabshakeh said vnto them,
Speake yee now to Hezekiah , Thus
saitli the great king, the king of Assyria,
What confidence is this wherein thou
trustest .-*
20 Thou llsayest, (but thcTj are but
tvaine words) \\I haue counsell and
strength for the warre : now on whom
doest thou trust , that thou rebellest a-
gainst me ?
21 Now behold, thou t trustest vpon
the staffe of this bruised reed, euen vpon
3 G 2 Egypt,
t Heb. them.
\Heb.heauif
I Or, Secre-
larie.
Or, talkest.
t Heh. word
of the lips.
Or, but
counsell and
strength are
/or the war.
t Heb. tru.
stest thee.
Rabfhakehs outrage, II. Kings.
and blafphemie.
I Or, hosta-
ges.
t Heb. the
water of
their /eelef
I Or, teeke
tmouT.
make
with me a
bleuing.
\ Or, pit.
Egypt, on which if a man leane, it will
goe into his hand , and pierce it : so is
Pharaoh king of Egypt vnto all that
trust on him.
22 But if ye say vnto me, We trust in
the Lord our God : is not that hee
whose high places , and whose altars
Hezekiah hath taken away , and hath
said to ludah and lerusalem, Ye shall
worship before this altar in Jerusa-
lem ?
23 Now therefore, I pray thee, giue
II pledges to my lord the king of Assyria
and I will deliuer thee two thousand
horses, if thou be able on thy part to set
riders vpon them.
24! How then wilt thou turne away
theface of one captaine of the least of my
masters seruants, and put thy trust on
Egypt for charets and for horsemen ?
25 Am I now come vp without the
Lord against this place , to destroy
it? The Lord sayd to me, Goe vp
against this land, and destroy it.
26 Then said Eliakim the sonne of
Hilkiah, and Shebna, and loah, vnto
Rabshakeh , Speake, I pray thee, to
thy seruants in the Syrian language,
(for wee vnderstand it) and talke not
with vs in the lewes language, in the
eares of the people that are on the wall.
27 But Rabshakeh sayd vnto them,
Hath my master sent me to thy master,
and to thee, to speake these wordes ?
hath he not sent me to the men which sit
on the wall, that they may eate their
owne doung, and drinke their towne
pisse with you ?
28 Then Rabshakeh stood and cri
ed with a loude voice in the lewes lan-
guage, and spake, saying, Heare the
word of the great king, the king of As-
syria.
29 Thus sayth the king. Let not
Hezekiah deceiue you, for he shallnotbe
able to deliuer you out of his hand :
30 Neither let Hezekiah make you
trust in the Lord, saying, The
Lord will surely deliuer vs, and
this city shall not bee deliuered into the
hand of the king of Assyria.
31 Hearken not to Hezekiah : for thus
sayth the king of Assyria, || Make an a-
greement ■with me by a present, and come
out to me, and then eate yee euery man
of his owne vine, and euery one of his
figge tree, and drinke yee euery one the
waters of his || cisterne :
32 Vntill I come and take you
1 Or, decei-
ueth.
way to a land like your owne land , a
land of come and wine, a land of bread
and vineyards, a land of oile Oliue, and
of honie, that yee may liue, and not die:
and hearken not vnto Hezekiah, when
hee Ijperswadeth you, saying, The
Lord will deliuer vs.
33 Hath any of the gods of the nati-
ons deliuered at all his land out of the
hand of the king of Assyria ?
34 Where are the gods of Hamath,
and of Arpad ? where are the gods of
Sepharuaim, Hena, and luah ? haue
they deliuered Samaria out of mine
hand ?
35 Who are they among all the gods
of the countreys, that haue deliuered
their countrey out of mine hand, that
the Lord should deliuer lerusalem
out of mine hand ?
36 But the people helde their peace,
and answered him not a word : for the
kings commaundement was, saying,
Answere him not.
37 Then came Eliakim the sonne of
Hilkiah, which was ouer the lioushold,
and Shebna the Scribe, and loah the
Sonne of Asaph the Recorder, to Heze-
kiah with their clothes rent, and tolde
him the words of Rabshakeh.
CHAP. XIX.
Hezekiah mourning, sendeth to Esay to pray
for them. 6 Esay comforteth them. 8 Sen-
nacherib going to encounter Tirhakah, sen-
deth a blasphemous letter to Hezekiah. 14
Hezekiah his prayer. 20 Esay his prophe-
cie of the pride and destruction of Sennache-
rib , and the good of Zion. 35 An Angel
slayeth the Assyrians. 36 Sennacherib is
slaine at Nineueh by his owne sonnes.
Nd * it came to passe when
King Hezekiah heard it,
that hee rent his clothes,
and couered himselfe with
sackecloth , and went into
the house of the Lord.
2 And hee sent EHakim, which was
ouer the houshold , and Shebna the
Scribe, and the Elders of the Priests,
couered with sackcloth, to Esai the Pro-
phet the Sonne of Amoz.
3 And they sayd vnto him, Thus
sayth Hezekiah, This day is a day of
trouble, and of rebuke, and ||blasphe-
mie : for the children are come to the
birth, and there is not strength to bring
foorth.
4 It
"Esal. 37. 1.
I Or, provo-
cation.
The prayer of
Chap.
XIX.
Hezekiah is heard.
t Heb. found
Luke 3. 4.
called E-
saias.
4 It may be, the Lord thy God
will heare all the words of Rabshakeh
whome the king of Assyria his master
hath sent to reproch the lining God, and
will reprooue the wordes which the
Lord thy God hath heard: where-
fore lift vp thy prayer for the remnant
that are tleft.
5 So the seruants of king Hezekiah
came to Isaiah.
6 IT And * Isaiah said vnto them.
Thus shal ye say to your master. Thus
saith the Lord, Be not afraid of the
wordes which thou hast heard , with
which the seruants of the king of Assy-
ria haue blasphemed me.
7 Behold, I will send a blast vpon
him, and he shall heare a rumour, and
shall returne to his owne land, and I
will cause him to fall by the sword in his
owne land.
8 IT So Rabshakeh returned, and
found the king of Assyria warring a-
gainst Libnah : for hee had heard that
he was departed from Lachish.
9 And when he heard say of Tirha-
kah king of Ethiopia , Behold, hee is
come out to fight against thee: hee sent
messengers againe vnto Hezekiah, say-
ing,
10 Thus shall ye speake to Hezekiah
king of ludah , saying , Let not thy
God in whome thou trustest , deceiue
thee, saying, lerusalem shall not be de-
liuered into the hande of the king of
Assyria.
11 Behold , thou hast heard what
the kings of Assyria haue done to all
lands, by destroying them vtterly : and
shalt thou be deliuered .'*
12 Haue the gods of the nations deli-
uered them which my fathers haue de-
stroyed.-" As Gozan, and Haran, and Re-
zeph, and the children of Eden which
were in Thelasar .''
13 Where is the king of Hamath, and
the king of Arpad , and the king of the
citie of Sepharuaim , of Hena , and
luah .?
14 If And Hezekiah receiued the let-
ter of the hand of the messengers, and
read it : and Hezekiah went vp into the
house of the Lord, and spread it be-
fore the Lord.
15 And Hezekiah prayed before the
Lord, and said, O Lord God of
Israel, whicli dwellest het-ween the Che-
rubims, thou art the God, euen thou a-
lone, of all the kingdomes of the earth.
thou hast made heauen and earth.
16 Lord, bow downe thine eare,
and heare: open. Lord, thine eyes,
and see : and heare the words of Sen-
nacherib which hath sent him to re-
proch the liuing God.
17 Of a trueth. Lord, the kings
of Assyria haue destroyed the nations
and their lands,
18 And haue tcast their gods into the
fire : for they were no gods, but the work
of mens hands, wood and stone : ther-
fore they haue destroyed them.
19 Now therefore, O Lord our
God, I beseech thee, saue thou vs out of
his hand, that all the kingdoms of the
earth may know , that thou art the
Lord God, euen thou onely.
20 ^ Then Isaiah the sonne of A-
moz sent to Hezekiah , saying , Thus
saith the Lord God of Israel, That
which thou hast prayed to mee against
Sennacherib king of Assyria, I haue
heard.
21 This M the word that the Lord
hath spoken concerning him, The Vir-
gin, the daughter of Zion hath despised
thee, and laughed thee to scorne, the
daughter of lerusalem hath shaken
her head at thee.
22 Whome hast thou reproched and
blasphemed .' and against whome hast
thou exalted thy voyce, and lift vp thine
eyes on high .'' euen against the Holy One
of Israel.
23 t By thy messengers thou hast re-
proched the Lord, and hast said. With
the multitude of my charets , I am
come vp to the height of the moun-
taines, to the sides of Lebanon , and
will cut downe tthe tall cedar trees
thereof, and the choice firre trees there-
of: and I will enter into the lodgings
of his borders, and into the ||forrest of
his Carmel.
24 I haue digged & drunke strange
waters, and with the sole of my feete
haue I dried vp all the riuers of || besie-
ged places.
25 II Hast thou not heard long agoe,
how I haue done it , and of ancient
times that I haue formed it .'' now haue
I brought it to passe, that thou shoul-
dest be to lay waste fenced cities into rui-
nous heapes.
26 Therefore their Inhabitants
were tof small power , they were dis-
mayed and confounded, they were as the
grasse of the field , and as the greene
herbe.
t Heb. giuen
\Heb.bvthe
hand of.
t Heb. the
talncsse, S(C.
II Or, thefor-
rest and his
fruitful field
Or, fenced
Or, hast
thou not
heard how
/ haufi made
it long agoe,
and formed
it of ancient
timesfshotUd
I now bring
it to he laide
waste, and
feneed cities
to be rui-
nousheapes?
t Heb. short
ofhatul.
k
Sennacherib flaine.
II. Kings.
Hezekiah licke.
Or, sitting.
t Hekr. the
escaping of
the house of
ludah that
remaineth.
t Hebr. the
escaping.
• Isa. 37. 36.
tob. 1. 21.
ecclus. 48.
34. 1. mace.
7. 41. 2.
macca. 8.
19.
t Hebr. A-
rarat.
herbe, as the grasse on the house tops,
and as come blasted before it be growen
vp.
27 But I know thy || abode, and
thy going out, and thy coraming in, and
tliy rage against me.
28 Because thy rage against me, and
thy tumult is come vp into mine cares,
therefore I will put my liooke in thy
nose, and my bridle in thy lips , and I
will turne thee backe by the way by
which thou camest.
29 And this sitalbe a signe vnto thee,
Yee shall eate this yeere such things as
grow of themselues, and in the second
yeere that which springeth of the same,
and in the third yeere sow ye and reape,
and plant Vineyards , and eate the
fruits thereof.
30 And t the remnant that is escaped
of the house of ludah, shall yet againe
take root downeward, and beare fruit
vpward.
31 For out of Jerusalem shall goe
forth a remnant, and tthey that escape
out of mount Zion : the zeale of the
Lord of hostes shall doe this.
32 Therefore thus saith the Lord
concerning the king of Assyria, He shall
not come into this city, nor shoot an ar-
row there , nor come before it with
shield, nor cast a banke against it :
33 By the way that hee came, by the
same shal he returne, and shal not come
into this city, saith the Loud.
34 For I will defend this citie, to
saue it, for mine owne sake, and for my
seruant Daiiids sake.
35 H And * it came to passe that
night, that the Angel of the Lord
went out, and smote in the campe of the
Assyrians, an hundred foure score and
fiue thousand : and when they arose
earely in the morning, behold, they were
all dead corpses.
36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria
departed, and went and returned, and
dwelt at Nineueh.
37 And it came to passe as hee was
worshipping in the house of Nisroch
his god, that Adramelech, and Share-
zer his sonnes , smote him with the
sword: and they escaped into the land of
t Armenia, and Esarhaddon his sonne
reigned in his stead.
CHAP. XX.
1 Hezekiah hauingrecciued amcssage of death,
by prayer hath his life lengthned. 8 The
Sunne goeth tcnne degrees backward, for a
signe of that promise. 12 Berodach Baladan
sending to visite Hezekiah, because of the
wonder, hath notice of his treasures. 14 Isa-
iah vnderstanding thereof, foretelleth the
Babylonian captiuitie. 20 Manasseh suc-
ceedeth Hezekiah.
N those dayes *was Heze-
kiah sicke vnto death: and
tlie Prophet Isaiah the
Sonne of Amos came to
him, and saide vnto him.
Thus saith the Lord, t Set thine
house in order : for thou shalt die, and
not Hue.
2 Then hee turned his face to the
wall, and prayed vnto the Lord,
saying ;
3 I beseecli thee , O Lord, re-
member now how I haue walked be-
fore thee in trueth , and with a perfect
heart , and haue done that which is
good in thy sight : and Hezekiah wept
t sore.
4 And it came to passe afore Isaiah
was gone out into the middle !| court,
that the word of the Lord came to
him, saying ;
5 Turne againe , and tell Hezekiah
the captaine of my people. Thus saith
the L o R D, the God of Dauid thy fa-
ther, I haue heard thy prayer, I haue
scene thy teares : behold , I will heale
thee; on the third day thou shalt goe vp
vnto the house of the Lord.
6 And I will adde vnto thy dayes
fifteene yeeres, and I will deliuer thee,
and this city, out of the hand of the king
of Assyria, and I will defend this citie
for mine owne sake, and for my seruant
Dauids sake.
7 And Isaiah said. Take a lumpe
of figs. And they tooke and layd it on
the boile, and he rccouered.
8 H And Hezekiah said vnto Isa-
iah , What sJiall hee the signe that the
Lord wil heale me, and that I shall
goe vp into the house of the Lord
the third day ?
9 And Isaiah said. This signe shalt
thou haue of the Lord, that the
Lord will doe the thing that hee
hath spoken : shall the shadow goe for-
ward ten degrees, or *goe backe tenne
degrees .''
10 And Hezekiah answered. It is a
light thing for the shadow to goe downe
tenne degrees : nay , but let the shadow
returne backward tenne degrees.
11 And
• 2. Chron.
32. 24. isa.
38. 1.
+ Hebr. gixie
charge con.
cerning thine
house.
t Hebr. with
a great wee'
ping.
I Or, city.
Ecclus,
48. 24. isa,
38. 8.
Hezekiah dieth.
Chap.xxj.
Manafleh wicked.
t Heb. de-
grees.
• Isal. 39. 1.
l(h;spiceri/.
Or^ jewels.
Heb. vessels.
" Chap. 24.
13. & 35. 13
iere. 27. 19.
I Or, shall
there not be
peace and
truethf |-c.
11 And Isaiah the Prophet cryed
vnto the Lord, and he brought the
shadow tenne degrees backeward , by
which it had gone downe in the tdiall
of Ahaz.
12 f *At that time Ikrodach-Ba-
ladan the sonne of Baladan King of
Babylon , sent letters and a present
vnto Hezekiah : for he had heard that
Hezekiah had beene sicke.
13 And Hezekiah hearkened vnto
them , and shewed them the house of
his II precious things , the siluer , and
the golde, and the spices, and the pre-
cious oyntment , and all the house of
his II armour, and all that was found
in his treasures : there was nothing in
his house, nor in all his dominion, that
Hezekiah shewed them not.
14 H Then came Isaiah the Pro-
phet vnto King Hezekiah , and sayde
vnto him , What sayd these men ? and
from whence came they vnto thee .''
And Hezekiah sayde , They are come
from a farre countrey , eucn from Ba-
bylon.
15 And he said. What haue they scene
in thine house .'' And Hezekiah answe-
red , All the things that are in mine
house haue they scene : there is nothing
among my treasures, that I haue not
shewed them.
16 And Isaiah said vnto Hezekiah,
Heare the word of the Lord.
17 Behold, the dayes come, that all
that is in thine house , and that which
thy fathers haue layde vp in store vn-
to this day, *shall be caried vnto Ba-
bylon : nothing shall be left, sayth the
Lord.
18 And of thy sonnes that shall issue
from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall
they take away, and they shall bee Eu-
nuches in the palace of the king of Ba-
bylon.
19 Then said Hezekiah vnto Isaiah,
Good is the word of the Lord which
thou hast spoken. And he said, ||Is it
not good , if peace and trueth be in my
dayes ?
20 II And the rest of the actes of He-
zekiah, and all his might, and how hee
made a poole and a conduit, & brought
water into the city, are they not written
in the booke of the Chronicles of the
Kings of ludah ?
21 And Hezekiah slept with his fa-
thers , and Manasseh his sonne reig-
ned in his stead.
CHAP. XXL
1 Manasseh his reigne. 3 His great idolatrie.
10 His wickednesse causeth prophecies a-
■ gainst ludah. 17 Amon succeedeth him,
19 Araons wicked reigne. 23 Hee being
slaine by his seruants, and those murderers
slaine by the people, losiah is made King.
Anasseh *was twelue yeres
olde when hee beganne to
reigne , and reigned fiftie
and fiue yeeres in leru-
salem : and his mothers
name was Hephzibah.
2 And hee did that zvhich was euill in
the sight of the Lord, after the abo-
minations of the heathen , whom the
Lord cast out before the children of
Israel.
3 For he built vp againe the high pla-
ces, * which Hezekiah his father had de-
stroyed , and hee reared vp altars for
Baal, and made a groue, as did Ahab
king of Israel, and worshipped all the
hoste of heauen, and serued them.
4 And *he built altars in the house
of the Lord, of which the Lord
sayd, *In lerusalem will I put my
Name.
5 And he built altars for all the host
of heauen, in the two courts of the house
of the Lord.
6 And he made his sonne passe tho-
row the fire, and obserued times, and
vsed enchantments, and dealt with fa-
miliar spirits, and wizards : he wrought
much wickednesse in the sight of the
Lord, to prouoke him to anger.
7 And he set a grauen image of the
groue that he had made, in the house, of
which the Lord said to Dauid, and
to Solomon his sonne, *In this house
and in lerusalem , which I haue cho-
sen out of all tribes of Israel, wil I put
my Name for euer :
8 Neither will I make the feete of
Israel mooue any more out of the land,
which I gaue their fathers : onely if
they will obserue to doe according to all
that I haue commanded them, and ac-
cording to all the Law, that my seruant
Moses commanded them.
9 But they hearkened not : and
Manasseh seduced them to doe more
euill then did the nations, whome the
Lord destroyed before the children
of Israel.
10 IF And the Lord spake by his
seruants the Prophets, saying,
11 *Be-
" 2. Chron.
33. 1.
Cha. 18. 4.
• Iere. 32.
34.
2. Sam. 7.
13.
1. King.
s. 29. and
9. 3. chap.
23. 27.
k
Manaffeh dieth.
II. Kings.
A moil flaine.
• lere. 15. 4
•. 1 Sam. 3.
11.
t Heb. he
wipeth and
tumeth it
vponthe
t Heb. from
mouth to
mouth.
2. Cbron.
33.20.
11 * Because Manasseh king of Iu-|
dali hatli done these abominations, and
hath done wickedly aboue all that the
Amorites did, which were before him,
and hath made ludah also to sinne
with his idolcs:
12 Therefore thus saith the Loed
God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing
such euill vpon Jerusalem and ludah,
that whosoeuer heareth of it, both *liis
eares shall tingle.
13 And I will stretch ouer lerusa-
lem the line of Samaria, and the plum-
met of the house of Ahab : and I will
wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth
dish , t wiping it and turning it vpside
downe.
14 And J will forsake the remnant
of mine inheritance , and deliuer them
into the hand of their enemies, and they
shall become a pray and a spoile to all
their enemies,
15 Because they haue done that which
was euill in my sight, and haue prouoked
me to anger since the day their fathers
came forth out of Egypt, euen vnto this
day.
16 Moreouer, Manasseh shed inno-
cent blood very much, till he had filled
Jerusalem tfrom one end to another,
beside his sinne wherwith he made lu-
dah to sinne,in doing that zchichiease\x\\\
in the sight of the Loud.
17 IT Now the rest of the actes of
Manasseh, and all that he did, and his
sinne that he sinned, are they not writ-
ten in the booke of the Chronicles of the
kings of Judah ?
18 And * Manasseh slept with his fa
thers, and was buried in the garden of
his owne house, in the garden of Vzza:
and Amon his sonne reigned in his
stead.
19 It Amon was twentie and two
yeres old when he began to reigne, and
he reigned two yeeres in Jerusalem :
and his mothers name xcas Meshulle-
meth , the daughter of Haruz of Jot-
bah.
20 And he did that which was euill in
the sight of the J.ord, as his father
Manasseh did.
21 And he walked in all the wayes
that his father walked in, and serued
the idoles that his father serued, and
worshipped them :
22 And he forsooke the Lord God
of his fathers , and walked not in the
way of the Loeu.
23 f And the seruants of Amon con-
spired against him, and slew the king in
his owne house.
24 And the people of the land slew
al them that had conspired against king
Amon, and the people of the land made
Josiah his sonne king in his stead.
25 Now the rest of the acts of Amon,
which he did , are they not written in
the booke of the chronicles of the kings
of ludah ?
26 And he was buried in his sepul
chre, in the garden of Vzza, and * Josi-
ah his sonne reigned in his stead.
CHAP. XXIJ.
losiah his good reigne. 3 He taketh care for
the repaire of the Temple. 8 Hilkiah ha-
uing found a hooke of the Lawe, losiah sen-
deth to Huldah to enquire of the Lord. 15
Huldah prophesieth destruction of lerusa-
lem, hut respite thereof in losiahs time.
Osiah *was eight yeeres
old when hee beganne to
reigne , and hee reigned
thirtie and one yeeres in
Jerusalem : and his mo-
thers name was Jedidah, the daughter
of Adaiah of Boscath.
2 And he did that which was right in
the sight of the Lord, and walked in
all the wayes of Dauid his father, and
turned not aside to the right hand, or to
the left.
3 IT And it came to passe in the eigh-
teenth yeere of king Josiah, that the
king sent Shaphan the sonne of Azali-
ah, the sonne of MeshuUam the Scribe
to the house of the Lord, saying,
4 Goe vp to Hilkiah the high priest,
that he may summe the siluer which is
brought into the house of the Lord,
which the keepers of the tdoore haue
gathered of the people.
5 And let them deliuer it into the
hand of the doers of the worke , that
haue the ouersight of the house of the
Lord : and let them giue i-t to the do-
ers of the worke, which is in the house
of the JjOrd, to repaire the breaches
of the house,
6 Vnto carpenters, and builders,
and masons , and to buy timber and
hewen stone, to repaire the house.
7 Jlowbeit, there was no reckoning
made with them , of the money that
was deliuered into their hand, because
they dealt faithfully.
8 f And
• Mat. 1. 10.
called lo-
sias.
• 2. Cliron.
34. 1.
t Heb. thre-
shold.
M
The Law found,
Chap.xxiij.
and read openly.
t Hebr. mel-
ted.
t Hear, gar-
ments.
I Or, in the
second part
8 H And Hilkiah the high Priest
said vnto Shaphan the Scribe, I haue
found the booke of the Law in the
house of the Lord. And Hilkiah gaue
the booke to Sliaphan, and he read it.
9 And Shaphan the Scribe came
to the king, and brought the king word
againe , and said , Thy seruants haue
t gathered the money that was found
in the house, and haue dehuered it into
the hand of them that doe the worke,
that haue the ouersight of the house of
the Lord.
10 And Shaphan the Scribe shew-
ed the king, saying, Hilkiah the Priest
hath deliuered mee a booke : and Sha-
phan read it before the king.
11 And it came to passe when the
king had heard the words of the booke
of the Law, that he rent his clothes.
12 And the king commanded Hilkiah
the Priest , and Ahikam the sonne of
Shaphan , and Achbor the sonne of
Michaiah, and Shaphan the Scribe,
and Asahiah a seruant of the Kings,
saying,
13 Goe yee, enquire of the Lord
for me , and for the people, and for all
ludah, concerning tlie wordes of this
booke that is found : for great is the
wrath of the Lord that is kindled a-
gainst vs, because our fathers haue not
hearkened vnto the woordes of this
booke , to doe according vnto all that
which is written concerning vs.
14 So Hilkiah the Priest, and Ahi-
kam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and
Asahiah, went vnto Huldah the Pro-
phetesse, the wife of Shallum the sonne
o/'Tikuah, the sonne of Harhas, keeper
of the t wardrobe : now she dwelt in
lerusalem in ||the colledge : And they
communed with her.
15 ir And she said vnto them. Thus
saith the Lord God of Israel, Tell
the man that sent you to me ;
16 Thus saith the Lord, Behold,
I will bring euill vpon this place, and
vpon the inhabitants thereof, euen all
the words of the booke which the king
of Ividah hath read.
17 Because they haue forsaken me,
and haue burnt incense vnto other
gods , that they might prouoke mee to
anger with all the woorkes of their
handes : therefore my wrath shall bee
kindled against this place, and shall not
be quenched.
18 But to the king of ludah which
sent you to enquire of the Lord,
Thus shall yee say to him, Thus saith
the Lord God of Israel, as tou-
ching the woordes which thou hast
heard :
19 Because thine heart was tender,
and thou hast humbled thy selfe before
the Lord, when thou heardest what
I spake against this place, and against
the inhabitants thereof, that they
should become a desolation and a curse,
and hast rent thy cloathes , and wept
before me ; I also haue heard tliee, saith
the Lord.
20 Behold therefore, I will gather
thee vnto thy fathers, and thou shalt be
gathered into thy graue in peace , and
thine eyes shal not see all the euil which
I will bring vpon this place. And they
brought the king word againe.
CHAP. XXIII.
1 losiah causeth the booke to bee read in a so-
lemne assembly. 3 He reneweth the Coue-
nant of the Lord. 4 He destroyeth ido-
latry. 15 He burnt dead mens bones vpon
the altar of Bethel, as was foreprophesied. 21
He kept a most solemne Passeouer. 24 He
put away witches, and all abomination. 26
Gods finall wrath against ludah. 29 losiah
prouoking Pharaoh Nechoh, is slaine at Me-
giddo. 31 lehoahaz succeeding him, is im-
prisoned by Pharaoh Nechoh, who made
loiakim king. 36 loiakim his wicked reigne.
Nd*thekingsent,andthey
gathered vnto him all the
Elders of ludah , and of
lerusalem.
2 And the king went
vp into the house of the Lord,
and all the men of ludah , and all the
inhabitants of lerusalem with him,
and the Priestes , and the Prophets,
and all the people t both small and tfle&r./rom
great : and he read in their eares all the vnto great.
wordes of the booke of the Couenant
which was found in the house of the
Lord.
3 If And the King stood by a pil-
lar, and made a Couenant before the
Lord, to walke after the Lord,
and to keepe his Commaundements,
and his Testimonies, & his Statutes,
with all Meir heart, and all their soule,to
performe the words of this Couenant,
that were written in this booke : and
all the people stood to the Couenant.
4 And the king commanded Hilkiah
3 H the
•2. Chron.
34. 30.
lofiahs zeale.
II. Kings.
and reformation:
\Heb.caused
to cease.
t Heb. Che
marim.
I Or, tweUte
signet or con-
tieUations.
•Cha.21.7.
\Heb.houae>
lOr.Eu-
nuch, or Of.
ficer.
•Cha. «l. a
the high Priest, and the priests of the se-
cond order, and the keepers of the doore
to bring forth out of the Temple of the
Lord all the vessels that were made
for Baal, and for the groue, and for all
the hoste of heauen : and he burnt them
without lerusalem in the fields of Ki-
dron, and caried the ashes of them vnto
Bethel.
5 And hee t put downe the t idola-
trous priests whome the kings of lu-
dah had ordeined to burne incense in the
high places, in the cities of ludah and
in the places round about lerusalem :
them also that burnt incense vnto Ba-
al, to the Sunne, and to the Moone,
and to the || Planets, and to all the hoste
of heauen.
6 And he brought out the *groue
from the house of the Lord, with-
out lerusalem, vnto the brooke Ki-
dron , and burnt it at the brooke Ki-
dron , and stampt it small to powder,
and cast the powder thereof vpon the
graues of the children of the people.
7 And he brake downe the houses
of the Sodomites that were by the house
of the Lord, where the women
woue t hangings for the groue.
8 And he brought all the priests out
of the cities of ludah, and defiled the
high places where the priests had burnt
incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and
brake downe the hie places of the gates
that were in the entring in of the gate
of loshua the gouernour of the citie,
which were on a mans left hand at the
gate of the citie.
9 Neuerthelesse , the priests of the
high places came not vp to the Altar of
the Lord in Jerusalem, but they did
eate of the vnleauened bread among
their brethren.
10 And he defiled Topheth which is
in the valley of the children of Hinnom,
that no man might make his sonne or
his daughter to passe through the fire
to Molech.
11 And he tooke away the horses that
the kings of ludah had giuen to the
Sunne, at the entring in of the house of
the Lord, by the chamber of Na-
thanmelech the ||chamberlaine, which
was in the suburbs, and burnt the cha-
rets of the Sunne with fire,
12 And the altars that were on the
top of the vpper chamber of Ahaz,
which the kings of ludah had made,
and the altars which *Manasseh had
made in the two courts of the house of
the Lord, did the king beat downe,
and II brake them downe from thence,
and cast the dust of them into the brooke
Kidron.
13 And the high places that were be-
fore lerusalem, which were on the right
hand of the || mount of corruption,
which * Solomon the king of Israel
had builded for Ashtoreth , the abomi-
nation of the Zidonians, and for Che-
mosh the abomination of the Moa-
bites, and for Milchom the abominati
on of the children of Ammon , did the
king defile.
14 And he brake in pieces the t ima-
ges, and cut downe the groues, and fil-
led their places with the bones of men
15 H Moreouer the altar that was at
Bethel, and the high place which lero
boam the sonne of Nebat, who made
Israel to sinne, had made, both that al-
tar, and the high place he brake downe,
and burnt the high place, and stampt it
small to powder, and burnt the groue.
16 And as losiah turned himselfe, he
spied the sepulchres that wei-e there in
the mount, and sent, & tooke the bones
out of the sepulchres , and burnt them
vpon the altar , and polluted it, accor-
ding to the * word of the Lord which
the man of God proclaimed , who pro-
claimed these words.
17 Then hee said, What title is that
that I see .'' and the men of the city
told him. It is the sepulchre of the man
of God, which came from ludah, and
proclaimed these things that thou hast
done against the altar of Bethel.
18 And he said. Let him alone : let
no man moue his bones: so they let his
bones t alone, with the bones of the
Prophet that came out of Samaria.
19 And all the houses also of the hie
places that were in the cities of Sama-
ria, which the kings of Israel had made
to prouoke the Lord to anger , losiah
tooke away, and did to them according
to all the actes that hee had done in
Bethel.
20 And he ||slew all the priests of the
high places that were there , vpon the
altars , and burnt mens bones vpon
them, and returned to lerusalem.
21 H And the King commanded all
the people saying , * Keepe the Passeo-
uer vnto the Lord your God, *as it
is written in this booke of the Coue-
nant.
22 Surely
Or, ran
from thence.
I That ia, the
mount qfO-
liues.
• 1. King.
a. 7.
t Heb. sta-
tues.
• I.King.
13. 2.
iHebr.to
escape.
II Or sacri-
ficed.
• 2. Chron.
3;>. 1 . 1 . esd,
*Kxa 12. 3
deut. 16. 2.
He is flaine.
Chap.xxiiij.
lehoiakim king.
I Or, Tera-
phim.
* Leuit. 20.
27. deut.
18. U.
t Heb. an-
gers.
I.King. I
29. & 9. 3.
Chap.
21. 7.
2. Chron.
35. no.
2. Chron.
36. 1.
22 Surely there was not holden
such a Passeouer , from the daies of the
Judges that iudged Israel , nor in all
the dayes of the kings of Israel, nor of
the kings of ludah :
23 But in the eighteenth yeere of
king losiah , wlierein this Passeouer
was holden to the Lord in leru-
salem.
24 f Moreouer the workers with fa-
miliar spirits, and the wizards, and the
II images, and the idoles, and all the abo-
minations that were spied in the land
of ludah, and in lerusalem, did losi-
ah put away , that he might perforrae
the wordes of *the lawe, which were
written in the booke that Hilkiah the
priest found in the house of the Lord.
2-5 And like vnto him was there no
king before him , that turned to the
Lord with all his heart, and with
all his soule, and with all his might, ac-
cording to all the Law of Moses, nei-
ther after him arose there any like him.
26 IT Notwithstanding, the Lord
turned not from the fiercenesse of his
great wrath, wherwith his anger was
kindled against ludah , because of all
the t prouocations that Manasseh had
prouoked him withall.
27 And the Lord said, I will re-
moue ludah also out of my sight, as I
haue remoued Israel , and will cast off
this citie lerusalem , which I haue
chosen, and the house of which I sayd,
*My name shall be there.
28 Now the rest of the actes of lo-
siah , and all that hee did , are they not
written in the booke of the chronicles of
the kings of ludah .''
29 II *In his dayes, Pharaoh Ne-
choh king of Egypt , went vp against
the king of Assyria to the riuer Eu-
phrates : and king losiah went against
him, and hee slew him at Megiddo,
when he had seene him.
30 And his seruants caried him in a
charet dead from Megiddo, & brought
him to lerusalem , and buried him in
his owne sepulchre : and * the people of
the land tooke lehoahaz the sonne of
losiah , and anointed him , and made
him king in his fathers stead.
31 U lehoahaz leas twenty and three
yeeres olde when he beganne to reigne,
and hee reigned three moneths in Je-
rusalem : and his mothers name was
Hamital, the daughter of leremiah, of
Libnah.
Or, because
he reigned.
t Heb. set a
mulct v}}on
the land.
* Matth. 1.
1 2. called
lakim.
32 And hee did that which was euill in
the sight of the Lord, according to
all that his fathers had done.
33 And Pharaoh Nechoh put him
in bandes at Riblah in the land of Ha-
math, II that he might not reigne in le-
rusalem, and tput the land to a tribute
of an hundred talents of siluer, and a ta-
lent of golde.
34 And Pharaoh Nechoh made E-
liakim the sonne of losiah king, in the
roume of losiah his father, and turned
his name to * lehoiakim, and tooke
lehoahaz away : and hee came to E-
gypt, and died there.
35 And lehoiakim gaue the siluer,
and the golde to Pharaoh, but he taxed
the land to giue the money according to
the commandement of Pharaoh : hee
exacted the siluer and the golde of the
people of the land , of euery one accor-
ding to his taxation, to giue it vnto Pha-
raoh Nechoh.
36 H lehoiakim was twentie and
fine yeere olde when he began to reigne,
and he reigned eleuen yeeres in lerusa-
lem : and his mothers name was Ze-
budah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Ru-
mah.
37 And he did that which was euill in
the sight of the Lord, according to
all that his fathers had done.
CHAP. XXIIII.
1 lehoiakim , first subdued by Nebuchadnez-
zar, then rebelling against him, procureth his
owne ruine. 5 lehoiachin succeedeth him.
7 The King of Egypt is vanquished by the
King of Babylon. 8 lehoiachin his euill
reigne. 10 lerusalem is taken and carried
captiue into Babylon. 17 Zedekiah is made
King, and reigneth ill, vnto the vtter destru-
ction of ludah.
N his dayes Nebuchad-
nezzar king of Babylon
came vp , and lehoiakim
became his seruant three
yeeres: then hee turned
and rebelled against him.
2 And the Lord sent against him
bands of the Chaldees , and bandes of
the Syrians, and bandes of the Moa-
bites, and bands of the children of Am-
mon, and sent them against ludah to
destroy it, *according to the word of the
Lord, which hee spake tby his ser-ls?!
uants the Prophets. \\Heb.bythe
o o 1 1 1 Jhand(if.
•i burely at the commandement otj
3 H 2 thel
• Chap. 20.
17. and 2s.
leriifalem is
ILK
ings.
besieged.
• Dan. 1. 1.
t Bd). eame
into siege.
lOr.Eu.
nuehe$.
' Chap. 20.
17. esa. 39. i
*1. Chnm.
36. 10. eath.
2. (1.
I Or, Eu-
nuehet.
the Lord came this vpon ludah, to
remooue them out of his sight , for the
sinnes of Manasseh , according to all
that he did :
4 And also for the innocent blood
that hee shedde : (for hee filled Jerusa-
lem with innocent blood ) which the
Lord would not pardon.
5 H Nowe the rest of the actes of
lehoiakim, and all that he did, are they
not written in the booke of the Chroni-
cles of the Kings of ludah .''
6 So lehoiakim slept with his fa^
thers: and lehoiachin his sonne reig
ned in his stead.
7 And the king of Egypt came not
againe any more out of his land : for the
King of Babylon had taken from the
riuer of Egypt, vnto the riuer Euphra-
tes , all that pertained to the King of
8 IT lehoiachin was eighteene
yeres old when he began to reigne, & he
reigned in Jerusalem three moneths :
& his mothers name was Nehushta the
daughter of Elnathan, of Jerusalem.
9 And hee did that which was euill in
the sight of the Lord, according to all
that his father had done.
10 H "At that time the seruants of
Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon
came vp against Jerusalem, and the ci-
tie t was besieged.
11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Ba-
bylon came against the citie, and his ser-
uants did besiege it.
12 And lehoiachin the King of lu
dah went out to the king of Babylon,
hee, and his mother, and his seruants,
and his princes, and his || officers : and
the king of Babylon tooke him in the
eight yeere of his reigne.
13 *And hee caried out thence all the
treasures of the house of the Lord,
and the treasure of the kings house, and
cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which
Solomon King of Israel had made
in the Temple of the Lord, as the
Lord had said.
14 And hee caried away all Jerusa-
lem,and all the princes, & all the mighty
men of valour, euen tenne thousand cap-
tiues, and all the craftsmen, and smiths:
none remained, saue the poorest sort of
the ])eople of the land.
15 And 'he caried away lehoiachin
to Babylon, and the kings mother, and
the kings wiues, and his || officers, and
the mighty of the land, those caried hee
into captiuitie, from Jerusalem to Ba-
bylon.
16 And all the men of might, euen se-
uen thousand, and craftesmen, & smiths
a thousand, all that were strong and apt
for warre, euen them the king of Baby-
lon brought captiue to Babylon.
17 IT And *the king of Babylon made
Mattaniah his fathers brother king in
his stead, and changed his name to Ze
dekiah.
18 Zedekiah wa^ twentie and one
yeeres olde when hee began to reigne,
and he reigned eleuen yeeres in Jerusa-
lem : and his mothers name was Ha-
mutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of
Libnah.
19 And hee did that which was euill in
the sight of the Lord, according to
all that lehoiachin had done.
20 For through the anger of the
Lord it came to passe in Jerusalem
and Judah, vntill he had cast them out
from his presence, that Zedekiah rebel
led against the king of Babylon.
CHAP. XXV.
Jerusalem is besieged. 4 Zedekiah taken, his
sonnes slaine, his eyes put out. 8 Nabuzara-
dan defaceth the city, carieth the remnant,
except a few poore labourers, into captiuitie,
13 Spoileth and carieth away the treasures.
18 The Nobles are slaine at Riblah. 22 Ge-
daliah, who was set ouer them that remained,
beingslaine,therest flee into Egypt. 27Euil-
raerodach aduanceth lehoiachin m his court.
Nd it came to passe * in the
ninth yeere of his reigne,
in the tenth moneth , in
the tenth day of the mo-
neth , that Nebuchadnez-
zar king of Babylon came, hee, and all
his hoste, against Jerusalem, and pit-
ched against it, and they built fortes a-
gainst it, round about.
2 And the citie was besieged vnto
the eleuenth yeere of king Zedekiah.
3 And on the ninth day of the * fourth
moneth, thefamine preuailed in the city,
and there was no bread for the people
of the land.
4 H And the citie was broken vp,
and all the men of vfurrejled by night,
by the way of the gate , betweene two
walles, which is by the kings garden,
(now the Caldees were against the citie
round about) and the King vent the way
toward the plaine.
5 And
•lere. 37. 1
and 52. I.
lere. 39.
and S2. 4.
" lere. S2. 6.
Zedekiah taken.
Ch
ap
.XXV.
Gedaliali flaiue.
t Hebr.spake
iuilffement
with him.
t Heb, made
blinde.
Or, chiefe
Marshall.
t Hebr./al-
len away. ,
* Chap, 20.
17. lere. 27.
t Hebr. the
one sea.
• I.King. 7-
15. iere. 52.
21.
5 And the army of the Caldees pur-
sued after the King, and ouertooke
him in the plaines of lericho : and all
his armie were scattered from him.
6 So they tooke the King , and
brought liim vp to the King of Baby-
Ion, to Riblali, and they gaue tiudge-
ment vpon him.
7 And they slew the sonnes of Ze-
dekiah before his eyes, and tput out the
eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with
fetters of brasse, and carried him to Ba-
bylon.
8 IT And in the fifth moneth, on the
seuenth day of the moneth ( which is
the nineteenth yeere of King Nebu-
chadnezzar King of Babylon ) came
Nebuzaradan ||captaine of the guard,
a seruant of the king of Babylon, vnto
Jerusalem :
9 And hee burnt the house of the
Lord, and the kings house, and all
the houses of Jerusalem , and euery
great mans house burnt he with fire.
10 And all the army of the Caldees
that were with the captaine of the
guard, brake downe the walles of Je-
rusalem round about.
11 Now the rest of the people that
were left in the citie, and the tfugitiues
that fell away to the king of Babylon,
with the remnant of the multitude,
did Nebuzaradan the captaine of the
guard cary away.
12 But the captaine of the guard left
of the poore of the land, to be Vine-dres-
sers, and husbandmen.
13 And * the pillars of brasse that
were in the house of the Loed, and
the bases, and the brasen sea that was in
the house of the Lord, did the Cal-
dees breake in pieces , and caried the
brasse of them to Babylon.
14 And the pots, and the shouels,
and the snuffers, and the spoones, and
all the vessels of brasse wherewith they
ministred, tooke they away.
15 And the fire-pans, and the bowles,
& such things as were of golde, in golde,
and of siluer,in siluer, the captaine of the
guard tooke away.
16 The two pillars, tone sea, and
the bases which Solomon had made
for the house of the Lord, the brasse
of al these vessels was without weight.
17 *The height of the one pillar was
eighteene cubits, and the chapiter vpon
it was brasse : and the height of the cha-
piter three cubites ; and the wreathen
\Hebr.
threshold.
II Or, scribe
of the cap-
taine of the
hoste.
worke , and pomegranates vpon the
chapiter round about, all of brasse : and
like vnto these had the second pillar
with wreathen worke.
18 IF And the captaine of the guard,
tooke Seraiah the chiefe Priest , and
Zephaniah the second Priest , and the
three keepers of the t doore.
19 And out of the citie hee tooke an
Officer, that was set ouer the men ot\*Or,Eu-
warre, and fiue men of them that t wereJt jfein: saw
in the kings presence, which were found '** Kings
in the citie, and the ||principall Scribe
of the hoste, which mustered the people
of the land, and threescore men of the
people of the land that were found in
the citie.
20 And Nebuzaradan captaine of
the guard tooke these , and brought
them to the king of Babylon, to Rib-
lah.
21 And the King of Babylon smote
them , and slew them at Riblah in the
land of Hamath : so ludah was caried
away out of their land.
22 H * And as for the people that re-
mained in the land of ludah , whom
Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon
had left, euen ouer them he made Geda-
liali the Sonne of Ahikam , the sonne of
Shaphan, ruler.
23 And when all the * captaines of
the armies, they, and their men, heard
that the King of Babylon had made
Gedaliah gouernour, there came to
Gedaliah to Mispali , euen Ishmael
the Sonne of Nethaniah, and lohanan
the Sonne of Careah , and Seraiah the
Sonne of Tanhumeth the Netopha-
thite , and laazaniah the sonne of a
Maachathite, they, and their men.
24 And Gedaliah sware to them
and to their men , and said vnto them,
Feare not to be the seruants of the Cal-
dees : dwell in the land , and serue the
King of Babylon ; and it shall bee well
with you.
25 But it came to passe in the seuenth
moneth, that Ishmael the sonne of Ne-
thaniah, the Sonne of Elishama, of t the
seed royal, came, and ten men with him,
and *smote Gedaliah, that he died, and
the lewes, and the Caldees that were
with him at Mizpah.
26 And all the people both small and
great , and the captaines of the armies
arose, and came to Egypt: for they were
afraid of the Caldees.
27 H And it came to passe in the seuen
and
Iere. 40.
5,9.
• Iere. 40.
7.
t Hebr. of
the king,
dome.
Iere. 41. 2.
Adam, and
I.Chron.
his genealogies.
iHeb.good
thing»ieith
him.
and thirtieth yeere of the captiuitie of
lehoiachin king of ludah , in the
twelfth moneth, on the seuen and twen-
tieth day of the moneth, that Euilmero-
dacli king of Babylon, in the yeere that
he began to reigne, did lift vp the head
of lehoiachin king of ludah out of
prison.
28 And he spake t kindly to him, and
•Gen. 4.
3,9.
set his throne aboue the throne of the
kings that were with him in Babylon,
29 And changed his prison gar-
ments : and he did eate bread continu-
ally before him all the dayes of his life.
30 And his allowance was a continu-
all allowance giuen him of the king, a
dayly rate for euery day, all the dayes of
his life.
^THE FIRST BOOKE
of the Chronicles.
• Gen. 10. 2
I Or, Di.
phathy OH it
ia in some
copies.
lOr,Roda-
nim, accor-
ninf to some
ooptes.
' Gen. 10. 8
CHAP. I.
Adams line to Noah. 5 The sonnes of la-
pheth. 8 The sonnes of Ham. 17 The
sonnes of Shem. 24 Shems line to A-
braham. 29 Ishmaels sonnes. 32 The
sonnes of Keturah. 34. The posteritie of
Abraham by Esau. 43 The Kings of E-
dom. 51 The Dukes of Edom.
Dam , * Sheth,
Enosh,
2 Kenan, Ma-
halaleel, lered,
3 Henoch, Me-
thushelah , La-
mech,
4 Noah, Shem,
Ham, & lapheth.
5 IT * The sonnes of lapheth : Go-
mer, and Magog, and Madai, and la-
uan , and Tubal , and Meshech , and
Tiras.
6 And the sonnes of Gomer: Ash-
chenaz , and || Riphath , and Togar-
mah.
7 And the sonnes of lauan : Eli-
shah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and ||Do-
danim.
8 If The sonnes of Ham : Cush,
and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
9 And the sonnes of Cush : Siba,
and Hauilah , and Sabta, and Raa-
mah, and Sabtecha : and the sonnes of
Raamah : Sheba, and Dedan.
10 And Cush *begate Nimrod: hee
began to be mightie vpon the earth.
11 And Mizraim begate Ludim, and
Anamim , and Lehabim , and Naph-
tuhim,
12 And Pathrusim , and Casluhim
(of whome came the Philistines) and
•Caphthorim.
13 And Canaan begate Zidon his
first borne, and Heth.
14 The lebusite also, and the Amo-
rite, and the Girgashite,
15 And the Hiuite , and the Arkite,
and the Sinite,
16 And the Aruadite, and the Zema-
rite, and the Hamathite.
17 f The sonnes of *Shem: Elam,
and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud,
and Aram, and Vz, & Hul, and Gether,
and II Meshech.
18 And Arphaxad begate Shelah,
and Shelah begate Eber.
19 And vnto Eber were borne two
sonnes : the name of the one was \\ Peleg,
(because in his dayes the earth was di-
uided) and his brothers name was lok-
tan.
20 And * loktan begate Almodad,
and Sheleph, and Hazermaueth, and
lerah,
21 Hadoram also , and Vzal , and
Diklah,
22 And Ebal , and Abimael , and
Sheba,
23 And Ophir , and Hauilah , and
lobab: all these were the sonnes of|
loktan.
24 f *Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
25 *Eber, Peleg, Rehu,
26 Serug, Nahor, Terah,
27 *Abram,
" Deut. 2.
• Gen. 10.
23. & 11.
10.
Or, Mash,
gen. 10. 23.
That is, di-
uision.
' Gen. 10.
26.
• Luke 3. 24
• Gen. 11.
IS.
Abrahams
Chap.ij.
generations.
• Gen. 17. 5
• Gen. 21.
2,3.
• Gen. 16.
" Gen. 25.
13, to 17.
Or, Hadar,
Gen. 25. u
" Gen. 36.
9,10.
I Or, Zepho,
Gen. 36. 12
Ot,Heman,
Gen. 36. 22.
I Or, Aluan,
Gen. 36. 23
Or, Sepho,
Gen. .•<6. 23
* Chap. 2.
31.
I Or Hem.
dan. Gen.
\ 26.
Or Akan,
Gen. 36. 27
Gen. 36.
27 *Abram, the same is Abraham.
28 The sonnes of Abraham : * I-
saac, and * Ishmael.
29 H These are their generations :
The * first-borne of Ishmael , Neba-
ioth , then Kedar , and Adbeel , and
Mibsam,
30 Mishma , and Dumah , Massa,
IIHadad, and Tema,
31 letur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
These are the sonnes of Ishmael.
32 H Now the sonnes of Keturah,
Abrahams Concubine : she bare Zim-
ran , and lokshan , and Medan, and
Midian , and Ishbak , and Shuah
And the sonnes of lokshan , Sheba,
and Dedan.
33 And the sonnes of Midian : E-
phah,and Ephar,and Henoch, and Abi-
da, and Eldaah. All these arethe sonnes
of Keturah.
34 And Abraham begate Isaac
The sonnes of Isaac : Esau , and Is-
rael.
35 f The sonnes of *Esau : Eliphaz,
Reuel , and leush , and laalam, and
Korah.
36 The sonnes of Eliphaz : Teman,
and Omar, ||Zephi, and Gatam, Ke-
naz, and Timna, and Amalek.
37 The sonnes of Reuel : Nahath,
Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
38 And the sonnes of Seir : Lotan,
and Shobal, and Zibeon , and Anah,
and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.
39 And the sonnes of Lotan : Hori,
and |{Homam : and Timna was Lotans
sister.
40 The sonnes of Shobal : || Allan
and Manahath , and Ebal , || Shephi,
and Onam. And the sonnes of Zibe-
on : Aiah, and Anah.
41 The sonnes of Anah : * Dishon.
And the sonnes of Dishon : || Amram,
and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran
42 The sonnes of Ezer : Bilham,
and Zauan, and || lakan. The sonnes of
Dishon : Vz, and Aran.
43 H Now these are the * kings that
reigned in the land of Edom, before any
king reigned ouer the children of Is-
rael. Bela the sonne of Beor ; and the
name of his citie, was Dinhabah.
44 And when Bela was dead, lo-
bab the sonne of Zerah of Bosrah, reig-
ned in his stead.
45 And when lobab was dead,
Husham of the land of the Temanits,
reigned in his stead.
I
37.
• Gen. 36.
40.
i 46 And when Husham was dead,
Hadad the sonne of Bedad (which
smote Midian in the field of Moab)
reigned in his stead : and the name of
his citie leas Auith.
47 And when Hadad was dead,
Samlah of Masrekah , reigned in his
stead.
48 And when Samlah was dead,
Shaul of Rehoboth *by the riuer, ' • Gen. 36
reigned in his stead.
49* And when Shaul was dead, Ba-
al-hanan the sonne of Achbor, reigned
in his stead.
50 And when Baal-hanan was
dead, || Hadad reigned in his stead : and "O'. ^'^'■'
the name of his citie was \\ Pai : and his i o', p'au,
wiues name was Mehetabel the daugh- ***"• ^- **
ter of Matred, the daughter of Me-
zahab.
51 IT Hadad dyed also. And the
♦Dukes of Edom were : Duke Tim-
nah, Duke Aliah, Duke letheth,
52 Duke Aholibamah, Duke Elah,
Duke Pinon,
53 Duke Kenaz , Duke Teman,
Duke Mibzar,
54 Duke Magdiel , Duke Iram.
These ar-e the Dukes of Edom.
CHAP. II.
The sonnes of Israel. 3 The posteritie of
ludah by Tamar. 13 The children of lesse.
18 The posteritie of Caleb the sonne of
Hesron. 21 Hesrons posteritie by the daugh-
ter of Machir. 25 lerahmeels posteritie.
34 Sheshans posteritie. 42 another branch
of Calebs posteritie. 50 The posteritie of
Caleb the Sonne of Hur.
Hesearethe sonnes of || Is-
rael : * Reuben, Simeon,
Leui, and ludah, Issa-
char, and Zebulun,
2 Dan, Joseph, and
Beniamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
3 % The sonnes of * ludah : Er,
and Onan, and Shelah. Which three
were borne vnto him, of the daughter
of Shua * the Canaanites. And Er the
first-borne of ludah , was euill in the
sight of the Lord, and he slue him.
4 And * Tamar his daughter-in
law bare him Pharez, and Zerah. All
the sonnes of ludah were fine.
5 The sonnes of * Pharez : Hez-
ron, and Hamul.
6 And the sonnes of Zerah : ||Zim-
ri,*and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol,
and llDara. Fine of them in all.
7 And
M Or, Jacob.
• Gen. 28.
32. & 30. 5.
& 35. IB,
22. & 46.
8. &c.
• Gen. 38.
3. & 46. 12.
' Gen. 38. 2.
Gen. 38.
29, 30.
Mat. 1. 3.
• Ruth. 4.
18.
I Or, Zabdi,
losh. 7. 1.
. Kin. 4.
31.
Or, Darda.
The genealogie
I.Chron.
of ludah.
Or,Achan.
• losh. 6.
19. and 7.
I, as.
I Or, Aram.
Mat. I. 3.
Or, Caleb,
ver. 18.
Ruth. 4.
19.
■ 1. Sam. 16.
Or, Sham-
ma, 1. Sam.
16.9.
" Exod. 31.
t.
\Heb.tooke.
• Num. .•J2.
41. deut. 3.
14. ioah. 13.
30.
7 And the sonnes of Carmi : || A-
char, tlie troubler of Israel, who trans-
gressed in the thing * accursed.
8 And the sonnes of Ethan : Aza-
riah.
9 The sonnes also of Hezron, that
were borne vnto him : lerahmeel, and
II Ram, and ||CheIubai.
10 And Ram *begate Aminadab,
and Aminadab begat Nahshon, prince
of the children of ludah.
11 And Nahshon begate Salma,
and Salma begate Boaz.
12 And Boaz begate Obed, and O-
bed begate I esse.
13 IT * And lesse begate his first-
borne Eliab, and Abinadab the second,
and II Shim ma the third,
14 Nathanael the fourth , Raddai
the fifth,
15 Ozem the sixth , Dauid the se-
uenth :
16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and
Abigail. And the sonnes of Zeruiah :
Abishai, and loab, and Asahel, three.
17 And Abigail bare Amasa. And
the father of Amasa, was lether the
Ishmeelite.
18 H And Caleb the sonne of Hez-
ron, begate children of Azubah his wife
and of lerioth : her sonnes are these :
lesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
19 And when Azubah was dead, Ca-
leb tooke vnto him Ephrath , which
bare him Hur.
20 And Hur begate Vri, and Vri
begate *Bezaleel.
21 f And afterward Hezron went
in to the daughter of Machir , the fa-
ther of Gilead , whom hee || married
when he was threescore yeeres old , and
she bare him Segub.
22 And Segub begate lair, who
had three and twenty cities in the land
of Gilead.
23 * And he tooke Geshur , and A-
ram, with the townes of lair, from
them , with Kenath , and the townes
thereof, euen threescore cities. All these
belonged to the sonnes of Machir, the fa-
ther of Gilead.
24 And after that Hezron was dead
in Caleb Ephratah , then Abiah Hez-
rons wife, bare him Ashur, the father
of Tekoa.
25 IT And the sonnes of lerahmeel
the first-borne of Hezron , were Ram
the first-borne, and Bunah, and Oren,
and Ozen, and Ahiiah.
26 lerahmeel had also an other
wife, whose name was Atarah, she was
the mother of Onam.
27 And the sonnes of Ram the first-
borne of lerahmeel, were Maaz, and
lamin, and Ekar.
28 And the sonnes of Onam were,
Shammai, and lada. And the sonnes
of Shammai : Nadab, and Abishur.
29 And the name of the wife of A
bishur wa^ Abihail, and shee bare him
Ahban, and Molid.
30 And the sonnes of Nadab: Se-
led, and Appaim. But Seled died with-
out children.
31 And the sonnes of Appaim, Ishi:
and the sonnes of Ishi, Sheshan : and
the children of Sheshan, Ahlai.
32 And the sonnes of lada the bro-
ther of Shammai, lether, and lona-
than : and lether died without chil-
dren.
33 And the sonnes of lonathan, Pe-
leth, and Zaza. These were the sonnes
of lerahmeel.
34 II Now Sheshan had no sonnes,
but daughters : and Sheshan had a ser-
uant, an Egyptian, whose name was
larha.
35 And Sheshan gaue his daugh-
ter to larha his seruant to wife, and
she bare him Attai.
36 And Attai begate Nathan , and
Nathan begate *Zabad,
37 And Zabad begate Ephlal, and
Ephlal begate Obed,
38 And Obed begate lehu, and le
hu begate Azariah,
39 And Azariah begate Helez , and
Helez begate Eleasah,
40 And Eleasah begate Sisamai,
and Sisamai begate Shallum,
41 And Shallum begate leka-
miah, and lekamiah begate Elishama.
42 H Now the sonnes of Caleb the
brother of lerahmeel were, Mesha his
first -borne, which was the father of
Ziph : and the sonnes of Maresha the
father of Hebron.
43 And the sonnes of Hebron : Ko-
rah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and
Shema.
44 And Shema begat Raham, the
father of lorkoam : and Rekem begate
Shammai.
45 And the sonne of Shammai was
Maon : and Maon was the father of
Beth-zur.
46 And Ephah Calebs concubine
bare
•Chap. 11.
41.
The genealogie
Chap.iij.
of Dauid.
losb.
Or,Iteaiah,
chap. 4. 2.
Or,halfe
of the Me-
nuchites,^
Or Hat$i~
hammenu-
choth.
Or, Ata-
ritest or,
crownes of
the house
ofloab.
• lud. 1. 16
* ler. 3S. 2.
• 2. Sam. 3. 2
" losh. 15.
5«.
I Or, Chile.
ab,2,sa7ju3.3
•2. Sam. as
* 2. Sam. 5.
14.
I Or, Sham.
mua,2.Sam.
5. 14.
bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez:
and Haran begate Gazez.
47 And the sonnes of lahdai : Re-
gem, and lotham , and Gesban, and
Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaapb.
48 Maacba Calebs concubine, bare
Sheber, and Tirhanab.
49 Sbee bare also Shaapb the fa-
ther of Madmannah, Sheua the father
of Machbenab, & the father of Gibea :
And the daughter of Caleb *was Ach-
sah.
50 f These were the sonnes of Ca-
leb, the Sonne of Hur, the first borne of
Ephratah : Shobal the father of Ki-
riatb-iearim,
51 Salma the father of Bethlehem :
Hareph the father of Betb-gader.
52 And Shobal the father of Kiri-
ath-iearim, bad sonnes, ||Haroe, and
balfe of the Manabetbites.
53 And the families of Kiriatb-iea-
rim, the Itbrites, and the Puhites, and
the Shumathites, and the Mishraites :
of them came the Zareathites, and the
Eshtaulites.
54 The sonnes of Salmah : Beth-
lehem, and the Netophatbites, ||Ata-
roth , the house of loab, and balfe of
the Manabetbites, the Zorites.
55 And the families of the Scribes,
which dwelt at labez : the Tiratbites,
the Shimeatbites , and Suchathites.
These are the *Kenites that came of
Hemath , the father of the house of
*Rechab.
CHAP. III.
1 The sonnes of Dauid. 10 His line to Zede-
kiah. 17 The successors of leconiah.
Ow these were the sonnes
of Dauid , which were
borne vnto him in Hebron.
The first borne * Amnon,
_ of Abinoam the * lesree-
litesse : the second || Daniel , of Abigail
the Carmelitesse :
2 The third, Absalom the sonne of
Maacba, the daughter of Talmai king
of Gesbur : the fourth , Adoniab the
Sonne of Haggith :
3 The fifth , Shephatia of Abital :
the sixth, Itbream by * Eglah his wife.
4 These sixe icere borne vnto him in
Hebron , and there bee reigned seuen
yeeres, and sixe moneths : and in leru-
salem he reigned thirty and three yeres.
5 * And these were borne vnto him
in lerusalem. ||Shimea, and Shobab,
and Nathan, and Solomon, foure, of
IIBathshua the daughter of || Ammiel.
6 Ibhar also, and {| EHshama , and
Eliphelet,
7 And Noga, and Nepheg, and
laphia,
8 And Elishama, and ||Eliada, and
EHphelet, nine.
9 These were all the sonnes of Dauid:
beside the sonnes of the concubines, and
Tamar * their sister.
10 H And Solomons sonne was *Re-
hoboam : || Abia his sonne : Asa his son:
lehosbaphat his sonne :
11 loram his sonne: ||Ahaziah his
Sonne : loash his sonne :
12 Amaziah his sonne : || Azariah his
sonne : lotham his sonne :
13 Ahaz his sonne : Hezekiah his
Sonne : Manasseb his sonne :
14 Amon his sonne : losiah his
Sonne.
1.5 And the sonnes of losiah were:
the first borne || lohanan , the second
loakim , the third {| Zedekiah , the
fourth Sallum.
16 And the sonnes of * loakim :
leconiah his sonne , || Zedekiah his
Sonne.
17 If And the sonnes of || leconiah,
Assir, tSalatbiel *his sonne,
18 Malchiram also , and Pedaiah,
and Shenazar , lecamiah , Hosama,
and Nedabiah.
19 And the sonnes of Pedaiah zvere :
Zerubbabel , and Shimei : And the
sonne of Zerubbabel, Mesbullam, and
Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister.
20 And Hazubah, and Ohel, and Be-
rechiah,& Hasadiah, lushabhesed, fiue.
21 And the sonnes of Hananiah, Pe-
latiah, and lesaiah : the sonnes of Re-
phaiab, the sons of Arnan, the sonnes
of Obadiah, the sonnes of Sechaniah.
22 And the sonnes of Sechaniah,
Semaiah : and the sonnes of Semaiah,
Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and
Neariah, and Shapbat, sixe.
23 And the sonnes of Neariah : Eli-
oenai, and t Hezekiah , and Azrikam,
three.
24 And the sonnes of Elioenai, were:
Hodaiab , and Eliashib , and Pelaiab,
and Akkub, and lohanan, and Dala-
iab, and Anani, seuen.
CHAP. nil.
1 . 1 1 The posteritie of ludah by Caleb the sonne
of Hur. SOf Ashurtheposthumussonof Hez-
3 I ron
Or, Beth,
sahe, 2. Sam.
II. 13.
I Or, Etiam,
2. .^am. 11.3
( Or, Etishua
2. Sam. 5. IS
Or, Belia.
da, 1. Chro.
14.7.
' 2. Sam.
3. 1.
' I.King. 11
43. & 15. 8
I Or, Abiam,
1. king. 15. 1
Or, Axari.
ah, 2. chr. 22.
6. <|- 21. 17.
1 Or, rzziah
2. king. 15.
30.
Or, loa-
chfiz,-2.king.
23. 30.
Or, Elia-
kim, 2. king.
23. 34.
• Or, Ma-
thania,2Jiin.
24. 17.
• Mat. 1. 11.
II Or, lehoia.
chin, 2. king,
24. 6.
Or, Coniah,
ier. 22. 24.
t Heh. She.
altiel.
• 2. King.
24. 17. being
his vncle.
Mat. 1. 12
t Heb. His.
kijah.
The genealogie
I.Ch
ron.
of ludah.
*6ai. 38.
39. and
46. 13.
I OTy^ Che.
hibau Chap.
i. 9. or Ca-
leb, Chap.
3. 18.
Or, Haroe,
Chap. i. 52.
■ Cba. 3. 24.
That is,
torrowfuU.
\Heb.If
thou unit,
t Heb. doe
me.
I Or, tlie dtp
o/Sahaah.
I 0/ , Ha-
thaUi^ ami
Meonotliau
who befcatCy
S[C.
I Or, inha.
bitanu c/
the valley,
I That it,
eraftetmen.
I0r,ykn<ix.
ron. 9 Of labez, and his prayer. 21 The
posteride of Shelah. 24 The posteritie and
cities of Simeon. 39 Their conquest of Ge-
dor, and of the Amalekites in mount Seir.
HE sonnes of ludah :
* Pharez , Hezron , and
Carmi, and Hur, and
Shobal.
2 And II Reaiah , the
son of Shobal, begate lahath, and la
hath begate Ahumai, & Lahad. These
are the families of the Zorathites.
3 And these were of the father of E-
tam : lezreel h Ishma, & Idbash : and
the name of their sister was Hazelelponi.
4 And Penuel the father of Gedor,
and Ezer the father of Hushah. These
are the sonnes of Hur, the first borne of
Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem.
5 f And *Ashur the father of Te-
koa, had two wiues : Helah, & Naarah.
6 And Naarah bare him Ahusam,
and Hepher, and Temeni, and Ahash-
tari. These were the sonnes of Naarah.
7 And the sonnes of Helah were.
Zereth, and Zoar, and Ethnan.
8 And Coz begate Anub, and Zo
bebah, and the families of Aharhel, the
Sonne of Harum.
9 IT And labez was more honou-
rable then his brethren : and his mother
called his name || labez , saying , Be
cause I bare him with sorrow.
10 And labez called on the God of
Israel, saying, tOh that thou woul-
dest blesse mee indeede, and enlarge my
coast , and that thine hand might bee
with me, and that thou wouldest tkeepe
mee from euill , that it may not grieue
me. And God granted him that which
he requested.
11 H And Chelub the brother of
Shuah, begate Mehir , which was the
father of Eshton.
12 And Eshton begate Beth-rapha,
and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father
of II Ir-nahash. These are the men of
Rechah.
13 And the sonnes of Kenaz : 0th
niel , and Saraia : and the sonnes of
Othniel, || Hathath.
14 And Meonothai begate Ophrah :
and Seraiah begate loab , the father
of the II valley of HCharasim, for they
were craftesmen.
15 And the sonnes of Caleb the sonne
of lephunneh : Iru, Elah, and Naam,
and the sonnes of Elah, ||euen Kenaz.
16 And the sonnes of lehaleleel :
Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.
17 And the sonnes of Ezra were : le-
ther, and Mered, and Epher, and la-
lon : and she bare Miriam, and Sham-
mai, & Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
18 And his wife || lehudiiah bare
lered the father of Gedor, and Heber
the father of Socho, and lekuthiel the
father of Zanoah. And these are the
sonnes of Bithiah the daughter of
Pharaoh, which Mered tooke.
19 And the sonnes of his wife ||Ho-
diah, the sister of Naham the father of
Keilah, the Garmite, and Eshtemoa
the Maachathite.
20 And the sonnes of Simeon were:
Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and
Tilon. And the sonnes of Ishi were :
Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth.
21 H The sonnes of Shelah * the
sonne of ludah were : Er the father of
Lecah, and Laadah the father of Ma-
reshah, and the families of the house of
them that wrought fine linnen, of the
house of Ashbea.
22 And lokim, and the men of Cho
zeba, and loash , and Saraph , who
had the dominion in Moab, & lashubi
Lehem. And these are ancient things
23 These were the Potters, and those
that dwelt amongst plants and hedges.
There they dwelt with the king for his
worke.
24 IT The sonnes of Simeon were.
Nemuel, and lamin , larib, Zerah
and Shaul :
25 Shallum his sonne : Mibsam his
Sonne : Mishma his sonne.
26 And the sonnes of Mishma : Ha-
muel his sonne , Zacchur his sonne,
Shimei his sonne.
27 And Shimei had sixteene sonnes,
and sixe daughters, but his brethren
had not many children, neither did all
their family multiply tlike to the chil-
dren of ludah.
28 And they dwelt at * Beer-sheba
and Moladah, and Hazar-shual,
29 And at || Bilha, and at Ezem, and
at IITolad,
30 And at Bethuel, and at Hormah,
and at Ziklag,
31 And at Beth - marcaboth , and
||Hazar-Susim, and at Bethbirei, and
at Shaaraim. These were their cities,
vnto the reigne of Dauid.
32 And their villages were : ||Etam,
and Ain, Rimmon , and Tochen, and
Ashan, fiue cities.
33 And
t Or, the
lewesse.
1 Or, lehu-
diiah, men-
tioned be-
fore.
* Gen. 38.
1,5.
Or, le-
muel. Gen.
46. 10. Ex-
od. 6. 15.
t Heb. vnto.
' losh. 19. 2
I Or, Beta,
Josh. 19. 3.
1 Or, Elto-
lad,Ios. 19. 4
I Or, Hazar-
Sttsa, Josh.
19. 5.
I Or, Ether,
Josh. 19. 7.
Simeons genealogie,
Cli
ap.
and Reubens.
Or,Baa-
kUh-Beer,
losh. 19. 8,
I Or, as they
diuided
themselues
by nations a-
mongthem.
t Hebr. com-
ming.
•Gen. 3i.
22. and 49.
4.
33 And all their villages that xvere
round about the same cities, vnto || Ba-
al. These were their habitations , and
their || genealogie:
34 And Meshobab, and lamlech,
and loshah the sonne of Amashiah,
35 And loel, and lehu the sonne of
losibia, the sonne of Seraia , the sonne
of Asiel,
36 And Elioenai , and laakobah,
and lesohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel,
and lesimiel, and Benaiah,
37 And Ziza the sonne of Shiphi,
the Sonne of Allon, the sonne of ledaia,
the sonne of Shimri, the sonne of She-
maiah.
38 These tmentioned by their n&mes,
were Princes in their families , and
the house of their fathers increased
greatly.
39 II And they went to the entrance
of Gedor, euen vnto the East side of the
valley, to seeke pasture for their flocks.
40 And they found fat pasture and
good, and the land was wide, and quiet,
and peaceable : for they of Ham had
dwelt there of old.
41 And these written by name, came
in the dayes of Hezekiah king of lu-
dah, and smote their tents, and the habi-
tations that were found there, and de-
stroyed them vtterly vnto this day, and
dwelt in their roomes : because there was
pasture there for their flocks.
42 And smne of them , euen of the
sonnes of Simeon , flue hundred men,
went to mount Seir, hauing for their
captaines Pelatiah, and Neariah, and
Rephaiah , and Vzziel , the sonnes of
Ishi.
43 And they smote the rest of the A-
malekites that were escaped, and dwelt
there vnto this day.
CHAP. V.
The line of Reuben ( who lost his birthright)
vnto the captiuitie. 9 Their habitation and
conquest ot the Hagarites. 11 The chiefe
men, and habitations of Gad. 1 8 The num-
ber and conquest of Reuben, Gad, and the
halfe of Manasseh. 23 The habitations and
chiefe men of that halfe tribe. 25 Their cap-
tiuitie for their sinne.
Ow the sonnes of Reu-
ben the first borne of Is-
rael , (for *hee was the first
borne , but , forasmuch as
, _ XF he defiled his fathers bed,
birthright was giuen vnto the
16.7.
\Or,Shema-
iah, ver. 4.
• losh. 13.
15, 16.
I sonnes of loseph the sonne of Israel:!
and the genealogie is not to be recko-
|ned after the birthright. I
I .2 For * ludah preuailed aboue hisI'Gen. 49.
ibrethren, and of him came the *chiefe 2'^:^^ 5 ^
'II rulers, but the birthright was * lo- matth. 2. e.
jSephs. \iOT,Prince.
3 The * sonnes, / say, of Reuben the • Gen. 46.
first borne of Israel were : Hanoch, and i4.'^num.''26.
Pallu, Ezron, and Carmi. [*•
4 The sonnes of Joel: Shemaiah'
his Sonne : Gog his sonne : Shimei his
sonne : j
! 5 Micah his son : Reaia his sonne:
Baal his sonne.
6 Beerah his sonne : whom || Til-|iOr, Tiy-
gath-pilneser king of Assyria, carried ^^^'^'^J^,
' a.yia.y captiue :Yi.Gwa^ Prince of the Reu- ">• ^- """
.benites.
7 And his brethren by their fami-
|lies (when the genealogie of their gene-
rations was reckoned) were the chiefe,
leiel, and Zechariah,
8 And Bela the sonne of Azah, the
Sonne of IJShema, the sonne of loel,
who dwelt in * Aroer, euen vnto Nebo,
and Baalmeon.
9 And Eastward he inhabited vnto
the entring in of the wildernes , from
the riuer Euphrates : because their cat-
tell were multiplied in the land of Gi-
lead.
10 And in the dayes of Saul, they
made warre with the Hagarites , who
fell by their hand : and they dwelt in
I their tents t throughout all the East
land of Gilead.
11 IT And the children of Gad dwelt
ouer against them, in the land of *Ba-
shan vnto Salchah.
12 loel the chiefe, and Shapham
the next : and laanai, and Shaphat in
Bashan.
13 And their brethren of the house of
their fathers, were : Michael, and Me-
shuUam , and Sheba , and lorai , and
lachan, and Zia, and Heber, seuen.
14 These are the children of Abihail
the sonne of Huri, the sonne of laroah,
the Sonne of Gilead , the sonne of Mi-
chael, the Sonne of leshishai, the sonne
of lahdo, the sonne of Buz :
15 Ahi the sonne of Abdiel, the sonne
of Guni , chiefe of the house of their fa-
thers.
16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Ba-
shan , and in her townes, and in all the
Suburbs of * Sharon , vpon t their
; borders.
312
17 All
t Hebr. vpon
allthefyce
of the East.
' losh. 13.
11.
Chap. 27.
29.
t Hehr. their
goingsforth
The genealogie
I.Ch
ron.
of the Leuites.
• «. Kings
15. 5, 3S.
t Heb. tons
<ff valour.
• Gen. 25.
15.
t Heb. led
oaptiue.
iHeb.ioules
of men., as
num. 31. 35.
t H^fT. men
qf names.
• 2. King.
17.7.
"2. Kings
15. 19.
2. King.
J7.6.
17 All these were reckoned by gene-
alogies in the dayes of loth am *king
of ludah, and in the dayes of Jerobo-
am king of Israel.
18 IT The sonnes of Reuben, and
the Gadites, and halfe the tribe of Ma-
nasseh , of t valiant men , men able to
beare buckler and sword , and to shoote
with bow , and skilfuU in warre , were
foure and fourtie thousand, seuen hun-
dred and threescore, that went out to the
warre.
19 And they made warre with the
Hagarites, with *Ietur, and Nephish
and Nodab.
20 And they were helped against
them, and the Hagarites were deliue-
red into their hand , and all that were
with them : for they cried to God in the
battell, and he was intreated of them,
because they put their trust in him.
21 And they ttooke away their cat
tell : of their camels fiftie thousand, and
of sheepe two hundred and fiftie thou-
sand, and of asses two thousand, and of
tmen an hundred thousand.
22 For there fell downe many slaine,
because the warre wa* of God. And they
dwelt in their steads vntil the captiuity
23 f And the children of the halfe
tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the lande
they increased from Bashan vnto Ba-
al-hermon, and Senir, and vnto mount
Hcrmon.
24 And these reere the heads of the
house of their fathers, euen Epher, and
Ishi, & Eliel, and Azriel, and leremiah,
and Hodauiah , and lahdiel , mightie
men of valour, tfamous men , & heads
of the house of their fathers.
25 IT And they transgressed against
the God of their fathers, and went *a
whoring after the Gods of the people
of the land, whome God destroyed be
fore them.
26 And the God of Israel stirred vp
the spirit of * Pul king of Assyria, and
the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of
Assyria, and he caried them away (euen
the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and
the halfe tribe of Manasseh : ) & brought
them vnto *Halah, and Habor, and Ha-
ra, and to the riuer Gozan, vnto this
day.
CHAP. VI.
1 The sonnes of Leui. 4 The line of the Priests
vnto the captiuitie. 1 6 The families of Ger-
shom, Merari, and Kohath. 49 The office of
Aaron and his line vnto Ahimaaz. Si The
cities of the Priests and Leuites.
He sonnes of Leui : * || Ger-
shon, Kohath & Merari.
2 And the sonnes of
Kohath : Amram , Iza-
bar, & Hebron, & Vzziel.
And the children of Amram : Aa-
ron , and Moses , and Miriam. The
sonnes also of Aaron : * Nadab, and A-
bihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
4 f Eleazar begate Phinehas, Phi
nehas begate Abishua.
5 And Abishua begate Bukki , and
Bukki begate Vzzi,
6 And Vzzi begate Zerahiah, and
Zerahiah begate Meraioth,
7 Meraioth begate Amariah, and
Amariah begate Ahitub,
8 And * Ahitub begate Zadok, and
Zadok begate Ahimaaz,
9 And Ahimaaz begate Azariah
and Azariah begate lohanan,
10 And lohanan begate Azariah,
(bee it is that executed the Priests office,
in tthe * temple that Solomon built in
lerusalem)
11 And Azariah begate Amariah,
and Amariah begate Ahitub,
12 And Ahitub begate Zadok, and
Zadok begate || Shallum,
13 And Shallum begate Hilkiah, and
Hilkiah begate Azariah,
14 And Azariah begate * Seraiah,
and Seraiah begate lehozadak,
15 And lehozadak went info captiui-
tie, *when the Loud caried away lu
dah and lerusalem by the hand of Ne
buchad-nczzar.
16 1i The sonnes of Leui : *||Ger.
shom, Kohath, and Merari.
17 And these be the names of the
sonnes of Gershom : Libni, & Shimei.
18 And the sonnes of Kohath were:
Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and
Vzziel.
19 The sonnes of Merari : Mahli,
and Mushi. And these are the families
of the Leuites , according to their fa-
thers.
20 Of Gershom : Libni his Sonne,
lahath his sonne , * Zimmah his
Sonne,
21 II loah his sonne , || Iddo his
sonne, Zerah his sonne, leaterai his
sonne,
22 The sonnes of Kohath : || Am-
minadab his sonne, Korah his sonne,
Assir his sonne,
23 Elkanah
" Gen. 46.
11. exod. 6.
17.
II Or, Ger-
sfiomfVer. 16
' Leuit. 10.
" 2. Sam. 15
27.
t Hebr. in
the hottse.
* 2. Chron.
3. 1. king. 6.
y Or, Me-
shullam.
1. chro. 9.11
• Nehem.
11. 11.
• 2. Kings
25. 18.
" Exod. 8.
17.
H Or, Oer-
shan, ver. 1.
Vers. 42.
Or, Ethan,
ver. 2.
I Or, Adaia.
ver. 41.
I Or, Iza-
har, ver. 2,
18.
The genealogie
Cha
P-vj.
of the Leuites.
• See 35. &
36. verses.
Or Zuph,
. Sam. 1. 1,
I Called also
loel, ver. 33.
1. Sam.
• Chap.
16. 1.
t Heb. stood.
• Exod. 6.
24.
23 Elkanah his sonne, and Ebiasaph
iiis sonne, and Assir his Sonne,
24 Taliath his sonne , Vriel hii
sonne , Vzziah his sonne , and Shaul
his Sonne.
25 And the sonnes of Elkanah : * A
masai, and Ahimoth.
26 As for Elkanah : the sonnes of
Elkanah, ||Zophai his sonne, and Na-
hath his sonne,
27 Eliab his sonne, leroham his
Sonne, Elkanah his sonne.
28 And the sonnes of Samuel : the
first borne ||Vashni, and Abiah.
29 The sonnes of Merari : Mahli,
Libni his sonne, Shimei his sonne,
Vzza his sonne,
30 Shimea his sonne , Haggiah his
sonne, Asaiah his sonne.
31 And these are they, -whom Dauid
set ouer the seruice of song in the house
of the Lord, after that the * Arkc had
rest.
32 And they ministred before the
dwelling place of the Tabernacle of the
Congregation , with singing , vntill
Solomon had built the house of the
Lord in Jerusalem : and then they
waited on their office, according to their
order.
33 And these are they that t waited
with their children of the sonnes of the
Kohathites, Heman a singer : the sonne
of loel, the sonne of Shemuel,
34 The Sonne of Elkanah, the sonne
of leroham , the sonne of EUel , the
sonne of Toah,
35 The Sonne of Zuph , the sonne of
Elkanah , the sonne of Mahath , the
Sonne of Amasai,
36 The sonne of Elkanah, the sonne
of loel, the sonne of Azariah, the sonne
of Zephaniah,
37 The Sonne of Tahath, the sonne
of Assir , the sonne of * Ebiasaph , the
Sonne of Korah,
38 The Sonne of Izhar , the sonne
of Kohath, the sonne of Leui, the sonne
of Israel.
39 And his brother Asaph (who stood
on his right hand) e!<era Asaph the sonne
of Berachiah, the sonne of Shimea,
40 The Sonne of Michael, the sonne
of Baasiah, the sonne of Melchiah,
41 The Sonne of Ethni, the sonne of
Zcrah, the sonne of Adaiah,
42 The Sonne of Ethan , the sonne
of Zimmah, the sonne of Shimei,
43 The sonne of lahath, the sonne
of Gershom, the sonne of Leui.
44 And their brethren the sonnes
of Merari, stood on the left hand: Ethan
the Sonne of || Kishi , the sonne of Abdi,
the Sonne of Malluch,
45 The Sonne of Hashabiah , the
Sonne of Amaziah, the sonne of Hilkiah,
46 The sonne of Amzi, the sonne of
Bani, the sonne of Shamer,
47 The Sonne of Mahli, the sonne of
Mushi, the sonne of Merari, the sonne
of Leui.
48 Their brethren also the Leuits
were appointed vnto all maner of ser-
uice of the Tabernacle of the house of
God.
49 H But Aaron, and his sonnes
offered * vpon the altar of the burnt of-
fering, and * on the altar of incense, and
were appointed for all the worke of the
place most holy, and to make an atone
ment for Israel , according to all that
Moses the seruant of God had com-
maunded.
50 And these are the sonnes of Aa-
ron : Eleazar his sonne , Phinehas
his Sonne, Abishua his sonne,
51 Bukki his sonne, Vzzi his sonne,
Zerahiah his sonne,
52 Meraioth his sonne , Amariah
his sonne, Ahitub his sonne,
53 Zadok his sonne , Ahimaaz his
sonne.
54 IT Now these are their dwelling
places, throughout their castels in their
coasts, of the sonnes of Aaron, of the fa-
milies of the Kohathites : for theirs
was the lot.
55 And they gaue them Hebron in
the land of ludah , and the suburbes
thereof rovmd about it.
56 But the fields of the citie, and the
villages thereof, they gaue to Caleb the
Sonne of lephunneh.
57 And to the sonnes of Aaron they
gaue the cities of ludah, namely He-
bron the citie of refuge, and Libna with
her suburbes , and lattir and Eshte-
moa, with their suburbes,
58 And IIHilen with her suburbes,
Debir with her suburbes,
59 And IIAshan %vith her suburbes,
and Beth-shemesh with her suburbes.
60 And out of the tribe of Benia-
lin , Geba with her suburbes , and
Alemeth with her suburbes , Ana-
thoth with her suburbes. All their ci-
ties throughout their families were thir-
teene cities.
61 And
Or, KiMlta-
iah. chap.
■ 17.
' Leuit. 1. 9.
Exod.
30. 7.
Or Holon,
losh. 21. IS.
I Or Ain,
losh. 21. 16.
lOrAlmon,
losh.il. 18.
The Leuites cities.
I.Ch
ron.
Iffachar, Beniamin,
■lodLSl. s
*Ia8h. 21.
7.34.
*I(Mb. SI.
»1.
61 And vnto the sonnes of Kohath,
which were left of the family of that
tribe, were cities g'nien out of the halfe
tribe, namely ont of the halfe tribe of Ma-
nasseh, by *lot, ten cities.
62 And to the sonnes of Gershom
throughout their families, out of the
tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe
of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naph-
tali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in
Bashan, thirteene cities.
63 Vnto the sonnes of Merari were
giuen by lot, throughout their families,
out of the tribe of Reuben , and out of
the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of
Zebulun, * twelue cities.
64 And the children of Israel gaue
to the Leuites these cities, with their
suburbs.
65 And they gaue by lot, out of the
tribe of the children of ludah, and out
of the tribe of the children of Simeon,
and out of the tribe of the children of
Beniamin, these cities, which are called
by their names.
66 And the residue of the families of
the sonnes of Kohath , had cities of
their coasts, out of the tribe of Ephraim
67 • And they gaue vnto them o^the
cities of refuge, Shechem in mount E-
phraim, with her suburbs : they gaue al-
so Gezer with her suburbs,
68 And lokmeam with her sub-
urbs, & Beth-horon with her suburbs,
69 And Aialon with her suburbs,
and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs.
70 And out of the halfe tribe of Ma-
nasseh, Aner with her suburbs, and Bi-
leam with her suburbs, for the family of
the remnant of the sonnes of Kohath.
71 Vnto the sonnes of Gershom,
were giuen out of the family of the halfe
tribe of Manasseh , Golan in Bashan
with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with
her suburbs.
72 And out of the tribe of Issacjiar,
Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath
with her suburbs,
73 And Ramoth with her suburbs,
and Anem with her suburbs.
74 And out of the tribe of Asher,
Mashal with her suburbs , and Abdon
with her suburbs,
75 And Hukok with her suburbs,
and Rehob with her suburbs.
76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali,
Kedesh in Galilee , with her suburbs,
and Hammon with her suburbs, and
Kiriathaim with her suburbs.
77 Vnto the rest of the children of
'M.eranwere giuen out of the tribe of Ze-
bulun , Rimmon with her suburbs,
Tabor with her suburbs.
78 And on the other side lorden by
lericho , on the East side of lorden,
weregiiien them out of the tribe of Reu-
ben, IIBezer in the wildernesse with her
suburbs, & lahzah with her suburbs,
79 Kedemoth also with her sub-
urbs, h Mephaath with her suburbs.
80 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ra-
moth in Gilead with her suburbs , and
Mahanaim with her suburbs,
81 And Heshbon with her suburbs,
and lazer with her suburbs.
CHAP. VII.
1 The sonnes of Issachar, 6 Of Beniamin,
13 Of Naphtali, 14 Of Manasseh, 20, 24
And of Ephraim. 21 The calamitie of £•
phraim by the men of Gath. 23 Beriah is
borne. 28 Ephraims habitations. 30 The
sonnes of Asher.
toT'^SS^ Ow the sonnes of Issa
^ H^Ib a ^^^^"^ wer^, * Tola, and Pu-
S Broo a **'' ' ^^^'^^^ ' ^"'^ Shim
* 2 And the sonnes of
Tola : Vzzi, and Rephaiah, and le-
riel, and lahmai, and libsam, and
Shemuel, heads of their fathers house,
to wit, of Tola, they were valiant men of
might in their generations , * whose
number wa^ in the dayes of Dauid two
and twentie thousand and sixe hundred.
3 And the sonnes of Vzzi, Izrahi-
ah : and the sonnes of Izrahiah, Mi-
chael, and Obadiah, and loel, Ishiah,
fiue : all of them chiefe men.
4 And with them, by their genera-
tions , after the house of their fathers,
were bands of souldiers for warre , sixe
and thirtie thousand men : for they had
many wiues and sonnes.
5 And their brethren among all the
families of Issachar, were men of might,
reckoned in all by their genealogies,
fourescore and seuen thousand.
6 H The sonnes of * Beniamin : Bela,
and Becher, and lediael, three.
7 And the sonnes of Bela : Ezbon,
and Vzzi, and Vzziel, and lerimoth,
and Iri, fiue, heads of the house of their
fathers, mightie men of valour, and
were reckoned by their genealogies,
twentie and two thousand , and thirtie
and foure.
8 And the sonnes of Becher : Ze-
mira.
I Or, Bozor,
losh. 21. 35.
• Gen. 46.
13. num.
26. 23.
"2. Sam. 24.
1,2.
'Oen46.
ManalTeh,
Chap.vij.
and Ephraim.
I0r,lri,
vert. 7.
I Or, Ahi-
tam. num.
26. 38.
"I.Sam. 12
U.
mira, and loash, and Eliezer, and Eli- \
oenai, and Omri , and lerimoth, and
Abiah, and Anathoth , and Alameth.
All these are the sonnes of Becher.
9 And the number of them, after
their genealogie by their generations,
heads of the house of their fathers,'
mightie men of valour, was twentie
thousand and two hundred.
10 The sonnes also of lediael, Bil-;
han : and the sonnes of Bilhan, leush,'
and Beniamin, and Ehud, and Chena-
anah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and
Ahishahar.
11 All these the sonnes of lediael, by
the heads of their fathers, mighty men
of valour, were seuenteene thousand
and two hundred souldiers , fit to goe
out for warre and battaile.
12 Shuppim also, and Huppim, the
children of || Ir, and Hushim, the sonnes
of II Aher.
13 H The sonnes of Naphtali, lah-
ziel, and Guni, and lezer, and Shal-
lum, the sonnes of Bilhah.
14 H The sonnes of Manasseh :
Ashriel, whom shee bare {but his concu-
bine the Aramitesse , bare Machir the
father of Gilead.
15 And Machir tooke to wife the sister
of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sisters
name was Maachah ) and the name of
the second was Zelophehad : and Zelo-
phehad had daughters.
16 And Maachah the wife of Ma-
chir bare a sonne , and shee called his
name Peresh, and the name of his bro-
ther was Sheresh, and his sonnes were
Vlam and Rakem.
17 And the sonnes of Vlam , *Be-
dan. These were the sonnes of Gilead,
the sonne of Machir, the sonne of Ma-
nasseh.
18 And his sister Hammoleketh bare
Ishad, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.
19 And the sonnes of Shemida were:
Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and
Aniam.
20 H And the sonnes of Ephraim :
Shuthelah : and Bered his sonne, and
Tahath his sonne , and Eladah his
Sonne, and Tahath his sonne,
21 IT And Zabad his sonne, and Shu-
thelah his Sonne, and Ezer, and Elead,
whom the men of Gath , that were
borne in that land slewe , because they
came downe to take away their cattell.
22 And Ephraim their father mour-
ned many dayes, and his brethren came
to comfort him.
23 H And when hee went in to his
wife, shee conceiued and bare a sonne,
and he called his name, Beriah, because
it went euill with his house.
24 ( And his daughter was She-
rah, who built Bethoron the nether,
and the vpper, and Vzzen Sherah.)
25 And Rephah wa^ his sonne , also
Rezepli, and Telah his sonne, and Ta-
han his sonne,
26 I.,aadan his sonne , Amihud his
Sonne, Elishama his sonne,
27 II Non his sonne, lehoshua his
Sonne.
28 U And their possessions and ha-
bitations xeere , Bethel, and the townes
thereof, and Eastward * Naaran , and
Westward Gezer with the t townes
thereof, Shechem also and the townes
thereof, vnto ||Gaza and the townes
thereof.
29 And by the borders of the chil-
dren of * Manasseh, Bethshean and her
townes , Taanach and her townes,
• Megiddo and her townes , Dor and
her townes. In these dwelt the chil
dren of Joseph the sonne of Israel.
30 H *The sonnes of Asher: Im-
nah, and Isuah , and Ishuai, and Be-
riah, and Serah their sister.
31 And the sonnes of Beriah : He
ber, and Malchiel , who is the father of
Birzauith.
32 And Heber begate laphlet, and
Shomer , and Hotham , and Shuah
their sister.
33 And the sonnes of laphlet : Pa-
sach, and Bimhal, and Ashuath. These
are the children of laphlet.
34 And the sonnes of Shamer : Ahi,
and Rohgah, lehubbah, and Aram.
35 And the sonne of his brother, He-
lem : Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh,
and Amal.
36 The sonnes of Zophah : Suah,
and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri,
and Imrah :
37 Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma,
and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.
38 And the sonnes of lether : le-
phunneh, and Pispa, and Ara.
39 And the sonnes of Vila : Arab,
and Haniel, and Rezia.
40 All these were the children of A-
sher, heads of their fathers house, choice
rtwd mightie men of valour, chiefeof the
princes. And the number throughout
the genealogie of them , that were apt
to
I Or, Nun.
ntimb. 13, 9.
* loeh. 16. 7
^Hebr.
daughters.
iOr,A-
dassa, 1.
mac. 7. 45.
• losh. 17. 7
•losh. 17.
II.
• Gen. 46.
17.
The genealoo-ie
I.Chron.
of Beniamin.
•Gene. 46.
(1. num. 26.
I Or, Ard,
Om.46. 21.
lOr,Sku-
pham,Num,
26.39.
•Chap. 2.
52.
I Or, Shema,
vert. 13.
to the warre and to battell , was twen-
tie and sixe thousand men.
CHAP. VIII.
I The sonnes and chiefe men of Beniamin. S3
The stocke of Saul and lonathan.
Ow Beniamin begate
* Bela his first borne, Ash-
bel the second , and Aha-
rah the third,
2 Nohah the fourth
and Kapha the fifth.
8 And the sonnes of Bela were: || Ad-
dar, and Gera , and Abihud,
4 And Abishua, and Naaman, and
Ahoah,
5 And Gera, and || Shephuphan,
and Huram.
6 And these are the sonnes of E-
hud : these are the heads of the fathers
of the inhabitants of Geba, and they re-
moued them to * Manahath :
7 And Naaman , and Ahiah , and
Gera , he remooued them , and begate
Vzza, and Ahihud.
8 And Shaharaim begate children in
the countrey of Moab. After hee had
sent them away : Hushim, and Baara
were his wiues.
9 And he begat of Hodesh his wife,
lobab, and Zibia , and Mesha , and
Malcham,
10 And leuz , and Shachia , and
Mirma. These were his sonnes , heads
of the fathers.
1 1 And of Hushim he begate Ahitub,
and Elpaal.
12 The sonnes of Elpaal : Eber, and
Misham, & Shamed , who built Ono,
and Lod with the townes thereof.
13 Beriah also and Shema , who
were heads of the fathers of the inhabi-
tants of Aialon , who droue away the
inhabitants of Gath.
14 And Ahio, Shashak, and leri-
moth,
15 And Zebadiah, & Arad, & Ader,
16 And Michael , and Ispah , and
loha the .sonnes of Beriah,
17 And Zebadiah, and Meshullam,
and Hezeki, and Heber,
18 Ishmerai also, and lezliah, and
lobab the sonnes of Elpaal.
19 And lakim, and Zichri, & Zabdi,
20 And EHenai, and Zilthai, & Eliel,
21 And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and
Shimrath, the sonnes of ||Shimhi,
22 And Ishpan, and Heber, & Eliel,
23 And Abdon, and Zichri, and
Hanan,
24 And Hananiah , and Elam , and
Antothiiah,
25 And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the
sonnes of Shashak,
26 And Shamsherai , and Sheha-
riah, and Athaliah,
27 And laresiah , and Eliah , and
Zichri the sonnes of leroham.
28 These were heads of the fathers,
by their generations, chiefe men. These
dwelt in Jerusalem .
29 And at Gibeon dioelt the || father
of Gibeon , ( whose * wiues name was
Maachah :)
30 And his first borne sonne Abdon,
and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, & Nadab,
31 And Gidor, & Ahio, and || Zacher,
32 And Mikloth begate ||Shimeah.
And these also dwelt with their bre-
thren in lerusalem, ouer against them.
33 f And *Ner begate Kish , and
Kish begate Saul , and Saul begate
lonathan, and Malchishua, and Abi
nadab, and ||Eshbaal.
34 And the sonne of lonathan loas
||Meribbaal , and Meribbaal begate
Micah.
35 And the sonnes of Micah were Pi-
thon, and Melech , and ||Tarea, and
Ahaz.
36 And Ahaz begat lehoadah, and
lehoadah begate Alemeth, and Asma-
ueth, and Zimri, and Zimri begate
Moza,
37 And Moza begate Binea : Kapha
was his Sonne, Elasa his sonne, Azel his
Sonne :
38 And Azel had sixe sonnes , whose
names are these, Azrikam , Bocheru,
and Ishmael, and Sheariah , and O-
badiah, and Hanan. All these were the
sonnes of Azel.
39 And the sonnes of Eshek his bro-
ther were Vlam his first-borne, lehush
the second, and Eliphelet the third.
40 And the sonnes of Vlam were
mighty men of valour, archers, and
had many sonnes , and sonnes sonnes,
an hundred and fiftie. All these are of
the sonnes of Beniamin.
CHAP. IX.
1 The originall of Israels and ludahs genealo-
gies. 2 The Israelites, 10 the Priests, 14
and the Leuites, with Nethinims which dwelt
in lerusalem. 27 The charge of certaine
Leuites. 35 The stocke of Sauland lonathan.
So
I Called le-
hiel, 1. Chro.
0. 3i.
• Chap. 9.
35.
• Or, Zacha-
riah, I. Chr,
9. 37.
I Or, Shi-
meam, ca. 9.
3«.
I. Sam. u.
SI.
I Or, IsKbo.
sheth, 2.
Sam. 2. 8.
tOr,Me.
phibosheth,
2. Sam. 4. 4,
I Or, Tah.
rea, c. 9. 41,
Diuers officers
Chap.ix.
of the Temple.
• Nehem.
11. 1.
t Heb. mish-
tie men of
valour.
O all Israel were recko-
l nod by genealogies, & be-
hold, they were written in
the booke of the Kings of
!^ Israel and ludah , who
were caried away to Babylon for their
transgression.
2 H Now the first inhabitants that
dwelt in their possessions, in their cities,
were the Israelites, the Priests, Leuits,
and the Nethinims.
3 And in *Ierusalem dwelt of the
children of ludah, and of the children
of Beniamin, and of the children of E-
phraim, and Manasseh.
4 Vthai the sonne of Amihud, the
Sonne of Omri , the sonne of Imri, the
sonne of Bani , of the children of Pha-
rez the sonne of ludah.
5 And of the Shilonites : Asaiah
the first borne, and his sonnes.
6 And of the sonnes of Zerah : le-
uel,and their brethren, sixe hundred and
ninetie.
7 And of the sonnes of Beniamin :
Sallu the sonne of MeshuUam , the
;onne of Hodauiah , the sonne of Ha-
senuah :
8 And Ibneiah the sonne of lero-
ham, and Elah the sonne of Vzzi, the
Sonne of Michri , and Meshullam the
sonne of Shephatiah, the sonne of Re-
uel, the Sonne of Ibniiah,
9 And their brethren , according to
their generations, nine hundred and fif-
tie and sixe. All these menzoere chiefe of
the fathers in the house of their fathers.
10 H And of the Priests: ledaiah,
and lehoiarib, and lachin,
11 And Azariah the sonne of Hilkiah,
the Sonne of Meshullam , the sonne of
Zadok , the sonne of Meraioth, the
Sonne of Ahitub the ruler of the house
of God.
12 And Adaiah the sonne of lero-
ham, the sonne of Passhur, the sonne of
Malchiiah, and Maasia the sonne of A
diel, the sonne of lahzerah , the sonne
of Meshullam , the sonne of Meshille-
mith, the sonne of Immer.
13 And their brethren , heads of the
house of their fathers, a thousand, and
seuen hundred and threescore, very t able
men for the worke of the seruice of the
house of God.
'14 And of the Leuites : Shemaiah
the Sonne of Hasshub,the sonneof Azri
kam , the sonne of Hashabiah , of the
sonnes of Merari.
15 And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Ga-
lal: and Mattaniah the sonne of Micah,
the Sonne of Zichri, the sonne of Asaph.
16 And Obadiah the sonne of She-
maiah, the Sonne of Galal, the sonne of
leduthun : and Berechiah the sonne of
Asa, the sonne of Elkanah , that dwelt
in the villages of the Netophathites.
17 And the Porters zvere Shallum,
and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman,
and their brethren : Shallum was the
chiefe.
18 (Who hitherto waited in the kings
gate Eastward) they were Porters in
the companies of the children of Leui.
19 And Shallum the sonne of Kore,
the Sonne of Ebiasaph, the sonne of Ko-
rah, and his brethren (of the house of
his father ) the Korahites , were ouer
the worke of the seruice, keepers of the
t gates of the Tabernacle : and their
fathers being ouer the hoste of the
Lord, were keepers of the entrie.
20 And Phinehas the sonne of Elea-
zar was the ruler ouer them in time
past, and the Lord was with him.
21 And Zechariah the sonne of Me-
shelemiah, was porter of the doore of the
Tabernacle of the Congregation.
22 All these which were chosen to be
porters in the gates, were two hundred
and twelue. These were reckoned by
their genealogie in their villages :
whom Dauid and Samuel the Seer,
tdid ordeine in their ||set office.
23 So they and their children had the
ouersight of the gates of the house of
the Lord, namelij , the house of the
Tabernacle, by wards.
24 In foure quarters were the por-
ters : toward the East , West , North,
and South.
25 And their brethren, which were in
their villages, zvere to come after seuen
dayes, from time to time with them.
26 For these Leuites, the foure chiefe
porters, were in their ||set office, and
were ouer the || chambers and treasu-
ries of the house of God.
27 H And they lodged round about
the house of God , because the charge
was vpon them, and the opening there-
of euery morning, perteined to them.
28 Andferteiweof themhadthecharge
of the ministring vessels , that they
should tbring them in and out by tale.
29 Smne of them also were appointed
to ouersee the vessels, and all the || in-
struments of the Sanctuarie, and the
3 K fine
t Heh. thre-
sholds.
^Heh. foun-
ded.
Or, trust.
I Or, trust.
1 Or, store-
houses.
t Heb. bring
them in by
tale, and ca-
rle them out
by tale.
I Or, vessels.
Sauls genealogie.
I.Ch
ron.
His death.
*Ezod. 30.
I Or, trust.
Or,onJlat
plates, or,
slices.
t Reb. bread
ilfordering.
t Hebr. vpon
them.
• Chap. 8.
1. Chro.
33.
' Chap. 8.
fine floure, and the wine, and the oyle,
and the frankincense, and the spices.
30 And some of the sonnes of the
Priests made * the oyntment of the
spices.
31 And Mattithiah , one of the Le-
uites (who was the first borne of Shal-
lum the Korahite) had the ||set office o-
uer the things that were made ||in the
pannes.
32 And other of their brethren of the
sonnes of the Kohathites, were ouer the
tShew-bread to prepare it euery Sab
bath.
33 And these are the singers , chiefe of
the fathers of the Leuites, who remay-
ningm the chambers, zcerefree : for t they
were imployed in that worke, day and
night.
34 These chiefe fathers of the Le
uites, were chiefe throughout their ge-
nerations ; these dwelt at lerusalem.
35 H And in Gibeon dwelt the fa-
ther of Gibeon , lehiel , whose wiues
name was * Maacha :
36 And his first borne sonne Abdon,
then Zur , and Kish , and Baal , and
Ner, and Nadab,
37 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Ze-
chariah, and Mikloth.
38 And Mikloth begate Shimeam :
and they also dwelt with their brethren
at lerusalem , ouer against their bre-
thren.
39 * And Ner begat Kish, and Kish
begate Saul , and Saul begate Jona-
than, and Malchishua, and Abinadab
and Eshbaal.
40 And the sonne of Jonathan was
Meribbaal : and Meribbaal begate
Micah.
41 And the sonnes of Micah were
Pithon , and Melech , and Tahrea,
*and Ahaz.
42 And Ahaz begate larah , and
larah begate Alemeth , & Azmaueth,
and Zimri : and Zimri begate Moza,
43 And Moza begate Binea: and
Rephaiah his son , Eleasah his sonne
Azel his sonne.
44 And Azel had sixe sonnes, whose
names are these : Azrikam , Bocheru
and Ismael, and Sheariah , and Oba
diah,and Hanan. Thaewere the sonnes
of Azel.
CHAP. X.
1 Sauls ouerthrow and death. 8 The Phili
stines triumph ouer Saul. 11 Thekindnesof
labesh Gilead, towards Saul and his sonnes.
13 Sauls sinne for which the kingdome was
translated from him to Dauid.
* the Philistines
against Israel ,
Owe
fought
and the men of Israel
fled from before the Phi-
listines , and fell downe
llslaine in mount Gilboa.
2 And the Philistines followed
hard after Saul, and after his sonnes,
and the Philistines slew lonathan,
and II Abinadab, and Malchishua, the
sonnes of Saul.
3 And the battell went sore against
Saul, and the tarchers thit him, and he
was wounded of the archers.
4 Then saide Saul to his armour
bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me
through therewith, lest these vncircum-
cised come, and || abuse mee : but his ar
mour bearer would not, for he was sore
afraid. So Saul tooke a sword , and
fell vpon it.
5 And when his armour bearer
saw that Saul was dead , hee fell like-
wise on the sword, and died.
6 So Saul died , and his three
sonnes, and all his house died together.
7 And when all the men of Israel
that we7-e in the valley, saw that they
fled , and that Saul and his sonnes
were dead : then they forsooke their ci-
ties, and fled, and the Philistines came
and dwelt in them.
8 IF And it came to passe on the mor-
row, when the Philistines came to strip
the slaine, that they found Saul and his
sonnes fallen in mount Gilboa.
9 And when they had stripped him,
they tooke his head, and his armour,
and sent into the land of the Philistines
round about, to cary tidings vnto their
idoles, and to the people.
10 And they put his armour in the
house of their gods , and fastened his
head in the temple of Dagon.
11 11 And when ail labesh Gilead
heard all that the Philistines had done
to Saul :
12 They arose, all the valiant men,
and tooke away the body of Saul, and
the bodies of his sonnes , and brought
them to labesh, and buried their bones
vnder the oke in labesh , and fasted se
uen dayes.
13 11 So Saul died for his transgres-
sion which hee t committed against the
Lord, *euefi against the word of the
LoKD
I.Sam. 31,
1.2.
Or, woun-
ded.
Or, leshui,
1. Sam. 14.
49.
t Hebr. shoo-
ters with
bowes.
iHebr.found
him.
Or, mocke
me.
t Heb. trans-
gressed.
• 1. Sam. 1
23.
Dauid made King.
Chap.xj.
Hi
IS
mightie
men.
• 1. Sam. 28,
7.
t Heb. Istd.
' 2. 8am. S.
t Heb. both
yesterdau
and the third
I Or, rule.
t Heb. by the
hand of.
• 1. Sam. 16,
13.
•2. Sam. 5. 6
t Heb, head.
t That is,
Zian, 2. Sam
7.
t Heb. reui-
ued.
+ Heb. went
in going and
increasing.
• 2. Sam. 23.
I Or, heU
stronglywith
him.
Loud which he kept not, and also for
asking coMn.»e^ of one that had a familiar
spirit, *to enqnire qfit:
14 And enquired not of the Lord:
therefore he slew him, and turned the
kingdome vnto Dauid the sonne of
tiesse.
CHAP. XL
1 Dauid by a generall consent is made king at
Hebron. 4 Hee winneth the castle of Sion
from the lebusites, by loabs valour. 10 A
catalogue of Dauids mightie men.
Hen *all Israel gathered
themselues to Dauid vn-
Hebron, saying, Behold,
wee are thy bone and thy
flesh.
!iJ And moreouer tin time past, euen
when Saul was king, thou toast he that
leddest out and broughtest in Israel
and the Lord thy God said vnto
thee , Thou shall || feede my people
Israel, and thou shall be ruler ouer my
people Israel.
3 Therefore came all the Elders of
Israel to the king to Hebron, and Da
uid made a couenant with them in He-
bron before the Lord, and they an-
noinled Dauid king ouer Israel, accor-
ding to the word of the Lord, tby
* Samuel.
4 If And Dauid & all Israel, *went
to lerusalem, which is lebus , where
the lebusites were the inhabitants of
the land.
5 And the inhabitants of lebus said
to Dauid, Thou shall not come hither.
Neuerthelesse Dauid tooke the castle of
Zion, which is the citie of Dauid.
6 And Dauid said, Whosoeuer smi-
teth the lebusites first, shall be tchiefe,
and captaine. So loab the sonne of
Zeruiah went first vp, and was chiefe.
7 And Dauid dwelt in the castell :
therefore they called til the citie of Da-
uid.
8 And he built the citie round about,
euen from Millo round about : and
loab trepaired the rest of the citie.
9 So Dauid t waxed greater and
greater : for the Lord of hostes ivas
with him.
10 H * These also are the chiefe of the
mightie men, whom Dauid had , who
llstrenthened themselues with him in
his kingdome, and with all Israel, to
make him king according to the word
of the Lord, concerning Israel.
11 Andthisi^thenumberofthemigh-
tie men, whom Dauid had : lashobeam
II an Hachmonite, the chiefe of the cap-
taines : he lift vp his speare against three
hundred, slaine by him at one time.
12 And after him was Eleazar the
sonne of Dodo the Ahohite, who was
one of the three mighties.
13 He was with Dauid at ||Pasdam-
mim ; and there the Philistines were
gathered together to battell , where
was a parcell of ground full of barley,
and the people fled from before the Phi-
listines.
14 And they ||set themselues in the
middest of that parcell, and deliuered it,
and slue the * Philistines, & the Lord
saued them by a great || deliuerance.
15 If Now 1 1 three of the thirtie cap-
taines, went downe to the rocke of Da-
uid, into the cauc of Adullam , and the
host of the Philistines encamped in the
valley of Rephaim.
16 And Dauid leas then in the hold,
and the Philistine? garison was then at
Bethlehem.
17 And Dauid longed and said. Oh
that one would giue me drinke of the
water of the well of Bethlehem, that is
at the gate.
18 And the three brake through the
host of the Philistines, and drew water
out of the well of Bethlehem, that rvas
by the gate, and tooke it and brought it
to Dauid. But Dauid would not drink
of it, but powred it out to the Lord,
19 And said, My God forbid it mee,
that I should doe this thing. Shall I
drinke the blood of these men, tthat
haue put their hues in ieopardie ? for
with the ieopardie of their Hues , they
brought it : therfore he would not drink
it. These things did these three migh-
tiest.
20 II And Abishai the brother of lo-
ab, he was chiefe of the three. For lif-
ting vp his speare against three hun-
dred, he slew them, and had a name a-
mong the three.
21 * Of the three, hee was more ho-
nourable then the two, for he was their
captaine ; howbeit , he attained not to
the Jirst three.
22 Benaiah the sonne of lehoiada,
the sonne of a valiant man of Kabzeel,
twho had done many acts : he slue two
Lyon-like men of Moab, also he went
downe and slue a Lyon in a pit in a
snowy day.
3 K 2 23 And
I Or, Sonne
OfHach-
moni.
I Or, Ephes-
dammim,
1. Sam. 17. 1
Or, stood.
* 2. Sam. 23
13.
• Or, salua-
tion.
i Or, three
captaines
ouer the
thirtie.
t Heb. with
their Hues?
* 2. Sam. 23.
19. &C
t Heb. great
of deeds.
Daiiids worthies,
I.Chron.
and helpers.
t Heb. a man
<tfmeasure.
Or, Haro-
dite, 2. Sam.
23. 2S.
\ Or, the
Haggerite.
23 And he slue an Egyptian, ta man
oi great stature, fine cubits higli , and in
the Egyptians hand was a speare Hke a
weauers beame : and he went downe to
him with a stafFe, and pluckt the speare
lout of the Egyptians hand, and slue'
him with his owne speare.
I 24 These things did Benaiah the
Sonne of lehoiada, and had the name
among the three mighties.
25 Behold, hee was honourable a-
mong the thirtie, but attained not to
the first three : and Dauid set him ouer
Ihis guard.
26 f Also the valiant men of the ar-
mies were Asahel the brother of loab,
Elhanan the sonne of Dodo of Bethle-
hem.
27 Shammoth the {| Harorite, He-
lez the Pelonite,
28 Ira the sonne of Ikkesh the Te-
koite, Abiezer the Antothite,
29 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the
Ahohite,
30 Maharai the Netophathite, Heled
the sonne of Baanah the Netophathite,
I 31 Ithai the sonne of Ribai of Gi-
: beah , thatperteined to thech ild renof Ben-
iamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
32 Hurai of the brookes of Gaash,
JAbiel the Arbathite,
33 Azmaueth the Baharumite, Eli-
haba the Shaalbonite,
34 The sonnes of Hashem the Gi-
zonite : Jonathan the sonne of Sha-
geh the Hararite,
35 Ahiham the sonne of Sacar the
Hararite, Eliphal the sonne of Vr,
36 Hepher the Mecherathite , Ahi-
iah the Pelonite,
37 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the
Sonne of Ezbai,
38 loel the brother of Nathan,
Mibhar the || sonne of Haggeri,
39 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai
the Berothite, the armour bearer of
loab the sonne of Zeruiah,
40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the I-
thrite,
41 Vriah the Hittite , Zabad the
sonne of Ahlai,
42 Adina the sonne of Shiza the
Reubenite, a captaine of the Reube-
nites, and thirtie with him,
43 Hanan the sonne of Maacah, and
loshaphat the Mithnite, j
44 Vzzia the Ashterathite, Shama
and lehiel the sonnes of Hothan thel
Aroerite, I
« Or, Zim-
rite.
45 lediael the || sonne of Zimri, and
loha his brother, the Tizite,
46 Eliel the Mahauite, and leri-
bai, and loshauiah the sonnes of Elna-
an, and Ithmah the Moabite,
47 Eliel, and Obed, and lasiel the
Mesobaite.
CHAP. XII.
1 The companies that came to Dauid at Ziklag.
23 The armies that came to him at Hebron.
Ow * these are they that
came to Dauid to Ziklag
t while hee yet kept him-
selfe close, because of Saul
the Sonne of Kish : and
they were among the
mighty men, helpers of the warre.
2 l^hey were armed with bowes.
and could vse both the right hand and
theleft,in/tMr/«w^stones,and*Aoo<i7i^ar-
rowes out of a bow, etien of Sauls bre-
thren of Beniamin.
3 The chiefe zeas Ahiezer, then loash
the sonnes of || Shemaah the Gibea-
thite, and leziel, and Pelet, the sonnes
of Azmaueth, and Berachah, and le-
hu the Antothite,
4 And Ismaiah the Gibeonite , a
mightie man among the thirtie, and o-
uer the thirtie, and leremiah, and la-
haziel, and lohanan, and losabad the
Gederathite,
5 Eleuzai, and lerimoth, and Bea-
liath, and Shemariah, and Shephati-
ah the Haruphite,
6 Elkanah, and lesiah, and Azari-
el, and loezer , and lashobeam, the
Korhites,
7 And loelah, and Zebadiah the
sonnes of leroam of Gedor.
8 And of the Gadites there separa-
ted themselues vnto Dauid , into the
hold to the wildernesse, men of might,
and mentof warre, fit for the battel, that
could handle shield and buckler, whose
faces were like the faces of Lyons, and
were tas swift as the Roes vpon the
mountaines :
9 Ezer the first, Obadiah the second,
Eliab the third,
10 Mashmannah the fourth, lere-
miah the fift,
11 Atthai the sixt, Eliel the seuenth,
12 lohanan the eighth , Elzabad
the ninth,
13 leremiah the tenth, Machbanai
the eleuenth.
14 These were of the sonnes of Gad,
captaines
• I. Sam.
27.1.
t Heb. being
yet shut vp.
II Or, Has-
maa.
+ Heb. qfthe
hostc.
t Heb. as the
Roes vpon
the moHn-
taines to
make haste.
Dauids helpers to
Chap.xij.
make him king.
iOr,onethat
was least
could resist
an hundred,
andthegrea^
test a thoU'
sand.
t Heb. filled
Quer.
losh. 3. 15.
f Heb. before
them.
t Heb. be one
Or, vio-
lence.
t Heb. the
SfiTit do-
med Ama-
tai.
1. Sam.
29. 4.
t Hekonour
heads.
Or, with a
band.
Or, cap-
taines, or,
men.
Heb. heads.
I Or, prepa-
red.
captaines of the hoste : ||one of the least
was ouer an hundred, and the greatest,
ouer a thousand.
15 These are they that went ouer
lorden in the first moneth, when it had
touerflowen all his *bankes, and they
put to flight all them of the valleis, both
toward the East, and toward the West.
16 And there came of the children of
Beniamin, and ludah, to the hold vn-
to Dauid.
17 And Dauid went out tto meete
them , and answered and sayd vnto
them : If yee bee come peaceably vnto
meto helpe me, mine heart shall tbeknit
vnto you : but if yee be come to betray
me to mine enemies, seeing there is no
wrong in mine hands : the God of our
fathers looke thereon, and rebuke it.
18 Then tthe spirit came vpon A-
masai, who was chiefe of the captaines,
and he sayd , Thine are we, Dauid, and on
thy side , thou sonne of lesse : Peace,
peace be vnto thee, and peace be to thine
helpers; forthyGodhelpeth thee. Then
Dauid receiued them, and made them
captaines of the band.
19 And there fell some of Manasseh
to Dauid, when he came with the Phi-
listines against Saul to battell , but
they helped them not. For the Lords
of the Philistines , vpon aduisement,
sent him away, saying, *Hee will fall to
his master Saul, tto the ieopardie of o\xr
heads.
20 As he went to Ziklag, there fell
to him of Manasseh, Adnah,,and lo-
zabad, and lediel, and Michael, and
lozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, cap-
taines of the thousands that were of
Manasseh.
21 And they helped Dauid || against
the band of the Rouers : for they zcere all
mighty men of valour , and were cap-
taines in the hoste.
For at that time day by day, there
came to Dauid to helpe him, vntill it
was a great hoste , like the hoste of
God.
23 H And these are the numbers of
the II bands , that were ready armed to
the warre, and came to Dauid to He-
bron, to turne the kingdome of Saul to
him, according to the word of the
Lord.
24 The children of ludah that bare
shield, and spcare, were sixe thousand,
and eight hundred, readie || armed to the
warre.
25 Of the children of Simeon, migh
ty men of valour for the warre, seuen
thousand and one hundred.
26 Of the children of Leui , foure
thousand and sixe hundred.
27 And lehoiada was the leader
of the Aaronits , and with him were
three thousand, and seuen hundred.
28 And Zadok, a young man migh-
tie of valour, and of his fathers house
twentie and two captaines.
29 And of the children of Beniamin
the tkinred of Saul three thousand : for
hitherto t the greatest part of them had
kept the ward of the house of Saul.
30 And of the children of Ephraim,
twentie thousand , and eight hundred,
mightie men of valour , t famous
throughout the house of their fathers.
31 And of the halfe tribe of Manasseh,
eighteene thousand , which were ex-
pressed by name, to come and make Da-
uid king.
j 32 And of the children of Issachar,
jwhich were men that had vnderstan-
ding of the times, to know what Isra-
el ought to doe : the heads of them were
|two hundred , and all their brethren
were at their commandement.
33 Of Zebulun, such as went foorth
to battell, II expert in warre, with all in-
struments of warre, fifty thousand,
which could ||keepe ranke : They were,
t not of double heart.
34 And of Naphtali a thousand cap-
taines, and with them, with shield and
speare, thirtie and seuen thousand.
35 And of the Danites, expert in war,
twentie and eight thousand, and sixe
hundred.
36 And of Asher, such as went foorth
to battell, II expert in warre, fourtie
thousand.
37 And on the other side of lorden,
of the Reubenites, & the Gadites, and
of the halfe tribe of Manasseh, with all
maner of instruments of warre for the
battell, an hundred and twentie thou-
sand.
38 All these men of warre, that could
keepe ranke, came with a perfect heart
to Hebron, to make Dauid king ouer all
Israel : and all the rest also of Israel,
were of one heart to make Dauid king.
39 And there they were with Dauid
three dayes , eating and drinking : for
their brethren had prepared for them.
40 Moreouer, tliey that were nigh
them, euen vnto Issachar , and Zebu-
lun,
t Heb. bre-
thren.
t Heb. a
multitude oj
them.
t Heb. men
of names.
Or, rangers
of battell, or
ranged in
battell.
I Or, set the
battell in a-
ray.
t Heb. with-
out a heart
and a heart.
Or, keeping
their ranke.
Vzza slaiiie. The
I.Chroii.
Philiftines smitten.
I Or, fUaile
ofmeale.
\Hebr.Ut
rs hreake
foorth and
send.
t Hebr. in
the cUies of
their »uli.
tirbi.
t Heb, bring
about.
1. Sam. 7
1.2.uni.6.3.
" Io«h. 16. 9.
t Heb. made
the Arke to
ride.
t Heb. longt.
% Called No.
dmn,i./iam.
6.8.
I Or, ihooke
U.
* Nam. 4.
It.
lun , and Naphtali brought bread on
asses , and on camels , and on mules,
and on oxen , and ||meat, meale, cakes of
figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine,
and oyle , and oxen , and sheepe abun-
dantly : for there teas ioy in Israel.
CHAP. XIII.
1 Dauid fetcheth theArke with great soleranitie
from Kiriath-iearim. 9 Vzza being smitten,
the Arke is left at the house of Obed-Eklom.
Nd Dauid consulted with
the captaines of thou-
sands, and hundreds, and
with euery leader.
2 And Dauid said vn-
to all the Congregation of Israel, If it
seeme good vnto you, and that it be of the
Lord our God, tlet vs send abroad
vnto our brethren euery where , that
are left in all the land of Israel , and
with them also to the Priests and Le-
uites which are in t their cities and sub-
urbs, that they may gather themselues
vnto vs.
3 And let vs tbring againe the Arke
of our God to vs : for wee enquired not
at it in the dayes of Saul.
4 And all the Congregation saide,
that they would doe so : for the thing
was right in the eyes of all the people.
5 So * Dauid gathered all Israel
together, from Shihor of Egypt, euen
vnto the entring of Hemath , to bring
the Arke of God from Kiriath-iearim.
6 And Dauid went vp, and all Is-
rael, to * Baalah, that is, to Kiriath-iea-
rim, which belonged to ludah, to bring
vp thence the Arke of God the Lord,
that dwelleth betweene the Cheru
bims, whose name is called on it.
7 And they tcaried the Arke of God
in a new cart, out of the house of Abina-
dab : and Vzza, and Ahio draue the cart.
8 And Dauid and all Israel played
before God with all tlieir might , and
with t singing, and with harpes, and
with psalteries, and with tymbrels, and
with cymbals, and with trumpets.
9 11 And when they came vnto the
threshing floore of ||Chidon, Vzza put
foorth his hand to hold the Arke , for
the oxen || stumbled.
10 And the anger of the Lord
was kindled against Vzza, and hee
smote him , becau.se hee put his hand to
the "Arke: andtherehediedbeforeGod
11 And Dauid was displeased, be-
cause the Lord had made a breach
vpon Vzza; wherefore that place is
called tPerez-Vzza, to this day.
12 And Dauid was afraide of God
that day, saying. How shall I bring the
Arke of God home to me ?
13 So Dauid t brought not the Arke
home to himselfe to the city of Dauid,
but caried it aside into the house of O-
bed-Edom the Gittite.
14 And the Arke of God remained
with the family of Obed-Edom in his
house three moneths. And the Lord
blessed * the house of Obed-Edom , and
all that he had.
CHAP. XIIIL
1 Hirams kindnesse to Dauid. 2 Dauids feli-
citie in people, wiues and children. 8 His
two victories against the Philistines.
Ow * Hiram king of Tyre
sent messengers to Dauid,
and timber of Cedars,
with masons, and carpen
ters to build him an house.
2 And Dauid perceiued that the
Lord had confirmed him king ouer
Israel, for his kingdome was lift vp on
high, because of his people Israel.
3 IT And Dauid tooke tmoe wiues
at lerusalem : and Dauid begate
sonnes and daughters.
4 Now these are the names of his
children which hee had in lerusalem
Shammua, and Shobab , Nathan,
and Solomon,
5 And Ibhar, and Elishua, and El
palet,
6 And Noga, and Nepheg, and
laphia,
7 And Elishama, and ||Beeliada, and
Elpalet.
8 H And when the Philistines heard
that * Dauid was anoynted king ouer
all Israel, all the Philistines went vp
to seeke Dauid : and Dauid heard of it,
and went out against them.
9 And the Philistines came & spread
themselues in the valley of Rephaim.
10 And Dauid enquired of God, say-
ing. Shall I goe vp against the Phili-
stines ? and wilt thou deliuer them into
mine hand .'' And the Loud said vnto
him. Go vp, for I will dehuer them in
to thine hand.
11 So they came vp to Baal-Pera-
zim , and Dauid smote them there.
Then Dauid said, God hath broken in
vpon
t Hehbreach
of Fzxa.
t Hebr. re-
momted.
As chap.
36. 5.
• 2. Sam. S.
U.&c.
t Hebr. pet.
lOr,Eliada,
2. Sam. 5,
16.
2. Sam. S.
17.
The briiio'ing:
Chap.
XV.
of the Arke.
\Heb.that
is, a place of
breaches.
" 2. Sam.
23.
\Heb. It is
not to cary
the Arke of
God, but /or
the Leuites.
' Num. 4.
2,15.
I Or, kinse-
men.
vpon mine enemies by mine hand, like
the breaking foorth of waters : there-
fore they called the name of that place,
tBaal-Perazim.
12 And when they had left their gods
there, Dauid gaue a commandement,
and they were burnt with fire.
13 And the Philistines yet againe
spread themselues abroad in the val-
ley.
14 Therfore Dauid enquired againe
of God , and God said vnto him , Goe
not vp after them , turne away from
them , • and come vpon them ouer a-
gainst the mulbery trees.
15 And it shall bee, when thou shalt
heare a sound of going in the tops of the
mulbery trees, that then thou shalt goe
out to battail? : for God is gone foorth
before thee, to smite the hoste of thePhi-
listines.
16 Dauid therefore did as God com-
manded him: and they smote the hoste
of the Philistines from Gibeon euen to
Gazer.
17 And the fame of Dauid went out
into all lands, and the Lord brought
the feare of him vpon all nations.
CHAP. XV.
1 Dauid hauing prepared a place for the Arke,
ordereth the Priestes and Leuites to hring
it from Obed-Edom. 25 Hee perfourmeth
the soleimiitie thereof with great ioy. 29 Mi-
chal despiseth him.
Nd Dauid made him hou-
ses in the citie of Dauid,
and prepared a place for
the Arke of God, and pit-
_ ched for it a tent.
2 Then Dauid sayd, +None ought
to carie the * Arke of God, but the Le
uites: for them hath the Lord cho-
sen to cary the Arke of God, and to mi-
nister vnto him for euer.
3 And Dauid gathered all Israel
together to Jerusalem, to bring vp the
Arke of the Lord vnto his place,
which hee had prepared for it.
4 And Dauid assembled the chil-
dren of Aaron, and the Leuites.
5 Of the sonnes of Kohath : Vriel
thechiefe,and his ||brethren an hundred
and twentie.
6 Of the sonnes of Merari : Asa-
iah the chiefe,and his brethren two hun-
dred and twentie.
7 Of the sonnes of Gershom : lo-
el the chiefe, and his brethren an hun-
dred and thirtie.
8 Of the sonnes of Elizaphan : She-
maiah the chiefe, and his brethren two
hundred.
9 Of the sonnes of Hebron : Eliel the
chiefe, and his brethren fourescore.
10 Of the sonnes of Vzziel : Ammi-
nadab the chiefe , and his brethren an
hundred and twelue.
11 And Dauid called for Zadok and
Abiathar the Priests , and for the Le-
uites, for Vriel, Asaiah and loel, She-
maiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
12 And said vnto them, Yee are the
chiefe of the fathers of the Leuites :
sanctifie your selues both yee and your
brethren , that you may bring vp the
Arke of the Lord God of Isra-
el, vnto the place that I haue prepared
for it.
13 For because yedid it not atthe first,
the Lord our God made a breach
vpon vs, for that we sought him not af-
ter the due order.
14 So the Priestes and the Leuites
sanctified themselues to bring vp the
Arke of the Lord God of Israel.
15 And the children of the Leuites
bare the Arke of God vpon their shoul-
ders, with the staues thereon, as * Mo-
ses commanded, according to the word
of the Lord.
16 And Dauid spake to the chiefe of
the Leuites, to appoint their brethren
to be the singers with instruments of
musicke, Psalteries, and Harpes, and
Cymbales, sounding, by lifting vp the
voice with ioy.
17 So the Leuites appointed * He-
man the Sonne of loel : and of his bre-
thren, * Asaph the sonne of Berechiah :
and of the sonnes of Merari their bre-
thren, * Ethan the sonne of Kushaiah.
18 And with them their brethren of
the second degree, Zachariah, Ben,
and laziel , & Shemiramoth , and le-
hiel, and Vnni, Eliab, and Benaiah,
and Maasiah, and Mattithiah, and E-
liphaleh , and Mikniah , and Obed E-
dom, and lehiel the Porters.
19 So the Singers, Heman, Asaph,
and Ethan, were appointed to sound
with cymbales of brasse.
20 And Zachariah, and Aziel, and
Shemiramoth, and lehiel, and Vnni,
and Eliab, and Maasiah, and Benaiah,
with Psalteries on Alamoth.
21 And Mattithiah, and Eliphaleh,
and
" Exod. 23
14.
• Chap. 6.
33.
• Vers. 39.
• Vers. 44.
The Arke brought.
I.Ch
ron.
The fong
Or, on the
eight b>o-
uersee,
I Or, veasfor
the cariage :
hevtstructt'd
about the
eariage.
iHeb. lifting
vp.
i. Sam. 6.
12, 13. &c.
K)r,oariage
'i. Sam. 6.
17.
and Mikniah , and Obed Edom, and
leiel, and Azzaziah , with harpes on
the ySheminith to excell.
22 And Chenaniah chiefe of the Le-
uites llwa^for tsong:he instructed about
the song, because he was skiifull.
23 And Berechiah , and Elkanah
zt}ere doore keepers for the Arke.
24 And Shebaniah, and leliosha-
phat, and Nathaneel, and Amasai, and
Zachariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer
the priests, did blow with the trumpets
before the Arke of God : and Obed E-
dom, and lehiah were doore keepers
for the Arke.
25 f So * Dauid and the Elders of
Israel, and the captaines ouer thou-
sands, went to bring vp the Arke of the
couenant of the Lord, out of the
house of Obed Edom with ioy.
26 And it came to passe when God
helped the Leuites that bare the Arke
of the couenant of the Lord, that
they offered seuen bullocks, and seuen
rammes.
27 And Dauid was clothed with a
robe of fine linnen, and all the Leuites
that bare the Arke, and the singers, and
Chenaniah the master of the ||song,
with the singers. Dauid also had vpon
him, an Ephod of linnen.
28 Thus all Israel brought vp the
Arke of the Couenant of the Lord
with shouting, and with sound of the
cornet, and with trumpets, and with
cymbals, making a noise with psalte-
ries and harpes.
29 IT And it came to passe «w the Arke
of the couenant of the Lord came
to the citie of Dauid, that Michal the
daughter of Saul looking out at a win-
dow, saw King Dauid dauncing and
playing : and shee despised him in her
heart.
CHAP. XVI.
Dauids festiuall sacrifice. 4 Hee ordereth a
Quire to sing Thankesgiuing. 7 The Psalme
of Thankesgiuing. 37 He appointeth Mini-
sters, Porters, Priestsand Musitians, to attend
continually on the Arke.
O * they brought the Arke
of God , and set it in the
midst of the tent that Da
uid had pitched for it: and
they offered burnt sacrifi
ces, and peace oflferings before God.
2 And when Dauid had made an
end of offering the burnt offerings, and
the peace offrings, he blessed the people
in the name of the Lord.
3 And hee dealt to euery one of Is-
rael, both man and woman , to euery
one a loafe of bread, and a good piece of
flesh, and a flagon of wine.
4 H And he appointed certaine of the
Leuites to minister before the Arke of
the Lord, and to record, and to
thanke and praise the Lord God of
Israel,
5 Asaph the chiefe, and next to him
Zachariah, leiel, and Shemiramoth,
and lehiel , and Mattithiah , and E-
liab, and Benaiah, and Obed Edom :
and leiel twith Psalteries and with
harpes : but Asaph made a sound with
cymbals.
6 Benaiah also and lahaziel the
Priestes , with trumpets continually
before the Arke of the Couenant of
God.
7 IT Then on that day, Dauid deli-
uered first this Psalme to thanke the
Lord, into the hand of Asaph and
his brethren :
8 *Giue thankes vnto the Lord,
call vpon his name, make knowen his
deeds among the people.
9 Sing vnto him, sing psalmes vn-
to him, talke you of all his wonderous
workes.
10 Glory yee in his holy Name, let
the heart of them reioyce that seeke the
Lord.
11 Seeke the Lord, and his
strength, seeke his face continually.
12 Remember his marueilous works
that he hath done, his wonders, and
the iudgements of his mouth,
13 O ye seed of Israel his seruant, ye
children of lacob his chosen ones.
14 He is the Lord our God, his
iudgements are in all the earth.
15 Be ye mindfull alwayes of his
Couenant : the worde which hee com
manded to a thousand generations :
16 Eueii of the * Couenant which hee
made with Abraham, and of his othe
vnto Isaac :
17 And hath confirmed the same to
lacob for a lawe , and to Israel for an
euerlasting Couenant,
18 Saying, vnto thee will I giue
the land of Canaan, the tlot of your in-
heritance.
19 When ye were but tfew, * euen a
few, and strangers in it :
20 And
t Heh. with
iTistruments
of Psalte-
ries,^ harps
' Psal. 105.
• Gen. 17. 2.
and 2(i. 3.
& 28. 13.
t Heb. the
coard,
t Heb. men
of number.
* Gen. 34.
30.
>
of Afaph.
Chap.xvij.
Pi-iefts, Porters, &c.
' Gen.
7. and
20. .1.
Psal.
15.
Psal.
12.
lOS.
90. I.
Leu. 19. 4
• Psa. l(/7. 1
and lie. i.
and 136. 1.
' Deut. 27.
20 And when they went from nati-
on to nation, and from one kingdome
to another people :
21 Hee suffered no man to doe them
wrong: yea, hee *reprooued kings for
their sakes,
22 Saying; * Touch not mine anoin
ted, and doe my Prophets no harme.
23 * Sing vnto the Lord all the
earth : shew foorth from day to day his
saluation.
24 Declare his glory among the
heathen : his marueilous workes a-
mong all nations.
25 For great m the Lord , and
greatly to be praised : he also is to be fea-
red aboue all gods.
26 For all the gods *of the people
are idoles : but the Lord made the
heauens.
27 Glory and honour are in his pre-
sence : strength and gladnesse are in his
place.
28 Giue vnto the Lord, yee kin-
reds of the people : giue vnto the
Lord glory and strength.
29 Giue vnto the Lord the glo-
ry due vnto his Name : bring an offe-
ring, and come before him , worship
the Lord in the beautie of holi-
nesse.
30 Feare before him all the earth :
the world also shall be stable, that it be
not mooued.
31 Let the heauens be glad, and let
the earth reioyce : and let men say a-
mong the nations, The Lord reig-
neth.
32 Let the sea roare, and the fulnesse
thereof: let the fieldes reioyce, and all
that is therein.
33 Then shall the trees of the wood
sing out at the presence of the Lord,
because hee commeth to iudge the
earth.
34 *0 giue thanks vnto the Lord,
for hee is good : for his mercy endureth
for euer.
3-5 And say yee, Saue vs, O God of
our saluation, and gather vs together,
and deliuer vs from the heathen, that
we may giue thanks to thy holy Name,
and glory in thy praise.
36 Blessed be the Lord God of
Israel for euer and euer: and all *the
people saide , Amen , and praised the
Lord.
37 H So hee left there before the
Arke of the couenant of the Lord,
Asaph and his brethren , to minister be-
fore the Arke continually , as euery
dayes worke required :
38 And Obed Edom with their bre-
thren , threescore and eight : Obed E-
dom also the sonne of leduthun, and
Hosah to be porters :
39 And Zadok the Priest, and his
brethren the Priests, before the Taber-
nacle of the Lord, in the high place
that was at Gibeon,
40 To offer burnt offerings vnto
the Lord, vpon the Altar of the
burnt offering continually t morning
and euening, and to doe according to
all that is written in the Lawe of the
Lord, which hee commanded Is-
rael :
41 And with them Heman and le-
duthun , and the rest that were chosen,
who were expressed by name, to giue
thankes to the Lord, because his
mercy endureth for euer.
42 And with them Heman and le-
duthun with trumpets and cymbales,
for those that should make a sound, and
with musicall instruments of God : and
the sonnes of leduthun were t Por-
ters.
43 And all the people departed eue-
ry man to his house, and Dauid retur-
ned to blesse his house.
CHAP. XVIL
1 Nathan first approouing the purpose of Da-
uid, to build God an house, 3 after by the
word of God forbiddeth him. H Hee pro-
miseth him blessings and benefits in his seed.
16 Dauids prayer and thankesgiuing.
Ow *it came to passe, as
Dauid sate in his house,
that Dauid sayde to Na-
than the Prophet, Loe, I
dwell in an house of Ce-
the Arke of the Couenant
remaineth vnder
t Heb. in tlie
momingand
in the eue^
ning-
MIeb.for
the gate.
cur-
dars , but
of the Lord
taines.
2 Then Nathan sayd vnto Dauid,
Doe all that is in thine heart, for God
is with thee.
3 1[ And it came to passe the same
night, that the word of God came to
Nathan, saying,
4 Goe and tell Dauid my seruant.
Thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt
not build me an house to dwell in.
5 For I haue not dwelt in a house
since the day that I brought vp Israel,
3 L vnto
• 2. Sam. 7.
, &c.
Dauids thankes,
I.Ch
ron.
and
prayer.
t Heb. haue
bene.
t Heb.from
after.
vnto this day, but thaue gone from tent
to tent, and from one Tabernacle to a-
nother.
6 Wheresoeuer I haue walked with
all Israel, spake I a word to any of the
ludges of Israel (whom I comman-
ded to feed my people) saying. Why haue
ye not built me an house of Cedars ?
7 Now therefore thus shall thou
say vnto my seniant Dauid, Thus saith
the LoED of hosts, I tooke thee from
the S/ieep-co&t, euaiftrom folowing the
sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler ouer
my people Israel :
8 And I haue bene with thee whi
thersoeuer thou hast walked, and haue
cut off all thine enemies from before
thee, and haue made thee a name , like
the name of the great men that are in
the earth.
9 Also I will ordeine a place for my
people Israel, and will plant them, and
they shall dwell in their place, and shall
be moued no more : neither shal the chil-
dren of wickednesse waste them any
more (as at the beginning,
10 And since the time that I com-
manded ludges to bee ouer my people
Israel.) Moreouer, I will subdue all
thine enemies. Furthermore I tel thee,
that the Lokd will build thee an
house.
11 H And it shall come to passe, when
thy dayes be expired, that thou must go
to be with thy fathers, that I will raise
vp thy seed after thee, which shall bee of
thy sonnes, and I wil stablish his king-
dome.
12 He shall build me an house, and I
will stablish his throne for euer.
3. King. 9. 13 1* will be his father, and he shall
be my sonne, and I will not take my
mercie away from him , as I tooke it
from him that was before thee.
14 But I will settle him in mine
house, and in my kingdom for euer, and
his throne shall bee established for euer
more.
15 According to all these words, and
according to all this vision, so did Na-
than speake vnto Dauid.
16 f And Dauid the king came, and
sate before the Lord, and said, Who
am I, O Lord God, and what is
mine house, that thou hast brought mee
hitherto ?
17 And 1/et this was a small thing in
thine eyes, O God : for thou hast ako spo-
ken of thy seruants house , for a great
14.
while to come, and hast regarded mee
according to the estate of a man of high
degree, O Lord God.
18 What can Dauid speake more to
thee for the honour of thy seruant .'' for
thou knowest thy seruant.
19 O Lord, for thy seruants sake,
and according to thine owne heart, hast
thou done all this greatnesse in making
knowen all these tgreat things.
20 O Lord, there is none like thee
neither is there any God besides thee, ac-
cording to all that we haue heard with
our eares.
21 And what one nation in the earth
is like thy people Israel, whome God
went to redeeme to be his owne people,
to make thee a name of greatnesse and
terriblenesse , by driuing out nations
from before thy people whom thou hast
redeemed out of Egypt ?
22 For thy people Israel didst thou
make thine owne people for euer, and
thou, Lord, becamest their God.
23 Therefore now Lord , let the
thing that thou hast spoken concerning
thy seruant, and concerning his house,
be established for euer, and doe as thou
hast said.
24 Let it euen bee established, that
thy name may bee magnified for euer,
saying, The Lord of hosts is the God
of Israel, eue7i a God to Israel: and
let the house of Dauid thy seruant be e-
stablished before thee.
25 For thou, O my God, thast tolde
thy seruant that thou wilt build him an
house : therefore thy seruant hath found
in his heart to pray before thee.
26 And now , Lord ( thou art
God, and hast promised this goodnesse
vnto thy seruant.)
27 Now therefore ||let it please thee
to blesse the house of thy seruant, that it
may bee before thee for euer : for thou
blessest, O Lord, and it shalbe blessed
for euer.
CHAP. XVIII.
1 Dauid subtlueth the Philistines and the Moa-
bites. 3 He smiteth Hadadezer and the Syri-
ans. 9 Tou sendeth Hadoram with presents
to blesse Dauid. 1 1 Thepresents& the spoile,
Dauid dalicateth to God. 13 He putteth ga-
risons in Edom. 14 Dauids officers.
Ow after this, *it came to
passe, that Dauid smote the
Philistines & subdued them,
and tooke Gath , and her
townes.
\Heb.great-
t Heb. hast
reuealed the
eare of thy
senumt.
Or, it hath
pleased thee.
• 2. Sam. 8.
1. &c.
His victories.
Chap.xix.
Hanuns villenie.
1 Or, Hada.
dezer in
Sam.
t Heb. Dar-
meaek.
Called in
the booke of
Sam, Beta
and Bero-
thai,
' 1. King. 7.
23. and 2.
chro. 4. 15.
Or, Tot, 2.
Sam. a. 9.
Or, loram,
2. Sam. 8.
0.
Or, to sa-
lute.
t Heh. to
blesse.
t Heb. was
the man of
warres.
townes out of the hand of the Phili-
stines.
2 And he smote Moab, and the Mo-
abites became Dauids seruants , and
brought gifts.
3 II And Dauid smote || Hadarezer
king of Zobah vnto Hamath , as hee
went to stablish his dominion by the ri-
uer Euphrates.
4 And Dauid tooke from him a
thousand charets , and seuen thousand
horsemen , and twentie thousand foot-
men : Dauid also houghed all the cha-
ret liorses, but reserued of them an hun-
dred charets.
5 And when the Syrians of t Da-
mascus came to helpe Hadarezer king
of Zobah, Dauid slew of the Syrians
two and twentie thousand men.
6 Then Dauid put garisons in Syria
Damascus , and the Syrians became
Dauids seruants , and brought giftes.
Thus the Lord preserued Dauid,
whithersoeuer he went.
7 And Dauid tooke the shields of
golde that were on the seruants of Ha-
darezer, & brought them to Jerusalem.
8 Likewise from || Tibhath , and
from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, broght
Dauid very much brasse , wherewith
* Solomon made the brasen Sea , and
the pillars, and the vessels of brasse.
9 II Now when || Tou king of Ha-
math heard how Dauid had smitten
all the hoste of Hadarezer king of Zo-
bah:
10 Hee sent ||Hadoram his sonne to
king Dauid, ||to enquire of his welfare,
and to t congratulate him, because hee
had fought against Hadarezer , and
smitten him (for Hadarezer thad warre
with Tou) and loith Mm all manner of
vessels of golde and siluer, and brasse.
11 H Them also king Dauid dedica-
ted vnto the Lord, with the siluer
and the golde that he brought from all
these nations : from Edom , and from
Moab , and from the children of Am-
mon , and from the Philistines , and
from Amalek.
12 Moreouer, Abishai the sonne of
Zeruiah, slew of the Edomites in the
valley of salt, eighteene thousand.
13 H And he put garisons in Edom,
and all the Edomites became Dauids
seruants. Thus the Lord preser-
ued Dauid whithersoeuer he went.
14 II So Dauid reigned oner all Is-
rael, andexecutediudgement and iustice
among all his people.
15 And loab the sonne of Zeruiah
was ouer the hoste , and lehoshaphat
the Sonne of Ahilud, || Recorder.
16 And Zadok the sonne of Ahitub,
and II Abimelech the sonne of Abiathar,
iOr,Re-
membran-
cer.
• Called A.
were the Priests, and || Shausha was' Isamf "''*"'
Scribe. j l Called Sa-
il And Benaiah the sonne of Ie-''lZsla"T.
hoiada was ouer the Cherethites , and ^'"^- *■ ^•
the Pelethites : and the sonnes of Da-
uid were tchiefe about the king.
CHAP. XIX.
Dauids messengers sent to comfort Hanun
the Sonne of Nahash, are villanously intrea-
ted. 6 The Ammonites strengthened by
the Syrians, are ouercome by loab and Abi-
shai. 16 Shophach making a new supply
of the Syrians, is slaine by Dauid.
Ow *it came to passe af-
ter this, that Nahash the
King of the children of
Amiron dyed, & his sonne
_ reigned in his stead.
2 And Dauid sayde, I will shewe
kindnesse vnto Hanun the sonne of Na-
hash, because his father shewed kind-
nesse to mee.- And Dauid sent messen-
gers to comfort him concerning his fa-
ther. So the seruants of Dauid came
into the land of the children of Ammon,
to Hanun, to comfort him.
3 But the Princes of the children of
Ammon sayde to Hanun , t Thinkest
thou that Dauid doeth honour thy fa-
ther, that he hath sent comforters vnto
thee .'' Are not his seruants come vnto
thee for to search , and to ouerthrow,
and to spie out the land ?
4 Wherefore Hanun tooke Dauids
seruants, and shaued them , and cut off
their garments in the middest , hard by
their buttockes, and sent them away.
5 Then there went certeine , and
told Dauid , how the men were serued,
and hee sent to meet them (for the men
were greatly ashamed) and the King
sayde , Tary at lericho vntill your
beards be growen, and then returne.
6 IT And when the children of Am-
mon sawe, that they had made them-
selues t odious to Dauid; Hanun and
the children of Ammon sent a thousand
talents of siluer, to hire them charets
and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and
out of Syria-Maachah, and out of Zo-
bah.
3 L 2 7 So
t Heb. at the
hand of the
King.
•2. Sam. 10
ver. 1 , &c.
+ Heb. In
thine eyes
doeth i)a-
uid, ^c.
t Heb. to
stinke.
The Ammonites
I.Ch
ron.
are ouercome.
t Hebr. the
the
was.
Or, yong
men.
face o/tl
battellwi
iHehrAb.
$hai.
I i. Euphra-
tes.
Or, Sho-
bach, 2. tarn,
10. 16.
7 So they hired thirtie and two
thousand charets, and the king of Maa-
chah and his people, who came and pit-
ched before Medeba. And the children
of Ammon gathered themselues toge
ther from their cities, and came to bat
taile.
8 And when Dauid heard of it, hee
sent loab, and all the host of the migh
tie men.
9 And the children of Ammon came
out, and put the battell in aray before
the gate of the citie, and the kings that
were come, zvere by themselues in the
field.
10 Now when loab saw that tthe
battell was set against him , before and
behinde : hee chose out of all the ||choice
of Israel, and put them in aray against
the Syrians.
11 And the rest of the people hee deli-
uered vnto the hand of t Abishai his
brother , and they set themselues in a-
ray against the children of Ammon.
12 And he said , If the Syrians bee
too strong for me, then thou shalt helpe
me: butif the children of Ammon be too
strong for thee, then I wil helpe thee
13 Be of good courage, and let vs be-
haue our selues valiantly for our peo-
ple, and for the Cities of our God : and
let the Lord do that which is good in
his sight.
14 So loab and the people that
were with him , drew nigh before the
Syrians, vnto the battell ; and they fled
before him.
15 And when the children of Am-
mon saw that the Syrians were fled,
they likewise fled before Abishai his
brother, and entred into the city. Then
loab came to lerusalem.
16 IT And when the Syrians saw
that they were put to the worse before
Israel, they sent messengers, and drew
forth the Syrians, that zoerc beyond the
(jRiuer : and ||Shophach the captaine
of the hoste of Hadarezer, went before
them.
17 And it was tolde Dauid, and hee
gathered all Israel , and passed ouer
lordane, and came vpon them, and set
the battell in aray against them : so when
Dauid had put the battell in aray a-
fainst the Syrians, they fought with
im.
18 But the Syrians fled before Is-
rael , and Dauid slew of the Syrians
seuen thousandmen, whichjought'incha.-
rets, and fourty thousand footmen, and
killed Shophach the captaine of the
hoste.
19 And when the seruants of Hada-
rezer saw that they were put to the
worse before Israel , they made peace
with Dauid , and became his seruants :
neither would the Syrians helpe the
children of Ammon any more.
CHAP. XX.
1 Rabbah is besieged by loab, spoiled by Da-
uid, and the people thereof tortured. 4
Three giants are slaiiie in three seuerall ouer-
throwes of the Philistines.
Nd*it came to passe, that
t after the yeere was expi-
red, at the time that kings
goe out to battell, loab led
forth the power of the ar-
mie , and wasted the countrey of the
children of Ammon, and came and be-
sieged Rabbah (but Dauid taried at
lerusalem,) and loab smote Rabbah
and destroyed it.
2 And Dauid *tooke the crowne of
theirkiiig from off his head, and found it
tto weigh a talent of gold,and therewere
precious stones in it, and it was set vp-
on Dauids head ; and hee brought also
exceeding much spoile out of the city,
3 And hee brought out the people
that were in it, and cut them with sawes,
and with harrowes of yron , and with
axes : euen so dealt Dauid with all the
cities of the children of Ammon. And
Dauid and all the people returned to
lerusalem.
4 If And it came to passe after this,
*that there || arose warre at ||Gezer with
the Philistines , at which time Sibbe-
chai the Hushathite, slew Sippai, that
was of the children of || the giant : and
they were subdued.
5 And there was warre againe
with the Philistines , and Elhanan the
Sonne of ||Iair, slew Lahmi the brother
of Goliath the Gittite , whose speare-
staffe was like a weauers beame.
6 And yet againe * there was warre
at Gath, where was a man -foi great sta-
ture, whose fingers and toes were foure
andtwentie,sixeo7jmc/j/i«nd,andsixeow
each foot. Andhealsowastthesonneof
the giant.
7 But when he || defied Israel, lo-
nathan the sonne of ||Shimea Dauids
brother, slew him.
8 These
•2. Sam. 11,
1.
t Hebr. at
the returne
of the yeere.
* 2. Sam. 12,
26.
t Hebr. the
weight of.
•2. Sam. 21.
18.
I Or, cotUi.
nued, Hebr,
stood.
1 Or, Gob.
Or, Jlapha.
Called also,
laare-ore'
gim, 2. sam.
21. 19.
•2. Sam. 21.
20.
t Hebr. a
man ofmeO'
sure.
\Hebr.bome
to the giant,
or, Rapha.
Or, repro-
ched.
II Called
Shammah,
1. Sam. 16.
9.
Peopl
e num
bred.
Cha
p.xxj.
Vhe peftilence.
■ 8am. 24.
1, &c.
\AAndit was
\euiU in the
\eyes of the
LORD
] concerning
\this thing.
"2. Sam.
!24. 10.
8 These were borne vnto the Gi
ant in Gath, and they fell by the hand
of Dauid , and by the hand of his ser-
uants.
CHAP. XXI.
1 Dauid tempted by Satan , forceth loab to
number the people. 5 The number of the
people being brought , Dauid repenteth of it.
9 Dauid hauing three plagues propounded
by Gad, chuseth the pestilence. 1 4 After the
death of 70000, Dauid by repentance pre-
uenteth the destruction of Jerusalem. 1 SDa-
uid by Gads direction , purchaseth Ornans
threshing floors, where hauing built an Al-
tar, God giueth a signe of his fauour by fire,
and stayeth the plague. 28 Dauid sacrifi-
ced! there, being restrained from Gibeon by
feare of the Angel.
Nd * Satan stoode vp a-
gainst Israel, and prouo-
ked Dauid to number Is-
rael.
2 And Dauid saide to
loab, and to the rulers of the people,
Goe, number Israel from Beer-sheba
eueu to Dan : and bring the number of
them to me, that I may know it.
3 And loab answered. The Lord
make his people an hundred times so
many moe as they bee : but, my lord the
king, are they not al my lords seruants .''
why then doeth my lord require this
thing ? why will hee bee a cause of tres-
passe to Israel ?
4 Neuerthelesse , the kings word
preuailed against loab : wherefore
loab departed, and went throughout
all Israel, and came to lerusalem.
5 % And loab gaue the summe of
the number of the people vnto Dauid :
and all they of Israel were a thousand
thousand , and an hundred thousand
men that drew sword : and ludah was
foure hundred threescore and ten thou-
sand men, that drew sword.
6 But Leui and Beniamin coun-
ted hee not among them : for the kings
word was abominable to loab.
7 tAnd God was displeased with
this thing, therefore he smote Israel.
8 And Dauid saide vnto God , * I
haue sinned greatly , because I haue
done this thing : but uow , I beseech
thee, doe away the iniquitie of thy ser-
uant, for I haue done very foolishly.
9 IT And the Loud spake vnto
Gad, Dauids Seer, saying,
10 Goe and tell Dauid, saying, Thus
saith the Lord, I toffer thee three
things, choose thee one of them, that I
may doe it vnto thee.
11 So Gad came to Dauid , and said
vnto him. Thus saith the Lord,
t Choose thee
12 Either three yeeres famine , or
three moneths to bee destroyed before
thy foes ( while that the sword of thine
enemies ouertaketh thee) or else three
dayes the sword of the Lord, euen
the pestilence in the land, and the Angel
of the Loud destroying throughout
all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore
aduise thy selfe , what word I shall
bring againe to him that sent me.
13 And Dauid said vnto Gad, I am
in a great strait. Ixt mee fall now into
the hand of the Lord (for very Hgreat
are his mercies,) but let me not fall into
the hand of man.
14 If So the Lord sent pestilence
vpon Israel : and there fell of Israel,
seuentie thousand men.
15 And God sent an *Angel vnto
lerusalem to destroy it : and as he was
destroying, the Lord beheld, and he
repented him of the euill, and said to the
Angel that destroyed , It is ynough,
stay now thine hand. And the Angel of
the Lord stood by the threshing
floore of II Oman the lebusite.
16 And Dauid lift vp his eyes, and
saw the Angel of the Lord stand be-
tweene the earth and the heauen , ha-
uing a drawen sword in his hand stret-
ched out ouer lerusalem. Then Dauid
and the Elders of Israel , who were
clothed in sackecloth , fell vpon their
faces.
17 And Dauid said vnto God, Is it
not I that commanded the people to be
numbred ? euen I it is that haue sinned,
and done euill indeed, but as for these
sheepe, what haue they done.' Let thine
hand, I pray thee, O Lord my God,
be on me, and on my fathers house, but
not on thy people, that they should bee
plagued.
18 f Then the * Angel of the Lord
commanded Gad to say to Dauid , that
Dauid should goe vp and set vp an Al-
tar vnto the Lord, in the threshing
floore of Oman the lebusite.
19 And Dauid went vp at the saying
of Gad, which he spake in the Name ofj
the Lord.
20 II And Oman turned backe and
saw the Angel , and his foure sonnes
with
fHebr.
stretch out.
t Hebr. take
to thee.
Or, many.
2. Sam.
24. 16.
I Or, Arau-
nah. 2. sam,
24. 18.
2. Chron.
3. 1.
Or, when
Oman tur-
ned backe,
ami saw the
I Angel, then
he and his
yo7iresonnes
with him,
hid them-
selues.
Dauid and Oman.
I.Ch
ron.
Dauids preparation
t Heb. giue.
•2. 8am. 24.
24.
'Chap. 16.
39. 2. Chro.
I. 3. 1
3. 4.
.king.
with him, hid themselues. Now Or-
nan was threshing wheat.
21 And as Dauid came to Oman,
Oman looked and saw Dauid, and
went out of the threshing floore , and
bowed himselfe to Dauid with his face
to the ground.
22 Then Dauid saide to Oman,
t Grant mee tlie place of this threshing
floore, that I may build an Altar there
in vnto the Lord: thou shalt grant
it mee for the full price, that the plague
may be stayed from the people.
23 And Oman saide vnto Dauid,
Take it to thee, and let my lord the king
do that which is good in his eyes. Loe,
I giue thee the oxen also for burnt of-
ferings, and the threshing instruments
for wood , and the wheat for the meate
offering, I giue it all.
24 And king Dauid said to Oman ;
Nay, but I wil verily buy it for the full
price : for I will not take that which is
thine for the Lord, nor offer burnt
offerings without cost.
25 So * Dauid gaue to Oman for
the place, sixe hundred shekels of gold
by weight.
26 And Dauid built there an Altar
vnto the Lord, and offered burnt of-
ferings, and peace offerings, and called
vpon the Lord, and hee answered
him from heauen by fire vpon the Al-
tar of burnt offering.
27 And the Lord commaunded
the Angel, and hee put vp his sword a-
gaine into the sheath thereof.
28 ^ At that time, when Dauid saw
that the Lord had answered him in
the threshing floore of Oman the le
busite, then he sacrificed there.
29 For the tabernacle of the Lord
which Moses made in the wildernesse,
and the Altar of the burnt offering were
at that season, in the high place at * Gi-
beon:
30 But Dauid could not goe before
it to enquire of God ; for he was afraid,
because of the sword of the Angel of the
Lord.
CHAP. XXIL
1 Dauid foreknowing the place of the Temple,
prenareth abundance for tije building of it.
6 Hee instructeth Solomon in Gods pro-
mises, and his duety in building the Tem-
ple. 1 7 He chargeth the Princes to assist his
Bonne.
Hen Dauid said , This is
the house of the Lord
God, and this is the Altar
of the burnt offering for
Israel.
2 And Dauid commanded to gather
together the strangers that were in the
land of Israel : and hee set masons to
hew wrought stones to build the house
of God.
3 And Dauid prepared yron in a-
bundance for the nailes for the doores
of the gates, and for the ioynings, and
brasse in abundance without weight ;
4 Also Cedar trees in abundance :
for the Zidonians , and they of Tyre,
brought much Cedar wood to Dauid,
5 And Dauid said, * Solomon my
Sonne is yong and tender, and the house
that is to be builded for the L o r d, must
be exceeding magnificall, of fame and of
glory throughout all countreys : I will
therefore now make preparation for it,
So Dauid prepared abundantly before
his death.
6 H Then hee called for Solomon
his Sonne, and charged him to build an
house for the Lord God of Israel
7 And Dauid saide to Solomon ;
My Sonne, as for me, it was in my mind
to build an house vnto the Name of the
Lord my God.
8 But the word of the Lord
came to mee, saying, *Thou hast shed
blood abundantly, and hast made great
warres : thou shalt not build an house
vnto my Name, because thou hast shed
much blood vpon the earth in my sight
9 Behold, a sonne shall bee borne to
thee, who shall bee a man of rest, and I
will giue him rest from all his enemies
round about : for his name shalbe || So
lomon, and I wil giue peace and quiet-
nesse vnto Israel in his dayes.
10 Hee shall build an house for my
Name, and he shal be my sonne, and I
imll he his father , and I will establish
the throne of his kingdome ouer Is-
rael for euer.
11 Now my sonne, The Lord be
with thee, and prosper thou, and build
the house of the Lord thy God, as he
hath said of thee.
12 Onely the Lord giue thee
wisedome and vnderstanding, and giue
thee charge concerning Israel , that
thou mayest keepe the Law of the
Lord thy God.
13 Then shalt thou prosper , if thou
takest
' Chap. 29.
• Chap. 28.
3. 2. sam. 7.
13.
That is,
peaceable.
for the Temple.
Chap.xxiij.
Mofes his sonnes.
Or, in my
pmtertie.
* As Ver. 3.
That is.
Masons and
Carpenters.
•Chap. 28.
5.
'Num.4. 3.
takest heed to fulfill the Statutes and
ludgements which the Lokd char-
ged Moses with, concerning Israel :
be strong, and of good courage, dread
not, nor be dismayed.
14 Now beholde, ||in my trouble
I haue prepared for the house of the
Lord an hundred thousand talents
of gold , and a thousand thousand ta-
lents of siluer , and of brasse and yron
without * weight : ( for it is in abun-
dance) timber also and stone haue I pre-
pared , and thou mayest adde thereto.
15 Moreouer, </*«•£ are workmen with
thee in abundance, hewers, and || wor-
kers of stone and timber , and all ma-
ner of cunning men for euery maner of
worke :
16 Of the gold, the siluer, and the
brasse, and the yron, there is no number.
Arise therefore, and be doing, and the
LoED be with thee.
17 % Dauid also commanded all the
Princes of Israel to helpe Solomon
his Sonne, saying,
18 Is not the Lord your God with
you? and hath he not giuen you rest on
euery side.? for he hath giuen the inhabi-
tants of the land into mine hand, and
the land is subdued before the Lord,
and before his people.
19 Now set your heart and your soule
to seeke the Lo r d your God : arise
therfore, and build ye the Sanctuary of
the Lord God, to bring the Arke of
the Couenant of the Lord, & the holy
vessels of God, into the house that is to
be built to the Name of the Lord.
CHAP. XXIII.
1 Dauid in his old agemaketh Solomon King.
2The numberand distribution of the Leuites
7 The families of the Gershonites. 12 The
sonnes of Kohath. 21 The sonnes of Merari.
24 The office of the Leuites.
O *when Dauid was old
and full of dayes, he made
Solomon his sonne king
ouer Israel.
2 H And he gathered
together all the Princes of Israel, with
the Priests and the Leuites.
3 Now the Leuites were numbred
from the age of thirtie * yeeres and vp-
ward : and their number , by their
polles, man by man, was thirtie and
eight thousand.
4 Of which , twentie and foure
thousand were \\ to set forward the work
of the house of the Lord : and sixe
thousand ivere Officers and ludges.
, 5 Moreouer , foure thousand were
porters, and foure thousand praised the
Lord with the instruments which
I made (said Dauid) to praise therewith.
6 And * Dauid diuided them into
t courses among the sonnes of Leui,
namely Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7 H Of the * Gershonites were \\ La-
adan, and Shimei.
8 The sonnes of Laadan, the chiefe
was lehiel, and Zetham , and loel,
three.
9 The sonnes of Shimei : Shelo-
mith , and Haziel , and Haran, three.
These were the chiefe of the fathers of
Laadan.
10 And the sonnes of Shimei were.
lahath, ||Zina, and leush, and Berl
ah. These foure were the sonnes of
Shimei.
11 And lahath was the chiefe, and
Ziza the second : but leush and Beriah
thad not many sonnes : therefore they
were in one reckoning, according to their
fathers house.
12 H The sonnes of Kohath : Am-
ram, Izhar, Hebron, and Vzziel, foure.
13 The sonnes of *Amram : Aaron
and Moses : and * Aaron was separa-
ted, that he should sanctifie the most ho-
ly things, he and his sonnes for euer, to
burne incense before the Lord, to mi-
nister vnto him , and to blesse in his
Name for euer.
14 *Now concerning Moses the
man of God, his sonnes were named of
the tribe of Leui.
15 The sonnes of Moses reere; *Ger-
shom and Eliezer.
16 Of the sonnes of Gershom She-
buel was the chiefe.
1 7 And the sonnes of Eliezer were :
*Rehabiah ||the chiefe. And Eliezer
had none other sonnes : but the sonnes
of Rehabiah +were very many.
18 Of the sonnes of Izhar, Shelo-
mith the chiefe.
19 Of the sonnes of Hebron, leriah
the first, Amariah the second, lahaziel
the third, and lekamiam the fourth.
20 Of the sonnes of Vzziel : Michah
the first, and lesiah the second.
21 H The sonnes of Merari : Mahli
and Mushi. The sonnes of Mahli : Ele-
azar and Kish.
22 And Eleazar died, and had no
sonnes
I Or, lo 0-
uersee.
' Exod. 6. 16
1. chro. G. 1.
&c. 2. chro.
8. 14. and
2a. 25.
t Heb. diui-
sions.
Chap. 26.
21.
Or, Libni,
chap. 6. 17.
Or, Ziza,
ver. 11.
t Heb. did
not multiply
sonnes.
' Exo. 6. 20.
' Exod. 28.
heb. 5. 4,
' Exa 2. 22,
'Exal8.3,4
Chap. 26.
25.
Or, the first
t Heb. were
highly mttl-
tiplied.
The Friefts and
I.CIiron.
Leiiites offices.
Or, irtiwe-
Num. 10.
*4.
•Num. 1.3,
I Or, and he
divelieth in
lerusalem.
t Heb. num.
her.
t Heb. their
station was
at the hand
of the sonnet
of Aaron.
• Chap. 9.
29, &c.
leuit. 6. 21.
tOr,Jlat
ptate.
■ LeuL 10. 4
seniles but daughters: and their ||bre-
thren the sonnes of Kish tooke them.
23 The sonnes of Mushi : Mahli,
and Eder, and lerimoth, three.
24 H These leere the sonnes of *Le-
ui after the house of their fathers, enen
the chiefe of the fathers , as they were
counted by number of names by their
polles, that did the worke for the ser-
uice of the house of the Lord, from
the age of *twentie yeeres and vpward.
25 For Dauid sayd , The Lord
God of Israel hath giuen rest vnto his
people, ^that they may dwell in Jerusa-
lem for euer.
26 And also vnto the Leuites : they
shall no more cary the Tabernacle, nor
any vessels of it for the seruice thereof.
27 For by the last words of Dauid,
the Leuites xoere tnumbred from twen-
tie yeeres olde, and aboue :
28 Because t their office was to wait
on the sonnes of Aaron, for the seruice
of the house of the Lord, in the
courts, and in the chambers, and in the
purifying of all holy things , and the
worke of the seruice of thehouse of God :
29 Both for the * shew-bread , and
for the fine floure for meat offering, and
for the vnleauened cakes, and for ilmt
which is baked in the||panne, and£orthat
which is fried, and for all maner of mea-
sures and size :
30 And to stand euery morning to
thanke and praise the Lord, and
likewise at Euen :
31 And to offer all burnt sacrifices
vnto the Lord in the Sabbaths, in
the new moones, and on the set feasts,
by number, according to the order com-
manded vnto them continually before
the Lord:
32 And that they should keepe the
charge of the Tabernacle of the Con-
gregation, and the charge of the holy
place, and the charge of the sonnes of j
Aaron their brethren , in the seruice of
the house of the Lobd.
CHAP. XXIIII.
1 Thediuisions of the sonnes of Aaron by lot
into foure and twenty orders. 20 The Koha-
thites, 27 and the Merarites diuided by lot.
Ow these are the diuisions
of the sonnes of Aaron.
• The sonnes of Aaron :
Nadab and Abihu, Elea-
zar and Ithamar.
2 But Nadab and Abihu died ♦be-
fore their father, and had no children :
Therefore Eleazar and Ithamar exe-
cuted the Priests office.
3 And Dauid distributed them, both
Zadok of the sonnes of Eleazar, and A-
himelech of the sonnes of Ithamar, ac-
cording to their offices in their seruice.
4 And there were moe chiefe men
found of the sonnes of Eleazar, then of
the sonnes of Ithamar : and thus were
they diuided. Among the sonnes of E
leazar there were sixteene chiefe men of
the house of their fathers, and eight a-
mong the sonnes of Ithamar accor-
ding to the house of their fathers.
5 Thus were they diuided by lot ,
one sort with another ; for the gouer-
nours of the Sanctuarie, and gouer-
nours of the house of God, were of the
sonnes of Eleazar, and of the sonnes of
Ithamar.
6 And Shemaiah the sonne of Na-
thanael the Scribe, one of the Leuites,
wrote them before the King and the
Princes, and Zadok the Priest, and A-
himelech the sonne of Abiathar, and be-
fore the chiefe of the fathers of the priests
and Leuites: one tprincipall houshold
being taken for Eleazar, and one taken
for Ithamar.
7 Now the first lot came foorth to
lehoiarib : the second to ledaiah,
8 The third to Harim , the fourth
to Seorim,
9 The fifth to Malchiiah , the sixth
to Miiamin,
10 The seuenth to Hakkoz, the eight
to *Abiiah,
1 1 The ninth to leshua, the tenth to
Shecaniah,
12 The eleuenth to Eliashib, the
twelfth to lakim,
13 The thirteenth to Huppah , the
fourteenth to leshebeab,
14 The fifteenth to Bilgah , the six-
teenth to Immer,
15 The seuenteenth to Hezir, the
eighteenth to Aphses,
16 The ninteenth to Pethahiah, the
twentieth to lehezekel,
17 The one and twentieth to la-
chin, the two and twentieth to Gamul,
18 The three and twentieth to De-
laiah, the foure and twentieth to Maa-
ziah.
1 9 These were the orderings of them
in their seruice to come into the house of
the Lord according to their maner,
vnder
Num. 3. 4.
and 26. 60.
t Heb. house
ofthefather.
•Luk. 1. 3.
The Leuites and
Chap
.XXV.
their offices.
Chap. 23.
19. and 26.
31.
n otherwise
called lesha-
rela/iy v. 14.
iHeh.b^l/ie
hand of the
king.
vnder Aaron their father , as the
Lord God of Israel had comman-
ded him.
20 U And the rest of the sonnes of
Leui were these: of the sons of AmramJ
Shubael : of the sonnes of Shubael,
ledeiah. |
21 Concerning Rehabiah , of thCj
sons of Rehabiah, the first was Isshiah.j
Of the Izharites, Shelomoth :
of the sonnes of Shelomoth, lahath.
23 And the sonnes of* Hebron, leriahj
the first, Amariah the second, lahaziel
the third, lekameam the fourth.
24 Of the sonnes of Vzziel, Michah :■.
of the sonnes of Michah, Shamir.
25 The brother of Michah was Is-;
shiah : of the sonnes of Isshiah, Zecha-
riah. I
26 The sonnes of Merari ivere Mah-j
li and Mushi : the sonnes of laaziah,
Beno. j
27 f The sonnes of Merari by la-
aziah, Beno, and Shoham, and Zac-
cur, and Ibri.
28 Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had
no sonnes. I
29 Concerning Kish : the sonne of
Kish was lerahmeel.
30 The sonnes also of Mushi, Mah-
li , and Eder, and lerimoth. These
were the sonnes of the Leuites after the
house of their fathers.
31 These likewise cast lots ouer a-
gainst their brethren the sonnes of Aa-
ron, in the presence of Dauid the King,
and Zadok and Ahimelech , and the
chiefe of the fathers of the priests and
Leuites, euen the principall fathers o-
uer against their yonger brethren.
CHAP. XXV.
The number & offices of the singers. 8 Their
diuision by lot, into foure and twentie orders.
Oreouer Dauid and the
captaines of the hoste se-
parated to the seruice of:
the sonnes of Asaph , and
of Heman , and of ledu-
thun , who should prophesie with
harps, with psalteries, and with cym-
bals : and the number of the workmen,
according to their seruice, was :
2 Of the sonnes of Asaph : Zaccur,
and loseph, and Nethaniah, and Asa-
relah, the sonnes of Asaph vnder the
hands of Asaph, which prophesied tac-
cording to the order of the king.
3 Of leduthun : the sonnes of le-
duthun, Gedaliah, and ||Zeri, and le-
shaiah , Hashabiah , and Mattithiah ,
y sixe, vnder the handes of their father
leduthun , who prophesied with a
harpe, to giue thankes and to praise the
Lord.
4 Of Heman : the sonnes of He-
man , Bukkiah, Mattaniah, || Vzziel,
Shebuel , and lerimoth, Hananiah,
Hanani, Eliatha , Giddalti , and Ro-
mamti-Ezer, loshbekashah , Mallo-
thi, Hothir, and Mahazioth :
5 All these were the sonnes of He-
man the kings Seer in the ||wordes of
God, to lift vp the home. And God
gaue to Heman fourteene sonnes and
three daughters.
6 All these were vnder the hands of
their father, for song in the house of the
Lord with cymbals, psalteries and
harpes, for the seruice of the house of
God, t according to the kings order, to
Asaph, leduthun, and Heman.
7 So the number of them , with
their brethren that were instructed in
the songs of the Lord, euen all that
were cunning, was two hundred, foure
score and eight.
8 H And they cast lots ward against
ward, as well the small as the great, the
teacher as the scholler.
9 Now the first lot came foorth for
Asaph to loseph, the second to Gedali
ah, who with his brethren and sonnes
were twelue :
10 The third to Zaccur, he, his sons,
and his brethren were twelue :
11 The fourth to Izri, he, his sonnes
and his brethren were twelue :
12 The fift to Nethaniah , hee , his
sonnes and his brethren were twelue
13 The sixt to Bukkiah, he, his sons
and his brethren were twelue.
14 The seuenth to lesharelah, hee,
his sonnes & his brethren were twelue:
15 The eight to leshaiah , hee , his
sonnes and his brethren, were twelue:
16 The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his
sonnes and his brethren were twelue:
17 The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons
and his brethren xeere twelue :
18 The eleuenth to Azareel, hee, his
sonnes and his brethren were twelue :
19 The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his
sonnes and his brethren, were twelue :
20 The thirteenth to Shubael, hee,
his sonnes and his brethren ivere twelue:
21 The fourteenth to Mattithiah,
3 M he.
Or, Jxri,
ver. 11.
I Wilh Shi-
mei menlio~
ned ver. 17.
Or,Axa-
reel, ver. 18.
Or, Shubor
el, ver. 20.
I Or, mat-
ters.
iHeb.bffthe
hands qfthe
King.
The Leuites and
I. Chi
on.
Porters offices.
Or,'She/e-
miahjver.
4.
\Or,Abia-
taph,chap.i).
I9.4-S.
37.
I That U,
Obed-E.
dom,aichap.
13. 14.
hee, his sonnes and his brethren, were
twelue.
22 The fifteenth to lerimoth, liee,
his sonnes & his brethren, were twelue:
23 The sixteenth to Hananiah, hee,
his sonnes & his brethren, were twelue:
24 The seuenteenth to loshbeka-
shah, he, his sonnes and his brethren,
were twelue :
25 The eighteenth to Hanani : liee,
his sonnes & his brethren, were twelue:
26 The nineteenth to Mallothi, hee,
his sonnes & his brethren, were twelue:
27 The twentieth to Eliathah, hee,
his sonnes & his brethren, were twelue:
28 The one and twentieth to Ho-
thir, lie, his sonnes and his brethren were
twelue.
29 The two and twentieth to Gid-
dalti, hee, his sonnes and his brethren,
were twelue.
30 The three and twentieth to Ma-
hazioth, he, his sonnes and his brethren,
were twelue.
31 The foure and twentieth to Ro-
mamti-Ezer, he, his sonnes and his bre-
thren, were twelue.
CHAP. XXVI.
1 The diuisions of the porters. 13 Thegatesas-
signed by lot 20 The Leuites that had charge
of the treasures. 29 Officers and Judges.
Onceming the diuisions
of the porters: oftheKor-
hites was \\ Meshelemiah
the Sonne of Kore, of the
sonnes of || Asaph.
2 And the sonnes of Meshelemiah
were Zechariah the first borne, lediael
the second, Zebadiah the third, lath-
niel the fourth,
3 Elam the fifth , lehohanan the
sixth, Elioenai the seuenth.
4 Moreouer the sonnes of Obed-E-
dom were Shemaiah the first borne, le-
hozabad the second, loah the thirde,
and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel
the fifth.
5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the se-
uenth , Peulthai the eighth : for God
blessed ||hini.
6 Also vnto Shemaiah his sonne
were sonnes borne, that ruled through-
out the house of their father : for they
were mighty men of valour.
7 The sonnes of Shemaiah : Oth-
ni , and Rephael , and Obed , Elza-
bad, whose brethren were strong men ;
Elihu, and Semachiah.
8 All these of the sonnes of Obed
Edom : they and their sonnes and their
brethren, able men for strength for the
seruice, were threescore and two of O-
bed-Edom.
9 And Meshelemiah had sonnes and
brethren, strong men, eighteene.
10 Also Hosah of the children of Me-
rari, had sonnes : Simri the chiefe, (for
thoitffh he was not the first borne, yet his
father made him the chiefe)
11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the
thirde, Zechariah the fourth : all the
sonnes and brethren o{llosah,were thir-
teene.
12 Among these were the diuisions
of the porters , etien among the chiefe
men , hauing wards one against an-
other , to minister in the house of the
Lord.
13 IT And they cast lots ||as well the
small as the great, according to the
house of their fathers for euery gate.
14 And the lot Eastward fel to || She-
lemiah ; then for Zechariah his sonne
(a wise counseUer :) they cast lots, and
his lot came out Northward.
15 To Obed -Edom Southward,
and to his sonnes , the house of t A-
suppim.
16 To Shuppim and Hosa, the lot
came foorth Westward with the gate
Shallecheth, by the causey of the going
vp, ward against ward.
17 Eastward were sixe Leuites ,
Northward foure a day , Southward
foure a day, and toward Asuppim two
and two.
18 And Parbar Westward, foure at
the causey, and two at Parbar.
19 These are the diuisions of the por-
ters among the sonnes of Kore, and a-
mong the sonnes of Merari.
20 H And of the Leuites, Ahiiah was
ouer the treasures of the house of God,
and ouer the treasures of the t dedicate
things.
21 As concerning the sonnes of (|La-
adan : the sonnes of the Gershonite
Laadan, hiefe fathers; euen of Laadan
the Gershonite, were ||Iehieli.
22 The sonnes of lehieli, Zetham
and loel his brother, which were ouer the
treasures of the house of the Lord.
23 Of the Amramites, and the Iz
harites , the Hebronites , and the Vz
zielites :
24 And Shebuel the sonne of Ger-
shom.
Or, asweU
for the small
as/or the
great.
Called Me.
shelemiah,
ver. 1,
t Hebr. ga-
therings.
I See 1. kiiig.
10. 4. 2. ehr.
9. 4, 11.
t Heb, holg
things,
I Or, Libni,
chap. e. 17.
I Or, lehiel,
chap. 23. 8.
Officers appointed
Chap.xxvij.
for the King.
\Heb.mUof
the battels
and spoites
t Heb. ouer
the charge,
t Heb. thiyig.
I
shorn, the sonne of Moses, was ruler of
the treasures.
25 And his brethren by Eliezer : lie
habiah his sonne , and leshaiah his
Sonne, and loram his sonne, and Zi-
chri his sonne, & Shelomith his sonne.
26 Which Shelomith and his bre-
thren, were ouer all the treasures of the
dedicate things, which Dauid the king
and the chiefe fathers , the captaines
ouer thousands and hundreds, and the
captaines of the hoste had dedicated.
27 t Out of the spoyles wonne in
battels, did they dedicate to maintaine
the house of the Lord.
28 And all that Samuel the Seer,
and Saul the sonne of Kish, and Abner
the Sonne of Ner , and loab the sonne
of Zeruiah had dedicated , and whoso
euer had dedicated any thing, it was vn-
der the hand of Shelomith and of his
brethren.
29 f Of the Izharites, Chenaniah
and his sonnes , were for the outward
busines ouer Israel , for officers and
ludges.
30 And of the Hebronits, Hashabiah
and his brethren, men of valour, a thou-
sand and seuen hundred, were t officers
among them of Israel on this side
lorden westward, in all busines of the
Lord, and in the seruice of the king.
31 Among the Hebronites was leri-
iah the chiefe, eiien among the Hebro-
nits, according to the generations of his
fathers : in the fourtieth yeere of the
reigne of Dauid, they were sought for,
and there were found among them
mightie men of valour, at lazer of
Gilead.
32 And his brethren, men of valour,
were two thousand and seuen hundred
chiefe fathers , whom King Dauid
made rulers ouer the Reubenites, the
Gadites, & the halfe tribe of Manasseh,
for euery matter perteining to God, and
t affaires of the king.
CHAP. XXVII.
1 The twelue Captaines, for euery seuerall
moneth. 16 The Princes of the twelue
Tribes. 23 The numbring of the people is
hindered. 25 Dauids seuerall Officers.
Owe the children of Is-
rael after their number, fo
wit, the chiefe fathers and
captaines of thousands
and hundreds , and their
officers that serued the king in any
matter of the courses , which came in,
and went out moneth by moneth,
throughout all the moneths of the
yeare , of euery course were twentie and
foure thousand.
2 Ouer the first course for the first
moneth loas lashobeam the sonne of
Zabdiel, and in his course were twentie
and foure thousand.
3 Of the children of Perez, was the
chiefe of all the captaines of the host, for
the first moneth.
4) And ouer the course of the second
moneth was ||Dodai an Ahohite, and of
his course was Mikloth also the ruler :
In his course likewise were twentie and
foure thousand.
5 The third captaine of the host for
the third month wa^ Benaiah the sonne
of lehoiada a || chiefe priest, and in his
course were twenty and foure thousand
6 This is that Benaiah , wlio was
* mightie among the thirtie, and aboue
the thirty : and in his course was Ami-
zabad his sonne.
7 The fourth captaine for the fourth
moneth was Asahel the brother of lo-
ab, and Zebadiah his sonne after him :
and in his course were twentie and foure
thousand.
8 The fifth captaine for the fifth
moneth, xvas Shamhuth the Izrahite
and in his course were twentie and foure
thousand.
9Thesixtca/?toineforthesixtmoneth,
was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite:
and in his course were twentie and foure
thousand.
10 Theseuenth capfainefor the seuenth
moneth was Helez the Pelonite, of the
children of Ephraim : and in his course
were twentie and foure thousand.
11 The eighth captaine for the eighth
moneth, was Sibbecai the Hushathite,
of the Zarhites : and in his course were
twentie and foure thousand.
12 The ninth captaine for the ninth
moneth , was Abiezer the Anetothite, of
the Beniamites : and in his course were
twentie and foure thousand.
13 The tenth captaine for the tenth
moneth , was Maharai the Netopha-
thite, of the Zarhites : and in his course
were twentie and foure thousand.
14 The eleuenth captaine (or the ele-
uenth moneth was Benaiah the Pira-
thonite , of the children of Ephraim :
and in his course were twenty and foure
thousand.
3 M 2 15 The
I Or, Dodo. 2
Sam. 23. 9.
I Or, princi-
pall officer.
2. Sam. 23.
20. 22. 23.
& l.Chron.
11. 24.
Officers for the
I.Ch
ron.
Kings feruice.
1 5 The twelfth captaine for the twelfth
iOr,Heled, jmoneth, K'os II Heldai the Netophathite,
Chap.u. 30 of Othniel : and in his course were twen-
tie and foure thousand.
16 IT Furthermore, ouer the tribes
of Israel: The Ruler of the Reube-
nites zt>as Eliezer the sonne of Zichri :
of the Simeonites , Shephatiah the
Sonne of Maachah.
17 Of the Leuites : Hashabiah the
Sonne of Kemuel; of the Aaronites,
Zadok.
18 Of ludah , Elihu, one of the bre-
thren of Dauid : of Issachar, Omri the
Sonne of Michael.
19 Of Zebulun , Ishtnaiah the son
of Obadiah : of Naphtali , lerimoth
the sonne of Azriel.
20 Of the children of Ephraim, Ho-
shea the sonne of Azazziah : of the halfe
tribe of Manasseh , loel the sonne of
Pedaiah.
21 Of the halfe tribe of Manasseh in
Gilead, Iddo the sonne of Zechariah :
of Beniamin, laasiel the son of Abner,
22 Of Dan , Azariel the sonne of
leroham. These teere the princes of the
tribes of Israel.
23 IT But Dauid tooke not the num-
ber of them from twentie yeeres olde
and vnder : because the Lord had
said , hee would increase Israel like to
the starres of the heauens.
24 loab the sonne of Zeruiah be-
gan to number, *but he finished not, be-
cause there fell wrath for it against Is-
rael, neither twas the number put in
the account of the Chronicles of King
Dauid.
25 f And ouer the Kings treasures,
wa.s Azmaueth the sonne of Adiel: and
ouer the store-houses in the fields, in the
cities, and in the villages, and in the ca-
stles, was lehonathan the sonne of Vz-
ziah.
26 And ouer them that did the worke
of the field, for tillage of the ground, was
Ezri the sonne of Chelub.
27 And ouer the Vineyards , was
Shiraei the Ramathite: touer the in-
crease of the vineyards for the wine cel-
lars, was Sabdi the Ziphmite.
28 And ouer the Oliue trees, and the
Svcomore trees that were in the lowe
plaines, was Baal-hanan the Gederite :
and ouer the cellars of oyle was loash.
29 And ouer the herdes that fed in
Sharon, wa.H Shetrai the Sharonite:
and ouer the herds that were in the val-
• 1. Chron.
21.7.3. sam.
24. i. &c.
t Heb. at.
cended.
t Heb. ouer
that which
s of the
vinegarde.
leys, was Shaphat the sonne of Adlai.
30 Ouer the camels also, was Obil
the Ishmaelite : and ouer the Asses, was
lehdeiah the Meronothite.
31 And ouer the flockes , was laziz
the Hagerite. All these were the rulers
of the substance which was king Dauids.
32 Also lonathan Dauids vncle,
was a counseller , a wise man , and a
Scribe : and lehiel the ||sonne of Hach- ' Or< secre-
moni, was with the kings sonnes. "arinach.
33 And Ahitophel xeas the kings coun- »«>»»'«
seller, and Hushai the Archite, was the
kings companion.
34 And after Ahitophel , was leho-
iada the sonne of Benaiah , and Abia-
thar : and the general of the Kings ar-
mie was loab.
CHAP. XXVIII.
1 Dauid in a solemne assembly, hauing declared
Gods fauour to him, and promise to his sonne
Solomon, exhorteth them to feare God. 9.
20 Hee encourageth Solomon to build the
Temple. 1 1 He giueth him patemes for the
forme, and gold and siluer for the materials.
ND Dauid assembled all
the Princes of Israel, the
Princes of the tribes, and
the captains of the compa-
nies that ministred to the
king by course : and the captaines ouer
the thousands, and captaines ouer the
hundreds, and the stewards ouer all the
substance and || possession of the King, iOr,catieU.
and of his sonnes, with the 1 1 officers, '"^'■•5"-
and with the mightie men, and with all
the valiant men, vnto lerusalem.
2 Then Dauid the king stood vp vp-
on his feete, and said, Heare me, my bre-
thren, and my people : As for me, I had
in mine heart to builde an house of rest
for the Arke of the Couenant of the
Lord, and for the *footestoole of our * 2. Sum. 7.
God, & had made ready for the building. ,; jf 'il'dj^;
3 But God said vnto me, Thou shalt 22- «■
not builde an house for my Name, be-
cause thou hast been a man of warre, and
hast shed t blood.
4 Howbeit, the Lord God of Is-
rael chose me before all the house of my
father, to be king ouer Israel for euer:
for he hath chosen * ludah to be the ru-
ler; & of the house of ludah, the house
of my father; and among the sonnes of
my father, he liked me to make me king
ouer all Israel :
5 *And of all my sonnes (for the
Lord hath giuen me many sonnes)
hee
t Heb. bloods
Gen. 49. 0.
1. sam. IG.
13. psal. 70.
67.
• Cha. S3. 1
Dauid exhorteth
Chap
XXIX.
his Sonne Solomon.
• i. Sam. 7.
13. 2. chro.
1.9.
\Ueb. strong
1. Sam. 16.
7. psal. 139.
2. and 7. 9.
lere. 11. 20.
and 17. 10.
and 30. 12.
+ Heb. of alt
that was
with him.
hee hath chosen Solomon my sonne, to
sit vpon the throne of the kingdome of
the Lord ouer Israel.
6 And he said vnto me, * Solomon
thy sonne, hee shall build my house and
my courts : for I haue chosen him to be
my Sonne, and I will be his father.
7 Moreouer, I will establish his
kingdome for euer, if he be t constant to
do my commandements and my iudge-
ments, as at this day.
8 Now therefore in the sight of all
Israel, the congregation of the Loud,
and in the audience of our God, keepe,
and seeke for all the commandements
of the Lord your God, that ye may
possesse this good land, and leaue it for
an inheritance for your childi<en after
you, for euer.
9 IT * And thou, Solomon my sonne,
know thou the God of thy father , and
serue him with a perfite heart, and with
a willing minde : for the Lord sear-
cheth all hearts, and vnderstandeth all
the imaginations of the thoughts : if
thou seeke him, he will be found of thee,
but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee
off for euer.
10 Take heed now, for the Lord
hath chosen thee to builde an house for
the Sanctuarie : be strong, and doe it.
11 IT Then Dauid gaue to Solo-
mon his Sonne the paterne of the porch,
and of the houses thereof , and of the
treasuries thereof, and of the vpper
chambers thereof, and of the inner par-
lours thereof, and of the place of the
Mercie-seate.
12 And the paterne tof all that hee
had by the spirit , of the courts of the
house of the Lord, and of all the
chambers round about , of the treasu-
ries of the house of God, and of the trea-
suries of the dedicate things :
13 Also for the courses of the Priests
and the Leuites, & for all the worke of
the seruice of the house of the Lord,
and for all the vessels of seruice in the
house of the Lord.
14 Hee gaue of golde by weight, for
things of golde, for all instruments of all
manner of seruice : siluer also for all in-
struments of siluer , by weight , for all
instruments of euery kinde of seruice :
15 Euen the weight for the Candle-
stickes of golde, and for their lampes of
golde, by weight for euery candlesticke,
and for the lampes thereof : and for the
Candlestickes of siluer by weight, both
for the Candlesticke and also for the
lampes thereof, according to the vse of
euery candlesticke.
. 16 And by weight hee gaue golde for
the tables of shew-bread , for euery ta-
ble, and likewise siluer for the tables of
siluer.
17 Also pure golde for the flesh-
hookes, and the bowles, and the cups :
and for the golden basins hee gaue golde
by weight , for euery basin ; and like-
wise siluer by weight, for euery basin of
siluer.
18 And for the Altar of incense, refi-
ned golde by weight ; and gold for the
paterne of the charet of the * Cheru-
bims,that spread o\iitheirwings,a.nA co-
uered the Arke of the Couenant of the
Lord.
19 All this, sayd Dauid, the Lord
made mee vnderstand in writing by his
hand vpon mee, euen all the workes of
this paterne.
20 And Dauid said to Solomon his
Sonne, Be strong, and of good courage,
and doe it: feare not, nor be dismayed,
for the Lord God, euen my God, will
fewith thee; he will not faile thee, nor
forsake thee, vntill thou hast finished all
the worke for the seruice of the house of
the Lord.
21 And behold , the courses of the
Priests and the Leuites, euen they shall
be with thee for all the seruice of the
house of God, and there shall be with
thee for all manner of workemanship,
euery willing skilfuU man, for any ma-
ner of seruice : also the Princes and all
the people will bee wholly at thy com-
mandement.
CHAP. XXIX.
1 Dauid by his example and intreatie, 6 cau-
seth the Princes and people to offer willing-
ly. 10 Dauids thankesgiuing and prayer.
20 The people hauing blessed God and sa-
crificed , make Solomon King. 26 Dauids
reigne and death.
Vrthermore , Dauid the
King said vnto all the con-
gregation , Solomon my
Sonne , wliome alone God
hath chosen, Myet*young
tender, and the worke is great : for
palace is not for man , but for the
rd God.
Now I haue prepared with all
might for the house of my God, the
gold
and
the
Lo
2
my
"I.Sam. 4.4
]. king. 6,
23, &c.
'Cha. 22. S.
The Princes gifts.
l.Chron.
Daiiids prayer.
• 1. king. 9.
\Hebr.tojm
his hand.
•Mat. 6. 13
I. tim. 1.17.
*poc. 5. 13.
gold for thing's to be made of gold, the sil-
uer foTthhig's of siluer, and the brasse for
things of brasse, the yron for things of y-
ron, and wood for things of wood, onix
stones, and stones to be set, glistering
stones, and of diuers colours , and all
maner of precious stones , and marble
stones in abundance.
3 Moreouer, because I haue set my
affection to the house of my God , I
haue of mine owne proper good, of gold
and siluer , which I haue giuen to the
house of my God, ouer & aboue all that
I haue prepared for the holy house :
4 Etien three thousand talents of
gold, of the gold of *Ophir, and seuen
thousand talents of refined siluer, to o-
uerlay the walles of the houses with-
all.
5 The gold for things of golde , and
the siluer for things of siluer, and for all
maner of worke to he made by the hands
of Artificers. And who then is willing
tto consecrate his seruice this day vnto
the Lord.'*
6 H Then the chiefe of the fathers
and Princes of the tribes of Israel, and
the captaines of thousands and of hun-
dreds, with the rulers ouer the Kings
worke, offered willingly,
7 And gaue for the seruice of the
house of God, of gold fine thousand ta-
lents, and ten thousand drammes : and
of siluer, ten thousand talents : and of
brasse, eighteene thousand talents : and
one hundred thousand talents of yron.
8 And they with whom precious
stones were found , gaue them to the
treasure of the house of the Lord, by
the hand of lehiel the Gershonite.
9 Then the people reioyced, for that
they offred willingly, because with per-
fect heart they offered willingly to the
Lord : and Dauid the King also re
ioyced with great ioy.
10 IT Wherefore Dauid blessed the
Lord before all the Congregation:
and Dauid saide , Blessed bee thou.
Lord God of Israel our father, for
euer and euer.
11 Thine, O Lord, is the great
nes, and the power, and the glory, & the
victorie, and the maiestie : for all that is in
the heauen & in the earth, i* thine: thine
is *the kingdome, O Lord, and thou
art exalted as head aboue all.
12 Both riches, and honour come of
thee, and thou reignest ouer all, and in
thine hand is power and might, and in
thine hand it is to make great , and to
giue strength vnto all.
13 Now therefore, our God, wee
thanke thee, and praise thy glorious
Name.
14 But who am I , and what is my
people, that we should the able to offer
so willingly after this sort ? for all things
come of thee, and of tthine owne haue
we giuen thee.
15 For we are strangers before thee,
and soiourners, as were all our fathers:
• Our dayes on the earth are as a sha-
dow, and there is none t abiding.
16 O Lord our God, all this store
that we haue prepared to build thee an
house for thine holy Name, commeth of
thine hand, and is all thine owne.
17 I know also, my God, that thou
* triest the heart, and hast pleasure in vp-
rightnesse. As for me, in the vprightnes
of mine heart I haue willingly offered
all these things : and now haue I scene
with ioy, thy people which are tpresent
here, to offer willingly vnto thee.
18 O Lord God of Abraham,
Isaac and of Israel our fathers, keepe
this for euer in the imagination of the
thoughts of the heart of thy people, and
llprepare their heart vnto thee :
19 And giue vnto Solomon my sonne
a perfect heart to keepe thy Commaun-
dements, thy testimonies, and thy sta-
tutes, and to doe all these things, and to
build the pallace,_^r the which I haue
made prouision.
20 IT And Dauid said to all the Con-
gregation : Nowe blesse the Lord
your God. And all the Congregation
blessed the Lord God of their fa-
thers, and bowed downe their heads,
and worshipped the Lord , and the
King.
21 And they sacrificed sacrifices vnto
the Lord, & offered burnt offerings
vnto the Lord on the morrow after
that day, euen a thousand bullockes, a
thousand rams, and a thousand lambes,
with their drinke offerings, and sacrifi-
ces in abundance for all Israel :
22 And did eate and drinke before
the Lord on that day with great
gladnesse, and they made Solomon the
Sonne of Dauid King the second time,
and •anointed him vnto the Lord to
be the chiefe gouernour, and Zadok to
be Priest.
23 Then Solomon sate on the
throne of the Lord, as king in stead
of
t Hehr. re-
taitie or ob-
tainstrength
t Hebr. of
thine hand.
PsafsOi 12
and 9a. 9.
heb. 11. 13.
1. pet. 2. 11.
t Hebr. ex.
pectation.
* Cha. 28. 9
I.Sam. 16. 7
t Heb. found
Or, stdblish
1. King. I.
33.
Solomons royal tie.
Chap.j.
Daiiids death.
r
fHeb. gaue
the handvn-
der Solomon.
•l. King. 3.
13. 2. chro.
1. 12. eccles.
2.9.
of Dauid his father, and prospered,
and all Israel obeyed him.
24 And all the princes and the migh
tie men, and all the sonnes likewise of
king Dauid, t submitted themselues vn-
to Solomon the King.
25 And the Lord magnified So-
lomon exceedingly in the sight of all Is-
rael, and *bestowed vpon him such royal
maiestie, as had not bene on any king
before him in Israel.
26 IF Thus Dauid the sonne of
lesse, reigned ouer all Israel.
27 And the time that he reigned o-
uer Israel , was fourtie yeeres. Seuen
yeeres reigned hee in Hebron, and thir-
tie and three yeeres reigned hee in le-
rusalem.
. 28 And he died in a good old age, full
of dayes, riches and honour : and So-
lomon his Sonne reigned in his stead.
29 Now the acts of Dauid the King
first and last, behold, they are written in
the llbooke of Samuel the Seer, and in
the tbooke of Nathan the Prophet, and
in the booke of Gad the Seer,
30 With all his reigne and his might,
and the times that went ouer him, and
ouer Israel , and ouer all the king-
domes of the countreys.
iOr, histo-
ric.
iHebr.
words.
' 1. King. 2.
46.
I. King. 3.
I. Chro.
16. 39.
and 21. 29.
* 2. Sam 6.
2, 17.
*Exod. 38.
1.
^THE SECOND BOOKE
of the Chronicles.
CHAP. I.
The solemne offering of Solomon at Gibeon,
7 Solomons choise of wisdome is blessed by
God. 13 Solomons strength and wealth.
Nd Solomon the
Sonne of Dauid
was strengthned
in his kingdome,
*and the Lord
his God was with
him, & magnified
him exceedingly.
2 Then Solo-
mon spake vnto all Israel , to the cap-
taines of thousands , and of hundreds,
and to the ludges, and to euery gouer-
nour in all Israel , the chiefe of the fa-
thers.
3 So Solomon and all the Con-
gregation with him , went to the high
place that was at * Gibeon, for there was
the Tabernacle of the Congregation of
God , which Moses the seruant of the
Lord had made in the wildernesse.
4 *But the Arke of God had Da-
uid brought vp from Kiriath-iearim,
tothe place zcAicADauidhad prepared for
it : for he had pitched a tent for it at le-
rusalem.
5 Moreouer * the brasen Altar that
jBezaleel the sonne of Vri, the sonne of
j Hur, had made, || hee put before the Ta-
bernacle of the Lord : and Solo-
mon and the Congregation sought vn-
to it.
I 6 And Solomon went vp thither
to the brasen Altar before the Lord,
which was at the Tabernacle of the
Congregation, and offered a thousand
burnt offerings vpon it.
1 7 H In that night did God appeare
vnto Solomon, and saide vnto him;
Aske what I shall giue thee.
I 8 And Solomon saide vnto God,
Thou hast shewed great mercy vnto
Dauid my father, and hast made *me to
reigne in his stead :
9 Now, O Lord God, let thy
promise vnto Dauid my father be esta-
blished : * for thou hast made mee King
ouer a people, tlike the dust of the earth
in multitude.
10 Giue *mee now wisedome and
knowledge, that I may goe out and
come in before this people. For who can
iudge this thy people, that is so great .''
1 1 And God said to Solomon , Be-
cause this was in thine heart, and thou
hast not asked riches, wealth , or ho-
nour, nor the life of thine enemies, nei-
ther yet hast asked long life ; but hast
asked
t Or, was
there.
• 1. Chro.
28. £.
" 1. King. 3.
9.
t Heb. much
as the dttst
of the earth.
1. King. 3.
11, 12.
num. 2".
17.
Preparation for
Il.Chron.
the Temple.
• 1. Chron.
29. ss. ec-
des. 2. 9. 2.
chro. 9. 22.
• l.King. 10
26. &c. and
■l.King. 10
26. 2. chro.
9. 27. 28.
t Ueb. gaue.
I. King. 10
28. 2. chro.
9. 28.
iHeb.the
going foorth
of the hones
which teal
Solomons.
t Heb. by
their hand.
I Or. HtroMf
1. King:, 6. 1.
asked wisedome and knowledge for
thy selfe , that thou mayest iudge my
people, ouer whom I haue made thee
King:
12 Wisedome and knowledge is gran-
ted vnto thee , and I will giue thee ri-
ches, and wealth, and honour, such as
•none of the kings haue had, that haue
beene before thee, neither shall there a-
ny after thee haue the like.
13 H Then Solomon cameyrow his
tourney to the high place that zcas at Gi
beon, to Jerusalem , from before the
Tabernacle of the Congregation , and
reigned ouer Israel.
14 'And Solomon gathered charets
and horsemen : and hee had a thousand
and foure hundred charets, and twelue
thousand horsemen, which he placed in
the charet - cities, and with the King at
Jerusalem.
15 * And the King t made siluer and
gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones,
and Cedar trees made hee as the Syco-
more trees, that are in the vale for abun-
dance.
16 * And t Solomon had horses
brought out of Egypt, and linen yarne :
the Kings merchants receiued the lin-
nen yarne at a price.
17 And they fetcht vp and brought
foorth out of Egypt , a charet for sixe
hundred shekels of siluer, and an horse
for an hundred and fiftie: and so brought
they out horses for all the kings of the
Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, tby
their meanes.
CHAP. IJ.
and 17 Solomons labourers for the building
of the Temple. 3 His embassage to Huram
for workemen andprouision of stuiFe. 11 Hu-
ram sendeth him a kinde answere.
N D Solomon determi-
ned to build an house for
the Name of the Lord,
and an house for his king-
dome.
2 And Solomon told out threescore
and tenne thousand men to beare bur-
dens , and fourescore thousand to hewe
in the mountaine , and three thousand
and sixe hundred to ouersee them.
3 H And Solomon sent to || Huram
the king of Tyre, saying. As thou did-
dest deale with I)auid my father , and
diddest send him Cedars to builde him
an house to dwell therein, euen so deale
with me.
4 Behold, J build an house to the
name of the Lord my God, to dedi-
cate it to him, and to burne before him
t sweet incense , and for the continuall
shew-bread, and for the burnt ofFrings
morning and euening , on the Sab-
baths, and on the new Moones, and on
the solemne feasts of the Lord our
God. This is an ordinance^oreviei to Js-
rael.
5 And the house which I build , is
great : for great is our God aboue all
gods.
6 *But who tis able to build him
an house, seeing the heauen, and hea-
uen of heauens cannot conteine him ?
who am I then that J should build
him an house .'' saue onely to burne sa-
crifice before him .''
7 Send me now therefore a man,
cunning to worke in gold and in siluer,
and in brasse, and in yron, and in purple
and crimson, and blew, and that can skil
to tgraue, with the cunning men that
are with me in Judah, and in Jerusa-
lem, whome Dauid my father did pro-
uide.
8 Send me also Cedar trees, firre
trees, and ||Algume trees, out of Le-
banon : (for J know that thy seruants
can skill to cut timber in Lebanon) and
behold, my seruants shalbe with thy ser-
uants,
9 Euen to prepare me timber in a-
bundance : for the house which I am a-
bout to build, shalbe twonderfuU great
10 And behold, I will giue to thy ser-
uants the hewers that cut timber,
twentie thousand measures of beaten
wheat, and twentie thousand measures
of barley , and twentie thousand baths
of wine, and twentie thousand baths of
oyle.
11 H Then Huram the king of Tyre
answered in writing, which hee sent to
Solomon : Because the Lord hath
loued his people, hee hath made thee
King ouer them.
12 Huram said moreouer. Blessed be
the Lord God of Israel that made
heauen and earth, who hath giuen to
Dauid the King a wise sonne, t indued
with prudence and vnderstanding, that
might build an house for the Lord,
and an house for his kingdome.
13 And now J haue sent a cunning
man ( indued with vnderstanding ) of
Huram my fathers :
14 The Sonne of a woman of the
daugh
iHeb. in-
cense qf spi-
ces.
"l.King. 8.
27. 2. chro.
6. 18.
t Heb. hath
retained^ or
obtained
strength.
t Heb. to
graue gra-
uings.
Or, Al.
muggim, 1.
Kin. 10. 11.
t Heb. great
and wonder-
full.
t Heh. know-
iufxvrudcnce
gmu
idvn
ami vnder-
staiuling.
I
The building
Chap.iij.
of the Temple.
t Heb. ac-
cording to
alt thy need,
\Heb. lapho
' As Ver. 3.
+ Hebr. the
men the
strangers^
■ As it is ver.
"I. Kin. 6.1,
&c.
I Or^ which
was scene of
Dauid his
father.
I Or, Arau-
nah, i. Sam.
24. 18. l.chr.
21. 18.
. King. 6.
2.
t Heb. foun-
ded.
I.King. 6.
daughters of Dan, and his father wa« a
man of Tyre, skilfull to worke in golde
and in siluer, in brasse, in yron, in stone
and in timber, in purple, in blew, and in
fine linen, and in crimson : also to graue
any maner of grauing, and to find out
euery deuice which shall be put to him,
with thy cunning men , and with the
cunning men of my lord Dauid thy fa-
ther.
15 Now therefore the wheate and
the barley, the oyle and the wine, which
my lord hath spoken of, let him send
vnto his seruants :
16 And wee will cut wood out of
Lebanon , t as much as thou shalt
need , and wee will bring it to thee in
flotes by sea to tloppa, and thou shalt
carie it vp to Jerusalem.
17 H *And Solomon numbred all
tthe strangers that were in the lands of
Israel, after the numbring wherewith
Dauid his father had numbred them :
and they were found an hundred and
fiftie thousand, and three thousand and
sixe hundred.
18 And he set* threescore and ten thou-
sand of them to be bearers of burdens,
and fourescore thousand to be hewers in
the mountaine, and three thousand and
sixe hundred ouerseers to set the people
a worke.
CHAP. III.
The place, and time of building the Temple.
3 The measure and ornaments of the house.
11 The Cherubiras. 14 Thevaile and pillars.
Hen * Solomon began to
build the house of the
Lord at lerusalem in
Mount Moriah, || where
the Lord appeared vnto
Dauid his father, in the place that Da-
uid had prepared in the threshing floore
of II Oman the lebusite.
2 And he began to build in the second
day of the second monetli, in the fourth
yeere of his reigne.
3 H Now these are the thing.i * wherein
Solomon was tinstructed for the buil-
ding of the house of God. The length
by cubites after the first measure zoos
threescore cubits, and the breadth twen-
tie cubites.
4 And the * porch that was in the front
oftheIiouse,ihe\engthqfitwassitcoTdmg
to the breadth of the house, twentie cu-
bites, and the heiglitaa* an hundred and
twenty: and he ouerlaid it within, with
pure gold.
5 And the greater liouse hee sieled
with firre tree, which he ouerlaid with
fine gold, and set thereon palme trees
and chaines.
6 And he t garnished the house with
precious stones for beautie, and the gold
was gold of Paruaim.
7 Hee ouerlaid also the house, the
beames, the postes and the wals there-
of, and the doores thereof with gold,
and graued Cherubims on the walles.
8 And he made the most holy house,
the length whereof was , according to
the breadth of the house, twenty cubits,
and the breadth thereof twentie cubits:
and he ouerlaid it with fine gold amoun-
ting' to sixe hundred talents.
9 And the weight of the nailes was
fiftie shekels of gold : and he ouerlaide
the vpper chambers with gold.
10 And in the most holy place hee
made two Cherubims of || image work,
and ouerlaid them with gold.
11 ir And the wings of the Cheru-
bims were twentie cubites long: otie
wing of the one Cherub was fiue cubites,
reaching to the wall of the house : and
the other wing was likewise fiue cu-
bites, reaching to the wing of the other
Cherub :
12 And one wing of the other Che-
rub was fiue cubites , reaching to the
wall of the house : and the other wing
was fiue cubites also , ioyning to the
wing of the other Cherub.
13 The wings of these Cherubims
spread themselues forth twentie cubits :
and they stood on their feet, and their fa-
ces zoere || inward.
14 IT And he made the *vaile of blue
and purple, and crimson, and fine linen,
and t wrought Cherubims thereon.
15 Also hee made before the house,
* two pillars of thirtie and fiue cubites
thigh, and the chapiter that was on the
top of each of them, was fiue cubites.
16 And he made chaines, as in the O-
racle, and put them on the heads of the
pillars , and made an hundred pome-
granates, and jjut them on the chaines.
17 And he *reared vp the pillars be-
fore the temple, one on the right hand, ^'
and the other on the left, and called the
name of that on the right hand, || la-
chin , and the name of that on the left,
IIBoaz.
t Heb. coite-
red.
I Or, (as
somethinke)
ofmoouea-
ble worke.
I Or, toward
the house.
* Mat. 27. SI
t Heb. cau-
sed to ascend
• ler. 62. 21
1. king. 7. 15
i Hebr. long.
• I.King. 7.
3N
CHAP,
That is, he
shal establish
II That is, in
it is strength
Diuers veffels
Il.Chroii.
for the Temple.
• 1. King. 7.
33, &C.
t Hebr./rom
his brim, to
hit brim.
• I.King. 7.
I Or, like a
IMkefower.
*Hebr. the
Vforke of
burnt of.
feting.
I Or, bowleg.
I Or, bowles.
it Hebr.Ji.
\ni$hedto
make.
CHAP. nil.
1 The Altar of brasse. 2 The molten Sea vpon
twelue oxen. 6 The ten lauers, candlesticks,
and tables. 9 The Courts & the instruments
of brasse. 19 The instruments of gold.
Oreouer he made an Al-
tar of brasse, twentie cu-
liites the length thereof,
and twentie cubites the
breadth thereof, and ten
cubites the height therof.
2 IT * Also he made a molten Sea of
ten cubites, tfrom brim to brim, round
in compasse, and fiue cubites the height
thereof, and a line of thirtie cubites did
compasse it round about.
3 *And vnder it was the similitude of
oxen , which did compasse it round a-
bout : tenne in a cubite compassing the
Sea round about. Two rowes of oxen
were cast, when it was cast.
4 It stood vpon twelue oxen : three
looking toward the North , and three
looking toward the West, and three loo-
king toward the South, and three loo-
king toward the East : and the Sea was
set aboue vpon them, and all their hin-
der parts were inward.
5 And the thicknes of it was an hand
breadth, & the brim of it like the worke
of the brim of a cup, ||with flowers of
Lillies : and it receiued and held three
thousand baths.
6 f He made also ten Lauers, and
put fiue on the right hand, and fiue on
the left, to wash in them : such things as
they offered for the t burnt offring, they
washed in them , but the Sea was for
the Priests to wash in.
7 And hee made ten candlesticks of
gold according to their forme , and set
them in the Temple , fiue on the right
hand, and fiue on the left.
8 He made also ten tables, and pla-
ced them in the Temple, fiue on the right
side, and fiue on the left : and hee made
an hundred Hbasens of gold.
9 U Furthermore , hee made the
court of the Priests, and the great court,
and doores for the court, and ouerlayd
the doores of them with brasse.
10 And he set the Sea on the rightside
of the East end, ouer against the South.
11 And Huram made the pots , and
the shouels, and the ||basens, and Hu
ram t finished the worke that he was to
make for King Solomon for the house
of God:
12 To wit , the two pillars , and the
pommels, and the chapiters, which were
on the top of the two pillars , and the
two wreathes to couer the two pom-
mels of the chapiters, which were on the
top of the pillars :
13 And foure hundred Pomegra
nats on the two wreathes : two rowes
of Pomegranats on each wreath, to
couer the two pommels of the chapi-
ters, which were tvpon the pillars.
14 He made also bases; and || lauers
made he vpon the bases.
15 One Sea, & twelue oxen'vnder it.
16 The pots also , and the shouels,
and the fleshhookes , and all their in-
struments, did Huram his father make
to King Solomon for the house of the
Lord, of tbright brasse.
17 In the plaine of lordan did the
King cast them , in the t clay-ground
betweene Succoth and Zeredathah.
18 Thus Solomon made all these
vessels in great abundance : for the
weight of the brasse could not be found
out.
19 IT And Solomon made all the
vessels, that zaere for the house of God,
the golden Altar also, and the tables
whereon the Shew-bread was set.
20 Moreouer the candlesticks with
their lampes, that they should burne af-
ter the maner, before the Oracle, of pure
gold:
21 And the flowers, and the lamps,
and the tongs made he of golde, and that
t perfect gold.
And the snufffers, and the |
sens, and the spoones, and the censers,
of pure gold. And the entry of the
house , the inner doores thereof for the
most Holy place, and the doores of the
house of the Temple, were of gold.
CHAP. V.
1 Thededicated treasures. SThesolemneindu.
ction of the Arke into the oracle. 1 1 God be-
ingpraisedjgiuethavisiblesigneofhisfauoiu-.
Hus al the worke that So
lomon made for the house
of the Loud, was finish
ed : * & Solomon brought
in all the things that Da-
uia his tatlierhad dedicated; and the sil-
uer , and the gold , and all the instru-
ments, put he among the treasures of
the house of God.
2 H * Then Solomon assembled
the
t Hebr. vpon
theface.
Or, cal-
drons.
t Heb. made
bright, or
scoured.
t Heb. thick-
nesses of the
ground.
t Hebr. per.
fections qf
gold.
Or, boteles.
• 1. King. 7.
51.
• I.King. 8,
l.&c.
Solomon facrificeth,
Chap.vj.
and praifeth God.
Or, they
are there, as
. king. 8. 8.
' Deut. !0.
2,5.
Or, where.
t Hsb.found
• 1. Chron.
24.5.
the Elders of Israel , and all the heads
of the Tribes , the chiefe of the fathers
of the children of Israel vnto lerusa-
lem, to bring vp the Arke of the Coue-
nant of the Lord, out of the citie of
Dauid, which is Zion.
3 Wherefore all the men of Israel
assembled themselues vnto the king in
the feast, which was in the seuenth
moneth.
4 And all the Elders of Israel
came, and the Leuites tooke vp the
Arke.
5 And they brought vp the Arke,
and the tabernacle of the Congregati-
on, and all the holy vessels that were in
the tabernacle, these did the Priests and
the Leuites bring vp.
6 Also king Solomon and all the
congregation of Israel that were as-
sembled vnto him before the Arke, sa-
crificed sheepe and oxen , which could
not be told nor numbred for multitude.
7 And the priests brought in the
Arke of the Couenant of the Lord
vnto his place, to the Oracle of the
house, into the most holy place, euen vn-
der the wings of the Cherubims :
8 For the Cherubims spread foorth
their wings ouer the place of the Arke,
and the Cherubims couered the Arke
and the staues thereof, aboue.
9 And they drew out the staues of
the Arke, that the ends of the staues
were seene from the Arke before the O-
racle, but they were not seene without.
And there ||it is vnto this day.
10 There was nothing in the Arke
saue the two tables which Moses *put
tfierein at Horeb, || when the Lord
made a couenant with the children of Is-
rael, when they came out of Egypt.
11 H And it came to passe when the
Priests were come out of the holy place
(for all the priests that were tpresent
were sanctified, and did not then wait by
course :
12 *Also the Leuites which were the
singers , all of them of Asaph , of He-
man, of leduthun, with their sonnes
and their brethren , being arayed in
white linnen hauing cymbals, and psal-
teries, and harpes , stood at the East
end of the altar, and with them an hun-
dred and twentie Priests , sounding
with trumpets : )
13 It came euen to passe, as the trum-
petters and singers were as one , to
make one sound to be heard in praising
and thanking the Lord : and when
they lift vp their voyce with the trum
pets, and cymbals, and instruments of
musicke, and praised the Lord, saving;
* P'or he is good, for his mercie endureth
for euer : that then the house was filled
with a cloude, euen the house of the
Lord.
14 So that the Priests could not
stand to minister, byreason of the cloud:
for the glory of the Lord had filled
the house of God.
CHAP. VL
Solomon hauing blessed the people, blesseth
God. 12 Solomons prayer in the consecration
of the Temple, vpon the brasen scaffold.
Hen *said Solomon, The
Lord hath said that he
would dwell in the *thicke
darkenesse.
2 But I haue built an
ouse of habitation for thee, and a place
for thy dwelling for euer.
3 And the King turned his face and
blessed the whole Congregation of Is-
rael, (and all the Congregation of Is-
rael stood)
4 And he said. Blessed be the Lord
God of Israel , who hath with his
handes fulfilled that which he spake
with his mouth to my father Dauid
saying,
5 Since the day that I brought
foorth my people out of the land of E
gypt , I chose no citie among all the
tribes of Israel to builde an house in,
that my Name might be there, neither
chose I any man to be a ruler ouer my
people Israel :
6 But I haue chosen lerusalem,
that my name might be there, and haue
chosen Dauid to be ouer my people Is-
rael.
7 Now *it was in the heart of Da-
uid my father to build an house for the
Name of the Lord God of Israel.
8 But the Lord said to Dauid
my father : Forasmuch as it was in
thine heart to builde an house for my
Name, thou diddest well in that it was
in thine heart.
9 Notwithstanding thou shalt not
build the house, but thy sonne which
shall come foorth out of thy loynes, he
shall build the house for my Name.
10 The Lord therefore hath per-
formed his word that he hath spoken :
3 N 2 for
• Peal. 136.
. King. 8.
12, &c.
• Leuit. 16.
" 2. Sam. 7.
2. 1. chro.
28. 2.
The prayer
Il.Chron.
of Solomon.
iHebr.the
length there-
" Exod. 15.
U.
• 2. Sam. 7.
1!. 1. king.
2. 4. and e.
12.
\Heb. there
shall not a
man be cut
off.
• Psal. 132.
12.
• Chap. 2.
6. aay eo.
1. acu. 7.
49.
for I am risen vp in the roome of Da-
uid my father, and am set on the throne
of Israel, as the Lord promised, and
haue built the house for the Name of the
Lord God of Israel.
11 And in it haue I put the Arke,
herein is the Couenant of the Lord,
that hee made with the children of Is-
rael.
12 IT And he stood before the Altar of
the Lord, in the presence of all the
Congregation of Israel , and spread
foorth his hands :
13 (For Solomon had made a brasen
scaffold of fine cubitestlong,andfiue cu-
bites broad, and three cubites high, and
had set it in the midst of the Court, and
vpon it hee stood , and kneeled downe
vpon his knees before all the Congre-
gation of Israel, and spread foorth his
hands towards heauen.)
14 And said, O Lord God of Is
rael, * there is no God like thee in the
heauen, nor in the earth, which keepest
couenant , and shewest mercy vnto thy
seruants, that walke before thee with
all their hearts,
15 Thou which hast kept with thy
seruant Dauid my father , that which
thou hast promised him : and spakest
with thy mouth , and hast fulfilled it
with thine hand, as it is this day.
16 Now therefore, O Lord God
of Israel, keepe with thy seruant Da-
uid my father, that which thou hast
promised him, saying, * There shall not
tfaile thee a man in my sight, to sit vpon
the throne of Israel : *yet so, that thy
children take heede to their way , to
walke in my Law, as thou hast walked
before me.
17 Now then, O Lord God of
Israel, let thy word be verified, which
thou hast spoken vnto thy seruant
Dauid.
18 (But wil God in very deed dwell
with men on the earth ? * Behold, hea
uen, and the heauen of heauens cannot
conteine thee : how much lesse this
house which I haue built ? )
19 Haue respect therfore to the prayer
of thy seruant, and to his supplication,
O Lord my God, to hearken vnto
the cry, and the prayer which thy ser-
uant prayeth before thee :
20 That thine eyes may bee open
vpon this house day and night , vpon
the place whereof thou hast saide, that
thou wouldest put thy Name there, to
hearken vnto the prayer, which thy ser-
uant prayeth || towards this place.
21 Hearken therefore vnto the sup-
plications of thy seruant , and of thy
people Israel, which they shall tmake
towards this place : heare thou from
thy dwelling place, euen from heauen ;
and when thou hearest, forgiue.
22 f If a man sinne against his
neighbour, tand an oath be layd vpon
him, to make him sweare, and the oath
come before thine Altar in this house :
23 Then heare thou from heauen
and doe , and iudge thy seruants by re-
quiting the wicked , by recompensing
his way vpon his owne head, and by
iustifying the righteous , by giuing him
according to his righteousnesse.
24 IT And if thy people Israel the put
to the worse before the enemy, because
they haue sinned against thee, and shall
retume and confesse thy Name, and
pray and make supplication before thee
1 1 in this house:
25 Then heare thou from the hea
uens, and forgiue the sinne of thy people
Israel, and bring them againe vnto the
land which thou gauest to them, and to
their fathers.
26 IT When the * heauen is shut vp,
and there is no raine, because they haue
sinned against thee : yet if they pray to-
wards this place , and confesse thy
Name, and turne from their sinne.
when thou doest afflict them :
27 Then heare thou from heauen,
and forgiue the sinne of thy seruants,
and of thy people Israel ; when thou
hast taught them the good way, where-
in they should walke , and send raine
vpon the land , which thou hast giuen
vnto thy people for an inheritance.
28 f If there *be dearth in the land,
iftherebepestilenccjif there be blasting,
or mil-dew, locusts or caterpillers; if
their enemies besiege them in the t cities
of their land : whatsoeuer sore, or what-
soeuer sicknesse there be :
29 Then what prayer , or what sup-
plication soeuer shall bee made of any
man, or of all thy people Israel, when
euery one shal know his owne sore and
his owne griefe, and shall spread foorth
his hands ||in this house:
30 Then heare thou from heauen
thy dwelling place, and forgiue, and
render vnto euery man according vnto
all his wayes, whose heart thou know-
est (for thou onely * knowest the hearts
of
Or, in this
place.
t Heb. pran.
t Hebr. and
lie require
an oath of
him.
I Or, bee
smitten.
tOrfowards.
• I. King.
17. 1.
Cliap. 20.
t Hebr. in
the landqf
their gates.
Or, to-
ward this
house.
' 1. Cliron.
28. 9.
Solomon prayeth,
Chap.vij. and offreth facrifices.
iHebr.all
the dayes
which.
t Hebr. vpon
the face 0/
the land,
lohn 12.
20. acts. 8.
27.
t Heb. thff
Name is cal-
led vpon this
house.
I Or, right.
Prou. 20. 9.
eccles. 7. 21.
iames 3. 2.
iohn 1. 8.
i Heb. they
that take
them cap-
Hues cary
them away.
t Heb. bring
back to their
heart.
Or, right.
t Heb. to the
prayer of this
place.
of the children of men : )
31 That they may feare thee , to
walke in thy waies tso long as they Hue
tin the land which thou gauest vnto
our fathers.
32 H Moreouer concerning the
stranger # which is not of thy people Is-
rael, but is come from a farre countrey
for thy great Names sake, & thy migh-
tie hand, and thy stretched out arme : if
they come and pray in this house :
33 Then heare thou from the hea-
uens, euen from thy dwelling place,
and doe according to all that the stran-
ger calleth to thee for; that all people of
the earth may know thy Name , and
feare thee , as doeth thy people Israel,
and may know that t this house which
I haue built, is called by thy Name.
34 If thy people goe out to warre
against their enemies by the way that
thou shalt send them, and they pray vn-
to thee toward this citie which thou
hast chosen , and the house which I
haue built for thy Name :
35 Then heare thou from the hea-
uens their prayer and their supplicati-
on, and maintaine their || cause.
36 If they sinne against thee (for there
is * no man which sinneth not ) and thou
be angry with them, and deliuer them
ouer before their enemies, and t they ca-
ry them away captiues vnto a land far
off or neere :
37 Yet if they tbethinke themselues
in the land whither they are caried cap-
tiue , and turne and pray vnto thee in
the land of their captiuitie, saying. Wee
haue sinned, we haue done amisse, and
haue dealt wickedly :
38 If they returne to thee with all
their heart, and with all their soule, in
the land of their captiuitie , whither
they haue caried them captiues , and
pray toward their land which thou
gauest vnto their fathers , and toward
the citie which thou hast chosen, and to-
ward the house which I haue built for
thy Name :
39 Then heare thou from the hea-
uens , euen from thy dwelling place,
their prayer and their supplications,
and maintaine their || cause, and forgiue
thy people , which haue sinned against
thee.
40 Now, my God, let (I beseech
thee ) thine eyes bee open, and let thine
eares be attent tvnto the prayer that is
made in this place.
41 Now * therefore arise, O Lord
God, into thy resting place , thou, and
the Arke of thy strength : Let thy
Priests, O Lord God, be clothed
with saluation, and let thy Saints re-
ioyce in goodnesse.
42 O Lord God, tume not »-
way the face of thine anointed : remem-
ber the mercies of Dauid thy seruant.
CHAP. VIL
1 God hauing giuen testimonie to Solomons
prayer by fire from heauen, and glory in the
Temple , the people worship him. 4 Solo-
mons solemne sacrifice. 8 Solomon hauing
kept the feast of Tabernacles and the feast of
the Dedication of the Altar , dismisseth the
people. 12 God appearing to Solomon, gi-
ueth him promises vpon condition.
Ow when Solomon had
made an ende of praying,
the *fire came downe from
heauen, and consumed the
_ burnt offering, and the sa^
orifices, and the glory of the Lord
filled the house.
2 And the Priests could not enter
into the house of the Lord, because
the glory of the Lord had filled the
Lords house.
3 And when all the children of Is-
rael saw how the fire came downe, and
the glory of the Lord vpon the
house, they bowed themselues with
their faces to the ground vpon the paue-
ment, and worshipped, and praised the
Lord, saying, For hee is good, for his
mercy endureth for euer.
4 IT Then the King and all the peo-
ple, offered sacrifices before the Lord.
5 And King Solomon offered a sa-
crifice of twentie and two thousand
oxen, and an hundred and twentie thou-
sand sheepe. So the King and all the
people, dedicated the house of God.
6 *And the Priests waited on their
offices : the Leuites also with instru-
ments of musicke of the Lord, which
Dauid the King had made to praise the
Lord, because his mercy endureth for
euer, when Dauid praised +by their mi-
nisterie : and the Priests sounded trum-
pets before them, and all Israel stood.
7 Moreouer , Solomon hallowed
the middle of the Court, that was before
the house of the Lord : for there hee
offered burnt offerings, and the fat of
the peace offerings, because the brasen
altar
' PsaL 132. 9
1. King, a
S4, &c. le-
uit. 9. 24.
1. Chron.
u. 16.
i Heb. by
their hand.
Gods promifes.
Il.Ch
roil.
Solomons buildi
ings.
• losh. 13.
^Hel)r.a
restraint.
• 1. King,
l.&c
• Deut 12.
i.
t Bebr. vpon
tchom my
Name is
caUed.
• Chap. «.
40.
t Heb. to
Oi£ prasier
of this place.
"Chap. 6. 6.
• Chap. 6,
16.
\Hebr.Uiere
shall not be
cutoff to
thee.
• Leuit. 26.
14. deut. 28,
IS.
Altar which Solomon had made, was
not able to receiue the burnt offerings,
and the meat offerings, and the fat.
8 IT Also at the same time Solo-
mon kept the feast seuen dayes, and all
Israel with him, a very great Congre-
gation, from the entring in of Hamath,
vnto the * Riuer of Egypt.
9 And in the eight day they made ta
solemne assembly : for they kept the de-
dication of the Altar seuen dayes , and
the feast seuen dayes.
10 And on the three and twentieth
day of the seuenth moneth, he sent the
people away into their tents, glad and
merry in heart for the goodnesse that
the Lord had shewed vnto Dauid,
and to Solomon , and to Israel his
people.
11 Thus * Solomon finished the
house of the Lord, and the Kings
house : and all that came into Solo-
mons heart to make in the house of the
Lord, and in his owne house, hee
prosperously effected.
12 f And the Lord appeared to
Solomon by night, and said vnto him,
I haue heard thy prayer , • and haue
chosen this place to my selfe for an house
of sacrifice.
13 If I shut vp heauen that there
bee no raine, or if I command the lo-
custs to deuoure the land , or if I send
pestilence among my people :
14 If my people + which are called by
my Name, shall humble themselues
and pray, and seeke my face, and turne
from their wicked wayes : then will I
heare from heauen , and will forgiue
their sinne, and will heale their land.
15 Now mine eyes shalbe open, and
mine *eares attent t vnto the prayer </t«<
is made in this place.
16 For now haue * I chosen, & sancti-
fied this house , that my Name may be
there for euer : and mine eyes and mine
heart shalbe there perpetually.
17 And as for thee, if thou wilt
walke before me, as Dauid thy father
walked, and doe according to all that I
haue commanded thee , and shalt ob-
serue my Statutes , and my ludge-
ments :
18 Then wil I stablish the throne of
thy kingdome, according as I haue co-
uenanted with Dauid thy father , say-
ing, *t There shall not faile thee a man
to be ruler in Israel.
19 *But if yee tume away and for-
sake my Statutes and my Commande-
ments which I haue set before you,
and shall goe and serue other gods, and
worship them :
20 Then will I plucke them vp by
the roots out of my land which I haue
giuen them , and this house which I
haue sanctified for my Name, wil I cast
out of my sight, and will make it to be a
prouerbe, and a by-word among all na-
tions.
21 And this house which is high,
shall be an astonishment to euery one
that passeth by it ; so that hee shall say;
•Why hath the Lord done thus vn-
to this land, and vnto this house ?
22 And it shalbe answered. Because
they forsooke the Lord God of their
fathers, which brought them forth out
of the land of Egypt, and layd hold on
others gods , and worshipped them,
aud serued them : Therefore hath hee
brought all this euil vpon them.
CHAP. VIII.
1 Solomons buildings. 7 The Gentiles which
were left, Solomon made tributaries, but the
Israelites, rulers. 1 1 Pharaohs daughter re-
moueth to her house. 12 Solomons yeerely
solemne sacrifices. 14 Hee appointeth the
Priests and Leuites to their places. 17 The
Nauie fetcheth gold from Ophir.
Nd *it came to passe ( at
the end of twentie yeeres,
wherein Solomon had
built the house of the
Lord, & his own house)
2 That the cities which Huram
had restored to Solomon , Solomon
built them, and caused the children of
Israel to dwell there.
3 And Solomon went to Hamath
Zobah, and preuailed against it.
4 And he built Tadmor in the wil-
dernesse, and all the store-cities, which
he built in Hamath.
5 Also he built Beth-horon the vp-
per, and Beth-horon the nether, fensed
cities with walles, gates and barres :
6 And Baalath, and all the store-ci
ties that Solomon had, and all the cha-
ret-cities, and the cities of the horsemen,
and tall that Solomon desired to build
in lerusalem, and in Lebanon , and
throughout all the land of his domi-
nion.
7 II As for all the people that were
left of the Hittites, and the Amorites,
and
• Deut. 29.
24, iere. 22.
8, 9.
• 1. King. 9.
10, &c.
fHebr.all
the desire of
Solomon,
which he de-
sired to
build.
Solomons oftVings
Chap.ix.
His wifedome.
I.King.
3. 1. & 7. 8
iHeb. holi.
nesse.
' Exod. 29.
• Exod. 23.
14. deut.
16. l«.
" 1. Chron.
24. 1.
1. Chron,
9. 17.
iHeb.sowas
ihecomman-
dement of
Dauid the
man of God.
I Or, Elath,
deut. 2. 8.
and the Perizzites, and the Hiuites, and
the lebusites, which were not of Is-
rael :
8 But of their children, who were
left after them in the land , whom the
children of Israel consumed not ; them
did Solomon make to pay tribute , vn-
till this day.
9 But of the children of Israel did
Solomon make no seruants for his
worke : but they were men of warre
and chiefe of his captains, and captains
of his charets and horsemen.
10 And these were the chiefe of king
Solomons officers, euen two hundred
and fifty, that bare rule ouer the people.
11 II And Solomon * brought vp
the daughter of Pharaoh out of the ci-
tie of Dauid, vnto the house that he had
built for her : for hee said. My wife shall
not dwell in the house of Dauid king of
Israel, because the places are tholy,
whereunto the Arke of the Lord
hath come.
12 H Then Solomon offered burnt
offerings vnto the Lord on the Al-
tar of the Lord, which he had built
before the porch :
13 Euen after a certaine rate euery
*day, offering according to the comman-
dement of Moses , on the Sabbaths,
and on the new Moones, and on the so-
lemne Feasts * three times in the yeere,
euen in the feast of Vnleauened bread,
and in the feast of Weekes, and in the
feast of Tabernacles.
14 1i And he appointed, according to
the order of Dauid his father, the *cour-
ses of the Priests to their seruice,and the
Leuites to their charges, to praise and
minister before the Priests, as the duety
of euery day required : the * porters also
by their courses, at euery gate : for tso
had Dauid the man of God comman-
ded.
15 And they departed not from the
commandement of the King vnto the
Priests and Leuites , concerning any
matter, or concerning the treasures.
16 Now all the worke of Solomon
was prepared vnto the day of the foun-
dation of the house of the Lord, and
vntill it was finished : so the house of
God was perfected.
17 IT Then went Solomon to Ezi-
on Geber, and to || Eloth, at the sea side
in the land of Edom.
1 8 And Huram sent him by the hands
of his seruants , shippes, and seruants
that had knowledge of the sea ; and they
went with the seruants of Solomon
to Ophir , and tooke thence foure hun-
dred and fiftie talents of golde, and
brought them to king Solomon.
CHAP. IX.
1 The Queene of Sheba admireth the wise-
dome of Solomon. 13 Solomons golde,
IS His Targete. 17 The throne of luo-
ry. 20 His vessels. 23 His presents. 25
His chariots and horse. 26 His tributes.
29 His reigne and death.
Nd * when the Queene of
Sheba heard of the fame
of Solomon , shee came
to prooue Solomon with
hard questions at lerusa
lem , with a very great companie , and
camels that bare spices, and golde in a-
bundance , and precious stones : and
when she was come to Solomon, shee
communed with him of all that was in
her heart.
2 And Solomon tolde her all her
questions : and there was nothing hid
from Solomon, which he told her not.
3 And when the Queene of Sheba
had scene the wisedome of Solomon,
and the house that he had built,
4 And the meate of his table, and
the sitting of his seruants , and the at-
tendance of his ministers, and their ap-
parell, his || cup-bearers also, and their
apparell , and his ascent, by which hee
went vp into the house of the Lord;
there was no more spirit in her.
5 And she said to the King, It was
a true t report which I heard in mine
owne land, of thine ||actes , and of thy
wisedome :
6 Howbeit, I beleeued not their
wordes, vntill I came , and mine eyes
had scene it: and behold, the one halfe of
the greatnesse of thy wisedome was not
tolde mee :J(>r thou exceedest the fame
that I heard.
7 Happy are thy men, and happy are
these thy seruants, which stand continu-
ally before thee , and heare thy wise-
dome.
8 Blessed be the Lord thy God,
which delighted in thee to set thee on
his throne, to be King for the Lord
thy God : because thy God loued Isra-
el, to establish them for euer, therefore
made hee thee King ouer them , to doe
iudgement and iustice.
9 And
• 1. King.
10. 1, &c.
mat. 12. 42.
liike 11. 31.
Or, butlers
t Heb. word.
Or, sayings
Solomons riches:
Il.Chron.
His death.
I0r,staires^
Heb. high
wages.
I Or, cap-
tamet.
t Heb, hand)
iHeb.thul
vp.
I Or, there
wasaotiluer
in them.
9 And she gaue the king an hundred
and twentie talents of gold, and of spi-
ces great abundance, & precious stones :
neither was there any such spice as the
Queene of Sheba gaue King Solo-
mon.
10 And the seruants also of Huram,
and the seruants of Solomon, which
brought gold from Ophir, brought Al-
gume trees and, precious stones.
11 And the king made o^the Algume
trees , t terrises to the house of the
Lord, and to the kings palace, and
harpes and psalteries for singers : and
there were none such scene before in the
land of ludah.
12 And King Solomon gaue to the
Queene of Sheba, all her desire, what
soeuer she asked, besides that which she
had brought vnto the king : So she tur-
ned, and went away to her owne land,
she, and her seruants.
13 If Now the weight of gold that
came to Solomon in one yeere, was sixe
hundred and threescore and sixe talents
of gold :
14 Besides that which chapmen and
merchants brought : and all the kings
of Arabia, and ||gouernours of the
countrie, brought gold and siluer to So-
lomon.
15 H And king Solomon made two
hundred targets of beaten gold : sixe
hundred shekels of beaten gold went to
one target.
1 6 And three hundred shields made he
of beaten gold : three hundred sheJceh of
gold went to one shield : and the king
put them in the house of the forrest of
Lebanon.
17 Moreouer the king made a great
throne of yuorie , and ouerlaid it with
pure gold.
18 And there were sixe steps to the
throne, with a footstoole of gold, which
H'er^ fastened to the throne, and tstayes
on each side of the sitting place, and two
lyons standing by the stayes.
19 And twelue lyons stood there on
the one side and on the other, vpon the
sixe steps. There was not the like made
in any kingdome.
20 H And all the drinking vessels of
King Solomon were of gold, and all the
vessels of the house of the forrest of Le
banon a»^reof tpure gold : ||none wereoi\
siluer; it was iiot any thing accounted of
in the dayes of Solomon.
21 Tor the kings ships went to Tar-
shish with the seruants of Huram : eue
rie three yeeres once came the ships of
Tarshish bringing golde , and siluer,
II yuorie, and apes, and peacocks.
22 And king Solomon passed all
the kings of the earth in riches and
wisedome.
23 IT And all the kings of the earth
sought the presence of Solomon , to
heare his wisedome, that God had put
in his heart.
24 And they brought euery man his
present, vessels of siluer, and vessels of
gold, and raiment, harnesse, and spices,
horses, and mules, a rate yeere by yeere.
25 H And Solomon * had foure thou-
sand stalles for horses, and charets, and
twelue thousand horsemen, whom hee
bestowed in the charet cities, and with
the king at Jerusalem.
26 H And hee reigned ouer all the
kings, *fTom the {| riuer, euen vnto the
land of the Philistines, and to the bor-
der of Egypt.
27 And the king tmade siluer in Je-
rusalem as stones, and cedar trees made
he as the Sycomore trees, that are in the
low plaines, in abundance.
28 *And they brought vnto Solo-
mon horses out of Egypt, and out of all
lands.
29 % Now the rest of the * actes of
Solomon first and last , are they not
written in the tbooke of Nathan the
Prophet, and in the prophesie of Ahiiah
the Shilonite , and in the visions of
*Iddo the Seer, against leroboam
the Sonne of Nebat .'
30 And Solomon reigned in leru-
salem ouer all Israel, fourtie yeeres.
31 And Solomon slept with his fa-
thers, and hee was buried in the citie of
Dauid his father, and Rehoboam his
Sonne reigned in his stead.
CHAP. X.
1 The Israelites assembled at Shechera to crowne
Rehoboam, by leroboam make a suite of re-
laxation vnto him. 6 Ilehoboam, refusing
the old mens counsell, by the aduice of yong
men , ans wereth them roughly. 1 6 Tenne
Tribes reuolting, kill Hadoram , and make
Ilehoboam to flie.
N D * Rehoboam went
to Shechem : for to She-
chem were all Israel
come to make him king.
2 And it came to passe
leroboam the sonne of Nebat
(who
1 Or, ele.
phunls teeth.
• I.King. 4.
26.
• Gen. 13.
18.
1 That is,
Euphrates.
t Heh. gaue.
* 1. King. 10
28. and 2.
cliron. 1. 16,
"I.King. 11.
41.
t Heb. words
•Chap. 12.
15.
I. King. 12
1, &c.
Rehoboams yoke.
Chap.xj.
Ifrael reuolteth.
tHeb. laded.
(who was in Egypt , whither hee had
fled from the presence of Solomon the
king) heard it, that leroboam retur-
ned out of Egypt.
3 And they sent and called him. So
leroboam and all Israel came, and
spake to Rehoboam, saying,
4 Thy father made our yoke grie-
uous, no we therefore ease thou some-
what the grieuous seruitude of thy fa-
ther, and his heauy yoke that he put vp-
on vs, and we will serue thee.
5 And hee said vnto them. Come a-
gaine vnto me after three dayes. And
the people departed.
6 % And king Rehoboam tooke
counsel with the old men that had stood
before Solomon his father, while hee
yet lined, saying, What counsell giue ye
me, to returne answere to this people.'
7 And they spake vnto him, saying.
If thou bee kinde to this people, and
please them, and speake good words to
them, they will be thy seruants for euer.
8 But he forsooke the counsel which
the old men gaue him, and tooke coun-
sell with the yong men , that were
brought vp with him, that stood before
him.
9 And he said vnto them. What ad-
uice giue ye, that wee may returne an-
swere to this people, which haue spo-
ken to me, saying. Ease somewhat the
yoke that thy father did put vpon vs .''
10 And the yong men that were
brought vp with him, spake vnto him,
saying. Thus shalt thou answpre the
people that spake vnto thee , saying
Thy father made our yoke heauy, but
make thou it somewhat lighter for vs :
thus shalt thou say vnto them. My litle
finger shall be thicker then my fathers
loynes.
11 For where as my father tput a
heauy yoke vpon you, I will put more
to your yoke : my father chastised you
with whips, but I mil chastise you with
scorpions.
12 So leroboam and all the people
came to Rehoboam on the third day,
as the King bade, saying, Come againe
to me on the third day.
13 And the king answered them
roughly, and king Rehoboam forsooke
the counsell of the old men,
14 And answered them after the
aduice of the yong men , saying, My fa-
ther made your yoke heauy, but I will
adde thereto : my father chastised you
with whips, but I w\U chastise you with
scorpions.
15 So the king hearkened not vnto
the people, for the cause was of God,
that the Lord might performe his
word, which he spake by the *hand of
Ahijah the Shilonite to leroboam the
Sonne of Nebat.
16 H And when all Israel saive that
the king would not hearken vnto
them, the people answered the king say-
ing. What portion haiie wee in Danid.''
and wee haue none inheritance in the
Sonne of lesse: Euery man to your
tents, O Israel : and now Dauid, see to
thine owne house. So all Israel went
to their tents.
17 But as for the children of Israel
that dwelt in the cities of ludah, Re
hoboam reigned ouer them.
18 Then king Rehoboam sent Ha-
doram that was ouer the tribute , and
the children of Israel stoned him with
stones, that he died : but king Rehobo
am tmade speed tj get him vp to his
charet, to flee to lerusalem.
19 And Israel rebelled against the
house of Dauid vnto this day.
CHAP. XI.
1 Rehoboam raising an armie to subdue Israel,
is forbidden by Shemaiah. 5 He strengthe-
neth his kingoome with forts and prouision.
13 The Priests and Leuites, and such as fea-
red God, forsaken by leroboam, strengthen
the kingdome of ludah. 1 8 The wiues and
children of Rehoboam.
Nd * when Rehoboam
was come to lerusalem,
he gathered of the house
of ludah and Beniamin,
an hundred and fourescore
thousand chosen men, which were war-
riers, to fight against Israel, that hee
might bring the kingdome againe to
Rehoboam.
2 But the worde of the Lord
came to Shemaiah the man of God,
saying,
3 Speake vnto Rehoboam the son
of Solomon, king of ludah, and to all
Israel in ludah & Beniamin, saying,
4) Thus saith the Lord; Ye shall
not goe vp, nor fight against your bre-
thren : returne euery man to his house,
for this thing is done of me. And they
obeyed the words of the Lord, and
returned from going against lero-
boam.
3 O 5 f And
• I.King. II
29.
\Hehslreng-
thened him-
sel/e.
1. King. 12
21, &c.
Rehoboams wines:
Il.Chron.
His liune,
t Hebr. pre-
sented them-
pstttetlohbn.
• Chap. 13.
9.
■ 1. King.
15.2.
5 II And Rehoboam dwelt in le-
rusalem, and built cities for defence in
ludah.
6 He built euen Bethlehem, and E-
tara, and Tekoa,
7 And Bethzur, and Shoco, and
Adullam,
8 And Gath, and Maresha, and
Ziph,
9 And Adoraim, and Lachish, and
Azekah,
10 And Zorah, and Aialon, and He-
bron, which are in ludah and in Benia-
min, fenced cities.
11 And he fortified the strong holds,
and put captaines in them, and store of
vitaile, and of oyle and wine.
12 And in euery seuerall citie he put
shields and speares, and made them ex-
ceeding strong , hauing ludah and
Beniamin on his side.
13 H And the Priests and the Le-
uites that were in all Israel, t resorted to
him out of all their coasts.
14 For the Leuites left their sub-
urbs, and their possession, and came to
ludah and Jerusalem : for leroboam
• and his sonnes had cast them off from
executing the Priests office vnto the
LOED.
15 And hee ordeined him priests for
the high places, and for the deuils, and
for the calues which he had made.
16 And after them out of all the
tribes of Israel, such as set their hearts
to seeke the Lord God of Israel,
came to lenisalem, to sacrifice vnto the
Lord God of their fathers.
17 So they strengthened the king-
dome of ludah, and made Rehoboam
the Sonne of Solomon strong , three
yeeres : for three yeeres they walked in
the way of Dauid and Solomon.
18 II And Rehoboam tooke him
Mahalath the daughter of lerimoth
the Sonne of Dauid to wife, and Abihail
the daughter of Eliab the son of lesse :
19 Which bare him children, leush,
and Shamariah, and Zaham.
20 And after her, hee tooke *Maa-
cah the daughter of Absalom , which
bare him Abiiah, and Atthai, and Zi-
za, and Shelomith.
21 And Rehoboam loued Maacah
the daughter of Absalom, aboue all his
wiues and his concubines : for he tooke
eighteene wiues, and threescore concu-
bines, and begate twentie and eight
sonnes, and threescore daughters.
22 And Rehoboam made Abiiah
the Sonne of Maacah the chiefe, to be ru-
ler among his brethren : for /i£ thought to
make him king.
23 And he dealt wisely, and dispersed
of all his children throughout all the
countries of ludah and Beniamin, vn-
to euery fenced citie: and he gaue them
vitaile in abundance : and hee desired
traany wiues.
CHAP. XIL
1 Rehoboam forsaking the Lord, is punished
by Shishak. 5 He and the Princes repenting
at the preaching of Shemaiah, are deliuered
from destruction, but not from spoile. 13
The reigne and death of Rehoboam.
Nd it came to passe when
Rehoboam had establish-
ed the kingdome, and had
strengthened himselfe, hee
forsooke the Law of the
Lord, and all Israel with him.
2 And it came to passe , that in the
fifth yere of Rehoboam, Shishak king
of Egypt came vp against lerusalem,
(♦because they had transgressed against
the Lord)
3 With twelue hundred charets,
and threescore thousand horsemen : and
the people were without number that
came with him out of Egypt : the Lu-
bims, the Sukkiims, & the Ethiopians
4 And hee tooke the fenced cities
which perteined to ludah, and came to
lerusalem.
5 IF Then came Shemaiah the
prophet to Rehoboam, and to the Prin-
ces of ludah that were gathered to-
gether to lerusalem because of Shi-
shak, and said vnto them. Thus saith
the Lord, Ye haue forsaken me, and
therfore haue I also left you in the hand
of Shishak.
6 Whereupon , the Princes of Is-
rael, and the king humbled themselues ;
and they saide , The Lord is righ-
teous.
7 And when the Lord saw that
they humbled themselues, the word of
the Lord came to Shemaiah, say-
ing. They haue humbled themselues,
therefore I will not destroy them , but
I will grant them || some deliuerance,
and my wrath shall not bee powred
out vpon lerusalem , by the hand of
Shishak.
8 Neuerthelesse they shalbe his ser-
uants.
t Hebr. a
multitude
of wiues.
• 1. King.
14. 24. and
25.
I Or, a title
while.
His death,
Chap.xiij.
and fucceflbur.
• Cha. 9. 15
Or, and yet
in Iitdalt
there were
gooit things.
* 1. King.
14. 21.
Or,flxed.
t Heb. wordt
1. King.
15. 1, &c.
uants, that they may know my seruice,
and the seruice of the kingdomes of the
countreys.
9 So Shishak king of Egypt came
vp against Jerusalem , and tooke a-
way the treasures of the house of the
Lord, and the treasures of the kings
house, hee tooke all : he caried away al-
so the shields of gold, which Solomon
had *made.
10 In stead of which, king Rehobo-
am made shields of brasse, and commit-
ted them to the hands of the chiefe of the
guard , that kept the entrance of the
Kings house.
11 And when the king entred into
the house of the Lord, the guard
came and fet them, and brought them
againe into the guard-chamber.
12 And when he humbled himselfe,
the wrath of the Lord turned from
him, that hee would not destroy him al-
together : 1 1 and also in ludah things
went well.
13 If So king * Rehoboam streng-
thened himselfe in Jerusalem, and reig-
ned : for Rehoboam loas one and fourty
yeeres olde when hee began to reigne,
and he reigned seuenteene yeeres in Je-
rusalem , the citie which the Lord
had chosen out of all the tribes of Isra-
el, to put his Name there : and his mo-
thers name was Naamah an Ammonl
tesse.
14 And hee did euill, because hee
1 1 prepared not his heart to seeke the
Lord.
15 Now the acts of Rehoboam first
and last , are they not written in the
tbooke of Shemaiah the Prophet, and
of Iddo the Seer , concerning genea-
logies .'' and there zvere warres betweene
Rehoboam & leroboam continually.
16 And Rehoboam slept with his fa-
thers , and was buried in the citie of
Dauid , and Abiiah his sonne reigned
in his stead.
CHAP. XIIL
1 Abiiah succeeding, maketh warre against le-
roboam. 4 Hee declareth the right of his
cause. 13 Trusting in God, hee ouercom-
meth leroboam. 21 The wiues and chil-
dren of Abiiah.
Owe *in the eighteenth
yeere of king leroboam,
began Abiiah to reigne o-
uer ludah.
2 He reigned three yeres
t Heb. bound
together.
1. King.
U. 26.
in lerusalem : (his mothers name also
was Michaiah the daughter of Vriel of
Gibea : ) and there was warre between
[Abiiah and leroboam.
3 And Abiiah tset the battel in aray
with an army of valiant men of warre,
euen foure hundred thousand chosen
men : leroboam also set the battell in
aray against him with eight hundred
thousand chosen men , being mightie
men of valour.
4 H And Abiiah stood vp vpon
mount Zemaraim, which is in mount
Ephraim , and sayde, Heare mee thou
leroboam, and all Israel :
5 Ought you not to know, that the
Lord God of Israel gaue the king-
dome ouer Israel to Dauid for euer,
euen to him and to his sonnes by a coue-
nant of salt .''
6 Yet leroboam the sonne of Ne-
bat, the seruant of Solomon the sonne
of Dauid, is risen vp, and hath * rebel-
led against his Lord.
7 And there aro gathered vnto him
vaine men the children of Belial, and
haue strengthened themselues against
Rehoboam the sonne of Solomon
when Rehoboam was young, & tender
hearted, and could not withstand them.
8 And now ye thinke to withstand
the kingdome of the Lord, in the
hand of the sonnes of Dauid, and ye be
a great multitude, and there are with you
golden calues, which leroboam *made
you for gods.
9 * Haue yee not cast out the Priests
of the Lord the sonnes of Aaron,
and the Leuites, and hane made you
priests after the maner of the nations
of other lands ? so that whosoeuer com-
meth to + consecrate himselfe with a
young bullocke and seuen rammes, the
same may be a priest of them that are no
gods.
10 But as for vs, the Lord w our
God, and wee haue not forsaken him,
and the Priests which minister vnto the
Lord, are the sonnes of Aaron, and
the Leuites waite vpon their businesse.
11 * And they burne vnto the Lord
euery morning, and euery euening,
burnt sacrifices and sweete incense : the
*she7V-hrea,d also set they in order vpon • Leu. 24. 6.
the pure table, and the Candlesticke of
golde with the lampes therof, to burne
euery euening : for we keepe the charge
of the Lord our God , but yee haue
forsaken him.
3 0 2 12 And
• I. King.
12. 28.
• Cliap. 11.
14.
t Heb. tofiU
his hand.
' Chap. 2. 4.
leroboam dieth.
Il.Chron.
Afa his vidloiy.
I Or, com-
mer^ary.
• Chap. 12
12.
• 1. King.
IS. 8. &c.
12 And behold , God himselfc is with
vs for our captaine, and his Priests with
sounding trunipets to cry alarme a-
gainst you : O children of Israel, fight
ye not against the Lord God of your
fathers, for you shall not prosper.
13 f But leroboam caused an am-
bushment to come about behinde them :
so they were before ludah, and the am-
bushment icas behind them.
14 And when ludah looked backe,
behold, the battel was before and behind ;
and they cried vnto the Loud, and
the Priests sounded with the trumpets.
15 Then the men of ludah gaue a
shout : and as the men of ludah shou-
ted, it came to passe that God smote le-
roboam and all Israel , before Abiiah
and ludah.
16 And the children of Israel fled be-
fore ludah : and God deliuered them
into their hand.
17 And Abiiah and his people slew
them with a great slaughter : so there
fel downe slaine of Israel, fine hundred
thousand chosen men.
18 Thus the children of Israel were
brought vnder at that time, and the chil-
dren of ludah preuailed , because they
relied vpon the Lord God of their
fathers.
19 And Abiiah pursued after lero-
boam, & tooke cities from him, Beth-el
with the townes thereof, and lesha
nah with the townes thereof, and E-
phrain with the townes thereof
20 Neither did leroboam recouer
strength againe in the dayes of Abiiah :
and the Lord strooke him, & he died.
21 H But Abiiah waxed mighty, and
married fourteene wiues , and begate
twentie and two sonnes , and sixteene
daughters.
22 And the rest of the acts of Abiiah,
and his waies, and his sayings, are writ-
ten in the || story of the Prophet *Iddo
CHAP. XIIII.
1 Asa succeeding destroieth idolatry. 6 Hauiiig
peace, he strengtheneth his kingdome with
forts and armies. 9 Calling on God, he ouer-
throweth Zerah, and spoileth the Ethiopians-
O Abiiah slept with his
fathers , and they buried
him in the citie of Dauid,
and • Asa his sonne reig-
ned in his stead : in his
dayes the land was quiet ten yeeres,
2 And Asa did that which was good
and right in the eyes of the Lord his
God.
3 For hee tooke away the altars of
the strange gods , and the high places,
and brake downe the t images, and cut
downe the groues :
4 And commanded ludah to seeke
the Lord God of their fathers, and to
do the Law, and the Commandement
5 Also he tooke away out of all the
cities of ludah, the high places and the
t images : and the kingdome was quiet
before him.
6 f And hee built fenced cities in
ludah ; for the land had rest, and hee
had no warre in those yeeres ; because
the Lord had giuen him rest.
7 Therefore hee said vnto ludah
Let vs build these cities, & make about
them walles , and towers , gates and
barres, while the land is yet before vs :
because wee haue sought the Lord
our God, wee haue sought him, and hee
hath giuen vs rest on euery side : so they
built, and prospered.
8 And Asa had an armie of men that
bare targets and speares, out of ludah
three hundred thousand , and out of
Beniamin, that bare shields and drew
bowes , two hundred and fourescore
thousand : all these were mighty men of
valour.
9 II * And there came out against them
Zerah the Ethiopian, with an host of
a thousand thousand , and three hun-
dred charets, and came vnto Mareshah.
10 Then Asa went out against him,
and they set the battel in aray in the val-
ley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
11 And Asa cried vnto the Lord
his God, and said. Lord, it is ♦no-
thing with thee to helpe, whether with
many, or with them that haue no pow-
er. Helpe vs, O Lord our God, for
we rest on thee, and in thy Name wee
goe against this multitude: O Lord
thou art our God, let not ||man preuaile
against thee.
12 So the Lord smote the Ethio-
pians before Asa, and before ludah
and the Ethiopians fled.
13 And Asa and the people that were
with him , pursued them vnto Gerar
and the Ethiopians were ouerthrown,
that they could not recouer themselues,
for they were t destroyed before the
Lord, and before his hoste, and they
caried away very much spoile.
14 And they smote all the cities
round
t Hebr. sta-
tues.
t Heb. Sun-
images.
' Chap. 16.
'1. Sam. 14.
I Or, mortalt
man,
t Hebr. bro-
ken.
Ifraels coiienant
Chap.xv.
with God.
round about Gerar, for the feare of the
Lord came vpon them : and they
spoiled all the cities, for there was excee-
ding much spoile in them.
15 They smote also the tents of cat-
tell, and caried away sheepe and camels
inabundance , and returned to leru-
salem.
CHAP. XV.
1 Asa with ludah and many of Israel, moued by
the prophesie of Azarian the sonne of Ode<l,
make a solemne couenant with God. 16 He
putteth downe Maachah his mother, for her
idolatry. 18 He bringeth dedicate things into
the house of God, and enioyeth a long peace.
t Heb. be-
fore Asa.
t Hebr. bea-
ten in pieces.
t Heb. abo-
minations.
the Spirit of God^
vpon Azariah the
ND
came
Sonne of Oded.
2 And he went out tto
meet Asa , and said vnto
him, Heare ye me, Asa, and all ludah,
and Beniamin, The Lord is with
you, while yee be with him : and if yee
seeke him, he will be found of you: but
if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
3 Now for a long season Israel hat/t
bene without the true God, and with-
out a teaching priest, and without law.
4 But when they in their trouble
did turne vnto the Lord God of Is-
rael, and sought him, hee was found of
them.
5 And in those times there rvas no
peace to him that went out, nor to him
that came in, but great vexations zvere
vpon all the inhabitants of the coun-
treys.
6 And nation was t destroyed of na-
tion, and citie of citie: for God did vexe
them with all aduersitie.
7 Be ye strong therefore , and let
not your hands bee weake : for your
worke shall be rewarded.
8 And when Asa heard these words,
and the prophesie of Oded the prophet,
he tooke courage , and put away the
tabominable idoles out of all the lande
of ludah and Beniamin, and out of
the cities which hee had taken from
mount Ephraim, and renewed the Al-
tar of the Lord, that was before the
porch of the Lord.
9 And he gathered all ludah and
Beniamin , and the strangers with
them out of Ephraim and Manasseh,
and out of Simeon : (for they fell to him
out of Israel in abundance when they
saw that the Lord his God was with
him.)
10 So they gathered themselues to-
gether at lerusalem , in the third
moneth, in the fifteenth yeere of the
reigne of Asa.
11 And they offered vnto the Lord
tthe same time, of the spoile zohich they
had brought, seuen hundred oxen, and
seuen thousand sheepe.
12 And they entred into a couenant
to seeke the Lord God of their fa-
thers, with all their heart and with all
their soule :
13 That whosoeuer would not seeke
the Lord God of Israel, * should be
put to death, whether small or great,
whether man or woman.
14 And they sware vnto the Lord
with a loud voice, and with shouting,
and with trumpets, and with cornets.
15 And all ludah reioyced at the
oath : for they had sworne with all their
heart, & sought him with their whole
desire, and he was found of them : and
the Lord gaue them rest round a-
bout.
16 H And also concerning * Maachah
the mother of Asa the king, he remoo-
ued her from beeing Queene, because
she had made an tidole in a groue : and
Asa cut downe her idole, and stamped it,
and burnt it at the brooke Kidron.
17 But the high places were not ta-
ken away out of Israel : neuerthelesse
the heart of Asa was perfect all his
dayes.
18 If And he brought into the house
of God the things that his father had
dedicated, and that he himselfe had de-
dicated, siluer, and gold, and vessels.
19 And there was no more warre vn-
to the fine and thirtieth yeere of the
reigne of Asa.
CHAP. XVI.
1 Asa, by the aide of the Syrians, diuerteth Ba-
asha from building of Ramah. T Being re-
proued thereof by Hanani, he putteth him in
prison. 1 1 Among his other actes in his dis-
ease he seeketh not to God, but to the Physi-
tians. 13 Plis death and buriall.
N *the sixe and thirtieth
yeere of the reigne of Asa,
Baasha king of Israel
came vp against ludah,
and built Ramah , to the
intent that hee might let none goe out
or come in to Asa king of ludah.
2 Then
t Heb. in
that day.
' Deut J3. 9
• 1. King.
15. 13.
1 Heb. horror
. Kings
15. 17.
Afa his death, and
Il.Chron. biiriall. lehofhaphat.
t Heb. Dor.
meaek.
t Heb. which
were hit.
• Cha. 14. 9.
t Heb. in a-
bundance.
Or,strongly
toholdewith
them, ^c.
t Heb. cru-
thed.
2 Then Asa brought out sUuer and
golde out of the treasures of the house
of the Lord, and of the kings house,
and sent to Benhadad King of Syria
that dwelt at + Damascus, saying ;
3 There is a league betweene me and
thee , as there was betweene my father
and thy father : beholde , I haue sent
thee siluer and golde , goe, breake thy
league with Baasha king of Israel,
that he may depart from me.
4 And Benhadad hearkened vnto
king Asa, and sent the captaines of this
armies against the cities of Israel ; and
they smote lion , and Dan, and Abel-
maim, & all the store-cities of Naphtali
5 And it came to passe, when Baa-
sha heard it, that hee left off building of
Ramah, and let his worke cease.
6 Then Asa the king tooke all lu-
dah, and they caried away the stones of
Ramah, and the timber thereof, where-
with Baasha was a building, and hee
built therewith Geba and Mizpah.
7 H And at that time Hanani the
Seer came to Asa king of ludah, and
said vnto him, Because thou hast relyed
on the king of Syria, and not relyed on
the Lord thy God , therefore is the
hoste of the king of Syria escaped out of
thine hand.
8 Were • not the Ethiopians and
the Lubims a thuge hoste, with very
many charets and horsemen .'' Yet be-
cause thou diddest relie on the Lord,
he deliuered them into thine hand.
9 For the eyes of the Lord r
to and fro throughout the whole earth,
II to shewe himselfe strong in the behalfe
of them, whose heart is perfite towards
him. Herein thou hast done foolishly;
therefore, from hencefoorth thou shalt
haue warres.
10 Then Asa was wroth with the
Seer, and put him in a prison-house;
for he was in a rage with him because of
this thing. And Asatoppressed some of
the people the same time.
11 ITAnd behold, the actes of Asa first
and last, lo, they are written in the booke
of the Kings of ludah and Israel.
12 And Asa in the thirtie and ninth
yeere of his reigne, was diseased in his
feete , vntill his disease was exceeding
great: yet in his disease hee sought notto
the Lord, but to the Physicians.
13 IF And Asa slept with his fathers,
and died in the one and fourtieth yeere
of his reigne.
14 And they buried him in his owne
sepulchres which he had t made for him-
selfe in the citie of Dauid, and laide him
in the bed, which was filled with sweet
odours, and diuers kindes of spices pre-
pared by the Apothecaries arte : & they
made a very great burning for him.
CHAP. XVIL
lehoshaphat succeeding Asa, reigneth well,
and prospereth. 7 He sendeth Leuites with
the Princes to teach ludah. 10 His enemies
being terrified by God , some of them bring
him presents and tribute. 12 His greatnesse,
captaines and armies.
N D * lehoshaphat his
Sonne reigned in his stead,
and strengthened himselfe
against Israel.
2 And he placed forces
in all the fenced cities of ludah, and set
garisons in the land of ludah, and in
the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his fa-
ther had taken.
3 And the Lord was with le-
hoshaphat , because hee walked in the
first wayes of his father Dauid , and
sought not vnto Baalim :
4 But sought to the Lord God
of his father , and walked in his com-
mandements, and not after the doings
of Israel :
5 Therefore the Lord stablished
the kingdome in his hand , and all lu-
dah tbrought to lehoshaphat presents
and he had riches and honour in abun-
dance.
6 And his heart was ||lift vp in the
wayes of the Lord: moreouer hee
tooke away the high places and groues
out of ludah.
7 H Also in the third yeere of his
reigne, hee sent to his princes, euen to
Benhail , and to Obadiah, and to Ze-
chariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Mi-
chaiah, to teach in the cities of ludah :
8 And with them hee sent Leuites
euen Shemaiah , and Nethaniah, and
Zebadiah , and Asahel, and Shemira
moth , and lehonathan , and Adoni-
iah, and Tobiiah, and Tob-adoniiah,
Leuites : and with them, Elishama and
lehoram. Priests.
9 And they taught in ludah , and
had the book of the Law of the Lord
with them , and went about through-
out all the cities of ludah, and taught
the people.
10 t And
1 Heb. dig.
ged.
* I. King.
15. 24.
t Heb. gaue.
That is,
was encou-
raged.
His captaines.
Chap.xviij.
Ahabs prophets.
t Heb. was.
\ Or, palaces
t Hd). at his
hand.
I.King. 22
t Heb. at the
endofyeeres.
10 51 And the feare of the Lord
t fell vpon all the kingdomes of the
lands that ive7-e round about ludah, so
that they made no warre against le-
hoshaphat.
11 Also *oOTeof the Philistines brought
lehoshaphat presents, and tribute sil-
uer, and the Arabians brought him
flocks, seuen thousand and seuen hun-
dred rammes, and seuen thousand and
seuen hundred he goats.
12 H And lehoshaphat waxed great
exceedingly, and he built in ludah || ca-
stles, and cities of store.
13 And he had much businesse in the
cities of ludah : and the men of warre,
mightie men of valour, were in Jeru-
salem.
14 And these are the numbers of them
according to the house of their fathers :
Of ludah, the captaines of thousands
Adnah the chiefe, and with him mighty
men of valour, three hundred thousand.
15 And tnext to him was lehohanan
the captaine, and with him two hun-
dred and fourescore thousand.
16 And next him was Amasiah the
Sonne of Zichri, who willingly offered
himselfe vnto the Loud, and with
him two hundred thousand mightie
men of valour.
17 And of Beniamin, Eliada a migh-
tie man of valour, and with him , ar
med men with bow and shield two
hundred thousand.
18 And next him was lehoshabad,
and with him an hundred and foure
score thousand, ready prepared for the
warre.
19 These waited on the king, besides
those whom the king put in the fenced
cities throughout all ludah.
CHAP. XVIII.
lehoshaphat ioyned in affinitie with Ahab,
is perswaded to goe with him against Ra-
moth Gilead. 4 Ahab seduced by false
prophets, according to the worde of Mica-
lah is slaine there.
Ow lehoshaphat had ri-
ches and honour in abun-
dance, and ioyned affinitie
with Ahab.
2 *And t after certa'me
he went downe to Ahab to Sa-
maria : and Ahab killed sheepe and ox-
en forhim in abundance, and for the peo-
ple that he had with him, and perswa-
yeeres
ded him to goe vp with him to Ramoth
Gilead.
3 And Ahab king of Israel said vn-
to lehoshaphat king of ludah. Wilt
thou goe with me to Ramoth Gilead ?
And he answered him, I am as thou art,
and my people as thy people, and we wiU
be with thee in the warre.
4 H And lehoshaphat saide vnto
the king of Israel , Enquire , I pray
thee, at the word of the Lokd to day.
5 Therefore the king of Israel ga-
thered together of prophets foure hun-
dred men, and said vnto them, Shal we
goe to Ramoth Gilead to battel, or shal
I forbeare .'' And they said, Goe vp, for
God will deliuer it into the kings hand
6 But lehoshaphat saide, Is there
not here a Prophet of the Lord t be-
sides, that we might enquire of him ?
7 And the king of Israel said vnto
lehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by
whom we may enquire of the Lord
but I hate him, for he neuer prophesied
good vnto me, but alwayes euill : the
same is Micaiah the sonne of limla.
And lehoshaphat saide, Let not the
king say so.
8 And the king of Israel called for
one of his || officers, and saide, t Fetch
quickly Micaiah the sonne of limla.
9 And the king of Israel and leho-
shaphat king of ludah sate , either of
them on his throne, clothed in their
robes, and they sate in a ||voide place at
the entring in of the gate of Samaria,
and all the prophets prophesied before
them.
10 And Zedekiah the sonne of Che-
naanah, had made him homes of yron,
and said, Thus saith the Lord, With
these thou shalt push Syria, vntil tthey
be consumed.
11 And all the prophets prophesied
so, saying, Goe vp to Ramoth Gilead,
and prosper : for the Lord shall de-
liuer it into the hand of the king.
12 And the messenger that went to
call Micaiah, spake to him, saying. Be-
hold, the words of the prophets declare
good to the king twith one assent : let
thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like
one of theirs, and speake thou good.
13 And Micaiah said. As the Lord
liueth, euen what my God saith, that
will I speake.
14 And when hee was come to the
king, the king sayd vnto him, Micaiah,
shall we goe to Ramoth Gilead to bat-
tell,
MIeb.yetor
more.
Or, Etinu-
ches.
\Heb.hasten
I Or,jtoore.
t Hebr. thou
consume
them.
t Heb. with
one mouth.
Micaiahs prophecie.
Il.Ch
ron.
Ahab flaine.
I Or, but for
euiU.
• lob. 1. 6.
I Or,/rom
chamber to
chamber:
Heb. cfuim-
berma
chamber.
tell , or shall I fobreare ? and he sayd,
Goe yee vp, and prosper, and they shall
be deliuered into your hand.
15 And the king sayd to him, Howe
many times shall I adiure thee , that
thou say nothing but the truth to me, in
the name of the Lord ?
16 Then he sayd, I did see all Isra-
el scattered vpon the mountaines , as
sheepe that haue no shepheard : and the
Lord sayd, These haue no master, let
them returne tlicrefore, euery man to his
house in peace.
17 (And the king of Israel sayd to
lehoshaphat. Did I not tell thee, that
hee would not prophesie good vnto
mee, || but euill ?)
18 Againe he sayd; Therefore heare
the word of the Lord : I sawe the
Lord sitting vpon his throne, and
all the hoste of heauen standing on his
right hand, and on his left.
19 And the Lord sayd. Who shall
entise Ahab king of Israel, that hee
may goe vp and fall at Ramoth Gi-
lead ? And one spake, saying after this
maner, and another saying after that
maner.
20 Then there came out a * spirit,
and stood before the Lord, and sayd,
I will entise him. And the Lord
sayd vnto him, Wherewith ?
21 And hee sayd, I will goe out, and
be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his
prophets. And the Lord sayd. Thou
shalt entise Mm, and thou shalt also pre
uaile : goe out, and doe euen so.
22 Nowe therefore behold , the
Lord hath put a lying spirit in the
mouth of these thy prophets , and the
Lord hath spoken euill against thee.
23 Then Zedekiah the sonne of Che-
naanah, came neere, and smote Mica-
iah vpon the cheeke, and sayd. Which
way went the spirit of the Lord
from mee, to speake vnto thee.''
24 And Micaiah sayd , Behold,
thou shalt see on that day, when thou
shalt goe ||into an inner chamber to hide
thy selfe.
25 Then the king of Israel sayd.
Take yee Micaiah, and carie him backe
to Amon the gouemour of the citie, and
to loash the kings sonne :
26 And say, Thus saith the king.
Put this fellow in the prison, and feede
him with bread of affliction , and with
water of affliction , vntill I returne in
peace.
27 And Micaiah sayd, If thou cer-
tainly returne in peace, then hath not
the Lord spoken by mee. And hee
sayd. Hearken all yee people.
28 So the king of Israel , and le-
hoshaphat the king of ludah , went
vp to Ramoth Gilead.
29 And the king of Israel sayd vn-
to lehoshaphat , I will disguise my
selfe, and will goe to the battell, but put
thou on thy robes. So the king of Is
rael disguised himselfe, and they went to
the battell.
30 Now the king of Syria had com
maunded the captaines of the charets
that were with him, saying. Fight ye not
with small or great, saue onely with the
king of Israel.
31 And it came to passe when the
captaines of the charets saw lehosha-
phat, that they sayd, It is the king of
Israel : therefore they compassed about
him to fight. But lehoshaphat cryed
out, and the Lord helped him, and
God moued them to depart from him.
32 For it came to passe , that when
the captaines of the charets perceiued
that it was not the king of Israel, they
turned backe againe tfrom pursuing
him.
33 And a certaine man drew a bowe
tat a venture, and smote the king of Is-
rael tbetweene the ioints of the har-
nesse : therefore hee sayd to his charet-
man , Turne thine hand, that thou
mayest carie me out of the hoste, for I
am t wounded.
34 And the battell increased that day:
howbeit the king of Israel stayed him-
selfe vp in his charet against the Syri-
ans , vntill the Euen : and about the
time of the sunne going downe , hee
dyed.
CHAP. XIX.
1 lehoshaphat, reproued by lehu, visiteth his
kingdome. 5 His instructions to the Jud-
ges, 8 To the Priests and Leuites.
Nd lehoshaphat the
king of ludah returned
to his house in peace to
lerusalem.
2 And lehu the sonne
of Hanani the seer, went out to meete
him , and sayd to king lehoshaphat,
Shouldest thou helpe the vngodly, and
loue them that hate the Lord ?
Therefore ?,» wrath vpon thee from be-
fore the Lord.
3 Neuerthelesse,
i Heb. from
after him.
+ Ueb. in his
simpliciiie.
t Heb. be-
tweene the
ioints and
betweene the
brestplale.
t Heb. made
sicke.
lehoftiaphat: His
Chap.xx.
faft, and prayer.
• Chap. 17.
4,6.
t Heb. he re-
turned and
went mil.
t Hebr. in
the matter
ofiud^e-
ment.
Deut. 10.
17. iob 34.
19. act. 10.
34. rom. 2.
11. Col. 2.
6. l.pet. 1.
17.
t Hehr. take
courage and
doe.
3 Neuerthelesse , there * are good
things found in thee, in that thou hast
taken away the groues out of the land,
and hast prepared tliine heart to seeke
God.
4 And lehoshaphat dwelt at le-
rusalem : and thee went out againe
through the people , from Beer-sheba
to mount Ephraim, and brought them
backe vnto the Lord God of their
fathers.
5 If And he set ludges in the land,
throughout all the fenced cities of lu-
dah, city by city,
6 And said to the ludges , Take
heed what ye doe : for yee iudge not for
man, but for the Lord, who is with
you tin the iudgement.
7 Wherefore now , let the feare of
the Lord be vpon you, take heed
and doe it: for tliere is no * iniquitie with
the Lord our God, nor respect of
persons, nor taking of gifts.
8 % Moreouer in Jerusalem did le-
hoshaphat set of the Leuites, and of the
Priests, and of the chiefe of the fathers
of Israel , for the iudgement of the
Lord, and for controuersies, when
they returned to lerusalem.
9 And hee charged them , saying.
Thus shall yee doe in the feare of the
Lord faithfully, and with a perfect
heart.
10 And what cause soeuer shal come
to you of your brethren that dwell in
their cities , betweene blood and blood,
betweene Law and Commandement,
Statutes and ludgements , yee shall
euen warne them that they trespasse
not against the Lord, and so wrath
come vpon you, and vpon your bre-
thren: this doe, & ye shall not trespasse.
11 And behold , Amariah the chiefe
Priest is ouer you in all matters of the
Lord, and Zebadiah the sonne of
Ishmael, the ruler of the house of lu-
dah , for all the Kings matters : Also
the Leuites shall be officers before you.
t Deale couragiously, and the Lord
shalbe with the good.
CHAP. XX.
lehoshaphat, in his feare proclaimeth a fast.
5 His prayer. 1* The prophesie of laha-
ziel. 20 lehoshaphat exnorteth the people,
and setteth singerstopraisetheLord. 22 The
great ouerthrow of the enemies. 26 The
people hauing blessed Grod at Berachah, re-
turne in triumph. 31 lehoshaphats reigne.
35 His conuoy of ships, which he made with
Ahaziah, according to the prophesie of Elie-
zer, vnhappily perished.
T came to passe after this
also , that the children of
Moab, and the children of
Ammon, and with them,
other beside the Ammo-
nites , came against lehoshaphat to
battell.
2 Then there came some that tolde
lehoshaphat, saying. There commeth
a great multitude against thee from be-
yond the Sea on this side Syria , and
behold , they bee in Hazazon - Tamar,
which is En-gedi.
S And lehoshaphat feared, and set
thimselfe to seeke the Lord, and pro-
claimed a fast throughout all ludah.
4 And ludah gathered themselues
together, to aske helpe of the Lord
euen out of all the cities of ludah they
came to seeke the Lord.
5 f And lehoshaphat stood in the
Congregation of ludah and Jerusa-
lem, in the house of the Lord before
the new Court,
6 And said, O Lord God of our
fathers, art not thou God in heauen.'
and rulest not thou ouer all the king-
doms of the heathen ? and in thine hand
is there iiot power and might , so that
none is able to withstand thee .''
7 Art not thou our God, twho didst
driue out the inhabitants of this land
before thy people Israel , and gauest it
to the seed of Abraham thy friend for
euer .''
8 And they dwelt therein, and haue
built thee a Sanctuarie therein for thy
Name, saying,
9 *If, when euill commeth vpon
vs, as the sword, iudgement , or pesti-
lence , or famine, wee stand before this
house, and in thy presence (forthy Name
is in this house) and cry vnto thee in our
affliction, then thou wilt heare & helpe.
10 And now behold, the children of
Ammon, and Moab, and mount Seir,
whom thou *wouldest not let Israel
inuade, when they came out of the land
of Egypt, but they turned from them,
and destroyed them not :
11 Beholde, I say, how they reward
vs, to come to cast vs out of thy possessi-
on, which thou hast giuen vs to inherit.
12 0 our God , wilt thou not iudge
them .'' for wee haue no might against
3 P this
\Hebr. his
faee.
t Heh. dum.
Chap. 6.
28. 1. king.
8. 37.
' Deut. 2. 9.
God fighteth
Il.Chron.
for ludah.
iHeb.as-
cent.
I Or, vaUey.
• Isai. 7. 9.
t Heb. prai-
lers.
i Hell, and in
the time that
they, Src.
Mleb.tn sin-
ging and
praise.
this great company that commeth a-i
gainst vs ? neither know wee what to
doe ; but our eyes are vpon thee.
13 And all ludah stood before the
Lord, with their litle ones, their
wiues and their children.
14 H Then vpon lahaziel the sonne
of Zechariah , the sonne of Benaiah,
the Sonne of lehiel, the sonne of Mat-
taniah , a Leuite of the sons of Asaph,
came the Spirit of the Lord in the
midst of the Congregation :
15 And he said , Hearken yee, all lu
dah, and ye inhabitants of lerusalem,
and thou king lehoshaphat , Thus
sayth the Lord vnto you; Be not a-
fraid, nor dismayed by reason of this
great multitude ; for the battell is not
yours, but Gods.
16 To morrow goe ye downe against
them : behold , they come vp by the
t clifFe of Ziz, and ye shall finde them at
the end of the ||brooke, before the wil-
dernesse of leruel.
17 Yee shall not neede to fight in this
6fl<teZ/,-setyourselues,standyee«<iK,and
see the saluation of the Lord with
you , O ludah and lerusalem : feare
not, nor be dismayed; to morow goe out
against them, for the Lord will bee
with you.
18 And lehoshaphat bowed his
head, with his face to the ground : and
all ludah, and the inhabitants of le-
rusalem , fell before the Lord, wor-
shipping the Lord.
19 And the Leuites , of the children
of the Kohathites , and of the children
of the Korhites, stood vp to praise the
Lord God of Israel, with a loude
voice on high.
20 IT And they rose early in the mor
ning , and went foorth into the wilder
nesse of Tekoa : and as they went forth,
lehoshaphat stood and said, Heare me,
O ludah, and yee inhabitants of Je-
rusalem ; *Beleeue in the Lord your
God, so shall you be established; beleeue
his Prophets, so shall yee prosper.
21 And when he had consulted with
the people, he appointed Singers vnto
the Lord, and tthat should praise the
beautie of holinesse , as they went out
before the armie ; and to say. Praise the
L o R D, for his mercy endureth for euer.
22 ft And when they beganne tto
sing and to praise, the Lord set am-
bushments against the children of Am-
raon, Moab, and mount Seir, which
Or, they
smote one
another.
were come against ludah, and ||they
were smitten.
23 For the children of Ammon and
Moab, stood vp against the inhabitants
of mount Seir , vtterly to slay and de-
stroy them : and when they had made
an end of the inhabitants of Seir , eue-
ry one helped tto destroy another.
24 And when ludah came toward
the watch-tower in the wildernesse,
they looked vnto the multitude, and be-
hold, they were dead bodies fallen to the
earth, and t none escaped.
25 And when lehoshaphat and his
people came to take away the spoile of
them, they found among them in abun-
dance both riches with the dead bodies,
and precious iewels (which they stript
off for themselues) more then they could
cary away : and they were three dayes
in gathering of the spoile, it was so
much.
26 f And on the fourth day they as
sembled themselues in the valley of
Berachah ; for there they blessed the
Lord: therfore the name of the same
place was called the valley of Berachah
vnto this day.
27 Then they returned, euery man
of ludah and lerusalem, and leho-
shaphat in the tforefront of them, to go
againe to lerusalem with ioy : for the
Lord had made them to reioyce o-
uer their enemies.
28 And they came to lerusalem
with Psalteries, and harpes, and trum
pets, vnto the house of the Lord.
29 And the feare of God was on all
the kingdoms of those countreys, when
they had heard that the Lord fought
against the enemies of Israel.
30 So the Realme of lehoshaphat
was quiet ; for his God gaue him rest
round about.
31 f *And lehoshaphat reigned
ouer ludah : Hee was thirtie and fiue
yeeres olde when hee began to reigne,
and he reigned twentie and fiue yeeres
in lerusalem : and his mothers name
was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
32 And he walked in the way of Asa
his father, and departed not from it, do-
ing that which was right in the sight of
the Lord.
33 Howbeit the high places were not
taken away : for as yet the people had
not prepared their hearts vnto the God
of their fathers.
34 Now the rest of the actes of le-
hoshaphat
t Heb.M
the destru-
ction.
t Heb. there
was not an
escaping.
I That is.
i Heb. head.
' I. King.
22. 41, &C.
lehorams cruel tie :
Chap.xxj.
His great plague.
i Heb.words.
• 1. Kings
16. I.
t Heb. was
made to as-
eead.
. King.
22. 50.
•2. King. 8.
16, 17.
• Clia. 22. 2.
hoshaphat first and last , behold , they
are written in the tbooke of lehu the
Sonne of Hanani ; * who tis mentioned
in the booke of the Kings of Israel.
35 f And after this did lehosha-
phat king of ludah ioine himselfe with
Ahaziah king of Israel , who did very
wickedly :
36 And he ioyned himselfe with him
to make ships to goe to Tarshish : and
they made the ships in Ezion-Geber.
37 Then Eliezer the sonne of Do-
dauah of Mareshah, prophesied against
lehoshaphat , saying ; Because thou
hast ioyned thy selfe with Ahaziah, the
Lord hath broken thy workes : and
the ships were broken, that they were
not able to goe to Tarshish.
CHAP. XXI.
1 lehoram succeeding lehoshaphat, slayeth his
brethren. 5 His wicked reigne. 8 Edom
and Libnah reuolt. 12 The prophecie of
Eliiah against him in writing. 16 Philistines
and Arabians oppresse him. 18 His incura-
ble disease, infamous death, and buriall.
Ow • lehoshaphat slept
with his fathers, and was
buried with his fathers
in the citie of Dauid : and
lehoram his sonne reig-
ned in his stead.
2 And he had brethren the sonnes of
lehoshaphat , Azariah, and lehiel,
and Zechariah , and Azariah, and Mi-
chael , and Shephatiah : All these were
the sonnes of lehoshaphat king of Is-
rael.
3 And their father gaue them great
giftes of siluer and of golde, and of pre-
cious things, with fenced cities in lu-
dah : but the kingdome gaue hee to le-
horam, because he wa-t the first borne.
4 Now * when lehoram was ri-
sen vp to the kingdome of his father, he
strengthened himselfe, and slew all his
brethren with the sword, and diuers also
of the Princes of Israel.
5 H lehoram was thirtie and two
yeeres olde when hee began to reigne,
and hee reigned eight yeeres in leru-
salem.
6 And he walked in the way of the
kings of Israel, like as did the house of
Ahab : for hee had the daughter of * A-
hab to wife : and he wrought that which
was euill in the eyes of the Lord.
7 Howbeit the Lord would not
destroy the house of Dauid, because of
the couenant that hee had made with
Dauid, and as hee promised, to giue a
flight to him and to his • sons for euer.
8 f In his dayes the Edomites re-
uolted from vnder the tdominion of
ludah, and made themselues a king.
9 Then lehoram *went forth with
his Princes , and all his charets with
him : and he rose vp by night, and smote
the Edomites which compassed him in,
and the captaines of the charets.
10 So the Edomites reuolted from
vnder the hand of ludah vnto this
day. The same time also did Libnah
reuolt from vnder his hand, because he
had forsaken the Lord God of his
fathers.
11 Moreouer, he made high places in
the mountaines of ludah , and caused
the inhabitants of lerusalem to com-
mit fornication, and compelled ludah
thereto.
12 IT And there came a writing to
him from Eliiah the Prophet , saying.
Thus saith the Lord God of Dauid
thy father, Because thou hast not wal-
ked in the wayes of lehoshaphat thy
father, nor in the wayes of Asa king of
ludah :
13 But hast walked in the way of the
kings of Israel, and hast made ludah
and the inhabitants of lerusalem to
goe a whoring, like to the whoredomes
of the houseof Ahab,andalso hast slaine
thy brethren of thy fathers house, which
were better then thy selfe :
14 Behold, with a tgreat plague wil
the Lord smite thy people, and thy
children , and thy wiues , and all thy
goods.
15 And thou shalt haue great sicknesse
by disease of thy bowels, vntil thy bow-
els fall out , by reason of the sickenesse
day by day.
16 IF Moreouer, the Lord stirred
vp against lehoram the spirit of the
Philistines, and of the Arabians , that
were neere the Ethiopians.
17 And they came vp into ludah,
and brake into it, and tcaried away all
the substance that was found in the
kings house , and his sonnes also and
his wiues ; so that there was neuer a
sonne left him, saue ||Iehoahaz, the
yongest of his sonnes.
18 f And after all this, the Lord
smote him in his bowels, with an incu-
rable disease.
3 P 2 19 And
t Heb. lamp,
or candle.
* 2. Sam. 8.
1. Icing. 11.
.IS. 2. king.
8. 19. peal.
132. 11, &c.
t Heb. hand,
' 2. King.
8. 21.
t Heb. a
\greal stroke.
t Hekcaried
captiue.
I Or, Aha-
ziah, chap,
22. 1. or, A.
zariah,ver,
6.
Ahaziah wicked:
II. Ch
ron.
He is flaine.
19 And it came to passe, that in pro-
cesse of time, after the end of two yeres,
his bowels fell out by reason of his
sickenesse : so hee dyed of sore diseases.
And his people made no burning for
him, like the burning of his fathers.
20 Thirtie and two yeeres old was
he when he began to reigne, and he reig-
ned in Jerusalem eight yeeres, and de-
parted t without being desired : howbe-
it, they buried him in the citie of Dauid,
but not in the sepulchres of the kings.
CHAP. XXII.
1 Ahaziah succeeding, reigneth wickedly. 5 In
his confetleracie with loram the sonne of A-
hab,heisslainebylehu. loAthaliah destroy-
ing all the seed royall, saue loash, who leho-
shabeath his aunt hid, vsurpeth the kingdom
Nd *the inhabitants of
lerusalem made Ahazi-
ah his yongest sonne, king
in his stead : for the band
of men that came with the
Arabians to the campe , had slaine all
the •eldest. So Ahaziah the sonne of
lehoram king of ludah reigned.
2 Fourtie and two yeeres old was
Ahaziah, when he began to reigne, and
he reigned one yeere in lerusalem : his
mothers name also was * Athaliah the
daughter of Omri.
3 Hee also walked in the wayes of
the house of Ahab : for his mother was
his counseller to doe wickedly.
4 Wherefore he did euill in the sight
of the Lord, like the house of Ahab:
for they were his counsellers after the
death of his father, to his destruction.
5 H He walked also after their coun-
sel], and went with lehoram the sonne
of Ahab king of Israel , to warre a-
gainst Hazael king of Syria at Ra-
moth Gilead: and the Syrians smote
loram.
6 And he returned to bee healed in
lezreel, because of the wounds t which
were giuen him at Ramah when hee
fought with Hazael king of Syria.
And IIAzariah the sonne of lehoram
king of ludah, went downe to see le-
horam the Sonne of Ahab at lezreel,
because he was sicke.
7 And t the destruction of Ahaziah
was of God by comming to loram :
For when he was come , hee went out
with lehoram against lehu the sonne
of Nimshi, *whome the Loed had
t Heb. wUh.
out desire.
• !. King. 8.
24, &c.
'Chap. 21.
17.
' Cliapi SI. 6
t Heb. wher-
with they
wounded
him.
Otherwise
eatled Aha-
ziah, ver. 1.
^ lehoahaz
chap. 21. 17.
t Hehr. trea-
ding dawne.
•«. King.
9.7.
anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.
8 And it came to passe, that when
lehu was executing iudgement vpon
the house of Ahab, and found the prin-
ces of ludah, and the sonnes of the bre-
thren of Ahaziah, that ministred to A-
haziah, he slew them.
9 * And he sought Ahaziah : and
they caught him (for he was hid in Sa-
maria) and brought him to lehu : and
when they had slaine him, they buried
him : because, said they, hee is the sonne
of lehoshaphat , who sought the
Lord with all his heart. So the
house of Ahaziah had no power to keepe
still the kingdome.
10 IT *But when Athaliah the mo
ther of Ahaziah , sawe that her sonne
was dead, shee arose, and destroyed all
the seed royall of the house of ludah.
11 But lehoshabeath the daughter
of the king, tooke loash the sonne of
Ahaziah , and stole him from among
the kings sonnes, that were slaine, and
put him and his nurse in a bed chamber.
So lehoshabeath the daughter of
king lehoram , the wife of lehoiada
the priest ( for she was the sister of Aha-
ziah) hid him from Athaliah , so that
she slew him not.
12 And he was with them hid in the
house of God sixe yeeres, and Athaliah
reigned ouer the land.
CHAP. XXIIL
1 lehoiada hauing set things in order, maketh
Ioa.sh king. 12 Athaliah is slaine. 16 leho-
iada restoreth the worship of God.
Nd *in the seuenth yeere
lehoiada strengthened
himselfe , and tooke the
captaines of hundreds, A-
zariah the sonne of lero-
ham, and Ishmael the sonne of leho-
hanan, and Azariah the sonne of Obed,
and Maasiah the sonne of Adaiah, and
Elishaphat the sonne of Zichri, into co-
uenant with him.
2 And they went about in ludah,
and gathered the Leuites out of all the
cities of ludah, and the chiefe of the fa
thers of Israel, and they came to le-
rusalem.
3 And all the Congregation made
a couenant with the king in the house of
God : and he said vnto them, Beholde,
the kings sonne shall reigne , as the
Lord hath *said of the sonnes of
Dauid.
4 This
• 2. Kings
9.27.
•2. Kings
II. 1.
• 2. Kings
11. 4, &c.
• 2. Sam. 1 1
12. 1. kings
2. 4. and !i. .5
2. chr. B. 16.
and 7. 18.
loafti made king.
Chap.xxiiij.
Athaliah flaine.
t Hebr. thre-
sholds.
1 Hebr.
shoulder.
iHeb.hovse.
' Deut. 17.
18.
t Hebr. Let
the Kiiig
Hue.
t HiAr. can.
spiracie.
4 This is the thing that yee shall
doe, A third part of you entring on the
Sabbath, of the priests and of the Le-
uites, shulbe porters of the tdoores.
5 And a thirde part shall bee at the
kings house, and a third part at the gate
of the foundation : and all the people
shall be in the Courts of the house of the
Loud.
6 But let none come into the house
of the Lord, saue the Priests, & they
that minister of the Leuites, they shall
go in, for they are holy : but all thepeople
shall keepe the watch of the Lord
7 And the Leuites shall compasse
the king round about, euery man with
his weapons in his hand, and whoso-
euer else commeth into the house , hee
shalbe put to death: but be you with the
King when he commeth in, and when
he goeth out.
8 So the Leuites and all ludah
did according to all things that leho-
iada the Priest had commanded : and
tooke euery man his men that were to
come in on the Sabbath , with them
that were to goe out on the Sabbath :
for lehoiada the Priest dismissed not
the courses.
9 Moreouer, lehoiada the Priest
deliuered to the captaines of hundreds,
speares and bucklers, and shields, that
had bene King Dauids, which were in
the house of God.
10 And hee set all the people (euery
man hauing his weapon in his hand)
from the right tside of the t Temple, to
the left side of the Temple, along by the
Altar and the Temple, by the King,
round about.
11 Then they brought out the kings
Sonne, and put vpon him the Crowne,
and *gaue him the Testimony, and made
him King : and lehoiada and his
sonnes anointed him, and said, tGod
saue the King.
12 H Now when Athaliah heard
the noise of the people running and
praising the King; she came to the peo-
ple into the house of the Lord.
13 And she looked, and behold , the
king stood at his pillar, at the entring
in, and the Princes, and the trumpets
by the King : and all the people of the
land reioyced, and sounded with trum-
pets; also the singers with instruments
of musicke ; and such as taught to sing'
praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes,
and said, t Treason, treason.
14 Then lehoiada the Priest
brought out the captaines of hundreds,
that were set ouer the host, and said vn-
to. them, Haue her foorth of the ranges:
and who so followeth her, let him bee
slaine with the sword. For the Priest
said ; Slay her not in the house of the
Lord.
1.5 So they layd handes on her, and
when shee was come to the entring of
the horse gate, by the kings house, they
slew her there.
16 IT And lehoiada made a coue-
nant betweene him, and betweene all
the people, and betweene the king, that
they should be the Lords people.
17 Then all the people went to the
house of Baal, and brake it downe, and
brake his altars and his images in pie-
ces , and slew * Mattan the priest of
Baal before the altars.
18 Also lehoiada appointed the of-
fices of the house of the Lord by the
hand of the Priests the Leuites, whom
Dauid had ^'distributed in the house of
the Lord, to offer the burnt offrings
of the Lord, as it is written in the
* Law of Moses , with reioycing and
with singing,a« it wasordeined.\hy'DamA.
19 And he set the* porters at the gates
of the house of the Lord, that none
which was vncleane in any thing,
should enter in.
20 And hee tooke the captaines of
hundreds, and the nobles, and the go-
uernours of the people, and all the peo
pie of the land, and brought downe the
king from the house of the Lord:
and they came through the high gate
into the kings house , and set the king
vpon the throne of the kingdome.
21 And all the people of the land re
ioyced, and the city was quiet, after that
they had slaine Athaliah w the sword.
CHAP. XXIIIL
1 loash reigneth well, all the dayes of lehoiada.
4 Hee giueth order for the repaire of the
Temple. 15 lehoiada, his death and ho-
nourable buriall. 17 loash falling to idola-
trie, slaieth Zechariah tlie sonne of lehoiada.
23 loash is spoiled by the Syrians, and slaine
by Zabad and lehozabad. 27 Amaziah
succeedcth him.
Oasli *was seuen yeeres
old when he beganne to
reigne; andhereignedfor-
tie yeeres in lerusalem :
his mothers name also
xi-as
Deut. 13.
13. 9.
1. Chro.
24. 1.
Num. 28.
2.
t Hebr. by
the hamts of
Dauid.
* 1. Chro.
1. &c.
2. Kin. 12.
1. &c.
loaih hivS zeale.
Il.Chron.
lehoiada dieth.
t Heb. to re-
new.
• Exod. 30.
12, 13, 14.
t Hebr. a
voice.
was Zibiah, of Beer-sheba.
2 And loash did that which was
right in the sight of the Lord, all the
dayes of lehoiada the Priest.
3 And lehoiada tooke for him two
wiues, and he begat sonnes and daugh-
ters.
4 1[ And it came to passe after this
that loash was minded tto repaire the
house of the Lord.
5 And hee gathered together the
priests and the Leuites, and saide to
them, Go out vnto the cities of ludah,
and gather of all Israel money to re-
paire the house of your God from yeere
to yere, and see that ye haste the matter:
howbeit the Leuites hastened it not.
6 And the king called for lehoiada
the chiefe, and saide vnto him, Why hast
thou not required of the Leuites to
bring in out of ludah and out of leru
salem,thecollection,«ccordin^to/Aet'077»-
matidement of* Moses the seruant of the
Lord, and of the Congregation of
Israel, for the tabernacle of Witnesse.-*
7 For the sonnes of Athaliah that
wicked woman, had broken vp the
house of God, and also all the dedicate
things of the house of the Lord, did
they bestow vpon Baalim.
8 And at the kings commandement
they made a chest, and set it without, at
the gate of the house of the Lord.
9 And they made ta proclamation
through ludah & lerusalem, to bring
in to the Lord, the collection that
Moses the seruant of God laid vpon Is-
rael in the wildernesse.
10 And all the Princes and all the
people reioyced, and brought in, and cast
into the chest, vntill they had made an
ende.
11 Now it came to passe that at what
time the chest was brought vnto the
kings office, by the hand of the Leuites:
and when they sawe that there was much
money : the kings Scribe, and the high
priests officer , came and emptied the
chest, and tooke it, and caried it to his
place againe. Thus they did day by day,
and gathered money in abundance.
12 And the king and lehoiada gaue
it to such as did the worke of the seruice
of the house of the Lord, anddhifed
Masons and carpenters to repaire the
house of the Lord , and also such as
wrought yron and brasse to mend the
house of the Lord.
13 So the workemen wrought, and
tthe worke was perfected by them : and
they set the house of God in his state,
and strengthened it.
14 And when they had finished it,
they brought the rest of the money be-
fore the king and lehoiada , whereof
were made vessels for the house of the
Lord, euen vessels to minister and to
II offer withall, and spoones, and vessels
of golde and siluer : and they offered
burnt offerings in the house of the
Lord continually , all the dayes of
lehoiada.
15 H But lehoiada waxed old, and
was full of dayes when hee died : an
hundred and thirtie yeeres olde was hee
when hee died.
16 And they buried him in the citie of
Dauid among the kings, because he had
done good in Israel , both towards
God, and towards his house.
17 Now after the death of lehoia-
da, came the Princes of ludah , and
made obeysance to the king : then the
king hearkened vnto them.
18 And they left the house of the
Lord God of their fathers, and ser
ued groues and idols : and wrath came
vpon ludah and lerusalem for this
their trespasse.
19 Yet hee sent prophets to them to
bring them againe vnto the Lord,
and they testified against them: but they
|Would not giue eare.
I 20 And the spirit of God tcame vp-
on Zechariah the sonne of lehoiada
the priest, which stood aboue the people,
and said vnto them : Thus saith God,
!Why transgresse yee the commande
ments of the Lord, that yee cannot
prosper.? because yee haue forsaken the
I Lord, he hath also forsaken you.
I 21 And they conspired against him,
and stoned him with stones at the com-
mandement of the king, in the court of
the house of the Lord.
I 22 Thus loash the king remem
bred not the kindnesse which lehoiada
his father bad done to him, but slew his
Sonne: and when he died, he said. The
jLoRD looke vpon it, and require it.
23 H And it came to passe tat the end
of the yeere , that the hoste of Syria
came vp against him : and they came to
ludah and lerusalem, and destroyed
all the Princes of the people from a-
mong the people, and sent all the spoile
of them vnto the king of t Damascus.
I 24 For the armie of the Syrians
i Hebr. the
healinff
wentvpvpon
the worke.
I Or, peitili.
t Heb. clo-
thed.
t Heb. in the
reuolutionof
the yeere.
t Heb. Dar-
mesek.
loafli flaine.
Chap
.XXV
Amaziah king.
I Or, loza
char, 2. king
12. 21.
Or,Sho-
mer.
iHeb. foun-
ding.
I Or, Com.
mentarie.
2. King.
14. 1, &c.
t Heb. con.
firmed vpon
him.
came with a small companie of men,
and the Lo k d deliuered a very great
hoste into their hand, because they had
forsaken the Lord God of their fa-
thers : so they executed iudgement a-
gainst loash.
25 And when they were departed
from him (for they left him in great dis-
eases) his owne seruants conspired a-
gainst him , for the blood of the sonnes
of lehoiada the Priest, and slewe him
on his bed, and he died : and they buried
him in the citie of Dauid, but they bu-
ried him not in the sepulchres of the
Kings.
26 And these are they that conspired
against him ; ||Zabad the sonne of Shi-
meah an Ammonitesse, and lehoza-
bad the sonne of ||Shimrith a Moabi-
tesse.
27 IT Now concerning his sonnes,
and the greatnesse of the burdens laide
vpon him , and the t repairing of the
house of God, behold, they are written
in the || story of the booke of the Kings.
And Amaziah his sonne reigned in his
stead.
CHAP. XXV.
1 Amaziah beginneth to reigne well. 3 Hee
executeth iustice on the traitours. S Hauing
hired an armie of Israelites against the Edo-
mites, at the word of a Prophet, he loseth the
hundred talents, and dismisseth them. 11 He
ouerthroweth the Edomites. 10. 13 The Is-
raelites discontented with their dismission,
spoile as they returne home. 14 Amaziah
proud of his victory, serueth the gods of E-
dom, and despiseth the admonitions of the
Prophet. 17 Hee prouoketh loash to his o-
uertnrow. 25 His reigne. 27 Hee is slaine
by conspiracie.
Maziah *ivas twentie and
fine yeeres olde when hee
began to reigne, and hee
reigned twentie and nine
yeeres in Jerusalem, and
his mothers name was lehoadan of
Jerusalem.
2 And hee did that which was right
in the sight of the Lord, but not with
a perfite heart.
3 H Now it came to passe when the
kingdome was testablished to him, that
he slew his seruants, that had killed the
king his father.
4 But hee slewe not their children,
but did as it is written in the Law in the
booke of Moses, where the Lord
commanded, saying, *The fathers shall
not die for the children, neither shall the
children die for the fathers ; but euery
man shall die for his owne sinne.
5 H Moreouer, Amaziah gathered
ludah together, and made them Cap-
taines ouer thousands, and captaines
ouer hundreds, according to the houses
of their fathers, throughout all ludah
and Beniamin : And he numbred them
from twentie yeeres olde and aboue,
and found them three hundred thou-
sand choice men , able to goe foorth to
warre , tliat could handle speare and
shield.
6 Hee hired also an hundred thou-
sand mightie men of valour, out of Is-
rael, for an hundred talents of siluer.
7 But there came a man of God to
him, saying, O king, let not the armie of
Israel goe with thee : for the Lord
is not with Israel, to wit, with all the
children of Ephraim.
8 But if thou wilt goe, doe it, bee
strong for the battell : God shall make
thee fall before the enemy : for God hath
power to helpe, and to cast downe.
9 And Amaziah said to the man of
God , But what shall wee doe for the
hundred talents which I haue giuen to
the t armie of Israel ? And the man of
God answered. The Lord is able
to giue thee much more then this.
10 Then Amaziah separated them,
to wit, the armie that was come to him
out of Ephraim , to goe thome againe.
Wherfore their anger was greatly kin-
dled against ludah, and they returned
home in t great anger.
11 IT And Amaziah strengthened
himselfe , and ledde foorth his people,
and went to the valley of salt, and smote
of the children of Seir, ten thousand.
1 2 And other ten thousand left aliue,
did the children of ludah cary away
captiue, and brought them vnto the top
of the rocke, and cast them downe from
the top of the rocke , that they all were
broken in pieces.
13 H But the tsouldiers of the army
which Amaziah sent backe , that they
should not goe with him to battell , fell
vpon the cities of ludah, from Sama-
ria euen vnto Beth-horon, and smote
three thousand of them, and took much
spoile.
14 1i Now it came to passe, after
that Amaziah was come from the
slaughter of the Edomites , that hee
brought
• Deut. 24.
16. 2. king.
14. 6. iere.
31. .10. ezek,
18. 20.
i Heb. band.
t Heb. to
their place.
t Heb. in
heat ofari-
ger.
i Heb. the
sonnes of the
barul.
Amaziah taken.
ll.Chron.
He is flaine.
t Heb. coun-
aetled.
"2. King. 14,
8,9.
I Or,/urre
bush, or
thome.
t Hebr. a
beast of the
field.
tHebr.imit-
len.
t Hebr. Oie
gate of it thai
looketh.
brought the gods of the children of
Seir , and set them vp to be his gods,
and bowed down himselfe before them,
and burned incense vnto them.
15 Wherfore the anger of the Lord
was kindled against Amaziah, and hee
sent vnto him a Prophet, which said vn-
to him. Why hast thou sought after the
gods of the people, which could not de-
liuer their owne people out of thine
hand ?
16 And it came to passe as hee talked
ith him , that the khiff said vnto him.
Art thou made of the Kings counsell ?
forbeare; why shouldest thou be smit-
ten ? Then the Prophet forbare , and
said, I know that God hath t determi-
ned to destroy thee, because thou hast
done this, and hast not hearkened vnto
my counsell.
17 IF Then Amaziah king of ludah
tooke aduice, and sent to loash the
Sonne of lehoahaz the sonne of lehu,
king of Israel, saying, Come, let vs see
one another in the face.
18 * And loash king of Israel sent
to Amaziah king of ludah , saying.
The II thistle that was in Lebanon, sent
to the Cedar that was in Lebanon, say
ing, Giue thy daughter to my sonne to
wife : and there passed by a t wild beast
that was in Lebanon, and trode downe
the thistle.
19 Thou say est, Loe, thou hast smit-
ten the Edomites , and thine heart lif-
teth thee vp to boast. Abide now at
home, why shouldest thou meddle to
thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, etien
thou, and ludah with thee ?
20 But Amaziah would not heare:
for it came of God, that he might deliuer
them into the hand of their enemies, be-
cause they sought after the gods of
Edom.
SI So loash the King of Israel
went vp, and they saw one another in
the face, both hee and Amaziah King of
ludah at Beth-shemesh , which behn-
geth to ludah.
22 And ludah was tput to the
worse before Israel, and they fled eue-
ry man to his tent.
23 And loash the king of Israel
tooke Amaziah king of ludah the son
of loash, the son of loahaz, at Beth-
shemesh , and brought him to lerusa-
lem, and brake downe the wall of le-
rusalem , from the gate of Ephraim to
tthe comer gate, foure hundred cubits.
24 And hee tooke all the gold and the
siluer , and all the vessels that were
found in the house of God with Obed-
Edom , and the treasures of the kings
house, the hostages also, and returned
to Samaria.
25 H And Amaziah the sonne of
loash King of ludah lined after the
death of loash sonne of lehoahaz
king of Israel, fifteene yeeres.
26 Now the rest of the acts of Ama-
ziah, first and last, behold, are they not
written in the booke of the Kings of
ludah and Israel ?
27 f Now after the time that A-
maziah did turne away tfrom follow-
ing the Loud, they tmade a conspi-
racie against him in lerusalem , and he
fled to Lachish : but they sent to La-
chish after him, and slew him there
28 And they brought him vpon
horses, and buried him with his fathers
in the citie of || ludah.
CHAP. XXVI.
1 Vzziah succeeding, and reigning well in the
dayes of Zechariah, prospereth. 16 Wax
ing proud, he inuadetn the Priests office, and
is smitten with leprosie. 22 Hee dieth,and
lotham succeedetn him.
Hen all the people of
ludah * tooke || Vzziah,
who was sixteene yeeres
old, and made him King
in the roome of his fa-
ther Amaziah.
2 He built Eloth, and restored it to
ludah : after that the King slept with
his fathers.
3 Sixteene yeeres old was Vzziah,
when he began to reigne, and he reig-
ned fiftie and two yeeres in lerusalem :
his mothers name also was lecoliah of
lerusalem.
4 And hee did that which was right
in the sight of the Lord, according to
all that his father Amaziah did.
5 And hee sought God in the dayes
of Zechariah, who had vnderstanding
tin the visions of God : and as long as
he sought the Lokd, God made him
to prosper.
6 And hee went foorth and warred
against the Philistines, & brake downe
the wall of Gath, and the wall of lab-
neh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built
cities II about Ashdod, and among the
Philistines.
7 And
t Heb. from
after.
t Hebr. con-
spired a con-
spiracie.
That is,
the citie of
Dauid, as it
is 2. king.H.
20.
• 2. King.
14. 21. and
15. 1.
I Or, Aza-
riah.
t Hebr. in
the seeing of
God.
I Or, in the
countrey
of Ashdod.
Vzziahs ftrength :
Chap.xxvij.
He is leprous.
t Heb. went.
I Or., repai-
red.
I Or, ad out
many ci-
stemes.
Or,fruit-
fullfields.
i Hebr.
ground.
^Hebr. the
power of an
armie.
t Heb. stones
of slings.
t Heb. went
/oorth.
"Num. 1&7
7 And God helped him against the
Philistines, and against the Arabians,
that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Me-
hunims.
8 And the Ammonites gaue gifts
to Vzziah, and his name tspread abroad
euen to the entring in of Egypt : for hee
strengthened himselfe exceedingly.
9 Moreouer Vzziah built towers
in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at
the valley gate, and at the turning of the
wall, and || fortified them.
10 Also he built towers in the desert,
and II digged many welles, for hee had
much cattell, both in the low countrey,
and in the plaines : husbandmen also,
and vine dressers in the mountaines,
and in ||Carmel: for hee loued +hus-
bandrie.
11 Moreouer, Vzziah had an host of
fighting men, that went out to warre
by bands, according to the number of
their account, by the hand of leiel the
Scribe, and Maasiah the ruler, vnder
the hand of Hananiah, one of the kings
captaines.
12 The whole number of the chiefe
of the fathers of the mightie men of va-
lour, were two thousand and sixe hun-
dred.
13 And vnder their hand was tan ar-
mie, three hundred thousand, and seuen
thousand, and fiue hundred, that made
warre with mightie power, to helpe
the king against the enemie.
14 And Vzziah prepared for them
throughout all the hoste , shields, and
speares, and helmets, and habergions,
and bowes, and t slings to cast stones.
15 And hee made in Jerusalem en-
gines inuented by cunning men, to bee
on the towers, & vpon the bulwarks,
to shoote arrowes and great stones
withall: and his name tspread farre a-
broad, for he was marueilously helped,
till he was strong.
16 II But when he was strong, his
heart was lifted vp to his destruction :
for he transgressed against the Lord
his God , and went into the temple of
the Lord, to burne incense vpon the
altar of incense.
17 And Azariah the priest went in
after him , and with him fourescore
priests of the Lord, that were vali
ant men.
18 And they withstood Vzziah the
king, and said vnto him, It *perteineth
not vnto thee, Vzziah, to burne incense
vnto the Lord, but to the *priestes
the sonnes of Aaron, that are consecra-
ted to burne incense. Goe out of the
Sanctuarie; for thou hast trespassed,
neither shall it be for thine honour from
the Lord God.
19 Then Vzziah was wroth , and
had a censer in his hand, to burne in-
cense, and while he was wroth with the
priests , the leprosie euen rose vp in his
forehead, before the priests, in the house
of the Lord, from beside the incense
altar.
20 And Azariah the chiefe priest, and
all the priests looked vpon him, and be-
hold, he was leprous in his forehead,
and they thrust him out from thence,
yea himselfe * hasted also to goe out, be-
cause the Lord had smitten him.
21 * And Vzziah the king was a le-
per vnto the day of his death, and dwelt
in a * seuerall house being a leper, for he
was cut off from the house of the
Lord: and lotham his sonne was
ouer the kings hoube, iudging the peo-
ple of the land.
22 f Now the rest of the actes of
Vzziah first and last, did Isaiah the
prophet the sonne of Amoz write.
23 So Vzziah slept with his fathers,
and they buried him with his fathers in
the field of the buriall which belcmg-ed to
the kings : for they saide. He w a leper :
And lotham his sonne reigned in his
stead.
CHAP. xxvn.
1 lotham reigning well, prospereth. S He sub-
is reigne. 9Ahaz
dueth the Ammonites,
succeedeth him.
Otham *was twenty and
fiue yeeres olde, when hee
began to reigne , and hee
reigned sixteene yeeres in
Jerusalem : his mothers
name also was lerushah, the daughter
of Zadok.
2 And he did that which was right in
the sight of the L o r d , according to
all that his father Vzziah did : howbeit
hee entred not into the temple of the
Lord. And the people did yet cor-
ruptly.
3 lie built the high gate of the house
of the Lord, and on the wall of || O-
phel, he built much.
4 Moreouer hee built cities in the
mountaines of Judah, and in the for-
rests he built castles and towers.
3 Q 5 f He
• Exo. 30. 7
• As Ester 6
12.
•2. Kings
IS. 5.
* Leuit. 13.
46.
\ Heb. free.
* 2. Kings
15. 32.
II Or, the
tower.
lotham. Ahaz.
Il.Chron.
Ifraels crueltie.
t Hel). much.
I Or, ealabli-
thed.
"«. King.
16. 2.
I Or, offered
tacriflce.
" Leuit. 18.
21.
t Heh. Dar.
metek.
5 H He fought also with the king of
the Ammonites , and preuailed against
them. And tlie children of Ammon gaue
him the same yeere an hundred talents
of siluer, and ten thousand measures of
wheate,and tenne thousand of barley.
tSo much did the children of Ammon
pay vnto him , both the second yeere,
and the third.
6 So lotham became mightie, be-
cause he II prepared his wayes before the
Lord his God.
7 U Now the rest of the actes of
lotham, and all his warres , and his
wayes, lo, they are written in the booke
of the Kings of Israel and ludah.
8 Hee was fine and twentie yeeres
olde when he began to reigne, and reig-
ned sixteene yeeres in lerusalem.
9 H And lotham slept with his fa-
thers, and they buried him in the city of
Dauid : and Ahaz his sonne reigned in
his stead.
CHAP. XXVIII.
1 Ahaz reigning very wickedly, is greatly affli
cted by the Syrians. 6 ludah being captiua-
ted by the Israelites, is senthomeby the coun-
sell of Oded the Prophet. 16 Ahaz sending
for aide to Assyria, is not helped thereby. 22
In his distresse, he groweth more idolatrous.
26 He dying, Hezekiah succeedeth him.
Haz *was twentie yeeres
olde when hee beganne to
reigne, and he reigned six-
teene yeres in lerusalem:
but hee did not that which
was right in the sight of the Lord ,
like Dauid his father.
2 For he walked in the wayes of the
Kings of Israel, and made also molten
images for Baalim.
3 Moreouer, he || burnt incense in the
valley of the sonne of Hinnom, & burnt
♦ his children in the fire, after the abo-
minations of the heathen, whome the
Lord had cast out before the children
of Israel.
4 Hee sacrificed also, and burnt in
cense in the high places, and on the hils,
and vnder euery greene tree.
5 Wherefore the Lord his God
deliuered him into the hand of the king
of Syria, and they smote him , and ca-
ried away a great multitude of them
captiues, and brought them to t Damas
cus : And he was also deliuered into the
hand of the king of Israel, who smote
him wich a great slaughter.
6 IT For Pekah the sonne of Rema-
liah slew in ludah an hundred & twen-
tie thousand in one day, which were all
t valiant men : because they had forsa-
ken the Lord God of their fathers.
7 And Zichri a mightie man of E-
phraim, slue Maaseiah the kings sonne,
and Azrikam the gouernour of the
house, and Elkanah that was tnext to
the King.
8 And the children of Israel caried
away captiue of their brethren , two
hundred thousand, women, sonnes and
daughters, and tooke also away much
spoile from them, and brought the spoile
to Samaria.
9 But a Prophet of the Lord
as there , whose name was Oded
and hee went out before the hoste that
came to Samaria, and said vnto them,
Behold, because the Lord God of
your fathers was wroth with ludah,
he hath deliuered them into your hand,
and yee haue slaine them in a rage that
reacheth vp vnto heauen.
10 And now ye purpose to keepe vn-
der the children of ludah and lerusa-
lem for bondmen, and bondwomen vn-
to you: But are there not with you, euen
with you, sinnes against the Lord
your God ?
11 Now heare me therefore, and de-
liuer the captiues againe, which ye haue
taken captiue of your brethren : for the
fierce wrath of God is vpon you.
12 Then certeine of the heads of the
children of Ephraim, Azariah the sonne
of lohanan , Berechiah the sonne of
Meshillemoth , and lehizkiah the son
of Shallum , and Amasa the sonne of
Hadlai, stood vp against them that came
from the warre,
13 And said vnto them. Ye shall not
bring in the captiues hither : for where-
as wee haue offended against the
Lord already/, ye intend to adde more
to our sinnes and to our trespasse : for
our trespasse is great, and there is fierce
wrath against Israel.
14 So the armed men left the cap-
tiues, and the spoile before the Princes,
and all the congregation.
15 And the men which were expressed
by name , rose vp and tooke the cap-
tiues, aud with the spoile clothed all
that were naked among them , and a-
rayed them , and shod them , and gaue
them to eate and to drinke, and anoin
ted
tHeb. sonnes
of valour.
\Heh. the
secotul to the
King.
Ahaz an idolater
Chap
.xxxix.
Hezekiah king.
• Deut. 34.
.\Hebr.a
captiuilie.
iHeb.Dar-
mesek.
I Or, to offer.
ted them , and caried all the feeble of
them vpon asses, and brought them to
lericho , * the city of palme - trees , to
their brethren : then they returned to
Samaria.
16 H At that time did king Ahaz
send vnto the kings of Assyria to helpe
him.
17 For againe the Edomites had
come and smitten ludah, and caried a-
way + captiues.
18 The PhiHstines also had inuaded
the cities of the low - countrey , and of
the South of ludah , and had taken
Beth-shemesh , and Aialon, and Gede-
roth , and Shocho with the villages
thereof, and Timnah with the villages
thereof, Gimzo also, and the villages
thereof: and they dwelt there.
19 For the Lord brought ludah
low, because of Ahaz king of Israel; for
he made ludah naked , and transgres
sed sore against the Lord.
20 And Tilgath-Pilneser king of
Assyria came vnto him , and distressed
him, but strengthened him not.
21 For Ahaz tooke away a portion
out of the house of the Lord, and mit
of the house of the King , and of the
Princes , and gaue it vnto the King of
Assyria : but he helped him not.
22 H And in the time of this distresse
did hee trespasse yet more against the
Lord: This is that king Ahaz.
23 For he sacrificed vnto the gods of
t Damascus , which smote him : and he
said, I5ecause the gods of the kings of
Syria helpe them, therefore will I sa-
crifice to them, that they may helpe me :
but they were the ruine of him, and of
all Israel.
24 And Ahaz gathered together the
vessels of the house of God, and cut in
pieces the vessels of the house of God,
and shut vp the doores of the house of
the Lord , and hee made him altars
in euery corner of lerusalem.
25 And in euery seuerall city of lu-
dah hee made high places to ||burne in-
cense vnto other gods , and prouoked
to anger the Lord God of his fa-
thers.
26 H Now the rest of his acts, and
of all his wayes , first and last, behold,
they are written in the booke of the
kings of ludah and Israel.
27 And Ahaz slept with his fa-
thers , and they buried him in the citie,
euen in lerusalem : but they brought
• 2. King.
18. I.
him not into the sepulchres of the kings
of Israel : and Hezekiah his sonne reig-
ned in his stead.
CHAP. XXIX.
I Hezekiah his gowl reigne. 3 He restoreth
Religion. 5 He exhorteth the Leuites. 12
They sanctifie themselues , and cleanse the
house of God. 20 Hezekiah offereth so-
lemne sacrifices , wherein the Leuites were
more forward then the Priests.
Ezekiah *began to reigne
when hee was fiue and
twentie yeeres old, and he
reigned nine and twentie
yeeres in lerusalem : and
his mothers name was Abiiah the
daughter of Zechariah.
2 And hee did that which was right
in the sight of the Lord, according to
all that Dauid his father had done,
3 1[ He, in the first yere of his reigne,
in the first moneth , opened the doores
of the house of the Loed, and repai-
red them.
4 And hee brought in the Priests,
and the Leuites , and gathered them
together into the East street,
5 And said vnto them, Heare me, ye
Leuites, sanctifie now your selues, and
sanctifie the house of the Lord God
of your fathers, and caryfoorth the fil-
thinesse out of the holy place.
6 For our fathers haue trespassed,
and done that which teas euill in the
eyes of the Lord our God, and haue
forsaken him, and haue turned away
their faces from the habitation of the
Lord, and t turned their backs.
7 Also they haue shut vp the doores
of the Porch , and put out the lampes,
and haue not burnt incense, nor offered
burnt offerings in the holy place , vnto
the God of Israel.
8 Wherfbre the wrath of the Lord
was vpon ludah and lerusalem, and
he hath deliuered them to t trouble, to ^Hebr.com-
. , - , . . ^ moivm,
astonishment, and to hissing, as yee see
with your eyes.
9 For loe, our fathers haue fallen
by the sword , and our sonnes and our
daughters, and our wiues, are in capti
uitie for this.
10 Now it is in mine heart to make a
couenant with the Lord God of Is-
rael, that his fierce wrath may tume a-
way from vs.
11 My sonnes, 11 bee not now negli- tOr,benpt
•' A >v ^ ^ now decet-
3 Q 2 gent : ued.
t Hebr. gu
uen the
necke.
The clenfing
Il.Chron.
of the Temple"
•Num. a 14
■Dd IS. 2, 6.
I Or, offer
lacr^ict.
I Or, in the
bttstnesof
the Lord.
• Leult. 4.
14.
gent : for the Lord hath * chosen you
to stand before him, to serue him , and
that you should minister vnto him, and
yburne incense.
12 H Then the Leuites arose, Ma-
hath the Sonne of Amashai , and loel
the Sonne of Azariah , of the sonnes of
the Kohathites : and of the sonnes of
Merari , Kish the sonne of Abdi, and
Azariah the sonne of lahalelel : and of
the Gershonites loah , the sonne of
Zimmah, and Eden the sonne of loah :
13 And of the sonnes of Elizaphan,
Shimri, and lehiel : and of the sonnes
of Asaph , Zechariah and Mattaniah :
14 And of the sonnes of Heman, le-
hiel, and Shimei : and of the sonnes of
leduthun, Shemaiah and Vzziel.
15 And they gathered their brethren,
and sanctified themselues, and came ac-
cording to the commandement of the
king, II by the words of the Lord, to
cleanse the house of the Lord.
16 And the priests went into the inner
part of the house of the Lord, to
cleanse it, and brought out all the vn-
cleannes that they found in the temple
of the Lord, into the court of the
house of the Lord. And the Leuites
tooke it, to carie it out abroad into the
brooke Kidron.
17 Now they began on the first day
of the first moneth to sanctifie , and on
the eight day of the moneth, came they
to the porch of the Lord. So they
sanctified the house of the Lord in
eight dayes, and in the sixteenth day of
the first moneth, they made an end.
18 Then they went in to Hezekiah
the king, and said, We haue cleansed all
the house of the Lord, and the altar
of burnt offering, with all the vessels
thereof, and the shew -bread table, with
all the vessels thereof.
19 Moreouer all the vessels which
king Ahaz in his reigne did cast away
in his transgression, haue we prepared
and sanctified, and behold, they are be-
fore the altar of the Lord.
20 % Then Hezekiah the king rose
earely, and gathered the rulers of the
citie, and went vp to the house of the
Lord.
21 And they brought seuen bullocks
and seuen rammes, and seuen lambes,
and seuen hee goats for a * sinne offring
for the kingdome, and for the Sanctu-
arie, and for ludah : and he coramaun-
ded the priests the sonnes of Aaron to
Leuit. 8.
14, IS. beb.
9. 21.
• Leult. 4.
15.
•l.Cbro. 16
4. and 25. 6.
by the
the
'o/ti
ofier them on the Altar of the Lord.
22 So they killed the bullockes, and
the priestes receiued the blood , and
* sprinkled it on the altar: likewise when
they had killed the rams, they sprinkled
the blood vpon the altar : they killed al-
so the lambes, and they sprinkled the
blood vpon the altar.
23 And they brought tfoorth the hee \Heb. mere.
goats for the sinne offering , before the
king and the congregation , and laide
their * hands vpon them :
24 And the priests killed them, and
they made reconciliation with their
blood vpon the altar, to make an atone-
ment for all Israel : for the king com-
manded that the burnt offring and the
sin offering should be made for all Israel
25 *And hee set the Leuites in the
house of the Lord with cymbals,
with psalteries, and with harpes, accor-
ding to the commandement of Dauid,
and of Gad the kings Seer, and Na-
than theprophet : for*o ■wasthe comman-
dement t of the Lord t by his pro-
phets.
26 And the Leuites stood with the
instruments of Dauid, and the priestes
with the trumpets.
27 And Hezekiah commaunded to
offer the burnt offering vpon the altar :
and twhen the burnt offering began,
the song of the Lord began also with
the trumpets , and with the t instru-
ments 01-deined by Dauid king of Israel.
28 And all the congregation wor-
shipped, and the t singers sang, and the
trumpetters sounded : and all this conti-
nued vntill the burnt offering was fini-
shed.
29 And when they had made an end
of offering, the king and all that were
t present with him, bowed themselues
and worshipped.
30 Moreouer Hezekiah the king and
the Princes , commanded the Leuites
to sing praise vnto the Lord, with the
words of Dauid, and of Asaph the Se-
er : and they sang praises with gladnes,
and they bowed their heads and wor-
shipped.
31 Then Hezekiah answered and said.
Now ye haue t consecrated your selues
vnto the Lord : come neere and bring
sacrifices, and thanke - offerings into
the house of the Lord. And the con-
gregation brought in sacrifices , and
thank - offrings, and as many as were
of a free heart, burnt offerings.
32 And
\Heh.
hand
Lord.
t Heb. by the
hand of.
+ Heb. in the
time.
t Beb. hands
of instru-
ments.
t Heb. song.
\ Heb. found
Or, filled
your hand.
The Paffeoiier
Chap,
XXX.
is proclaimed.
\ Hehstreng-
thened them
' Num. 19.
1.
t Heh. was
right in the
eyes of the
King.
32 And the number of the burnt offe-
rings which the congregation brought,
was threescore and ten buUockes, an hun-
dred rammes, and two hundred lambs :
all these were for a burnt offring to the
Lord.
33 And the consecrated things icere,
sixe hundred oxen, and three thousand
sheepe.
34 But the Priests were too few, so
that they could not flay all the burnt
offerings : wherefore their brethren the
Leuites tdid helpe them, till the worke
was ended, and vntill the otlier Priestes
had sanctified themselues : for the Le-
uites were more vpright in heart, to san-
ctifie themselues, then the Priests.
35 And also the burnt offerings were
in abundance, with the fat of the peace
offerings, & the drinke oft'rings, for eue-
ry burnt offering. So the seruice of the
house of the Lord was set in order.
36 And Hezekiah reioyced , and all
the people, that God had prepared the
people : for the thing was dxyne suddenly.
CHAP. XXX.
Hezekiah proclaimeth a solemne Passeouer
on the second moneth, for ludah and Israel.
13 The assembly hauing destroyed the altars
of idolatry, keepe the feast fourteene dayes.
87 The Priests and Leuites blesse the people.
ND Hezekiah sent to all
Israel and ludah , and
wrote letters also to E-
phraim and Manasseh ,
that they should come to
the house of the Lord at Jerusa-
lem , to keepe the Passeouer vnto the
Lord God of Israel.
2 For the king had taken counsell,
and his Princes, and all the congrega-
tion in lerusalem, to keepe the Passe-
ouer in the second * moneth.
3 For they could not keepe it at that
time, because the Priests had not sancti-
fied themselues sufficiently, neither had
the people gathered themselues toge-
ther to lerusalem.
4 And the thing t pleased the king,
and all the Congregation.
5 So they established a decree , to
make proclamation throughout all Is-
rael , from Beersheba euen to Dan,
that they should come to keep the Passe-
ouer vnto the Lord God of Israel at
lerusalem : for they had not done it of
a long time in such sort, as it was written.
6 So the Postes went with the let-
ters tfrom the King and his Princes,
throughout all Israel and ludah, and
according to the commandement of the
king , saying ; Yee children of Israel,
turne againe vnto the Lord God of
Abraham , Isaac and Israel , and hee
wil returne to the remnant of you, that
are escaped out of the hand of the kings
of Assyria.
7 And be not ye like your fathers,
and like your brethren , which trespas-
sed against the Lord God of their
fathers, wJm therefore gaue them vp to
desolation, as ye see.
8 Now the yee not stiffe-necked as
your fathers were , but t yeeld your
selues vnto the Lord, and enter into
his Sanctuarie , which he hath sancti-
fied for euer : and serue the Lord your
God, that the fiercenesse of his wrath
may turne away from you.
9 For if yee turne againe vnto the
Lord, your brethren and your chil-
dren shall ^«ffe compassion before them
that leade them captiue, so that they
shall come againe into this land : for the
Lord your God is gracious and
* mercifull, and will not turne away his
face from you, if ye returne vnto him.
10 So the Posts passed from citie to
citie, through the countrey of Ephraim
and Manasseh , euen vnto Zebulun :
but they laughed them to scorne , and
mocked them.
11 Neuerthelesse , diuers of Asher,
and Manasseh, and of Zebulun, hum-
bled themselues , and came to lerusa-
lem.
12 Also in ludah , the hand of God
was to giue them one heart to doe the
commandement of the king and of the
Princes, by the word of the Lord.
13 H And there assembled at leru-
salem much people , to keepe the feast of
vnleauened bread in the second moneth,
a very great congregation.
14 And they arose and tooke away
the *altars that were in lerusalem, and
all the altars for incense tooke they a-
way, and cast them into the brooke Ki-
dron.
15 Then they killed the Passeouer
on the fourteenth day of the second mo-
neth : and the Priests and the Leuites
were ashamed , and sanctified them-
selues , and brought in the burnt offe-
rings into the house of the Lord.
16 And they stood in t their place af-
ter
t Heb. from
the hand.
t Harden
not your
necKes.
t Heb, giue
the hand.
' Exa 34. 5.
' Chap. 28.
t Heb. titeir
standing.
The Paffeouer.
Il.Chron.
Idolatry deftroyed.
iHeb.found.
t Hebr. in-
atrumentsof
strength.
t Hebr. to
the heart of
aU^c.
t Heb. lifted
vporoffred.
ter their maner, according to the Law
of Moses the man of God : The priests
sprinckledthebloodjWj/jtcA/^eyreceJMerfof
the hand of the Leuites.
17 For there were many in the Con-
gregation that were not sanctified :
therefore the Leuites had the charge of
the killing of the Passeouers for euery
one that was not cleane, to sanctifie
them vnto the Lord.
18 For a multitude of the people, euen
many of Ephraim and Manasseh, Is-
sachar and Zebulun, had not cleansed
themselues : yet did they eate the Passe-
ouer otherwise then it was written.
But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying;
The good Lord pardon euery one,
19 That prepareth his heart to seeke
God, the Lord God of his fathers,
though hee be not cleansed according to
the purification of the Sanctuary.
20 And the Lord hearkened to
Hezekiah, and healed the people.
21 And the children of Israel that
were tpresent at lerusalem , kept the
feast of vnleauened bread seuen dayes
with great gladnesse : and the Leuites
and the Priests praised the Lord day
by day, Mw^in^ with t lowd instruments
vnto the Lord.
22 And Hezekiah spake t comforta-
bly vnto all the Leuites , that taught
the good knowledge of the Lord:
and they did eate throughout the feast,
seuen dayes , offering peace-offerings,
and making confession to the Lord
God of their fathers.
23 And the whole assembly tooke
counsel to keepe other seuen dayes : and
they kept otfter seuen dayes with glad-
nesse.
24 For Hezekiah king of ludah
tdid giue to the Congregation, a thou-
sand bullockes , and seuen thousand
sheep: and the Princes gaue to the Con
gregation a thousand bullocks, and ten
thousand sheepe, and a great number
of Priests sanctified themselues.
25 And all the Congregation of lu
dab, with the Priests and the Leuites,
and al the Congregation that came out
of Israel, and the strangers that came
out of the land of Israel, and that
dwelt in ludah, reioyced.
26 So there was great ioy in leru
salem : for since the time of Solomon
the Sonne of Dauid King of Israel,
there was not the like in lerusalem.
27 H Then the Priests the Leuites
arose, and blessed the people : and their
voice was heard, and their prayer came
vp to this holy dwelling place, ewcravnto
heauen.
t Hehr. the
habitationof
his holineste.
CHAP. XXXL
1 The people is forward in destroying idolatry.
2 Hezekiah ordereth the courses of the priests
and Leuites , and prouideth for their worke
and maintenance. S The peoples forward
nesse in offerings and tithes. 1 1 Hezekiah
appointeth officers to dispose of the tithes.
20 The sinceritie of Hezekiah.
Ow when all this was fi-
nished , all Israel that
were tpresent, went out to
the cities of ludah , and
*brake the timages in pie-
ces , and cut downe the groues , and
threw downe the high places and the
altars out of all ludah and Benia-
min , in Ephraim also and Manasseh,
tvntill they had vtterly destroyed them
all. Then all the children of Israel re-
turned euery man to his possession into
their owne cities.
2 H And Hezekiah appointed the
courses of the Priests and the Leuites
after their courses, euery man according
to his seruice, the Priests and Leuites
for burnt offerings, and for peace offer-
ings, to minister and to giue thankes,
and to praise in the gates of the tents of
the Lord.
3 He appointed also the kings portion
of his substance, for the burnt offrings,
to wit , for the morning and euening
burnt offrings ; and the burnt offrings
for the Sabbaths , and for the New-
moones, and for the set feasts, as it is
written in the Law *of the Lord.
4 Moreouer , he commaunded the
people that dwelt in lerusalem, to giue
the portion of the Priests, and the Le-
uites, that they might be incouraged in
the Law of the Lord.
5 IT And assoone as the commaun-
dement t came abroad , the children of
Israel brought in abundance the first
fruits of come, wine and oile, & ||hony,
and of all the increase of the field, and
the tithe of all things brought they in a-
bundantly.
6 And concerning the children of
Israel and ludah , that dwelt in the
cities of ludah, they also brought in the
tithes of oxen and sheepe, and the tithe
of holy * things, which were consecra-
ted
\Heb.found.
• 2. King.
IR. 4.
+ Hebr. sta-
tues.
t Heb. vntm
to make an
end.
' Num. 28.
t Hebr.
brought
foorth.
t Or, dates.
* Leuit. 27.
30. deu. 14.
28.
Prouifion for
Chap.xxxij.
the priefts.
t Heb.heapes
heapes.
I Or, store-
houses.
t Heb. at the
hand.
t Heb. at his
hand.
Or, trust.
ted vnto the Lord their God, and
layd tliem thy heapes.
7 In the third moneth they began
to lay tlie foundation of the heapes, and
finished them in the seuenth moneth.
8 And when Hezekiah and the prin-
ces came, and saw the heapes, they bles-
sed the Lord, and his people Is-
rael.
9 Then Hezekiah questioned with
the priests and the Leuites concerning
the heapes.
10 And Azariah thechiefe priest of the
house of Zadok, answered him & said :
Since the people began to bring the of-
ferings into the house of the Lord,
wee haue had enough to eate, find haue
left plentie : for the Lord hatli bles-
sed his people; and that which is left, is
this great store.
11 H Then Hezekiah commanded to
prepare (| chambers in the house of the
Lord, and they prepared them,
12 And brought in the offerings and
the tithes, and the dedicate things, faith-
fully: ouer which Cononiah the Leuite
was ruler, and Shimei his brother was
the next.
13 And lehiel, and Azaziah, and Na-
hath, and Asahel, and lerimoth, and
lozabad , and Eliel, and Ismachiah,
and Mahath, and Benaiah were ouer-
seers t vnder the liande of Cononiah,
and Shimei his brother, at the com-
mandement of Hezekiah the king, and
Azariah the ruler of the house of God.
14 And Kore the sonne of.Immah
the Leuite the porter toward the East,
was ouer the free will offerings of God,
to distribute the oblations of the
Lord, and the most holy things.
15 And tnext him wei-e Eden , and
Miniamin , and leshua, and Shema-
iah, Amariah, and Shechaniah, in the
cities of the priests, in their\\ set office, to
giue to their brethren by courses, as wel
to the great as to the small :
16 Beside their genealogie of males,
from three yeeres old and vpward, euen
vnto euery one that entreth into the
house of the Lord, his dayly portion
for their seruice in their charges, accor-
ding to their courses :
17 Both to the genealogie of the
priests by the house of their fathers, and
the Leuites from twenty yeeres olde
and vpward, in their charges by their
courses :
18 And to the genealogie of all their
litle ones, their wiues, and their sonnes,
and their daughters , through all the
congregation : for in their || set office they
sanctified themselues in holinesse.
19 Also of the sonnes of Aaron the
priests, which xeere in the fields of the
suburbs of their cities, in euery seuerall
citie , the men that icere expressed by
name, to giue portions to all the males
among the priests, and to all that were
reckoned by genealogies , among the
Leuites.
20 % And thus did Hezekiah through
out al ludah, and wrought that which
was good and right , and trueth before
the Lord his God.
21 And in euery worke that he began
in the seruice of the house of God,and in
the law, and in the commandements to
seeke his God , he did it with all his
heart, and prospered.
CHAP. XXXIL
1 Sennacherib inuadingIudah,Hezekiah fortifi-
eth himselfe and encourageth his people. 9
Against the blasphemies of Sennacherib by
message and letters, Hezekiah & Isaiah pray.
21 An Angel destroyeth the hoste of the As-
syrians, to the glory of Hezekiah. 24 Heze-
kiah praying in his sickenes, God giueth him
a signe of recouerie. 25 He waxing proud, is
humbled by God. 27 His wealth and works.
31 His errour in the embassage of Babylon.
32 He dying, Manasseh succeedeth him
Fter* these things and the
establishment therqf, Sen-
nacherib king of Assyria
came, and entred into lu-
dah, & encamped against
the fenced cities, and thought tto winne
them for himselfe.
2 And when Hezekiah sawe that
Sennacherib was come, and that thee
was purposed to fight against leru-
salem,
3 He tooke counsel with his princes,
and his mightie men, to stop the waters
of the fountaines, which were without
the citie : and they did helpe him.
4 So there was gathered much
people together, who stopt all the foun-
taines , and the brooke that + ranne
through the midst of the land , saying.
Why should the kings of Assyria come,
and finde much water ?
5 Also he strengthened himselfe, and
built vp all the wall that was broken,
and raised it vp to the towers, and ano-
ther
Or, trust.
• 2. king. IS
13, Ace. esai.
36. l,&c.
t Hebr. to
breake tliem
vp.
t Heb. his
face was to
warre.
+ Heb. ouer-
Jlowed.
Sennacheribs
Il.Ch
ron.
blafphemie.
I Or, sieords,
or weapons.
t Heb. hee \
tpaketotheir
heart.
• lere. 17. 5,
\ HO), tea.
ned.
" 2. King.
18. 17.
t Heb. do-
ffltnion.
I Or, in the
stronghold.
ther wall without, and prepared Millo
in the citie of Dauid, and made ||darts
and shields in abundance.
6 And hee set captaines of warre o-
uer the people , and gathered them to-
gether to him in the streete of the gate
of the city, and spake tcomfortably to
them, saying;
7 Be strong and couragious, be not
afraid nor dismayed for the king of As-
syria , nor for all the multitude that is
with him : for there bee moe with vs,
then with him.
8 *With him is an arme of flesh, but
with vs is the Lord our God to helpe
vs , and to fight our battels. And the
people t rested themselues vpon the
words of Hezekiah king of ludah.
9 IT * After this did Sennacherib
king of Assyria send his seruants to Je-
rusalem (but hehiimelfe laide siege against
Lachish, and all his t power with him)
vnto Hezekiah king of ludah, and vn-
to all ludah that were at Jerusalem,
saying ;
10 Thus sayth Sennacherib king of
Assyria, Whereon doe ye trust, that yee
abide ||in the siege in lerusalem ?
11 Doeth not Hezekiah perswade
you to giue ouer your selues to die by fa-
mine and by thirst, saying, The Lokd
our God shall deliuer vs out of the
hand of the king of Assyria ?
12 Hath not the same Hezekiah ta-
ken away his high places , and his al-
tars , and commanded ludah and le-
rusalem , saying ; Yee shall worship be-
fore one altar, & burne incense vpon it?
13 Know ye not what I and my fa-
thers haue done vnto all the people of
other lands ? were the gods of the nati-
ons of those landes any wayes able to
deliuer their lands out of mine hand ?
14 Who was there among all the gods
of those nations, that my fathers vtter-
ly destroyed, that could deliuer his peo-
ple out of mine hand , that your God
should bee able to deliuer you out of
mine hand ?
15 Now therefore let not Hezekiah
deceiue you , nor perswade you on this
manner, neither yet beleeue him : for no
god of any nation or kingdome was a-
ble to deliuer his people out of mine
hand, & out of the hand of my fathers
how much lesse shall your God deliuer
you out of mine hand ?
16 And his seruants spake yet more
against the Lord God, and against
his seruant Hezekiah.
1 7 Hee wrote also letters to raile on
the Lord God of Israel, & to speake
against him, saying. As the gods of the
nations of other lands haue not deliue-
red their people out of mine hand : so
shall not the God of Hezekiah deliuer
his people out of mine hand.
18 Then they cryed with a loude
voice in the lewes speech vnto the peo
pie of lerusalem that were on the wal,
to affright them, and to trouble them,
that they might take the city.
19 And they spake against the God of
lerusalem, as against the gods of the
people of the earth which were the worke
of the hands of man.
20 For this cause Hezekiah the king,
and the Prophet Isaiah the sonne of
Amoz, prayed and cryed to heauen.
21 II * And the Lord sent an An-
gel , which cut off all the mightie men
of valour, and the leaders and captains
in the campe of the king of Assyria : so
hee returned with shame of face to his
owne land. And when hee was come
into the house of his god, they that came
foorth of his owne bowels, tslew him
there with the sword.
22 Thus the Lord saued Heze-
kiah , and the inhabitants of lerusa-
lem , from the hand of Sennacherib
the king of Assyria, and from the hand
of all other, and guided them on euery
side.
23 And many brought gifts vnto the
Lord to lerusalem, and t presents
to Hezekiah king of ludah : so that hee
was magnified in the sight of all nati-
ons, from thenceforth.
24 IT *In those dayes Hezekiah was
sicke to the death , and prayed vnto the
Lord: and he spake vnto him , and
he llgaue him a signe.
25 But Hezekiah rendred not againe,
according to the benefit done vnto him :
for his heart was lifted vp , therefore
there was wrath vpon him, and vpon
ludah and lerusalem.
26 Notwithstanding, Hezekiah hum
bled himselfe for t the pride of his heart,
(both hee and the inhabitants of leru-
salem) so that the wrath of the Lord
came not vpon them in the dayes of He-
zekiah.
27 IT And Hezekiah had exceeding
much riches, and honour : and he made
himselfe treasuries for siluer, and for
golde, and for precious stones , and for
spices.
2. King.
19. 35, Sec.
t Heb. made
him fall.
t Heb. pre-
tious things.
"2. King. 20.
1. isai. 38. 1.
II Or, wroght
a miracle
for him.
t Heb. the
lifting vp.
k
Hezekiah dieth:
Chap.xxxiij.
Manaffeh wicked.
strvmentsof
desire.
t Hehr. m-
terpreters.
* 2. King.
30. 12. \s&.
39. 1.
iHebr.kind-
nesses.
I Or, highest.
2. King.
21. 1. &c.
• Deut. 18.
9.
t Hebr. hee
returned
ami tniilt.
i. King.
18. 4.
spices, and for shields, and for all maner
t Hebr. in- of t pleasant iewels ;
28 Store-houses also for the increase
of corne, and wine and oile ; and stalles
for all maner of beasts , and coates for
flocks.
29 Moreouer, hee prouided him ci-
ties, and possessions of flockes & heards
in abundance : for God had giuen him
substance very much.
30 This same Hezekiah also stopped
the vpper water - course of Gihon , and
brought it straight downe to the West-
side of theCity ofDauid. And Hezekiah
prospered in all his workes.
31 IT Howbeit, in the businesse of the
t Embassadours of the Princes of Ba-
bylon, who *sent vnto him to enquire of
the wonder that was done in the land,
God left him, to try him, that he might
know all that was in his heart.
32 H Now, the rest of the acts of He-
zekiah,and his tgoodnesse, behold, they
are written in the vision of Isaiah the
Prophet, the sonne of Amoz, and in the
booke of the kings of ludah and Is
rael.
33 And Hezekiah slept with his fa-
thers, and they buried him in the ||chie-
fest of the Sepulchres of the sonnes of
Dauid : and all ludah and the inhabi-
tants of lerusalem did him honour at
his death : and Manasseh his sonne
reigned in his stead.
CHAP. XXXIII.
Manasseh his wicked reigne. 3 Hee setteth
vp idolatry, arid would not be admonished
11 He is caried into Babylon. 12 Vpon his
prayer to God hee is released, and putteth
downe idolatry. 18 His acts. 20 Hee dy-
ing, Anion succeedeth him. 21 Araon
reigning wickedly is slaine by his seruants.
25 The murtherers beeing slaine, losiah
succeedeth him.
Anasseh * was twelue
yeeres old when he began
to reigne , and he reigned
fiftie and fiue yeres in le-
rusalem :
2 J5ut (lid that which zoas euil in the
siglit of the Loud, like vnto the abo-
minations of the heathen , * whom the
LoHD had cast out before the children
of Israel.
3 1i For thee built againe the high
places , which Hezekiah his father had
* broken downe, and he reared vp altars
for Baalim , and made groues , and
worshipped all the host of heauen, and
serued them.
4 Also hee built altars in the house
of the Lord, whereof the Lord
had saide , * In lerusalem shall my
Name be for euer.
5 And he built altars for all the hosti
of heauen , in the two Courts of the
house of the Lord.
6 And he caused his children to passe
through the fire in the valley of the son
of Hinnom : also he obserued times, and
vsed inchantments , and vsed witch
craft , and dealt with a familiar spirit,
and with wizards : he wrought much
euill in the sight of the Lord, to pro-
uoke him to anger.
7 And hee set a carued image ( the
idole which he had made ) in the house
of God, of which God had said to Da-
uid , and to Solomon his sonne : In
* this house, and in lerusalem which I
haue chosen before all the tribes of Is-
rael, will I put my Name for euer.
8 Neither will I any more remoue
the foot *of Israel from out of the land
which I haue appointed for your fa-
thers ; so that they will take heed to doe
all that I haue commanded them , ac-
cording to the whole Law, and the sta-
tutes , and the ordinances by the hand
of Moses.
9 So Manasseh made ludah, and
the inhabitants of lerusalem to erre,
and to doe worse then the heathen,
whom the Lord had destroyed be-
fore the children of Israel.
10 And the Lord spake to Ma-
nasseh , and to his people : but they
would not hearken.
11 ^ Wherfore the Lord brought
vpon them the captaines of the host tof
the king of Assyria, which took Manas-
seh among the thornes , & bound him
with II fetters, & caried him to Babylon.
12 And when hee was in affliction,
he besought the Lord his God, and
humbled himselfe greatly before the
God of his fathers,
13 And prayed vnto him, and he was
intrcated of him, and heard his suppli-
cation, and brought him againe to le-
rusalem into his kingdome. Then Ma-
nasseh knew that the Lord hee was
God.
14 Now after this, hee built a wall
without the citie ofDauid, on the West-
side of Gihon, in the valley, euen to the
entring in at the fish-gate, and compas-
3 R sed
II.
Deut. 12.
. king.
!l. 2!). and
9. 3. 2. chro.
6. 6. and 7.
16.
•Psal.
14.
" 2. Sam. 7,
10.
t Heb. which
were the
kings.
I Or,chaitiet.
Manaffeh dieth.
Il.Chron.
loliahs zeale.
Or, the
towtr.
Or, Hosai.
3. Kin. 21,
19. &c.
t Heh. multi-
plied tree-
pant.
sed about ||Ophel, and raised it vp a ve-
ry great height , and put ciiptaines of
warre in all the fenced cities of ludah.
15 And hee tooke away the strange
gods and the idol out of the house of the
Lord, and all the altars that he had
built in the mount of the house of the
Lord, and in lerusalem, and cast
tliem out of the citie.
16 And hee repaired the altar of the
Lord, and sacrificed thereon peace
offerings , and thanke offerings , and
commaunded ludah to serue the
Lord God of Israel.
17 Neuerthelesse , the people did sa-
crifice still in the high places, yet vnto
the Lord their God only.
18 IT Nowe the rest of the actes of
Manasseh, & his prayer vnto his God,
and the words of the seers that spake to
him in the name of the Lord God of
Israel , behold , they are written in the
booke of the kings of Israel :
19 His prayer also, and how God was
intrcated of him, and all his sinne, and
his trespasse, and the places wherein he
built high places, and set vp groues and
grauen images before hee was hum-
bled : behold, they are written among
the sayings of ||the Seers.
20 IT So Manasseh slept with his
fathers , and they buried him in his
owne house : and Amon his sonne reig-
ned in his stead.
21 H ♦Amon was two and twentie
yeeres old , when he beganne to reigne,
and reigned two yeares in lerusalem.
22 But he did that which was euill in
the sight of the Lord, as did Ma-
nasseh his father : for Amon sacrificed
vnto all the carued images, which Ma-
nasseh his father had made, and serued
them;
23 And humbled not himselfe before
the Lord, as Manasseh his father
had humbled himselfe: but Amon ttres
passed more and more.
24 And his seruants conspired a-
gainst him , and slew him in his owne
house.
25 H But the people of the land slew
all them that had conspired against
king Amon, and the people of the land
made losiah his sonne, king in his
stead.
CHAP. XXXIIII.
I losiah his good reigne. 3 He destroyeth I-
dolatry. 8 Hee taketh order for the repaire
and the carued images, and the
of the Temple. 14. Hilkiah hauing found
a booke of the Law, losiah sendeth to Huldah
to inquire of the Lord. 23 Huldah prophe-
cieth destruction of Ierusalem,but respit ther-
of in losiahstime. 29 losiah causing it to be
read in a solemne assembly , reneweth the
couenant with God.
* Osiah was eight yeeres
old when hee beganne to
reigne , and he reigned in
lerusalem one and thirty
yeeres.
2 And^ie did that which was right in
the sight of the Lord, and walked in
the wayes of Dauid his father, and de-
clined neither to the right hand nor to the
left.
3 f For in the eight yeare of his
reigne, while he was yet young, hee be
ganne to seeke after the God of Dauid
his father : and in the twelfth yeere hee
beganne to * purge ludah and lerusa-
lem from the high places and the
groues
molten images.
4 *And they brake downe the al-
tars of Baalim in his presence, and || the
images that were on high aboue them,
he cut downe , and the groues, and the
carued images, and the molten images
he brake in peeces , and made dust of
them, and strowed it vpon the tgraues of
them, that had sacrificed vnto them
5 And hee burnt the bones of the
priests vpon their altars , and cleansed
ludah and lerusalem.
6 And so did he in the cities of Ma-
nasseh , and Ephraim , and Simeon,
euen vnto Naphtali, with their ||mat-
tockes, round about.
7 And when he had broken downe
the altars and the groues, and had bea-
ten the grauen images t into pouder,
and cut downe all the idoles through-
out all the land of Israel, hee returned
to lerusalem
8 IT Now in the eighteenth yeere of
his reigne , when hee had purged the
land, and the house ; he sent Shaphan
the Sonne of Azaliah , and Maasiah the
gouernour of the citie , and loah the
Sonne of loahaz the recorder , to re-
paire the house of the Lord his
God.
9 And when they came to Hilkiah
the high priest, they deliuered the mo-
ney that was brought into the house of
God , which the Leuites that kept the
doores.
• 2. Kin. 22.
1. &c.
•l.Kln.
13. 2.
* Leult. 26.
30.
1 Or, sun-
Images.
\Heb.faceof
the graues.
Or, maules.
t Heb. to
mnke pou-
der.
rhe Law found.
Chap.xxxiiij. Huldahs prophefie.
I Or, to raf.
ter.
■2. Kings
22. 8, &c.
iHeb.bt/
the hand of.
+ Heb. to the
hand of.
t Heb. pow-
red out, or
melted.
t Heb. in it.
Or, Ach.
bor, 2. kings
22. 12.
doores, had gathered of the hand of
Manasseh, and Ephraim, and of all the
remnant of Israel, and of all ludah
and Beniamin , and they returned to
lerusalem.
10 And they put it in the hand of the
workemen that had the ouersight of the
house of the Lord, and tliey gaue it
to the workemen that wrought in the
house of the Lord, to repaire and
mend the house.
11 Euen to the artificers and builders
gaue they it , to buy hewen stone, and
timber for couplings, and ||to floore the
houses, which the kings of ludah had
destroyed.
12 And the men did the worke faith
fully, and the ouerseers of them were
lahath, and Obadiah, the Leuites, of
the sonnes of Merari, and Sechariah,
and Meshullam , of the sonnes of the
Kohathites , to set it forward : and o-
ther of the Leuites, all that could skill
of instruments of musicke.
13 Also they zvere ouer the bearers of
burdens, and were ouerseers of all that
wrought the worke in any manner of
seruice : and of the Leuites there were
Scribes, and officers, and porters.
14 If And when they brought out
the money that was brought into the
house of the Lord , Hilkiah the priest
* found a booke of the lawe of the
Lord, gitten tby Moses.
15 And Hilkiah answered and saide
to Shaphan the scribe : I haue found
the booke of the law in the house of the
Lord. And Hilkiah deliuered the
booke to Shaphan :
16 And Shaphan caried the booke
to the king, and brought the king word
backe againe, saying. All that was com-
mitted tto thy seruants, they doe it.
17 And they haue t gathered toge-
ther the money that was found in the
house of the Lord, and haue deliue-
red it into the hand of the ouerseers,
and to the hand of the workemen.
18 Then Shaphan the scribe tolde
the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath
giuen me a booke. And Shaphan read
t it before the king.
19 And it came to passe when the
king had heard the words of the lawe,
that he rent his clothes.
20 And the king commanded Hilki-
ah , and Ahikam the sonne of Sha-
phan, and II Abdon the sonne of Micah,
and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a
I Or, Har-
has, 2. kingt
seruant of the kings, saying,
21 Goe, enquire of the Lord for
me, and for them that are left in Israel
and in ludah, concerning the wordes
of the booke that is found : for great isi
the wrath of the Lord that is pow-
red out vpon vs, because our fathers'
haue not kept the word of the Lord,
to doe after all that is written in this
booke.
22 And Hilkiah and they that the
king had appointed went to Huldah the
prophetesse, the wife of Shallum the]
Sonne of Tikuath , the sonne of ||Has-
rah, keeper of the t wardrobe (now she 22!
dwelt in lerusalem in the ||colledge, )^^*/"''"
and they spake to her to that effect. \ 1 Or, in the
23 li And she answered them. Thus The''^co'^'^
saith the Lord God of Israel: Tell^*"'
ye the man that sent you to me,
24 Thus saith the Lord, behold,
I will bring euill vpon this place, and
vpon the inhabitants thereof, euen all
the curses that are written in the booke
which they haue read before the king of
ludah :
25 Because they haue forsaken mee,
and haue burned incense vnto other
gods, that they might prouoke mee to
anger with all the workes of their
hands , therefore my wrath shall bee
powred out vpon this place, and shall
not be quenched.
26 And as for the king of ludah,
who sent you to enquire of the Lord,
so shal ye say vnto him : Thus saith the
Lord God of Israel, concerning' the
words which thou hast heard :
27 Because thine heart was tender,
and thou didst humble thy selfe before
God, when thou heardest his words
against this place, and against the inha-
bitants thereof, and humbledst thy selfe
before me, and diddest rend thy clothes,
and weepe before me , I haue euen
heard thee also, saith the Lord.
28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy
fathers, and thou shalt bee gathered to
thy graue in peace , neither shall thine
eyes see all the euill that I will bring
vpon this place, and vpon the inhabi-
tants of the same. So they brought the
king word againe.
29 f *Then the king sent, and ga-
thered together all the Elders of lu-
dah and lerusalem.
30 And the king went vp into the
house of the Lord, and all the men
of ludah, and the inhabitants of le-
3 R 2 rusalem,
2. Kings
23. 1.
lofiah keepeth
Il.Chron.
the Pafleouer.
iHeb.from
treat euen
to small.
t HA. found
i Heb.from
after.
•8. King.
S3. 21, 22.
*EZ0. 12.6.
• I. Chron.
9. 10. and
chap. 23,
24. 2S, and
26.
"2. Chion.
8. 14.
t Heh. the
house of the
fathers.
\Heb.lhe
mmnes of the
people.
rusalem, and the priests and the Le-
uites, and all the people t great and
small : and he read in their eares all the
words of the booke of the couenant,
that was found in the house of the
Lord.
31 And the King stood in his place,
& made a Couenant before the Lord,
to walke after the Lord, and to keep
his Commandements , and his Testi
monies, and his Statutes, with all his
heart, & with all his soule, to performe
the words of the Couenant which are
written in this booke.
32 And he caused all that were tpre-
sent in lerusalem and Beniamin , to
stand to it. And the inhabitants of le-
rusalem did according to the couenant
of God, the God of their fathers.
33 And losiah tooke away all the
abominations out of all the countreys
that perteined to the children of Israel,
and made all that were present in Isra-
el to serue , euen to serue the Lord
their God. And all his dayes they de-
parted not tfrom folowing the Loed
the God of their fathers.
CHAP. XXXV.
1 losiah keepeth a most solemne Passeouer. 20
Hee prouoking Pharaoh Nechoh , is slaine at
Megiddo. 25 Lamentations for losiah.
Oreouer * losiah kept a
Passeouer vnto f Lord
in lerusalem : and they
killed the Passeouer on
the fourteenth *day of the
first moneth.
2 And hee set the Priestes in their
charges , and encouraged them to the
seruice of the house of the Lord,
3 And said vnto the Leuites, that
taught all Israel, which were holy vn-
to the Lord, Put the holy Arke in
the house, which Solomon the sonne of
Dauid king of Israel did build ; it shall
not be a burden vpon your shoulders :
serue now the Lord your God, and
his people Israel.
4 And prepare your seluen by the hou-
ses of your fathers, after your courses,
according to the * writing of Dauid king
of Israel, and according to the ♦wri-
ting of Solomon his sonne.
5 And stand in the holy place accor-
ding to the diuisions of the t families of
the fathers of your t brethren the peo-
ple, and after the diuision of the fami-
lies of the Leuites.
6 So kill the Passeouer, and sancti-
fie your selues , and prepare your bre-
thren, that they may doe according to the
word of the Lord, by the hand of
Moses.
7 And losiah tgaue to the people,
of the flocke, lambes and kiddcs, all for
the Passeouer - offerings , for all that
were present , to the number of thirtie
thousand, and three thousand bullocks :
these were of the kings substance.
8 And his Princes t gaue willingly
vnto the people, to the Priests and to
the Leuites : Hilkiah, and Zachariah,
and lehiel, rulers of the house of God,
gaue vnto the Priests for the Passeouer
offerings, two thousand and sixe. hun-
dred smallcattcll, and three hundred oxen
9 Conaniah also , and Shemaiah,
andNethaneel, his brethren, & Hasha-
biah , and lehiel, and loshabad chiefe
of the Leuites, tgaue vnto the Leuites
for Passeouer- offerings, fine thousand
smcdl cattell, and fiue hundred oxen
10 So the seruice was prepared, and
the Priests stood in their place, and the
Leuites in their courses , according to
the kings commandement.
11 And they killed the Passeouer, and
the Priestes sprinckled the blood from
their handcs , and the Leuites * flayed
them.
12 And they remooued the burnt of-
ferings, that they might giue according
to the diuisions of the families of the
people , to offer vnto the Lord, as
it is written in the booke of Moses : and
so did they with the oxen.
13 And they *rosted the Passeouer
with fire , according to the ordinance :
but the other holy offerings sod they in
pots, and in cauldrons, and in pannes,
and t diuided them speedily among all
the people.
14 And afterward they made ready
for themselues, and for the Priests : be-
cause the Priests the sonnes of Aaron
were busied in offring of burnt offrings,
and the fat vntill night : therefore the
Leuites prepared for themselues , and
for the Priests the sonnes of Aaron.
15 And the singers the sonnes of A
saph, were in their t place according to
the *commandement of Dauid, and A-
saph, and Heman , and leduthun the
kings Seer : and the Porters *waited at
euery gate : they might not depart from
their seruice ; for their brethren the Le
uites prepared for them.
16 So
tHe6.<
\Heb,qff
iHeb.qffred.
' See Chap.
29. 34.
• Kxai. 12.
8,9.
t Heb. made
them runne.
iHeb.slation
• 1. Chron.
25. l,&c.
•l. Chron.
9. 17. and
26. 14.
lofiah flaiiie.
Chap.xxxvj.
lehoaliaz king.
iHeb.found,
2. King.
23. 29.
i Heb. house.
t Hebr. the
house of my
umrre.
iHeltr. made
skke.
Or, among
the sepul-
chres.
" Zach. 12.
11.
16 So all the seruice of the Loud
was prepared the same day , to kecpe
the Tasseouer, and to offer burnt offe-
rings vpon the altar of the Loud,
according to the commaundement of
king losiah.
17 And the children of Israel that
were t present , kept the Passeouer at
that time, and the feast of vnleauened
bread seuen dayes.
18 And there was no Passeouer like
to that, kept in Israel, from the dayes
of Samuel the Prophet : neither did
all the Kings of Israel keepe such a
Passeouer , as losiah kept , and the
Priests and the Leuites, and all ludah
and Israel that were present , and the
inhabitants of lerusalem.
19 In the eighteenth yeere of the
reigne of losiah , was this Passeouer
kept.
20 % * After all this, wlien losiah
had prepared the t Temple , Necho
king of Egypt came vp to fight against
Carchemisfi by Euphrates : and lo-
siali went out against him.
21 But hee sent Embassadours to
him, saying. What haue I to doe with
thee, thou king of ludah ? / come not a-
gainst thee this day , but against the
house, t wherewith I haue warre : for
God commaunded mee to make haste :
forbeare thee from medl'mg with God,
who is with mee, that hee destroy thee
not.
22 Neuerthelesse losiah would not
turne his face from him , but disguised
himselfe that he might fight with him,
and hearkened not vnto the wordes of
Necho from the mouth of God , and
came to fight in the valley of Megiddo
23 And the archers shot at king lo-
siah : and the King saide to his ser-
uants, Haue mee away, for I am tsore
wounded.
24 His seruants therefore tooke him
out of that charet, and put him in the se-
cond charet that hee had : and they
brought him to lerusalem , and hee
died, and was buried ||in one of the Se-
pulchres of his fathers. And *all ludah
and lerusalem mourned for losiah.
25 IT And leremiah lamented for
losiah, and all the singing men and the
singing women spake of losiah in their
lamentations to this day , and made
them an ordinance in Israel ; and be-
holde, they are written in the Lamen-
tations.
26 Now the rest of the acts of lo-
siah,and histgoodnes, according to that] f Hebr. kind-
which 7va.'i written in the Law of the "*****'
Lord,
'72 And his deedes first and last ; be-
hold, they are written in the booke of the
kings of Israel and ludah.
CHAP. XXXVL
1 lehoahaz succeeding, is deposetl by Pharaoh,
and caried into Ecypt. 5 lehoiakim raigning
ill, iscariedboundinto Babylon. 5lehoiachin
succeedingreignetb ill,and is brought intoBa-
bylon. tl Zedekiah succeeding reigneth ill,
and despiseth the Prophets, and rebelleth a-
gainst Nebuchadnezzar. 14 lerusalem for
the sinnes of the Priests and people, is whole-
ly destroyed. 22 The proclamation of Cyrus.
Hen • the people of the
land tooke lehoahaz the
son of losiah , and made
him King in his fathers
stead in lerusalem.
2 lehoahaz ioan twentie and three
yeeres old, when hee began to reigne,
and hee reigned three moneths in le-
rusalem.
3 And the king of Egypt tput him
downe at lerusalem, and tcondemned
the land in an hundred talents of siluer,
and a talent of gold.
4 And the king of Egypt made Elia-
kim his brother, king ouer ludah and
lerusalem, and turned his name to
lehoiakim. And Necho tooke lehoa-
haz his brother , and caried him to £-
gyp'- , . , .
5 1[ lehoiakim was twentie and fiue
yeres old when he began to reigne, and
he reigned eleuen yeeres in lerusalem :
and hee did that which wcuy euill in the
sight of the Lord his God.
6 Against him came vp Nebuchad-
nezzar King of Babylon , and bound
him in || fetters to cary him to Babylon.
7 * Nebuchadnezzar also caried of
the vessels of the house of the Lord
to Babylon, and put them in his temple
at Babylon.
8 Now the rest of the acts of leho-
iakim, and his abominations which he
did, and that which wa,i found in him,
behold, they are written in the booke of
the Kings of Israel and ludah : and
II lehoiachin his sonne reigned in his
stead.
9 II * lehoiachin zeas eight yeeres
old when hee began to reigne, and hee
reigned
•2. King. 23.
30. &C.
t Hebr. re-
mooued him,
t Hebr. mul-
cted.
iOryChaines.
• 2. King.
24. 13. dan.
.1,2.
I Or, lero-
niah, l.chro.
3. Ifi. or, Co-
niah, ier. 22.
24.
"2. King.
24. 8.
Ilrael caried
Il.Ch
ron.
into captiuitie.
\ Hebr.at
the retume
qftheyeere.
t Heb. ves-
sels of desire.
Or,Mat-
tanvahf^Jtiji,
24. 17. ier.
37.1.
• Ier. 52. 1,
&c. 2. king
U. 18.
" Ier. 25. 3.
and 3S. 15.
i Heb. by the
hand qf his
messengers.
1 That is,
eontinuaUe
andcarefuUy
t Heb. hea-
ling.
3. Kings
M. 1, &C.
reigned three moneths and ten dayes
in lerusalem , and liee did that which
was euill in the sight of the Lord.
10 And twhen the yeere was expi-
red, King Nebuchadnezzar sent , and
brought him to Babylon , with the
t goodly vessels of the house of the
Lord , and made || Zedekiah his
brother, king ouer ludah and Jeru-
salem.
11 IT * Zedekiah xvas one and twentie
yeres old, when he began to reigne, and
reigned eleuen yeeres in lerusalem.
12 And hee did that which loas euill
in the sight of the Lord his God, and
humbled not himselfe before Jeremiah
the Prophet, speaking from the mouth
of the Lord.
13 And he also rebelled against king
Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him
sweare by God : but he stiffened his
necke , and hardened his heart from
turning vnto the Lord God of Is-
rael.
14 IT Moreouer all the chlefe of the
priests, and the people transgressed very
much, after all the abominations of the
heathen, and polluted the house of the
Lord which hee had hallowed in
lerusalem.
15 *And the Lord God of their
fathers sent to them tby his messen-
gers, rising vp || betimes, and sending:
because he had compassion on his peo-
ple, and on his dwelling place :
16 But they mocked the messengers
of God, and despised his wordes, and
misused his prophets, vntill the wrath
of the Lord arose against his people,
till there was no tremedie.
17 * Therefore hee brought vpon
them the king of the Caldees, who
slew their yong men with the sword, in
the house of their sanctuarie , and had
no compassion vpon yong man or mai-
den, olde man, or him that stouped for
age : he gaue them all into his hand.
18 And all the vessels of the house of
God great and small, and the treasures
of the house of the Lord, and the
treasures of the king, and of his prin-
ces : all these he brought to Babylon.
19 And they burnt the house of God,
and brake downe the wall of Jerusa-
lem, and burnt all the palaces thereof
with fire, and destroyed all the goodly
vessels thereof.
20 And tthem that had escaped from
the sword, caried he away to Babylon :
where they were seruants to him and
his sonnes, vntil the reigne of the king-
dome of Persia :
21 To fulfill the word of the Lord
by the mouth of * Jeremiah, vntill the
land *had enioyed her Sabbaths: Jbr
as long as shee lay desolate, shee kept
Sabbath, to fulfill threescore and tenne
yeeres.
22 f *Now in the first yeere of Cy-
rus king of Persia (that the word of the
Lord spoken by the mouth of * Jere-
miah , might bee accomplished ) the
J^ORD stirred vp the spirit of Cyrus
king of Persia, that hee made a procla-
mation throughout all his kingdome,
and put it also in writing, saying,
23 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia,
All the kingdomes of the earth hath
the Lord God of heauen giuen mee,
and he hath charged me to build him an
house in Jerusalem, which is in ludah :
Who is there among you of all his peo-
ple .-* the Lord his God be with him,
and let him goe vp.
H
EZRA.
t Heb. the
remainder
from the
sword.
* Ier. 25.
12. & 29. 10
Leuit. 26.
34. and 35.
and 43.
• Ezra 1. 1.
Ier. 25. 12
13. and 29.
0.
Ifraels returne
Ch
ap.j.ij.
from Babylon.
2. Chron.
M. 22. iere.
25. 12. and
29. 10.
t Heb. cau-
sed a voice
to passe.
• Isa. 44. 28,
& 45. 1, 13.
t Heb. lift
him vp.
^E Z R A.
I That is,
helped them.
CHAP. I.
1 The Proclamation of Cyrus for the building
of the Temple. 5 The people prouide for
the returne. 7 Cyrus restoreth the vessels
of the Temple to Sheshbazzar.
OW in the first
yeere of Cyrus
King of Persia,
(that the word of
the Lord * by
the mouth of le-
remiah, might be
fulfilled) y Lord
stirred vp the spi
rit of Cyrus king
of Persia, that he tmade a proclamation
throughout all his kingdome, and^M^ it
also in writing, saying ;
2 Thus sayth Cyrus king of Per-
sia, The Lord God of heauen hath
giuen mee all the kingdomes of the
earth, and he hath * charged me to build
him an house at Jerusalem, which is in
ludah.
3 Who is there among you of all his
people ? his God be with him , and let
him goe vp to Jerusalem , which is in
ludah , and build the house of the
Lord God of Jsrael (JJe is the God)
which is in Jerusalem.
4 And whosoeuer remaineth in a-
ny place where hee soiourneth , let the
men of his place thelpe him with siluer,
and with golde, and with goods , and
with beasts, besides the free-will offe
ring for the house of God that is in Je-
rusalem.
5 f Then rose vp the chiefe of the
fathers of ludah and Beniamin , and
the Priests, and the Leuites, with all
them whose spirit God had raised to goe
vp , to build the house of the Lord
which is in Jerusalem.
6 And all they that were about them,
II strengthened their hands with vessels
of siluer , with golde , with goods, and
with beasts, and with precious things ;
besides all that was willingly offered.
7 IF Also Cyrus the king brought
foorth the vessels of the house of the
Loud, * which Nebuchadnezzar had
brought foorth out of Jerusalem , and
had put them in the house of his gods :
8 Euen those did Cyrus king of Per-
sia bring foorth, by the hand of Mithre-
dath the treasurer , and numbred them
vnto * Sheshbazzar the Prince of Ju-
dah.
9 And this is the number of them :
thirtie chargers of golde, a thousand
chargers of siluer , nine and twentie
kniues :
10 Thirtie basins of golde : siluer ba-
sins of a second sort , foure hundred and
ten : and other vessels a thousand.
IJ All the vessels of golde and of sil-
uer, were fine thousand and foure hun-
dred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring
vp with them of t the captiuitie , that
were brought vp from 13abylon vnto
Jerusalem.
CHAP. JL
1 The number that returne, of the people, 36
of the Priests, 40 of the Leuites, 43 of the
Nethinims, 55 of Solomons seruants, 62 of
the Priests which could not shewe their pedi
gree. 64 The whole number of them, with
meir substance. 68 Their oblations.
Ow*these are the children
of the prouince, that went
vp out of the captiuitie, of
those which had beene ca-
ried away, whom Nebu-
chadnezzar the King of Babylon had
caried away vnto Babylon, and came
againe vnto Jerusalem and Judah,
cuery one vnto his citie ;
2 Which came with Zerubbabel,
leshua, Nehemiah , || Saraiah, Ree-
laiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bi-
guai, Rehum, Baanah : The number
of the men of the people of Jsrael.
3 The children of Parosh, two thou-
sand, an hundred seuentie and two.
4 The children of Shephatiah,
three hundred seuentie and two.
5 The
* 2. Kings
24. 13.
2. chr. 36. 7.
• See Chap.
5.14.
iHebr.thg
transportO'
tion.
* Neheni.
7. 6, &c.
I Or, Azari-
ah^nehe.l.T.
Who returned
Ezra.
from captiuitie.
• Ndiem.
10.
lOr,Bmnui,
nehem. 7-
Or,Ua~
riph, nehem.
" 24.
Or, Gibeon,
nehem. 7. 25,
I Or, Beth.
Asmaueth,
Nehe. 7. 28.
• See ver. 7.
5 The children of Arah, seuen hun-
dred, seuentie and fiue.
6 The children of * Pahath-Moab,
of the children of leshua and loab, two
thousand, eight hundred and twelue.
7 The children of Elam, a thousand,
two hundred fiftie and foure.
8 The children of Zattu, nine hun-
dred fourtie and fiue.
9 The children of Zaccai, seuen hun-
dred and threescore.
10 The children of ||Bani, sixe hun-
dred, fourtie and two.
11 The children of Bebai, sixe hun-
dred, twentie and three.
12 The children of Azgad , a thou-
sand, two hundred, twentie and two.
13 The children of Adonikam , sixe
hundred, sixtie and sixe.
14 The children of Biguai, two
thousand fiftie and sixe.
15 The children of Adin, foure hun
dred, fiftie and foure.
16 The children of Aterof Hezekiah,
ninetie and eight.
17 The children of Bezai, three hun-
dred twenty and three.
18 The children of i|Iorah , an hun-
dred and twelue.
19 The children of Hashum , two
hundred twentie and three.
20 The children of ||Gibbar, ninetie
and fiue.
21 The children of Bethlehem , an
hundred twentie and three.
22 The children of Netophah , fiftie
and sixe.
23 The men of Anathoth, an hun-
dred twentie and eight.
24 The children of ||Azmaueth, for-
tie and two.
25 The children of Kiriath - arim,
Chephirah , and Beeroth , seuen hun-
dred, and fourtie and three.
26 The children of Ramah and Ga-
ba, sixe hundred, twentie and one.
27 The men of Michmas , an hun-
dred, twentie and two.
28 The men of Bethel and Ai, two
hundred, twentie and three.
29 The children of Nebo , fiftie and
two.
30 The children of Magbish , an
hundred fiftie and sixe.
31 The children of the other *Elam,
a thousand, two hundred, fiftie and
foure.
32 The children of Harim, three hun-
dredand twentie.
Or, Harid,
as it is in
some copies.
• 1. Chro.
24. 7.
• I. Chro.
24. 14.
• 1. Chro. 9.
• V Chro.
24. 8.
I Or, luda,
chap. 3. 9.
called also
Hodeuah,
nehem. "J. 43,
33 The children of Lod ||Hadid, and
Ono, seuen hundred, twentie and fiue.
34 The children of lericho , three
hundred fourtie and fiue.
35 The children of Senaah , three
thousand and sixe hundred and thirtie,
36 % The Priests. The children of
*Iedaiah, of the house of leshua, nine
hundred, seuentie and three.
37 The children of * Immer, a thou-
sand, fiftie and two.
38 The children of *Pashur, a thou
sand, two hundred, fourtie and seuen.
39 The children of * Harim, a thou
sand and seuenteene.
40 f The Leuites. The children of
leshua, and Kadmiel, of the children
of IIHodauia, seuentie and foure.
41 IT The singers. The children of
Asaph, an hundred twentie and eight.
42 IT The children of the porters.
The children of Shallum , the children
of Ater, the children of Talmon , the
children of Akkub, the children of Hati-
ta, the children of Shobai, in all , an
hundred thirtie and nine.
43 IT The Nethinims. The children
of Ziha , the children of Hasupha, the
children of Tabbaoth,
44 The children of Keros, the chil-
dren of Siaha, the children of Padon,
45 The children of Lebanah , the
children of Hagabah , the children of
Akkub,
46 The children of Hagab, the chil
dren of || Shalmai , the children of
Hanan.
47 The children of Giddel, the
children of Gahar, the children of Re
aiah,
48 The children of Rezin, the chil-
dren of Nekoda , the children of Gaz-
zam,
49 The children of Vzza , the chil-
dren of Paseah, the children of Besai,
50 The children of Asnah , the chil-
dren of Mehunim , the children of Ne-
phushim,
51 The children of Bakbuk , the'
children of Hakupha , the children of:
Harhur,
52 The children of || Bazluth , the lOr, Box-
children of Mehida, the
Harsha,
53 The children of Barkos, the chil-
dren of Sisera, the children of Tha-
mah,
54 The children of Neziah, the chil-
dren of Hatipha.
55 t The
I Or, Sham-
lai.
children of^m!"^"'
The peoples zeale.
Chap.iij.
The Altar.
I Or, Perida,
in Xehem.
I Or, Amon,
in Xeltem.
* losh. i).
21, 27.
1. chro. 9. 2.
• 1. King. 9.
21.
Or, pede-
gree.
• 2. Sam. 17
27.
t Heh. they
werepolluted
from the
priesthood.
Or, gouer-
nour.
Exod. 28.
1. Chron.
26. 20.
55 H The children of Solomons ser-[
uants. The children of Sotai, the chil-
dren of Sophereth, the children of UPe-
ruda, j
56 The children of laalah, the chil-;
dren of Darken, the children of Giddel,'
57 The children of Shephatiah, the
children of Hattil, the children of Poche-I
reth of Zebaim, the children of || Ami. |
58 All the *Nethinims, and the chil-
dren of * Solomons seruants, were three
hundred ninetie and two.
59 And these were they which went vp
from Tel-melah, Tel-Harsa, Cherub,
Addan, and Immer : but they could not
shewe their fathers house , and their
II seed, whether they were of Israel.
60 The children of Delaiah, the chil-
dren of Tobiah , the children of Neko-
da : sixe hundred fiftie and two.
61 If And of the children of the priests:
the children of Habaiah, the children of
Koz, the children of Barzillai, (which!
tooke a wife of the daughters of * Bar-!
zillai the Gileadite, and was called af-
ter their name.)
62 These sought their register among
those that were reckoned by genealo-
gie, but they were not found : therefore
were they tas polluted, put from the
priesthood.
63 And the || Tirshatha said vnto
them, that they should not eate of the
most holy things , till there stood vp a
priest with * Vrim & with Thummim.
64 IT The whole Congregation to-
gether, was fourtie and two thousand,
three hundred and threescore :
65 Beside their seruants and their
maids, of whom there were seuen thou-
sand , three hundred thirtie and seuen :
and there were among them two hun-
dred singing men, and singing women.
66 Their horses were seuen hundred,
thirtie and sixe: their mules, two hun-
dred fourtie and fine :
67 Their camels , foure hundred,
thirty andfiue:</«drasses, sixe thousand,
seuen hundred and twentie.
68 IT And some of the chiefe of the fa-
thers, when they came to the house of
the Lord which is at lerusalem, of-
fered freely for the house of God, to set
it vp in his place :
69 They gaue after their abilitie, vn-
to the * treasure of the worke, threescore
and one thousand drammes of golde, |
and fiue thousand pound of siluer, and
one hundred priests garments.
Or, losua.
I.
12. andluke
3. 27. coiled
Zorobabel.
* Matth. 1
12. and luke
a. 27. called
Salathiel.
•Deutl2.s.
70 So the priests and the Leuites,
and some of the people, and the singers,
and the porters, and the Nethinims,
dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in
their cities.
CHAP. III.
1 The Altar is set vp. 4 Offerings frequented
7 Workmen prepared. 8 The foundations of
the Temple are laid in great ioy & mourning.
N D when the seuenth
moneth was come , and
the children of Israel were
in the cities : the people ga-
thered themselues toge-
ther, as one man to lerusalem.
2 Then stood vp || leshua the sonne
of lozadak, & his brethren the priests, r^"*** '
and *Zerubbabel the sonne of * Sheal-r Matth.
tiel, and his brethren, and builded the
Altar of the God of Israel, to offer
burnt offrings thereon, as it is * written
in the law of Moses the man of God.
3 And they set the altar vpon his ba-
ses, (for feare wfl* vpon them, because of
the people of those countreys) and they
offered burnt offerings thereon vnto
the Lord, euen burnt offerings, mor-
ning and euening.
4 They kept also the feast of taber
nacles, *as it is written, and *offred the
dayly burnt offrings, by number, accor
ding to the custome, tas the duetie of e-
uery day required :
5 And afterward offered the conti-
nuall burnt offering, both of the new
moones , and of all the set feasts of
the Lord, that were consecrated,
and of euery one that willingly offred,
offered a free will offering vnto the
Lord.
6 From the first day of the seuenth
moneth, began they to offer burnt offe-
rings vnto the Lord : but the tfoun-
dation of the temple of the Lord
was not yet laid.
7 They gaue money also vnto the
masons, and to the ||carpenters, and
meate, and drinke, and oyle, vnto them
of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring
Cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea
of * loppa : according to the grant that
they had of Cyrus king of Persia.
8 H Now in the second yere of their
comming vnto the house of God at le-
rusalem , in the second moneth , began
Zerubbabel the sonne of Shealtiel,
and leshua the sonne of lozadak, and
3 S the
• Num. 29.
12.
• Exod. 23.
16.
t Hebr. the
matter of the
day in his
t Hebr. the
Temple qf
the Lord
was not yet
founded.
I Or, worke-
men.
• Acts 9. 3.
The building of the
E
zra.
Temple, hindered.
I Or, Hoda-
uiah. Chap,
i. 4<).
. Chro. 6.
31. and cha.
16. 7- and
t Hebr. the
sonnen of the
transporta-
tion.
the remnant of their brethren , the
Priests and the Leuites , and all they
that were come out of the captiuitie vn-
to Jerusalem : and appointed the Le-
uites, from twentie yeeres olde and vp-
ward , to set forward the worke of the
house of the Loud.
9 Then stood leshua, mth his sons
and his brethren , Kadmiel and his
sonnes, the sonnes of || ludah t together,
to set forward the workemen in the
house of God : the sonnes of Henadad,
with their sonnes and their brethren
the Leuites.
10 And when the builders laide the
foundation of the Temple of the
Lord, they set the Priests in their
apparell with Trumpets, and the Le-
uites the sonnes of Asaph , with Cym
bales, to praise the Lord, after the
* ordinance of Dauid king of Israel.
11 And they sung together by course,
in praising, and giuing thanks vnto the
Lord ; Because bee is good , for his
mercy endureth for euer towards Is-
rael. And all the people shouted with
a great shoute, when they praised the
Lord ; because the foundation of the
house of the Lord was laide.
12 But many of the Priests and Le-
uites, and chiefe of the fathers, who were
ancient men , that had scene the first
house ; when the foundation of this
house was laide before their eyes, wept
with a loude voice, and many shouted
aloude for ioy :
13 So that the people could not dis-
cerne the noyse of the shout of ioy, from
the noyse of the weeping of the people :
for the people shouted with a loude
shout , and the noyse was heard a
farre off.
CHAP. HIT.
1 The aduersaries, being not accepted in the
building of the Temple with the lewes, en-
deauour to hinder it. 7 Their Letter to
Artaxerxes. 17 The decree of Artaxerxes.
23 The building is hindred.
Ow when the aduersa-
ries of ludah and Benia-
min , heard that t the chil-
dren of the captiuitie buil-
ded the Temple vnto the
Lord God of Israel :
2 Then they came to Zerubbabel,
and to the chiefe of the fathers, and said
vnto them. Let vs build with you , for
wee seeke your God, as yee doe, and we
doe sacrifice vnto him , since the dayes
of Esar-Haddon king of Assur , which
brought vs vp hither.
3 But Zerubbabel and leshua, and
the rest of the chiefe of the fathers of Is-
rael , said vnto them , You haue no-
thing to doe with vs, to build an house
vnto our God, but we our selues toge-
ther will build vnto the Lord God
of Israel , as king Cyrus the King of
Persia hath commanded vs.
4 Then the people of the land wea-
kened the handes of the people of lu-
dah, and troubled them in building,
5 And hired counsellers against
them, to frustrate their purpose, all the
dayes of Cyrus king of Persia, euen vn-
till the reigne of Darius king of Persia
6 And in the reigne of t Ahasuerus,
in the beginning of his reigne , wrote
they vnto him an accusation against the
inhabitants of ludah and lerusalem.
7 % And in the dayes of Artaxer-
xes wrote II Bishlam, Mithredath, Ta
heel, and the rest of their t companions,
vnto Artaxerxes king of Persia ; and
the writing of the letter was written in
the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in
the Syrian tongue.
8 Rehum the Chancellour , and
Shimshai the || Scribe, wrote a letter
against lerusalem , to Artaxerxes the
king, in this sort :
9 Then, wrote Rehum the Chancel-
lour , and Shimshai the Scribe , and
the rest of their t companions ; the Di-
naites , the Apharsathkites , the Tar-
pelites, the Apharsites, the Archeuites,
the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the
Dehauites, and the Elamites,
10 And the rest of the nations whom
the great and noble Asnappar brought
ouer, and set in the cities of Samaria,
and the rest that are on this side the Ri-
uer, tand at such a time.
11 H This is the copy of the Letter,
that they sent vnto him , euen vnto Ar-
taxerxes the king : Thy seruants on
this side the Riuer, and at such a time,
12 Be it knowen vnto the king, that
the lewes which came vp from thee
to vs, are come vnto lerusalem , buil-
ding the rebellious and the bad citie ,
and haue || set vp the walles thereof,
and tioyned the foundations.
13 Be it knowen now vnto the king,
that if this city be builded, and the wals
set vp againe, then will they not tpay
telle, tribute, and custome, and so thou
shalt
t Heb. Jlia.
shuerosh.
Or, in
peace.
t Heb. socie-
ties.
t Or, Secre-
tarie.
t Chald. so-
cieties.
t Chal. Che-
eneth.
Or, finished
t Chal. SOW'
ed together.
t Chal. gine.
The Kiiiffs letter,
Chap.
and the enemies.
iOr,
strength.
t Clial. we
are salted
with the salt
qfthepalace.
fCald.made.
t Chalil. in
the midst
thereqf.
t Choi, so-
cieties.
t Chald. by
me a decree
is set.
t Chald. lif.
ted vp it
selfe.
t CluU. make
a decree.
t Chald. by
arme and
power.
shall endammage the || reuenue of the
kings.
14 Now because we thaue mainte-
nance_/rom the Kings palace, and it was
not meete for vs to see the kings disho-
nour : therefore haue we sent , and cer-
tified the king,
15 That search may be made in the
booke of the Records of thy fathers : so
shalt thou finde in the booke of the Re-
cords, and know, that this City in a re-
bellious city, and hurtfull vnto Kings
and prouinces, and that they haue tmo-
ued sedition t within the same of olde
time : for which cause was this citie de-
stroyed.
16 We certifie the king, that if this ci-
tie be buildedflg-a/wf, & thewalles thereof
set vp : by this meanes, thou shalt haue
no portion on this side the Riuer.
ITU Then sent the king an answere
vnto Rehutn the Ciiancellour, and to
Shimshai the scribe , and to the rest of
their t companions, that dwell in Sa-
maria, and vnto the rest beyond the Ri-
uer, Peace, and at such a time.
18 The letter, which ye sent vnto vs,
hath bene plainly read before me.
19 And tl comniaunded, and search
hath bene made, and it is found, that
this citie of old time hath tmade insur-
rection against Kings , and that rebel-
lion & sedition haue bene made therein.
20 There haue bene mighty Kings
also ouer Jerusalem, which haue ru-
led ouer all countreys beyond the Riuer,
and tolle , tribute , and custome , was
payd vnto them.
21 t Giue ye now commandement,
to cause these men to cease, and that this
citie be not builded, vntill another com-
mandement shall be giuen from me.
22 Take heed now that ye faile not
to doe this : why should damage grow
to the hurt of the kings .-*
23 IT Now when the copy of King
Artaxerxes letter was read before Re-
hum and Shimshai the scribe, and their
companions, they went vp in haste to
lerusalem, vnto the lewes, and made
them to cease, by t force and power.
24< Then ceased the woorke of the
house of the God , which is at lerusa-
lem. So it ceased, vnto the second yeere
of the reigne of Darius king of Persia.
CHAP. V.
1 Zerubbabel and Shealtiel, incited by Haggai
and Zacharie, set forward the building of the|
Temple. 3 Tatnai and Shether-Boznai
could not hinder the lewes. 6 Their letter
to Darius against the lewes.
Hen the Prophets, * Hag-
gai the Prophet, and Ze-
chariah the sonne of Id-
do , prophesied vnto the
lewes that were in lu-
dah and lerusalem , in the Name of
the God of Israel, euen vnto them.
2 Then rose vp Zerubbabel the
Sonne of Shealtiel , and leshua the
sonne of lozadak , and began to build
the house of God which is at lerusa-
lem : and witli them were the Prophets
of God helping them.
3 IT At the same time came to them
Tatnai, gouernour on this side the Ri-
uer , and Shethar-Roznai , and their
companions, and said thus vnto them ;
Who hath commaunded you to build
this house, and to make vp this wall .''
4 Then said wee vnto them after
this maner. What are the names of the
men tthat make this building?
5 But the eye of their God was vp-
on the Elders of the lewes, that they
could not cause them to cease , till the
matter came to Darius : and then they
returned answere by letter concerning
this matter.
6 f The copy of the letter that Tat-
nai, gouernour on this side the Riuer,
and Shethar-Boznai, and his compa-
nions the Apharsachites , which zcere
on this side the Riuer, sent vnto Da-
rius the King :
7 They sent a letter vnto him,
t wherein was written thus : Vnto Da-
rius the king, all peace.
8 Be it knowen vnto the king, that
we went into the prouince of ludea, to
the house of the great God , which is
builded with tgreat stones, & timber is
laied in the wals, and this worke goeth
fast on, and prospereth in their hands.
9 Then asked we those Elders, and
said vnto them thus, Who commanded
you to build this house, and to make vp
these walles ?
1 0 We asked their names also, to certi-
fie thee, that we might write the names
of the men that were the chiefe of them.
11 And thus they returned vs an-
swere, saying , We are the seruants of
the God of heauen and earth, and build
the house that was builded these many
yeeres agoe, which a great King of Is-
rael builded, • and set vp.
3 S 2 12 But
• Agge. 1. 1.
zach. 1. I.
t Chald. that
build this
building.
t Chald. in
the midst
whereof.
t Chald.
stones qfro-
ling.
• I.King.
6. 1.
Tatnais letter to
Ezi
•a.
Darius, anfwered.
*». KiiUfS
»A. a. and
ii. 8.
■Em. 1.1.
and 6. 5.
I Or,deiMif
teend.
Or, Kcba-
tana, or in a
coffer.
12 But after that our fathers had
prouoked the God of heauen vnto
wrath : he gaue them into the hande of
• Nebuchadnezzar the king of Baby-
lon, the Caldean , who destroyed this
house, and caried the people away into
Babylon.
13 But in the first yere of * Cyrus the
king of Babylon, the same king Cyrus
made a decree to build this house of
God.
14 And the vessels also of golde and
siluer of the house of God, which Ne-
buchadnezzar tooke out of the Tem-
ple that was in Jerusalem, and brought
them into the temple of Babylon, those
did Cyrus the king take out of the tem-j
pie of Babylon, and they were deliue-
Ezrai.18 red vnto one, * whose name icas Shesh-
bazzar , whome he had made || gouer-
nour :
15 And said vnto him , Take these
vessels, goe, carie them into the temple
that is in Jerusalem, and let the house
of God be builded in his place.
16 Then came the same Sheshbaz-
zar, and laid the foundation of the house
of God , which is in Jerusalem. And
since that time, euen vntill now, hath it
bin in building, & yet it is not finished.
17 Now therefore, if it seeme good to
the king, let there be search made in the
kings treasure house which is there at
Babylon, whether it be so that a decree
was made of Cyrus the king, to build
this house of God at Jerusalem : and
let the king send his pleasure to vs con-
cerning this matter.
CHAP. VJ.
1 Darius finding the decree of Cyrus, maketh
a new decree for the aduancement of the]
building. 13 By the helpe of the enemies, and
the directions of the prophets, the Temple is
finished. 16 The feast of the Dedication is
kept 19 And the Passeouer.
Hen Darius the King
made a decree, and search
was made in the house of
the t roUes , where the
treasures were t laide
t Chalde, '
bookes.
t ChaUIe, ,
made to de- vp in Babylon.
2 And there was found at ||Achme
tha, in the palace that is in the prouince
of the Medes, a roUe, and therein was
a record thus written :
3 Jn the first yeere of Cyrus the
king, the sameCyrus the king madeade
cree concerning the house of God at Je
t Chalde, go-
t Chalde,
their socie-
ties.
rusalem : Let the house be builded, the
place where they offered sacrifices, and
let the foundations thereof be strongly
laid, the height therof threescore cubits,
and the breadth thereof threescore cu-
bites :
4 With three rowes of great stones,
and a row of new timber : and let the
expences bee giuen out of the kings
house.
5 And also let the golden, and siluer
vessels of the house of God, which Ne-
buchadnezzar tooke foorth out of the
temple which is at Jerusalem , and
brought vnto Babylon, be restored, and
tbrought againe vnto the temple which
is at Jerusalem, euery one to his place,
and place them in the house of God
6 Now there/ore Tatnai, gouernour
beyond the riuer , Shethar - Boznai,
and tyour companions the Apharsa-
chites, which are beyond the riuer, be ye
farre from thence :
7 Let the worke of this house of
God alone , let the gouernour of the
Jewes, and the elders of the Jewes,
build this house of God in his place.
8 Moreouer t J make a decree,
what ye shall doe to the Elders of these
Jewes, for the building of this house of
God : that of the kings goods, euen of
the tribute beyond the riuer, forthwith
expences be giuen vnto these men , that
they be not t hindered.
9 And that which they haue need of,
both yong bullocks, and rammes, and
lambes, for the burnt offerings of the
God of heauen, wheat, salt, wine, and
oyle, according to the appoyment of the
priests which are at Jerusalem, let it be
giuen them, day by day without faile
10 That they may offer sacrifices tof
sweet sauours vnto the God of heauen,
and pray for the life of the king, and of
his sonnes.
11 Also J haue made a decree, that
whosoeuer shall alter this word , let
timber be pulled down from his house,]
and being set vp, let him bee thanged |r''«'*''f'
thereon, and let his house bee made asiroued.
doung hill for this.
12 And the God that hath caused his
name to dwell there, destroy all kings
and people that shall put to their hand,
to alter and to destroy this house of God
which is at Jerusalem. J Darius haue
made a decree, let it be done with speed.
13 t Then Tatnai gouernour on this
side the riuer, Shethar-Boznai, & their
com
\ Chalde, bf
me a decree
is made.
i Chalde,
made to
cease.
t Chalde, of
rest.
The dedication.
Chap.vij.
The kings letter.
t Chald. De-
cree.
\Chald.the
sonnesofthe
transporta
titm.
t Oudd. ae-
cordiiig to
the writing.
Num. 3. 6.
and 8. U.
companions , according to that which
Darius the king had sent , so they did
speedily.
14 And the elders of the lewes buil-
ded , and they prospered , through the
prophecying of Haggai the Prophet ,
and Zechariah the sonne of Iddo, and
they builded, and finished it, according
to the commandement of the God of
Israel, and according to the t comman-
dement of Cyrus and Darius, and Ar-
taxerxes king of Persia.
15 And this house was finished on
the third day of the month Adar, which
was in the sixt yere of the reigne of Da-
rius the king.
16 H And the children of Israel, the
Priests and the Leuites, and the rest of
tthe children of the captiuitie, kept the
dedicatio of this house of God, with ioy,
17 And offered at the dedication of
this house of God , an hundred bul-
lockes , two hundred rammes , foure
hundred lambes ; and for a sinne offe-
ring for all Israel, twelue hee goates,
according to the number of the tribes of
Israel.
18 And they set the Priests in their di-
uisions , and the Leuites in their cour-
ses, for the seruice of God , which is at
lerusalem, t * as it is written in the
booke of Moses.
19 And the children of the captiuitie
kept the Passeouer , vpon the four-
teenth day of the first moneth :
20 For the Priestes and the Leuites
were purified together, all of them were
pure, and killed the Passeouer for all
the children of the captiuitie , and for
their brethren the Priests, and for them
selues.
21 And the children of Israel, which
were come againe out of captiuitie, and
all such as had separated themselues
vnto them , from the filthinesse of the
heathen of the land, to seeke the Lord
God of Israel, did eate,
22 And kept the feast of vnleauened
bread seuen dayes , with ioy : for the
Lord had made them ioyfuU, and
turned the heart of the king of Assyria
vnto them, to strengthen their handes
in the worke of the house of God , the
God of Israel.
CHAP. VIL
1 Ezra goeth vp to lerusalem. 1 1 The gracious
commission of Artaxerxes to Ezra. 27 Ezra
blesseth God for his fauour.
Ow after these things, in
the reigne of Artaxerxes
king of Persia, Ezra the
son of Seraiah, the sonne
of Azariah , the sonne of
Hilkiah,
2 The sonne of Shallum, the sonne
of Zadok, the sonne of Ahitub,
3 The Sonne of Amariah, the sonne
of Azariah, the sonne of Meraioth,
4 The sonne of Zeraiah, the sonne
of Vzzi, the sonne of Bukki,
5 The sonne of Abishua, the sonne
of Phinehas, the sonne of Eleazar, the
sonne of Aaron the chiefe Priest :
6 This Ezra went vp from Baby-
lon, and hee was a ready Scribe in the
law of Moses, which the Lord God
of Israel had giuen : and the king gran-
ted him all his request, according to the
hand of the Loud his God vpon him.
7 And there went vp some of the
children of Israel, and of the Priests,
and the Leuites, and the Singers, and
the Porters , and the Nethinims, vn-
to lerusalem, in the seuenth yeere of
Artaxerxes the king.
8 And he came to lerusalem in the
fifth moneth, which xvas in the seuenth
yeere of the king.
9 For vpon the first day of the first
moneth, t began he to go vp fro Baby
Ion , and on the first day of the fifth mo-
neth, came he to lerusalem, according
to the good hand of his God vpon him.
10 For Ezra had prepared his heart
to seeke the Law of the Lord, and
to doe it , and to teach in Israel, Sta-
tutes and ludgements.
11 IT Now this is the copy of the let-
ter that the king Artaxerxes gaue vn-
to Ezra the Priest , the Scribe , euen a
Scribe of the words of the commande-
raents of the Lord, and of his Sta-
tutes to Israel.
12 Artaxerxes king of kings, ||Vnto
Ezra the Priest , a Scribe of the Law
of the God of heauen, 'Pexiect peace, and
at such a time.
13 1 make a decree , that all they of
the people of Israel, and of his Priests,
and Leuites in my Realme, which are
minded of their owne free - will to goe
vp to lerusalem, goe with thee.
14 Forasmuch as thou art sent tof
the king, and of his * seuen counsellers,
to enquire concerning ludah and le-
rusalem, according to the Lawe of thy
God, which is in thine hand ;
15 And
t He was the
fnundaiion
0/ the going
vp.
I Or, to Ezra
the Priest a
perjit Scribe
o/'the Laive
of the Hod of
heauen.
Peace, .Jc.
t Chal.from
before the
King.
• Esth. 1. 14.
The commiffion
Ezra.
giuen to Ezra.
•Chap. 8.
25.
\Chald:
Cores.
\ Heb.rehat-
toeueritof
the decree.
15 And to cary the siluer and gold,l
which the king and his counsellers
haue freely offered vnto the God of Is-'
rael, whose habitation is in lerusalem.
16 * And all the siluer and gold , that
thou canst find in all the prouince of Ba-|
bylon, with the free-will offering of the
Eeople, and of the priests , offering wil-
ngly for the house of their God, which
is in lerusalem :
17 That thou maiest buy speedily
with this money , bullockes, rammes,
lambes, with their meate offerings, j
and their drinke offerings , and offer;
them vpon the altar of the house of
your God, which is in lerusalem.
18 And whatsoeuer shall seeme good
to thee, and to thy brethren, to doe with
the rest of the siluer and gold ; that doe,
after the will of your God.
19 The vessels also that are giuen
thee, for the seruice of the house of thy
God, those deliuer thou before the God
of lerusalem.
20 And whatsoeuer more shall be
needfull for the house of thy God, which
thou shalt haue occasion to bestowe ;
bestowe it out of the kings treasure
house.
21 And I , etten I Artaxerxes the
king, doe make a decree to all the
treasurers which are beyond the riuer,
that whatsoeuer Ezra the priest, the
scribe of the law of the God of heauen,
shall require of you, it be done speedily,
22 Vnto an hundred talents of sil-
uer, and to an hundred + measures of
wheate , and to an hundred bathes of
wine, and to an hundred bathes of oyle,
and salt, without prescribing hoxa much.
23 1 Whatsoeuer is commanded by the
God of heauen, let it be diligently done,
for the house of the God of heauen : for
why should there be wrath against the
realme of the king and his sonnes ?
24 Also we certifie you, that tou-
ching any of the priests , and Leuites,
singers, porters, Nethinims, or mini-
sters of this house of God, it shall not be
lawfuU to impose tolle , tribute , or cu-
stome vpon them.
25 And thou, Ezra, after the wis
dome of thy God, that is in thine hand,
set magistrates and iudges, which may
iudge all the people, that are beyond the
riuer, all such as know the lawes of thy
God, and teach yee them that knowe
them not.
26 And whosoeuer will not doe the
law of thy God, and the law of the king,
let iudgement be executed speedily vpon
him, whether it be vnto death, or to tba-
nishment, or to confiscation of goods, or
to imprisonment.
27 f Blessed be the Lord God
of our fathers , which hath put s^tch a
thing as this, in the kings heart, to beau-
tifie the house of the Lord which is
in lerusalem :
28 And hath extended mercy vnto
me, before the king and his counsellers,
and before all the kings mighty prin
ces , and I was strengthned as the
hand of the Lord my God was vp-
on me, and I gathered together out of
Israel, chiefe men to goe vp with me.
CHAP. VIIL
The companions of Ezra, who returned from
Babylon. 15 He sendeth to Iddofor mini-
sters for the Temple. 21 He keepeth a fast.
24 He committetn the treasures to the custo-
die of the Priests. 31 From Ahaua they
come to lerusalem. 33 The treasure is
weighed in the Temple. 36 The commis
sion is deliuered.
Hese are now the chiefe of
their fathers, anAthis is the
genealogie of them that
went vp with mee from
Babylon, in the reigne of
Artaxerxes the king.
2 Of the sonnes of Phinehas, Ger-
shom : of the sonnes of Ithamar, Da-
niel : of the sonnes of Dauid, Hattush.
3 Of the sonnes of Shechaniah, of
the sonnes of Pharosh, Zechariah, and
with him were reckoned, by genealogie
of the males, an hundred and fiftie.
4 Of the sonnes of Pahath-Moab
Elihoenai the sonne of Zerahiah : and
with him, two hundred males.
5 Of the sonnes of Shechaniah, the
Sonne of lahaziel , and with him three
hundred males.
6 Of the sonnes also of Adin, Ebed
the Sonne of lonathan, and with him
fiftie males.
7 And of the sonnes of Elam, le-
shaiah the sonne of Athaliah, and with
him seuentie males.
8 And of the sonnes of Shephati
ah, Zebadiah the sonne of Michael, and
with him fourescore males.
9 Of the sonnes of loab, Obadiah
the Sonne of lehiel : and with him two
hundred and eighteene males.
10 And
t Chald. to
rooting out.
A faft proclaimed.
Chap.viij. The Leuites charge.
i Or, the
congest son.
Or, Zac-
ciir, as some
read.
Or, pitched.
\Hebr.Ifmt
words in
their mouth.
• See Chap.
2. 43.
10 And of the sonnes of Shelomith,
the Sonne of losiphiah , and with him
an hundred and threescore males.
11 And of the sonnes of Bebai, Ze-
chariah the sonne of Bebai , and with
him twenty and eight males.
12 And of the sonnes of Azgad, lo-
hanan || the sonne of Hakkatan , and
with him an hundred and ten males.
13 And of the last sonnes of Adoni-
kam, whose names are these : Eliphelet,
lehiel, and Shemaiah, and with them
threescore males.
14 Of the sonnes also of Biguai, V-
thai, and ||Zabbud, and with them se-
uentie males.
15 f And I gathered them toge-
ther to the riuer, that runneth to Aha-
ua, and there || abode wee in tents three
dayes : and I viewed the people , and
the Priests, and found there none of the
sonnes of Leui.
16 Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel,
for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and
for larib , and for Elnathan , and for
Nathan , and for Zecliariah , and for
Meshullam , chiefe men ; also for la
rib, and for Elnathan, men of vnder
standing.
17 And I sent them with comman
dement vnto Iddo the chiefe at the
place Casiphia, and I || told them what
they should say vnto Iddo , and to his
brethren the Nethinims , at the place
Casiphia, that they should bring vnto
vs ministers for the house of our God.
18 And by the good hand of our God
vpon vs , they brought vs a man of vn-
derstanding , of the sonnes of Mahli
the sonne of Leui, the sonne of Israel,
and Sherebiah, with his sonnes , and
his brethren, eighteene.
19 And Hashabiah , and with him
leshaiah of the sonnes of Merari, his
brethren, and their sonnes, twentie.
20 *Also of the Nethinims, whom
Dauid, and the Princes had appointed
for the seruice of the Leuites, two hun-
dred and twentie Nethinims : all of
them were expressed by name.
21 IT Then I proclaimed a fast there,
at the riuer Ahaua , that we might af-
flict our selues before our God, to seeke
of him a right way for vs , and for our
little ones, and for all our substance.
22 For I was ashamed to require
of the king a band of souldiers and hors
men, to helpe vs against the enemie in
the way : because wee had spoken vnto
the king, saying, The hand of our God
is vpon all them for good , that seeke
him , but his power and his wrath is a-
gainst all them that forsake him.
23 So we fasted, and besought our
God for this , and hee was intreated
of vs.
24 H Then I separated twelue of
the chiefe of the Priests, Sherebiah, Ha-
shabiah, and ten of their brethren with
them,
25 And weighed vnto them the sil-
uer and the gold, and the vessels, euen
the offering of the house of our God,
which the king and his counsellours,
and his lords, and all Israel there pre-
sent, had offered :
26 I euen weighed vnto their
hand , sixe hundred and fifty talents of
siluer, and siluer vessels an hundred ta-
lents, and of gold an liundred talents :
27 Also twenty basons of gold, of a
thousand drammes, and two vessels of
tfine copper, t precious as gold. luebr.tie
28 And I said vnto them , Yee areln^i^Z'se.
holy vnto the Lord, the vessels are t HeJr. </«.
holy also , and the siluer and the gold
are a free - will offring vnto the Lokd
God of your fathers.
29 Watch ye, and keepe them, vntill
yee weigh them before the chiefe of the
Priests, and the Leuites, and chiefe of
the fathers of Israel at lerusalem,
in the chambers of the house of the
Lord.
30 So tooke the Priests and the Le-
uites the weight of the siluer and the
gold , and the vessels, to bring them to
lerusalem , vnto the house of our
God.
31 H Then wee departed from the
riuer of Ahaua , on the twelfth day of
the first moneth , to goe vnto lerusa-
lem ; and the hand of our God was vp-
on vs, and hee deliuered vs from the
hand of the enemie, and of such as lay in
wait by the way.
32 And we came to lerusalem, and
abode there three dayes.
33 H Now on the fourth day was
the siluer and the gold, and the vessels
weighed in the house of our God, by the
hand of Meremoth the sonne of Vriah
the Priest , and with him was Eleazar
the Sonne of Phinehas, and with them
zvas lozabad the sonne of leshua,
and Noadiah the sonne of Binnui, Le
uites :
34 By number , and by weight of
euery
Ezras confefsion
E
zra.
and prayer.
Or, qffiicti-
on.
IOr,guUti-
uery one : and all the weight was writ-
ten at that time.
35 Aho the children of those that had
bene caried away which were come out
of the captiuitie, offered burnt off'rings
vnto the God of Israel , twelue bul-
locks for all Israel , ninetie and sixe
rammes , seuentie and seuen lambes,
twelue hee goates for a sinne offering :
All this was a burnt offering vnto the
Lord.
36 IF And they deliuered the Kings
commissions vnto the kings lieute-
uants, and to the gouernours on this
side the riuer, and they furthered the
people, and the house of God.
CHAP. IX.
1 Ezra moumeth for the affinitie of the people
with strangers. 5 He prayeth vnto God with
confession of sinnes.
Owe when these things
were done , the Princes
came to me, saying, The
people of Israel, and the
priests and the Leuites,
haue not separated themselues from
the people of the lands, doiiig according
to their abominations, euen of the Ca-
naanites, the Hittites , the Perizzites,
the lebusites, the Ammonites , the
Moabites, the Egyptians, and the A-
morites.
2 For they haue taken of their
daughters for themselues, and for their
sonnes : so that the holy seed haue ming-
led themselues with the people of tJiose
lands, yea the hand of the princes and
rulers hath bin chiefe in this trespasse.
3 And when I heard this thing, I
rent my garment and my mantle, and
pluckt oft" the haire of my head, and of
my beard, and sate downe astonied.
4 Then were assembled vnto me
euery one that trembled at the words
of the God of Israel , because of the
transgression of those that had bene ca-
ried away , and I sate astonied , vntill
the euening sacrifice.
5 H And at the euening sacrifice , I
arose vp from my ||heauinessc, and ha-
uing rent my garment and my mantle,
I fell vpon my knees , and spread out
my hands vnto the Lord my God,
6 And said, O my God, I am asha-
med, and blush to lift vp my face to thee,
my God : for our iniquities are increa-
sed ouer our head, and our || trespasse is
growen vp vnto the heauens.
7 Since the dayes of our fathers,
haue wee beene in a great trespasse vnto
this day , & for our iniquities haue we.
our kings and our priests, bin deliuered
into the hand of the kings of the lands,
to the sword , to captiuitie , and to a
spoile, and to confusion of face , as it is
this day.
8 And now for a tlitle space grace
hath bene shewed from the Lord our
God, to leaue vs a remnant to escape,
and to giue vs || a || naile in his holy
place, that our God may lighten our
eyes, and giue vs a litle reuiuing in our
bondage :
9 For wee zeere bondmen , yet our
God hath not forsaken vs in our bon-
dage, but hath extended mercie vnto vs
in the sight of the kings of Persia , to
giue vs a reuiuing to set vp the house of
our God, and t to repaire the desolati-
ons thereof, and to giue vs a wall in
ludah and in lerusalem.
10 And now, O our God, what shal
we say after this .'' for we haue forsaken
thy commandements,
11 Which thou hast commanded by
t thy seruants the prophets , saying,
*The land vnto which ye go to possesse
it, is an vncleane land, with the filthi-
nesse of the people of the lands, with
their abominations, which haue filled it
t from one end to another , with their
vncleannesse.
12 Nowe therefore giue not your
daughters vnto their sonnes, neither
take their daughters vnto your sonnes,
nor seeke their peace or their wealth for
euer : that ye may bee strong, and eate
the good of the land, and leaue it for an
inheritance to your children for euer.
13 And after all that is come vpon
vs, for our euill deeds, and for our great
trespasse , seeing that thou , our God,
t hast punished vs lesse,then our iniqui-
ties descrue, and hast giuen vs such deli-
uerance as this :
14 Should wee againe breake thy
commandements, and ioyne in affinitie
with the people of these abominations.''
wouldest thou not be angry with vs, til
thou haddest consumed vs, so that there
should be no remnant, nor escaping .''
15 O Lord God of Israel, thou
art righteous, for wee remaine yet esca-
ped, as it is this day : Behold, we are be-
fore thee in our trespasses : for wee can
not stand before thee, because of this.
CHAP.
t Hebr. mo-
metit.
i Or, a pinne
y That is, a
constuntand
sure (tbode.
t Heb. to set
vp.
t Heb. by the
hand of thy
seruants.
Exod. 23.
32. deut. 7. 3
t Heb. from
mouth to
mouth.
t Heb. hatt
imthltetd be-
neath our
iniquities.
Order taken for
Chap.x.
ftrange mariages.
t Hebr. wept
a greal wee-
ping.
t Hebr. to
bring forth.
t Heb. deno-
ted.
CHAP. X.
1 Shechaniah encourageth Ezra to reforme the
strange mariages. 6 Ezra mourning, assem-
bleth the people. 9 The people at the ex-
hortation of Ezra, repent and promiseamend-
ment. 15 Thecare to performe it. 18 The
names of them who had maried strange wiues.
Ow when Ezra had prai-
ed, and when he had con-
fessed, weeping, and ca-
sting himselfe downe be-
fore the house of God,
there assembled vnto him out of Isra-
el, a very great congregation of men,
and women, and children : for the peo-
ple twept very sore.
9, And Shechaniah the sonne of
lehiel, one of the sonnes of Elam , an
swered and said vnto Ezra, Wee haue
trespassed against our God , and haue
taken strange wiues , of the people of
the land : yet now there is hope in Isra-
el concerning this thing.
3 Now therefore let vs make a co-
uenant with our God, tto put away all
the wiues, & such as are borne of them,
according to the counsell of my lord, and
of those that tremble at the commande-
ment of our God, and lee it be done ac-
cording to the Law.
4 Arise, for this matter belongeth vn-
to thee, wee also zoill be with thee: be of
good courage, and doe it.
5 Then arose Ezra, and made the
chiefe Priests, the Leuites, and all Is-
rael to sweare, that they should doe ac-
cording to this word : and they sware.
6 H Then Ezra rose vp from before
the house of God , and went into the
chamber of lohanan, the sonne of E
liashib : and when hee came thither, hee
did eate no bread, nor drinke water : for
hee mourned because of the transgressi
on of them that had bene caried away.
7 And they made Proclamation
throughout ludah and lerusalem ,
vnto all the cliildren of the captiuitie,
that they should gather themselues to-
gether vnto lerusalem ;
8 And that whosoeuer would not
come within three dayes , according to
the counsell of the Princes, and the El
ders, all his substance should be tforfei
ted, and himselfe separated from the
congregation of those that had beene ca-
ried away.
9 IT Then all the men of ludah
and Beniamin, gathered themselues
together vnto lerusalem, within three
dayes: it wo,? the ninth moneth, on the
twentieth day of the moneth , and all
the people sate in the streeteof the house
of God, trembling because o( this mat-
ter, and for tthe great raine.
10 And Ezra the Priest stood vp, and
said vnto them , Yee haue transgressed,
and thaue taken strange wiues, to en-
crease the trespasse of Israel.
11 Now therefore make confession
vnto the Lord God of your fathers,
and doe his pleasure : and separate your
selues from the people of the land , and
from the strange wiues.
12 Then all the congregation an-
swered, and said with a loude voice, As
thou hast said, so must we doe :
13 But the people are many, and it is
a time of much raine, and we are not a-
ble to stand without ; neither is this
a worke of one day or two : for || wee are
many that haue transgressed in this
thing.
14 Let now our rulers of all the
congregation stand , and let all them
which haue taken strange wiues in our
cities, come at appointed times, & with
them the Elders of euery citie, and the
ludges thereof; vntill the fierce wrath
of our God ||for this matter, be turned
from vs.
15 f Onely lonathan the sonne of
Asahel, and lahaziah the sonne of Ti-
kuah, twere employed about this mat-
ter : and Meshullam, and Shabbethai
the Leuite, helped them.
16 And the children of the captiuitie
did so: and Ezra the Priest, ze'i^A certaine
chiefe of the fathers, after the house of
their fathers , and all of them by their
names, were separated, and sate downe
in the first day of the tenth moneth to
examine the matter.
17 And they made an ende, with all
the men that had taken strange wiues,
by the first day of the first moneth.
18 H And among the sonnes of the
Priestes, there were found that had ta-
ken strange wiues : namely, of the sons
of leshua the sonne of lozadak , and
his brethren, Maasiah, and Eliezer, and
larib, and Gedaliah.
19 And they gaue their hands, that
they would put away their wiues : and
being guiltie, they offered a ramme of the
flocke for their trespasse.
20 And of the sonnes of Immer,
Hanani, and Zebadiah :
3 T 21 And
t Hebr. the
showret.
t Hebr. haue
caused to
dweL,orhaue
brought
backe.
il Or, wee
haue greatly
offended in
this thing.
I Or, till this
matter be
dispatched.
t Heb. stood.
Who put
away
Nehemiah,
ftrange
wiues.
21 And of the sonnes of Harim, Ma-
asiah, and Eliiali, and Shemaiah , and
lehiel, and Vzziah.
22 And of the sonnes of Pashur:
Elioenai, Maasiah, Ishmael , Netha-
neel, lozabad and Elasah.
23 Also of the Leuites: lozabad,
and Shimei, and Kelaiah (the same is
Kelitah ) Pethahiah , ludah, and E-
liezer.
24 Of the singers also, Eliashib ; and
of the porters, Shallum, and Telem,
and Vri.
25 Moreouer of Israel, of the sonnes
of Parosh, Ramiah , and lesiah , and
Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar,
and Malchijah, and Benaiah.
26 And of the sonnes of Elam : Mat-
taniah , Zechariah , and lehiel , and
Abdi, and leremoth, and Ehah.
27 And of the sonnes of Zattu : E-
lioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and le-
remoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.
28 Of the sonnes also of Bebai : le-
hohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, 4* Athlai.
29 And of the sonnes of Bani : Me-
shullam , Malluch , and Adaiah , la-
shub, and Sheal, and Ramoth.
30 And of the sonnes of Pahath
Moab: Adna, aud Chelal, Benaiah,
Maasiah , Mattaniah , Bezaleel, and
Binnui, and Manasseh.
31 And of the sonnes of Harim : Elie-
zer , Ishiiah , Malchiah , Shemaiah,
Shimeon,
32 Beniamin, Malluch , and She-
mariah.
33 Of the sonnes of Hashum : Mat-
tenai, Mattatha, Zabad, Eliphelet, le-
remai, Manasseh, and Shimei.
34 Of the sonnes of Bani : Maadai,
Amram, and Vel,
35 Benaiah, Bedaiah, Chelluh,
36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
37 Mattaniah, Mattenai, and laa-
sau,
38 And Bani, and Bennui, Shimei,
39 And Shelemiah , and Nathan,
and Adaiah,
40 11 Machnadebai, Shashai, Sha-
rai,
41 Azareel, and Shelemiah, She-
mariah,
42 Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.
43 Of the sonnes of Nebo , lehiel,
Mattithiah , Zabad, Zebina, ladau,
and loel, Benaiah.
44 All these had taken strange
wiues : and some of them had wiues, by
whom they had children.
I Or, Nab-
nadehalt ac-
cording to
Rome copies.
^THE BOOKE OF
Nehemiah.
CHAP. I.
1 Nehemiah, viiderstanding by Hanani, the
misery of Jerusalem, moumeth, fasteth and
prayeth. 5 His prayer.
He words of Ne-
hemiah the Sonne
ofllachaliah.And
it came to passe in
the moneth Chi-
' sleu , in the twen-
tieth yeere, as I
was in Shushan
■ muff the palace;
2 That Hanani, one of my brethren
came, he and certaine men of ludah, and
I asked them concerning the lewes
that had escaped, which were left of the
captiuitie, and concerning Jerusalem.
3 And they said vnto me. The rem-
nant that are left of the captiuitie there
in the prouince , are in great affliction
and reproch : the wall of Jerusalem al-
so *is broken downe, and the gates
thereof are burnt with fire.
4 H And it came to passe when I
heard these words , that J sate downe
and wept, and mourned certaine dayes,
and fasted, and prayed before the God
of heauen,
5 And said , J beseech thee , * O
Lord God of heauen, the great and
terrible
'2. King. 25.
9.
' Dan. •!. i.
Nehemiahs prayer:
Chap.ij.
His requeft.
Dcut. 4.
35. &C.
Deut. 30.
o
terrible God , that keepeth couenant
and mercie for them that loue him, and
obserue his commandements :
6 Let thine eare now be attentiue,
and thine eyes open, that thou mayest
heare the prayer of thy seruant, which
I pray before thee now, day and night,
for the children of Israel thy seruants,
and confesse the sinnes of the children of
Israel, which wee haue sinned against
thee : both I, and my fathers house
haue sinned.
7 We haue dealt very- corruptly a-
gainst thee, and haue not kept the com-
mandements, nor the statutes, nor the
iudgements, which thou commandedst
thy seruant Moses.
8 Remember, I beseech thee, the
word that thou commandedst thy ser-
uant Moses, saying, *jf/'yee transgresse,
I will scatter you abroad among the
nations :
9 But if ye turne vnto me, and keepe
my commandements , and doe them :
* though there were of you cast out vnto
the vttermost part of the heauen , yet
will I gather them from thence, and
will bring them vnto the place that I
haue chosen, to set my Name there.
10 Now these are thy seruants, and
thy people, whom thou hast redeemed
by thy great power, and by thy strong
hand.
11 O Lord, I beseech thee, let
now thine eare be attentiue to the pray-
er of thy seruant, and to the prayer of
thy seruants , who desire to feare thy
name : and prosper, I pray thee, thy
seruant this day, and grant him mercie
in the sight of this man. For I was the
kings cup-bearer.
CHAP. II.
1 Artaxerxes vnderstanding the cause of Ne-
hemiahs sadnesse, sendeth him with letters
and commission to Jerusalem. 9 Nehemiah, to
the griefe of the enemies, comraeth to Jerusa-
lem. 12 Hee vieweth secretly the ruines of
the walles. 1 7 He inciteth the lewes to build
in despite of the enemies.
Nd it came to passe, in the
moneth Nisan , in the
twentieth yeere of Artax-
erxes the king, that wine
K'«* before him : and I
tooke vp the wine, and gaue it vnto the
King : now I had not bene befirretime
sad in his presence.
2 Wherefore the king said vnto me,
Why is thy countenance sadde , seeing
thou art not sicke .'' this is nothing else
but sorrow of heart. Then I was ve-
ry sore afraid,
3 And said vnto the king , Let the
king Hue for euer : why should not my
countenance be sad, when the city, the
place of my fathers Sepulchres, lyeth
waste , and the gates thereof are consu-
med with fire .''
4 Then the king said vnto me. For
what doest thou make request .'' So I
prayed to the God of heauen.
5 And I said vnto the king. If it
please the king, and if thy seruant haue
found fauour in thy sight , that thou
wouldest send me vnto ludah vnto the
City of my fathers sepulchres , that I
may build it.
6 And the king saide vnto mee (the
tQueene also sitting by him) For how
long shall thy iourney bee ? and when
wilt thou returne.'' So it pleased the
king to send me, and I set him a time.
7 Moreouer I saide vnto the king,
If it please the king, let letters be giuen
mee to the gouernours beyond the Ri-
uer, that they may conuey me ouer, till
I come into ludah ;
8 And a letter vnto Asaph the kee-
per of the kings forrest , that he may
giue me timber to make beames for the
gates of the palace which appertained to
the house, and for the wall of the Citie,
and for the house that I shall enter in
to : And the king granted me, according
to the good hand of my God vpon me.
9 % Then I came to the gouer-
nours beyond the riuer, and gaue them
the kings letters : ( now the king had
sent captaines of the army , and horse-
men with me.)
10 When Sanballat the Horonite,
and Tobiah the seruant , the Ammo-
nite, heard of it, it grieued them excee-
dingly, that there was come a man , to
seeke the welfare of the children of Is-
rael.
1 1 So I came to lerusalem , and
was there three dayes.
12 H And I arose in the night, I,
and some few men with mee , neither
tolde I any man what God had put in
my heart to doe at lerusalem : neither
was there any beast with mee, saue the
beast that I rode vpon.
13 And I went out by night, by the
gate of the valley, euen before tlie dra-
3 T 2 gon
t Hebr.
wife.
The building
Nehemiah.
of the walles.
"Iete.s.
38.
iHebr.at
hiihand.
gon well , and to the doung-port , and
viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which
were broken downe , and the gates
thereof were consumed with fire.
14 Then I went on to the gate of
the fountaine , and to the kings poole :
but there was no place for the beast that
was vnder me, to passe.
15 Then went I vp in the night by
the brooke , and viewed the wall , and
turned backe, and entred by the gate of
the valley, and so returned.
16 And the rulers knew not whither
I went , or what I did, neither had I
as yet tolde it to the lewes, nor to the
Priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the ru
lers, nor to the rest that did the worke.
17 IT Then said I vnto them , Yee
see the distresse that we are in, how le
rusalem lieth waste, and the gates ther
of are burnt with fire : come, and let vs
builde vp the wall of lerusalem , that
we be no more a reproch.
18 Then I told them of the hand of
my God, which was good vpon me ; as
also the kings wordes that he had spo-
ken vnto me. And they said. Let vs rise
vp and builde. So they strengthened
their hands for this good worke.
19 But when Sanballat the Horo
nite, and Tobiah the seruant the Am-
monite, and Geshem the Arabian heard
it, they laughed vs to scorne, and despi-
sed vs, and said. What is this thing that
yee doe? will ye rebell against the king?
20 Then answered I them, and said
vnto them. The God of heauen, he will
prosper vs, therefore wee his seruants
will arise and build : But you haue no
portion, nor right, nor memoriall in le-
rusalem.
CHAP. III.
1 The names and order of them that buil-
ded the wall.
HenEliashibthehiepriest,
rose vp with his brethren
the Priests, and they built
the sheepe-gate, they sanc-
tifiedit, Sjsetvpthedoores
of it, euen vnto the towre of Meah they
sanctified it, vnto the towre of *Hana-
neel.
2 And t next vnto him builded the
men of lericho : and next to them buil
ded Zaccur the sonne of Imri.
3 But the fish -gate did the sonnes
of Hassenaah build , who also laide the
beames thereof, and set vp the doores
thereof, the locks therof, and the barres
thereof.
4 And next vnto them repaired
Merimoth the son of Vriah, the sonne
of Koz : and next vnto them repaired
Meshullam the sonne of Berechiah, the
Sonne of Meshezabeel : and next vn-
to them repaired Zadok the sonne of
Baana.
5 And uext vnto them, the Tekoites
repaired ; but their nobles put not their
neckes to the worke of their Lord
6 Moreouer the olde gate repaired
lehoiada the sonne of Paseah , and
Meshullam the sonne of Besodaiah ;
they laid the beames thereof, and set vp
the doores thereof, and the lockes there
of, and the barres thereof.
7 And next vnto them repaired
Melatiah the Gibeonite , and ladon
the Meronothite , the men of Gibeon,
and of Mizpah, vnto the throne of the
gouernour on this side the Riuer.
8 Next vnto him repaired Vzziel
the Sonne of Harhaiah , of the gold-
smiths : next vnto him also repaired
Hananiah, the sonne oione of the Apo-
thecaries , and they || fortified Jerusa-
lem vnto the broad wall.
9 And next vnto them repaired Re-
phaiah the sonne of Hur , the ruler of
the halfe part of lerusalem.
10 And next vnto them repaired le-
daiah the sonne of Harumaph , euen o-
uer against his house : and next vnto
him repaired Hattush the sonne of Ha-
shabniah.
11 Malchiiah the sonne of Harim,
and Hashub the son of Pahath-Moab,
repaired the t other piece, & the towre
of the furnaces.
12 And next vnto him repaired Shal-
lum the Sonne of Halloesh the ruler of
the halfe part of lerusalem , hee, and
his daughters.
13 The valley-gate repaired Hanun,
and the inhabitants of Zanoah ; they
built it , and set vp the doores thereof,
the lockes therof, and the bars thereof,
and a thousand cubits on the wall , vn
to the doung-gate.
14 But the doung-gate repaired
Malchiah the sonne of Rechab, the ru-
ler of part of Beth-haccercm : hee built
it, and set vp the doores thereof, the
lockes thereof, and the barres thereof.
15 But the gate of the fountaine re-
paired Shallum the sonne of Col-ho-
zeh , the ruler of part of Mizpah : hee
built
I Or, left le-
rusalem vn-
to the broad
wall.
t Hehr. se-
cond mea-
sure.
The building
Lhap.iiij.
of the walles.
Or,Zac-
cai.
i. King.
20. 20.
j built it, and couered it, and set vp the
doores thereof, the lockes thereof, and
the barres thereof, and the wall of the
Iohn». 7. poole of * Siloah by the kings garden,
land vnto the staires that goe downe
from the citie of Dauid.
16 After him repaired Nehemiah
the Sonne of Azbuk, the ruler of the halfe
part of Beth - zur, vnto the place ouer
against the sepulchres of Dauid , and to
the poole that was made, * and vnto the
house of the mightie.
17 After him repaired the Leuites,
Rehum the sonne of Barii : next vnto
him repaired Hashabiah the ruler of the
halfe part of Keilah in his part.
18 After him repaired their brethren,
Bauai, the sonne of Henadad the ruler
of the halfe part of Keilah.
19 And next to him repaired Ezer
the sonne of leshua , the ruler of Miz-
pah, another piece, ouer against the go-
ing vp to the armorie, at the turning o/'
the wall.
20 After him Baruch the sonne of
II Zabbai , earnestly repaired the other
piece, from the turning of the wall vnto
the doore of the house of Eliashib the
high Priest.
21 After him repaired Merimoth
the Sonne of Vriiah, the sonne of Koz,
another piece , from the doore of the
house of Eliashib, euen to the end of the
house of Eliashib.
22 And after him repaired the
Priests, the men of the plaine.
23 After him repaired Beriiamin,
and Hashub, ouer against their house :
after him repaired Azariah the sonne
of Maaseiah, the sonne of Ananiah, by
his house.
24 After him repaired Binnui the
Sonne of Henadad, another piece from
the house of Azariah, vnto the turning
of the ivall, euen vnto the corner.
25 Palal tlie sonne of Vzai, ouer a-
gainst the turning of the wall , and the
tower which lyeth out, from the kings
hie house, that was by the * court of the
prison : after him, Pedaiah the sonne of
Parosh.
26 Moreouer the Nethinims dwelt
in * II Ophel, vnto the place ouer against
the water gate, toward the East , and
the tower that lieth out.
27 After them the Tekoites repai-
red another piece , ouer against the
great tower that lieth out , euen vnto
the wall of Ophel.
• lere. 32.
" 2. Chron.
27. 3.
I Or, the
tower.
28 From aboue the horsegate repai-
red the Priests, euery one ouer against
his house.
■ 29 After them repaired Zadok the
Sonne of Immer , ouer against his
house : after him repaired also Shema-
iah, the son of Shecnaniah , the keeper
of the East-gate.
30 After him repaired Hananiah the
sonne of Shelemiah , and Hanun the
sixth Sonne of Zalaph, another piece :
after him repaired Meshullam , the
Sonne of Berechiah ouer against his
chamber.
31 After him repaired Malchiah, the
goldsmiths sonne, vnto the place of the
Nethinims, and of the merchants, ouer
against the gate Miphkad , and to the
going vp of the Ijcorner.
32 And betweene the going vp of the
corner vnto the sheepe-gate , repaired
the gold-smithes and the merchants
CHAP. nil.
While the enemies scoffe, Nehemiah prayeth
and continueth the worke. 7 Vnderstan-
ding the wrath and secrets of the enemy, hee
setteth a watch. 13 Hee armeth the labou-
rers, 19 and giueth military precepts.
Vt it came to passe , that
when Sanballat heard,
that we builded the wall,
he was wroth, and tooke
_^^^__ _ great indignation , and
mocked the lewes.
2 And he spake before his brethren,
and the army of Samaria , and said.
What doe these feeble lewes .'' wil they
tfortifie themselues.'' will they sacrifice.''
wil they make an end in a day .'' wil they
reuiue the stones, out of the heapes of
the rubbish, which are burnt ?
3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was
by him, and he said , Euen that which
they build, if a foxe goe vp, he shall euen
breake downe their stone wall.
4 Heare, O our God, for we are t de-
spised : and turne their reproch vpon
their owne head , and giue them for a
pray, in the land of captiuitie.
5 And couer not their iniquitie, and
let not their sinne bee blotted out from
before thee : for they haue prouoked thee
to anger before the builders.
6 So built we the wall , and all the
wall was ioyned together vnto the
halfe therof : for the people had a minde
to worke.
7 ir But
I Or, corner
chamber.
i Hebr. leave
to them-
selues.
t Hebr. dc-
spight.
The buildei*s
Nehemiah.
with weapons.
\Hebr. as-
cended.
t Hebr. to
make aner-
rour to it.
I Or, that
frrnnallpla'
ce» ye must
retumelovs.
t Heb.from
the tower
parts of the
place, S(c.
7 IF But it came to passe that when
Sanballat and Tobiah, and the Ara-
bians , and the Ammonites , and the
Ashdodites , heard that the walles
of Jerusalem twere made vp , and
that the breaches began to bee stopped ,
then they were very wroth,
8 And conspired all of them toge-
ther, to come and to fight against Jeru-
salem, and +to hinder it.
9 Neuertheles, we made our prayer
vnto our God, and set a watch against
them, day and night, because of them
10 And ludah said. The strength
of the bearers of burdens is decayed,
and there is much rubbish, so that we are
not able to build the wall.
11 And our aduersaries said. They
shall not know , neither see , till wee
come in the midst among them, and slay
them, and cause the worke to cease.
12 And it came to passe that when
the lewes which dwelt by them, came,
they said vnto vs ten times, || From all
places, whence yee shall returne vnto
vs, tliey xvill he vpon you.
13 f Therefore set I tin the lower
places behind the wall, and on the high
er places, I euen set the people, after
their families, with their swords, their
speares, and their bowes.
14 And I looked, and rose vp, and
said vnto the Nobles, and to the rulers,
and to rest of the people. Bee not ye a-
fraid of them : Remember the Lord
which is great and terrible, and fight
for your brethren, your sonnes and your
daughters, your wiues & your houses.
15 And it came to passe when our ene-
mies heard that it was knowen vnto
vs, and God had brought their counsell
to nought, that we returned all of vs to
the wall, euery one vnto his worke.
16 And it came to passe from that
time forth, that the halfe of my seruants
wrought in the worke , and the other
halfe of them held both the speares, the
shields and the bowes, and the haber-
geons, and the rulers were behind all the
house of ludah.
17 They which builded on the wall,
and they that bare burdens, with those
that laded, euery one with one of his
hands wrought in the worke, and with
the other hand held a weapon.
18 For the builders , euery one had
\^Hel).onhuhK sword girded tby his side, and no
builded : and he that sounded the trum-
pet was by mee.
loynet.
19 f And I said vnto the Nobles,
and to the rulers, and to the rest of the
people. The worke is great and large,
and wee are separated vpon the waU,
one farre from another :
20 In what place therefore ye heare
the sound of the trumpet , resort ye thi-
ther vnto vs : our God shal fight for vs.
21 So wee laboured in the worke :
and halfe of them held the speares, from
the rising of the morning, til the starres
appeared.
22 Likewise at the same time said I
vnto the people. Let euery one, with
his seruant, lodge within Jerusalem,
that in the night they may be a guard to
vs, and labour on the day.
23 So neither I, nor my brethren,
uor my seruants, nor the men of the
guard which followed me, none of vs
put off our clothes, || sauing- that euery
one put them off for washing.
CHAP. V.
1 The lewes complaine of their debt, moigage,
and bondage. 6 Nehemiah rebuketh the v-
surers, and causeth them to make a couenant
of restitution. 14 Hee forbeareth his owne
allowaneej and keepeth hospitalitie.
Nd there was a great crie
of the people, and of their
wiues , against their bre-
thren the lewes.
2 For there were that
said, We, our sonnes, and our daugh-
ters are many : therefore wee take vp
corne^r tftem, that we may eat, and Hue.
3 Some also there were that saide.
We haue morgaged our landes, vine-
yards and houses, that we might buy
come, because of the dearth.
4 There were also that said. Wee
haue borrowed money for the kings tri-
bute, and that vpon our lands and vine-
yards.
5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of
our brethren, our children as their chil-
dren : and loe, wee bring into bondage
our sonnes and our daughters, to bee
seruants , and some of our daughters
are brought vnto bondage already, nei-
ther is it in our power to redeeme them :
for other men haue our lands and vine-
yards.
6 If And I was very angry, when
I heard their crie, and these words.
7 Then tl consulted with my selfe,
and I rebuked the Nobles, and the ru-
lers,
I Or, euery
one went
with his
weapon for
water.
t Heh. my
heart consul-
ted in me.
Vfurie reformed.
Chap.vj.
Sanballats letters.
• Leuit. 25.
48,
t Heb. empty
or void.
lers, and said vnto them, You exact v-
surie, euery one of his brother. And I
set a great assembly against them :
8 And I said vnto them, We, after
our abihtie , haue * redeemed our bre-
thren the lewes, which were sold vn-
to the heathen ; and will you euen sell
your brethren .^ or shall they be sold vn-
to vs .' Then held they their peace, and
found nothing to answere.
9 Also I said, It is not good that
yee doe : ought yee not to walke in the
feare of our God, because of the reproch
of the heathen our enemies .''
10 I likewise, and my brethren, and
my seruants , might exact of them mo
ney and come : I pray you let vs leaue
off this vsurie.
11 Restore, I pray you, to them, euen
this day, their lands, their vineyards,
their oliue - yards, and their houses, al-
so the hundreth part of the money, and
of the corne, the wine, and the oyle, that
ye exact of them.
12 Then said they , Wee will restore
them, and will require nothing of them ;
so will we doe, as thou sayest. Then I
called the Priests, and tooke an oath of
them, that they should doe according to
this promise.
13 Also I shooke my lap , and said.
So God shake out euery man from his
house, and from his labour, that perfor
meth not this promise, euen thus be he
shaken out , and t emptied. And all the
Congregation said. Amen , and praised
the Lord. And the people did accor-
ding to this promise.
14 H Moreouer, from the time that
I was appointed to be their gouernor
in the land of ludah, from the twen-
tieth yeere euen vnto the two and thir-
tieth yere of Artaxerxes theking,<Aa< is,
twelue yeres, I and my brethren, haue
not eaten the bread of the gouernour :
15 But the former gouernours that
had bene before me, were chargeable vn-
to the people , and had taken of them
bread, and wine , beside fourtie shekels
of siluer, yea euen their seruants bare
rule ouer the people : but so did not I,
because of the feare- of God.
1 6 Yea also I continued in the worke
of this wall, neither bought wee any
land : and all my seruants were gathe-
red thither vnto the worke.
17 Moreouer, there were at my ta-
ble, an hundred and fiftie of the lewes
and rulers, besides those that came vn-
to vs from among the heathen that are
about vs.
18 Now that which was prepared
ybrmedaWy, roas one oxe, and sixe c-noice
sheepe ; also foules were prepared for
mee , and once in ten dayes, store of all
sorts of wine : yet for all this required
not I the bread of the gouernour , be-
cause the bondage was heauy vpon this
people.
19 * Thinke vpon mee, my God, for
good, according to all that I haue done
for this people.
CHAP. VI.
1 Sanballat practiseth by craft, by rumours, by
hired prophecies, to terrifle Nehemiah. IS
The worke is finished to the terrour of the
enemies. 17 Secret intelligence passeth be-
tweene the enemies, and the nobles of ludah.
Ow it came to passe when
Sanballat, and Tobiah,
and Geshem the Arabian,
and the rest of our ene-
mies heard, that I had
builded the wall, and that there was
no breach left therein : (though at that
time I had not set vp the doores vpon
the gates,)
2 That Sanballat , and Geshem
sent vnto me, saying. Come, let vs meet
together in some one of the villages in
the plaine of Ono : But they thought
to doe me mischiefe.
3 And I sent messengers vnto them,
saying , I am doing a great worke , so
that I can not come down : why should
the worke cease, whilest I leaue it, and
come downe to you .''
4 Yet they sent vnto me foure times,
after this sort ; and I answered them af-
ter the same maner.
5 Then sent Sanballat his seruant
vnto me, in like manner, the fifth time,
with an open letter in his hand :
6 Wherein was written ; It is re-
ported among the heathen, and || Gash-
mu sayth it , that thou and the lewes
thinke to rebell : for which cause thou
buildest the wall , that thou mayest be
their King, according to these words.
7 And thou hast also appointed Pro-
phets to preach of thee at lerusalem,
saying. There is a King in ludah. And
now shall it be reported to the king, ac-
cording to these wordes. Come now
therefore , and let vs take counsell to-
gether.
8 Then
•Chap. 13.
22.
Or, Ge-
shem yver, 2,
Tobiahs letters.
Nehemiah.
Who returned
iMebr. mid.
tiplied let-
ters pasting
to Tobiah.
\ Or, mat-
ten.
8 Then I sent vnto him , saying,
There are no such things done as thou
sayest , but thou feignest them out of
thine owne heart.
9 For they all made vs afraid, say-
ing, Their handes shall be weakened
from the worke that it bee not done.
Now therefore, O God, strengthen my
hands.
10 Afterward I came vnto the house
of Shemaiah the sonne of Delaiah, the
Sonne of Mehetabel , who was shut vp,
and he said, Let vs meet together in the
house of God, within the Temple, and
let vs shut the doores of the Temple ;
for they will come to slay thee, yea in the
night wil they come to slay thee.
1 1 And I said , Should such a man
as I, flee ? and who is there, that being
as I am, would goe into the Temple
to saue his life ? I will not goe in.
12 And loe, I perceiued that God
had not sent him, but that he pronoun-
ced this prophecie against mee : for To-
biah, and Sanballat had hired him.
13 Therefore was hee hired , that I
should be afraid , and doe so, and slnne,
and that they might haue matter for an
euill report, that they might reproch
mee.
14 My God, thinke thou vpon To-
biah, and Sanballat, according to these
their workes, and on the prophetesse
Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets,
that would haue put me in feare.
15 H So the wall was finished , in
the twentie and fifth day of the moneth
Elul, in fiftie and two dayes.
16 And it came to passe that when all
our enemies heard thereof, and all the
heathen , that were about vs, saw these
things , they were much cast downe in
their owne eyes : for they perceiued
that this worke was wrought of our
God.
17 II Moreouer , in those dayes the
nobles of ludah tsent many letters
vnto Tobiah , and the letters of Tobiah
came vnto them.
18 For there were many in ludah
sworne vnto him : because nee was the
Sonne in law of Shechaniah the sonne
of Arab , and his sonne lohanan had
taken the daughter of MeshuUam , the
sonne of Berechiah.
19 Also they reported his good deeds
before me , and vttered my || wordes to
him : and Tobiah sent letters to put
me in feare.
CHAP. VII.
Nehemiah committeth the charge of lerusa-
lem to Hanani and Hananiah. 5 A register
of the genealogie of them which came at the
first out of Babylon, 9 of the people, 39 of
the Priests. 43 of the Leuites. 46 of the
Ntthinims. 57 of Solomons seruants. 63
and of the Priests which could not find their
pedegree. 66 The whole number of them,
with their substance. 70 Their oblations.
Ow it came to passe when
the wall was built, and I
had set vp the doores; and
the porters , and the sin-
gers , and the Leuites
were appointed,
2 That I gaue my brother Hana-
ni, and Hananiah the ruler of the pa-
lace , charge ouer Jerusalem (for hee
was a faithfull man, and feared God a-
boue many.)
3 And I said vnto them , Let not
the gates of lerusalem be opened , vn-
till the Sunne bee hot ; and while they
stand by, let them shut the doores, and
barre them. And appoint watches of
the inhabitants of lerusalem , euery
one in his wateh, and euery one to bee
ouer against his house.
4 Now the city was t large and great,
but the people were few therein, and the
houses were not builded.
5 % And my God put into mine
heart, to gather together the nobles,
and the rulers, & the people, that they
might be reckoned by genealogie. And
I found a register of the genealogie of
them which came vp at the first , and
found written therein ;
6 • These are the children of the pro-
uince, that went vp out of the captiuitie,
of those that had beene caried away
whom Nebuchadnezzar the King of
Babylon had caried away, and came
againe to lerusalem and to ludah,
euery one vnto his citie :
7 Who came with Zerubbabel, le-
shua, Nehemiah, ||Azariah, Raamiah,
Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mis-
pereth, Biguai, Nahum, Baanah. The
number, /wy, of the men of thepeopleof
Israel, was this :
8 The children of Parosh, two thou-
sand, an hundred, seuentie and two.
9 The children of Shephatiah, three
hundred, seuentie and two.
10 The children of Arab , sixe hun-
dred, fiftie and two.
11 The
iHebr.
broadinspa-
ces.
• Ezra. 2. 1,
&c
t Or, Sera-
iah.
from Babylon
Chap.vij.
to lerufalem.
I Or, Bani.
11 The children of Pahath-Moab,
of the children of leshua, and loab,
two thousand , and eight hundred, a7id
eighteene.
12 The children of Elam , a thou-
sand, two hundred, fiftie and foure.
13 The children of Zattu, eight hun-
dred fourtie and fiue.
14 The children of Zaccai , seuen
hundred and threescore.
15 The children of || Binnui, sixe hun-
dred, fourty and eight.
16 The children of Bebai, sixe hun-
dred, twentie and eight.
17 The children of Azgad, two thou-
sand, three hundred, twentie and two.
1 8 The children of Adonikam , sixe
hundred, threescore and seuen.
1 9 The children of Biguai, two thou-
sand, threescore and seuen.
20 The children of Adin , sixe hun-
dred, fiftie and fiue.
21 The children of Ater of Hezekiah,
ninetie and eight.
22 The children of Hashum , three
hundred, twentie and eight.
23 The children of Bezai, three hun-
dred twentie and foure.
24 The children of l|Hariph, an hun-
dred and twelue.
25 The children of || Gibeon, ninetie
and fiue.
26 The men of Bethlehem, and Ne-
tophah , an hundred , fourescore and
eight.
27 The men of Anathoth, an hun
dred, twentie and eight.
28 The men of || Bethazmaueth,
fourtie and two.
29 The men of || Kiriath-iearim,
Chephirah and Beeroth , seuen hun-
dred fourtie and three.
30 The men of Ramah and Geba,
sixe hundred, twentie and one.
31 The men of Michmash, an hun-
dred and twenty and two.
32 The men of Bethel and Ai, an
hundred, twentie and three.
33 The men of the other Nebo, fiftie
and two.
'Seever.ii. 34 The children of the other *Elam,
a thousand, two hundred, fiftie & foure.
35 The children of Harim, three hun-
dred and twentie.
36 The children of lericho, three
hundred, fourtie and fiue.
37 The children of Lod, Hadid, and
Ono, seuen hundred, twentie and one.
38 The children of Senaa , three
I Or, lora.
1 Or, Gibbar.
I Or, Azma-
ueth.
Of, Kiri-
ath-arim.
thousand, nine hundred, and thirty.
39 f The Priests. The children of
*Iedaia, of the house of leshua, nine
■ hundred, seuentie and three.
40 The children of Immer, a thou-
sand, fifty and two.
41 The children of Pashur , a thou-
sand, two hundred, fourtie and seuen.
42 The children of Harim , a thou-
sand, and seuenteene.
43 f The Leuites. The children of
leshua, of Kadmiel, and of the children
of II Hodeuah, seuentie and foure.
44 IT The singers. The children of
Asaph, an hundred, fourtie and eight,
45 f The porters. The children of
Shallum, the children of Ater, the chil-
dren of Talmon, the children of Akkub,
the children of Hatita , the children of
Shobai, an hundred, thirtie and eight.
46 t The Nethinims. The children
of Ziha, the children of Hashupha, the
children of Tabaoth,
47 The children of Keros, the chil-
dren of Sia, the children of Padon-
48 The children of Lebana, the chil-
dren of Hagaba , the children of Shal-
mai,
49 The children of Hanan, the chil-
dren of Giddel, the children of Galiar,
50 The children of Reaiah, the chiL
dren of Rezin, the children of Nekoda,
51 The children of Gazzam, the chil-
dren of Vzza, the children of Phaseah,
52 The children of Besai, the children
of Meunim , the children of Nephi
shesim,
53 The children of Bakbuk, the chil-
dren of Hakupha , the children of Har
hur,
54 The children of Baslith, the chil-
dren of Mehida, the children of Harsha,
55 The children of Barkos, the chil
dren of Sisera, the children of Tamah,
56 The children of Neziah , the chil-
dren of Hatipha.
57 IT The children of Solomons
seruants : The children of Sotai , the
children of Sophereth , the children of
Peri da,
58 The children of laala, the chil-
dren of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
59 The children of Shephatiah, the
children of Hattil, the children of Poche
reth Zebaim, the children of || Amon,
60 All the Nethinims, and the chil-
dren of Solomons seruants, were three
hundred ninetie and two.
61 * And these were they which went
3U vp
• 1. Chro.
34. ;•
I Or, Hoda.
uiah, Ezra
2. 4. Or,Iu-
dah, Ezra.
X 9
I Or, Ami.
Ezra. 2.
Gifts to the worke.
Nehemiah.
The Law is read.
IOr,pede-
grte.
I Or,thego.
uemour.
t Hebr. pari.
vp also from Tel-Melah, Tel-Hare-
sha. Cherub, Addon, and Immer : but
they could not shewe their fathers
house, nor their ||seede, whether they
icere of Israel.
62 The children of Delaiah, the chil-
dren of Tobiah, the children of Neko-
da, sixe hundred fourtie and two.
63 % And of the priests: the children
of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the
children of Barzillai, which tooke one
of the daughters of Barzillai the Gile-
adite to wife, and was called after their
name.
64 These sought their register, a-
mong those that were reckoned by gene-
alogie, but it was not found : therfore
were they , as polluted , put from the
priesthood.
65 And II the Tirshatha said vnto
them, that they should not eate of the
most holy things, till there stood vp a
priest with Vrim and Thummim.
66 H The whole congregation to-
gether, was fourtie and two thousand,
three hundred and threescore :
67 Beside their man seruants, and
their maid seruants , of whome there
were seuen thousand , three hundred,
thirtie and seuen : and they had two
hundred fourtie and fiue singing men
and singing women.
68 Their horses , seuen hundred,
thirtie and sixe : their mules, two hun-
dred fourtie and fiue :
69 Tlie'ir camels, foure hundred thir-
tie and fiue: sixe thousand, seuen hun-
dred and twentie asses.
70 H And tsome of the chiefe of the
fathers , gaue vnto the worke : The
Tirshatha gaue to the treasure, a thou
sand drammes of gold, fiftie basons, fiue
hundred and thirtie priests garments,
71 And some of the chiefe of the fa-
thers gaue to the treasure of the worke
twentie thousand drammes of golde,
and two thousand and two hundred
pound of siluer.
72 And that which the rest of the
people gaue , wm twentie thousand
drammes of gold , and two thousand
pound of siluer,andthreescore and seuen
priests garments.
73 So the priests, and the Leuites,
and the porters, and the singers, and
some of the people, and the Nethinims,
and all Israel, dwelt in their cities : And
when the seuenth moneth came, the
children of Israel were in their cities.
CHAP. VIII.
I The religious inaner of reading and hearing
the Law. 9 They comfort the people. 13 The
forwardnesse of them to heare and he instru-
cted. 1 6 They keepe the feast of Tabernacles.
Nd all the people gathe-
red themselues together,
as one man, into the street
that was before the water
gate, * and they spake vnto
Ezra the scribe, to bring the booke of the
Law of Moses, which the Lord had
commanded to Israel.
2 And Ezra the priest brought the
Law before the Congregation, both of
men and women, and all tthat could
heare with vnderstanding , vpon the
first day of the seuenth moneth.
3 And hee read therein before the
street that was before the water gate
tfrom the morning vntill midday, be-
fore the men and the women, and those
that could vnderstand : And the eares
of all the people were attentiue vnto the
booke of the law.
4 And Ezra the scribe, stood vpon
a tpulpit of wood, which they had made
for the purpose, and beside him stood
Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah
and Vrijah , and Hilkiah, and Maase
iah, on his right hand: and on his left
hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Mai
chiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana,
Zechariah, and Meshullam.
5 And Ezra opened the booke in the
tsight of all the people (for hee was a-
boue al the people) and when he opened
it, all the people stood vp :
6 And Ezra blessed the Loed the
great God : and al the people answered.
Amen , Amen , with lifting vp their
hands : and they bowed their heads,
and worshipped the Lord, with their
faces to the ground.
7 Also leshua and Bani, and She-
rebiah, lamin, Akkub, Shabbethai,
Hodijah , Maaseiah, Kelita , Azariah,
lozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Le
uites, caused the people to vnderstand
the law : and the people stood in their
place.
8 So they read in the booke, in the
Law of God distinctly , and gaue the
sense, and caused them to vnderstand the
reading.
9 f And Nehemiah , which is the
II Tirshatha , and Ezra the Priest the
Scribe, and the Leuites that taught
the
• Ezras. 1.
and 7. 6-
t Heb. that
vndersiood
in hearing.
f Heb. from
the light.
t Heb. latere
of wood.
t Hebr. eyet.
I Or, the go.
uernour.
They make boothes.
Ch{
an.ix.
A folemne fall.
I Or, that
they might
instruct in
the words of
the Law.
t Heb. hy the
harul of.
Leuit. 23.
34. deut.
16. 13.
t Heb. a re-
straint.
the people, said vnto all the people,
This day is holy vnto the Lord
your God, moume not, nor weepe : for
all the people wept , when they heard
the words of the Law.
10 Then hee sayd vnto them , Goe
your way, eat the fat, & drinke the sweet,
and send portions vnto them, for whom
nothing is prepared : for this day is ho-
ly vnto our Lord : neither be ye so-
ry, for the ioy of the Lord is your
strength.
1 1 So the Leuites stilled all the peo-
ple, saying, Holde your peace, for the
day is holy, neither be ye grieued.
12 And all the people went their
way to eate, and to drinke, and to send
portions, and to make great mirth, be-
cause they had vnderstood the wordes
that were declared vnto them.
13 H And on the second day were ga-
thered together the chiefe of the fathers
of all the people , the Priestes and the
Leuites , vnto Ezra the Scribe , euen
II to vnderstand the wordes of the
Law.
14 And they found written in the
Law whith the Lord had comman-
ded tby Moses, that the children of Is-
rael should dwell in * boothes , in the
feast of the seuenth moneth :
15 And that they should publish and
proclaime in all their cities, and in le-
rusalem, saying , Goe foorth vnto the
mount, and fetch Oliue branches, and
Pine branches, and Myrtle branches,
and Palme branches , and branches of
thicke trees, to make boothes, as it is
written.
16 So the people went foorth, and
brought them , and made themselues
boothes , euery one vpon the roofe of
his house , and in their courts, and in
the courts of the house of God, and in
the streete of the water-gate, and in the
streete of the gate of Ephraiin.
17 And all the congregation of them
that were come againe out of the capti-
uitie, made boothes, and sate vnder the
boothes : for since the dayes of leshua
the Sonne of Nun , vnto that day, had
not the children of Israel done so : and
there was very great gladnesse.
18 Also day by day from the first day
vnto the last day, he read in the booke
of the Law of God : and they kept the
feast seuen dayes , and on the eight day
was ta solemne assembly according vn-
to the maner.
CHAP. IX.
1 A solemne Fast, and repentance of the peo-
ple. 4 The Leuites make a religious confes-
sion of Gods goodnes, and their wickednes.
Ow in the * twentie and
fourth day of this mo-
neth, the children of Isra-
el were assembled with fa-
sting, & with sackclothes,
and earth vpon them.
2 And the seede of Israel separated
themselues from all t strangers , and
stood and confessed their sinnes, and the
iniquities of their fathers.
3 And they stood vp in their place,
and read in the booke of the Law of
the Lord their God, one fourth part
of the day, and another fourth part they
confessed and worshipped the Lord
their God.
4 IT Then stoode vp , vpon the
staires of the Leuites , leshua and
Bani, Kadmiel , Shebaniah, Bunni,
Sherebiah , Bani , ajid Chenani , and
cryed with a loude voice vnto the
Lord their God.
5 Then the Leuites , leshua and
Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Shere-
biah, Hodiiah, Shebaniah, and Petha-
hiah , sayde , Stand vp, and blesse the
Lord your God for euer and euer,
and blessed bee thy glorious Name,
which is exalted aboue all blessing and
praise.
6 Thou, euen thou art Lord a-
lone, *thou hast made heauen, the hea-
uen of heauens, with all their hoste, the
earth , and all things that are therein,
the seas, and all tliat is therin, and thou
preseruest them all, and thehoste of hea-
uen worshippeth thee.
7 Thou art the Lord the God,
who diddest choose * Abram , and
broughtest him forth out of Vr of the
Caldees , and gauest him the name of
Abraham :
8 And foundest his heart *faithfull
before thee, & madest a *couenant with
him, to giue the land of the Canaanites,
the Hittites, the Amoritcs, and the Pe-
rizzites, and the lebusites, and the Gir-
gashites, to giue it, I say, to his seed, and
hast performed thy words, for thou art
righteous,
9 * And didst see the affliction of our
fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry
by the red Sea,
10 And shewedst signes * and won-
3 U 2 ders
• Chap. 9. 2
\Heb.strage
children.
Or, scaf.
fold.
' Gen. 1. 1.
* (jen. II.
31. and 12.
1. & 17.5.
• Gen. 15. 6.
• Gen. 12.
17. and i.i.
111. & 17. 9.
•Exod.3.7.
and 14. IQ.
• Kxod. 7. 8,
9, 10, 12, &
14. chapters
Gods benefits.
Nehemiah.
Mans ingratitude.
■Ezod.14.
n.
■ Exod. 15.
10.
■ Exod. 13.
»l.
•Exod. 2a 1
ind 19. 20.
t Heb. tawes
oftrueth.
' Exod. 16.
15. & 17. 6.
num. 20. 9.
• Deut. 1. 8
* Nam. 14.
4.
t Heb. a god'
of pardon*.
■ Exo. 32. 4
• Exod. 13.
22. num. 14
14. 1. cor.
10. 1.
■Nam. II.
17.
• Exod. IB.
15. & 17. «
ia*h. i. 12.
ders vpon Pharaoh, and on all his ser-
uants, and on all the people of his land:
for thou knewest that they dealt proud-
lie against them : so didst thou get thee a
name, as it is this day.
1 1 * And thou didst diuide the sea be-
fore them , so that they went through
the midst of the sea on the drie land, and
their persecutours thou threwest into
the deepes, as a stone into the mightie
* waters.
12 Moreouer thou * leddest them in
the day by a cloudy pillar, and in the
night, by a pillar of fire, to giue them
light in the way wherin they should go.
13 Thou * earnest downe also vpon
mount Sinai , and spakest with them
from heauen , and gauest them right
iudgements, and t true lawes, good sta-
tutes and commandements :
14 And madest knowen vnto them
thy holy Sabbath, and commandedst
them precepts, statutes, and lawes , by
the hand of Moses thy seruant :
15 And • gauest them bread from hea-
uen for their hunger, and broughtest
forth water for them out of the rocke,
for their thirst, and promisedst them
that they should * goe in to possesse the
land, t which thou hadst swome to giue
them.
16 But they and our fathers dealt
proudly, aud hardened their necks, and
nearkned not to thy commandements
17 And refused to obey, neither were
mindful of the wonders that thou didst
among them : but hardened their necks,
and in their rebellion appointed *a cap-
taine to returne to their bondage : but
thou art ta God ready to pardon, graci-
ous and mercifuU, slow to anger, and
of great kindnes, & forsookest them not.
18 Yea *when they had made them a
molten calfe, and said. This is thy God,
that brought thee vp out of Egypt, and
had wrought great prouocations :
19 Yet thou, in thy manifold mercies,
forsookest them not in the wildernesse :
the * pillar of the cloude departed not
from them by day, to leade them in the
way, neither the pillar of fire by night,
to shew them light, and the way wher-
in they should goe.
20 Thou gauest also thy *good spi-
rit , to instruct them , and withheldest
not thy *Manna from their mouth, and
gauest them water for their thirst.
21 Yea fourtie yeeres diddest thou
sustaine them in the wildernesse, so that
• Num. 21.
21, &c.
^ Heb. accor-
ding to their
will.
lOrfiistemes
t Heb. tree
o/foode.
they lacked nothing; their*clothes wax- • Deut. e. 4
ed not old, and their feet swelled not.
22 Moreouer , thou gauest them
kingdomes and nations, and diddst di-
uide them into corners: so they possessed
the land of * Sihon, and the land of the
king of Heshbon , and the land of Og
king of Bashan.
23 Their children also multipliedst
thou as the starres of heauen , and
broughtest them into the land, concer-
ning which thou hadst promised to
their fathers, that they should goe in to
possesse it.
24 So the children went in, and pos-
sessed the land, and thou subduedst be-
fore them the inhabitants of the lande,
the Canaanites , and gauest them into
their hands, with their kings, and the
people of the land, that they might doe
with them, tas they would.
25 And they tooke strong cities, and
a fat land, and possessed houses ful of all
goods, II Welles digged, vineyards, and
Oliue yards , and t fruit trees in abun-
dance : So they did eat and were filled,
and became fat, and delighted them-
selues in thy great goodnesse.
26 Neuerthelesse, they were disobe-
dient, and rebelled against thee, and cast
thy law behind their backes, and slewe
thy * prophets, which testified against
them to turne them to thee , and they
wrought great prouocations.
27 Therefore thou deliueredst them
into the hande of their enemies , who
vexed them, & in the time of their trou-
ble , when they cried vnto thee, thou
heardest them from heauen : and accor-
ding to thy manifold mercies, thou ga-
uest them sauiours, who saued them out
of the hand of their enemies.
28 But after they had rest, t they did
euill againe before thee : therefore leftest
thou them in the hand of their enemies,
so that they had the dominion ouer
them : yet when they returned and cri-
ed vnto thee, thou heardest them from
heauen, and many times didst thou de-
liuer them, according to thy mercies :
29 And testifiedst against them, that
thou mightest bring them againe vnto
thy lawe : yet they dealt proudly, and
hearkened not vnto thy commaunde-
ments , but sinned against thy iudge
ments, (which if a man doe, he shal Hue
in them) tand withdrew the shoulder
and hardened their necke , and would
not heare.
30 Yet
King. 19
t Hebr. they
returned to
doe euill.
t Heb. tkc!/
gmte a trith-
(irawirtg
shoulder.
Who fealed
Chap.
X.
the Couenant.
t Heb. pro-
tract ouer
them,
2. King.
17. 13. 2.
chr. 36. 15.
t Heb. in Vie
hand of thy
Prophets.
• Kxo. 34. 6.
t Heb. wea.
rinesse.
i Heb. that
hathfound
vs.
t Heb. are
at the sea-
ling, or sea-
led.
30 Yet many yeres diddest thou tfor-
beare them, and testifiedst *againstthem
by thy Spirit tin thy Prophets : yet
would they not giue eare : therefore ga-
uest thou them into the hand of the peo-
ple of the lands.
31 Neuerthelesse, for thy great mer-
cies sake , thou diddest not vtterly con-
sume them , nor forsake them ; for thou
art a gracious and mercifull God.
32 Now therefore, our God, the
great, the * mightie, and the terrible
God, who keepest couenant and mer-
cie : let not all the t trouble seeme little
before thee , t that hath come vpon vs,
on our Kings, on our Princes, & on our
Priests , and on our Prophets, & on our
fathers, & on al thy people, since the time
of the Kings of Assyria, vnto this day.
33 Howbeit, thou art iust in all that is
brought vpon vs , for thou hast done
right, but we haue done wickedly:
34 Neither haue our kings , our
Princes, our Priests, nor our fathers
kept thy Law, nor hearkened vnto thy
Commandements , and thy Testimo-
nies, wherewith thou didst testifie a-
gainst them.
3.5 For tiiey haue not serued thee in
their kingdome, and in thy great good-
nesse that thou gauest them , and in the
large and fat land which thou gauest
before them , neither turned they from
their wicked workes.
36 Behold, we a?-e seruants this day ;
and for the land that thou gauest vnto
our fathers, to eat tlie fruit thereof, and
the good thereof, behold, wee are ser-
uants in it.
37 And it yeeldeth much increase vn-
to the kings , whom thou hast set ouer
vs, because of our sinnes : also they haue
dominion ouer our bodies , and ouer
our cattell , at their pleasure ; and wee
are in great distresse.
38 And because of all this, wee make
a sure couenant , and write it, and our
Princes, Leuites, and Priestes , t scale
vnto it.
CHAP. X.
1 The names of them that sealed the couenant.
29 The points of the couenant.
Ow those t that sealed
7vere,Nehemiah ||theTir-
shatha the sonne of Ha-
chaliah, and Zidkiiah,
2 Seraiah, Azariah,
leremiah.
3 Pashur, Amariah, Malchiah,
4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
5 Harim, Merimoth, Obadiah,
" 6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
7 Meshullam, Abiiah, Miiamin,
8 Maaziah , Bilgai , Shemaiah :
these were the Priests.
9 And the Leuites : both leshua
the sonne of Azaniah, Binnui, of the
sonnes of Henadad, Kadmiel ;
10 And their brethren, Shebaniah,
Hodiiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
11 Micah, Rehob, Hashabiah,
12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
13 Hodiiah, Bani, Beninu,
14 The chiefe of the people. Parosh,
Pahath-Moab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,
15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
16 Adoniiah, Biguai, Adin,
17 Ater, Hizkiiah, Azzur,
18 Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,
19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,
20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
21 Meshezabeel, Zadok, laddua,
22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub,
24 Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek,
25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
26 And Abiiah, Hanan, Anan,
27 Malluch, Harim, Baanah.
28 U * And the rest of the people, the • Ezr. 2. 4 3
Priests, the Leuites, the Porters, the
singers, the Nethinims , and all they
that had separated themselues from
the people of the lands, vnto the Law
of God, their wiues, their sonnes, and
their daughters , euery one hauing
knowledge , and hauing vnderstan-
ding.
29 They claue to their brethren their
nobles, and entred into a curse, and into
an oath to walke in Gods law , which
was giuen tby Moses the seruant of
God , and to obserue and doe all the
commandements of the Lord our
Lord, and his Judgements, and his
statutes :
30 And that we would not giue * our
daughters vnto the people of the land,
nor take their daughters for our
sonnes.
31 * And if the people of thelandbring
ware or any victuals on the Sabbath i3'''jgu"." 5?'
day, to sell , that we would not buy it of '2- nehem.
them on the Sabbath, or on the holy-
day, and that wee would leaue the
seuenthyeere, and the * exaction of t eue-
rie debt.
32 Also we made ordinances for vs,
to
\ Heb. by the
hand qf.
•Exo.34.16
deut. 7. 3.
' Kxod. 20.
• Deut 15. 2
leuit. 25. 4
t Heb. euery
hand.
-
Firft fruits &c.
Nehemiah.
Who dwelt
"See num.
28. & 29.
chap, and
Exod. 23.
19. and Le-
uit. 19. 23.
• Exod. 13,
2. Leuit. 23.
17. num.
IS. 19. and
18. 12. &c.
•Num. 18.
26.
to charge our selues yeerely , with the
third part of a shekel, for the seruice of
the house of our God,
33 For the shew-bread, and for the
continuall meate- offering , and for the
continuall burnt offering, of the Sab-
baths , of the new moones, for the set-
feastes, and for the holy things, and for
the sin-offerings, to make an atonement
for Israel , and for all the worke of the
house of our God.
34 And we cast the lots among the
priests, the Leuites, and the people, for
the wood offering, to bring it into the
house of our God , after the houses of
our fathers, at times appointed, yeere
by yeere, to burne vpon the altar of the
Lord our God, as it is written in
the *law :
35 And to bring the first fruits of our
ground , and the first fruites of all fruit
of all trees, yeere by yeere, vnto the
house of the Lord.
36 Also the first-borne of our sonnes,
and of our cattell (as it is written * in
the lawe) and the firstlings of our
heards, and of our flockes , to bring to
the house of our God , vnto the priests
that minister in the house of our God :
37 And t/iat we should bring the first
fruits of our dough, and our offerings,
and the fruit of all maner of trees , of
wine and of oile, vnto the priests, to the
chambers of the house of our God, and
the tithes of our ground vnto the Le-
uites , that the same Leuites might
haue the tithes, in all the cities of our
tillage.
38 And the priest the sonne of Aaron,
shall be with the Leuites, * when the
Leuites take tithes, and the Leuites
shal bring vp the tithe of the tithes vnto
the house of our God, to the chambers
into the treasure house.
39 For the children of Israel, and
the children of Leui, shall bring the offe
ring of the come, of the new wine, and
the oyle, vnto the chambers, where are
the vessels of the sanctuarie, and the
priests that minister , and the porters,
and the singers, and we will not forsake
the house of our God.
CHAP. XL
1 The rulers, voluntary men, and the tenth
man chosen by Lot, dwell at lerusalem. 3
A catalogue of their names. 20 The resi-
due dwell in other cities.
Nd the rulers of the peo-
ple dwelt at lerusalem :
the rest of the people also
cast lots, to bring one of
tenne, to dwell in lerusa-
ly citie, and nine parts to
dwell in other cities.
2 And the people blessed all the men,
that willingly offered themselues, to
dwell at lerusalem.
3 % Now these are the chiefe of the
prouince that dwelt in lerusalem : but
in the cities of ludah dwelt euerie one
in his possession in their cities , to wit,
Israel, the priests, and the Leuites,
and the Nethinims, and the children of
Solomons seruants.
4 And at lerusalem dwelt certaine
of the children of ludah, and of the chil-
dren of Beniamin. Of the children of
ludah : Athaiah the sonne of Vzziah,
the sonne of Zechariah, the sonne of A-
mariah, the sonne of Shephatiah, the
Sonne of Mahalaleel, of the children of
Perez.
5 And Maaseiah the sonne of Ba
ruch the sonne of Col-Hozeh , the sonne
of Hazaiah the sonne of Adaiah , the
Sonne of loiarib, the sonne of Zechari-
ah, the Sonne of Shiloni.
6 All the sonnes of Perez that
dwelt at lerusalem, were foure hun-
dred threescore and eight valiant
men.
7 And these are the sonnes of Ben
iamin : Sallu the sonne of Meshullam,
the sonne of loed, the sonne of Peda-
iah, the sonne of Kolaiah, the sonne of
Maaseiah, the sonne of Ithiel, the
sonne of lesaiah.
8 And after him Gabai, Sallai, nine
hundred twentie and eight.
9 And loel the sonne of Zichri was
their ouerseer : and ludah the sonne of
Senuah, was second ouer the city.
10 Of the Priests : ledaiah the sonne
of loiarib, lachin ;
11 Seraiah the sonne of Hilkiah, the
sonne of Meshullam , the sonne of Za-
dok, the sonne of Meraioth, the sonne
of Ahitub, zms the ruler of the house of
God.
12 And their brethren that did the
worke of the house , were eight hundred
twentie and two : and Adaiah the sonne
of leroham, the sonne of Pelaliah, the
Sonne of Amzi, the sonne of Zechariah,
the sonne of Pashur, the sonne of Mal-
chiah,
13 And
in lerufaleni, and
Chap.xij.
the cities of ludah.
Or, the
Sonne of
Ha^edo-
doltm.
t Hebr. were
ouer.
+ Hebr. at
the gates.
See Chap.
3. 26.
Or, the
tower.
Or, a sure
ordinance.
13 And his brethren, chiefe of the fii-
thers , two hundred fourty and two :
and Amashai the sonne of Azareel, the
Sonne of Ahasai, the sonne of Meshile-
moth, the sonne of Immer.
14 And their brethren mighty men
of valour , an hundred twenty and
eight ; and their ouerseer was Zabdiel,
II the Sonne of one o/'the great men.
15 Also of the Leuites : Shemaiah
the sonne of Hashub, the sonne of Azri
kam, the sonne of Hashabiah, the sonne
of Bunni.
16 And Shabbethai, and lozabad,
of the chiefeof the Leuits, +/(a(itheouer-
sight of the outward businesse of the
house of God.
17 And Mattaniah the sonne of Mi
cha, the sonne of Zabdi, the sonne of A
saph , was the principall to beginne the
thankesgiuing in prayer : and Bakbu-
kiah the second among his brethren,
and Abda the sonne of Shammua, the
sonne of Galal, the sonne of leduthun.
18 All the Leuites in the holy City,
were two hundred, fourescore and foure.
19 Moreouer , the porters, Akkub,
Talmon , and their brethren that kept
t the gates, were an hundred seuenty and
two.
20 H And the residue of Israel , of
the Priests and the Leuites, zoei-e in all
the cities of ludah, euery one in his in-
heritance.
21 *But the Nethinims dwelt in
II Ophel : and Ziha, and Gispa were o-
uer the Nethinims.
22 The ouerseer also of the Leuites
at lerusalem , zoas Vzzi the sonne of
Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the sonne
of Mattaniah, the sonne of Micha : Of
the sonnes of Asaph, the singers zoere
ouer the businesse of the house of God.
23 For it xvas the kings commande-
ment concerning them, that ||a certaine
portion should be for the singers, due for
euery day.
24 And Pethahiah the sonne of Me-
shezabel, of the children of Zerah the
Sonne of ludah, was at the kings hand
in all matters concerning the people.
25 And for the villages, with their
fields , so^ne of the children of ludah
dwelt at Kiriath-arba , and in the vil-
lages thereof; and at Dibon, and in the
villages thereof, and at lekabzeel, and
in the villages thereof:
26 And at leshua, and at Moladah,
and at Beth-phelet,
27 And at Hazer - Shual , and at
Beer-sheba, and in the villages thereof:
28 And at Ziglag, and at Meko-
nah, and in the villages thereof:
29 And at En-Rimmon, and at Za-
reah, and at larmuth,
30 Zanoah, Adullam , and in their
villages , at Lachish , and the fieldes
thereof: at Azekah,and in the villages
thereof And they dwelt from Beer-
sheba, vnto the valley of Hinnom.
31 The children also of Beniamin,
II from Geba, dxeelt ||at Michmash,and
Aiia, and Beth -el, and in their villages:
32 And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
33 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
35 Lod , and Ono , the valley of
craftes-men.
36 And of the Leuites, were diuisions
in ludah, and in Beniamin.
CHAP. XIL
The Priests, 8 and the Leuites which came
vp with Zerubbabel. 10 The succession of
hie Priests. 22 Certaine chiefe Leuites. 27
The solemnitie of the dedication of the walls.
44 The offices of Priests and Leuites appoin-
ted in the Temple.
Ow these are the * Priests
and the Leuits that went
vp with Zerubbabel the
Sonne of Shealtiel , and
leshua : Seraiah , le-
remiah , Ezra,
2 Amariah, || Malluch, Hattush,
3 llShecaniah, ||Rehum, ||Meri-
moth,
4 Iddo, llGinnetho, Abiiah,
5 IjMiamin, ||Madiah, Bilgah,
6 Shemaiah, & loiarib, ledaiah,
7 II Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, ledaiah :
these rc'frethechiefe of the Priests, and of
their brethren in the dayes of leshua.
8 Moreouer the Leuites : leshua,
Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, ludah,
and Mattaniah , which was ouer the
thankesgiuing, he and his brethren.
9 Also Bakbukiah, and Vnni ; their
brethren , were ouer against them in the
watches.
10 H And leshua begate loiiikim,
loiakim also begate Eliashib , and E-
liashib begate loiada,
11 And loiada begate Jonathan,
and Jonathan begate laddua.
12 And in the dayes of loiakim,
were Priests the chiefe of the fathers :
of
I Or, of Ge-
ba.
I Or, to
Mkhmash.
•Ezra 2. I.
Or, Meli.
cu, ver. 14.
Or, Seba.
nitih, ver, 14.
Or, Harim,
ver. 15.
I Or, Mera-
ioth, ver. 15.
Or, Ginne-
thon, ver.
IC.
II Or. Min.
iamin, ver.
17.
I Or, 3Ioa-
(liah, ver. 17.
I Or, Sallai,
ver. 2(1.
II That is,
the Psaimes
ofthankes-
giuing.
The wall is
Nehemiah.
dedicated.
• I. Chro. 9,
I Or, trea-
surKSfOraS'
semblies.
of Seraiah, Meraiah : of leremiah,
Hananiah :
13 Of Ezra , MeshuUam : of Ama-
riah, lehohanan :
14 Of Melicu, lonathan : of She-
baniah, loseph :
15 Of Harim, Adna : of Meraioth,
Helkai :
16 Of Iddo, Zechariah : of Ginne-
thon, MeshuUam :
17 Of Abijah, Zichri : of Miniamin,
of Moadiab, Piltai :
18 Of Bilgah, Shammua : of She-
maiab, Tehonatban :
19 And of loiarib , Mattenai : of|
ledaiah, Vzzi:
20 Of Sallai, Kallai : of Amok
Eber:
21 Of Hilkiab , Hashabiah : of le-
daiah, Netlianael.
22 f The Leuites in the dayes of
Ebashib, loiada, and lohanan , and
laddua, were recorded chiefe of the fa-
thers : also the Priests, to the reigne of
Darius the Persian.
23 The sonnes of Leui, the chiefe of
the fathers , were written in the booke
of the * Chronicles, euen vntill the dayes
of lohanan the sonne of Eliashib.
24 And the chiefe of the Leuites :
Hashabiah , Sherebiah , and leshua
the Sonne of Kadmiel , with their bre-
thren ouer against them, to praise and to
giue thankes, according to the comman-
dement of Dauid the man of God, ward
ouer against ward.
25 Mattaniah , and Bakbukia)i ,
Obadiah , MeshuUam, Talmon, Ak-
kub, were porters keeping the ward , at
the II thresholds of the gates.
26 These were in the dayes of loia-
kim, the sonne of leshua , the sonne of
lozadak , and in the dayes of Nehe-
miah the gouernour , and of Ezra the
Priest, the Scribe.
27 f And at the dedication of the
wall of Jerusalem , they sought the
Leuites out of all their places, to bring
them to Jerusalem, to keepe the dedica-
tion with gladnesse, both with thankes-
giuings and with singing, with cymbals,
psalteries, and with harpes.
28 And the sonnes of the Singers
gathered themselues together, both out
of the plaine countrey round about Je-
rusalem, and from the villages of Ne-
tophathi.
29 Also from the house of Gilgal,
and out of the fields of Geba, and Az-
maueth : for the Singers had builded
them villages round about Jerusalem.
30 And the Priests and the Leuites
purified themselues , and purified the
people, and the gates, and the wall.
31 Then J brought vp the princes of
ludah vpon the wall, and appointed
two great companies of them that gaue
thankes, whereof one went on the right
hand vpon the wall toward the doung-
gate :
32 And after them went Hoshaiah,
and halfe of the Princes of Judah,
33 And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshul
lam,
34 Judah, and Beniamin, and She-
maiah, and Jeremiah,
35 And certaine of the Priests sonnes
with trumpets : namely, Zechariah the
Sonne of lonathan, the sonne of She-
maiah , the sonne of Mattaniah , the
Sonne of Michaiah , the sonne of Zac-
cur, the sonne of Asaph :
36 And his brethren, Shemaiah, and
Asarael, Milalai , Gilalai, Maai, Ne-
thanael, and Judah, Hanani, with the
musicall instruments of Dauid the man
of God; and Ezra the Scribe before
them.
37 And at the fountaine-gate, which
was ouer against them , they went vp
by the staires of the citie of Dauid, at the
going vp of the wall, aboue the house
!of Dauid, euen vnto the water-gate,
Eastward.
38 And the other company of them
that gaue thankes , went ouer against
them , and J after them, and the halfe
of the people vpon the wall, from be-
yond the towre of the fornaces, euen vn-
to the broad wall,
39 And from aboue the gate of E
phraim, and aboue the olde gate, and a-
boue the fish -gate, and the towre of
Hananeel, and the towre of Meah, euen
vnto the sheepegate; and they stood still
in the prison gate.
40 So stood the two companies of
them that gaue thankes in the house of
God, and J, and the halfe of the ru-
lers with me :
41 And the Priests : Eliakim, Maa-
seiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai,
Zachariah , and Hananiah with trum-
pets :
42 And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah,
and Eleazar, and Vzzi, and Jehoha
nan, and Malchiiah, and Elam, and E
zer. And the Singers t sang loud, with
Jezra-
i Heb. made
their voice
to be heard.
The Law read.
CI
lap.xiij.
Abufes reformed.
tTluU is, ap-
pointed bj/
the late.
iHebr./or
the iou of
ludah,
t Heb. that
stood.
1. Chron.
24. and 25.
chap.
1. Chron.
23. 1, &c.
That is, set
apart.
~ Num. 18.
26.
t Heb. there
was read.
Num. 22.
5. deut. 23. 3
t Heb. eares
' Num. 22.
'. iosh. 24. 9
t Heb. being
set otter.
lezrahiah their ouerseer.
43 Also that day they offered great
sacrifices , and reioyced ; for God had
made them reioyce with great ioy : the
wiues also and the children reioyced : so
that the ioy of Jerusalem was heard
euen afarre off.
44 IT And at that time were some
appointed ouer the chambers for the
treasures, for the offerings, for the first
fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into
them out of the fields of the cities the
portions of the ||law for the priests and
Leuites : tfor ludah reioyced for the
Priests, & for the Leuites t that waited.
45 And both the singers and the por-
ters kept the ward of their God, and
the ward of the purification, *according
to the commandement of Dauid, and of
Solomon his sonne.
46 For in the dayes of Dauid *and
Asaph of old , there were chiefe of the
singers, and songs of praise and thanks-
giuing vnto God.
47 And all Israel in the dayes of
Zerubbabel, and in the dayes of Nehe-
miah, gaue the portions of the singers,
and the porters, euery day his portion,
and they || sanctified holi/ things vnto the
Leuites, * and the Leuites sanctified
them vnto the children of Aaron.
CHAP. XIIL
1 Vpon the reading of the Law, separation is
made from the mixed multitude. 4 Nehemi-
ah at his retume, causeth the chambers to bee
cleansed. 10 He reformeth the offices in the
house of God. 15 The violation of the Sab-
bath, 23 & the mariages with strange wiues.
N that day tthey read in
the *booke of Moses in the
t audience of the people,
and therein was found
_ _ written , that the Ammo-
nite and the Moabite should not come
into the Congregation of God for euer,
2 * Because they met not the children
of Israel with bread, and with water,
but hired Balaam against them , that
he should curse them : howbeit our God
turned the curse into a blessing.
3 Now it came to passe when they
had heard the law , that they sepa-
rated from Israel all the mixed mul-
titude.
4 f And before this Eliashib the
priestthauingthe ouersight of thecham-
ber of the house of our God, was allied
vnto Tobiah :
5 And hee had prepared for him a
great chamber, where aforetime they
laid the meat offrings, the frankincense
and the vessels, and the tithes of the
corne, the new wine, and the oile, which
was tcommanded to be giuen to the Le-
uites, and the singers, and the porters,
and the offerings of the priests.
6 But in all this time was not I at
lerusalem : for in the two and thirtieth
yeere of Artaxerxes king of Babylon,
came I vnto the king , and tafter cer-
taine dayes, || obtained I leaue of the
King:
7 And I came to lerusalem , and
vnderstood of the euil that Eliashib did
for Tobiah, in preparing him a cham-
ber in the courts of the house of God.
8 And it grieued me sore, therefore
I cast foorth all the houshold stuffe of
Tobiah out of the chamber :
9 Then I commanded , and they
cleansed the chambers , and thither
brought I againe the vessels of the
house of God, with the meate offering,
and the frankincense.
10 % And I perceiued that the porti-
ons of the Leuites had not beene giuen
them, : for the Leuites and the singers
that did the worke, were fled euery one
to his field.
11 Then contended I with the ru-
lers, and said. Why is the house of God
forsaken .' And I gathered them toge-
ther, and set them in their t place.
12 Then brought all ludah the
tithe of the corne, and the new wine,
and the oyle, vnto the || treasuries.
13 And I made treasurers ouer the
treasuries , Shelemiah the priest, and
Zadok the scribe, and of the Leuites,
Pedaiah : and tnext to them was Hanan
the Sonne of Zaccur, the sonne of Mat-
taniah : for they were counted faithfull,
and t their office was to distribute vnto
their brethren.
14 * Remember me, O my God, con-
cerning this, and wipe not out my tgood
deeds, that I haue done for the house
of my God, and for the ||offices thereof.
15 H In those dayes sawe I in lu-
dah, S(yme treading wine presses on the
Sabbath, and bringing in sheaues, and
lading asses, as also wine, grapes, and
figs, and all maner o/" burdens, which
they brought into lerusalem on the
Sabbath day : and I testified against
them in the day wherein they soldo vi-
ctuals.
3 X 16 There
t Hebr. the
commande-
merit of the
Leuites.
t Heb. at the
end qfdaiei,
I Or, I ear-
nestlpreque-
sted.
t Heb, Stan,
ding.
I Or, store-
houses.
t Hebr. at
their hand.
t Heb. it was
vpon them.
• Verse 22.
t Heb. kind-
II Or, obser-
uatioTU.
Abufe of the
Nehemiah.
Sabbath, reformed.
t Ha. be-
/bntheaaH.
Or, multi-
tude.
16 There dwelt men of Tyre also
therein, which brought fish and all ma-
ner of ware, and solde on the Sabbath
vnto the children of ludah, and in le-
rusalem.
17 Then I contended with the No-
bles of ludah , and sayd vnto them,
What euill thing is this that ye doe, and
profane the Sabbath day ?
18 Did not your fathers thus , and
did not our God bring all this euill vp
on vs, and vpon this citie? yet ye bring
more wrath vpon Israel, by profaning
the Sabbath.
19 And it came to passe , that when
the gates of lerusalem beganne to be
darke before the Sabbath, I comman
ded that the gates should be shut , and
charged that they should not be opened
till after the Sabbath : and some of my
seruants set I at the gates , that there
should no burden be brought in on the
Sabbath day.
20 So the merchants, and sellers of
all kinde of ware, lodged without Je-
rusalem once or twice.
21 Then I testified against them, and
said vnto them, Why lodge yee t about
the wall ? If ye doe so againe , I will
lay hands on you. From that time forth
came they no more on the Sabbath.
22 And I commanded the Leuites,
that they should cleanse themselues,
and that they should come and keepe
the gates, to sanctifie the Sabbath day:
Remember me, O my God, concerning
this also, and spare me, according to the
llgreatnesse of thy mercie.
23 f In those dayes also sawe I
lewes that thad maried wiues of Ash-
dod, of Ammon, and of Moab :
24 And their children spake halfe in
the speech of Ashdod, and t could not
speake in the lewes language , but ac-
cording to the language tof ech people.
25 And I contended with them, and
II cursed them , and smote certeine of
them , and pluckt off their haire , and
made them sweare by God, saying, Yee
shall not giue your daughters vnto
their sonnes, nor take their daughters
vnto your sonnes, or for your selues.
26 Did not Solomon king of Is-
rael sinne by these things .'' yet among
many nations was there no king like
him, who was beloued of his God, and
God made him king ouer all Israel:
*neuerthelesse,euen him did outlandish
women cause to sinne.
27 Shall wee then hearken vnto
you, to doe all this great euill, to trans-
gresse against our God , in marrying
strange wiues .''
28 And one of the sonnes of loiada,
the Sonne of Eliashib the high Priest,
was sonne in law to Sanballat the Ho-
ronite : therfore I chased him from me
29 Remember them , O my God,
t because they haue defiled the Priest
hood , and the couenant of the Priest-
hood, and of the Leuites.
30 Thus cleansed I them from all
strangers, and appointed the wards of
the Priests and the Leuites, euery one
in his businesse :
31 And for the wood - offering , at
times appointed, and for the first fruits.
Remember me, O my God, for good
t Heh. had
made to
dwell with
them.
t Heb. they
discerned
nottospeake.
\ Heb. of peo-
ple and peo-
ple.
1 Or, reuiled
them.
%
THE
I.King. 11
, &c.
\Heb.fortJie
The Kings, and
Chap.j.
Queenes feafts.
^THE BOOKE OF
Efther.
t Hebr,
found.
Or, violet.
I Or, n/por-
phyre^ and
marble, ami
alalnister,
and atone of
\blew colour.
t llebr. wine
of the king'
dome.
CHAP. I.
1 Ahasuerus maketh royall feasts. 10 Vasthi,
sent for, refuseth to come. 13 Ahasuerus,
by the counsell of Memucan, maketh the
decree of mens soueraigntie.
Ow it came to
passe in the dayes
of Ahasuerus ,
(this is Ahasue-
rus which reig-
ned from India,
euen vnto Ethio-
pia, ouer an hun-
dred , and seuen
and twentie prouinces.)
2 That in those dayes , when the
King Ahasuerus sate on the throne of
his kingdome, which was in Shushan
the palace :
3 In the third yeere of his reigne,
he made a feast vnto all his Princes, and
his seruants , the power of Persia and
Media, the Nobles and Princes of the
prouinces being before him.
4 When he shewed the riches of his
glorious kingdome, and the honour of
his excellent maiestie, many dayes, euen
an hundred and fourescore dayes.
5 And when these dayes were ex-
pired, the king made a feast vnto all the
people that were t present in Shushan
the ))alace , both vnto great and small,
seuen dayes, in the court of the garden
of the kings palace,
6 Where were white, grecne and ||blew
Aawgwg-.v, fastened with cords of fine lin-
nen, and purple, to siluer rings, and pil-
lers of marble : the beds were of gold
and siluer, vpon a pauement of ||red,
and blewe , and white , and blacke
marble.
7 And they gaue them drinke in ves-
sels of gold , ( the vessels being diners
one from another) and troyall wine in
dinif to the
hand of the
king.
I Or, Eu-
nuches.
abundance, according to the t state oi \Heb.accor.
the king.
8 And the drinking was according to
the law, none did compell : for the king
had appointed to all the officers of his
house, that they should doe according to
euery mans pleasure.
9 Also Vasthi the Queene made a
feast for the women , in the royall house
which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
10 1i On the seuen th day, when the
heart of the King was merry with
wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biz-
tha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha,
Zethar, and Carcas, the seuen ||cham
berlens that serued in the presence of A-
hasuerus the king,
11 To bring Vasthi the Queene be-
fore the king, with the Crowne royall,
to shew the people, and the Princes her
beautie: for she was tfaire to looke on.
12 But the Queene Vasthi refused
to come at the Kings commandement
+ by his chamberlens : therefore was
the King very wroth , and his anger
burned in him.
13 H Then the king saide to the wise
men, which knew the times (for so zeas
the Kings maner towards all that
knew law, and iudgement :
14 And the next vnto him, was Car-
shena , Shethar, Admatha, Tarshis,
Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the
seuen * Princes of Persia , and Media, j
which saw the Kings face, and which j
sate the first in the kingdome.)
15 t What shall wee doe vnto theit^?*^;"'*'^
Queene Vasthi , according to law, be-
cause she hath not performed the com-
mandement of the king Ahasuerus, by
the chamberlens ?
16 And Memucan answered before
the king and the Princes ; Vasthi the
Queene hath not done wrong to the
king onely, but also to all the Princes,
and to all the people that are in all the
3X2 pro-
t Itehr. good
ofcounte-
nance.
\Hebr.
which was
by the hand j
(^his Eu-
mwhes.
'Ezra.?. 14.
to doe t
Vafthi put away.
Efther.
The kings decree.
t Heb. if it
be good with
the king.
t Heb. from
before him.
t Heb. that
it passe not
avDay.
t Hebr. vnto
hercompani-
i H^.v>as
good in the
eyet of the
king.
t Hebr. that
one should
publish it
according to
theUmgtiage
ofhispeople.
prouinces of the king Ahasuenis.
17 For thL deed of the queene shall
come abroad vnto all women, so that
they shal despise their husbands in their
eyes, when it shall bee reported; The
king Ahasuenis commanded Vasthi
the queene to be brought in before him,
but she came not.
18 Likewise shall the Ladies of Persia
and Media say this day vnto all the
kings princes, which haue heard of the
deed of the Queene. Thus sliall there a-
rise too much contempt and wrath.
19 tif it please the king, let there go
a royall commandement tfrom him,
and let it bee written among the lawes
of the Persians, and the Medes, tthat
it be not altered, that Vasthi come no
more before king Ahasuerus , and let
the king giue her royall estate tvnto a-
nother that is better then she.
20 And when the kings decree, which
he shal make, shalbe published through-
out all his empire, (for it is great : ) all
the wiues shall giue to their husbands
honour, both to great and small.
21 And the saying t pleased the king
and the princes, and the king did accor-
ding to the word of Memucan :
22 For he sent letters into all the
kings prouinces , into euery prouince,
according to the writing thereof, and to
euery people after their language, that
euery man should beare rule in his
owne house, and tthat it should be pub
lished siccording to the language of eue-
rie people.
CHAP. II.
1 Out of the choise of virgines, a Queene is to
be chosen. S Mordecai the nursing father of
Esther. 8 Esther is preferred by Hegai before
thereat 12 The maner of purification, & go-
ing in to the king. 15 Esther bestpleasingthe
king, is made Queene. 21 Mordecai discoue
ring a treason, is recorded in the Chronicles.
Fter these things, when
the wrath of king Aha
suerus was appeased ,
hee remembred Vasthi ,
and what shee had done,
and what was decreed against her.
2 Then saide the kings seruants,
that ministred vnto him , Let there bee
faire yong virgins sought for the king:
3 And let the king appoint officers
in all the prouinces of his kingdome,
that they may gather together all the
faire yong virgins vnto Shushan the
palace, to the house of the women tvnto
the custodie of || Hege the kings cham-
berlaine, keeper of the women, and let
their things for purification bee giuen
tliem :
4 And let the maiden which plea-
seth the king, bee Queene in stead of
Vasthi. And the thing pleased the king,
and he did so.
5 H Now in Shushan the palace,
there was a certaine lew, whose name
was Mordecai, the sonne of lair, the
Sonne of Shimei , the sonne of Kish,
a Beniamite,
6 * Who had bene caried away from
lerusalem, with the captiuitie which
had bene caried away with leconiah
king of ludah, whom Nebuchadnez-
zar the King of Babylon had caried
away.
7 And hee t brought vp Hadassah
(that is Esther) his vncles daughter,
for she had neither father nor mother,
and the maid was t faire and beautiful,
whom Mordecai (when her father and
mother were dead) tooke for his owne
daughter.
8 IT So it came to passe, when the
kings commandement and his decree
was heard , and when many maidens
were gathered together vnto Shushan
the palace, to the custodie of Hegai, that
Esther was brought also vnto the kings
house, to the custodie of Hegai , keeper
of the women.
9 And the maiden pleased him , and
she obtained kindnesse of him, and hee
speedily gaue her her things for purifi-
cation , with tsuch things as belonged
to her, and seuen maidens, which were
meet to be giuen her, out of the Kings
house, and thee preferred her and her
maids, vnto the hest place of the house of
the women.
10 Esther had not shewed her peo-
ple, nor her kinred : for Mordecai had
charged her, that she should not shew it.
11 And Mordecai walked euery day
before the court of the womens house,
tto know how Esther did, and what
should become of her.
12 f Now when euery maids turne
was come, to goe in to King Ahasue-
rus, after that shee had bene twelue
moneths, according to the maner of the
women (for so were the dayes of their
purifications accomplished, to wit, sixe
moneths with oile of myrrhe, and sixe
moneths
t Heb. vnto
the hand.
Or, Hegai,
ver. 8.
• 2. King. 24
15. ier. 24. 1
and 2. chro.
36. 10.
t Heb. nou-
rished.
i Heb. faire
qffourme,
and good qf
countenance.
t Heb. her
portions.
t Hebr. hee
changedher.
t Heb. to
know the
peace.
Efther Queene.
Chap.iij.
H
amans
fuit.
Or,kind-
nesse.
t Heb. be-
fore him.
t Heb. rest.
I Or, Bi>.
thana. cluip.
6. 2.
t Heb. the
threshold.
moneths with sweet odours, and with
other things for the purifying of the
women.)
13 Then thus came euery maiden
vnto the king , whatsoeuer she desired,
was giuen her , to goe with her out of
the house of the women, vnto the kings
house.
14 In the euening she went, and on
the morrowe she returned into the se-
cond house of the women , to the custo-
die of Shaashgaz the kings chamber-
len , which kept the concubines : shee
came in vnto the king no more, except
the king dehghted in her, and that shee
were called by name.
15 H Now when the turne of Est
her, the daughter of Abihail, the vncle
of Mordecai (who had taken her for his
daughter) was come, to goe in vnto the
king : she required nothing, but what
Hegai the kings chamberlen the keeper
of the women, appointed : And Esther
obtained fauour in the sight of all them
that looked vpon her.
16 So Esther was taken vnto king
Ahasuerus, into his house royall, in the
tenth moneth (which is the moneth Te-
beth) in the seuenth yeere of his reigne.
17 And the king loued Esther aboue
all the women , and she obtained grace
and yfauour tin his sight, more then all
the virgins ; so that bee set the royall
crowne vpon her head , and made her
queene, in stead of Vasthi.
18 Then the king made a great feast
vnto all his princes and his seruants,
eiien Esthers feast , and hee made a t re-
lease to the prouinces , and gaue gifts,
according to the state of the king.
19 And when the virgins were ga-
thered together the second time , then
Mordecai sate in the kings gate.
20 Esther had not yet shewed her
kindred , nor her people , as Mordecai
had charged her : For Esther did the
commandement of Mordecai, like as
when she was brought vp with him.
21 H In those dayes , ( while Mor-
decai sate in the kings gate) two of the
kings chamberlens, ||Bigthan and Te-
resh , of those which kept t the doore,
were wroth, and sought to lay hand on
the king Ahasuerus :
22 And the thing was knowen to
Mordecai , who told it vnto Esther the
Queene , and Esther certified the king
thereof, in Mordecais name.
23 And when inquisition was made
of the matter, it was found out ; therfore
they were both hanged on a tree : and
it was written in the booke of the chro-
nicles before the king.
CHAP. III.
1 Haman aduanced by the king, and despised
by Mordecai, seeketh reuenge vpon all the
lewes. 7 Hee casteth Lots. 8 Hee obtai-
neth by calumniation, a Decree of the king,
to put the lewes to death.
Fter these things did king
Ahasuerus promote Ha-
man, the Sonne of Ameda-
tha the Agagite , and ad-
uanced him , and set his
seate aboue all the princes that were
with him.
2 And all the kings seruants , that
were in the kings gate, bowed, and reue-
renced Haman, for the king had so com-
manded concerning him : but Mordecai
bowed not, nor did him reuerence.
3 Then the kings seruants , which
zvere in the kings gate, sayd vnto Mor
decai. Why transgressest thou the kings
commandement .''
4 Now it came to passe, when they
spake daily vnto him, and he hearkened
not vnto them ; that they told Haman,
to see whether Mordecai his matters
would stand, for he had told them that
he was a lewe.
5 And when Haman saw that Mor-
decai bowed not, nor did him reuerence,
then was Haman full of wrath.
6 And hee thought scorne to lay
hands on Mordecai alone, for they had
shewed him the people of Mordecai :
wherefore Haman sought to destroy all
the lewes , that were throughout the
hole kingdome of Ahasuerus , euen
the people of Mordecai.
7 H In the first moneth (that is,
the moneth Nisan) in the twelfth yeere
of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that
is, the lot , before Haman , from day to
day , and from moneth to moneth , to
the twelfth moneth, that is the moneth
Adar.
8 H And Haman saide vnto king
Ahasuerus : There is a certaine people
scattered abroad, and dispersed among
the people , in all the prouinces of thy
kingdome, and their lawes are diuerse
from all people, neither keepe they the
kings lawes ; therefore it is not tfor the
kings profit to suffer them.
9 If
t Hel. meete
or, eqiiall.
Hanians fuit made
Efther.
knowen to Efthei
iHeb.tode
ttroythem.
\Heb. weigh.
I Or,oppres-
tour.
Or, secre-
tariet.
9 If it please the king, let it be writ-
ten, t that they may be destroyed: and I
will tpay ten thousand talents of siluer
to the handes of those that haue the
charge of the businesse, to bring it into
the kings treasuries.
10 And the king tooke his ring from
his hand, and gaue it vnto Haman the
Sonne of Ammedatha the Agagite, the
lewes llenemie.
11 And the king saide vnto Haman,
The siluer is giuen to thee, the people al
so, to doe with them, as it seemeth good
to thee.
12 Then were the kings || scribes cal-
led on the thirteenth day of the first
moneth, and there was written , accor-
ding to all that Haman had comman-
ded, vnto the kings Lieutenants, and
to the gouernours, that were ouer euery
prouince, and to the rulers of euery peo-
ple of euery prouince , according to the
writing thereof, and to euery people, af-
ter their language, in the name of king
Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed
with the kings ring.
13 And the letters were sent by posts
into all the kings prouinces, to destroy,
to kill, and to cause to perish all lewes,
both yong and olde, litle children and
women, in one day, euen vpon the thir-
teenth day of the twelfth moneth
(which is the moneth Adar) and to take
the spoile of them for a pray.
14 The copie of the writing for a
commandement to bee giuen in euery
prouince, was published vnto all peo-
ple, that they should bee ready against
that day.
15 The postes went out, being haste-
ned by the kings commandement , and
the decree was giuen in Shushan the
palace : and the king and Haman sate
downe to drinke, but the citie Shushan
was perplexed.
CHAP. nil.
1 The great mourning of Mordecai and the
lewes. 4 Esther vnderstanding it, sendeth to
Mordecai, who sheweth the cause, and adui-
seth her to vndertake the suit. 10 Shee excu-
gingherselfe is threatnedby Mordecai. 1 5 She
appointing a fast, vndertaketh the suit.
Hen Mordecai perceiued
all that was done, Morde-
cai rent his clothes, and
put on sackcloth with
shes, and went out into
the midst of the citie, and cried with a
loud and a bitter crie :
2 And came euen before the kings
gate: for none might enter into the kings
gate clothed with sackcloth.
3 And in euery prouince, whitherso-
euer the kings commaundement, and
his decree came, there was great mour-
ning among the lewes, and fasting,
and weeping, and wailing, and t many
lay in sackcloth and ashes.
4 H So Esthers maides and her
tchamberlaines came , and told it her :
then was the Queene exceedingly grie-
ued, and she sent raiment to clothe Mor-
decai, and to take away the sackcloth
from him : but he receiued it not.
5 Then called Esther for Hatach,
one of the kings chaniberlaines, twhom
he had appointed to attend vpon her,
and gaue him a commaundement to
Mordecai, to know what it was, and
why it was.
6 So Hatach went forth to Morde-
cai, vnto the streetof the citie, which was
before the kings gate :
7 And Mordecai tolde him of all
that had happened vnto him , and of
the summe of the money that Haman
had promised to pay to the Kings
treasuries for the lewes , to destroy
them.
8 Also he gaue him the copie of the
writing of the decree, that was giuen
at Shushan to destroy them, to shewe it
vnto Esther, and to declare it vnto her,
and to charge her that she should goe in
vnto the king, to make supplication vn-
to him, and to make request before him,
for her people.
9 And Hatach came and told Esther
the words of Mordecai.
ion Againe Esther spake vnto Ha-
tach , and gaue him commaundement
vnto Mordecai ;
11 All the Kings seruants, and the
people of the kings prouinces do know,
that whosoeuer , whether man or wo-
man, shall come vnto the King into the
inner court, who is not called, there is
one lawe of his to put him to death, ex-
cept such to whom the King shall hold
out the golden scepter, that he may line:
but I haue not beene called to come in
vnto the King, these thirtie dayes.
12 And they tolde to Mordecai Est-
hers words.
13 Then Mordecai commanded to
answcre Esther ; Thinke not with thy
selfe
t Heb. sacke'
cloth and
(ishes were
laiil vnder
man;/.
i Heb. Eu.
nuches.
t Hei. whom
he had set
be/ore her.
Her faft, and fuit
Ch
a
p.v.
to the King.
t Heb. re-
spiration.
t Heb. found
\ Hehpassed
selfe that thou shalt escape in the kings
house, more then all the lewes.
14 For if thou altogether holdest
thy peace at this time , then shall there
t enlargement and deliuerance arise to
the lewes from another place , but
thou and thy fathers house shall be de-
stroyed : And who knoweth, whether
thou art come to the kingdome for such
a time as this ?
15 f Then Esther bade tliem retume
Mordecai this answere :
16 Goe, gather together all the
lewes that are t present in Shushan,
and fast yee for me, and neither eate nor
drinke three dayes, night or day : I also
and my maidens will fast likewise, and
so will I goe in vnto the king, which is
not according to the Law , and if I pe-
rish, I perish.
17 So Mordecai twent his way,
and did according to all that Esther had
commanded him.
CHAP. V.
1 Esther aduenturing on the kings fauour, ob-
teineth the grace of the golden scepter, and
inuiteth the king and Haman to a banquet.
6 She being incouraged by the king in her
suit, inuiteth them to another banquet the
next day. 9 Haman proud of his aduance-
ment, repineth at the contempt of Mordecai.
14 By the counsell of Zeresh, he buUdeth for
him a paire of gallous.
Owit came to passe on the
third day, that Esther put
on herroyalla/9parfZ/,and
stood in the inner court of
the kings house , ouer a-
gainst the kings house : and the King
sate vpon his royall throne in the roy-
all house, ouer against the gate of the
house.
2 And it was so, when the king saw
Esther the Queene standing in the
court, t/uit shee obtained fauour in his
sight : and the king helde out to Esther
the golden scepter that was in his hand :
So Esther drew neere, and touched the
top of the scepter.
3 Then sayd the King vnto her.
What wilt thou, Queene Esther? and
what is thy request .'' it shall bee euen
giuen thee to the halfe of the kingdome.
4 And Esther answered. If it seeme
good vnto the King, let the King and
Haman come this day vnto the ban-
quet that I haue prepared for him.
5 Then the King sayd, Cause Ha-
man to make haste, that he may doe as
Esther hath said : So the king and Ha-
inan came to the banquet that Esther
had prepared.
6 IT And the king said vnto Esther
at the banquet of wine. What is thy pe-
tition, and it shall be granted thee ? and
what is thy request ? euen to the halfe
of the kingdome it shall be performed.
7 Then answered Esther, and said,
My petition, and my request is,
8 If I haue found fauour in the
sight of the king, and if it pleasethe king
to grant my petition, and t to performe
my request, let the king, and Haman,
come to the banquet that I shall pre-
pare for them, and I wil do to morow,
as the king hath said.
9 If Then went Haman foorth that
day, ioyfuU, and with a glad heart : but
when Haman saw Mordecai in the
kings gate, that hee stood not vp, nor
mooued for him , hee was full of indig-
nation against Mordecai.
10 Neuerthelesse Haman refrained
himselfe, and when he came home, hee
sent and t called for his friends, and Ze
resh his wife.
11 And Haman told them of the glo-
ry of his riches, and the multitude of
his children, aud all the things wherein
the king had promoted him , and how
he had aduanced him aboue the Prin-
ces, and seruants of the king.
12 Haman said moreouer. Yea Est-
her the Queene did let no man come in
with the king vnto the banquet that
she had prepared , but my selfe ; and to
morrow am I inuited vnto her also
with the king.
13 Yet all this auaileth me nothing,
so long as I see Mordecai the lew sit-
ting at the kings gate.
14 % Then saide Zeresh his wife,
and all his friends vnto him , Let a
t gallous be made of fifty cubits hie, and
to morrow speake thou vnto the king,
that Mordecai may be hanged thereon :
then goe thou in merily with the king
vnto the banquet. And the thing plea-
sed Haman, and hee caused the gallous
to be made.
CHAP. VL
1 Ahasuerus reading in the Chronicles of the
good seruice done by Mordecai, taketh care
for his reward. 4 Haman comming to sue
that Mordecai might bee hanged , vnawares
giuetb
t Hcb. to doe.
Heb. caused
to come.
t Heb. tree.
Mordecai the
Efther.
lew, promoted.
\Hebr.the
kings sleepe
/ledateaji.
Or,Big-
Utan, chap.
81.
t Hebr. thre-
shold.
t Hebr. in
whose ho-
nour the
Kingdeligh-
teth.
t Hebr. in
whose ho-
nour the
king deligh-
teth.
t Hebr, let
them bring
theroyallap-
pareu.
t Heb. tcher-
with the
kingclotheth
himwlfe.
t Heb. cause
him to ride.
t Heb. suffer
not a whtt to
falL
^ueth counsell that hee might doe him ho-
nour, 12 complayning of his misfortune, his
friends tell him of his finall destinie.
N that night t could not
the King sleepe, and hee
commaunded to bring the
booke of Records of the
chronicles; and they were
read liefore the king.
2 And it was found written , that
Mordecai had told of || Bigthana, and
Teresh, two of the kings chamberleus,
the keepers of the t doore, who sought to
lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
3 And the king said, What honour
and dignitie hath bene done to Morde-
cai for this .'' Then said the kings ser-
uants that ministred vnto him, There
is nothing done for him.
4 H And the king said, Who is in the
court .' (now Haman was come into the
outward court of the kings house, to
speake vnto the king, to hang Morde-
cai on the gallous that hee had prepa
red for him.)
5 And the kings seruants said vnto
him. Behold, Haman standeth in the
court. And the King saide , Let him
come in.
6 So Haman came in, and the king
said vnto him, What shall be done vnto
the man t whom the king delighteth to
honour .-* (now Haman thought in his
heart , To whom would the king de-
light to doe honour , more then to my
selfe.?)
7 And Haman answered the king.
For the man t whom the king deligh-
teth to honour,
8 t Let the royall apparell bee
brought , t which the King vseth to
weare , and the horse that the King ri-
deth vpon , and the crowne royal which
is set vpon his head :
9 And let this apparell and horse
bee deliuered to the hand of one of the
kings most noble Princes , that they
may aray the man withall, whom the
king delighteth to honour, andtbring
him on horsebacke tlirough the streete
of the city , and proclaime before him,
Thus shal it be done to the man whom
the king delighteth to honour.
10 Then the king saide to Haman,
Make haste, and take the apparell, and
the horse, as thou hast said, and doe euen
so to Mordecai the lew, that sitteth at
the Kings gate : t let nothing faile of
all that thou hast spoken.
.
11 Then tooke Haman the apparell,
and the horse, & arayed Mordecai, and
brought him on hors-backe through the
streete of the city , and proclaimed be-
fore him : Thus shall it bee done vnto
the man whom the King delighteth to
honour.
12 H And Mordecai came againe to
the kings gate : but Haman hasted to
his house , mourning , and hauing his
head couered.
13 And Haman told Zeresh his wife,
and all his friends , euery thing that
had befallen him. Then saide his wise
men, and Zeresh his wife vnto him. If
Mordecai be of the seed of the lewes,
before whom thou hast begun to fall,
thou shall not preuaile against him, but
shalt surely fall before him.
14 And while they were yet talking
with him , came the kings chamber-
lens , and hasted to bring Haman vnto
the banquet that Esther had prepared,
CHAP. VIL
1 EstherintertainingtheKing and Haman, ma-
keth suit for her owne life , and her peoples.
5 She accuseth Haman. 7 The King in his
anger vnderstanding of the gallous , which
Haman had made for Mordecai , causeth him
to be hanged thereon.
O the King and Haman
came t to banquet with
Esther the Queene.
2 And the king said a-
gaine vnto Esther, on the
second day at the banquet of wine,
What is thy petition, Queene Esther,
and it shalbe granted thee? and what is
thy request? and it shall bee performed,
euen to the halfe of the kingdome.
3 Then Esther the Queene answe
red, and said ; If I haue found fauour
in thy sight, O King, and if it please the
King, let my life be giuen me at my pe-
tition, and my people at my request.
4 For we are sold, I, and my peo-
ple, t to be destroyed , to be slaine, and to
perish : but if we had bene sold for bond-
men, and bondwomen, I had held my
tongue, although the enemy could not
counteruaile the kings dammage.
5 H Then the king Ahasuerus an-
swered, & said vnto Esther the Queene :
Who is he? and where is he,tthat durst
presume in his heart to do so ?
6 And Esther said, t The aduersary
and enemie, is this wicked Haman.
Then
t Hebr. to
drinke.
t Hebr. that
they should
(testror/ and
ki!.fauU'ause
to perish.
t Heb. ichose
heart hath
filled him.
t Hebr. the
man aduer-
sary.
Ham an hanged.
Ch
a
p.vnj.
Eilhers requeft.
I Or, at the
presence of.
t Heb. teith
me.
t Heb. tree.
t Heb. and
ahe wept and
besought
him.
t Heb. the
deuice.
Then Haman was afraid || before the
King and the Queene.
7 f And the king arising from the
banquet of wine in his wrath, went into
the palace garden : and Haman stood
vp to make request for his life to Esther
the Queene : for he saw that there was
euill determined against him by the
King.
8 Then the king returned out of
the palace garden , into the place of the
banquet of wine, and Haman was fal-
len vpon the bed whereon Esther was.
Then said the King, Will hee force the
Queene also t before me in the house ?
As the word went out of the Kings
mouth, they couered Hamans face.
9 And Harbonah one of the cham-
berlaines, said before the king ; Behold
also the tgallowes, fiftie cubites high,
which Haman had made for Mordecai,
who had spoken good for the king, stan-
deth in the house of Haman. Then the
king said. Hang him thereon.
10 So they hanged Haman on the
gallows that he had prepared for Mor-
decai. Then was the Kings wrath pa-
cified.
CHAP. VIII.
1 Mordecai is aduanced. 3 Esther maketh suite
to reuerse Hamans letters. 7 Ahasuerus
granteth to the lewes to defend themselues.
IS Mordecais honour, and the lewes ioy.
N that day did the King A-
hasuerus giue the house of
Haman, the lewes enemy,
vnto Esther the Queene ;
I' and Mordecai came before
the King ; for Esther hade told what
he was vnto her.
2 And the king tooke off his Ring
which he had taken from Haman, and
gaue it vnto Mordecai. And Esther set
Mordecai ouer the house of Haman.
3 H And Esther spake yet againe be-
fore the king, and fell downe at his feet,
tand besought him with teares, to put
away the mischiefe of Haman the Aga-
gite, and his deuice, that he had deuised
against the lewes.
4 Then the king helde out the gol-
den scepter toward Esther. So Esther
arose, and stood before the king,
5 And said. If it please the king, and
if I haue found fauour in his sight, and
the thing seeme right before the king,
and I bee pleasing in his eyes, let it be
written to reuerse tthe letters deuised
I Or, who
wrote.
t Heb. be a-
Ue that I
may see.
See Chap.
1. 19.
by Haman the sonne of Hammedatha
the Agagite, || which hee wrote to de-
stroy the lewes , which are in all the
kings prouinces.
6 For how can I t endure to see the
euill that shall come vnto my people ?
or how can I endure to see the destruc-
tion of my kinred ?
7 IT Then the king Ahasuerus said
vnto Esther the Queene, and to Mor-
decai the lewe. Behold, I haue giuen
Esther the house of Haman , and him
they haue hanged vpon the gallowes,
because hee layde his hand vpon the
lewes.
8 Write ye also for the lewes, as it
liketh you, in the Kings name, and scale
it with the Kings ring : for the writing
which is written in the Kings name,
and sealed with the Kings ring, *may
no man reuerse.
9 Then were the kings scribes cal-
led at that time , in the third moneth,
(that is, the month Siuan) on the three
and twentieth day thereof, and it was
written (according to all that Mordecai
commanded) vnto the lewes, and to
the Lieutenants, and the deputies and
rulers of the prouinces, which are from
India vnto Ethiopia , an hundred,
twentie and seuen prouinces, vnto eue-
ry prouince according to the writing
thereof, and vnto euery people after
their language , and to the lewes , ac-
cording to their writing, and according
to their language.
10 And he wrote in the king Ahasue
rus name, and sealed it with the kings
Ring , and sent letters by Postes , on
horsebacke , and riders on mules , ca-
mels, and yong dromedaries :
11 Wherein the King granted the
lewes , which were in euery citie, to
gather themselues together , and to
stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and
to cause to perish all the power of the
people and prouince that would assault
them, both little ones, and women, and
to take the spoile of them for a pray :
12 Vpon one day, in all the prouin-
ces of king Ahasuerus, namely vpon the
thirteenth day of the twelfth moneth,
which \s the moneth Adar.
13 The copy of the writing, for a com.
mandement to bee giuen in euery pro-
uince, was tpublished vnto all people, ■+ HeJ. r».
and that the lewes should be readie a- " '"
gainst that day , to auenge themselues
on their enemies.
3 Y 14 5-0
\ueaied.
I
The lewes ioy.
Efther.
Hamans ten fonnes.
I4i So the posts that rode vpon mules
and camels went out, being hastened,
and pressed on by the kings commande-
ment, and the decree was giuen at
Shushan the palace.
15 f And Mordecai went out from
the presence of the king, in royall appa-
Or,viokt. rell, of 1 1 blew and white, and with s
great crowne of gold , and with a gar
ment of fine linnen, and purple, and the
citie of Shushan reioyced , and was
glad:
16 The lewes had light and glad-
nesse, and ioy and honour.
17 And in euery prouince, and in e-
uery city, whithersoeuer the kings com-
mandement, and his decree came, the
lewes had ioy and gladnes, a feast and
a good day : And many of the people of
the land became lewes; for the feare of
the lewes fell vpon them.
CHAP. IX.
1 The lewes, ( the rulers, forfeare of Mordecai
helping them) slay their enemies, with the
ten sonnes of Haman. 12 Ahasuerus at the
request of Esther, granteth another day of
slaughter, and Hamans sonnes to be hanged.
20 The two dales of Purim are made festiuall.
Ow in the twelfth month
(that is the moneth A
dar) on the thirteenth day
of the same , when the
Kings commaundement
and his decree drew neere to bee put in'
execution, in the day that the enemies of
the lewes hoped to haue power ouer
them : (though it was turned to the
contrary, that the lewes had rule ouer
them that hated them.)
2 The lewes gathered themselues
together in their cities, throughout all
the prouinces of the king Ahasuerus, to
lay hand on such as sought their hurt,
and no man could withstand them : for
the feare of them fell vpon all people.
3 And all the rulers of the prouin
ces, and the Lieutenants, and the depu
t^«». tt<M«|ties, and t officers of the king, helped
'uJ'inuinet the lewes : because the feare of Morde-
"^t^th^ cai fell vpon them.
mg- 4 For Mordecai teas great in the
kings house, and his fame went out,
throughout all the prouinces : for this
man Mordecai waxed greater and
greater.
5 Thus the lewes smote all their
enemies with the stroke of the sword.
and slaughter, and destruction, and did I
twhat they would vnto those that ha-
ted them.
6 And in Shushan the palace the
lewes slew and destroyed fine hundred
men:
7 And Parshandatha , and Dal-
phon, and Aspatha,
8 And Poratha, and Adalia, and
Aridatha,
9 And Parmashta, and Arisai, and
Aridai, and Vaiezatha,
10 The ten sonnes of Haman the
Sonne of Hammedatha , the enemie of
the lewes, slew they , but on the spoile
laid they not their hand.
11 On that day, the number of those
that were slaine in Shushan the pa-
lace, twas brought before the king,
12 H And the king said vnto Esther
the Queene ; The lewes haue slaine
and destroied fiue hundred men in Shu-
shan the palace, & the ten sonnes of Ha-
man ; what haue they done in the rest
of the kings prouinces .'' now what m
thy petition.'' and it shalbe granted thee:
or what is thy request further .'' and it
shall be done.
1 3 Then said Esther, If it please the
king. Let it bee granted to the lewes
which are in Shushan, to doe to morow
also, according vnto this dayes decree,
and tlet Hamans ten sonnes be hanged
vpon the gallous.
14 And the king commanded it so to
be done ; and the decree was giuen at
Shushan , and they hanged Hamans
ten sonnes.
15 For the lewes that were in Shu-
shan, gathered themselues together on
the fourteenth day also of the moneth
Adar, and slewe three hundred men at
Shushan : but on the pray they laid not
their hand.
IG But the other lewes that were in
the kings prouinces , gathered them-
selues together, & stood for their liues
and had rest from their enemies , and
slew of their foes seuenty and fiue thou-
sand, but they laid not their handes on
the pray.
17 On the thirteenth day of the
moneth Adar, and on the fourteenth
day tof the same, rested they, and made
it a day of feasting and gladnes.
18 But the lewes that zcere at Shu-
shan , assembled together on the thir-
teenth dmj therof, and on the fourteenth
thereof; and on the fifteenth dar/ of the
same,
iHeb. accor-
ding to their
will.
t Heb. came.
+ aebr. let
men hang.
t Heh, in it.
A
new
Feaft
Chap.x.
is ordeined.
i Heb, crush.
t Heb. when
she came.
That is,
Lot.
\Hebr.passe.
same, they rested, and made it a day of
feasting and gladnesse.
19 Therefore the lewes of the vil-
lages, that dwelt in the vnwalled
townes , made the foureteenth day of
the moneth Adar, a Ja^of gladnesse and
feasting, and a good day, and of sending
portions one to another.
20 IT And Mordecai wrote these
things , and sent letters vnto all the
lewes , that were in all the prouinces of
the king Ahasuerus, both nigh & farre,
21 To stablish this among them, that
they should keepe the fourteenth day of
the moneth Adar, and the fifteenth day
of the same, yeerely :
22 As the dayes wherein the lewes
rested from their enemies, & the moneth
which was turned vnto them, from sor-
row to ioy, and from mourning into a
good day : that they should make them
daies of feasting and ioy, and of sending
portions one to another , and gifts to
the poore.
23 And the lewes vndertooke to
doe, as they had begun, and as Morde-
cai had written vnto them :
24 Because Haman the sonne of
Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemie
of all the lewes, had deuised against
the lewes to destroy them , and had
cast Pur (that is, the lot) to t consume
them, and to destroy them.
25 But twhen Esther came before the
king, he commanded by letters, that his
wicked deuice which he deuised against
the lewes , should returne vpon his
owne head, and that he and his sonnes,
should be hanged on the gallons.
26 Wherefore they called these dayes
Purim, after the name of ||Pur: there-
fore for all the words of this letter, and
of that which they had scene concerning
this matter, and which had come vnto
them,
27 The lewes ordeined , and tooke
vpon them , and vpon their seed , and
vpon all such as ioyned themselues vn-
to them, so as it should not tfaile, that
they would keepe these two dayes , ac-
cording to their writing, and according
to their appointed time, euery yeere :
28 And that these dayes should be re-
membred , and kept throughout euery
generation , euery family , euery pro-
uince , and euery citie , and that these
dayes of Purim should not tfaile from
among the lewes , nor the memoriall
of them tperish from their seed.
29 Then Esther the Queene, the
daughter of Abihail , and Mordecai the
lew, wrote with tall authoritie, to con
firme this second letter of Purim.
30 And hee sent the letters vnto all
the lewes , to the hundred , twentie
and seuen prouinces of the kingdome of
Ahasuerus , with wordes of peace and
trueth :
31 To confirme these dayes of Pu-
rim , in their times appointed, according
as Mordecai the lew, and Esther the
Queene had enioyned them , and as
they had decreed tfor themselues and
for their seed, the matters of the fastings
and their cry.
32 And the decree of Esther confir-
med these matters of Purim , and it
was written in the booke.
C H A P. X.
1 Ahasuerus his greatnesse. 3 Mordecais
aduancement
Nd the king Ahasuerus
layde a tribute vpon the
land , and vpon the Isles
of the sea.
2 And all the actes of
his power, and of his might, and the de
claration of the greatnesse of Mordecai,
whereunto the king t aduanced him,
are they not written in the booke of the
Chronicles of the kings of Media and
Persia .''
3 For Mordecai the lew was next
vnto King Ahasuerus, and great
mong the lewes , and accepted of the
multitude of his brethren , seeking the
wealth of his people , and speaking
peace to all his seed.
^Heb. passe.
t Hebr. be
ended.
t Hebr. all
strength.
t Hebr. for
their soules.
H
THE
3Y2
t Heb. made
him great.
lobs
)rightneffe.
lob.
Satans malice.
• Chap. 2. 3.
^THE BOOKE OF
lob.
CHAP. I.
1 The holinesse, riches, and religious care of
lob for his children. 6 Satan appearing be-
fore God, by calumniation obtaineth leaue
to tempt loD. 13 Vnderstanding of the
losse of his goods and children, in his mour-
ning hee blesseth God.
•x@
I Or, caltell.
tOr,hutban-
drie.
\Htb.ionne>
of the East.
• 1. King,
ai. 10, 13.
i Heb.aU
(hedayet.
t Heh. the
tuitursarie,
t Heb. in the
midst of
them.
Here was a man
in the land of Vz,
whose name was
lob , and that
man was * per-
fect and vpright,
and one that fea
red God, and es-'
chewed euill.
there were borne vnto him
seuen sonnes, and three daughters.
3 His II substance also was seuen
thousand sheepe, and three thousand ca-
mels, and fiue hundred yoke of oxen,
and fiue hundred shee asses, and a very
great ||houshold; so that this man was
the greatest of all the tmen of the East.j
4 And his sonnes went and feasted'
in <Aeir houses, euery one his day, and!
sent and called for their three sisters, to
eate and to drinke with them. I
5 And it was so, when the dayes of,
tlieir feasting were gone about, that^
lob sent and sanctified them, and rose'
vp early in the morning, and offered
burnt offerings according to the num-
ber of them all : For lob said, It may
be that my sonnes haue sinned, and * cur-
sed God in their hearts : Thus did lob
t continually.
6 % Now there was a day, when
the sons of God came to present them-
selues before the LonD, and t Satan
came also tamong them.
7 And the Lord said vnto Sa-
tan , Whence commest thou .'' Then
Satan answered the Lord , and
t Heh. hast
thou set thy
heart on ?
sayde , From going to and fro in the
•earth, and from walking vp and ''•Pe'-^s-
downe in it.
8 And the Lokd sayd vnto Sa-
tan, t Hast thou considered my seruant
lob, that there is none like him in the
earth ? a perfect and an vpright man,
one that feareth God , and escheweth
euill ?
9 Then Satan answered y Lord,
and sayd , Doeth lob feare God for
nought .''
10 Hast not thou made an hedge a-
bout him , and about his house, and a-
bout all that he hath on euery side? thou
hast blessed the worke of his hands, and
his II substance is increased in the land
11 But put foorth thine hand now,
and touch all that he hath, tand he will
curse thee to thy face.
12 And the Lord said vnto Sa-
tan, Behold, all that hee hath is in thy
t power , onely vpon himselfe put not
foorth thine hand. So Satan went
forth from the presence of the Lord
13 H And there was a day, when his
sonnes and his daughters were eating
and drinking wine in their eldest bro
thers house :
14 And there came a messenger vn-
to lob, and said. The oxen were plow-
ing, and the asses feeding beside them,
15 And the Sabeans fell vpon tliem
and tooke them away : yea they haue
slaine the seruants with the edge of the
sword , and I onely am escaped alone
to tell thee.
16 While he was yet speaking, there
came also another, and said, HThe fire
of God is fallen from heauen, and hath
burnt vp the sheepe, and the seruants,
and consumed them , and I onely am
escaped alone, to tell thee.
17 While he was yet speaking, there
came also another, and said , The Cal-
deans
Or, cattell.
t Hebr. if he
curse thee
tiot to thy
face.
t Heb. hand.
I Or, a great
fire.
I
lobs patience. His
Chap.ij.iij.
wife tempteth him.
\Hel>r.
rushed.
t Heb./rom
aside, S[C.
Or, robe.
• Eccles. 5.
14. 1, tim.
6.7.
I Or, attri-
buted/oUi/
to God.
'Chap. 1.
7.
"Chap. 1.
ver. 1 . & 8.
\Hebr.to
swallow him
vp.
deans made out three bands, and t fell
vpon the camels, and haue caried them
away, yea, and slaine the seruants with
the edge of the sword, and I onely am
escaped alone, to tell thee.
18 While he was yet speaking, there
came also another, & said, Thy sonnes,
and thy daughters , were eating and
drinking wine in their eldest brothers
house.
19 And beholde, there came a great
winde t from the wildernes, and smote
the foure corners of the house, and it fell
vpon the yong men, and they are dead,
and I onely am escaped alone to tell
thee.
20 Then lob arose, and rent his
II mantle, and shaued his head, and fell
downe vpon the ground and wor-
shipped,
21 And said, *Naked came I out of
my mothers wombe, and naked shall
I returne thither : the Lord gaue,
and the Lord hath taken away, bles-
sed be the Name of the Lord.
22 In all this lob sinned not, nor
II charged God foolishly.
CHAP. IL
Satan appearing againe before God, obtai-
neth further leaue to tempt lob. 7 He smi-
teth him with sore boiles. 9 lob reproueth
his wife, moouing him to curse God. 1 1 His
three ii-iends condole with him in silence.
Gaine there was a day
when the sonnes of God
came to present them-
selues before the Lord,
and Satan came also a-
mong them to present himselfe before
the Lord.
2 And the Lord said vnto Sa-
tan, From whence commest thou .'' And
* Satan answered the Lord, and
said, From going to & fro in the earth,
and from walking vp and downe in it.
3 *And the Lord said vnto Sa-
tan, Hast thou considered my seruant
lob, that t/iere is none like him in the
earth ; a perfect and an vpright man,
one that feareth God, and escheweth
euill ? and still hee holdeth fast his inte-
gritie, although thou moouedst mee a-
gainst him, tto destroy him without
cause.
4 And Satan answered the Lord,
and said, Skinne for skinne, yea all that
a man hath, wil he giue for his life.
5 But put foorth thine hand now,
and touch his bone and his flesh, and he
will curse thee to thy face.
6 And the Lord said vnto Sa-
tan, Behold, hee is in thine hand, ||but
saue his life.
7 IT So went Satan foorth from
the presence of the Lord, and smote
lob with sore biles, from the sole of his
foote vnto his crowne.
8 And hee tooke him a potsheard to
scrape himselfe withall ; and hee sate
downe among the ashes.
9 f Then saide his wife vnto him,
Doest thou still reteine thine integritie?
Curse God, and die.
10 But he said vnto her. Thou spea-
kest as one of the foolish women spea-
keth ; what ? shall wee receiue good at
the hand of God, and shall wee not re
ceiue euill.? In all this did not lob
sinne with his lippes.
11 IT Now when lobs three friends
heard of all this euill , that was come
vpon him , they came euery one from
his owne place : Eliphaz the Tema-
nite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zo-
phar the Naamathite ; for they had
made an appointment together to
come to mourne with him, and to com-
fort him.
12 And when they lift vp their eyes
afarre off, and knew him not, they lif-
ted vp their voice, and wept ; and they
rent euery one his mantle, and sprinck.
led dust vpon their heades toward
heauen.
13 So they sate downe with him vp-
on the ground seuen dayes , and seuen
nights , and none spake a word vnto
him ; for they saw that his griefe was
very great.
CHAP. IIL
1 lob curseth the day, and seruices of his birth.
13 The ease of death. 20 He complaineth
of life, because of his anguish.
Fter this, opened lob his
mouth , and cursed his
day.
2 And lob t spake,
and said,
3 * Let the day perish , wherein I
was borne, and the night in which it was
said. There is a man-childe conceiued.
4 Let that day bee darkenesse, let
not God regard it from aboue, neither
let the light shine vpon it.
5 Let
Or, onelff.
t Hebr. an-
swered.
Chap. 10.
t, 19. iere.
20. 14.
lobs inipatiencie
lob.
is reprehended.
Or, chal-
lenge it.
Or, let
Oemterrifie
it, at those
who baue
a bitter day.
t Or, let it
notreioyce
among the
dayet.
lOr, Leuia-
than.
^ Ha. the
eye lids 0/
themormng.
\Heb. leea-
riedln
strength.
t Heb. wait.
*Clup. 19.8
fHeb.be/are
rngmeai.
tHeb.I/ea.
red a/eare,
andil came
vpon me.
5 Let darkenes and the shadowe of
death || staine it, let a cloud dwell vpon
it, II let the blacknes of the day terrifie it.
6 As for that night, let darkenesse
seazc vpon it, ||let it not be ioyned vnto
the dayes of the yeere, let it not come in-
to the number of the moneths.
7 Loe, let that night be solitarie, let
no ioyfuU voice come therein.
8 Let them curse it that curse the
day, who are ready to raise vp || their
mourning.
9 Let the starres of the twilight
thereof be darke , let it looke for light,
but Aati^none, neither let it see tthedaw-
ning of the day :
10 Because it shut not vp the doores
of my mothers wombe, nor hid sorrowe
from mine eyes.
11 Why died I not from the wombe ?
why did I not giue vp the ghost when I
came out of the bellie ?
12 AVhy did the knees preuent mee.''
or why the breasts, that I should sucke.''
13 For now should I haue lien still
and beene quiet , I should haue slept ;
then had I bene at rest,
14 With Kings and counsellers of
the earth, which built desolate places
for themselues,
15 Or with Princes that had golde,
who filled their houses witli siluer :
16 Or as an hidden vntimely birth,
I had not bene ; as infants which neuer
saw light.
17 There the wicked cease from trou-
bling : and there the t wearie be at rest.
18 There the prisoners rest together,
they heare not the voice of the oppres-
sour.
19 The small and great are there, and
the seruant is free from his master.
20 Wherefore is light giuen to him
that is in misery, and life vnto the bitter
in soule ?
21 Which tlong for death, but it com.
meth not, and dig for it more then for hid
treasures :
22 Which reioice exceedingly, and are
glad when they can finde the graue .-'
23 Why is light gluen to a man, whose
way is hid, 'and whom God hath hed-
ged in ?
24 For my sighing commeth tbefore
I eate, and my roarings are powred
out like the waters.
25 For tthe thing which I greatly
feared is come vpon me, and that which
I was afraid of, is come vnto me.
26 I was not in safetie, neither had
I rest, neither was I quiet : yet trou
ble came.
CHAP. nil.
1 Eliphaz reprooueth lob for want of religion.
7 He teacheth Gods iudgements to bee not
for the righteous, but for the wicked. 12 His
fearefull vision, to humble the excellencie of
Creatures before God.
Hen Eliphaz the Tema
nite answered, and said,
2 7/" we assay tto com-
mune with thee , wilt
thou be grieued ? But
twlio can withhold himselfe from spea-
king .''
3 Beholde , Thou hast instructed
many, and thou hast strengthened the
weake hands.
4 Thy words haue vpholden him
that was falling, and thou hast streng-
thened t the feeble knees.
5 But now it is come vpon thee, and
thou faintest, it toucheth thee, and thou
art troubled.
6 Is not this thy feare, thy confidence;
the vprightnesse of thy wayes and thy
hope ?
7 Remember, I pray thee, who
euer perished, being innocent .'' or where
were the righteous cut off.''
8 *Euen as I haue scene, they that
plow iniquity, and sow wickednsse,
reape the same.
9 By the blast of God they perish,
and by the breath of his * nostrils are
they consumed.
10 The roaring of the Lyon, and
the voice of the fierce Lyon, and the
teeth of the yong Lyons are broken.
1 1 The old Lyon perisheth for lacke
of pray, and the stout Lyons whelpes
are scattered abroad.
12 Nowe a thing was t secretly
brought to me, and mine eare receiued
a litle thereof
13 In thoughts from the visions of
the night, when deepe sleepe falleth on
men :
14 Feare tcame vpon me, and trem-
bling, which made tall my bones to
shake.
15 Then a spirit passed before my
face : the haire of my flesh stood vp.
16 It stood still, but I could not dis-
cerne the forme thereof: an image teas
before mine eyes, || there was silence, and
I heard a voyce, saying,
17 Shall
t Hehr. a
word.
t Heb. who
can refraine
fromwordsf
tHebr.the
bowing
knees.
* Prou. 22. 8
ose 10. 13.
That is, by
his anger, as
Esa. 30. 33.
t Heb. by
stealth.
t Heb. met
mee.
t Heb. the
multitude of
my bones.
I Or, I heard
a stilt voyce.
The diuers ends of
Chap.v.vj.
godly and wicked.
•Chap. 16.
IS. 2. pet.
2.4.
Or, nor in
his Angels,
In whom
he put light.
2. Cor. 5. 1,
t Heb, bea-
ten in pieces.
Or, looke.
Or, indig-
nation.
iOr,iniquitff.
Or, labour.
t Heb. the
sonnesofthe
burning
coale, It/t
vp toflte.
Oha. 9. 10.
psal. 72. 18.
roni. 11. 33.
t Heb. and
there is no
search.
\ Heb. till
there be no
number.
t Heb. out-
places.
Psa. 113. 6.
1. sam. 2. 7.
Neh. 4. 15.
psal. 33. 10.
isa. 8. 10.
H Or, cannot
perfortne a-
ny thing.
"1. Cor. 3.
19.
17 Shall mortall man be more iust
then God .' shall a man bee more pure
then his maker "i
18 Behold, hee 'put no trust in his
seruants ; || and his Angels hee charged
with folly :
19 Howe much lesse on them that
dwell in * houses of clay, whose founda-
tion is in the dust, which are crushed be-
fore the moth.
20 They are t destroyed from mor-
ning to euening : they perish for euer,
without any regarding it.
21 Doeth not their excellencie which
is in them , goe away '^ they die , euen
without wisedome.
CHAP. V.
1 The harme of inconsideration. 3 The ende
of the wicked is misery. 6 God is to be re-
garded in affliction. 17 The happy ende
of Grods correction.
All now, if there be any
that wil answere thee, and
to which of the Saints
wilt thou llturne.''
2 For wrath killeth the
foolish man, and || enuy slayeth the silly
one.
3 I haue seene the foolish taking
roote : but suddenly I cursed his habi-
tation.
4 His children are farre from safe-
tie, and they are crushed in the gate, nei-
ther is there any to deliuer them.
5 Whose haruest the hungry eateth
vp, and taketh it euen out of the thorns,
and the robber swalloweth vp their
substance.
6 Although II affliction commeth
not forth of the dust, neither doeth trou-
ble spring out of the ground :
7 Yet man is borne vnto || trouble,
as t the sparkes flie vpward.
8 I would seeke vnto God, and vn-
to God would I commit my cause :
9 * Which doth great things t& vn-
searchable : marueilous things t with-
out number.
10 AVho giueth raine vpon the earth,
and sendeth waters vpon the t fields :
11 * To set vp on high those that be
low ; that those which mourne, may be
exalted to safetie.
12 * Hee disappointeth the deuices of
the craftie, so that their hands || cannot
performe their enterprise.
13 *He taketh the wise in their oimie
craftinesse : and the counsell of the fro-
ward is caried headlong.
14 * They ||meete with darkenesse ' " Deut. as,
in the day time, and grope in the noone
day as in the night.
15 But he saueth the poore from the
sword, from their mouth, and from the
hand of the mightie.
16 * So the poore hath hope, and ini-
quitie stoppeth her mouth.
17 •Behold, happy is the man whom "a^"i^"//
God correcteth : therefore despise not heb. i2.'s, '
thou the chastening of the Almightie. °
18 *For he maketh sore, and bindeth
vp : he woundeth, and his hands make
whole.
19 *Hee shall deliuer thee in sixe trou-
bles, yea in seuen there shall no euill
touch thee.
20 In famine he shall redeeme thee
from death : and in warre from the
t power of the sword.
21 Thou shalt be hidde ||from the
scourge of the tongue : neither shalt
thou be afraid of destruction , when it
commeth.
22 At destruction and famine thou
shalt laugh : neither shalt thou be afraid
of the beasts of the earth.
23 * For thou shalt he in league with
the stones of the field : and the beasts of
the field shall be at peace with thee.
24 And thou shalt know that thy
tabernacle sfiall bee in peace ; and thou
shalt visite thy habitation, and shalt not
sinne.
25 Thou shalt know also that thy
seede shalbe || great, and thine offspring
as the grasse of the earth.
26 Thou shalt come to thy graue in
a full age, like asashocke of come tcom-
meth in, in his season.
27 Loe this , wee haue searched it,
so it is; heare it, and know thou it tfor
thy good.
CHAP. VI.
1 lob sheweth that his complaints are notcause-
lesse. 8 Hee wisheth for death , wherein he
is assured of comfort. 14 He reprooueth his
friends of vnkindnesse.
Vt lob answered , and
sayd,
2 Oh that my griefe
were throughly weighed,
and my calamitie tlayd in
the lialances together.
3 For now it would
be
heauier then
the
29.
I Or, runne
into.
• Psal. 107.
42.
apoc. 3. !>.
* Deut. 32.
39. 1. sam.
2. 6. isa. 30.
26. hos. 6. 1,
•Psal. 91.3,
\ Heb. from
the hands.
II Or, when
the tongue
sctturgeth.
•Hos. 2. 18.
I Or, that
peace is thy
tabernacle.
I Or, erre.
Or, much.
\ Hehascen-
deth.
t Heb. for
thy sel/i.
t Heb. lifted
vp.
lob complaineth.
lob.
Mans miferie.
IThatU,
Jwantvorit
io fj^resse
mj/grie/e.
•Psal.38.2.
graise.
t Hehr, my
expectation.
\ He.hraten.
t Hebr. to
him that
melteth.
iHebr.thep
are cut off.
t Hebr. in
theheat
thereof.
t Hebr. ex-
tinguithed.
\ Or, for
now ye are
like to them.
Hebr. to it.
\ Hebr. Not.
the sand of the sea, therefore my words
are || swallowed vp.
4 *For the arrowes of the Almigh-
tie are within me , the poyson whereof |
drinketh vp my spirit : the terrors of
God doe set themselues in aray against
mee.
5 Doeth the wilde asse bray t when
he hath grasse ? or loweth the oxe ouer
his fodder ?
6 Can that which is vnsauery, bee
eaten without salt ? or is there any taste
in the white of an eg^e ?
7 The things that my soule refused
to touch, are as my sorrowfuU meat.
8 O that I might haue my request !
and that God would graunt mee t the
thing that I long for !
9 Euen that it would please God to
destroy mee, that he would let loose his
hand, and cut me off.
10 Then should I yet haue comfort,
yea I would harden my selfe in sor-
row ; let him not spare, for I haue not
concealed the words of the holy One
11 What is my strength, that I should
hope? and what is mine ende, that I
should prolong my life ?
12 Is my strength the strength of
stones ? or is my flesh t of brasse ?
13 /* not my helpe in me? and is wise-
dome driuen quite from me ?
14 tTo him that is afflicted, pitie
should be shelved from his friend ; But he
forsaketh the feare of the Almighty.
15 My brethren haue delt deceitfully
as a brooke, (§• as the streame of brookes
they passe away,
16 Which are blackish by reason of
the yce, and wherein the snow is hid :
17 What time they waxe warme,
tthey vanish : twhen it is hot, they are
t consumed out of their place.
18 The pathes of their way are tur-
ned aside ; they goe to nothing , and
perish.
19 The troupes of Tema looked, the
companies of Sheba waited for them.
20 They were confounded because
they had hoped ; they came thither, and
were ashamed.
21 II For now ye are t nothing ; ye see
my casting downe, and are afraid.
22 Did I say , Hring vnto mee ? or
giue a reward for me of your substance?
23 Or deliuer me from the enemies
hand, or redeeme me from the hand of
the mighty ?
24 Teach me , and I will hold my
tongue : and cause mee to vnderstand
wherein I haue erred.
25 How forcible are right wordes ?
but what doeth your arguing reproue ?
26 Do ye imagine to reproue words,
and the speeches of one that is despe-
rate, which are as winde ?
27 Yea, t ye ouerwhelme the father- t Hebr. ye
lesse, and you digge a pit for yourfriend. i^^* '" ■^""
28 Now therefore be content, lookej
vpon mee, for it is teuident vnto you, if t Uebbefore
I lie.
29 Returne, I pray you, let it not be
iniquitie ; yea returne againe : my righ-
teousnesse ||w in it. i''^!i?'''' ,
„„ ^ , " Jinthtsmat-
30 Is there iniquitie m my tongue ? ler.
cannot t my taste discerne peruerse
things ?
your/ace.
t Hebr. my
palate.
t Hebr. go.
peth after.
CHAP. VII.
1 lob excuseth his desire of death. 12 He com
pkineth of his owne restlesnesse, 17 and
Gods watchfulnesse.
S there not ||an appointed t Or, a war.
time to man vpon earth ? *'
are not his dayes also like
the dayes of an hireling ?
_ 2 As a seruant t ear-
nestly desireth the shadow , and as an
hireling looketh for the reward of his
worke :
3 So am I made to possesse mo-
neths of vanitie, and wearisome nights
are appointed to me.
4 When I lie downe, I say. When
shall I arise, and the tnight be gone?!t//(?*r. /Ae
and I am full of tossings to and fro, vn-^^^J^^f
to the dawning of the day.
5 My flesh is cloathed with wormes
and clods of dust, my skinne is broken,
and become loathsome.
6 *My dayes are swifter then aj'iobis. 82.
weauers shuttle, and are spent with-|^^\f,2" J;_
out hope. and '"3. 15.
7 O remember that my life is isa. 40. 'e. '
winde : mine eye t shall no more || see'^^^j^]^^
good. not returne.
8 The eye of him that hath scene' l^f";^-;^
me, shall see mee no OTore: thine eyes are
vpon me, and I ||aOT not.
9 As the cloud is consumed and va-
nisheth away : so he that goeth downe
to the graue, shall come vp no more.
10 Hee shall returne no more to his
house : neither shall his place know him
any more.
11 Therefore I will not refraine
my mouth, I wil speake in the anguish
ofl
I That is, /
can Hue no
longer.
Bildads anfwere.
Chap.viij.ix.
God righteous.
t Heb. then
my bones.
Psal. 8. 4.
and 144. 3.
heb. 2. 6.
• Deu. 32. 4
2. chro. 19. 7
dan. 9. 1 4.
t Heb. in tlie
hand of their
* Chap. 22.
23.
of my spirit , I will complaine in the
bitternesse of my soule.
12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou
settest a watch ouer me .''
13 When I say. My bed shal comfort
me, my couch shall ease my complaint
14 Then thou skarest mee with
dreames, and terrifiest me through vi-
sions.
1 5 So that my soule chooseth strang-
ling : and death rather t then my life.
16 I loath it, I would not liue al-
way : let me alone, for my dayes are va-
nitie.
17 *What is man, that thou shoul-
dest magnifie him .-' and that thou shoul-
dest set thine heart vpon him .''
18 And that thou shouldest visite him
euery morning, and trie him euery mo-
ment .''
19 How long wilt thou not depart
from me ? nor let me alone till I swal-
low downe my spittle .'
20 I haue sinned, what shall I doe
vnto thee , O thou preseruer of men ?
why hast thou set me as a niark against
thee, so that I am a burden to my selfe.-*
21 And why doest thou not pardon
my transgression, and take away mine
iniquitie ? for now shall I sleepe in the
dust, and thou shall seekeme in the mor-
ning, but I shall not be.
CHAP. VIII.
Bildad sheweth Gods iustice, in dealing with
men according to their workes. 8 He alled-
geth antiquitie to proue the certaine destru-
ction of the Hypocrite. 20 Hee applieth
Gods iust dealing to lob.
Hen answered Bildad the
Sliuhite, and said,
2 How long wilt thou
speake these things .-' and
hoit) long shall the wordes
of thy mouth be like a strong wind ?
3 * Doth God peruert iudgement .''
or doth the Almightie peruert iustice ?
4 If thy children haue sinned a-
gainst him, and he haue cast them away
tfor their transgression :
5 * If thou wouldest seeke vnto God
betimes, and make thy supplication to
the Almightie :
6 If thou wert pure and vpright,
surely now he would awake for thee,
and make the habitation of thy righte-
ousnes prosperous.
7 Though thy beginning was
small, yet thy latter end should greatly
increase.
8 ^For enquire, I pray thee, of the
former age, and prepare thy selfe to the
search of their fathers.
9 (For *we are hut «/^yesterday, and
know t nothing, because our dayes vp-
on earth are a shadow. )
10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell
thee, & vtter words out of their heart.'
11 Can the rush growe vp without
myre ? can the flag growe without wa
ter.?
12 * Whilest it is yet in his greennesse,
and not cut downe, it withereth before
any other herbe.
13 So are the paths of all that forget
God, and the * hypocrites hope shall
perish :
14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and
whose trust shall be ta spiders web-
15 He shall leane vpon his house, but
it shall not stand: he shal hold it fast, but
it shall not endure.
16 He is greene before the sunne, and
his branch shooteth forth in his garden
17 His roots are wrapped about the
heape, and seeth the place of stones.
18 If he destroy him from his place,
then it shal denie him, saying, I hauenot
scene thee.
19 Beholde, this is the ioy of his
way, and out of the earth shall others
grow.
20 Behold, God will not cast away
a perfect man , neither will hee thelpe
the euill doers :
21 Till he fill thy mouth with laugh
ing, and thy lips with treioycing.
22 They that hate thee shall be cloa
thed with shame , and the dwelling
place of the wicked t shall come to
nought.
CHAP. IX.
1 lob acknowledging Gods iustice,sheweth there
is no contending with him. 22 Mans inno-
cencie is not to be condemned by afflictions.
Hen lob answered , and
said,
2 I know it is so of a
trueth : but howe should
* man be iust || with God.
3 If he will contend with him , he
cannot answere him one of a thousand.
4 He is wise in heart, and mightie
in strength : who hath hardened him-
selfe against him, and hath prospered.'
3 Z 5 Which
•Deut.4.
32.
* See chap.
7. 6. gen. 47
9. 1 . chron.
29. 15. psal.
144. 4. psal.
39. 14.
t Heb. not.
* Psal. 129.
6. ier. 17. «.
• lob. 11. 20
and 18, 14.
psal. 112. 10
prou. 10. 28
t Heb. a api.
ileri home.
t Heb. take
the vngodly
by the hand.
t Heb. shou^
ting for ioy.
t Heb. shall
not be.
Psal. 143.
2.
I Or, before
God.
Gods
power, an(
lob.
iuftice. Mans
* G«n. 1. 6.
1 Hebr.
heights.
* Amos 5. 8.
iob. 38. 31,
&c
t Heb. Mh,
CeiU,and
Cimah.
* See Chap.
5. 9.
• Isai. 45. 9.
iere. 18. 6.
rom. 9. 20.
t Heb. who
can turne
him atcaj/9
t Heb. hel.
persofpride,
or strength.
5 Which remoueth the mountains,
and they know not : which ouertur-
neth them in his anger :
6 Which shaketh the earth out ofj
her place, & the pillars thereof tremble:
7 Which commandeth the Sunne,
and it riseth not : and sealeth vp the
starres.
8 * Which alone spreadeth out the
heauens, and treadeth vpon the ||waues
of the Sea.
9 * Which maketh t Arcturus, O-
rion and Pleiades, and the chambers of
the South.
10 • ^Vhich doeth great things past
finding out, yea and wonders without
number.
11 Loe, hee goeth by me, and I see
him not : he passeth on also, but I per-
ceiue him not.
12 * Behold, he takcth away, twho
can hinder him ? who will say vnto
him, What doest thou ?
13 1/ God will not withdraw his an-
ger, the t proud helpers doe stoupe vn-
der him.
14 How much lesse shall I answere
him, and choose out my words to reason
with him ?
15 Whom , though I were righte-
ous, yet would I not answere , but I
would make supplication to my Judge.
16 If I had called, and he had an-
swered me , yet would I not beleeue
that he had hearkened vnto my voice :
17 For he breaketh me with a tem-
pest, and multiplieth my wounds with-
out cause.
18 Hee will not suffer me to take my
breath, but filleth me with bitternesse.
19 I{ I speake of strength, loe, hee is
strong : and if of iudgement, who shall
set me a time to pleade ?
20 If I iustifie my selfe , mine owne
mouth shall condemne me : If I say, I
am perfect, it shall also prooue me per-
uerse. 1
21 Thxmgh I were perfect, yet would
I not know my soule : I would despise'
my life. j
22 This is one thing, therefore I
said it; he destroyeth theperfect and the'
wicked. '
2.3 If the scourge slay suddenly, hee
will laugh at the triall of the innocent.
24 The earth is giuen into the hand
of the wicked : he couereth the faces of
the ludges thereof; if not, where, and
who is hee .''
25 Now my dayes are swifter then
a Poste : they flee away , they see no
good.
26 They are passed away as the
t II swift ships : as the Eagle t}iat hasteth
to the pray.
27 If I say, I will not forget my com-
plaint, I will leaue off my heauinesse,
and comfort my selfe.
28 I am afraid of all my sorrowes,
I know that thou wilt not holde me
innocent.
29 If I be wicked, why then labour
I in vaine .''
30 If I wash my selfe with snow
water, and make my handes neuer so
cleane :
31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the
ditch, and mine owne clothes shall ||ab-
horre me.
32 For he is not a man as I am , thai
I should answere him, and we should
come together in iudgement.
33 Neither is there tany ||dayes-man
betwixt vs, that might lay his hand vp-
on vs both.
34 Let him take his rodde away
from me, & let not his feare terrific me:
35 Then would I speake , and not
feare him ; tbut it is not so with me.
CHAP. X.
1 lob, taking libertie of complaint, expostula-
teth with God about his afflictions. 18 Hee
complaineth of life, and craueth a little ease
before death.
Y soule is II weary of my
life, I will leaue my com-
plaint vpon my selfe; I
will speake in the bitter-
nesse of my soule.
say vnto God , Doe not
condemne mee ; shewe me wherefore
thou contendest with me.
3 /* it good vnto thee , that thou
shouldest oppresse.'' that thou shouldest
despise t the worke of thine hands ? and
shine vpon the counsell of the wicked.''
4 Hast thou eyes of flesh .'' or seest
thou as man seeth ?
5 Arc thy dayes as the dayes of man.-*
are thy yeeres as mans dayes,
6 That thou enquirest after mine
iniquitie, and searchest after my sinne.''
7 tThou knowest that I am not
wicked, and there is none that can deli-
uer out of thine hand.
8 Thine hands thaue made me and
fashi-
t Hebr. ships
of desire.
I Or, ships
o/Ebeh.
Or, make
me to be ab-
horred.
t Heb. one
that should
argue.
I Or, Em-
pire.
t Heb. biU I
am rwtso
with my
I Or, cut off
while I Hue.
t Heb. the
labour of
thine hands.
t Heb. It is
vj)on thy
knowledge.
t Heb. tooke
'paines about
me.
•io;hteoufnefre.
Chap.xj.
lob
epi
oued.
Psal. 139.
4. and 14,
15.
t Heb. hedg.
ed.
I That is,
thy plagues.
* Chap. 3.
11.
• See Chap,
a. 0. and 7.
6.
: t Hebr. a
man of lips.
fashioned me together round about; yet
thou doest destroy me.
9 Remember, I beseech thee, that
thou hast made me as the clay, and wilt
thou bring me into dust againe ?
10 *Hast thou not powred me out as
milke, and cruddled me like cheese .''
11 Thou hast cloathed me with skin
and flesh , and hast t fenced me with
bones and sinewes.
12 Thou hast granted me life and fa-
uour, and thy visitation hath preserued
my sp r t.
13 And these things hast thou hid in
thine heart ; I know that this is with
thee.
14 If I sinne , then thou markest
me, and thou wilt not acquite me from
mine iniquitie.
15 If I be wicked , woe vnto me ;
and rflhe righteous, yet will I not lift
vp my head : I am full of confusion,
therefore see thou mine affliction :
16 For it increaseth: thou huntest me
as a fierce Lion: and againe thou shew-
est thy selfe marueilous vpon me.
17 Thou renuest thy || witnesses a-
gainst me, and increasest thine indigna-
tion vpon me ; Changes and warre are
against me.
18 * Wherfore then hast thou brought
me forth out of the wombe ? Oh that I
had giuen vp the ghost, and no eye had
scene me !
19 I should haue bene as though I
had not bene, I should haue bene caried
from the wombe to the graue.
20 * Are not my dayes few ? cease
then, and let me alone that I may take
comfort a litle,
21 Before I goe whence I shall not
returne, euen to the land of darknes and
the shadow of death,
22 A land of darknes , as darknes it
selfe, and of the shadow of death, with-
out any order, and where the light is as
darkenes.
CHAP. XI.
1 Zophar reproueth lob, for iustifying him-
selfe. 5 Gods wisdome is vnsearchable. 13
The assured blessing of repentance.
lien answered Zophar
the Naamathite, and said,
2 Should not the mul-
titude of words be answe-
red.' andshouldtamanful
of talke be iustified ?
3 Should thy ||lies make men hold
their peace ? and when thou mockest,
shall no man make thee ashamed ?
4 For thou hast said, My doctrine is
pure, and I am cleane in thine eyes.
5 But, O that God would speake,
and open his lippes against thee,
6 And that he would shew thee the
secrets of wisedome, that they are double
to that which is : know therefore that
God exactethof thee lesse then thine ini-
quitie deserueth.
7 Canst thou by searching finde out
God .'' canst thou finde out the Almigh-
tie vnto perfection ?
8 It is tas high as heauen, what canst
thou doe .'' deeper then hell , what canst
thou know ?
9 The measure therof is longer then
the earth, and broader then the sea.
10 If he II cut off, and shut vp, or ga-
ther together, then twho can hinder
him ?
11 For, he knoweth vaine men : hee
seeth wickednesse also, will he not then
consider it ?
12 For t vaine man would be wise;
though man be borne like a wilde asses
coult.
13 If thou prepare thine heart, and
stretch out thine hands toward him :
14 If iniquitie be in thine hand, put
it farre away , and let not wickednes
dwell in thy tabernacles.
15 For then shalt thou lift vp thy face
without spot, yea thou shalt be stedfast,
and shalt not feare :
16 Because thou shalt forget thy mi-
sery, and remember it as waters that
passe away :
17 And thine age tshalbe clearer then
the noone day; thou shalt shine foorth,
thou shalt be as the morning.
18 And thou shalt be secure because
there is hope , yea thou shalt digge a-
bout thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in
safety.
19 *Also thou shalt lye downe, and
none shall make thee afraid ; yea many
shall tmake suite vnto thee.
20 But the eyes of the wicked shall
faile, and tthey shall not escape, and
*their hope shall be as the ||giuing vp of
the ghost.
CHAP. XII.
1 lob maiiiteineth himselfe against his friends
that reproue him. 7 He acknowledgeth the
generall doctrine of Gods omnipotencie.
3 Z 2 And
t Hebr. the
heights qf
heauen.
Or, make a
change.
t Hebr. who
can turne
him awayf
Or,deuises.
^Hebr.
emptie.
t Hebr. shall
arise aboue
the noone-
day.
' Leuit. 36.
t Hebr. en.
treat thy
face.
illeb.ftifht
shall perish
from them.
Chap. 8.
14. and 18.
14.
I Or, a puffe
of breath.
t Heb. an
heart,
t IM. IfaU
not lower
then you.
t Heb. trith
whom are
not such as
these ^
Gods pei-fe6lion.
lob.
lobs confidence.
ND lob answered, and
sayd,
52 No doubt but ye are
the people, and wisedome
sball die with you.
haue t vnderstanding as
, tl am not inferiour to
twho knoweth not such
things as these ?
4 I am OS one mocked of his neigh-
bour, who calleth vpon God, and he an-
swereth him : the iust vpright man is
laughed to scorne.
5 He that is ready to slippe with his
feet, is as a lamp despised in the thought
of him that is at ease.
6 The tabernacles of robbers pros-
per, and they that prouoke God are se-
cure, into whose hand God bringeth
abundantly.
7 But aske now the beasts, and they
shall teach thee ; and the foules of the
aire, and they shall tell thee.
8 Or speake to the earth, and it shall
teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall
declare vnto thee.
9 Who knoweth not in all these,
that the hand of the Lokd hath
wrought this .'
10 In whose hand is the ||soule of
euery lining thing , and the breath of
tall mankinde.
11 *Doeth not the eare trie wordes.''
and the t mouth taste his meate .''
12 With the ancient is wisedome, and
in length of dayes, vnderstanding.
13 With ||him i« wisedome & strength
he hath counsell and vnderstanding.
1 4 * Behold, he breaketh downe, and
it cannot be built againe : bee *shutteth
t vp a man, and there can be no opening.
15 Behold, bee withholdeth the wa-
ters, and they drie vp : also hee sendeth
them out, and they ouerturne the earth
16 With him is strength & wisedome
the deceiued, and the deceiuer, are his.
17 He leadeth counsellers away spoi-
led, and maketh the ludges fooles.
18 He looseth the bond of kings, and
girdeth their loines with a girdle.
19 He leadeth Princes away spoiled,
and ouerthroweth the mightic.
20 *He remooueth away tthe speech
of the trustie, and taketh away the vn-
derstanding of the aged.
21 He powreth contempt vpon prin-
lOr.iooteih ccs , and 11 weakeneth the strength of
the girdle nf, . , ." 6
iiie strong. I the mightie.
22 Hee discouereth deepe things out
I Or, life.
\ Heb. all
Jleshqfman.
' Cha. 34. 3,
t Heb. pa.
late.
That is,
with God.
* Isa. 22. 22,
Apoc 3. 7.
t Heb. vpon.
' Cha. 32. 9.
t Heb. the
lip nfthe
fiiiUifall.
of darkenesse, and bringeth out to light
the shadow of death.
23 He increaseth the nations, and de-
stroyeth them : hee inlargeth the nati-
ons, and tstraiteneth them againe.
24 He taketh away the heart of the
chiefe of the people of the earth , and
causeth them to wander in a wildernes
where there is no way.
25 They grope in the darke without
light, and hee maketh them to t stagger
like a drunken man.
CHAP. XIII.
lob reprooueth his friends of partialitie. 14
He professeth his confidence in God: 20 and
entreateth to knowe his owne sinnes, and
Gods purpose in afflicting him.
Oe, mine eye hath seene all
this, mine eare hath heard
and vnderstood it.
2 What yee know, the
same doe I know also, I
am not inferiour vnto you.
3 Surely I would speake to the Al-
mighty, & I desire to reason with God.
4 But ye are forgers of lies, yee are
all Physicians of no value.
5 O that you would altogether hold
your peace, & it should be your wisdome,
6 Heare now my reasoning , and
hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
7 Wil you speake wickedly for God.''
and talke deceitfully for him ?
8 Will ye accept his person ? will yee
contend for God .''
9 Is it good that he should search
you out .' or as one man mocketh ano-
ther, doe ye so mocke him .''
10 He will surely reprooue you, if yee
doe secretly accept persons.
11 Shall not his excellencie make
you afraid.'' and his dread fall vpon your
12 Your remembrances are like vnto
ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay
13 tHold yourpeace,let me alone that
I may speake, and let come on me
what will.
14 Wherefore doe I take my flesh in
my teeth, and put my life in mine hand.?
15 Though hee slay mee, yet will I
trust in him : but I will fmaintaine
mine owne wayes before him.
16 Hee also .sluill be my saluation : for
an hypocrite shall not come before him
17 Heare diligently my speach, and
my declaration with your eares.
18 Behold now, I haue ordered my
cause, I know that I shall be iustified.
19 Who
t Heb. lea-
deth in.
t Heb. wan-
der.
t Heb. be si-
lent from me
iHeb.proue,
or arfrue.
The breuitie
Chap.xiiij.xv.
of mans life.
• Psal. 25. 7,
t Heb. obser-
uest.
t Heb. roots.
t Heb. short
qfdayes %
Psal. I(J2.
12. & 103.
15. & 144.
4. lob. 8. 9.
t Heb. who
wUlgiuef
* Psal. 51. 5.
• Chap. 7. 1.
t Heb. cease.
19 Who is hee that will plead with
me.'' for now if I hold my tongue, I
shall glue vp the ghost.
20 Only doe not two things vnto
me : then will I not hide my selfe from
thee.
21 Withdrawe thine hand far from
me : and let not thy dread make mee a-
fraid.
22 Then call thou, and I will an
swere : or let me speake, and answere
thou mee.
23 How many are mine iniquities and
sinnes .'' make mee to knowe my trans-
gression, and my sinne.
24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face,
and holdest me for thine enemie .'
25 Wilt thou breake a leafe driuen to
and fro .'' and wilt thou pursue the drie
stubble .'
26 For thou writest bitter things a-
gainst mee, and *makest me to possesse
the iniquities of my youth.
27 Thou puttest my feete also in
the stockes , and t lookest narrowly vn-
to all my pathes; thou settest a print vp-
on the + heeles of my feete.
28 And hee, as a rotten thing consu-
meth, as a garment that is moth-eaten
CHAP. XIIII.
1 lob intreateth God for fauour, by the shortnes
of life, and certainty of death. 7 Though
life once lost be irrecouerable, yet he waiteth
for his change. 1 6 By sinne the Creature is
subiect to corruption.
AN that is borne of a
woman, is tof few dayes,
and full of trouble.
2 * Hee com meth forth
like a flower, and is cut
downe : he fleeth also, as a
shaddow and continueth not.
3 And doest thou open thine eies
vpon such an one, and bringest me into
iudgment with thee ?
4 t Who * can bring a cleane thing
out of an vncleane .'' not one.
5 * Seeing his dales are determined,
the number of his moneths are with
thee, thou hast appointed his bounds
that he cannot passe.
6 Turne from him that hee may
trest, till he shall accomplish, as an hire-
ling, his day.
7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be
cut downe, that it will sprout againe,
and that the tender branch thereof will
not cease.
8 Though the roote thereof waxe
old in the earth, and the stocke thereof
die in the ground :
9 Yet through the sent of water it
will bud, and bring forth boughes like
a plant.
10 But man dyeth, and t wasteth a-
way ; yea, man giueth vp the ghost, and
where is hee ?
11 As the waters faile from the sea,
and the floud decayeth and dryeth vp :
12 So man lyeth downe, and riseth
not, till the heauens be no more, they
shall not awake ; nor bee raised out of
their sleepe.
13 O that thou wouldest hide mee in
the graue, that thou wouldest keepe me
secret, vntill thy wrath bee past, that
thou wouldest appoint me a set time
and remember me.
14 If a man die, shall he liue againe .''
All the dayes of my appointed time will
I waite, till my change come.
15 Thou shalt call , and I will an
swer thee : thou wilt haue a desire to tlie
worke of thine hands.
16 * For nowe thou numbrest my
steppes, doest thou not watch ouer my
sinne ?
17 My transgression is sealed vp in a
bagge, and thou sowest vp mine ini-
qui tie.
18 And surely the mountaine falling
tcommeth to nought : and therockeis
remoued out of his place.
19 The waters weare the stones,
thou twashest away the things which
growe out of the dust of the earth, and
thou destroyest the hope of man.
20 Thou preuailest for euer against
him, and hee passeth : thou changest his
countenance, and sendest him away.
21 His sonnes come to honour, and
he knoweth it not; and they are brought
lowe, but he perceiueth it not of them.
22 But his flesh vpon him shall haue
paine, and his soule within him shall
mourne.
CHAP. XV.
1 Eliphaz reproueth lob of impiety in iustify-
ing himselfe. 17 He proueth by Tradition
the vnquietnes of wicked men.
Hen answered Eliphaz
the Temanite, and said,
2 Should a wise man
vtter tvaine knowledge,
and All his belly with
the East winde .''
3 Should
\ Heb. is
weakene(l,<)r
cutoff.
"PsaL 130.2
\Heb.fa-
deth.
t Heb. ouer-
t Ileb.knotc-
ledge of
witui.
Caufes why
lob.
lob is reprehended.
i Ha. thou
maktil void,
I Or, speech.
\Heb.tea-
eheth.
• Rom. 11.
34.
Chap. 14.
.1. king. 8.
46. 2. civon.
6. 36. psal.
14. 3. prou.
20. g.i.iohn
1. 8.
* lob. 4. 18.
\Hebr.a
smttul fif
fearei.
3 Should hee reason with vnprofi-
table talke .-' or with speeches where-
with he can doe no good .-'
4 Yea t thou easiest off feare, and re-
strainest |{ prayer before God.
5 For thy mouth fvttereth thine ini-
quitie, and thou choosest the tongue of
tne craftie.
6 Thine owne mouth condemneth
thee, and not I : yea thine owne Hppes
testifie against thee.
7 Art tlioii, the first man that was
borne .'' or wast thou made before the
hilles ?
8 *Hast thou heard the secret of God.^"
and doest thou restraine wisedome to
thy selfe.''
9 What knowest thou that we know
not .' what vnderstandest thou, which is
not in vs .''
10 With vs are both the gray headed,
and very aged men, much elder then thy
father.
1 1 Are the consolations of God small
with thee ? is there any secret thing
with thee.''
12 Why doeth thine heart carie thee
away.' and what doe thine eyes winke
at,
13 That thou turnest thy spirit a
gainst God, and lettest such words goe
out of thy mouth ?
14 •What is man, that he should be
cleane .'' and he which is borne of a wo
man, that he should be righteous ?
15 * Beholde, he putteth no trust in
his Saints, yea, the heauens are not
cleane in his sight.
16 How much more abominable and
filthie is man, which drinketh iniquitie
like water?
17 I will shew thee, heare me, and
that which I haue scene, I wil declare,
18 Which wise men haue tolde from
their fathers, and haue not hid it:
19 Vnto whom alone the earth was
giuen, and no stranger passed among
them.
20 The wicked man trauaileth with
paine all his dayes, and the number of
yeeres is hidden to the oppressour.
21 t A dreadfull sound is in his eares;
in prosperitie the destroyer shall come
vpon him.
22 He beleeueth not that he shall re-
tume out of darkenesse, and he is wai-
ted for, of the sword.
23 He wandereth abroad for bread,
«ayiw^, Wherew it? heknoweththatthe
day of darkenes is ready at his hand.
24 Trouble and anguish shall make
him afraid ; they shall preuaile against
him, as a king ready to the battell.
25 For he stretcheth out his hand a-
gainst God, and strengtheneth himselfe
against the Almightie.
26 He runneth vpon him, euen on his
necke, vpon the thicke bosses of his
bucklers :
27 Because he couereth his face with
his fatnesse, and maketh coUops of fat
on his flankes.
28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities,
and in houses which no man inhabiteth,
which are ready to become heapes.
29 He shall not be rich , neither shall
his substance continue , neither shall
he prolong the perfection thereof vpon
the earth.
30 He shall not depart out of darke-
nesse, the flame shall drie vp his bran-
ches, and by the breath of his mouth
shall he goe away.
31 Let not him that is deceiued, trust
in vanitie : for vanitie shalbe his recom-
pence.
32 It shall be || accomplished before
his time, and his branch sliall not bee
greene.
33 He shal shake off his vnripe grape
as the Vine, and shall cast off his flowre
as the Oliue.
34 For the congregation of hypo-
crites shall he desolate, and fire shall con-
sume the tabernacles of briberie.
35 They conceiue mischiefe, * and
bring forth {| vanitie, and their belly pre-
pareth deceit.
CHAP. XVI.
1 lob reproueth his friends of vnmercifulnesse.
7 He sheweth the pitifulnesse of his case. 17
He maintaineth his innocencie.
Hen lob answered, and
said,
2 I haue heard many
such things : ||* miserable
comforters are ye all.
3 Shall tvaine words haue an ende.''
or what emboldeneth thee, that thou
answerest ?
4 I also could speake as yee doe : if
your soule were in my soules stead, I
could heape vp words against you, and
shake mine head at you.
5 But I would strengthen you with
my mouth, and the mouing of my lips
should
Or, cut off.
* Esay 59. 4
psal. 7. 15.
II Or, inigvi-
tie.
1 Or, trou-
blesome.
• Chap. 13.
4.
t Heb. words
of wind.
t Heh. what
goethfrom
mef
lob reckoneth vp
Chap
t Hebr. hath
shut me vp.
t Hebr. in
the high pla.
ces.
t Hebr. are
myscomers.
Or, friend.
\Heb.yeeres
qf number.
should asswage your gricfe.
6 Though I speake , my griefe is
not asswaged : and though I forbeare,
twhat am I eased?
7 But now he hath made me wea-
ry : thou hast made desolate al my com-
panie.
8 And thou hast filled mee with
yix\\\c\i\es,which\s a,vi\tx\Gsse a gainst me:
and my leannesse rising vp in me, bea-
reth witnesse to my face.
9 He teareth me in his wrath, who
hateth me : he gnasheth vpon me with
his teeth ; mine enemy sharpeneth his
eyes vpon me.
10 They haue gaped vpon me with
their mouth, they haue smitten me vp
on the cheeke reprochfully , they haue
gathered themselues together against
mee.
1 1 God thath deliuered me to the vn
godly, and turned me ouer into th(
hands of the wicked.
12 I was at ease, but he hath broken
me asunder : he hath also taken me by
my necke, and shaken me to pieces, and
set me vp for his marke.
13 His archers compasse me round
about, he cleaueth my reines asunder,
and doeth not spare ; he powreth out
my gall vpon the ground.
14 He breaketh me with breach vpon
breach, he runneth vpon me like a giant
15 I haue sowed sackcloth vpon my
skin, and defiled my home in the dust.
16 My face is fowle with weeping,
and on mine eye-lids is the shadow of
death ;
17 Not for any iniustice in mine
hands : also my prayer is pure.
18 0 earth couer not thou my blood,
and let my cry haue no place.
19 Also now , behold my witnesse h
in heauen, and my record is ton high
20 My friends tscorne me : hut mine
eye powreth out teares vnto God.
21 O that one might plead for a man
with God , as a man pleadeth for his
1 1 neighbour.
22 When t a few yeeres are come,
then I shall goe the way whence I shall
not returne.
CHAP. XVII.
lob appealeth from men to Go<l. 6 The vn-
mercifull dealing of men with the afflicted,
may astonish, but not discourage the righte-
ous. 11 His hope is not in hfe, but in death.
his many afflictions.
Y II breath is corrupt, my
dayes are extinct , the
graues arc ready for me.
2 Are there not mock
ers with mee ? and doeth
D Or, my spu
rit is spent,
t II eb. lodge.
Or,before
them.
not mine eye t continue in their prouo-
cation .''
3 Lay downe now, put me in a sure-
tie with thee ; who is he thai will strike
hands with me ?
4 For thou hast hid their heart from
vnderstanding : therefore shalt thou
not exalt them.
5 Hee that speaketh flattery to his
friends, euen the eyes of his children
shall faile.
6 He hath made me also a by-word
of the people, and || afore time I was as
a tabret.
7 Mine eye also is dimme by reason
of sorrow, and all ||my members are aslior, my
a shadow. "'""«''''■
8 Vpright men shall be astonied at
this , and the innocent shall stirre vp
himselfe against the hypocrite.
9 The righteous also shall hold on
his way, and he that hath cleane hands
tshalbe stronger, and stronger.
10 But as for you all , doe you re-
turne, and come now, for I cannot find
one wise man among you.
11 My dayes are past, my purposes
are broken oft", euen tthe thoughts of
my heart :
12 They change the night into day :
the light is t short, because of darknes.
13 If I waite, the graue is mine
house : I haue made my bedde in the
darknesse.
14 1 haue tsaid to corruption, Thou
art my father : to the worme, Thouart my
mother, and my sister.
15 And where is now my hope? as
for my hope, who shall see it ?
16 They shall goe downe to the
barres of the pit, when our rest together
is in the dust.
CHAP. XVIII.
1 Bildad reproueth lob of presumption and im-
patiencie. 5 The calamities of the wicked.
Hen answered Bildad the
Shuhite and said,
2 Plow long zcill it bee.
ere you make an ende of
words? Marke, and after-
wards we will speake.
3 Wherefore are wee counted as
beasts, awd reputed vile in your sight?
4 He
t Hebr. shall
addestregth.
t Hebr. the
possessions.
t Ueb. neere
t Hcb. cried,
or called.
toule.
The wickeds fall.
lob.
lobs iniferies.
I Or, lampe.
iHeb-hid-
den.
t Heb. tcat-
ter him.
tHekbarres
• Cha. 8. 14.
and 11. 20.
psa. 112. 10.
pro. 10. 28.
' Pro. 2. 22.
iHeb.theu
thalldriue
him.
I Or, lined
with him.
{eh. laud
hMeonnor.
ror.
4 He teareth thimselfe in his anger:
sliall tlie earth be forsaken for thee.' and
shall the rocke bee remooued out of his
place ? j
5 Yea, the light of the wicked shalbe
put out, and the sparke of his fire shall
not shine.
6 The light shalbe darke in his ta-
bernacle, and his || candle shalbe put out
with him.
7 The steps of his strength shall be
straitened, and his owne counsell shall
cast him downe.
8 For hee is cast into a net by his
owne feete, & he walketh vpon a snare
9 The grinne shall take him by the
heele, and the robber shall preuaile a-
gainst him.
10 The snare is tlaide for him in the
ground, and a trap for him in the way
11 Terrours shall make him afraid
on euery side, and shall tdriue him to
his feete.
12 His strength shalbe hunger-bit-
ten, and destruction shall be ready at his
side.
13 It shall deuoure the t strength of
his skinne: eiien the first borne of death
shall deuoure his strength.
14 • His confidence shalbe rooted out
of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him
to the king of terrours.
15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle,
because it is none of his : brimstone shall
be scattered vpon his habitation.
16 His rootes shall be dryed vp be-
neath : and aboue shall his branch be
cut off.
17 * His remembrance shall perish
from the earth, and hee shall haue no
name in the streete.
18 t He shall be driuen from light into
darkenesse, and chased out of the world.
19 Hee shall neither haue sonne nor
nephew among his people, nor any re
maining in his dwellings.
20 They that come after him shalbe
astonied at his day, as they that ||went
before, twere affrighted.
21 Surely such are the dwellings of
the wicked , and this is the place of him
that knoweth not God.
CHAP. XIX.
1 lob complaining of his friends cruelty, shew-
eth there is miserie enough in him to feede
their crueltie. 21. 28 Hee craueth pitie. 23
He beleeueth the resurrection.
Hen lob answered, and
sayd,
2 How long will yee
vexe my soule, and breake
me in pieces with words .''
y Tliese tenne times haue ye repro-
ched me : you are not ashamed that you
II make your selues strange to me.
4 And be it indeed that I haue er-
red, mine errour remaineth with my
selfe.
5 If indeed yee will magnifie your
selues against me, and plead against me
my reproch :
6 Know now that God hath ouer
throwen me , and hath compassed me
with his net.
7 Behold , I cry out of || wrong,
but I am not heard : I cry aloude, but
there is no iudgement.
8 Hee hath fenced vp my way that
I cannot passe ; and hee hath set darke-
nesse in my pathes.
9 Hee hath stript me of my glory,
and taken the crowne_/ro7re my head.
10 He hath destroyed me on euery
side, and I am gone : and mine hope
hath he remooued like a tree.
11 He hath also kindled his wrath a-
gainst me , and hee counteth me vnto
him as one of his enemies.
12 His troupes come together, and
raise vp their way against me , and en-
campe round about my tabernacle.
13 Hee hath put my brethren farre
from me , and mine acquaintance are
verely estranged from me.
14 My kinsefolke haue failed , and
my familiar friends haue forgotten me.
15 They that dwell in mine house,
and my maides count me for a stranger:
I am an aliant in their sight.
16 I called my seruant, and he gaue
me no answere: I intreated him with
my mouth.
17 My breath is strange to my wife,
though I entreated for the childrens
sake of tmine owne body.
18 Yea, jlyong children despised me;
I arose, and they spake against me.
19 *A11 tmy inward friends abhor-
red me : and they whom I loued , are
turned against me.
20 My bone cleaueth to my skinne,
II and to my flesh , and I am escaped
with the skinne of my teeth.
21 Haue pity vpon me, haue pity vp-
on me, O ye my friends; for the hand of
God hath touched me.
22 Why
Or, harden
your selues
against me.
I Or, vio-
lerwe.
t Heb. my
belly.
I Or, the
wicked.
• P8aL41.9.
and J5. 19.
t Ileb. the
men of my
secret.
iOr,as.
lobs hope. The
Chap
.XX.
wickeds portion.
t Heb. who
willgiue$
1 Or, After
Ishallawake
though this
body be de-
stroyed, pet
out of my
\fiesh shall I
see God,
iHebr.a
stranger.
t Hebr. m
my bosome.
Or, and
what roote
of matter is
fbundirune?
t Hebr. mff
haste is in
me.
* Psal. 37.
37.
t Hebr. from
neere.
t Heb. ekmd.
I Or, the
fioore shall
omyresse his
children.
22 Why doe ye persecute me as God,
and are not satisfied with my flesh ?
23 tOh that my wordes were now
written , oh that they were printed in
a booke !
24 That they were grauen with an
iron pen and lead, in the rocke for euer.
25 For I know that my Redeemer
Hueth , and titat he shall stand at the lat-
ter cUiy, vpon the earth :
26 II And though after my skin, wormes
destroy this body^ yet in my flesh shall I
see God :
27 Whom I shal see for my selfe, and
mine eyes shall beholde, and ngt tan-
other, though my reines bee consumed
t within me.
28 But ye should say. Why persecute
we him ? || seeing the root of the matter
is found in me.
29 Bee ye afraid of the sword : for
wrath bringeth the punishments of the
sword , that yee may know there is a
iudgement.
CHAP. XX.
Zophar sheweth the state and portion of
the wicked.
Hen answered Zophar
the Naamathite , and
saide,
2 Therefore doe my
thoughts cause mee to
answere , and for this
tl make haste.
3 I haue heard the checke of my re-
proach, and the spirit of my vnderstan-
ding causeth me to answere.
4 Knowest thou not this of old, since
man was placed vpon earth,
5 * That the triumphing of the wic
ked Mtshort,andtheioyof the hypocrite
but for a moment .''
6 Though his excellencie mount vp
to the heauens, and his head reach vnto
the + clouds :
7 Yet he shall perish for euer, like his
owne doung : they which haue seene
him, shall say, Where is he .''
8 He shall flie away as a dreame, and
shall not be found : yea he shalbe chased
away as a vision of the night.
9 The eye also which saw him, shall
see him no more ; neither shall his place
any more behold him.
10 II His children shall seeke to please
the poore , and his hands shall restore
their goods.
1 1 His bones are ful of the sinne of his
+ Hebr. in
the midst of
his palate.
youth, which shall lye downe with him
in the dust.
12 Though wickednes be sweet in
his mouth , though hee hide it vnder his
tongue ;
13 Though he spare it, and forsake it
not, but keepe it stil t within his mouth :
14 Yet his meate in his bowels is
turned, it is the gall of Aspes within
him.
15 He hath swallowed downe riches,
and hee shall vomite them vp againe :
God shall cast them out of his belly.
16 He shall sucke the poison of Aspes:
the vipers tongue shall slay him.
17 Hee shall not see the riuers, ||the
floods, the brookes of hony and butter.
18 That which he laboured for, shall
he restore, & shall not swallow it downe:
t according to his substance shall the re-
stitution bee, and hee shall not reioyce Zsulstance
thei-ein. \ofhisex-
19 Because hee hath toppressed, andi^ h^\
hath forsaken the poore; becmisehc hath crushed.
violently taken away an *house which
he builded not :
20 Surely he shall not tfeele quiet-
nesse in his belly , hee shall not saue of
that which he desired.
21 II There shall none of his meat be
left , therefore shall no man looke for
his goods.
22 In the fulnesse of his sufliciencie,
he shalbe in straites : euery hand of the
II wicked shall come vpon him.
23 When he is about to fill his belly,
God shall cast the furie of his wrath vp-
on him , and shall raine it vpon him
while he is eating.
24 He shall flee from the iron wea-
pon , and the bow of Steele shall strike
him through.
25 It is drawen , and commeth out
of the body ; yea the glistering sword
commeth out of his gall ; terrours are
vpon him.
26 All darknesse shalbe hid in his se-
cret places : a fire not blowen shall con-
sume him; it shall goe ill with him that
is left in his tabernacle.
27 The heauen shall reueale his ini-
quitie : and the earth shall rise vp a
gainst him.
28 The increase of his house shall
depart, and his goods shall flow away in
the day of his wrath.
29 This is the portion of a wicked
man from God , and the heritage tap-
pointed vnto him by God.
4 A CHAP.
I Or, strea.
mingbrooks.
t Hebr. ac-
* Eccles. 5.
12.
i Heb. know.
Or, there
shalbe none
l^ for his
meats.
Or, trouble-
some.
t Hebr. of
his decree
from Cod.
The wicked profper.
lob.
All alike in death.
t Heb. shor-
tened.
\ Heb. looke
vntome.
• Psal. 17.
10. and 73.
12. iere. 13.
1. hab. I.IG.
t JBW. are
peaeefrom
Jhote.
I Or,m
tnirOi.
Chap. 22.
17.
lOrtlampe.
t Heb. ilea-
leth away.
I That is, the
puliiithmfnt
ofhia initjui.
lie.
CHAP. XXI.
lob sheweth that euen in the iudgement of
man, he hath reason to be grieued. 7 Some-
times the wicked 'loe so prosper, as they de-
spise God. 16 Sometime their destruction
is manifest. 22 The happy and vnhappy are
alike in death. 27 The iudgement 01 the
wicked is in another world.
1^ Vt lob answered , and
4 sayd,
2 Heare diligently my
speech, and letthisbe your
consolations.
y Sutter me that I may speake, and
after that I haue spoken, mocke on.
4 As for mee , is my complaint to
man .'' and if it were so, why should not
my spirit be t troubled .-'
5 tMarke mee, and be astonished,
and lay your hand vpon your mouth.
6 Euen when I remember, I am
afraid, and trembling taketh holde on
my flesh.
7 * Wherefore doe the wicked Hue,
become old, yea, are mightie in power.?
8 Their seede is established in their
sight with them, and their offspring be-
fore their eyes.
9 Their houses are t safe from feare,
neither is the rod of God vpon them.
10 Their bull gendreth and faileth
not, their cow calueth, and casteth not
her calfe.
11 They send foorth their little ones
like a flocke, and their children dance
12 They take the timbrell and harpe,
and reioyce at the sound of the organe.
13 They spend their daies ||in wealth,
and in a moment goe downe to the
graue.
14 * Therefore they say vnto God,
Depart from vs : for we desire not the
knowledge of thy wayes.
15 What is the Almightie, that wee
should serue him ? and what profile
should we haue, if we pray vnto him ?
16 Loe, their good is not in their
hand, the counsell of the wicked is farre
from me.
17 How oft is the |{ candle of the
wicked put out ? and fww oft commeth
their destruction vpon them .' God distri-
buteth sorrowes in his anger.
18 They are as stubble before the
winde , and as chaffe that the storme
tcarieth away.
19 God layeth vp his ||iniquitie for
his children : he rewardeth him, and he
shall know it.
20 His eyes shall see his destruction,
and he shall drinke of the wrath of the
Almightie.
21 For what pleasure hath he in his
house after him , when the number of
his moneths is cut off in the middest .''
22 Shall any teach God knowledge ?
seeing he iudgeth those that are high.
23 One dieth tin his full strength,
being wholly at ease and quiet.
24 His II breasts are full of milke, and
his bones are moistened with marrow.
25 And another dieth in the bitter-
nesse of his soule, and neuer eateth with
pleasure.
26 They shall lie downe alike in the
dust, and the wormes shall couer them.
27 Behold, I know your thoughts,
and the deuices which yee wrongfully
imagine against me.
28 For ye say. Where is the house of
the prince? and where are f the dwelling
places of the wicked .''
29 Haue ye not asked them that goe
by the way ? and doe ye not know their
tokens .'
30 * That the wicked is reserued to
the day of destruction ; they shall bee
brought foorth to tthe day of wrath.
31 Who shall declare his way to his
face ? and who shall repay him what he
hath done .''
32 Yet shall hee be brought to the
t graue, & shall tremaine in the tombe,
33 The cloudes of the valley shalbe
sweete vnto him , and euery man shall
draw after him, as there are innumera-
ble before him.
34 How then comfort ye me in vaine,
seeing in your answeres there remai-
neth tfalshood.''
CHAP. XXII.
1 Eliphaz sheweth that mans goodnesse profi-
teth not God. 5 Hee accuseth lob of diuers
sinnes. 21 He exhorteth him to repentance,
with promises of mercy.
Hen Eliphaz the Tema-
nite answered, and said,
2 Can a man be profi
table vnto God.'' as ||hee
that is wise may be profi
table vnto himselfe.
3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty,
that thou art righteous ? or is it gaine to
him, that thou makest thy waies perfite.''
4 Will
t Heb. in hu
very per/e-
clion, or in
the strength
of his per/e-
ction.
I Or, mUke-
pales.
t Heb. the
tent qfthe
tabernacles
of the wic-
ked.
" Pro. 16. 4,
t Heb. the
day of
wraths.
iHeb.
graues.
t Heb. watch
in the heape.
t Heb. trans-
gression.
II Or, if hee
may be pro-
fitable, doth
his good suc-
cesse depend
thereon f
i
Eliphaz exhorteth
Chap.xxiij.
lob to repentance.
t Heh. strip-
ped the clO'
thes of the
naked.
t Heb. the
manqfarme
t Heb. emi-
nent or ac.
ceptedfor
countenance.
t Heb. the
head of the
starres.
II Or, what.
Mieb.a flood
was powred
vpon their
foundation.
" Chap. 21.
14.
I Or, to them
Chap. 21.
16.
* Psdl. 107.
42.
Or, estate.
Or, their
excettencie.
That is,
with God.
" Chap. 8. 5.
Or, on the
dust.
4 Will hee reproue thee for feare of
thee ? will he enter with thee into iudg-
ment .-*
5 Is not thy wickednesse great ? and
thine iniquities infinite .''
6 For thou hast taken a pledge from
thy brother for nought, and t stripped
the naked of their clothing.
7 Thou hast not giuen water to the
wearie to drinke, and thou hast with
holden bread from the hungry.
8 But as for the tmightie man , hee
had the earth , and t the honourable
man dwelt in it.
9 Thou hast sent widowes away
emptie, and the armes of the fatherlesse
haue bene broken.
10 Therefore snares are round about
thee, and sudden feare troubleth thee,
11 Or darkenes that thou canst not
see, and abundance of waters couer
thee.
12 /* not God in the height of heauen.''
and behold the t height of the starres
how high they are.
13 And thou sayest, ||How doth God
know ? can he iudge through the darke
cloude ?
14 Thicke cloudes are a couering to
him that he seeth not, and hee walketh
in the circuit of heauen.
15 Hast thou marked the olde way
which wicked men haue troden .''
16 Which were cut downe out of
time, t whose foundation was ouer-
flowen with a flood.
17 * Which said vnto God, Depart
from vs, and what can the Almightie
doe 1 1 for them.?
18 *Yet he filled their houses with
good things : but the counsell of the
wicked is farre from me.
19 * The righteous see it , and are
glad , and the innocent laugh them to
scorne.
20 Whereas our || substance is not
cut downe, but the || remnant of them
the fire consumeth.
21 Acquaint now thy selfe with ||him,
and be at peace : thereby good shal come
vnto thee.
22 Receiue , I pray thee , the Lawe
from his mouth, and lay vp his words
in thine heart.
23 *If thou returne to the Almigh-
tie, thou shalt be built vp, thou shalt put
away iniquitie farre from thy taber-
nacles.
24 Then shalt thou lay vp golde ||as
I Or, gold.
t Heh. silver
of strength.
dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones
of the brookes.
25 Yea the Almightie shall bee thy
lldefence, and thou shalt hauetplentyof
siluer.
26 For then shalt thou haue thy de-
light in the Almightie, and shalt lift vp
thy face vnto God.
27 Thou shalt make thy prayer vn-
to him, and he shall heare thee, and thou
shalt pay thy vowes.
28 Thou shalt also decree a thing,
and it shal be established vnto thee : and
the light shall shine vpon thy wayes.
29 When imn are cast downe, then
thou shalt say. There is lifting vp : andl
he shall saue the thumble person. \\ Heh. him
30 II He shall dehuer the Hand of the 'l^J'^,.
innocent : and it is deliuered by the pure- i Or, the in-
nesse ot thine hands.
nocent shall
ilelitier the
Hand.
CHAP. XXIII.
1 lob longeth to appeare before God, 6 in
confidence of his mercie. 8 God who is inui-
sible,obserueth our wayes. 11 lobsinnocen-
cie. 13 Gods decree is immutable.
Hen lob answered , and
said, I
2 Euen to da,y is my com-j
plaint bitter: my tstrokeis t Hehr. my
heauier then my groning. *""^"
3 O that I knewe where I might
find him ! that I might come euen to his
seate !
4 I would order my cause before
him, and fill my mouth with argu-
ments.
5 I would know the words which
he would answere me , and vnderstand
what he would say vnto me.
6 Will he plead against me with his
great power ? No , but hee would put
strength in me.
7 There the righteous might dis-
pute with him ; so should I be deliuered
for euer from my Iudge.
8 Behold, I goe forward, but he w
not there, and backward, but I cannot
perceiue him :
9 On the left hand where hee doeth
worke, but I cannot behold him : he hi-
deth himselfe on the right hand, that I
cannot see hiin.
10 But he knoweth t the way that
I take : xehen he hath tried me, I shall
come forth as gold.
11 My foot hath held his steps, his
way haue I kept, and not declined.
4 A 2 12 Nei-
t Heb. the
tcay that is
with me.
The opprefsion
lob.
of the wicked.
tHrtr. /
lumelMiOr
I Or, flv ap-
mmltdpor-
• P8»L n».
3.
* Deut. 19.
14. and 27.
17.
I Or, feed
them.
fHebr. min-
gled come,
or dredge.
t Hebr. the
uricked ga-
ther the vin-
12 Neither haue I gone backe from
the commaundement of his lippes, tl
haue esteemed the words of his mouth
more then ||my necessary _y?)0(i.
13 But liee is in one mindc, and who
can turne him? &nAiohat *his soule desi-
reth, euen ttuit he doeth.
14 For he performeth the thing that
is appointed for mee : and many such
things are with him.
15 Therefore am I troubled at his
presence : when I consider, I am afraid
of him.
16 For God maketh my heart soft,
and the Almighty troubleth me :
17 Because I was not cut off before
the darknes, Tieither hath he couered the
darknes from my face.
CHAP. XXIIII.
1 Wickednesse goeth often vnpunished. 17
There is a secret iudgement for the wicked
Hy, seeing Times are not
hidden from the Almigh-
tie, doe they, that know
him not, see his dayes ?
2 Some remooue th(
•land-markes; they violently take a
way flocks, and ||feed thereof.
3 They driue away the asse of the
fatherlesse , they take the widowes oxe
for a pledge.
4 They turne the needy out of the
way : the poore of the earth hide them
selues together.
5 Behold , as wilde asses in the de-
sart, goe they foorth to their worke, ri-
sing betimes for a pray : the wildernes
yeeldeth food for them, and for their chil-
dren.
6 They reape euery one his tcome
in the fielde : and tthey gather the vin-
tage of the wicked.
7 They cause the naked to lodge
without clothing, that they haue no co-
uering in the cold.
8 They are wet with the showres
of the mountaines, and imbrace the
rocke for want of a shelter.
9 They plucke the fatherlesse from
the brest, and take a pledge of the poore.
10 Thejr cause hifn to go naked with-
out clothing: and they take away the
sheafe/roffj the hungry,
11 Which make oyle within their
walles, and tread their winepresses, and
suffer thirst.
1 2 Men groane from out of the city.
and the soule of the wounded crieth out :
yet God layeth not folly to them.
13 They are of those that rebell a-
gainst the light , they know not the
wayes thereof, nor abide in the pathes
thereof
14 The murderer rising with the
light, killeth the poore and needy, and
in the night is as a thiefe.
15 The eye also of the adulterer wai-
teth for the twilight, saying. No eye
shall see me : and tdisguiseth his face.
16 In the darke they digge through
houses, wAic/t they had marked for them
selues in the day time : they know not
the light.
17 For the morning is to them euen
as the shadow of death : if one know
them, they are in the terrours of the sha-
dow of death.
18 Hee is swift as the waters , their
portion is cursed in the earth : he behol
deth not the way of the Vineyards.
19 Drought and heate tconsume the
snow waters : so doeth the graue those
which haue sinned.
20 The wombe shall forget him, the
worme shall feed sweetly on him , hee
shall be no more remembred , and wic-
kednes shalbe broken as a tree.
21 He euill intreateth the barren, that
beareth not : and doeth not good to the
widow.
He draweth also the mighty with
his power : he riseth vp, ||and no man is
sure of life.
23 Though it begiuen him to 6ein safe-
ty, whereon he resteth ; yet his eyes are
vpon their wayes.
24 They are exalted for a litle while,
but tare gone and brought low, they
are ttaken out of the way as al other, ax\{\
cut off as the tops of the eares of corne.
25 And if it be not so now, who will
make mee a liar , and make my speach
nothing worth ?
CHAP. XXV.
Bildad sheweth that man cannot be iusti-
fied before God.
Hen answered Bildad the
Shuhite, and said :
2 Dominion and feare
are with him, hee maketh
peace in his high places.
3 Is there any num-
ber of his armies .'' and vpon whom
doeth not his light arise ?
4 *How
t Hebr. set-
tetk his face
in secret.
t Hebr. vio-
lently take
it.
0r,hee tru-
steth not his
owne life.
t Hebr. are
not.
t Hebr. clo-
sed vp.
Gods
power.
Chap.xxvj.xxvij. Hypocrites hope.
" Chap. 4.
17. &c. &
15. 14. &C.
• Psal. 22. i
I Or, with
the inhabi-
tants.
Pro. 15. II
t Heb. vntiU
the end of
light with
darknesse.
^ Heb. pride.
4 * How then can man bee iustified
with God .' or how can he be cleane that
is borne of a woman ?
5 Behold euen to the moone, and it
shineth not, yea the starres are not pure
in his sight.
6 How much lesse man , that is a
worme : and the sonne of man which is a
* worme .''
CHAP. XXVI.
1 lob reprouing the vncharitable spirit of Bil-
dad, 5 acknowledgeth the power of God
to be infinite and vnsearchable.
VT lob answered and
sayd,
2 Howe hastthouhelped
him that is without power.'
horo sauest thou the arme
that hath no strength ?
3 How hast thou counselled him that
hath no wisedome ? and how hast thou
plentifully declared the thing, as it is ?
4- To whom hast thou vttered
words ? and whose spirit came from
thee ?
5 Dead things are formed from vn-
der the waters, |{ and the inhabitants
thereof.
6 * Hell is naked before him , and de-
struction hath no couering.
7 He stretcheth out the North ouer
the emptie place, and hangeth the earth
vpon nothing.
8 Hee bindeth vp the waters in his
thicke clouds, and the cloud is not rent
vnder them.
9 Hee holdeth backe the face of his
throne, and spreadeth his cloud vpon it.
10 Hee hath compassed the waters
with bounds, t vntill the day and night
come to an end.
11 The pillars of heauen tremble,
and are astonished at his reproofe.
12 Hee diuideth the sea with his po-
wer, and by his vnderstanding he smi-
teth through t the proud.
13 By his spirit he hath garnished the
heauens ; his hand hath formed the
crooked serpent.
14 Loe, these are parts of his waies,
but how little a portion is heard of
him .'' but the thunder of his power who
can vnderstand ?
CHAP. XXVII.
1 lob protesteth his sincerity. 8 The Hypo-
crite is without hope. 11 The blessings, which
the wicked haue, are turned into curses.
Ooreuer lob t continued
his parable, and sayd,
2 As God liueti), tcho
hath taken away my
iudgment , and the Al-
mighty, who hath t vex-
ed my soule ;
3 All the while my breath is in mee,
and * the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
4 My lips shall not speake wicked-
nesse, nor my tongue vtter deceit.
5 God forbid that I should iustifie
you : till I die , I will not remoue my
integritie from me.
6 My righteousnCsse I hold fast,
and will not let it goe : my heart shall
not reproach me t so long as I Hue.
7 Let mine enemie be as the wic-
ked, and he that riseth vp against me, as
the vnrighteous.
8 * For what is the hope of the hy-
pocrite, though he hath gained, when
God taketh away his soule .''
9 * Will God heare his cry, when
trouble commeth vpon him .''
10 W^ill he delight himselfe in the Al-
mightie ? will hee alwayes call vpon
God.?
11 I will teach you ||by the hand of
God : that which is with the Almightie,
will I not conceale.
12 Behold, all ye your selues haue
scene it, why then are yee thus altoge-
ther vaine .''
13 This is the portion of a wicked
man with God, and the heritage of op-
pressours which they shall receiue of the
Almightie.
14 If his children be multiplied, it is
for the sword : and his offspring shall not
be satisfied with bread.
15 * Those that remaine of him
shall bee buried in death : and his wi-
dowes shall not weepe.
16 Though he heapevp siluer as the
dust , and prepare rayment as the
clay :
17 He may prepare it,hat the iust shall
put it on, and the innocent shall diuide
the siluer.
18 He buildeth his house as a moth,
and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
19 The rich man shall lie downe, but
he shall not be gathered : he openeth his
eyes, and he is not :
20 • Terrours take hold on him as
waters, a tempest stealeth him away in
the night.
21 The East winde carieth him a-
way.
i Heb. added
to take vp.
t Heb. made
my soule bit-
ter.
• That is,
the breath
which God
gaue him.
\ Heb. from
my dates.
• Mat. 16.
26.
•Prou. 1.
20. Ezech.
8. 18. lohn.
9. 31. lam. [
4. 3.
I Or, beingm
the hand S(C.
" Psal. 78.
65.
' Chap. 18.
11.
Gods wifedome.
lob.
lobs former
Mleb.injke-
ingliexcouU
I Or, amine
I0r,dua.
tOr,goU.
oare.
lOr.JKni.
t Heb.from
weeping.
r'Rom. 11.
1X1,34.
i
[^ Heb.fine
'roldthalltiot
befhiten
\ for it.
l*Pro. 3. u
and 8. 11,
I!), and
16. 1«.
way, and he departeth : and as a storme
hurleth him out of his place.
22 For God shall cast vpon him, and
not spare : t hee would faine flee out of
his hand.
23 Men shall clap their handes at
him, and shall hisse him out of his place,
CHAP. XXVIII.
1 There is a knowledge of naturall things. 12
But wisedome is an excellent gift of God.
Vrely there is ||a veine for
the siluer, and a place for
golde where they fine it.
2 Iron is taken out of
_ the II earth, and brasse is
molten mit of the stone.
3 Hee setteth an ende to darkenesse,
and searcheth out all perfection : the
stones of darkenesse and the shadow of
death.
4 The floud breaketh out from the
inhabitant ; euen the waters forgotten of
the foote : they are dried vp, they are
gone away from men.
5 As for the earth, out of it commeth
bread : and vnder it, is turned vp as it
were fire.
6 The stones of it are the place of
Saphires : and it hath || dust of golde.
7 There is a path which no foule
knoweth, and which the vulturs eye
hath not scene.
8 The lyons whelps haue not tro-
den it, nor the fierce lyon passed by it.
9 Hee putteth foorth his hand vpon
the llrocke ; hee ouerturneth the moun-
taines by the rootes.
10 Hee cutteth outriuers among the
rockes, and his eye seeth euery precious
thing.
11 Hebindeth the flouds tfrom oucr-
flowing, and the thing that is hid, brin-
geth he foorth to light.
12 But where shall wisedome bee
found .' and where is the place of vnder-
Etanding ?
13 Man knoweth not the price there-
of; neither is it found in the land of the
liuing.
14 *The depth saith. It is not in me:
and the sea saith, It is not with me.
15 t It 'cannot be gotten for golde,
neither shall siluer be weighed_/6r the
price thereof.
16 It cannot be valued with the
golde of Ophir, with the precious O
nix, or the Saphire.
17 The golde and the chry stall can
not equall it : and the exchange of it shall
iwt be for \\ iewels of fine golde.
18 No mention shalbe made of ||Co-
rall, or of Pearles : for the price of wise-
dome is aboue Rubies.
19 The Topaze of Ethiopia shall
not equall it, neither shall it be valued
with pure golde.
20 * Whence then commeth wise-
dome ? and where is the place of vnder-
standing .''
21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of
all liuing, and kept close from the foules
of the II ayre.
22 Destruction and death say. Wee
haue heard the fame thereof with our
eares.
23 God vnderstandeth the way there-
of, and he knoweth the place thereof.
24 For hee looketh to the endes of
the earth, and seeth vnder the whole
heauen :
25 To make the weight for the
windes, and he weigheth the waters by
measure.
26 When hee made a decree for the
raine, and a way for the lightning of
the thunder :
27 Then did he see it, || and declare
it,he prepared it,yea and searched it out.
28 * And vnto man he said. Behold,
the feare of the Lord, that is wisedome,
and to depart from euill, is vnderstan-
ding.
CHAP. XXIX.
lob bemoaneth himselfe, of his former pros-
peritie and honour.
Oreouer lob t continued
his parable, and said,
2 O that I were as
in moneths past, as in the
dayes when God preser-
ued me.
3 When his || candle shined vpon my
head, and when by his light I walked
through darkenesse :
4 As I was in the dayes of my
youth, when the secret of God was vp-
on my tabernacle :
5 When the Almightie was yet with
me, when my children were about me :
6 When I washed my steps with
butter, and the rocke powred t me out
riuers of oyle :
7 When I went out to the gate,
through the citie, when I prepared my
seate in the street.
8 The
I Or, vesteU
of fine gold.
II Or, Ra-
moth.
' Vers. 12.
Or, heauen.
II Or, did
number it.
•Psal. 111.
in. prou. 1.
7. & 9. 10.
\Heb. added
to take vp.
Or, lampe.
1 Heh. with
me.
profperitie, and
Chap.xxx.
prefent miferie.
t Heb. the
voice of the
nobles was
hid.
+ Heb. the
iaw teeth or
the grinders
t Heb. I cast
\Heb.
opened.
t Heb. new.
+ Heb. chan-
ged.
t Heb. of
fewer dayes
then I.
8 The yong men saw me, and hid
themselues : and the aged arose, and
stood vp.
9 The princes refrained talking, and
laid theii- hand on their mouth.
10 t The Nobles held their peace,
and their tongue cleaued to the roofe of
their mouth.
11 When the eare heard mee, then it
blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it
gaue witnesse to me :
12 Because I deliuered the poore
that cried, and the fatherlesse, and him
that had none to helpe him.
13 The blessing of him that was rea-
die to perish, came vpon me : and I cau-
sed the widowes heart to sing for ioy.
14 I put on righteousnesse, and it
clothed me : my iudgement was as a
robe and a diademe.
15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet
was I to the lame.
16 I was a father to the poore : and
the cause which I knewe not, I sear-
ched out.
17 And I brake the t iawes of the
wicked, and tpluckt the spoile out of his
teeth.
18 Then I said, I shall die in my
nest, and I shall multiplie my dayes as
the sand.
19 My roote was t spread out by the
waters, and the dew lay all night vpon
my branch.
20 My glory was t fresh in mee, and
my bow was t renewed in my hand.
21 Vnto me men gaue eare, and wai-
ted, and kept silence at my counsell.
22 After my words they spake not a-
gaine, & my speach dropped vpon them,
23 And they waited for me as for the
raine, and they opened their mouth
wide as for the latter raine.
Sliilfl laughed on them, they belee-
ued it not, and the light of my counte-
nance they cast not downe.
25 I chose out their way, and sate
chiefe, and dwelt as a king in the army,
as one that comforteth the mourners.
CHAP. XXX.
1 lobs honour is turned into extreme contempt.
15 His prosperitie into calamitie.
Vt nowe they tthat are
yonger then I , haue mee
in derision, whose fathers
I would haue disdained
_ _ '" haue set with the dogs
of my flocke.
2 Yea whereto might the strength
of their hands profit me, in whom olde
age was perished .'*
3 For want and famine they were
II soHtarie : flying into the wildernesse
t in former time desolate and waste :
4 Who cut vp mallowes by the
bushes, and Juniper rootes Jbr their
meate.
5 They were driuen foorth from a-
mong men, (they cried after them, as af-
ter a thiefe.)
6 To dwell in the clifts of the val-
leys, in t caues of the earth, and in the
rockes.
7 Among the bushes they brayed :
vnder the nettles they were gathered
together.
8 They were children of fooles, yea
children of t base men : they were viler
then the earth.
9 * And now am I their song, yea
I am their by- word.
10 They abhorre me, they flee farre
from me, t and spare not to spit in my
face.
11 Because hee hath loosed my cord
and afflicted me, they haue also let loose
the bridle before me.
12 Vpon my right hand rise the youth,
they push away my feete, and they raise
vp against mee the wayes of their de-
struction.
13 They marre my path, they set
forward my calamitie, they haue no
helper.
14 They came vpon me as a wide brea-
king in of waters : in the desolation they
rolled themselues vpon me.
15 Terrours are turned vpon mee :
they pursue tmy soule as the wind : and
my welfare passeth away as a cloude.
16 And now my soule is powred out
vpon me : the dayes of affliction haue
taken hold vpon me.
17 My bones are pierced in mee in
the night season : and my sinewes take
no rest.
18 By the great force of my disea,se, is
my garment changed : it bindeth mee
about as the collar of my coat.
19 Hee hath cast mee into the myre,
and I am become like dust and ashes.
20 I crie vnto thee, and thou doest
not heare me : I stand vp, and thou re-
gardest me not.
21 Thou art t become cruell to me :
with t thy strong hand thou opposest
thy selfe against me.
22 Thou
I Or, darke
as the night.
fHekyeater.
night.
t Heb. holes.
f Heb. men
of no name,
Psal. .35.
15. and 69.
12.
t Heb. and
withhold not
spittlefrom
my face.
t Heb. my
prindpall
one
i Heb. turned
to be cruell.
t Hebr. the
strength of
thy hand.
lob profeireth
lob.
his integritie.
I Or.
Mltlkheape.
•Rom. 12.
IS. iwal.35
13.
t HA. for
Aim that was
hard i^day.
" PsaL 10«.
6.
IOr,iw(rt-
cAm.
22 Thou liftest me vp to the wind :
thou causest me to ride vpon it, and dissol-
uest my || substance.
23 For I know that thou wilt bring
me to death, and to the house appointed
for all liuing.
24 Howbeit he will not stretch out
his hand to the tgraue, though they cry
in his destruction.
25 *Did not I weepe tfor him that
was in trouble .'' was not my soule grie-
ued for the poore ?
26 When I looked for good, then
euill came vnto mee : and when I wai-
ted for light, there came darkenes.
27 My bowels boyled and rested
not: the dayes of affliction preuented
mee.
28 I went mourning without the
Sunne : I stood vp, and I cried in the
Congregation.
29 * I am a brother to dragons, and
a companion to ||owles.
30 My skinne is blacke vpon mee,
and my bones are burnt with heat.
31 My harpe also is turned to mour-
ning, and my organe into the voyce of
them that weepe.
CHAP. XXXI.
lob raaketh a solemne protestation of his inte-
gritie in seuerall dueties.
•*. Chron.
16. 9. iob
32. 21. pro.
6. 21. and
U.X
iHebr.let
him rceigh
mee in otu
Umcttof
luttice.
a
couenant with
eyes ; why then
vpon a
Made
mine
should I thinke
mayd ?
2 For what portion of
God IS there from aboue ? and lohat in-
heritance of the Almighty from on
high?
3 Is not destruction to the wicked .''
and a strange punishment to the workers
of iniquitie .''
4 * Doeth not he see my wayes, and
count all my steps ?
5 If I haue walked with vanitie,
or if my foot hath hasted to deceit ;
6 t Let me bee weighed in an euen
ballance, that God may know mine in
tegritie.
7 If my step hath turned out of the
way, and mine heart walked after
mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaued
to my hands :
8 Then let mee sow, and let another
eate, yea let my off-spring be rooted out
9 If mine heart haue bene deceiued
by a woman , or if 1 haue layde wait at
my neighbours doore :
10 Then let my wife grind vnto an-
other, and let others bow downe vpon
her.
11 For this is an heinous crime, yea,
it is an iniquitie to bee punished by the
ludges.
12 For it is a Hrethat consumeth to de
struction, and would roote out all mine
encrease.
13 If I did despise the cause of my
man-seruant, or of my mayd-seruant,
when they contended with me :
14 What then shall I do, when God
riseth vp ? and when hee visiteth, what
shall I answere him ?
15 Did not hee that made mee in the
wombe, make him ? and || did not one fa-
shion vs in the wombe ?
16 If I haue withhelde the poore
from <Aeir desire, or haue caused the eyes
of the widow to faile :
17 Or haue eaten my morsell my
selfe alone, and the fatherlesse hath not
eaten thereof:
18 (For from my youth hee was
brought vp with me as zeith a father,
and I haue guided || her from my mo-
thers wombe.)
19 If I haue scene any perish for
want of cloathing, or any poore with
out couering :
20 If his loynes haue not blessed
me, and if hee were 7iot warmed with
the fleece of my sheepe :
21 If I haue lift vp my hand against
the fatherlesse, when I saw my heipe
in the gate :
22 The7i let mine arme fall from my
shoulder-blade, and mine arme be bro-
ken from the || bone.
23 For destruction from God was a
terrour to mee : and by reason of his
highnesse, I could not endure.
24 If I haue made golde my hope,
or haue said to the fine gold. Thou art my
confidence :
25 If I reioyced because my wealth
was great, and because mine hand had
t gotten much :
26 If I beheld t the Sunne when
it shined , or the Moone walking t in
brightnesse :
27 And my heart hath bene secretly
enticed, or t my mouth hath kissed my
hand :
28 This also were an iniquitie to be
punished by tJie ludge : For I should
haue denied the God that is aboue.
29 If
I Or, did hee
rwt/ashion
vs tn one
wombe'?
I That is,
Ihe widow.
Or, the
channell
bone.
t Heb. found
much.
t Heb. the
light.
1 Heb. bright
t Hehr. my
hand hath
kissed my
mouth.
Elihu reproueth
Chap.xxxij.
lob, and others.
t Heb. my
palate.
I Or, to the
way.
1 Or, after
the manner
of men.
I Or, behold
my sigTte is
ttiat the Al-
mightie will
amwereviee.
t Heb, weepe
t Heb. the
strength
thereof.
iHekcaused
the soule of
the owners
therqfto ex-
pire , or
breath out.
Or, noy-
some teeedes
t Heb. from
answering.
\ Heb. his
soule.
i Heb. ex-
pected lob
in words.
29 If I reioyced at the destruction
of him that hated me, or lift vp my selfe
when euill found him :
30 ( Neither haue I suffered t my
mouth to sinne by wishing a curse to
his soule.)
31 If the men of my tabernacle said
not, Oh that we had of his flesh ! wee
cannot be satisfied.
32 The stranger did not lodge in the
street : but I opened my doores ||to the
trauailer.
33 If I couered my transgressions,
II as Adam : by hiding mine iniquitie in
my bosome :
34 Did I feare a great multitude, or
did the contempt of families terrific
me : that I kept silence, and went not
out of the doore .'
35 O that one would heare me ! ||be-
holde, my desire is, t/uit the Almightie
would answere me, and that mine ad-
uersary had written a booke.
36 Surely I would take it vpon my
shoulder, and bind it as a crowne to me.
37 I would declare vnto him the
number of my steps, as a prince would
I goe neere vnto him.
38 If my land cry against me, or that
the furrowes likewise thereof t com-
plaine :
39 If I haue t eaten the fruits there-
of without money, or haue tcaused the
owners thereof to loose their life :
40 Let thistles grow in stead of
wheat, and || cockle in stead of barley.
The words of lob are ended.
CHAP. XXXII.
1 Elihu is angry with lob and his three friends.
6 Because wisedorae cometh not from age, he
excuseth the boldnesse of his youth. 1 1 He
reprooueth them for not satisfying of lob. 1 6
His zeale to speake.
O these three men ceased
tto answere lob, because
he was righteous in his
owne eyes.
2 Then was kindled
the wrath of Elihu, the sonne of Bara-
chel the Buzite, of the kinred of Ram :
against lob was his wrath kindled,
becauseheiustifiedthimselfe rather then
God.
3 Also against his three friends was
his wrath kindled : because they had
found no answere, and yet had condem-
ned lob.
4 Now Elihu had t waited till lob
t Heb. elder
for dayes.
t Heb. few
of dayes.
t Heb. I
feared.
lob. 38. 36
prou. 2. 6.
eccl. 2. 26.
dan. 1. 17. &
2. 21.
t Heb. vn-
derstandingt
t Heb. words
had spoken : because they were t elder
then he.
5 When Elihu saw that there was no
answere in the mouth of these three
men, then his wrath was kindled.
6 And Elihu the sonne of Barachel
the Buzite answered and sayd : I am
tyong, and yee are very old, wherefore
I was afraid, and t durst not shew you
mine opinion.
7 I said, Dayes should speake, and
multitude of yeeres should teach wise-
dome.
8 • But there is a spirit in man : and
the inspiration of the Almightie giueth
them vnderstanding.
9 Great men are not alwayes wise :
neither doe the aged vnderstand iudge-
ment.
10 Therfore I sayd. Hearken to me :
I also will shew mine opinion.
11 Behold, I waited for your words :
I gaue eare to your t reasons, whilest
you searched out twhat to say.
12 Yea, I attended vnto you : and
beholde , there was none of you that
conuinced lob, or that answered his
words :
13 Lest ye should say,We haue found
out wisdom : God thrusteth him down,
not man.
14 Now he hath not || directed his
words against me : neither wiU I an-
swere him with your speeches.
15 They were amased , they answe-
red no more, tthey left off^ speaking.
16 When I had waited, (for they 'speeches
spake not, but stood still ami answered {^^J^'
no more.)
17 / sayd, I will answere also my
part, I also will shew mine opinion.
18 For I am full of tmatter, the fsj)\-U Heb. words
rit within me constraineth me. \spiritofmy
19 Behold, my belly is as wine, which '>«iiv-
thath no vent , it is ready to burst like
new bottles.
20 I will speake, tthat I may be re-
freshed : I will open my lippes, and an-
swere.
21 Let me not, I pray you, accept
any mans person : neither let me giue
flattering titles vnto man.
22 For I know not to giue flatte-
ring titles : in so doing my maker would
soone take me away.
CHAP. XXXIIL
1 Elihu ofFereth himselfe in stead of God , with
sinceritie and meekenesse to reason with lob
4 B 8 He
I Or, orde-
red his
words.
t Heb. they
remoued
t Heb. is not
opened.
\ Heb. that I
may breath.
Gods chaftifements :
lob.
Hi
IS rnercie.
t ffeft. tn my
palale.
* Cha. 9. 3S.
uid 23. 21).
t Heb. accor.
ding to thj/
mouth,
t Heb. cut
out tf the
efaqr-
t HO), in
mine eares.
t Heb. hee
antwerelh
not.
ti Heb. hee
■reueaieth,or
mcotierelh.
1
t
iHeb-voorke.
\ Heb. from
patMingby
Ote tword.
8 He excuseth GoA from giuing man an ac-
count of his wayes.by his greatnesse. HGod
calleth man to repentance by visions , 19 by
afflictions, 23 and by his ministery. 31 Hee
inciteth lob to attention.
Herefore , lob , I pray
thee , lieare my speeches ,
and hearken to all my
wordes.
2 Behold, now I haue
opened my mouth , my tongue hath
spoken tin my mouth.
3 My words shalbe of the vpright
nesse of my heart : and my lippes shall
vtter knowledge clearely.
4 The Spirit of God hath made
me , and the breath of the Almightie
hath giuen me life.
5 If thou canst, answere me , set thy
wordes in order before me, stand vp.
6 * Behold, I am t according to thy
wish in Gods stead : I also am tfor
med out of the clay.
7 Behold , my terrour shall not
make thee afraid, neither shall my hand
be heauie vpon thee.
8 Surely thou hast spoken tin mi:
hearing, and I haue heard the voice
of thy words, sayhig,
9 I am cleane without transgressi-
on, I am innocent ; neither m there ini
quitie in me.
10 Behold, hee findeth occasions a-
gainst mee , hee counteth mee for his
enemie.
11 He putteth my feete in the stockes,
he marketh all my pathes.
12 Behold, in this thou art not iust :
I will answere thee, That God is
greater then man.
1 3 Why doest thou striue against him .'
for the giueth not account of any of his
matters.
14 For God speaketh once, yea twice,
yet man perceiueth it not.
15 In a dream e , in a vision of the
night, when deepe sleepe falleth vpon
men, in slumbrings vpon the bed :
16 Then hee topeneth the eares of
men, and sealeth their instruction,
17 That hee may withdraw man
from Am t purpose, and hide pride from
man.
18 Hee keepeth backe his soule from
the pit, and his life tfrom perishing by
the sword.
19 Hee is chastened also with paine
vpon his bed, and the multitude of his
bones with iXxowg paine.
\Or,an
atonement.
I Hebr. then
childhood.
20 * So that his life abhorreth bread, I'Psai. 107.
and his soule tdaintie meate. t/feft meate
21 His flesh is consumed away that of desire.
it cannot be scene ; and his bones that
were not scene, sticke out.
22 His soule draweth neere vnto the
graue, and his life to the destroyers.
23 If there be a messenger with him,
an interpreter , one among a thousand,
to shew vnto man his vprightnesse :
24 Then hee is gracious vnto him,
and sayth , Deliuer him from going
downe to the pit; I haue found {|a ran-
some.
25 His flesh shall be fresher tthen a
childes : he shall returne to the dayes of
his youth.
26 He shall pray vnto God, and hee
will be fauourable vnto him , and hee
shall see his face with ioy : for hee will
render vnto man his righteousnesse.
27 II He looketh vpon men, and if any
say, I haue sinned , and peruerted that
which was right , and it profited mee
not :
28 II Hee will deliuer his soule from
going into the pit, and his life shall see
the light.
29 Loe , all these things worketh
God toftentimes with man,
30 To bring backe his soule from the
pit, to be enlightened with the light of
the liuing.
31 Marke well, O lob, hearken vn-
to me, hold thy peace, and I wil speake.
32 If thou hast any thing to say, an-
swere me : speake, for I desire to iustifie
thee.
33 If not, hearken vnto me : holde
thy peace , and I shall teach thee wise-
dome.
CHAP. XXXIIII.
1 Elihu accuseth lob for charging God with
iniustice. 10 God omnipotent cannot be
vniust. 31 Man must humble himselfe vnto
God. 34 Elihu reprooueth lob.
Vrthermore Elihu answe-
red, and said,
2 Heare my wordes ,
O yee wise men , and
giue eare vnto me, ye that
haue knowledge.
3 * For the eare trieth words, as the
t mouth tasteth meate.
4 Let vs chuse to vs iudgement :
let vs know among our selues what is
good.
6 For
Or, he shall
looke vpon
men^ndsay,
I haue sin-
ned, Sj^c.
t Or, he hath
deliuered
my soule (^c,
and my lifb.
t Heb. twice
and thrice.
"Chap. 12.
II.
t Heb. pa-
late.
Gods
power,
Chap.xxxiiij .XXXV.
and iuflice.
t Hebr. mine
arrow.
. Hebr, men
of heart,
' Exod. 32.
. iob 8. ,1.
and 36. 23.
psal. 92. 15.
rom. !). 14.
• Psal. 62.
12. pro. 24.
12. iere. 2.
32, 19. eze.
33. 20. mat.
6. 27. rom.
2. 6. 2. cor.
5. 10. i.pet.
1. 17. apoc.
22. 12.
\Hel/r.aUof
it.
Psal. I W.
29.
t Hebr, vpon
him.
Eccles. 12,
6. gene. 3.
19.
\Heb. binde.
Deut. 10.
17. 2. chro.
9.7. act. 10.
34. rom. 2.
11. gal. 2.6.
eplie. 6. 9.
colos. 3. 25.
. pet. 1. 17.
t Heb. they
shall take a-
way the
mighty.
Pro. 5. 21.
and 15. 3.
iob 31. 4.
2. chro. 16.
9. iere. 16.
17.
t Hebr, goe.
5 For Iob hath said, I am righte-
ous : and God hath taken away my
iudgement.
6 Should I lye against my right.''
tmy wound is incurable without trans-
gression.
7 What man is like Iob, who drink-
eth vp scorning like water ?
8 Which goeth in company with
the workers of iniquitie, and walketh
with wicked men.
9 For bee hath said , It profiteth a
man nothing , that he should delight
himselfe with God.
10 Therefore hearken vnto me, ye
t men of vnderstanding : * farre bee it
from God, that he sliouM doe wickednes,
and from the Almighty, that hee should
commit iniquitie.
11 * For the worke of a man shall he
render vnto him , and cause euery man
to finde according to his wayes.
12 Yea surely God will not doe wic-
kedly , neither will the Almighty per-
uert iudgement.
13 Who hath giuen him a charge o-
uer the earth.' orwho hath disposed t the
whole world .''
14 * If he set his heart tvpon man,
?/"he gather vnto himselfe his spirit and
his breath ;
15 *A11 flesh shall perish together,
and man shall turne againe vnto dust.
16 If now thou hast vnderstanding,
heare this : hearken to the voyce of my
words.
17 Shall euen he that hateth right,
tgouerne.'' and wilt thou condemne him
that is most iust ?
18 Is it fit to say to a King, Thou art
wicked ? and to Princes, Ye are vngodly ?
19 *How much lesse to him that accep-
teth not the persons of Princes, nor re-
gardeth the rich more then the poore?
for they all are the woorke of his
hands.
20 In a moment shall they die, and
the people shalbe troubled at midnight,
and passe away : and t the mighty shall
be taken away without hand.
21 * For his eyes are vpon the wayes
of man , and he seeth all his goings.
22 There is no darkenes, nor shadow
of death , where the workers of iniqui-
tie may hide themselues.
23 For hee will not lay vpon man
morethenright; thathe should tenter in-
to iudgement with God.
24 Pie shall breake in pieces mighty
t Heb. with-
out search-
ing out.
\ Hebr.
cruthed,
t Hebr. in
the place of
after him.
men t without number, and set others
in their stead.
25 Therefore hee knoweth their
workes, and he ouerturneth them in the
night, so that they are tdestroyed.
26 He striketh them as wicked men,
t in the open sight of others :
27 Because they turned backe tfrom'ft^A^,^-!
him, and would not consider any of his l^eftr./rom
wayes.
28 So that they cause the cry of the
poore to come vnto him, and he heareth
the cry of the afflicted.
29 When he giueth quietnesse , who
then can make trouble.'' and when hee
hideth his face , who then can beholde
him .' whether it he done against a nati-
on , or against a man onely :
30 That the hypocrite raigne not,
lest the people be ensnared.
31 Surely it is meete to be said vnto
God, I haue borne chastisement, I will
not offend ani/ more.
32 That which I see not, teach thou
me ; If I haue done iniquitie , I will
doe no more.
33 t Should it bee according to thy
minde .'' he will recompense it, whether
thou refuse, or whether thou chuse, and
not I : therefore speake what thou
knowest.
34 Let men tof vnderstanding tell
mee, and let a wise man hearken vnto
mee.
35 Iob hath spoken without know
ledge, and his words were without wis-
dom e.
36 II My desire is that Iob may bee
tried vnto the ende , because of his an-
sweres for wicked men.
37 For he addeth rebellion vnto his
sinne, hee clappeth his handes amongst
vs , and multiplieth his words against
God.
CHAP. XXXV.
1 Comparison is not to be made with Grod, be-
cause our good or euill cannot extend vnto
him. 9 Many cry in their afflictions, but
are not heard for want of faitli.
Lihu spake moreouer, <ind
said,
2 Thinkest thou this
to bee right, that thou say-
dest , My righteousnesse is
more then Gods ?
3 For thou saydst, What aduantage
will it bee vnto thee, «7jd,What profite
4 B 2 shall
t Hebr.
Should it be
from with
theei
t Hebr. of
heart.
Or, My fa-
ther, let Iob
be tried.
The caufes of
lob.
Gods piiniftiments.
I Or, by it
mtorflhenkj/
mjf sittnr.
iHfb.IirU
rttume to
Iheeicordi.
•Ps«Ll6. 2.
Rom. 11. 32
iob. it. 3.
" lob. 27. 9
prou. 1. 28.
isa. 1. 13. ier.
11.
I That U
God.
.Thai it,
lob.
shall I haue, \\ifl bee cleansed from my
sinne.''
4- tl wil answere thee, and thy com-
panions with thee.
• 5 Looke vnto the heauens and see,
'and behold the clouds which are higher
then thou.
6 If thou sinnest , what doest thou
against him? or if thy transgressions be
multiplied, what doest thou vnto him ?
7 *If thou be righteous, what gi-
uest thou him ? or wliat receiueth hee of
thine hand .''
8 Thy wickednesse may hurt a man
as thou art, and thy righteousnesse may
profit the Sonne of man.
9 By reason of the multitude of op-
pressions they make the oppressed to crie :
they crie out by reason of the arme of
the mightie.
10 But none saith, Where wGod my
maker, who giueth songs in the night.''
11 Who teacheth vs more then the
beasts of the earth, and maketh vs wi-
ser then the foules of heauen.
12 There they crie, (but none giueth
answere) because of the pride of euill
men.
13 • Surely God wil not heare vani-
tie, neither wil the Almightie regard it.
14 Although thou sayest thou shalt
not see him, yet iudgementMbeforehim,
therefore trust thou in him.
15 But now because it is not so, ||hee
hath visited in his anger, yet ||he know-
eth it not in great extremitie :
16 Therefore doeth lob open his
mouth in vaine : he multiplieth words
without knowledge.
CHAP. XXXVI.
1 Elihu sheweth how God is iust in his wayes.
16 How lobs sinnes hinder Gods blessings.
24 Gods works are to be magnified.
Lihu also proceeded , and
said,
2 Suffer mee a little,
and I will shewe thee,
tthat Ihaue yet to speake
on Gods behalfe.
3 I will fetch my knowledge from
afarre, and will ascribe righteousnesse
to my Maker.
4 For truely my words shall not be
false : he that is perfect in knowledge, is
with thee.
5 Behold, God is mightie, and de-
spiseth not any: heis mightie in strength
t BO), heart and t wisedome.
t Heb. that
titere are yet
leordtfor
God.
6 He preserueth not the life of the
wicked : but giueth right to the ||poore.
7 * Hee withdraweth not his eyes
from the righteous : but with kings are
they on the throne, yea he doth establish
them for euer, and they are exalted.
8 And if they bee bound in fetters,
and be liolden in cords of affliction :
9 Then hee sheweth them their
worke, and their transgressions, that
they haue exceeded.
10 He openeth also their eare to disci
pline, and commandeth that they re
turne from iniquitie.
11 If they obey and serue him, *they
shall spend their dayes in prosperitie,
and their yeeres in pleasures.
12 But if they obey not, tthey shall
perish by the sword, and they shall die
without knowledge.
13 But the hypocrites in heart heape
vp wrath : they crie not when he bin-
deth them.
14 tThey die in youth, and their life
is among the ||vncleane.
15 He deliuereth the ||poore in his af-
fliction, and openeth their eares in op-
pression.
16 Euen so would he haue remooued
thee out of the strait into a broad place,
where there is no straitnesse, and tthat
! which should be set on thy table, should
be full of fatnesse.
17 But thou hast fulfilled the iudge-
ment of the wicked : || iudgement and
iustice take hold on thee.
18 Because there is wrath, beware lest
he take thee away with his stroke : then
a great ransome cannot tdeliuer thee.
19 Will he esteeme thy riches.'' no not
gold, nor all the forces of strength.
20 Desire not the night, when peo-
ple are cut off in their place.
i 21 Take heed, regard not iniquitie :
for this hast thou chosen rather then af-
fliction.
i 22 Beholde, God exalteth by his
power : who teacheth like him .''
j 23 Who hath inioyned him his way.-*
or who can say, Thou hast wrought
iniquitie .''
24 Remember that thou magnifle
his worke, which men behold.
25 Euery man may see it, man may
behold it afarre off.
j 26 Behold , God is great , and we
know him not, neither can the number
of his yeeres be searched out.
27 For hee maketh small the drops
i of
I Or, ajli.
cted.
* Psal. 34.
14.
' lob 21. 13
t Heb. they
shaUpassea.
way by the
sword.
t Hebr. their
soule dieth.
I Or, Sodo.
mites.
II Or, affli-
cted.
i Heb. the
rest of thy
table.
II Or, iudge-
ment and iu-
stice should
vphold thee.
t Heb. turne
thee aside.
The power
Chap.xxxvij.xxxviij.
of God,
t Heb. the
rooU.
t Heb. that
which goeth
vp.
t Heb, heare
m hearing.
t Heb. light.
t Heb. wings
of the earth.
' Psal. 147.
ifi. & 17.
t Heb. and
to the shoW'
r ofraine,
and to the
showers of
raine of his
strength.
f Heb. out of
the chamber.
t Hehscatte-
ring winds.
t Heb. the
cloud of his
light.
of water : they powre downe raine ac-
cording to the vapour thereof:
28 Which the clouds doe drop , and
distill vpon man aboundantly.
29 Also can any vnderstand the
spreadings of the clouds , or the noise of
his tabernacle .'
30 Behold, he spreadeth his light vp-
on it, and couereth t the bottome of the
sea.
31 For by them iudgeth he the peo-
ple, he giueth meate in abundance.
32 With clouds he couereth the light,
and commaundeth it not to shine, by the
cloud that commeth betwixt.
33 The noise thereof sheweth con-
cerning it, the cattel also concerning t the
Vapour.
CHAP. XXXVII.
1 God is to be feared because of his great works.
15 His wisdome is vnsearchable in them.
T this also my heart
trembleth, and is moued
out of his place.
2 t Heare attentiuely
the noise of his voice , and
the sound that goeth out of his mouth.
3 Hee dirccteth it vnder the whole
heauen , and his t lightning vnto the
tends of the earth.
4 After it a voyce roareth : he thun
dreth with the voice of his excellencie,
and hee will not stay them when his
voice is heard.
5 God thundereth maruellously
with his voice : great things doth hee,
which we cannot comprehend.
6 For *he saith to the snow, Be thou
on the earth : t likewise to the small
raine, and to the great raine of his
strength.
7 He sealeth vp the hand of euery
man ; that all men may knowe his
worke.
8 Then the beastes goe into dennes :
and remaine in their places.
9 tOut of the South commeth the
whirlewinde : and cold out of the
t North.
10 By the breath of God, frost is gi-
uen : and the breadth of the waters is
straitned.
11 Also by watring he wearieth the
thicke cloud : hee scattereth this bright
cloud.
12 And it is turned round about by
his counsels : that they may doe what-
soeuer hee commaundeth them vpon
the face of the world in the earth.
13 He causeth it to come, whether for
t correction, or for his land, or for mercy, t Heb. a rod.
14 Hearken vnto this , O lob :
stand still , and consider the wondrous
workes of God.
15 Doest thou knowe when God dis-
posed them , and caused the light of his
cloud to shine ?
16 Doest thou know the ballancings
of the clouds, the wondrous workes of
him which is perfect in knowledge ?
17 How thy garments are warme,
when hee quieteth the earth by the
South wind?
18 Hast thou with him spread out
the skie, zohich is strong, and as a molten
looking glasse .''
19 Teach vs what we shall say vnto
him ; Jbr we cannot order our speach by
reason of darknes.
20 Shall it bee told him that I
speake.'' if a man speake, surely he shalbe
swallowed vp.
21 And nowe men see not the bright
light which is in the clouds : but the
wind passeth and cleanseth them. |
22 tFaire weather commeth out oi^ Heb. gold
the North : with God is terrible ma-
iestie.
23 Touching the Almighty, we can-
not find him out : he is excellent in pow-
er, and in iudgement, and in plenty of
iustice : he will not afHict.
24 Men doe therefore feare him : he
respecteth not any that are wise of heart.
CHAP. XXXVIII.
1 God chalengeth lob to answer. 4 God by
his mighty workes , conuinceth lob of Igno-
rance, 31 and of imbeciUity.
Hen the Lord answe-
red lob out of the whirle
wind, and sayd,
2 Who is this that dark-
_ neth counsell by words
nowledge ?
Gird vp nowe thy loines like a
man ; for I will deraaund of thee , and
tans were thou me. It Heb. make
4 *Where wast thou when I layd rp^^^o,.
the foundations of the earth .f" declare, .■!. prou.
tif thou hast vnderstanding. JuAifthou
5 Who hath layd the measures |*«o«'<^«'"»-
thereof, if thou kno west .'' or who hath (/«««■.
stretched the line vpon it ?
6 Wherepuon are the t foundati- + ^«*- »<«-
ons
Mans weakenes.
lob.
Gods fecret workes.
\Het).made
lotinke.
■Pnl.104.9
I Or, estabti.
■dmyde-
enevpon it.
t Heb. the
pride <tf' thy
tvttues.
i Heb.mngs.
I Or, at.
ons thereof t fastened ? or who layd the
corner stone thereof?
7 When the morning starres sang
together, and all the sonnes of God
shouted for ioy.
8 *0r who shut vp the sea with
doores, when it brake foorth as ifit had
issued but of the wombe ?
9 When I made the cloud the gar-
ment thereof, and thicke darknesse
a swadling band for it,
10 And II brake vp for it my decreed
place, and set barres and doores,
11 And said. Hitherto shall thou
come , but no further : and heere shall
tthy proud wanes be stayed.
12 Hast thou commaunded the mor-
ning since thy daies ? and caused the day-
spring to know his place,
13 That it might take hold of the
tendes of the earth , that the wicked
might be shaken out of it ?
14 It is turned as clay to the scale,
and they stand as a garment.
15 And from the wicked their light
is withholden, and the high arme shal-
be broken.
16 Hast thou entred into the springs
of the sea ? or hast thou walked in the
search of the depth ?
1 7 Haue the gates of death bene ope-
ned vnto thee ? or hast thou scene the
doores of the shadow of death ?
18 Hast thou perceiued the breadth of
the earth ? Declare if thou knowest it all.
19 Where is the way where light
dwelleth ? and as for darknesse, where
is the place thereof.?
20 That thou shouldest take it || to the
bound thereof, and that thou shouldest
know the pathes to the house thereof.
21 Knowest thou it , because thou
wast then borne.'' or because the number
of thy daies is great ?
22 Hast thou entred into the trea-
sures of the snowe ? or hast thou scene
the treasures of the haile,
23 Which I haue reserucd against
the time of trouble , against the day of
battaile and warre ?
24 By what way is the light par-
ted.'' which scattereth the East wind vpon
the earth.
25 Who hath diuided a water-course
for the ouerflowing of waters ? or a way
for the lightning of thunder,
26 To cause it to raine on the earth,
where no man is : on the wildernesse
wherein there is no man .''
27 To satisfie the desolate and waste
f round, and to cause the bud of the tender
erbe to spring forth.
28 Hath the raine a father ? or who
hath begotten the drops of dew .'
29 Out of whose wombe came the
yce? and the hoary frost of heauen, who
hath gendred it ?
30 The waters are hid as with a
stone,andthefaceof the deepetis frozen.
31 Canst thou bind the sweete influ-
ences of II Pleiades .'' or loose the bands
of t Orion ?
32 Canst thou bring forth ||Mazza-
roth in his season , or canst thou t guide
Arcturus with his sonnes .''
33 Knowest thou the ordinances of
heauen .'' canst thou set the dominion
thereof in the earth .''
34 Canst thou lift vp thy voice to the
cloudes, that abundance of waters may
couer thee ?
35 Canst thou send lightnings , that
they may goe, and say vnto thee, tHere
we are ?
36 *Who hath put wisedome in the
inward parts .-* or who hath giuen vn-
derstanding to the heart .''
37 Who can number the cloudes in
wisedome.' or twho can stay the bot-
tles of heauen,
38 II When the dust tgroweeh into
hardnesse, and the clods cleaue fast to-
gether ?
39 * Wilt thou hunt the pray for the
lyon.' or fill the tappetite of the young
lyons,
40 When they couch in their dennes,
and abide in the couert to lie in waite.'
41 * Who prouideth for the rauen
his foode .'' when his young ones cry vn-
to God, they wander for lacke of meate.
CHAP. XXXIX.
1 Of the wild goates and hinds. 5 Of the
wildAsse. 9 TheVnicorne. ISThePeacoclc,
Storke and Ostrich. 19 The horse. 26 The
hauke. 27 The Eagle.
Newest * thou the time
when the wild goates of
the rocke bring forth ? or
canst thou marke when
the hindes doe calue ?
a Canst thou number the moneths
that they fulfill .' or knowest thou the
time when they bring forth.'
3 They bowe themselues, they bring
forth their young ones , they cast out
their sorrowes.
4 Their
t Heb. is
taken.
I Or, the SB'
uejustarres.
Heb. Cimah.
t Heb. Cesil.
II Or, the
twelue signet.
t Heb. guide
them.
t Heb. be-
hold vs.
* Chap. 32.
8. Eccle. 2.
S6.
t Heb. who
can cause to
lie downe.
II Or, when
the dust is
turned into
mpre.
t Heb. is
powred,
* Psal. 104.
21.
t Heb. the
life.
• Psal. 147.
9. Math. 6.
26.
' Psal. 2D. 8
Gods
power 111
Chap.xl.
his creatures.
t /TeSr. salt
places.
t Hebr. of
the exactor.
I Or, thefea.
thers of the
Storke ana
Ostrich.
t Hebr.
terrour.
I Or, his feet
t Hebr. the
armour.
4 Tlicir yong ones are in good li
king, they grow vp witli come : they go
forth, and returne not vnto them.
5 Who hath sent out the wild asse
free ? or who hath looosed the bands of
the wild asse ?
6 Whose house I haue made the
wildernesse, and tthe barren lande his
dwellings.
7 He scorneth the multitude of the
citie, neither regardeth he the cryingtof
the driuer.
8 The range of the mountaines is
his pasture , and hee searcheth after
euery greene thing.
9 Will the Vnicorne be willing to
serue thee ? or abide by thy cribbe ?
10 Canst thou binde the Vnicorne
with his band in the furrow ? or will he
harrow the valleyes after thee ?
11 Wilt thou trust him because his
strength is great.'' or wilt thou leaue thy
labour to him .-"
12 Wilt thou beleeue him that hee
will bring home thy seed ? and gather it
into thy barne ?
13 Gaiiest thou the goodly wings vnto
the peacocks, or || wings and feathers
vnto the Ostrich ?
14 Which leaueth her egges in the
earth, and warmeth them in dust,
15 And forgetteth that the foot may
crush them, or that the wilde beast may
breake them.
16 She is hardened against her yong
ones , as though they were not hers
her labour is in vaine without feare.
17 Because God hath depriued her
of wisedome, neither hath he imparted
to her vnderstanding.
1 8 What time she lifteth vp her selfe
on high, she scorneth the horse and his
rider.
19 Hast thou giuen the horse strength?
hast thou clothed his necke with thun-
der.?
20 Canst thou make him afraid as a
grashopper ? the glory of his nostrils is
t terrible.
21 II He paweth in the valley , and re-
ioyceth in his strength : hee goeth on to
meet tthe armed men.
22 He mocketh at feare, and is not af-
frighted : neither turneth he backe from
the sword.
23 The quiuer ratleth against him,
the glittering speare and the shield.
24 He swalloweth the ground with
fiercenesse and rage : neither beleeueth
he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
25 Hee saith among the trumpets.
Ha, ha: and he smelleth the battaile a-
farre off, the thunder of the captaines,
and the shouting.
26 Doeth the hawke flie by thy wise
dome, and stretch her wings toward the
South ?
27 Doeth the Eagle mount vp tat
thy commaund .'' and make her nest on
high ?
28 She dwelleth and abideth on the
rocke, vpon the cragge of the rocke, and
the strong place.
29 From thence she seeketh the pray,
and her eyes behold a farre off.
30 Her yong ones also suck vp blood:
and * where the slaine are, there is he.
CHAP. XL.
1 lob humbleth himselfe to God. 6 God stir-
reth him vp to shew his righteousnes, power,
and wisedome. 15 Of the Behemoth.
Oreouer the Lord an
swered lob, and said,
2 Shall hee that con-
tendeth with the Almigh-
tie,instructAi7re?hethatre-
God, let him answere it.
Then lob answered the
Lord, and said,
4 Behold, I am vile, what shall I
answere thee .'' I wil lay my hand vpon
my mouth.
5 Once haue I spoken , but I will
not answere : yea twise, but I will pro-
ceed no further.
6 % Then answered the Lord
vnto lob out of the whirlewinde , and
said:
7 *Gird vp thy loynes now like a
man : I will demaund of thee , and de-
clare thou vnto me.
8 * Wilt thou also disanul my iudge-
ment .'' wilt thou condemne mee , that
thou mayest be righteous .-"
9 Hast thou an arm e like God.? or
canst thou thunder with a voyce like
him.?
10 * Decke thy selfe now zcith Ma-
iestie, and excellencie, and aray thy selfe
with glory, and beautie.
11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath:
and behold euery one that is proud, and
abase him.
12 Looke on euery one that is proud,
and bring him low : and tread downe
the wicked in their place.
13 Hide
• Matt. 24.
28. luke 17.
ST.
prouet
3 ir
t Hebr. by
thy mouth.
Chftp. 38.
3.
• Psal. 50.
21. rotn. 3.
4.
P<al.l04.
Behemoth, and
lob.
Leuiathan.
I Or, <Ae £■
lephimUas
thinke.
Or,heset-
teOivp.
\ Heb.heop.
presseth.
I Or, will a-
ny take him
in his sifrht^
or bore his
ttose with a
gimtet
Thai is, a
whale or a
whiriepoole.
t Heb. which
thoudrow-
13 Hide them in the dust together,
and binde their faces in secret.
14 Then will I also confesse vnto
thee , that thine owne right hand can
saue thee.
15 IT Beholde now || Behemoth
which I made with thee, hee eateth
grasse as an oxe.
16 Loe now , his strength is in his
loynes, and his force is in the nauell of
his belly.
17 II Hee moueth his taile like a Ce-
dar : the sinewes of his stones are wrapt
together.
18 His bones are as strong pieces of
brasse: his bones are like barres of iron.
19 Hee is the chiefe of the wayes of
God : he that made him, can make his
sword to approach vnto him.
20 Surely the mountaines bring
him foorth foode : where all the beasts
of the field play.
21 He lieth vnder the shady trees, in
the couert of the reede, and fennes.
22 The shady trees couer him with
their shaddow : the willowes of the
brooke compasse him about.
23 Behold, t he drinketh vp a riuer,
and hasteth not : he trusteth that he can
draw vp Jordan into his mouth.
24 II He taketh it with his eyes : his
nose pearceth through snares.
CHAP. XLI.
Of Gods great power in the Leuiathan.
Anst thou draw out || Le-
uiathan with an hooke.'' or
his tongue with a corde
t lehich thoulettest downe.''
2 Canst thou put an
hooke into liis nose ? or bore his iawe
through with a thorne .''
3 Will he make many supplications
vnto thee.' wUl he speake soft words vn-
to thee ?
4 Will he make a couenant with
thee .'' wilt thou take him for a seruant
for euer ?
5 Wilt thou play with him as with
a birde ? wilt thou binde him for thy
maydens ?
6 Shall the companions make a
banquet of him .'' shall they part him a-
mong the merchants ?
7 Canst thou fill his skinne with
barbed irons.'' or his head with fish-
speares ?
8 Lay thine hand vpon him, re-
member the battell : doe no more.
9 Behold , the hope of him is in
vaine : shall not one be cast downe euen
at the sight of him ?
10 None is so fierce that dare stirre
him vp : who then is able to stand be-
fore me }
11 *Who hath preuented me that I
sh ould repay Aim.? whatsoeuer is vnder the
whole heauen, is mine.
12 I will not conceale his parts, nor
his power, nor his comely proportion.
13 Who can discouer the face of his
garment.'' or who can come to him, || with
his double bridle ?
14 Who can open the doores of his
face.'' his teeth are terrible round about.
15 His f scales are his pride, shut vp to-
gether as with a close scale.
16 One is so neere to another, that
no ayre can come betweene them.
17 They are ioyned one to another,
they sticke together, that they cannot be
sundred.
18 By his neesings a light doth shine,
and his eyes are like the eye-liddes of
the morning.
19 Out of his mouth goe burning
lampes, and sparkes of fire leape out.
20 Out of his nostrels goeth smoke,
as out of a seething pot or caldron.
21 His breath kindleth coales, and a
flame goeth out of his mouth.
22 In his necke remaineth strength,
and tsorrowe is turned into ioy before
him.
23 t The flakes of his flesh are ioy-
ned together : they are firme in them-
selues, they cannot be moued.
24 His heart is as firme as a stone,
yea as hard as a peece of the nether
mil-stone.
25 When he rayseth vp himselfe, the
mightie are afraid : by reason of brea-
kings they purifie themselues.
26 The sword of him that layeth at
him cannot hold : the speare, the dart,
nor the || habergeon.
27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and
brasse as rotten wood.
28 The arrow cannot make him
flee : sling-stones are turned with him
into stubble.
29 Darts are counted as stubble : he
laugheth at the shaking of a speare.
30 t Sharpe stones are vnder him :
he spreadeth sharpe pointed things vp-
on the mire.
31 He maketh the deepe to boyle like
a pot
Psal. 24. 1.
& 50. 12.
l.cor. 10.26
Or, within.
\ Heb. strong
pieces of
shields.
t Heb. sorow
reioffcelh.
t Heb. the
fallings.
Or, hrest-
plate.
i Heb. sharpe
pieces, of the
potsherd.
lobs repentance,
Chap.xlij.
and felicitie.
Or, who be-
haue them-
selues with-
out feare.
I Or, no
thought of
thijte can be
hindred.
• Chap. 38.
a pot : hee maketh the sea like a pot of
oyntment.
32 Hee maketh a path to shine after
him ; one would thinke the deepe to bee
hoarie.
33 Vpon earth there is not his like :
II who is made without feare.
34 He beholdeth all high things : he
is a king ouer all the children of pride.
CHAP. XLII.
1 lob submitteth himselfe vnto God. 7 God
preferring lobs cause, maketb his friends sub-
mit themselues,&accepteth him. 10 Hemag-
nifleth & blesseth lob. 16 lobs age & death. ;
Hen lob answered thej
Lord, and said,
2 I know that thou
canst doe euery thing, and
that II no thought can bee
withholden from thee.
3 * Who is he that hideth counsel with-
out knowledge ? therefore haue I vtte-
red that I vnderstood not, things too
wonderfull for me, which I knew not.
4 Heare, I beseech thee, and I will
speake : I will demand of thee, and de-
clare thou vnto me.
5 I haue heard of thee by the hea-
ring of the eare : but now mine eye seeth
thee.
6 Wherefore I abhorre my selfe, and
repent in dust and ashes.
7 If And it was so, that after the
Lord had spoken these words vnto
lob, the Lord said to Eliphaz the
Temanite, My wrath is kindled a-
gainst thee, & against thy two friends :
for ye haue not spoken of mee the thing
that is right, as my seruant lob hath.
8 Therefore take vnto ^ou now se-
uen bullocks, and seuen rammes, and
goe to my seruant lob, and offer vp for
your selues a burnt offiring, and my ser-
uant lob shal pray for you, for thim wil
I accept: lest I dealewith you after your
folly, in that ye haue not spoken of mee
the thing which is right, like my ser-
uant lob.
9 So Eliphaz the Temanite, and
Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the
Naamathite went, and did according
as the Lord commanded them: the
Lord also accepted + lob.
10 And the Lord turned the capti-
uitie of lob, when he prayed for his
friends : also the Lord t gaue lob
twice as much as he had before.
11 Then came there vnto him all his
brethren, and all his sisters, and all they
that had bin of his acquaintance before,
and did eat bread with him in his house:
and they bemoned him, and comforted
him ouer all the euill that the Lord
had brought vpon him : euery man also
gaue him a piece of money, and euery
one an eare - ring of gold.
12 So the Lord blessed the latter
end of lob, more then his beginning :
for he had fourteene thousand sheepe,
and sixe thousand camels, and a thou
sand yoke of oxen, and a thousand shee
asses.
13 He had also seuen sonnes, and three
daughters.
14 And he called the name of the first,
Jemima, and the name of the second,
Kezia, and the name of the third, Ke-
ren - happuch.
15 And in all the land were no wo
men found so faire as the daughters of
lob : and their father gaue them inhe-
ritance among their brethren.
16 After this lined lob an hundred
and fourtie yeeres, and saw his sonnes,
and his sonnes sonnes, euen foure gene-
rations.
17 So lob died being old, and full
of dayes.
iHeb.the
face of lob.
^Heb. added
to lob vnto
the double.
IT
THE
4C
iHeb.hu
face or per-
son.
«f .
%
Who is bleffed.
Pfalmes.
Chrifts kingdom".
• Prou. 4.
14.
Or, tcicked.
• losh. 1. 8.
psal. 119. 1.
iere. 17. 8.
iHebr./ade.
PsaL 34. s.
isa. 17. 13.
Acts. 4.
25.
Or, tumuU
tiunisly as-
setiilile ?
\ Hebr, me-
ditate.
^THE BOOKE OF
Pfalmes.
PSALME I.
1 The happinesse of the godly. 4 The vn-
happinesse of the vngodly.
Lessed'wtheman
thatwalketh not
in thecounsellof
the||vngodly,nor
standeth in the
way of sinners,
nor sitteth in the
seatofthescome-
full.
2 But his delight is in the Law of
the Lord, *and in his Law doeth he
meditate day and night.
3 And he shalbe like a tree planted
by the riuers of water , that bringeth
foorth his fruit in his season, his leafe
also shall not t wither, and whatsoeuer
he doeth, shall prosper.
4 The vngodly are not so : but are
*like the chaffe , which the winde dri-
ueth away.
5 Therefore the vngodly shall not
stand in the iudgement, nor sinners in
the Congregation of the righteous.
6 For the Lord knoweth the
way of the righteous : but the way of
the vngodly shall perish.
PSAL. II.
1 The kingdome of Christ. 10 Kings are ex-
horted to accept it.
Hy* do the heathen ||rage,
and the people t imagine
a vaine thing ?
2 The Kings of the
earth set themselues, and
the rulers take counsell together , a-
gainst the Lord, and against his
Anoynted, saying,
3 Let vs breake their bandes asun-
der, and cast away their cords from vs.
4 * Hee that sitteth in the heauens
shal laugh : the Lord shall haue them
in derision.
5 Then shall hee speake vnto them
in his wrath, and || vexe them in his sore
displeasure.
6 Yet haue I set t my King t vpon
my holy hill of Sion.
7*1 will declare || the decree : the
Lord hath said vnto mee, Thou art
my Sonne , this day haue I begotten
thee.
8 * Aske of me, and I shall giue thee
the heathen for thine inheritance, and
the vttermost parts of the earth for thy
possession.
9 * Thou shalt breake them with a
rod of iron, thou shalt dash them in pie-
ces like a potters vessell.
10 Bee wise now therefore , O yee
Kings : be instructed ye ludges of the
earth.
11 Seme the Lord with feare,
and reioyce with trembling.
12 Kisse the Sonne lest he be angry,
and ye perish yroni the way, when his
wrath is kindled but a Jittle : * Blessed
are all they that put their trust in him.
PSAL. in.
The securitie of Gods protection.
f *A Psalme of Dauid when he fled
from Absalom his sonne.
OuD, how are they in-
creased that trouble mee.'
many are they that rise vp
against me.
2 Many there bee which
say of my soule, T'Aereiinohelpeforhim
in God. Selah.
4 C 2 3 But
* Prou. 1.
2r>.
Or, trouble
t Hebr. art'
ointed.
Ilebr. vpon
Sion, the hill
of my Holi-
nesse.
Acts. 1.1.
33. heb. I.
5.
Or, for a
decree.
* Psal. 72.
8.
"Apoc. 2.
27. and 19.
m.
' Prou. 16.
20. isa. 30.
18. iete. 17.
rom. 9. 33
and 10. 11.
1. pet. 2. 6.
• 2. Sam. IS.
15.
Patience in ti'onble.
Pfal
Hies.
Dauids prayer.
I Or, bee
gracious vn-
to me.
t Or, about.
• Psal. 4. 9.
•PnLff-s.
Isa. 43.
II.
Hos. 13. 4.
lOr, oiwr-
•PaaL 50.
14. & il.
M.
• Pial. 3. 5.
3 But thou, O Lord, art a shield
II for me ; my glory , and the lifter vp of
mine head.
4 I cryed vnto the Lord with
my voyce, and he heard me out of his
holy hill. Selah.
5 *I layd me downe and slept; I
awaked, for the Lord sustained me,
6*1 will not be afraid of ten thou-
sands of people, that haue set themselues
against me round about.
7 Arise, O Lord, saue mee , O
my God ; for thou hast smitten all mine
enemies vpon the cheeke bone : thou hast
broken the teeth of the vngodly.
8 • Saluation behngeth vnto the
Lord: thy blessing is vpon thy peo-
ple. Selah.
PSAL. nil.
1 Dauid prayeth for audience. SHereproueth
and exhorteth his enemies. 6 Mans hap-
pinesse is in Gods fauour.
If To the II chiefe Musician on Negi-
noth, A Psalme of Dauid.
Eare me, when I call, O
God of my righteousnesse:
thou hast inlarged mee
when / was in distresse ,
II haue mercy vpon me, and
eare my prayer.
2 O ye sonnes of men, how long
loiUyee tume my glory into shame .'' how
fo«^ will yee louevanitie,a»id seeke after
leasing.' Selah.
3 But know that the Lord hath
set apart him that is godly, for him-
selfe : the Lord will heare when I
call vnto him.
4 Stand in awe, and sinne not :
commune with your owne heart vpon
your bed, and be still. Selah.
5 Offer *the sacrifices of righteous-
nesse, and put your trust in the Lord.
6 There be many that say. Who wil
shew vs any good .' Lord lift thou vp
the light of thy countenance vpon vs.
7 Thou hast put gladnesse in my
heart, more then in the time that their
come and their wine increased.
8*1 will both lay mee downe in
peace, and sleepe : for thou Lord only
makest me dwell in safetie.
PSAL. V.
Dauid prayeth, and professeth his studie in
prayer. 4 God fauoureth not the wicked.
7 Dauid professing his faith , prayeth vnto
God, to guide him, 10 To destroy his ene-
raies, 1 1 and to preserue the godly.
H To the chiefe musician vpon Ne-
hiloth, A Psalme of Dauid.
lue eare to my words, O
Lord, consider my me-
ditation.
2 Hearken vnto the
voice of my crie, my King,
and my God : for vnto thee will I pray.
3 * My voyce shalt thou heare in
the morning, O Lord; in the mor-
ning will I direct my prayer vnto thee,
and will looke vp.
4 For thou art not a God tliat hath
pleasure in wickednesse : neither shall
euill dwell with thee.
5 The foolish shall not stand tin thy
sight : thou hatest al workers of iniquity
6 Thou shalt destroy them that
speake leasing : the Lord will ab-
horre the t Hoodie and deceitfull man
7 But as for me, I will come into
thy house in the multitude of thymercy:
and in thy feare will I worship toward
t thy holy temple.
8 Lead me O Lord, in thy righ-
teousnesse, because of t mine enemies;
make thy way straight before my face.
9 For there is no ||faithfulnes tin their
mouth, their inward part is tvery wic-
kednesse : * their throat is an open sepul-
chre, they flatter with their tongue.
10 II Destroy thou them, O God, let
them fall ||by their owne counsels : cast
them out in the multitude of their trans-
gressions, for they haue rebelled against
thee.
11 But let all those that put their
trust in thee, reioyce : let them euer shout
forioy; because thou tdefendest them:
let them also that loue thy name, be ioy-
fuU in thee.
12 For thou. Lord, wilt blesse the
righteous : with fauour wilt thou t com-
passe him as with a shield.
PSAL. VL
I Dauids complaint in his sicknesse. 8 By faith
he triumpheth ouer his enemies.
H To the chiefe musician on Neginoth
vpon Sheminith, A Psalme
of Dauid.
♦Lord, rebuke me not
in thine anger , neither
chasten me in thy hot dis-
pleasure.
2 Haue mercy vpon
Lord, for I am weake : O
heale mee, for my bones are
• Psal. 130.
6.
\ Heb.be.
fore thine
eyes.
t Heb. the
manofbloods
and deceit.
t Heb. the
temple of thy
holxnesse.
t Heb. those
which 6b.
seme me.
I Or, sted.
fastnesse.
t Heb. in his
mouth, i. in
the mouth of
any of them.
t Heb. wic.
kednesses.
* Rom. 3. 13
' Or, make
them guilty.
Or, from
their c&un.
t Heb. thou
couerest o.
uer, or pro.
teclest them.
tHebr.
crowne him.
me, O
Lord
vexed.
3 My
Or,'vtxm
the eight.
• Psa. 26. 1.
Dauids prayer,
Pfal
mes.
and confidence.
• Psal. 30.
10. & 80. U
& lis. 17.
& ll«. 17.
Ksay. 38.
18.
- Or, euery
night.
• Mat. 7. 23.
& 25. 41.
Luc. 13. 27.
I Or,biisines.
t Heb not a
deliuerer.
" PsaL 18.
19.
3 My soule is also sore vexed : but
thou, O Lord, how long ?
4 Returne, O Lord, deliuer my
soule : oh saue mee, for thy mercies sake
5 * For in death there is no remem-
brance of thee : in the graue who shall
giue thee thankes ?
6 I am weary with my groning,
II all the night make I my bed to swim :
I water my couch with my teares.
7 Mine eie is consumed because of
griefe ; it waxeth olde because of all
mine enemies.
8 * Depart from me, all yee workers
of iniquitie; for the Lord hath heard
the voice of my weeping.
9 The Lord hath heard my sup-
plication; the Lord will receiue my
prayer.
10 Let all mine' enemies be asha-
med and sore vexed : let them returne
and be ashamed suddainly.
PSAL. VIL
1 Dauid prayeth against the malice of his ene-
mies, professing his innocency. 10 By faith
he seeth his defence and the destruction of
his enemies.
IT Shiggaion of Dauid ; which he sang
vnto the Lord concerning the
words of Cush the Beniamite.
Lord, my God, in thee
doe I put my trust: saue me
from all them thatpersecute
me, and deliuer me.
2 Least hee teare my
lyon , renting it in pieces,
while there is tnone to deliuer.
3 O Loud my God, if I haue
done this ; if there be iniquitie in my
hands :
4 If I haue rewarded euill vnto
him that was at peace with me : (yea I
haue deliuered him that without cause
is mine enemie.)
5 Let the enemie persecute my soule,
and take it, yea let him tread downe my
life vpon the earth, and lay mine ho-
nour in the dust. Selah.
6 Arise, O Lord, in thine anger,
lift vp thy selfe , because of the rage of
mine enemies : and awake for me to the
iudgement tftat thou hast commanded.
7 So shall the congregation of the
people compasse thee about : for their
sakes therefore returne thou on high.
8 The Lord shal iudge the peo-
ple : iudge me, O Lord, *according
to my righteousnesse, and according to
mine integritie that is in me.
9 Oh let the wickednes of the wic-
ked come toan end,butestablishtheiust
*for the righteous God trieth the hearts
and reines.
10 tMy defence is of God, which sa-
ueth the vpright in heart.
11 II God iudgeth the righteous, and
God is angnewith the wicked euery-day.
12 If he turne not, he will whet his
sword; he hath bent his bowe, and
made it ready.
13 He hath also prepared for him the
instruments of death ; he ordaineth his
arrowes against the persecutors.
14 * Behold, he trauelleth with ini
quitie,and hathconceiued mischiefe,and
brought forth falshood.
15 tHe made a pit and digged it,* and
is fallen into the ditch which he made.
16 His mischiefe shall returne vpon
his owne head, and his violent dealing
shall come downe vpon his owne pate.
17 I will praise the Lord accor-
ding to his righteousnesse : and will
sing praise to the name of the Lord
most high.
PSAL. VIII.
Gods glory is magnified by his workes, and
by his loue to man.
f To the chiefe Musicion vpon Git-
tith, a Psalme of Dauid.
Lord our Lord, how
excellent is thy name in all
the earth ! who hast set
thy glory aboue the hea-
uens.
2 *Out of the mouth
of babes and sucklings hast thou t or-
dained strength , because of thine ene-
mies, that thou mightest still the enemie
and the auenger.
3 When I consider thy heauens, the
worke of thy fingers , the moone and
the st{.rres which thou hast ordained;
4 * What is man, that thou art mind-
full of him ? and the sonne of man, that
thou visitest him .-"
5 For thou hast made him a little
lower then the Angels ; and hast crow-
ned him with glory and honour.
6 Thou madest him to haue domi-
nion ouer the workes of thy hands ;
*thou hast put all things vnder his
feete.
7 t All sheepe and oxen, yea and the
beasts of the field. *
8 The
I. Sam. 16.
l.Clir. 28
f«al. 139.
erem. 11
20. and 17.
10. aiid 20.
12.
. Heh, my
buckler is
vpon (io(L
I Or, God is
righteotu
Iudge.
lob. 15.
35. Esa. 59.
lam. 1.
IS.
t Heb. hee
hath digged
a pit.
' Psal. 9. 15,
and 10. 2.
prou. 5. 22.
• Mat. 21.
16.
^ Heb, foun-
ded.
lob 7. 17.
psal. 144. 3.
Heb. 2. 6.
1. Cor. 15.
27.
+ Heb. flocks
and oxen, all
of them.
Dauids praife.
Pfal
mes.
His complaint.
t Hebr. Aou
hast made
msfhidge-
ment,
\ Hebr. in
righteouma
I Or, the
destnictiona
of the enemy
are come to
aperpetuall
end: and
th^ cities
hast thou de-
stroyed, S(C.
^ PsaLse.
13. and 98.
10.
• PsaL 37.
39. and 46.
. and 01. 2.
t Heb. an
high place,
' Gen. 9. 5
I Or, ami.
cted.
8 The foule of the aire, and the fish
of thesea,nn</n7(«/joeMerpasseth through
the paths of the seas.
9 O Lord our Lord, how excel-
lent is thy name in all the earth !
PSAL. IX.
1 Dauid prayseth God for executing of
iudgement. 1 1 He inciteth others to prayse
him. 13 Hee prayeth, that hee may haue
cause to prayse nim.
IT To the chiefe musician vpon Muth
Labben. A Psalme of Dauid.
Wil praise thee, O Lonu,
with my whole heart : I
will shewe foorth all thy
maruellous workes.
2 1 will bee glad and
reioyce in thee : I will sing prayse to
thy name, O thou most High.
3 When mine enemies are turned
backe , they shall fall and perish at thy
presence.
4 For t thou hast maintained my
right, and my cause : thou satest in the
throne iudging fright.
5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen,
thou hast destroyed the wicked ; thou
hast put out their name for euer and
euer.
6 ||0 thou enemie, destructions are
come to a perpetuall end; and thou hast
destroyed cities, their memoriall is peri
shed with them.
7 But the LoHD shall endure
for euer : he hath * prepared his throne
for iudgement.
8 And hee shall iudge the world in
righteousnesse; he shall minister iudge-
ment to the people in vprightnesse.
9 * The L o K D also will bee t a
refuge for the oppressed : a refuge , in
times of trouble.
10 And they that know thy name
will put their trust in thee : for thou
Lord hast not forsaken them that
seeke thee.
11 Sing praises to the Lord, which
dwelleth in Sion : declare among the
people his doings.
12 •When he maketh inquisition for
blood, he remembreth them : he forget-
teth not the crie of the || humble.
13 Haue mercie vpon me O Lord,
considermytroublew/i/c/i/.M/j^rofthem
that hate me, thou that liftest mee vp
from the gates of death :
14 That I may shew foorth all thy
prayse in the gates of the daughter ofi
Sion : I will reioyce in thy saluation.
15 * The heathen are sunke downe
in the pit that they made : in the net
which they hid, is their own foot taken.
16 The Lord is knowen by the
iudgement which he executeth : the wic-
ked is snared in the worke of his owne
hands. Higgaion. Selah.
17 The wicked shall be turned mto
hell, and all the nations that forget God
18 For the needie shall not alway be
forgotten : the expectation of the poore
shall not perish for euer.
19 Arise, O Lord, let not man
preuaile : let the heathen bee iudged in
thy sight.
20 Put them in feare, O Lord
that the nations may know themselues
to be but men. Selah.
PSAL. X.
1 Dauid coraplaineth to God of the outrage of
the wicked. 12 He prayeth for remedie. 16
He professeth his confidence.
Hy standest thou afarre
oft", O Lord ? why hidest
thou thy selfe in times of
trouble ?
2 t The wicked in his
pride doeth persecute the poore : *let
them be taken in the deuices that they
haue imagined.
3 For the wicked boasteth of his
thearts desire, ||and blesseth the coue
tous, whom the Lord abhorreth.
4 The wicked through the pride of
his countenance will not seeke after God:
||God is not in all his *thoughts.
5 His wayes are alwayes grieuous,
thy iudgements are farre aboue out of
his sight : as for all his enemies, he puf-
feth at them.
6 He hath said in his heart, I shall
notbemoued: for/«AaZZ+neuer6ein ad
uersitie.
7 * His mouth is full of cursing, and
t deceit, and fraud : vnder his tongue is
mischiefe and ||vanitie.
8 He sitteth in the lurking places of
the villages : in the secret places doeth
he murder the innocent : his eyes tare
priuily set against the poore.
9 He lieth in waite t secretly as a lyon
in his denne, he lieth in wait to catch the
poore: he doth catch the poore when he
draweth him into his net.
10 tHe crouchetli,a«dhumbleth him-
selfe, that the poore may fall ||by his
strong ones.
11 Hee
• PsaL 7. 16.
t Heh. in the
pride of the
wicked he
doth perse~
cute.
Psal. 7. 16
and •.), 16.
prou. 5. 22.
t Heb. soules
Or, the CO
uetous bles.-
seth himself,
he abhorreth
the Lord.
Or, all his
thoughts are
there is no
God.
• Psal. 14. 1.
and S3. 1.
t Hebr. vnto
generation
and genera-
tion.
' Kom.3.14
t Ileb. de-
ceits.
It Or, im-
quitie.
t Heb. hide
themselues.
t Ileb. in the
secretplaces.
t Heb. hee
breaketh
him selfe.
Or, into
his strong
parts.
"PsaL94.7.
I Or, affiU
cted.
t Hebr. tea-
ueth.
Psal, 29. 9.
and 145. 13.
and 146. 10.
iere. 16. 10.
lam. s. 19.
1 Or, esta-
blish.
I Or, terrifie.
Gods iudgments
Pfal
mes.
on the wicked.
t Hebr. in
darknesse.
. Abak. 2.
20.
Or, a bur-
nifigtetnpest.
11 Hee hath said in his heart, God
hath forgotten : *he hideth his face, hee
will neuer see it.
12 Arise, O Lord, O God lift vp
thine hand : forget not the || humble.
13 Wherefore doeth the wicked con-
temne God ? he hath said in his heart.
Thou wilt not require it.
14 Thou hast scene it, for thou behol-
dest mischiefe and spite to requite i< with
thy hand: the poore tcommitteth him-
selfe vnto thee , thou art the helper of
the fatherlesse.
15 Breake thou the arme of the wic-
ked, and the euill man : seeke out his
wickednes, till thou finde none.
16 *The Lord is King for euer
and euer: the heathen are perished out
of his land.
17 Lord, thou hast heard the de-
sire of the humble : thou wilt || prepare
their heart , thou wilt cause thine eare
to heare,
18 To iudge the fatherlesse and the
oppressed , that the man of the earth
may no more ||oppresse.
PSAL. XI.
1 Dauid incourageth himselfe in God, a-
gainst his enemies. 4 The prouidence and
justice of God.
IT To the chiefe Musician. A
Psalme of Dauid.
N the Lord put I my
trust : how say yee to my
soule. Flee a« a bird to your
mountaine ?
2 For loe , the wicked
bende tlieir bow , they make ready
their arrow vpon the string : that they
may tpriuily shoote at the vpright in
heart.
3 If the foundations bee destroyed :
what can the righteous doe ?
4 * The Lord is in his holy
Temple, the Lords Throne is in
heauen : his eyes beholde , his eye lids
trie the children of men.
5 The Lord trieth the righte-
ous : but the wicked and him that loueth
violence, his soule hateth.
6 Vpon the wicked hee shall raine
snares, fire and brimstone, and ||an hor-
rible tempest : this shall be the portion of
their cup.
7 For the righteous Lord lo
ueth righteousnesse : his countenance
doeth behold the vpright.
PSAL. XIL
1 Dauid destitute of humane comfort , craueth
helpe of God. 3 Hee comforteth himselfe
with Gotls iudgements on the wicked, and
confidence in Gods tried promises.
II vpon
of
% To the chiefe Musician
Sheminith. A Psalme
Dauid.
II Elpe Lord, for the
godly man ceaseth; for the
faithfull faile from among
the children of men.
2 They speake vani-
tie euery one with his neighbour : with
flattering lips, and with ta double heart
do they speake.
3 The Lord shall cut off all flat-
tering lips, and the tongue that .speaketh
t proud things.
4 Who haue said, With our tongue
wil we preuaile, our lips iare our owne:
who is Lord ouer vs ?
5 For the oppression of the poore, for
the sighing of the needy, now will I a-
rise (saith the Lord,) I will set him
in safetie_/?-OTO him that \\ puffeth at him
6 The wordes of the Lord are
pure wordes : *as siluer tried in a for-
nace of earth purified seuen times.
7 Thou shalt keepe them , ( O
Lord,) thou shalt preserue t them,
from this generation for euer.
8 The wicked walke on euery side
when the t vilest men are exalted.
PSAL. XIIL
1 Dauid complaineth of delay in helpe. 3 He
prayeth for preuenting Grace. 5 Hee boa-
steth of Dimne mercie.
IT To the II chiefe Musician. A
Psalme of Dauid.
'■ Ow long wilt thou forget
mee (O Lord) for euer.'
howlongwilt thou hide thy
face from me ?
2 How long shall I take
counsel in my soule, halting sorrow in my
heart dayly .'' how long shall mine ene-
mie be exalted ouer me .''
3 Consider and heare me, O Lord
my God : lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep
the sleepe of death.
4 I^east mine enimie say, I haue
preuailed against him : and those that
trouble mee , reioyce , when I am
moued.
5 But I haue trusted in thy mercy,
my
Or, iTvon
the eiglUli.
Or, save.
t Hel>r. an
heart, and
an heart.
\ Hebr. great
tfUngs.
t Hebr. are
with vs.
1 Or, would
ensnare him.
2. Sam. 23.
31. psal. 18.
29. & 119.
ver. 140.
prou. 30. «.
t Heb. him. i.
euery one of
them.
t Hebr. the
vilest of the
sonnesufvien
are exalted.
I Or, ouer-
Who is bleffed.
Pfal
mes.
Dauids prayer.
• Psal.ia4.
and 53. 1.
•Rom. 3.10
king.
\ H^.they
feared a
feare.
t Kei. who
tuiUgiuef
Sec.
* P«al. 24.
).&c.
t Heb. m-
ioume.
* Eaa.33.
U.
I Or, recei-
tielh, or en-
dureth.
my heart shall reioyce in thy saluation.
6 I will sing vnto the Lord, be-
cause hee hath dealt bountifully with
mee.
PSAL. XIIII.
1 Dauid describeth the corruption of a naturall
man. 4 He conuinceth the wicked by the
light of their conscience. 7 He glorieth in
the saluation of God.
H To the chiefe musician, A Pmlme
of Dauid.
He *foole hath sayd in his
heart, Tliere is no God
they are corrupt , they
haue done abominable
_ workes , there is none
good.
2 The Lord looked downe from
heauen vpon the children of men ; * to
see if there were any that did vnder-
stand and seeke God.
3 They are all gone aside , they are
all together become t filthy : there is
none that doeth good, no not one.
4 Haue all the workers of iniquity
no knowledge .' who eate vp my people
as they eate bread, and call not vpon the
Lord.
5 t There were they in great feare ;
for God is in the generation of the righ
teous.
6 You haue shamed the counsell of
the poore; because the Lord is his
refuge.
7 to that the saluation of Israel
were come out of Sion! when the Lord
bringeth backe the captiuitie of his peo-
ple, lacob shall reioyce, a7id Israel
shalbe glad.
PSAL. XV.
Dauid describeth a citizen of Sion.
% A Psalme of Dauid.
ord, *who shall t abide in
thy tabernacle.'' who shall
dwell in thy holy hill .'
2 • Hee that walketh
_^ vprightly , and worketh
righteousnesse, and speaketh the trueth
in his heart.
3 Hee that backbiteth not with his
tongue, nor doth euill to his neighbour,
nor lltaketh vp a reproach against his
neighbour.
4 In whose eies a vile person is
contemned ; but he honoureth them
that feare the Lord : he that swea-
reth to his owne hurt, and changeth not.
5 *He that putteth not out his mo-
ney to vsury, nor taketh reward against
the innocent : he that doth these things,
shall neuer be moued.
PSAL. XVI.
1 Dauid in distrust of merites, and hatred of 1-
dolatry, flyeth to God for preseruation. 5 He
sheweth the hope of his calling, of the resur-
rection, and life euerlasting.
f IIMichtam of Dauid.
Reserue me, O God : for
in thee doe I put my
trust.
2 O my soule, thou hast
sayd vnto the Lord,
Thou art my Lord : *my
goodnes extendeth not to thee :
3 But to the Saints, that are in the
earth, and to the excellent, in whom is
all my delight.
4 Their sorrowes shalbe multipli-
ed, that II hasten ^fter another God : their
drinke offerings of blood will I not
offer, nor take vp their names into my
lippes.
5 *The Lord is the portion tof
mine inheritance, and of my cup : thou
maintainest my lot.
6 The lines are fallen vnto mee in
pleasant places ; yea , I haue a goodly
heritage.
7 I will blesse the Lord, who
hath giuen me counsell : my reines also
instruct me in the night seasons.
8*1 haue set the Lord alwaies
before me : because hee is at my right
hand, I shall not be moued.
9 Therefore my heart is glad , and
my glory reioyceth : my flesh also shall
trest in hope.
10 * For thou wilt not leaue my soule
in hell ; neither wilt thou suffer thine
holy one to see corruption.
11 Thou wilt shewe me the path of
life : in thy presence is fulnesse'of ioy , at
thy right hand there are pleasures for
euermore.
PSAL. xvn.
1 Dauid in confidence of his integrity, craueth
defence of God against his enemies. 10 He
sheweth their pride, craft and eagernes. 13
Hee prayeth against them in confidence of
his hope.
Exod. 2S.
24.
Leuit. 25.
36.
Deu. 23. 19
Ezech. 22.
12. & 18. 8.
I Or, a gol-
den Psalme
qf Dauid.
* Psal. SO.
10. lob. 22.
2. & 35. 7.
Or, gate
gifts to ano-
tlier.
• Lam. 3,
24. Deut.
32. 9.
t Heb. of my
part.
• Actes 2.
25.
t Heb. dwell
conJUlently.
' Act. 2. 31.
and 13. 35.
H A prayer of Dauid.
Heare
Dauids prayer.
Pfalmes.
His confidence
t Ileh. with-
out lips of
deceit.
t Hetk be not
moued.
Or, that
aauest them
which trust
in thee/ram
these that
rise vp a-
gainst thy
right hand.
fffeb.that
waste me.
t Heb. my ۥ
nemies a-
gainst the
soule.
thy]
louing
\lleb.iustice af?i f?ST? f^ Eare the t right , O
Lord, attend vnto my
Jg crie , giue eare vnto my
prayer, thatgoeth t notout
^ of fained lips.
2 Let my sentence come forth from
presence : let thine eyes beholde the
things that are equall.
3 Thou hast prooued mine heart,
thou hast visited vie in the night, thou
hast tried me, and shalt find nothing : I
am purposed that my mouth shall not
transgresse.
4 Concerning the workes of men,
by the word of thy lips, I haue kept me
from the paths of the destroyer
5 Hold vp my goings in thy paths,
that my footsteps tslip not.
6 I haue called vpon thee, for thou
wilt heare me, O God : incline thine
eare vnto me, and heare my speach
7 Shewe thy marueilous
kindnesse, O thou || that sauest by thy
right hand, them which put their trust
in thee, fro those that rise vp against them.
8 Keepe me as the apple of the eye :
hide mee vnder the shadowe of thy
wings,
9 From the wicked tthat oppresse
me,Jrom my t deadly enemies, w/w com-
passe me about.
10 They are inclosed in their owne
fat : with their mouth they speake
proudly.
11 They haue now compassed vs in
our steps : they haue set their eyes bow-
ing downe to the earth :
12 t Like as a lyon that is greedie of
his pray, and as it were a yong lyon
t lurking in secret places.
13 Arise, O Lord, t disappoint him,
cast him downe : deliuer my soule from
the wicked, || which is thy sword :
14 1 1 From men which are thy hand,
O Lord, from men of the world,
which fiaue their portion in this life, and
whose belly thou fiUest with thy hid
treasure: || They are full of children, and
leaue the rest of their substance to their
babes.
15 As for me, I will behold thy face
in righteousnesse : I shall bee satisfied,
when I awake, with thy likenesse.
PSAL. XVIII.
Dauid praiseth God for his manifold and
marueilous blessings.
H To the chiefe musicion, a psalme of
Dauid, the seruant of the Lord
t Heb. the
tikenes of
him (i. of
euery one of
them iisasa
lion that desi
rethtorauin.
t Heb. sit-
ting.
tHeb.jire-
uenthisface.
I Or, by thy
sword.
I Or, from
men by
thine hand.
I Or, their
children
arefull.
rocke.
"PsaL 116.3
t Heb. Be-
lial.
Or, coards.
who spake vnto the Lord the
words of * this song, in the day that • a. Sam. «
the Lord deliuered him from the
hand of all his enemies, and from the
hand of Saul : And he said,
Will loue thee, O Losd,
my strength.
2 The Lord is my
rocke , and my fortresse,
and my deliuerer : my
jGod, t my strength in whome I will|t//«i. my
trust, my buckler, and the home of my
Isaluation, a7i(f my high tower.
I 3 I will call vpon the Lord, who
is worthy to be praised : so shall I be sa-
ued from mine enemies.
4 * The sorrowes of death compas-
sed me, and the floods of tvngodly men
made me afraid.
5 The II sorrowes of hell compassed
me about : the snares of death preuen
ted me.
6 In my distresse I called vpon the
Lord, and cryed vnto my God: hee
heard my voyce out of his temple, and
my crie came before him, euen into his
eares.
7 Then the earth shooke and trem
bled ; the foundations also of the hilles
mooued and were shaken, because hee
was wroth.
8 There went vp a smoke tout ot^Heb.byhis
his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth
deuoured, coales were kindled by it.
9 He bowed the heauens also, and
came downe : and darkenesse was vnder
his feet.
10 And he rode vpon a Cherub, and
did flie: yea he did flie vpon the wings of
the wind.
11 He made darkenes his secret place
his pauilion round about him, teere
darke waters, and thicke cloudes of the
skies.
12 Atthebrightnes/Aa<j»«.s beforehim
his thicke clouds passed, haile stones and
coales of fire.
13 The Lord also thundered in
the heauens, and the highest gaue his
voyce ; liailestones and coales of fire.
14 Yea, he sent out his arrowes, and
scattered them ; and he shot out light-
nings, and discomfited them.
15 Then the chanels of waters were
scene, and the foundations of the world
were discouered : at thy rebuke , O
Lord, at the blast of the breath of thy
nostrils.
16 He sent from aboue, he tooke me,
4 D he
I
Dauids righteoufnes.
Pfal
mes.
His deliuerance.
Or, great
waters.
t Heb. with,
\Heb. before
his eyes.
I Or, wrestle.
Or,lampe.
I Or, broken.
•P«aL 12. 6.
&. ll». 140
prou. 30. A.
I Or, refined,
• Deut. 32.
33.
1. !?ain. s. 2.
CM. a.
49. 9.
Or, trith
thy meeke-
nesse thott
haul muUi.
^Ud me.
r
he drew me out of || many waters.
17 He deliuered me from my strong
enemie, and from them which hated
me : for they were too strong for me.
18 They preuented me in the day of
my calamitie : but the Lord was my
stay.
19 He brought me forth also into a
large place : he deliuered me, because he
delighted in me.
20 The Lord rewarded me ac-
cording to my righteousnesse, according
to the cleannesse of my hands hath hee
recompensed me.
21 For I haue kept the wayes of the
Lord, and haue not wickedly depar
ted from my God.
22 For all his iudgements were before
me , and I did not put away his sta-
tutes from me.
23 I was also vpright t before him :
and I kept my selfe from mine iniquity.
24 Therefore hath the Lord re
compensed me according to my righte-
ousnesse , according to the cleannesse
of my hands t in his eye-sight.
25 With the mercifull thou wilt shew
thy selfe mercifull, with an vpright man
thou wilt shew thy selfe vpright.
26 With the pure thou wilt shewe
thy selfe pure , and with the froward
thou wilt II shew thy selfe froward.
27 For thou wilt saue the afflicted
people : but wilt bring downe high
lookes.
28 For thou wilt light my || candle :
the Lord my God will enlighten
my darkenesse.
29 For by thee I haue || run through
a troupe ? and by my God haue I lea-
ped ouer a wall.
30 As for God , his way is perfect :
• the word of the Lord is || tried : hp
is a buckler to all those that trust in
him.
31 • For who is God saue the Lord ?
or who is a rocke saue our God .''
32 It is God that girdeth mee with
strength, and maketh my way perfect.
33 Hee maketh my feete like hindes
feete, and setteth me vpon my high pla-
ces.
34 He teacheth my hands to warre,
80 that a bow of Steele is broken by mine
armes.
35 Thou hast also giuen me the shield
of thy saluation : and thy right hand
hath holden me vp, and thy ||gentle-
nesse hath made me great.
36 Thou hast enlarged my steppes
vnder me; that tmy feete did not slippe.
37 I haue pursued mine enemies,
and ouertaken them : neither did I
turne againe till they were consumed.
38 I haue wounded them that they
were not able to rise : they are fallen vn-
der my feete.
39 For thou hast girded mee with
strength vnto the battell : thou t hast
subdued vnder me, those that rose vp a-
gainst me.
40 Thou hast also giuen mee the
neckes of mine enemies : that I might
destroy them that hate me.
41 They cried, but there was none
to saue them : euen vnto the Lord, but
he answered them not.
42 Then did I beate them small as
the dust before the winde : I did cast
them out, as the dirt in the streetes.
43 Thou hast deliuered me from
the striuings of the people, awcZ thou hast
made mee the head of the heathen :
people whom I haue not knowen, shall
serue me.
44 t As soone as they heare of mee
they shall obey me : t the strangers shall
1 1 submit themselues vnto me.
45 The strangers shall fade away,
and be afraid out of their close places.
46 The Lord liueth, and blessed
be my rocke : and let the God of my sal-
uation be exalted.
47 It is God that tauengeth mee,
and II subdueth the people vnder me.
48 He deliuereth me from mine e-
nemies : yea thou liftest mee vp aboue
those that rise vp against me ; thou hast
deliuered me from the t violent man
49 * Therfore will I ||giue thankes
vnto thee, (O Lord) among the hea-
then : and sing prayses vnto thy name.
50 Great deliuerance giueth he to his
King : and sheweth mercy to his An-
nointed, to Dauid, and to his seede for
euermore.
P S A L. XIX.
1 The creatures shew Gods glory. 7 The word
his Grace. 12 Dauid prayeth for Grace.
IT To the chiefe Musician, A
Psalme of Dauid.
• He heauens declare the
glory of God : and the fir-
mament sheweth his han-
dy worke.
2 Day vnto day vtte-
reth
t Heb. mine
ankles.
\Heb.caused
to how.
t Heb. at
the hearing
of the eare.
t Heb. the
sonnesofthe
stranger.
I Or, yeeld
fained obe-
dience.
Heb. lie.
iHeb. giueth
atienge-
menlsfor
me.
I Or, de-
stroyeth.
t Heb. man
ofviolenre.
" Rom. 15. 9
lOr,confesse
' Gen. 1. 6.
Gods works.
Pfalmes.
Truft in God.
Or, without
these their
voyce is
heard,
Hebr. with-
out their
voyce heard.
* Rom. 10.
18.
Or, titeir
rule, or di-
rection.
Or, do-
ctrine.
Or, resto-
ring.
iHebr.
trueth.
Psal. 119.
72. & 127
and 103.
prou. 8. 19.
t Hebr. the
dropping of
hony combes.
Or, much.
t Hebr. my
rocke.
t Hebr. set
thee on an
high place.
\ Hebr. thy
helpe.
t Hebr. sup-
port thee.
reth speach, and night vnto night sliew
eth knowledge.
3 There is no speach nor language,
zvhere || their voyce is not heard.
4 II * Their line is gone out through
all the earth, and their words to the end
of the world : In them hath he set a ta-
bernacle for the Sunne.
5 Which i,i as a bridegrome com-
ming out of his chamber, and reioyceth
as a strong man to runne a race.
6 His going forth is from the end of
the heauen , and his circuite vnto the
ends of it : and there is nothing hidde
from the heat thereof.
7 The II Law of the Lord is per-
fect, llconuerting the soule : the testimo-
nie of the Lord is sure, making wise
the simple.
8 The Statutes of the Lord
are right, reioycing the heart : the Com-
mandement of the Lord is pure, in-
liglitning the eyes.
9 The feare of the Lord is cleane,
enduring for euer : the ludgements of
the Lord are ttrue, and righteous al-
together.
10 More to bee desired are they then
gold, * yea, then much fine gold: sweeter
also then hony, and t the hony combe.
11 Moreouer by them is thy seruant
warned : and in keeping of them there is
great reward.
12 Who can vnderstand his errours ?
cleanse thou me from secret Jliidts.
13 Keepe back thy seruant also from
presumptuous sinnes, let them not haue
dominion ouer me : then shall I be vp-
right, and I shalbe innocent from ||the
great transgression.
14 Let the words of my mouth, and
the meditation of my heart , bee accep-
table in thy sight, O Lord tmy
strength, and my redeemer.
PSAL. XX.
1 The Church blesseth the King in his exploits.
7 Her confidence in Gods succour.
H To the chiefe Musician. A
Psalme of Dauid.
He Lord heare thee in
the day of trouble , the
Name of the God of la-
cob t defend thee.
2 Send tthee helpe
from the Sanctuary : and t strengthen
thee out of Sion.
3 Remember all thy offerings, and
t accept thy burnt sacrifice. Selah.
4 Graunt thee according to thine
owne heart, and fulfill all thy counsell.
5 We will reioyce in thy saluation,
and in the Name of our God we will
set vp our banners: the Lord fulfill
all thy petitions.
6 Now know I, that the Lord
saueth his Anointed : he wil heare him
tfrom his holy heauen , t with the sa-
uing strength of his right hand.
7 Some trust in charets, and some in
horses : but wee will remember the
Name of the Lord our God.
8 They are brought downe and
fallen : but we are risen , and stand vp-
right.
9 Saue Lord, let the King heare
vs when we call.
PSAL. XXL
1 A thankesgiuing for victory. 7 Confidence
of further successe.
IT To the chiefe Musician. A
Psalme of Dauid.
He King shall ioy in thy
strength , O Lord
and in thy saluation how
I greatly shall he reioyce ?
2 Thou hast giuen him
his hearts desire ; and hast not with
holden the request of his lips. Selah.
3 For thou preuentest him with the
blessings of goodnesse : thou settest a
Crowne of pure gold on his head.
4 He asked life of thee, and thou ga-
uest it him, euen length of dayes for euer
and euer.
5 His glory is great in thy saluation :
honour and Maiestie hast thou layde
vpon him.
6 For thou hast tmade him most bles-
sedforeuer : thou hast tmadehim excee-
ding glad with thy countenance.
7 For the King trusteth in the
Lord, and through the mercy of the
most High, he shall not be moued.
8 Thine hand shall finde out all
thine enemies, thy right hand shal finde
out those that hate thee.
9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery
ouen in the time of thine anger : the
Lord shall swallow them vp in his
wrath, and the fire shall deuoure them.
10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy
from the earth, and their seed from a-
mong the children of men.
11 For they intended euill against
4 D 2 thee :
t Ueb. tume
to ashes : or,
make/ai.
t Hebrjrom
the heauen
of his hoii.
nesse.
t Hebr. by
the strength
of the salua-
tion of his
right hand.
t Hebr. set
him to be
t Hebr. glad-
ded him
with ioy.
A prophecie
Pfalmes.
of Chrift.
lOr, Oou
Otatttet
themasa
butte.
^HeiL shoul-
der.
tor.eu
tanio/Oie
mommg.
• Mat. 87.
46.
Marc. IS.
34.
IHeb./rom
my »aiua-
non.
t Heb. there
is no silence
tome.
• Mat. 27.
39.
t Heb. open,
* Mat. 27.
43.
t Heb. hee
rolled h\in.
selfe on the
Lord.
I Or, if he
delight in
him.
I Or, keptst
me in safety.
t Ha. not
a helper.
\Heh. ope-
ned Ihetr
mouthesa-
gaintl me.
thee : they imagined a mischieuous de-
juice, wAicA they are notable to per^rwe.
12 Therefore ||shalt thou make them
tume their t back, when thou shalt make
ready thine arrnces vpon thy strings, a-
gainst the face of them.
13 Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine
owne strength : so will wee sing , aud
praise thy power.
PSAL. XXII.
1 Dauid coraplaineth in great discouragement.
9 Hee prayeth in great distresse. 23 Hee
praisetn God.
IT To the chiefe Musician vpon ||Aije-
leth Shahar. A Psalme
of Dauid.
Y God , my God , * why
hast thou forsaken mee.'
why art thou so far tfrom
helping me, andjrom the
words of my roaring .'
2 O my God, I crie
in the day time, but thou hearest not ;
and in the night season, and t am not
silent.
3 But thou art holy, 0 thou that in-
habitest the praises of Israel !
4 Our fathers trusted in thee : they
trusted, and thou didst deliuer them.
5 They cryed vnto thee, and were
deliuered : they trusted in thee, and were
not confounded.
6 But I avi a worme, and no man ;
a reproach of men , and despised of the
people.
7 * All they that see me, laugh me to
scorne : they tshoote out the lippe, they
shake the head, saying,
8 *t He trusted on the Lord, that
he would deliuer him : let him deliuer
him, II seeing he delighted in him.
9 But thou art hee that tooke mee
out of the wombe ; thou || didst make
me hope, when I was vpon my mothers
breasts.
10 I was cast vpon thee from the
wombe : thou art my God from my mo
thers belly.
11 Be not farre from me, for trouble
is neere ; for there is tnone to helpe.
12 Many bulles haue compassed
me : strong bulles of Bashan haue beset
me round.
13 They t gaped vpon me with their
mouthcs, a^ a rauening and a roaring
Lyon.
I 14 I am powred out like water,
and all my bones are ||out of ioynt : my
heart is like waxe , it is melted in the
middest of my bowels.
15 My strength is dried vp like a pot-
sheard : and my tongue cleaueth to my
iawes ; and thou hast brought me into
the dust of death.
16 For dogges haue compassed me :
the assembly of the wicked haue inclo-
sed me: *they pierced myhands and my
feete.
17 I may tell all my bones : they
looke and stare vpon me.
18 They part my garments among
them, and cast lots vpon my vesture,
19 But be not thou farre from mee,
O Lord; O my strength , hast thee
to helpe me.
20 Deliuer my soule from the sword :
t my darling t from the power of the
dogge.
21 Saue me from the lyons mouth
for thou hast heard me from the homes
of the vnicomes.
22 * I will declare thy name vnto
my brethren : in the midst of the congre-
gation will I praise thee.
23 Yee that feare the Lord, praise
him ; all yee the seede of lacob glorifie
him, and feare him all yee the seede of
Israel.
24 For he hath not despised, nor ab-
horred the affliction of the afflicted; nei-
ther hath he hid his face from him , but
when he cried vnto him, he heard.
25 My praise shalbe of thee , in the
great congregation : I will pay my
vowes, before them that feare him.
26 The meeke shall eate and be sa-
tisfied : they shall praise the Lord that
seeke him ; your heart shall liue for
euer.
27 * All the ends of the world shall
remember, and tume vnto the Lord :
and all the kinreds of the nations shall
worship before thee.
28 For the kingdome is the Lords :
and he is the gouernour among the na-
tions.
29 All they that be fat vpon earth
shall eate and worship : all they that goe
downe to the dust shall bow before him,
and none can keepe aliue his owne
soule.
30 A seed shall serue him ; it shalbe ac-
counted to the Lord for a generation.
31 They shall come, and shall declare
his righteousnes vnto a people that
shalbe borne, that he hath done this.
PSAL.
I Or, hun-
dred.
• Mat. 27.
3S. Mar. 15,
34. Luc. 23.
33. loh. 19.
23. & 37.
t Heb. my
only one.
t Heb. from
the hand.
" Luc. 23.
34. lohn.
19. 24. Heb.
2. 12.
" Psal. 2. 8.
&72. II.
and 86. 9.
1
Gods goodneffe.
Pfalmes.
Feare rewarded.
Psal. 3. 6.
& 118. 6.
t Heb. ma-
kestfat.
t Heb. to
length of
dayes.
. 10.
Deut.
14.
lob. 41. 2.
psal. 5U. 12.
Cor. 10.
36. &. 28.
• lob. 38. 0.
rll. 104. 5.
136. 6.
•Psal. 15,1.
Esa. 33.
15, 16.
t Heb. the
cleane of
handes.
0r,O
Goi of la-
cob.
PSAL. XXIII.
Dauids confidence in Gods grace.
IT A Psalme of Dauid.
He Lord is *my shep-
hcard, I shall not want.
2 He maketh me to lie
downe in t greene pa-
stures: he leadeth mee be-
side the t still waters.
3 He restoreth my soule : he leadeth
me in the pathes of righteousnes , for
his names sake.
4 Yea though I walke through the
valley of the shadowe of death, * I will
feare no euill : for thou art with me, thy
rod and thy staffe, they comfort me.
5 Thou preparest a table before me,
in the presence of mine enemies : thou
tanointest my head with oyle, my cuppe
runneth ouer.
6 Surely goodnes and mercie shall
followe me all the daies of my life : and
I will dwell in the house of the Lord
tfor euer.
PSAL. XXIIIL
1 Gods Lordship in the world. 3 The citizens
of his spirituall kingdome. 7 An exhorta-
tion to receiue him.
1[ A Psalme of Dauid.
*He earth is the Loeds,
and the fulnesse thereof;
the world, and they that
dwell therein.
2 * For he hath foun
ded it vpon the seas, and established it
vpon the floods.
3 * Who shall ascend into the hill of
the Lord ? and who shall stand in his
holy place ?
4 *tHe that hath cleane hands, and
a pure heart ; who hath not lift vp his
soule vnto vanitie , nor sworne deceit-
fully.
5 Hee shall receiue the blessing from
the Lord, and righteousnesse from
the God of his saluation.
6 This is the generation of them
that seeke him : that seeke thy face, ||0
lacob. Selah.
7 Lift vp your heads, O yee gates,
and be ye lift vp ye euerlasting doores ;
and the King of glory shall come in.
8 Who is this king of glory ? the
Lord strong & mightie, the Lord
mighty in battell.
9 Lift vp your heads, O ye gates,
euen lift them vp, ye euerlasting doores;
and the king of glory shall come in
10 Who is tliis king of glory ? the
Lord of hostes, he is the king of glory.
Selah.
PSAL. XXV.
1 Dauids confidence in prayer. 7 Hee pray-
eth for remission of sinnes, 16 and for
helpe in affliction.
% A Psalme of Dauid.
Nto thee, O Lord, doe
I lift vp my soule.
2 O my God, I * trust
in thee, let me not be asha-
med : let not mine enemies
triumph ouer me.
3 * Yea let none that waite on thee, be
ashamed : let them bee ashamed which
transgresse without cause.
4 * Shewe mee thy wayes , O
Lord : teach me thy pathes.
5 Lead me in thy trueth, and teach
me : for thou art the God of my saluati-
on, on thee doe I waite all the day.
6 * Remember, O Lord, t thy
tender mercies , and thy louing kind-
nesses: for they haue beene euer of old.
7 Remember not the sinnes of my
youth, nor my transgressions : according
to thy mercie remember thou me , for
thy goodnesse sake, O Lord.
8 Good and vpright is the Lord
therefore will hee teach sinners in the
way.
9 The meeke will he guide in iudge-
ment : and the meeke will he teach his
way.
10 All the pathes of the Lord are
mercy and truth : vnto such as keepe his
couenant, and his testimonies.
11 For thy names sake, O Lord,
pardon mine iniquitie : for it is great.
12 What man is he that feareth the
Lord ? him shall he teach in the way
that he shall chuse.
13 His soule tshall dwell at ease: and
his seede shall inherite the earth.
14 *The secret of the Lord is with
them that feare him : ||and he will shew
them his couenant.
15 Mine eyes are euer towards the
Lord : for hee shall tplucke my feete
out of the net.
1 6 Turne thee vnto me , and haue
mercy vpon me : for I am desolate and
afflicted.
17 The troubles of my heart are in-
larged : 0 bring thou me out of my di
stresses.
18 Looke
" Psal. 28. s,
& 31. 2.
&34. 9.
" Esa. 28. 16
ROni. 10. 11
• Psa. 27. 11
& 86. 11.
& 11».
" Psal. 103.
17. &. 106.
1. & 107. 1.
lere. 33. 3.
t Heb. thy
bowels.
t Heb. shall
lodge in
goodnesse.
Pro. 3. 32.
I Or, and his
couenant to
make them
know it.
t Heb. bring
fooTth.
Dauids integritie.
Pfal
nies.
His requeft.
iHeb.hatred
{^violence.
'PaaL7-l0
• PsaL I. 1
t Heb. of the
Tabernacle
<lfthy honor.
f Or, take not
away.
t Heb. men
HfUood.
t Heb. Med
with.
18 Looke vpon mine affliction , aud
my paine, and forgiue all my sinnes.
19 Consider mine enemies : for they
are many, and they hate me with teru-
ell hatred.
20 O keepe my soule and deliuer me :
let me not bee ashamed , for I put my
trust in thee.
21 Let integritie and vprightnesse
preserue me : for I wait on thee.
22 Redeeme Israel, O God, out of
all his troubles.
PSAL. XXVI.
Dauid resorteth vnto Grod, in confidence of
his integritie.
% A Psalme of Dauid.
Vdge me, O Lord, for
I haue walked in mine in-
tegritie : I haue trusted
also in the Lord: therfbre
I shall not slide.
2 •Examine me, O Lord, and
proue me; try my reines and my heart.
3 For thy louing kindnesse is before
mine eyes : and I haue walked in thy
trueth.
4*1 haue not sate with vaine per-
sons , neither will I goe in with dis-
semblers.
5 I haue hated the congregation of
euill doers : and will not sit with the
wicked.
6 I will wash mine hands in inno-
cencie : so will I compasse thine Altar.
0 Lord :
7 That I may publish with the
voyce of thankesgiuing, and tell of all
thy wonderous workes.
8 Lord, I haue loued the habita-
tion of thy house, and the place t where
thine honour dwelleth.
9 II Gather not my soule with sin
ners, nor my life with tbloody men,
10 In whose hands is mischiefe : and
their right hand is tfull of bribes.
11 But as for mee, I will walke in
mine integritie : redeeme me , and bee
mercifull vnto me.
12 My foot standeth in an euen place:
in the congregations will I blesse the
Lohd.
PSAL. XXVIL
1 Dauid gustaineth his faith, by the power of
God, 4 By his loue to the seruice of God
9 By prayer.
IT A Psalme of Dauid.
He Lord is my light,
and my saluation, whome
shal I feare.^ *the Lord
is the strength of my life,
of who shall I be afraid .''
2 When the wicked, euen mine ene-
mies and my foes tcame vpon me to eat
vp my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
3 • Though an host should encampe
against me , my heart shall not feare :
though warre should rise against me, in
this will I be confident.
4 One thing haue I desired of the
Lord, that will I seeke after: that
I may dwel in the house of the Lord,
all the dayes of my life, to behold ||the
beautie of the Lord, and to inquire
in his temple.
5 For in the time of trouble he shall
hide me in his pauilion : in the secret
of his tabernacle shall he hide me, hee
shall set me vp vpon a rocke.
6 And now shall mine head be lifted
vp aboue mine enemies round about
me : therefore will I offer in his taber-
nacle sacrifices tof ioy, I will sing, yea,
I will sing praises vnto the Lord.
7 Heare, O Lord, zvhen I crie
with my voice : haue raercie also vpon
mee, and answere me.
8 II When thmi saidst, Seeke ye my face,
my heart said vnto thee , Thy face.
Lord, will I seeke.
9 Hide not thy face farre fro me, put
not thy seruant away in anger : thou
hast bin my helpe, leaue me not, neither
forsake me, O God of my saluation.
10 When my father and my mother
forsake me, then the Lord twill take
me vp.
11 * Teach me thy way, O Lord,
and leade me in a tplaine path, because
of mine t enemies.
12 Deliuer me not ouer vnto the will
of mine enemies : for false witnesses are
risen vp against me, and such as breath
out cruel tie.
13 Iluidjainted, vnlesse I had beleeued
to see the goodnesse of the Lord in
the land of the lining.
14 *Wait on the Lord: be of good
courage, and he shall strengthen thine
heart : wait, I say, on the Lord.
PSAL. XXVIII.
1 Dauid prayeth earnestly against his enemies.
6 He blesseth God. 9 Hee prayeth for the
people.
IT A Psalme
• Psal. 118.
6. mica. 7. 8
, t Heh. ap.
proacheda-
eaiiist me.
Psal 3. 6.
II Or, the
delight.
t Heb. of
shouting.
P Or, my
heart said
vnto tliee, let
myfaceseeke
thy face, ^c,
t Heb. wiU
gather me.
• PsaL 23. 4.
and 86. 1 1
and 119.
t Heb. a way
ofplainnesse.
t Heb. those
which ob-
serve me.
•Psa. 31.35
isa. 25. g.
hab. 2. 3.
Gods
power,
Pfal
mes.
and goodneffe.
A Psalme of Dauid.
Nto thee will I cry .
O
I0r,towards
the Oracle
of thy San-
ctuary,
•Psal. 12.3.
lere 9. 8.
1 Or, his
strength,
t Hebr.
strength of
saluatio7is.
I Or, rule.
t Hebr. yee
sonnes of the
mighty.
t Hebr. the
honour of
his name.
H Or, in his
gtoriortsSan-
ctitary.
I Or, great
waters.
t Hebr. in
power.
t Hebr. in
Maiestie.
C Lord, my rocke, I
I silent to mee : *lest if thou
be silent t to me, I become
^ like them that goe downe
into the pit.
2 Heare the voyce of my supplicati-
ons, when I cry vnto thee : when I
lift vp my handes || toward thy holy
Oracle.
Draw me not away with the wic-
ked, and with the workers of iniquitie :
* which speake peace to their neighbors,
but mischiefe is in their hearts.
4 Giue them according to their
deedes, and according to the wickednes
of their endeuours : giue them after the
worke of their handes, render to them
their desert.
5 Because they regard not the
workes of the Lo n d , nor the opera-
tion of his hands, he shal destroy them,
and not build them vp.
6 Blessed be the Lord, because he
hath heard the voyce of my supplica-
tions.
7 The Lord is my strength, and
my shield, my heart trusted in him, and
I am helped: therefore my heart great-
ly reioyceth , and with my song will I
praise him.
8 The Lord is || their strength,
and hee is the tsauing strength of his
Ano'nted.
9 Saue thy people , and blesse thine
inheritance, ||feede them also, and lift
them vp for euer.
PSAL. XXIX.
1 Dauid exhorteth Princes to giue glory to
God, 3 by reason of his power, 1 1 and pro-
tection of his people.
H A Psalme of Dauid.
lue vnto the Lord
(O tye mighty) giue vnto
the Lord glory and
strength.
2 Giue vnto the Lord
tthe glory due vnto his Name; wor-
ship the Lord ||in the beau tie of ho-
linesse.
3 The voice of the Lord is vpon
the waters : the God of glory thun-
dreth, the Lord is vpon ||many wa-
ters.
4 The voice of the Lord is tpow-
erfull ; the voyce of the Lord is tfuU
of Maiestie.
5 The voyce of the Lord brea-
keth the Cedars : yea, the Lord brea-
keth the Cedars of Lebanon.
6 He maketh them also to skip like a
calfe : Lebanon , and * Sirion like a
yong Vnicorne.
7 The voyce of the Lord tdiui-
deth the flames of fire.
8 The voyce of the Lord || sha-
keth the wildernes : the Lord sha-
keth the wildernesse of Kadesh.
9 The voice of the Lord maketh
the hindes to calue, and discouereth the
forrests : and in his Temple doeth ||eue-
ry one speake of his glory.
10 The Lord sitteth vpon the
flood : yea the Lord sitteth King for
euer.
11 The Lord will giue strength
vnto his people ; the Lord wil blesse
his people with peace.
PSAL. XXX.
1 Dauid prayseth God for his deliuerance. 4
Heexhorteth others to praise him by example
of Gods dealing with him.
IT A Psalme, at^d song at the dedica-
tion of the house of Dauid.
Wil extol thee, O Lord,
for thou hast lifted me vp;
and hast not made my
foes to reioyce ouer me.
2 O Lord my God,
I cried vnto thee , and thou hast hea-
led me.
3 O Lord, thou hast brought vp
my soule from the graue : thou hast kept
me aliue, that I should not goe downe
to the pit.
4 Sing vnto the Lord, (O yee
Saints of his) and giue thanks ||at the
remembrance of his holinesse.
5 For this anger endurcth but a mo-
ment; in his fauour is life : weeping may
enduretfor a night, but Yioy commeth in
the morning.
6 And in my t prosperitie I said, I
shall neuer be mooued.
7 Lord, by thy fauour thou hast
tmade my mountaine to stand strong:
Thou didst hide thy face, and I was
troubled.
8 I cried to thee, O Lord : and
vnto the Lord I made supplication.
9 What profit is there in my blood,
when I goe downe to the pit.' * Shall
the dust praise thee.'' shall it declare thy
trueth ?
10 Heare, O Lord, and haue mer-
cie
• Deut. 3.
9.
+ Hebr. cut-
teth out.
Or, to be in
paine.
Or,euery
tchitofitvt-
tereth ^c.
I Or, to the
memoriall.
t Heb. there
is but a mo-
ment in his
anger.
t Hebr. in
the euening.
t Hebr. sin-
ging.
t Hebr. set-
led strength
formymoun-
taine.
* Psal. G. 6.
and8«. II.
and 115.
17.
A prayer of
Pfal
mes.
the faithfull.
I That is,
my tongue,
ormy totile.
• Psal. 82.
. Eta. 49.
t J?«*. to me
/brarocke
(^strength.
* Luc. 23.
40.
cie vpon me : Lord be thou my hel-
per.
11 Thou hast turned for mee my
mourning into dauncing : thou hast put
off' my sackeclotn, and girded mee witli
gladnesse :
12 To the end that \\mi/ glory may
sing prayse to thee, and not be silent : O
LoKD my God, I will giue thankes
vnto thee for euer.
PSAL. XXXL
Dauid shewing his coniidence in Grod, era-
ueth his helpe. 7 He reioyceth in his mercy
9 He prayetn in his calamitie. 19 He pray-
seth God for his goodnesse.
IT To the chiefe Musician, A
Psalme of Dauid.
*N thee, O Lord, doe
I put my trust, let me ne-
uer be ashamed : deliuer
I me in thy righteousnesse.
2 Bowe downe thine
eare to me, deliuer me speedily : be thou
t my strong rocke , for an house of de-
fence to saue me.
3 For thou art my rocke and my for
tresse : therfore for thy names sake lead
me, and guide me.
4 Pull me out of the net , that they
haue layd priuily for me : for thou art my
strength.
5 *Into thine hand I commit my
spirit : thou hast redeemed mee , O
Lord God of trueth.
6 I haue hated them that regard
lying vanities : but I trust in the
Lord.
7 I will be glad, and reioyce in thy
mercie : for thou hast considered my
trouble ; thou hast knowen my soule in
aduersities ;
8 And hast not shut me vp into the
hand of the enemie : thou hast set my
feete in a large roome.
9 Haue mercy vpon me, O Lord,
for I am in trouble ; mine eie is consu-
med with griefe, i/ea my soule and my
belly.
10 For my life is spent with griefe,
and my yeeres with sighing : my
strength faileth, because of mine iniqui-
tie, and my bones are consumed.
11 I was a reproch among all mine
enemies , but especially among my
neighbours, and a feare to mine ac-
quaintance : they that did see me with
out, fled from me.
12 I am forgotten as a dead man
out of minde : I am like ta broken
vessell.
13 For I haue heard the slaunder of
many, feare was on euery side : while
they tooke counsell together against
me, they deuised to take away my life.
14 But I trusted in thee, O Lord
I sayd. Thou art my God.
15 My times are in thy hand : deliuer
me from the hand of mine enemies,
and from them that persecute me.
16 Make thy face to shine vpon thy
seruant : saue me for thy mercies sake.
17 Let mee not be ashamed , O
Lord, for I haue called vpon thee:
let thewicked be ashamed, and ||let them
be silent in the graue.
18 Let the lying lippes be put to si-
lence : which speake tgrieuous things
proudly and contemptuously against
the righteous.
19 *0 how great is thy goodnesse,
which thou hast layd vp for them that
feare thee : wftich thou hast wrought for
them that trust in thee , before the
sonnes of men !
20 Thou shalt hide them in the se-
cret of thy presence , from the pride of
man : thou shalt keepe them secretly in
a pauilion, from the strife of tongues.
21 Blessed be the Lord; for hee
hath shewed me his maruellous kind
nesse, in a || strong citie.
22 For I sayd in my haste, I am cut
off from before thine eies : Neuerthe
lesse thou heardest the voice of my sup-
plications, when I cryed vnto thee
23 O loue the Lord, all yee his
Saints :^r the Lord preserueth the
faithful], and plentifully rewardeth the
proud doer.
24 * Be of good courage , and hee
shall strengthen your heart : all ye that
hope in the Lord.
PSAL. XXXIL
1 Blessednesseconsistethinremission of sinnes.
3 Confession of sinnes giueth ease to the
conscience. 8 Gods promises hring ioy.
A Psalme of Dauid, Maschil.
Lessed is he wliose* txaxis
gression is forgiuen, whose
sinne is couered.
2 Blessed is the man vn-
to whom the Lord
imputeth not iniquitie : and in whose
spirit there is no guile.
3 When
t Heb. a ves^
sell that pe-
risheth.
Or, let
them be cut
off for the
grmte.
^ Hehahard
thing.
Esa. 64.
1. Cor.
».
I Or,fensed
city.
• Psal. 27.
14.
IOr,apsaInie
qf Dauid
giuing in-
struction.
* Rom. 4. ?•
Dauids confefsion.
Pfal
mes.
Gods prouidence.
• Prou. 28.
13.
Ksa. 95. 24.
I. loh. 1. 9.
t Heb. in a
time of fin-
ding.
' Psal. 9. 10.
t Heb. I wUl
counsel thee,
mine eye
shall be t>p.
071 thee.
• Pro. 2fi. 3.
•Psal. 119.
64.
I Or, mercy.
•Gen. 1.6.
&7.
3 When I kept silence, my bones
waxed old ; through my roaring all the
day long.
4 For day and night thy hand was
heauy vpon me : my moisture is turned
into the drought of summer. Selah.
5 I acknowledged my sin vnto thee,
and mine iniquitie haue I not hid : * I
said, I will confesse my transgressions
vnto the Lord; and thou forgauest
the iniquitie of my sinne. Selah.
6 For this shall euery one that is
godly pray vnto thee, tin a time when
thou mayest bee found : surely in the
floods of great waters , they shall not
come nigh vnto him.
7 * Thou art my hiding place , thou
shalt preserue mee from trouble : thou
shalt compasse me about with songs of
deliuerance. Selah.
8 I will instruct thee, and teach thee
in the way which thou shalt goe : 1 1
will guide thee with mine eye.
9 * Be yee not as the horse, or as the
mule which haue no vnderstanding
whose mouth must be held in with bit
and bridle , least they come neere vnto
thee.
10 Many sorrowes shall be to the wic-
ked : but lie that trusteth in the Lord,
mercy shall compasse him about.
11 Be glad in the Lord, and re-
ioyce yee righteous : and shout for ioy
all ye that are vpright in heart.
PSAL. XXXIIL
1 God is to be praysed for his goodnesse, 6
for his power, 12 and for his prouidence. 20
Confidence is to be placed in God.
Eioyce in the Lord, O
yee righteous :_^rprayse is
comely for the vpright.
2 Praise the Lord
with harp : sing vnto him
with the Psalterie, and an instrument of
ten strings.
3 Sing vnto him a new song ; play
skilfully with a loud noise.
4 For the word of the Lord is
right : and all his workes are cUme in
trueth.
5 * Hee loueth righteousnesse and
iudgement : the earth is ful of the || good-
nesse of the Lord.
6 *By the word of the Lord
were the heauens made : and all the
host of them , by the breath of his
mouth.
7 He gathereth the waters of the
sea together, as an heape : lie layeth vp
the depth in storehouses.
8 Let all the earth feare the Lord
let all the inhabitants of the world
stand in awe of him.
9 For he spake, and it was done : he
commanded, and it stood fast.
10 * The Lord t bringeth the coun-
sell of the heathen to nought : he ma-
keth the deuices of the people, of none
effect.
11 * The counsaile of the Lord
standeth for euer , the thoughts of his
heart t to all generations.
12 * Blessed is the nation, whose
God is the Lord : and the people,
whom he hath chosen for his owne inhe-
ritance.
13 The Lord looketh from hea-
uen : he beholdeth all the sonnes of men.
14 From the place of his habitation,
he looketh vpon all the inhabitants of
the earth.
15 He fashioneth their hearts alike :
he considereth all their workes.
16 There is no king saued by the mul
titude of an hoste : a mightie man is not
deliuered by much strength.
17 An horse is a vaine thing for safe-
tie : neither shall he debuer any by his
great strength.
18 * Behold, the eye of the Lord
is vpon them that feare him : vpon them
that hope in his mercy :
19 To deliuer their soule from death,
and to keepe them aliue in famine.
20 Our soule waiteth for the Lord
he is our helpe, and our shield.
21 For our heart shall reioyce in him :
because we haue trusted in his holy
name.
22 Let thy mercy (O Lord) be
vpon vs : according as we hope in thee.
PSAL. XXXIIIL
1 Dauid prayseth God, and exhorteth other
thereto by his experience. 8 They are blessed
that trust in God. 11 He exhorteth to the feare
of God. 15 The Priuiledges of the righteous.
H A Psalme of Dauid, when he changed
his behauiour before || Abimelech
who droue him away & he departed
Will blesse the Lord at
all times : his prayse shaU
continually bee in my
mouth.
2 My soule shall make
her boast in the Lord : the humble
4 E shall
• Ksa. 19. 3.
t Heb. ma-
kethfru-
ttrate.
"Prou. 19.
21.
Ksa. 46. 10.
t Heb. to gC'
nerationand
generation.
• Psal. 6S. 4
& 144. IS.
* lob. 36. 7.
& 34. 14.
1. Pet. 3. 12.
Or, Achiah,
1. Sam. 21
11.
To fee good dayes.
Pfal
mes.
Dauids complaint,
lOr, /A<*
Jlowed^fnto
him.
• Pet. 3. 10,
" lob. 36. 7.
psaL 33. 18.
1. Pet. 3.12,
t Heb. to the
broken of
heart.
i Heb. con-
Irileo/tpirit.
lOr.thalbe
gvilty.
shall heare tliereqf, and be glad.
3 O magnifie the Lord with me,
and let vs exalt his name together.
4 I sought the Lord, and hee
heard me ; and deliuered mee from all
my feares.
5 II They looked vnto him, and were
lightned : and their faces were not
ashamed.
6 This poore man cried , and the
Lord heard him ; and saued him out
of all his troubles.
7 The Angel of the Lord en-
campeth round about them that feare
him, and deliuereth them.
8 O taste and see that the Lord
is good : blessed is the man tfiat trusteth
in him.
9 O feare the Lord yee his
Saints : for there is no want to them that
feare him.
10 The young lyons doe lacke , and
suffer hunger : but they that seeke the
Lord, shall not want any good
thing.
11 Come yee children, hearken vnto
me : I will teach you the feare of the
Lord.
12 * What man is hee that desireth
life; and loueth wjani/ dayes, thathe may
see good .''
13 Keepe thy tongue from euill, and
thy lippes from speaking guile.
14 Depart from euill, and doe
good : seeke peace and pursue it.
15 * The eies of the Lord are vp-
on the righteous ; and his eares are open
vnto their crie.
16 The face of the Lord is against
them that doe euill ; to cut off the re-
membrance of them from the earth.
17 The righteous crie, and the Lord
heareth ; and deliuereth them out of all
their troubles.
18 The Lord is nigh t vnto them
that arc of a broken heart : and saueth
such as be t of a contrite spirit.
19 Many are the afflictions of the
righteous : but the Lord deliuereth
him out of them all.
20 He keepeth all his bones : not one
of them is broken.
21 Euill shall slay the wicked : and
they that hate the righteous ||shalbe de-
solate.
22 The Lord redeemech the
soule of his seruants : and none of
them that trust in him, shalbe deso
late.
PSAL. XXXV.
1 Dauid prayeth for his owne safety, & his ene-
mies confusion. 1 1 He complaineth of their
wrongful! dealing. 22 Thereby he inciteth
God against them.
II A Psalme of Dauid.
LEAD my cause (O
Lord) with them that
striue with mee : fight a-
gainst them that fight a-
gainst me.
2 Take hold of shield
and buckler , and stand vp for mine
helpe.
3 Draw out also the speare, and stop
the way against them that persecute me:
say vnto my soule, I am thy saluation.
4 * Let them be confounded and
put to shame that seeke after my soule :
let them be turned backe and brought to
confusion, that deuise my hurt.
5 * Let them be as chaffe before the
wind : and let the Angel of the Lord
chase them.
6 Let their way be t darke and slip-
pery, and let the Angel of the Lord
persecute them.
7 For without cause haue they hid
for me their net in a pit, which without
cause they haue digged for my soule.
8 Let destruction come vpon him
t at vnawares, and let his net that hee
hath hid, catch himselfe : into that very
destruction let him fall.
9 And my soule shalbe ioyfuU in the
Lord : it shall reioyce in his salua-
tion.
10 All my bones shall say, Lord,
who is like vnto thee which deliuerest
the poore from him that is too strong
for him, yea the poore and the needy,
from him that spoileth him ?
11 1 False witnesses did rise vp ; tthey
layd to my charge things that I knew
not.
12 They rewarded mee euill for
good, to the t spoiling of my soule.
13 But as for me, when they were
sicke, my clothing was sack-cloth : I
humbled my soule with fasting, and
my prayer returned into mine owne
bosome.
14 I tbehaued my selfe as though
he had bene t my friend, or brother : I
bowed downe heauily , as one that
mourneth Jbr his mother.
15 But in mine t aduersitie they re-
ioyced, and gathered themselues toge-
ther :
• Psal. 40.
15. & 70. 3.
• lob 21. 18,
psal. 1. 4.
Ksa. 29. 6.
Ose. 13. 3.
\ Heb. dark,
nesse and
slipperi-
nesse.
t He. which
he knoweth
not of.
t Heb. wit-
nesses of
wrong.
t Heb. they
asked me.
t Heb. depri-
uing.
Or, afflict.
t Heb. wal-
ked.
t Heb. as a
friend, as a
brother to
me.
t Heb. hal-
ting.
and prayer.
Pfal
mes.
Gods kindnefTe
I
t Heb. my
otiely one,
PsaL 40. 11
and 111. 1.
t Heb-strong
\ Heb.fatsly.
i Heb. ah, ah
our soule.
t Hebr. my
righteuus-
nes.
ther : yea, the abiects gathered them
selues together against me, & I knew it
not, they did teare me, and ceased not,
16 With hypocriticall mockers in
feasts : they gnashed vpon mee with
their teeth.
17 Lord, how long wilt thou looke
on .'' rescue my soule from their destruc-
tions, tmy darling from the lyons.
18 * I will giue thee thankes in the
great congregation : I will praise thee
among t much people.
19 Let not them that are mine ene
mies t wrongfully, reioyce ouer me : nei-
ther let them winke with the eye, that
hate me without a cause.
20 For they speake not peace: but
they deuise deceitfull matters against
them that are quiet in the land. ,'
21 Yea they opened their mouth
wide against me, and saide. Aha, Aha,
our eye hath scene it.
22 This thou hast scene (O Lord)
keepe not silence : O Lord be not farre
from me.
23 Stirre vp thy selfe and awake to
my iudgement , eiwn vnto my cause, my
God and my Lord.
24 ludge me O Lord my God,
according to thy righteousnesse, and let
them not reioyce ouer me.
2.5 Let them not say in their hearts,
t Ah, so would we haue it : let them not
say. We haue swallowed him vp.
26 Let them be ashamed and brought
to confusion together, that reioyce at
mine hurt : let them bee cloathed with
shame and dishonour, that magnifie
themselues against me.
27 Let them shoute for ioy, and bee
glad that fauour t my righteous cause :
yea let them say continually. Let the
Lord bee magnified, which hath
pleasure in the prosperity of his seruant
28 And my tongue shall speake of
thy righteousnesse, and of thy praise all
the day long.
PSAL. XXXVL
1 The grieuous estate of the wicked. 5Theex-
cellencie of Gods mercie. 10 Dauid prayeth
for fauour to Gods children.
1[ To the chiefe musician , A Psalme of
Dauid, the seruant of the Lord.
HE transgression of the
wicked saith within my
heart, that there is no feare
of God before his eyes.
2 For he flatterech him-
selfe in his owne eyes, t vntill his ini-
quitie be found to be hateful).
3 The words of his mouth are ini-
quitie and deceit : he hath left off to bee
wise, and to doe good.
4 Hee deuiseth || mischiefe vpon his
bed, he setteth himselfe in a way that is
not good ; he abhorreth not euill.
5 * Thy mercie (O Lord) is in the
heauens ; and thy faithfulnesse reacheth
vnto the cloudes.
6 Thy righteousnesse is like t the
great mountaines ; thy iudgements are
a great deepe; O Lord, thou preser
uest man and beast.
7 How t excellent is thy louing kind
nesse, O God ! therefore the children of
men put their trust vnder the shadowe
of thy wings.
8 They shall be t abundantly satis-
fied with the fatnesse of thy house : and
thou shalt make them drinke of the ri-
uer of thy pleasures.
9 For with thee is the fountaine of
life : in thy light shall we see light.
10 O t continue thy louing kindnesse
vnto them that know thee ; and thy
righteousnesse to the vpright in heart,
11 Let not the foot of pride come a-
gainst me, and let not the hand of the
wicked remoue me.
12 There are the workers of iniqui-
tie fallen : they are cast downe, and shal
not be able to rise.
PSAL. XXXVIL
Dauid perswadeth to patience and confidence
in God, by the different estate of the godly
and the wicked.
If A Psalme of Dauid.
Ret *not thy selfe because
of euill doers, neither bee
thou enuious against the
workers of iniquitie.
2 For they shall soone
be cut downe like the grasse ; and wi-
ther as the greene herbe.
3 Trust in the Lord, and do good,
so shall thou dwell in the land, and t ve-
rely thou shalt be fed.
4 Delight thy selfe also in the
Lord ; and he shall giue thee the de-
sires of thine heart.
5 t * Commit thy way vnto the
Lord : trust also in him, and he shall
bring it to passe.
6 And he shall bring forth thy righ-
teousnes as the light , and thy iudge-
ment as the noone day.
4 E 2 7 t Rest
^Heb. lofitul
his iniquitie
to hate.
i Or, vanitie
•PsaL 57. 11
and 108. 4.
t Hebr. the
mountaines
ofGod.
t Heb. pre-
cious.
t Heb. wate-
red.
t Heb. draw
out at length
" Prou. 23.
17. & 24. 1.
t Hebr. in
trueth and
stablenesse.
t Heb. roUe
thy way
vpon the
Lord.
• Prou. 10. 3
mat. 6. 25.
1. Pet. 5. 7.
b
The profperitie
Pfalmes.
of the wicked.
iHebr.bt
tilent 10 the
LORD.
•Matt. 5. 5.
I Or, practi
telh.
•Ptal. 2. 4.
iHeb.the
vprighto/
iHebr.ihe
precioumes
(ifLamiei.
lOr.etta-
blUhed.
7 tRest in the Lord, and wait
patiently for liim : fret not thy selfe be-
cause of him who prospereth in his
way, because of the man who bringeth
wicked deuices to passe.
8 Cease from anger, and forsake
wrath : fret not thy selfe in any wise to
doe euill.
9 For euil doers shall be cut off : but
those that waite vpon the Lord,
they shall inherite the earth.
10 For yet a Httle while, and the wie
ked shall not bee : yea, thou shalt dili-
gently consider his place , and it shall
not be.
11 *But the meeke shall inherite the
earth : and shall delight themselues in
the abundance of peace.
12 The wicked || plotteth against the
iust, and gnasheth vpon him with his
teeth.
13 *The Lord shall laugh at
him : for he seeth that his day is com
ming.
14 The wicked haue drawen out the
sword, and haue bent their bow to cast
downe the poore and needy, and to slay
t such as be of vpright conuersation.
15 Their sword shall enter into their
owne heart , and their bowes shall be
broken.
16 A little that a righteous man
hath, is better then the riches of many
wicked.
1 7 For the armes of the wicked shall
be broken : but the Lohd vpholdeth
the righteous.
18 The Lord knoweth the dayes
of the vpright : and their inheritance
shall be for euer.
19 They shall not be ashamed in the
euill time : and in the dayes of famine
they shalbe satisfied.
20 But the wicked shall perish, and
the enemies of the Lord slmll be as
t the fat of lambes : they shall consume:
into smoke shall they consume away.
21 The wicked borroweth, and pay-
eth not againe : but the righteous shew-
eth mercy, and giueth.
22 For such as be blessed of him, shall
inherite the earth : and they that be cur-
sed of him, shalbe cut off.
23 The steps o( a, good man are || or-
dered by the Lord : and he delighteth
in his way.
24 Though hee fall, he shall not be
vtterly cast downe : for the Lord vp-
holdeth him with his hand.
25 I haue bene yong, and now am
old ; yet haue I not scene the righte-
ous forsaken, nor his seede begging
bread.
26 He is t euer mercifuU, and lendeth :
and his seede is blessed.
27 Depart from euill, and doe good ;
and dwell for euermore.
28 For the Lord loueth iudge-
ment , and forsaketh not his Saints,
they are preserued for euer : but the seed
of the wicked shall be cut off.
29 The righteous shall inherite the
land, and dwell therein for euer.
30 The mouth of the righteous spea-
keth wisedome ; and his tongue talketh
of iudgement.
31 The Law of his God is in his
heart : none of his || steps shall slide.
32 The wicked watcheth the righ-
teous, and seeketh to slay him.
33 The Lord will not leaue him
in his hand , nor condemne him when
he is iudged.
34 Wait on the Lord, and keepe
his way, and he shall exalt thee to inhe-
rit the land : when the wicked are cut
off, thou shalt see it.
35 I haue scene the wicked in great
power : and spreading himselfe like
greene bay tree.
36 Yet he passed away , and loe he
was not : yea , I sought him , but hee
could not be found.
37 Marke the perfect man, and be-
hold thevpright : for the end of that man
is peace.
38 But the transgressours shall be
destroyed together : the end of the wic-
ked shalbe cut off.
39 But the saluation of the righte-
ous is of the Lord : he is their strength
in the time of trouble.
40 And the Lord shall helpe them
and deliuer them : he shall deliuer them
from the wicked, and saue them because
they trust in him.
PSAL. XXXVIIL
Dauid mooueth God to take compassion of
his pitifull case.
% A Psalme of Dauid, to bring
to remembrance.
Lord, rebuke me not
in thy wrath : neither cha-
sten me in thy hot displea-
sure.
2 For thine arrowes
sticke
t Hebr. aU
the day.
II Or, goings.
IOr,agreene
tree, that
groweth in
his owne
soyte.
Great afflictions.
Pfal
mes.
Man is vanitie.
iHeb.
or
\Hebr.
wryed.
t Heh. is TMt
with me.
\Heh.str6ke,
I Or, my
neighbours.
I Or, thee do
I wait for.
D Or, an-
swere.
i Heb.for
haulting.
t Heb. being
liuing, are
strong.
t Heb. for
my helpe.
sticke fast in me ; and thy hand presseth
me sore.
3 There is no soundnesse in my flesh,
because of thine anger : neither is there
any trest in my bones , because of my
sinne.
4 For mine iniquities are gone ouer
mine head : as an heauy burden, they
are too heauie for me.
5 My wounds stinke , and are cor-
rupt : because of my foolishnesse.
6 I am t troubled , I am bowed
downe greatly ; I goe mourning all
the day long.
7 For my loynes are filled with a
loathsome disease : and tliei-e w no sound-
nesse in my flesh.
8 I am feeble and sore broken ; I
haue roared by reason of the disquiet-
nesse of my heart.
9 Lord, all my desire is before thee :
and my groning is not hid from thee.
10 My heart panteth , my strength
faileth me : as for the light of mine eies,
it also tis gone from me.
11 My louers and my friends stand a
loofe from my tsore : and ||my kinsmen
stand a farre off.
12 They also that seeke after my life,
lay snaresjfer me: and they that seeke my
hurt, speake mischieuous things , and
imagine deceits all the day long.
13 But I, as a deafe man, heard not;
and / roas as a dumbe man that openeth
not his mouth.
14 Thus I was as a man that hea-
reth not; and in whose mouth are no re-
proofes.
15 For ||in thee, O Lord, doe I
hope : thou wilt ||heare, O Lord my
God.
16 For I said, lieare me, least otherwise
they should reioyce ouer me : when my
foot slippeth, they magnifie themselues
against me.
17 For I am ready tto halt, and my
sorrow is continually before me.
18 For I will declare mine iniquitie ;
I will be sory for my sinne.
19 But mine enemies fare liuely , and
they are strong : and they that hate mee
wrongfully, are multiplied.
20 They also that render euill for
good , are mine aduersaries : because
I follow the thing that good is.
21 Forsake me not, O Lokd : O
my God, be not farre from me.
22 Make haste tto helpe mee, O
Lord my saluation.
PSAL. XXXIX.
Dauids care of his thoughts, 4 the conside-
ration of the breuity and vanitie of life, 7
the reuerence of Gods iudgements, 10 and
prayer, are his bridles of impatiencie.
IT To the chiefe Musician, euen to • le-
duthun, A Psalme of Dauid.
Sayd , I will take heede
to my waies, that I sinne
not with my tongue : I
will keepe t my mouth
with a bridle, while the
wicked is before me.
2 I was dumbe with silence , I
held my peace, euen from good, and my
sorrow was t stirred.
3 My heart was hot within mee,
while I was musing the fire burned :
then spake I with my tongue.
4 Lord, make me to know mine
end, and the measure of my dayes, what
it is : that I may know ||how fraile I
am.
5 Behold, thou hast made my dayes
as an hand breadth , and mine age is as
nothing before thee : verily euery man
tat his best state is altogether * vanitie.
Selah.
6 Surely euery man walketh in
ta vaine shew : surely they are disquie-
ted in vaine : he heapeth vp riches , and
knoweth not who shall gather theih.
7 And now Lord , what wait I
for ? my hope is in thee.
8 Deliuer me from all my transgres-
sions : make mee not the reproch of the
foolish.
9 I was dumbe, I opened not my
mouth ; because thou diddest it.
10 Remooue thy stroke away from
mee : I am consumed by the tblowe
of thine hand.
11 When thou with rebukes doest
correct man for iniquitie, thou makest
t his beautie to consume away like a
moth : surely euery man is vanitie.
Selah.
12 Heare my prayer, O Lord,
and giue eare vnto my crie , hold not
thy peace at my teares : *for I am
a straunger with thee , a7id a soiour-
ner, as all my fathers zvere.
13 O spare me, that I may recouer
strength : before I goe hence, and be no
more.
" 1. Chron.
2i. 1.
t Heb. a bri-
dle, or mou-
sell/or my
mouth.
t Heb. trou-
bled.
Or, what
time I haue
here.
t Hehsetled.
* Psal.62.9.
& 144. 4.
t Hebr.
image.
PSAL. XL.
1 The benefite of confidence in God.
6 Obe-
dience
t Heb. con-
flict.
t Heb. that
which is to
be desired in
him, to melt
away.
Leuit. SA.
23.
1. Chron.
29. 15.
Psal. 119.19.
Heb. 11. 13.
1. Pet. 2. 11.
Sacrifice refufed.
Pfalmes.
Of flatterers.
i Heb^in trai-
ling I wai-
Ud.
t H<*. apit
of noise.
dience is the best sacrifice. 1 1 The sence of
Dauids euik inflameth his prayer.
f To tlie chiefe Musician , A Psalme of
Dauid.
t Waited patiently for the
Lord, and he inclined
vnto me , and heard my
I Or, none
canorder
IhemvnU)
thee.
"P««l.»l.
16. Esa. 1.
11.&66.
3. Hoe. 6.
6. Heb. 10.
5. Mat 12. 7
t Heb. dig.
ged.
^ Heb. in the
midttqfmy
boweU.
t Heb. for-
taketh.
•P«a.34.
S. & 70. 3.
2 He brought me vp
also out of tan horrible pit, out of the
mirie clay, and set my feete vpon a rock,
and established my goings.
3 And he hath put a new song in my
moutli, euen praise vnto our God : many
shall see it , and feare, and shall trust in
the Loud.
4 Blessed is that man that maketh
the Lord his truste : and respecteth
not the proud, nor such as turne aside to
lies.
5 Many, O Lord my God; are
thy wonderfuU workes wlvich thou
hast done, and thy thoughts, which are
to vs ward : ||they cannot be reckoned
vp in order vnto thee : if I would de-
clare and speake of them, they are moe
then can be numbred.
6 • Sacrifice and offering thou didst
not desire , mine eares hast thou t ope-
ned : burnt offering and sinne-offering
hast thou not required.
7 Then sayd I , Loe , I come : in
the volume of the booke it is written of
me:
8 I delight to doe thy will , O my
God : yea thy lawe is t within my heart.
9 I haue preached righteousnesse in
the great congregation : loe , I haue
not refrained my lippes, O Lord,
thou knowest.
10 I haue not hid thy righteousnesse
within my heart, I haue declared thy
faithfulnesse and thy saluation : I haue
not concealed thy louing kindnesse, and
thy truth , from the great congrega-
tion.
11 With-hold not thou thy tender
mercies from me , () Lord: let thy
louing kindnesse, and thy trueth conti-
nually preserue me.
12 For innumerable euils haue com-
passed me about , mine iniquities haue
taken hold vpon me , so that I am not
able to looke vp : they are moe then the
haires of mine head, therefore my heart
tfaileth me.
13 Be pleased, O Lord, to deliuer
me : O Lord, make haste to helpe me
14 *Let them be ashamed and con-
founded together , that seeke after my
soule to destroy it : let them be driuen
backward, and put to shame, that wish
me euill.
15 Let them be desolate, for a reward
of their shame, that say vnto me. Aha,
aha !
16 Let all those that seeke thee , re-
ioyce and bee glad in thee : let such as
loue thy saluation, say continually, The
Lord be magnified.
17 But I am poore and needy, yet
the Lord thinketh vpon me : thou art
my helpe and my deliuerer , make no
tarrying, O my God.
PSAL. XLL
1 Gods care of the poore. 4 Dauid complai-
neth of his enemies trecherie. 10 He flyeth
to God for succour.
f To the chiefe Musician. A Psalme
of Dauid.
Lessed is he that conside-
reth II the poore ; the
Lord will deliuer him
tin time of trouble.
2 The Lord will
preserue him , and keepe
him aliue, and he shall be blessed vpon
the earth; and ||thou wilt not deliuer
him vnto the will of his enemies.
3 The Lord will strengthen
him vpon the bed of languishing : thou
wilt tmake all his bed in his sicknesse.
4 I sayd. Lord be mercifull vn
to me, heale my soule, for I haue sinned
against thee.
5 Mine enemies speake euill of me:
when shall hee die , and his name pe-
rish .^
6 And if hee come to see me, he spea-
keth vanity : his heart gathereth ini-
quitie to it selfe, when he goeth abroad,
he telleth it.
7 All that hate me , whisper toge
ther against me; against me doe they de-
uise tmy hurt.
8 t An euill disease, say they, cleaueth
fast vnto him ; and now that he lyeth, he
shall rise vp no more.
9 * Yea t mine owne familiar friend
in whom I trusted, which did eate of my
bread, hath tlift vp his heele against
me.
10 But thou, O Lord, be merci-
full vnto mee , and raise me vp that I
may requite them.
11 By this I know that thou fauou-
rest
Or, the
weake, or
sicke.
t Heb. in the
day of euill.
Or, doe not
thou deliuer.
i Heb. turne.
t Heb. euill
to me.
t Heb. a
thing of Be-
lial.
' loh. 13. 18
t Heb. the
man of my
peace.
t Heb. mag-
nifled.
.Or, a
Psalme yi-
uing instru-
ction oftlie
sonnes, ^c.
t Hebr.bray-
eth.
■ PsaL 80. 5.
Dauids hope
Pfal
mes.
in trouble.
t Hebr. bow-
ed downe*
Or,giite
thankes,
I Or, his pre-
sence is sal-
uation.
Or, the
tittle hill.
Or, killing.
rest me : because mine enemie doeth not
triumph ouer me.
12 And as for me, thou vpholdest me
in mine integritie; and settest me before
thy face for euer. |
13 Blessed bee the Lord God of
Israel, from euerlasting, and to euer-
lasting. Amen, and Amen.
PSAL. XLIL
1 Dauids zeale to seme God in the Temple.
5 He incourageth his soule to trust in God.
II To the chiefe Musician, ||Maschil,
for the sonnes of Korah.
S the Hart tpanteth after
the water brookes, so pan-
teth my soule after thee,
O God.
2 My soule thirsteth
for God, for the lining God : when shall
I come and appeare before God ?
3 *My teares haue bene my meate
day and night ; while they continually
say vnto me, Where is thy God .''
4 When I remember these things,
I powre out my soule in mee ; for I
had gone with the multitude , I went
with them to the house of God ; with
the voyce of ioy and praise, with a mul-
titude that kept holy day.
5 Why art thou feast downe, O my
soule, and w/«?/ art thou disquieted in me.-"
hope thou in God, for I shall yet || praise
him WJvr the helpe of his countenance.
6 O my God, my soule is cast downe
within me : therefore will I remember
thee from the land of lordane , and of
the Hermonites, from the ||hill Missar.
7 Deepe calleth vnto deepe at the
noyse of thy water -spouts : all thy
waues , and thy billowes are gone o-
uer me.
8 Vet the Lord will command
his louing kindnes in the day time, and|
in the night his song shalbe with me, a7id
my prayer vnto the God of my life.
9 I will say vnto God , My rocke,
why hast thou forgotten me.'' why goe
I mourning , because of the oppression
of the enemy .''
10 As with a || sword in my bones,]
mine enemies reproch mee : while they
say dayly vnto me. Where is thy God.-*
11 Why art thou cast downe, O my
soule .'' and why art thou disquieted
within me .'' hope thou in God , for I
shall yet praise him , wJio is the health of
my countenance, and my God.
PSAL. XLIIL
1 Dauid praying to be restored to the Temple,
promiseth to serue God ioyfully. S He en-
courageth his soule to trust in God.
Vdge mee, O God, and
plead my cause against an
vngodly nation ; O deli-
uer me tfrom the deceit-
full and vniust man.
2 1' or thou art the God of my strength,
why doest thou cast me off? why goe I
mourning because of the oppression of
the enemy ?
3 O send out thy hght & thy trueth ;
let them leade mee, let them bring mee
vnto thy holy hill , and to thy Taber-
nacles.
4 Then will I goe vnto the Altar
of God, vnto God tmy exceeding ioy:
yea vpon the harpe will I praise thee,
0 God, my God.
5 Why art thou cast downe , O my
soule ? and why art thou disquieted
within me.'' hope in God, for I shall yet
praise him , w/io m the health of my * coun-
tenance, and my God.
PSAL. XLIIIL
1 The Church , in memory of former fauours,
7 complaineth of their present euils. 17
Professing her integritie, 24 She feruently
prayeth for succour.
H To the chiefe Musician for the
sonnes of Korah.
Ee haue heard with our
eares, O God, our fathers
haue told vs , w/mt worke
thou didst in their dayes,
_ in the times of old.
2 How thou didst driue out the hea-
then with thy hand, & plantedst them ;
howthou didst aflBict the people, and cast
them out.
3 For they got not the land in posses-
sion by their owne sword , neither did
their owne arme saue them : but thy
right hand , and thine arme , and the
light of thy countenance, because thou
hadst a fauour vnto them.
4 Thou art my King , O God :
command deliuerances for Jacob.
5 Through thee will wee push
downe our enemies : through thy
Name will wee tread them vnder that
rise vp against vs.
6 For I will not trust in my bow,
neither shall my sword saue me.
7 But
t Hebr. the
gladnesse qf
my ioy.
* Psal. 42.6.
aud 12.
I Or, vnmer-
cifull.
^ Hebr. from
a vuin (iftte-
ceit, ami ini.
qrtitie.
Prayer in trouble.
Pfalmes.
Chrifts kingdome.
i Hebr.at
shfepeqf
meate.
i Hei.teith.
out riches.
PsaL 79. 4
• lere. 84. 9.
I Or,g(nngt
■ Rmn. 8. 36
t Jleb. a help
forvt.
7 But thou hast saued vs from our
enemies , and hast put them to shame
that hated vs.
8 In God we boast all the day long :
and praise thy Name for euer. Selah.
9 But thou hast cast off and put vs
to shame ; and goest not forth with our
armies.
10 Thou makest vs to turne backe
from the enemie : and they which hate
vs, spoile for themselues.
11 Thou hast giuen vs like tsheepe
appointed for meate : and hast scattered
vs among the heathen.
12 Thou sellest thy people t for
nought, and doest not increase thy wealth
by their price.
13 *Thou makest vs a reproch to our
neighbours, a scome and a derision to
them that are round about vs.
14 "Thou makest vs a by- word a-
mong the heathen : a shaking of the
head among tlie people.
15 My confusion is continually before
me, and the shame of my face hath co-
uered me.
16 For the voice of him that reproa-
cheth , and blasphemeth : by reason of
the enemie and auenger.
17 All this is come vpon vs; yet
haue wee not forgotten thee, neither
haue we dealt falsly in thy couenant.
18 Our heart is not turned backe:
neither haue our || steps declined from
thy way,
19 Though thou hast sore broken vs
in the place of dragons, and couered vs
with the shadow of death.
20 If wee haue forgotten the name
of our God, or stretched out our hands
to a strange God :
21 Shall not God search this out .''
for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
22 * Yea for thy sake are wee killed
all the day long : wee are counted as
sheepe for the slaughter.
23 Awake , why sleepest thou , O
Lord .'' arise, cast vs not off for euer.
24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face ?
and forgettest our affliction, and our op-
pression ?
25 For our soule is bowed downe to
the dust ; our belly cleaueth vnto the
earth.
26 Arise tfor our helpe, and redeeme
vs for thy mercies sake.
PSAL. XLV.
1 The maiestie and grace of Christs kingdome.
10 The duetie of the Church, and the bene-
fits thereof.
f To the chiefe Musician vpon Sho-
shannim, for the sonnes of Korah,
lljMascliil : a song of loues.
Y heart t is inditing a good
matter : I speake of the
things which I haue
made, touching the King:
my tongue is the penne of
a ready writer.
2 Thou art fairer then the children
of men : grace is powred into thy lips :
therfore God hath blessed thee for euer
3 Gird thy sword vpon thy thigh, O
most mightie : with thy glory and thy
maiestie.
4 And in thy maiestie tride prospe-
rously, because of trueth and meekenes.
and righteousnesse: and thy right hand
shall teach thee terrible things.
5 Thine arrowes are sharpe in the
heart of the Kings enemies ; whereby
the people fall vnder thee.
6 * Thy throne (O God) is for euer
and euer : the scepter of thy kingdome
is a right scepter.
7 Thou louest righteousnesse, and
hatest wickednesse : therefore God, thy
God , hath anointed thee with the oyle
of gladnesse aboue thy fellowes.
8 All thy garments smell of myrrhe,
and aloes, and cassia : out of the luorie
palaces, whereby they haue made thee
glad.
9 Kings daughters were among thy
honourable women : vpon thy right
hand did stand the Queene in golde of
Ophir.
10 Hearken (O daughter) and con
sider, and incline thine eare; forget also
thine owne people , and thy fathers
house.
11 So shall the king greatly desire
thy beautie : for he is thy Lord , and
worship thou him.
1 2 And the daughter of Tyre shall be
there with a gift , eiien the rich among
the people shall intreate tthy fauour.
13 The kings daughter is all glori-
ous within ; her clothing is of wrought
gold.
14 She shall bee brought vnto the
king in raiment of needle worke : the
virgins her companions that follow
her, shall be brought vnto thee.
15 With gladnesse and reioycing shall
they be brought : they shall enter into
the kings palace.
^ ^ 16 In
Or, of in-
struction,
t Hebr. boy-
leth or bub'
leth vp.
t Hebr. pros-
per thou,
ride thou.
• Heb. 1. 8.
t Heb. thy
face.
God
our 1
efu
ge.
Pfal
mes.
Sions beautie,!
I0r,qr.
t Hebr. the
heart of the
t Heb. when
the morning
appeareth.
t Heb. an
high place
for vs.
I Or, of.
16 In stead of thy fathers shall bee
thy children, whom thou mayest make
princes in all the earth.
17 I will make thy name to bee re-
membred in all generations : therefore
shall the people praise thee for euer and
euer.
PSAL. XLVI.
The confidence which the Church hath in
God. 8 An exhortation to behold it.
IT To the chiefe Musician ||for the
sonnes of Korah , a song vpon
Alamoth.
O D is our refuge and
strength : a very present
helpe in trouble.
2 Therfore will not we
feare , though the earth
be remoued : and though the moun-
taines be caried into tthe midst of the
sea.
3 Though the waters thereof roare,
and be troubled, though the mountaines
shake with the swelling thereof. Selah
4 There is a riuer, the streames wher
of shall make glad the citie of God: the
holy place of the Tabernacles of the
most High.
5 God is in the midst of her : she shal
not be moued ; God shall helpe her,
iand that right early.
6 The heathen raged, the king-
domes were mooued : he vttered his
voyce, the earth melted.
7 The Lord of hosts is with vs
the God of Jacob is tour refuge. Selah.
8 Come, behold the workes of the
Lord, what desolations hee hath
made in the earth.
9 He maketh warres to cease vnto
the end of the earth : hee breaketh the
bow, and cutteth the speare in sunder,
he burneth the chariot in the fire.
10 Be stil, and know that I am God
I will bee exalted among the heathen,
I will be exalted in the earth.
11 The Lord of hosts is with vs;
the God of lacob is our refuge. Selah
PSAL. XLVII.
The Nations are exhorted cheerefully to enter-
taine the Kingdome of Christ.
H To the chiefe musician, a psalme ||for
the sonnes of Korah.
Clap your hands (all ye peo-
ple : ) shoute vnto God with
the voyce of triumph :
2 For the Lord most
high is terrible; he is a great King euer
all the earth.
3 Hee shall subdue the people vnder
vs, and the nations vnder our feet.
4 He shall chuse our inheritance for
vs, the excellencie of Jacob whom hee
loued. Selah.
5 God is gone vp with a shout, the
Lord with the sound of a trumpet.
6 Sing praises to God, sing praises :
sing praises vnto our King, sing praises.
7 For God is the King of all the
earth, sing ye praises ||with vnderstan-
ding.
8 God reigneth ouer the heathen:
God sitteth vpon the throne of his ho-
linesse.
9 II The princes of the people are
gathered together, ewen the people of the
God of Abraham : for the shields of the
earth belong vnto God : hee is greatly
exalted.
PSAL. XLVIIL
The Ornaments and priuiledges of the Church.
IT A song, and Psalme ||for the sonnes
of Korah.
Reat is the Lord, and
greatly to bee praised in
the citie of our God , in
the mountaine of his ho-
linesse.
2 Beautifull for situa
tion, the ioy of the whole earth is mout
Sion, on the sides of the North, the ci-
tie of the great King.
3 God is knowen in her palaces for
a refuge.
4 For loe, the kings were assembled
they passed by together.
5 They sawe it, and so they maruei-
led , they were troubled and hasted a-
way.
6 Feare tooke holde vpon them
there, and paine, as of a woman in tra-
uaile.
7 Thou breakest the ships of Tar-
shish with an East wind.
8 As we haue heard, so haue wee
scene in the citie of the Lord of hosts,
in the citie of our God , God will esta-
blish it for euer. Selah.
9 Wee haue thought of thy louing
kindnesse, O God, in the middest of thy
Temple.
10 According to thy Name, O God,
so is thy praise vnto the endes of the
earth : thy right hand is full of righte-
ousnesse.
4 F 11 Let
Or, euery
one that
hathvn-
tlerttandiug.
I Or, the tx>. ■
luntarie of
the people
are gathered]
vnto the
people of the
God of A-
braliam.
Or,(if.
Vaine truft.
Pfal
mes.
Gods Maieftie,
!t Heb. set
fourheartto
Iter bul-
'learkes.
1 1 Or, raise
vp.
I0r,qf.
' Mat. 13.
3S. pnl.
78.2.
t Heb. to Ke-
neratumarut
generation.
t Heb. de-
light in their
mouth.
1 1 Let mount Sion reioyce , let the
daughters of ludah be glad , because
of thy iudgements.
12 Walke about Sion, and gee round
about her : tell the towres thereof.
13 tMarke yee well her bulwarkes,
II consider her palaces; that yee may tell
it to the generation following.
14 For this God is our God for euer,
and euer; he will be our guide euen vnto
death.
P S A L. XLIX.
1 An earnest perswasion to build the faith of
Resurrection, not on worldly power, but on
God. 16 Worldly prosperity is not to be ad-
mired.
IF To the chiefe Musician, a Psalme
II for the sonnes of Korah.
Eare this , all yee people,
giue eare all yee inhabi-
tants of the world :
2 Both low, and high,
rich and poore together.
3 My mouth shall speake of wise-
dome : and the meditation of my heart
shalbe of vnderstanding.
4*1 will incline mine eare to a pa-
rable ; I will open my darke saying vp-
on the harpe.
Wherefore should I feare in the
dales of euill , when the iniquitie of my
heeles shall compasse me about .''
6 They that trust in their wealth,
and boast themselues in the multitude
of their riches :
7 None of them can by any meanes
redeeme his brother, nor giue to God a
ransome for him :
8 ( For the redemption of their
soule i« precious, and it ceaseth for euer.)
9 That he should still liue for euer,
and not see corruption.
1 0 For he seeth that wise men die, like-
wise the foole, and the brutish person pe-
rish, and leaue their wealth to others.
11 Their inward thought is, that their
houses sliall continue for euer, and their
dwelling places tto all generations;
they call their lands after their owne
names.
12 Neuerthelesse man being in ho-
nour abideth not : he is like the beastes
that perish.
13 This their way is their follie; yet
their posteritie tapproue their sayings.
Selah.
1 4 Like sheepe they are layd in the
graue , death shall feede on them ; and
the vpright shall haue dominion ouer
them in the morning, and their || beauty
shall consume ||in the graue, from their
dwelling.
15 But God will redeeme my soule
tfrom the power of the jlgraue; for he
shall receiue me. Selah.
16 Be not thou afraid when one is
made rich, when the glory of his house
is increased.
17 * For when he dieth, he shall carry
nothing away : his glory shall not des-
cend after him.
18Thoughtwhilesheliued,heblessed
his soule : and men will praise thee
when thou doest well to thy selfe.
19 tHee shall goe to the generation
of his fathers, they shall neuer see light.
20 Man that is in honour and vnder-
standeth not, is like the beasts that pe-
rish.
P S A L. L.
1 The Maiestie of God in the Church. S His
order to gather Saints. 7 The pleasure of
God is not in Ceremonies, 14 but in sinceri-
tie of Obedience.
A Psalme jjof Asaph.
He mightie God , etten the
Lord hath spoken, and
called the earth from the
rising of the sunne , vnto
the going downe thereof.
Out of Sion the perfection of
beautie, God hath shined.
3 Our God shall come, and shall not
keepe silence : a fire shall deuoure before
him , and it shalbe very tempestuous
round about him.
4 He shall call to the heauens from
aboue , and to the earth , that hee may
iudge his people.
5 Gather my Saints together vnto
mee : those that haue made a couenant
with me, by sacrifice.
6 And the heauens shall declare his
righteousnes; for God is iudge himselfe.
Selah.
7 Heare, O my people, and I will
speake, O Israel, and I will testifie a-
gainst thee; I am God, euen thy God.
8 I will not reproue thee for thy sa-
crifices, or thy burnt offerings, to haue
bene continually before me.
9 I will take no bullocke out of thy
house, nor hee goates out of thy folds.
10 For euery beast of the forrest is
mine , and the cattell vpon a thousand
hilles.
11 I
tOr,strength
I Or, the
graue being
an habitatt-
on to euery
one of them,
t Heb. from
the hand of
the graue.
I Or, heU.
• lob. 27.
19.
t Heb. in his
life.
t Heb. the
soule shall
goe.
Or, for
Asaph.
Pay thy vowes.
Pfal
mes.
A contrite heart.
• Rom. 2.
21, 23.
t Hebr. thy
portion wag
with aduU
terers.
t Hebr. thou
sendest.
t Hebr. with
me.
•Exod. 19.
5. deut. 10.
14. psal. 24.
1.
•lob 41. 2.
1. cor. 10.
23,26.
t Hebr. that
disposeth his
way.
* 2. Sam. 12.
1. and II. 1.
11 I know all the foules of the
mountaines : and the wild beasts of the
field are t mine.
12 * If I were hungry, I would
not tell thee, *for the world z.^ mine, and
the fulnesse thereof.
13 Will I eate the flesh of bulles, or
drinke the blood of goats .''
14 Offer vnto God thankesgiuing.
and pay thy vowes vnto the most high.
15 And call vpon mee in the day of
trouble ; I will deliuer thee, and thou
shalt glorifie me.
16 But vnto the wicked God saith.
What hast thou to doe , to declare my
Statutes, or that thou shouldest take
my Couenant in thy mouth ?
17 * Seeing thou hatest instruction,
and castest my words behinde thee.
18 When thou sawest a thiefe, then
thou consentedst with him, and thast
bene partaker with adulterers.
19 tThou giuest thy mouth to euill
and thy tongue frameth deceit.
20 Thou sittest and speakest against
thy brother ; thou slanderest thine owne
mothers sonne.
21 These things hast thou done, and
I kept silence : thou thoughtest that I
was altogether such a one as thy selfe :
but I will reproue thee, and set them in
order before thine eyes.
Now consider this, ye that forget
God, lest I teare^oM in pieces, and there
be none to deliuer.
23 Who so offereth praise, glorifieth
me : and to him t that ordereth his con-
uersation aright, will I shew the salua-
tion of God.
PSAL. LI.
1 Dauidprayeth for remission of sinnes, where-
of he maketh a deepe confession. 6 Hee
prayeth for sanctification. 16 God deliah
teth not in sacrifice, but in sinceritie. 18 Hee
prayeth for the Church.
*
IT To the chiefe Musician. A Psalme
of Dauid, * when Nathan the Pro-
phet came vnto him, after hee had
gone in to Bath-sheba.
^ Aue mercie vpon mee, O
i!i^ God, according to thylo-
t uing kindnesse : according
~<E vnto the multitude of thy
^^ tender mercies blot out
my transgressions.
2 Wash mee throughly from mine
iniquitie, and dense me from my sinne.
3 For I acknowledge my trans-
gressions : and my sinne is euer before
mee.
4 * Against thee, thee onely haue I
sinned , and done this euill in thy sight :
that thou mightest bee iustified when
thou speakest, and be cleare when thou
iudgest.
5 Behold, I was shapen in iniqui-
tie : and in sinne did my mother t con-
ceiue me.
6 Behold, thou desirest trueth in
the inward parts : and in the hidden
part thou shalt make me to know wise-
dome.
7 * Purge me with hyssope, and I
shalbe cleane : wash me, and I shall be
whiter then snow.
8 Make mee to heare ioy and glad-
nesse-.that thebones which thouhast bro-
ken, may reioyce.
9 Hide thy face from my sinnes ; and
blot out all mine iniquities.
10 Create in mee a cleane heart , O
God ; and renew || a right spirit within
mee.
11 Cast mee not away from thy pre-
sence; and take not thy holy Spirit
from me.
12 Restore vnto me the ioy of thy sal-
uation : and vphold mee with thy free
Spirit.
13 Then will I teach transgressours
thy wayes, and sinners shalbe conuer-
ted vnto thee.
14 Deliuer mee from t blood-guilti-
nesse, O God, thou God of my salua-
tion : and my tongue shall sing alowd of
thy righteousnesse.
15 O Lord open thou my lips, and
my mouth shall shew foorth thy praise.
16 For thou desirest not sacrifice :
else would I giue it : thou delightest
not in burnt offering.
17 * The sacrifices of God are a bro-
ken spirit : a broken and a contrite
heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. I
18 Doe good in thy good pleasure,
vnto Sion : build thou the walles of
lerusalem.
19 Then shalt thou be pleased with
the sacrifices of righteousnesse , with
burnt offering and whole burnt offer-
ing : then shall they offer bullockes vp-
on thine altar.
PSAL. LIL
Dauid condemning the spiglitftilnesse ofi
Doeg, prophesieth nis destruction. 6 Thel
4 F 2 righteous'
• Rom. 3. 4.
iHebr.
learmeme.
"Leuit. 14.
6. num. 19.
18.
II Or, a emu.
statu spirit.
iHebr.
bloods.
I Or, thai I
should giue
it.
• Isa. 57. 15.
and 66. 2.
The euill tongue.
Pfal
mes.
Gods iuftice.
■ 1. Sun. «.
».
Or, and the
deceitfiiU
tonfrue.
t Heb. beate
theedmone.
Or, tub.
ttance.
•P»aLn. 1.
&c.
psaL 10. 4.
•Rom. 3.
16.
righteous shall reioyce at it 8 Dauid vpon
his confidence in Crods mercy , giueth
thanks.
IT To the chiefe Musician, Maschil,
APsalmeoiYi2M\A: •WhenDoegthe
Edomite came and told Saul, and
said vnto him, Dauid is come to the
house of Ahimelech.
Hy boastest thou thyselfein
mischiefe, O mightie man.?
thegoodnesse otGroAindu-
rcth continually.
2 Thy tongue deuiseth
mischiefes : like a sharpe rasor, working
deceitfully.
3 Thou louest euill more then good ;
and lying rather then to speake righte-
ousnesse. Selah.
4 Thou louest all deuouring words,
II O Hum deceitfuU tongue.
5 God shall likewise t destroy thee
for euer, hee shall take thee away and
plucke thee out of thy dwelling place,
and roote thee out of the land of the li
uing. Selah.
6 The righteous also shall see, and
feare, and shall laugh at him.
7 Loe, this is the man thM made not
God his strength : but trusted in the a-
bundance of his riches, avd strengthe-
ned himselfe in his || wickednesse.
8 But I am like a greene oliue tree
in the house of God : I trust in the mer-
cy of God for euer and euer.
9 I will prayse thee for euer, be-
cause thou hast done \t : and I will wait
on thy name, for it is good before thy
Saints.
PSAL. LIII.
1 Dauid describeth the corruption of a natural!
man. 4 He conuinceth the wicked by the
light of their owne conscience. 6 Hee glori-
eth in the saluation of God.
IF To the chiefe musician vpon Maha
lath, IMaschil, A Psalme of Dauid.
He *foole hath sayde in
his heart , Ttiere is no
god; Corrupt are they,
and haue done abhomi-
nable iniquitie ; * there is
none that doth good.
2 God looked downe from heauen
vpon the children of men , to see if there
were any that did vnderstand, that did
sceke God.
3 Euery one of them is gone backe,
they are altogether become filthy : there
is none that doth good, no not one.
4 Haue the workers of iniquitie
no knowledge .'' who eate vp my people,
as they eate bread ; they haue not called
vpon God.
5 There t were they in great feare,
where no feare was : for God hath scat-
tered the bones of him that incampeth
against thee, thou hast put ^Aem to shame,
because God hath despised them.
6 t O that the saluation of Israel
were come out of Sion ! when God brin-
geth backe the captiuitie of his people,
laakob shall reioyce , and Israel shall
be glad.
PSAL. LIIII.
1 Dauid complaining of the Ziphims, prayeth
for saluation. 4 Vpon his confidence in Gods
helpe, he promiseth sacrifice.
IT To the chiefe musician on Neginoth,
Maschil, -4 P*aZ»ic of Dauid. *When
the Ziphims came and sayde to
Saul : doeth not Dauid hide him-
selfe with vs .''
Aue me, O God, by thy
name, and iudge me by thy
strength.
2 Heare my prayer, O
God ; giue eare to the
words of my mouth.
3 For strangers are risen vp against
me, and oppressors seeke after my soule;
they haue not set God before them.
Selah.
4 Behold, God is mine helper: the
Lord is with them that vphold my
soule.
5 He shall reward euill vnto t mine
enemies : cut them off in thy trueth
6 I will freely sacrifice vnto thee ;
I will praise thy name (O Lord:)
for it is good.
7 For hee hath deliuered me out of
all trouble : and mine eye hath scene his
desire vpon mine enemies.
PSAL. LV.
1 Dauid in his prayer complaineth of his feare-
fuU case. 9 He prayeth against his enemies,
of whose wickednesse and trecherie he com
plaineth. 16 He comforteth himselfe in
Gods preseruation of him and confusion of
his enemies.
IT To the chiefe musician on Neginoth,
Maschil. A Psalme of Dauid.
lue eare to my prayer, O
God : and hide not thy selfe
from my supplication.
2 Attend vnto me, and
heare
t Heh. they
feared a
feare.
t Heb. who
will giue saU
nations, ^c.
•l. Sam. 23-
19. and
16. 1.
t Heb. those
that obserue
Dauids complaint.
Pfal
mes.
His confidence.
t Heb. coue-
redme.
\Heb.aman
according to
my ranke.
+ Heb. who
sweetned
coumell.
Or, the
graue.
Or, with
whom also
there be no
changes, yet
theyfeare
not God.
t Heb. hee
hath profa-
ned.
heare me : I mourne in my complaint,
and make a noise.
3 Because of the voyce of the ene-
mie, because of the oppression of the
wicked: for they cast iniquitie vpon me,
and in wrath they hate me.
4 My heart is sore pained within
le : and the terrours of death are fal-
len vpon me.
5 Fearefulnesse and trembling are
come vpon me, and horrour hath touer-
whelmed me.
6 And I said, O that I had wings
like a doue ; fir then would I flee away
and be at rest.
7 Loe, then would I wander farre
off, and remaine in the wildernesse. Se-
lah.
8 I would hasten my escape from
the windie storme, and tempest.
9 Destroy, O Lord, and diuide their
tongues : for I haue scene violence and
strife in the citie.
10 Day and night they goe about it
vpon the walles thereof: mischiefe also
and sorrow are in the midst of it.
1 1 Wickednesse is in the midst therof :
deceite and guile depart not from her
streets.
12 For it was not an enemie that re-
proached me, then I could haue borne
it, neither icas it hee that hated me, that
did magnifie hiniselfe against me, then I
would haue hid my selfe from him.
13 Buti<ze)a*thou,ta man, mine equal,
my guide, and mine acquaintance.
14 tWee tooke sweet counsell toge-
ther, and walked vnto the house of God
in companie.
15 Let death seaze vpon them, and
let them goe downe quicke into ||hell:
for wickednes is in their dwellings, and
among them.
16 As for me, I will call vpon God :
and the Lord shall saue me.
17 Euening and morning, and at
noone will I pray, and crie aloud : and
he shall heare my voyce.
18 He hath deliuered my soule in
peace from the battell that was against
me : for there were many with me.
19 God shall heare and afflict them,
euen he that abideth of old, Selah : be-
cause II they haue no changes, therefore
they feare not God.
20 He hath put foorth his handes a-
gainst such as be at peace with him : the
hath broken his couenant.
21 The words of his mouth were smoo-
ther then butter, but warre was in his
heart : his words were softer then oyle,
yet were they drawen swords.
22 * Cast thy || burden vpon the
Lord, and he shall sustaine thee ;
shall neuer suffer the righteous to bee
moued.
23 Rut thou, O God, shalt bring
them downe into the pit of destruction :
t Bloody and deceitfull men t shall not
Hue out halfe their dayes, but I will
trust in thee.
PSAL. LVL
1 Dauid praying to Grod in confidence of his
word, complaineth of his enemies. 9 Hee
professeth his confidence in Gods word, and
promiseth to praise him.
% To the chiefe musician vpon lonath
Elem Rechokim, (|Michtam of Da-
uid , when the • Philistines tooke
him in Gath.
E mercifuU vnto mee , O
God, for man would swal-
low me vp : he fighting dai-
ly, oppresseth me.
2 tMine enemies would dayly swal-
low me vp : for they bee many that fight
against me, O thou most high.
3 What time I am afraide, I will
trust in thee.
4 In God I will praise his worde,
In God I haue put my trust , I wUl
not feare what flesh can doe vnto me.
5 Euery day they wrest my words :
all their thoughts are against mee for
euill.
6 They gather themselues toge-
ther; they hide themselues, they marke
my steps when they wait for my soule.
7 Shall they escape by iniquitie ? in
thitie anger cast downe the people , O
God.
8 Thou tellest my wanderings, put
thou my teares into thy bottle: are they
not in thy booke ?
\ 9 When I crie vnto thee, then shall
mine enemies turne backe : this I
know, for God is for me.
I 10 In God will I praise his word : in
the Lord will I praise his word.
1 1 In God haue I put my trust : I
will not bee afraid what man can doe
vnto me.
; 12 Thy vowes are vpon me, O God
I will render praises vnto thee.
13 For thou hast deliuered my soule
from death : wilt not thou deliner my
I feet
• PsaL 37. 8
!„„ mat. 8. 2.5.
nee luk. 12. 22.
. pet. 5. 7.
Or, gift.
t Heb. men
o/bloodi and
deceit.
t Hebr. shot
not halfe
their myet,
I Or, a gol-
den psalme
of Dauid.
* 1. Sam. 21.
11.
\ Ilebr.mine
obseruers.
God faueth his.
Pfal
mes.
The wicked.
I Or, destroy
not.
■ I.Sam. 34.
1.
tOr,here-
proacheth
him that
tcculdsuMU-
Uw mevp..
• P«aL 7. 16.
and 9. 15.
• P»aL 108.
&c.
I Or, prepa-
red.
• Psal. 36.
6. & 108. i.
feet from falling? that I may walke
before God in the light of the liuing.
PSAL. LVII.
1 Dauid in prayei flying vnto Giod, complai-
neth of his dangerous case. 7 He incoura-
geth himselfe to praise God.
H To the chiefe musician || Al-taschith,
Michtam of Dauid, *when hee fled
from Saul in the caue.
E mercifull vnto mee, O
God, be merciful vnto me,
for my soule trusteth in
thee : yea in the shadow of
_ thy wings will I make
my retuge, vntill tfiese calamities bee o-
uerpast.
I will one vnto God most high :
vnto God that perfourmeth aU, thing's for
mee.
3 Hee shall send from heauen, and
saue me \\Jrom the reproch of him, that
would swallow me vp; Selah. God
shall send forth his mercy and his
trueth.
4 My soule is among lyons , and I
lie euen among them that are set on
fire : euen the sonnes of men, whose teeth
are speares and arrowes , and their
tongue a sharpe sword.
5 Be thou exalted, O God, aboue
the heauens : let thy glory be aboue all
the earth.
6 * They haue prepared a net for my
steppes, my soule is bowed downe : they
haue digged a pit before me , into the
midst whereof they are fallen themselues.
Selah.
7 *My heart is || fixed, O God, my
heart is fixed : I will sing , and giue
praise.
8 Awake vp my glory, awake psal-
terie and harpe ; I my selfe will awake
early.
9 I will praise thee, O Lord,
mong the people ; I will sing vnto thee
among the nations.
10 *For thy mercy is great vnto the
heauens, and thy trueth vnto the
clouds.
11 Be thou exalted, O God , aboue
the heauens : let thy glory be aboue all
the earth.
PSAL. LVIIL
1 Dauid reprooueth wicked ludges, 3 Des-
cribeth the nature of the wicked, 6 Deuo-
teth them to Gods iudgements, 10 whereat
the righteous shall reioyce.
H To the chiefe musician || Al-taschith,
Michtam of Dauid.
5^ KTSS^'^ Oe yee indeed speakerigh-
'^ " teousnesse, O congregati-
on ? doeye iudge vprightly,
O ye sonnes of men ?
2 Yea , in heart you
worke wickednesse ; you waigh the vio-
lence of your hands in the earth.
3 The wicked are estranged from the
wombe, they goe astray tas soone as
they be borne, speaking lies.
4 Their poison is tlike the poyson
of a serpent; they are like the deafe ||ad-
der that stoppeth her eare :
5 Which will not hearken to the
voyce of charmers, || charming neuer so
wisely.
6 Breake their teeth , O God , in
their mouth : breake out the great
teeth of the young lyons, O Lord.
7 Let them melt away as waters,
which runne continually : When he ben-
deth his bow to shoote his arrowes, let
them be as cut in pieces.
8 As a snaile which melteth, let etiery
one of them passe away : like the vntime
ly birth of a woman , tfiat they may not
see the sunne.
9 Before your pots can feele the
thornes , he shall take them away as
with a whirlewind, tboth liuing, and
in his wrath.
10 The righteous shall reioyce when
he seeth the vengeance : he shall wash
his feete in the blood of the wicked.
11 So that a man shall say. Verily
there is t a reward for the righteous : ve-
rily hee is a God that iudgeth in the
earth.
PSAL. LIX.
1 Dauid prayeth to be deliuered from his ene-
mies. 6 Hee complaineth of their cruelty
8 Hee trusteth in God. 1 1 He prayeth a-
gainst them. 16 He praiseth God.
1[ To II the chiefe musician Al-taschith,
Michtam of Dauid : *when Saul
sent, and they watcht the house
to kill him.
Eliuer me from mine ene-
mies, O my God: tdefend
mee from them that risevp
against me.
2 Deliuer mee from the
workers of iniquitie, and saue me from
bloodie men.
3 For loe , they lye in waite for my
soule ; the mighty are gathered against
me;
Or, destroy
ru>t, a golden
psalme q/*
Dauid.
t Heb.from
the belly.
t Heb. accor-
ding to the
likenesse.
i Or, aspe.
\ Or, be the
charmer ne-
uer so cun.
ninff.
t Heb. as li-
uing, as
wrath.
t Heb.fniite
of the ^c.
I Or, to
the chie/e
Mtisictan,
destroy not,
a goldeii
p^me qf
Dauid.
* I. Sam. 19.
11.
t Heb. set me
on high.
The wickeds fiirie.
Pfal
mes.
Dauids confidence.
t Hebr. to
meete me.
• Psal. 10.
11. and 73,
11. and 94.
7.
t Hebr. my
high place.
t Hebr. mine
dbseruers.
t Hebr. to
eate.
i Or, if they
I be not salis-
I ^Serf, then
UieyioUlstay
all night.
I Or, a gol-
den Psalme.
* 2. Sam. 8.
3. 13. I. chr,
18. 3.
me; not/?wmy transgression, nor^rmy
sinne, O Lord.
4 They runne and prepare them-
selues without my fault : awake t to
helpe me, and behold.
5 Thou therefore, O Lord God
of hostes, the God of Israel, awake to
visite all the heathen : be not mercifull
to any wicked transgressours. Selah.
6 They returne at euening : they
make a noise like a dogge, and go round
about the citie.
7 Behold, they belch out with their
mouth : *swords are in their lippes; for
who, sa?/ they, doeth heare ?
8 But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh
at them ; thou shalt haue all the hea-
then in derision.
9 Because of h\s strength will I wait
vpon thee : for God in tmy defence.
10 The God of my mercy shall pre-
uent me; God shall let mee see my desire
vpon tmine enemies.
11 Slay them not, lest my people for-
get : scatter them by thy power; and
bring them downe, O Lord our shield.
12 For the sinne of their mouth, and
the words of their lips, let them euen be
taken in their pride : and for cursing and
lying which they speake.
13 Consume them in wrath, consume
them, that they may not be: and let them
know that God ruleth in lacob, vnto
the ends of the earth. Selah.
14 And at euening let them returne,
and let them make a noise like a dogge,
and goe round about the citie.
15 Let them wander vp and downe
tfor meate, ||and grudge if they be not
satisfied.
16 But I will sing of thy power; yea
I will sing alowd of thy mercy in the
morning : for thou hast bene my defence
and refuge, in the day of my trouble.
17 Vnto thee, O my strength, wil I
sing:for God is my defence, a/id the God
of my mercy.
PSAL. LX.
1 Dauid complayning to Gwl of former iudge-
ment, 4 now vpon better hope prayeth
for deliuerance. 6 Comforting liimselfe in
Gods promises, he craueth that helpe where-
on he trusteth.
IT To the chiefe Musician vpon Shu-
shan-Eduth ||Michtam of Dauid, to
teach. • When hee stroue with A
ram Naharaim , and with Aram
Zobah , wfien loab returned , and
smote of Edom in the valley of salt,
twelue thousand.
* God, thou hastcast vsoff;
thou hast t scattered vs,
thou hast bene displeased,
O turne thy selfe to vs a-
gaine.
2 Thou hast made the earth to
tremble ; thou hast broken it : heale the
breaches thereof, for it shaketh.
3 Thou hast shewed thy people
hard things : thou hast made vs to
drinke the wine of astonishment.
4 Thou hast giuen a banner to them
that feare thee : that it may be displayed
because of the trueth. Selah.
5 *That thy beloued may be deliue-
red; saue zeith thy right hand, and heare
mee.
6 God hath spoken in his holinesse,
I wil reioyce : I wil diuide Shechem,
and mete out the valley of Succoth.
7 Gilead is mine , and Manasseh it
mine ; Ephraim also is the strength of
mine head ; ludah is my Lawgiuer.
8 Moab is my wash - pot , ouer E-
dom wil I cast out my shooe : Philistia,
triumph thou because of me.
9 Who wil bring me into the t strong
citie .'' who will lead me into Edom ?
10 Wilt not thou, O God, zvhich hadst
cast vs off'? and thou, *0 God, which
didst not goe out with our armies.
11 Giue vs helpe from trouble: for
vaine is the thelpe of man.
12 Through God wee shall doe va-
liantly : for he it is that shall tread downe
our enemies.
PSAL. LXL
Dauid fleeth to God vpon his former experi-
ence. 4 He voweth perpetual! seruice vnto
him because of his promises.
IT To the chiefe Musician vpon Negi-
nah. A Psalme of Dauid.
^^ Eare my cry, O God, at
"" tend vnto my prayer.
2 From the end of the
earth wil I cry vnto thee,
I when my heart is ouer-
wiieiinc'd : leade me to the rocke , t/iat is
higher then I.
3 For thou hast bene a shelter for me,
and a strong tower from the enemy.
4 I will abide in thy Tabernacle
for euer : I will Iftrust in the couert of
thy wings. Selah.
5 For
• Psal. 44.
10.
t Hebr. bro-
ken.
* PsaL 108.
6. &C.
I Or,triumph
thou ouer
me. [by an
ironiel
\ Hebr. city
of strength.
• Psal. 44.
10. and 108.
12.
t Hebr. sal-
nation.
I Or, make
my refuge.
\
Wait on God.
Pfalmes.
Daniels third.
tH«ir. Oou
shall adde
dayes to the
daues (if the
King.
t Heb. as ge-
neration and
generation.
\ Hebr.
high place.
5 For thou, O Gfld, hast heard my
vowes : thou hast giuen Tne the heritage
of those that feare thy name.
6 tThou wilt prolong the kings
life : and his yeeres tas many generati-
ons.
7 He shall abide before God for euer:
0 prepare mercy and trueth which may
preserue him.
8 So will I sing praise vnto thy
name for euer , that I may daily per-
forme my vowes.
P S A L. LXII.
1 Dauid professing his confidence in God, dis-
courageth his enemies. S In the same confi-
dence he incourageth the godly. 9 No trust
is to be put in worldly things. 1 1 Power and
mercie oelong to God.
f To the chiefe musician, to leduthun,
A Psalme of Dauid.
II Ruely my soulet waiteth
vpon God : from him com-
meth my saluation.
2 He onely is my rocke
and my saluation : he is my
t defence, I shall not be greatly moued.
3 How long wil ye imagine mischiefe
against a man ? ye shall be slaine all of
you : as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as
a tottering fence.
4 They onely consult to cast him
downe from his excellency, they delight
in lies : they blesse with their mouth, but
they curse t inwardly. Selah.
5 My soule, wait thou onely vpon
God : for my expectation is from him.
6 He onely is my rocke and my salua-
tion ; he is my defence ; I shall not bee
moued.
7 In God M my saluation, and my
glorie : the rocke of my strength , and
my refuge is in God.
8 Trust in him at all times ; ye peo-
ple, powre out your heart before him :
God is a refuge for vs. Selah.
9 Surely men of low degree are va-
nitie, and men of high degree are a lie:
to be laid in the ballance, they are Hal-
together lighter then vanitie.
10 Trust not in oppression , become
not vaine in robberie : if riches increase,
set not your heart vpon them.
11 God hath spoken once; twice haue
I heard this, that || power behngeth vn-
to God.
12 Also vnto thee, O Lord, AeZong-e^A
coiowi'.'a.'M. mercie : •for thou renderest to euery
^^^22.' 12' ™*n according to his worke.
t Hel>r. in
their inward
parts.
I Or, alike.
\0r,
strength.
* lob 34. 1 1
{>rou. 24. 12
ere. .32. 19.
eiek. 7. W.
mat. 16. 27.
torn. 2. 6. 2.
cor. 5. 10
eph. 0. 8.
PSAL. LXIII. I
1 Dauids thirst for God. 4 His maner of bles-
sing God. 9 His confidence of his enemies
destruction, and his owne safetie. |
H A Psalme of Dauid, when hee was
in the wildernesse of ludah.
God , thou art my God,
earely will I seeke thee :
my soule thirsteth for thee,
my flesh longeth for thee, I
_ inadrieandtthirstielande,
t where no water is :
2 To see thy power and thy glory,
so a« I haue seen thee in the Sanctuary.
3 Because thy louing kindnes is bet-
ter then life : my lips shal praise thee.
4 Thus will I blesse thee, while I
Hue : 1 will lift vp my handes in thy
Name.
5 My soule shall be satisfied as with
t marrow and fatnesse: and my mouth
shall praise thee with ioyfull lips :
6 When I remember thee vpon my
bed, and meditate on thee in the night
watches.
7 Because thou hast bene my helpe ;
therefore in the shadow of thy wings
will I reioyce.
8 My soule followeth hard after
thee : thy right hand vpholdeth me.
9 But those that seeke my soule to de-
stroy it, shall goe into the lower parts
of the earth.
10 t They shall fall by the sword
they shall be a portion for foxes.
11 But the King shal reioyce in God;
euery one that sweareth by him shall
glorie : but the mouth of them that
speake lies, shall be stopped.
PSAL. LXIIIL
1 Dauid prayeth for deliuerance, complaining
of his enemies. 7 He promiseth himselfe to
see such an euident destruction of his ene-
mies, as the righteous shall reioyce at it.
H To the chiefe musician, a Psalme
of Dauid.
Eare my voice, O God, in
mypraier; preserue my life
from feare of the enemie.
2 Hide me from the se-
cret counsel of the wicked:
from the insurrection of
the workers of iniquitie :
3 * Who whet their tongue like a
sword, and bend tlieir bowes toshoote their
arrowes, euen bitter words :
4 That
^ Heb.wears
t Heh. wUh
mU water.
+ Heb.fatnes
t Hebr. they
shall make
him run out
like water
by the hands
^ the sword.
• PsaLll.3.
Gods chofen
Pfalmes.
Their benefits.
Or, speech.
\Heb.tohide
snares.
Or, we are
consumed by
that which
they haue
throughly
searched.
t Heb. a
search, sear-
ched.
t Heb. their
wound shal-
be.
t Heb. is si-
lent.
t Heb. words
or matters 0/
iniquities.
4 That they may shoote in secret
at the perfect : suddenly doe they shoote
at him, and feare not.
5 They incourage themselues m
an euill||matter: they commune tof lay-
ing snares priuily; they say, Who shall
see them ?
6 They search out iniquities, ||they
accomplish ta diligent search : both the
inward thotigkt of euery one of them,
and the heart, is deepe.
7 But God shall shoote at them :
mth an arrowe, sodenly t shall they be
wounded.
8 So they shall make their owne
tongue to fall vpon themselues : aU that
see them, shall flee away.
9 And all men shall feare, and shall
declare the worke of God ; for they
shall wisely consider of his doing.
10 The righteous shalbe glad in the
Lord, and shall trust in him ; and all
the vpright in heart shall glory.
P S A L. LXV.
. Dauid prayeth God for his grace. 4 The
blessednesse of Gods chosen, by reason of be-
nefits.
H To the chiefe musician, a Psalme
and song of Dauid.
Raise twaiteth for thee,
O God, in Sion : and vn-
to thee shall the vowe be
performed.
2 O thou that hea-
rest prayer , vnto thee
shall all flesh come.
3 t Iniquities preuaile against me :
as for our transgressions, thou shalt
purge them away.
4 lilessed is the man whom thou choo-
sest and causest to approach vnto thee,
that hee may dwell in thy Courts : we
shalbe satisfied with the goodnesse of
thy house, eiieti of thy holy temple.
5 By terrible things in righteous
nesse, wilt thou answere vs, O God of
our saluation : wfio art the confidence of
all the ends of the earth, and of them
tfiat are a farre off vpon the sea.
6 Which by his strength setteth fast
the mountaines ; being girded with
power.
7 Which stilleth the noise of the seas;
the noise of their waues , and the tu-
mult of the people.
8 They also that dwell in the vtter-
most parts are afraid at thy tokens :
I Or, to sing.
I Or, after
thou hitdst
matte it to
desire ralne.
1 Or, thou
causestraint
to descend
into the fur.
rowes there.
of.
t Heb. thou
dissoluest it.
t Heb. the
yeere of thy
goodnesse.
t Heb. are
forded with
ioy.
thou makest the outgoings of the mor-
ning, and euening ||to reioyce.
9 Thou visitest the earth and ||wa-
terest it : thou greatly inrichest it with
the riuer of God which is full of water;
thou preparest them come, when thou
hast so prouided for it.
10 Thou waterest the ridges there-
of abundantly : ||thou settlest the fur-
rowes thereof : t thou makest it soft
with showres , thou blessest the sprin-
ging thereof.
11 Thou crownest +the yeere with
thy goodnesse ; and thy paths drop fat-
nesse.
12 They drop vpon the pastures of
the wildernesse; and the little hilles tre-
ioyce on euery side.
13 The pastures are cloathed with
flockes ; the valleis also are couered o-
uer with come; they shout for ioy, they
also sing.
PSAL. LXVI.
1 Dauid exhorteth to praise God, 5 To ob-
serue his great workes, 8 To blesse him for
his gracious benefits. 12 He voweth for him-
selfe religious seruice to God. 16 He decla-
reth Gods speciall goodnesse to himselfe.
IT To the chiefe musician, a song or
Psalme.
Ake a ioyfull noise vnto
God, tall yee lands.
2 Sing forth the ho-
nour of his name : make
his praise glorious.
3 Say vnto God,
How terrible art thou in thy workes ?
through the greatnesse of thy power
shall thine enemies llsubmit themselues • Or, yWM
„„t„ ,.1 \fainedobedi-
vnto thee. lence. Heb.
4 All the earth shall worship thee ; '**■
and shall sing vnto thee, they shall sing
to thy name ; Selah.
5 Come and see the workes of God :
he is terrible in his doing toward the
children of men.
6 He turned the sea into dry land :
they went through the flood on foote,
there did we reioyce in him.
7 He ruleth by his power for euer,
his eyes behold the nations : let not the
rebellious exalt themselues. Selah.
8 O blesse our God, yee people, and
make the voice of his praise to be heard.
9 Which t holdeth our soule in life,
and suft'ereth not our feete to be moued.
10 For thou, O God, hast proued vs:
thou hast tried vs, as siluer is tryed.
4 G 11 Thou
^ Heb. all the
earth.
t Heb. put.
teth.
The reioycing
Pfal
mes.
of the iuft.
tHeb.mouf.
t Hebr, ope-
ned.
t Uebr. mar-
row.
11 Thou broughtest vs into the net ;
thou layedst affliction vpon our loynes.
12 Thou hast caused men to ride o-
uer our heads , we went through fire,
and through water : but thou brough-
test vs out into a t wealthy place.
13 I will goe into thy house, with
burnt offerings : I will pay thee my
vowes,
14 Which my lips haue t vttered, and
my mouth hath spoken, when I was
in trouble.
15 I will offer vnto thee burnt sa-
crifices of t fatlings , with the incense
of rammes : I will offer buUockes
with goates. Selah.
16 Come and heare all ye that feare
God , and I will declare what he hath
done for my soule.
17 I cried vnto him with my mouth:
and he was extolled with my tongue.
18 If I regard iniquitie in my heart :
the Lord will not heare me.
19 But verily God hath heard mee ;
hee hath attended to the voice of my
prayer.
20 Blessed bee God, which hath not
turned away my prayer, nor his mercie
from me.
P S A L. LXVII.
A prayer for the inlargement of Gods king-
dome, 3 to the ioy of the people, 6 and
the increase of Gods blessings.
If To the chiefe Musician on Negi-
noth. A Psalme or song.
Od be mercifuU vnto vs,
and blesse vs : and cause
his face to shine t vpon vs.
Selah.
2 That thy way may
nowen vpon earth , thy sauing
health among all nations.
3 Let the people praise thee , O
God ; let all the people praise thee.
4 O let the nations be glad, and sing
for ioy : for thou shalt iudge the people
iJlebr.iead. righteously ; and tgouerne the nations
vpon earth. Selah.
5 Let the people praise thee, O God,
let all the people praise thee.
6 Then shall the earth yeeld her in-
crease ; and God , etien our owne God.
shall blesse vs.
7 God shall blesse vs ; and all the
ends of the earth shall feare him.
P S A L. LXVIII.
1 A prayer at the remoouing of the Arke.
t Bebr. with
VI.
An exhortation to praise God for his mer-
cies, 7 for his care of the Church, 19 for
his great workes.
f To the chiefe Musician. A Psalme
or song of Dauid,
Et *God arise, let his ene-
mies be scattered : let them
also that hate him, fleet be-
fore him.
2 As smoke is driuen
away, so driue them away : as waxe mel-
teth before the fire, so let the wicked pe-
rish at the presence of God.
3 But let the righteous be glad : let
them reioyce before God, yea let them
t exceedingly reioyce.
4 Sing vnto God, sing praises to
his Name : extoU him that rideth vpon
the heauens, by his Name I ah, and
reioyce before him.
5 A father of the fatherlesse , and a
iudge of the widowes, is God in his ho-
ly habitation.
6 God setteth the solitary tin fami-
lies : hee bringeth out those which are
bound with chaines , but the rebellious
dwell in a dry land.
7 O God, when thou wentest forth
before thy people; when thou didst
march through the wildernes, Selah.
8 The earth shooke, the heauens al-
so dropped at the presence of God : euen
Sinai it selfe was mooued at the presence
of God, the God of Israel.
9 Thou, O God, didst tsend a plen-
tifuU raine, whereby thou didst tcon-
ifirme thine inheritance, when it was
I weary.
I 10 Thy Congregation hath dwelt
therein : thou, O God, hast prepared of
thy goodnesse for the poore.
I 11 The Lord gaue the word : great
was the t company of those that pub-
lished it.
j 12 Kings of armies tdid flee apace:
and she that taried at home, diuided the
spoile.
13 Though ye haue lien among the
pots, ^/e< shall yee bee as the wings of a
doue, couered with siluer, and her fea-
thers with yellow gold.
14 When the Almighty scattered
Kings 1 1 in it, it was white as snow in
Salmon.
15 The hil of God is as the hill of Ba-
shan, an high hill as the hill of Bashan.
16 Why leape ye, ye high hilles? this
is the YiWzehich God desireth to dwell in,
yea the Lord will dwel in it for euer.
17 The
Num. 10.
3S.
t Hebr. from
his/ace.
t Hebr. re-
ioyce with
+ Hebr. in a
house.
\Hebr.sluike
out.
t Hebr. con-
flrmeit.
t Hebr. ar.
mie.
+ Hebr. did
flee, did flee.
Or, for her,
site was.
Gods power in
Pfal
mes.
his Church.
Or, euen
matij/ thou-
sands.
• Eph. 4. 8.
t Heb. in the
man.
Or, red.
Or, ye that
are qfihe
fountaine
of Israel.
II Or, with
their com-
pany.
Or, the
beast of the
reeds.
I Or, he scat-
tereth.
17 The chariots of God are twentie
thousand, \\euen thousands of Angels:
the Lord is among them as in Sinai, in
the holy place.
18 * Thou hast ascended on high,
thou hast ledde captiuitie captiue, thou
hast receiued giftes tfor men ; yea,^jr
the rebellious also, that the Lord God
might dwell among them.
19 Blessed he the Lord , who daily
loadeth vs xiMh benefits, euen the God of
our saluation. Selah.
20 Hee that %s our God, is the God of
saluation; and vnto God the Lord
belong the issues from death.
21 But God shall wound the head
of his enemies : and the hairy scalpe of
such a one as goeth on still in his tres-
passes.
22 The Lord said, I will bring a-
gaine from Bashan , I will bring my
people againe from the depthes of the
sea:
23 That thy foote may be || dipped in
the blood of thine enemies , and the
tongue of thy dogges in the same.
24 They naue scene thy goings, O
God, euen the goings of my God, my
King, in the Sanctuarie.
25 The singers went before, the play-
ers on instruments Jbllozoed after ; a-
mongst them were the damosels playing
with timbrels.
26 Blesse yee God, in the Congrega-
tions, euen the Lord, ||from the foun-
taine of Israel.
27 There is little Beniamin with
their ruler, the princes of ludah \\and
their Councill, the princes of Zebulun,
and the princes of Naphtali.
28 Thy God hath commanded thy
strength : strengthen , O God , that
which thou hast wrought for vs.
29 Because of thy Temple at leru
salem , shall kings bring presents vnto
thee.
30 Rebuke the || company of speare-
men, the multitude of the bulles, with
the calues of the people, till eueri/ one sub-
mit himselfe with pieces of siluer : |J scat-
ter thou the people that delite in warre.
31 Princes shall come out of Egypt,
Ethiopia shall soone stretch out her
hands vnto God.
32 Sing vnto God , yee kingdomes
of the earth : O sing praises vnto the
Lord, Selah :
33 To him that rideth vpon the hea
uens of heauens, which were of olde : loe,
hee doeth tsend out his voice, and that a
mightie voice.
34 Ascribe yee strength vnto God :
his excellencie is ouer Israel , and his
strength m in the Hcloudes.
35 O God, thou art terrible out of
thy holy places : the God of Israel is he
that giueth strength, and power vnto
his people : blessed be God.
PSAL. LXIX.
1 Dauid complaineth of his affliction. 13 Hee
Erayeth for deliuerance. 22 Hee deuoteth
is enemies to destruction. 30 He praiseth
God with thankesgiuing.
1[ To the chiefe musician vpon Sho-
shannim, A Psalme of Dauid.
Aue mee, O God, for the
waters are come in vnto
my soule.
2 I sinke in tdeepe
mire,where</ter-eMnostan-
ding : I am come into tdeepe waters,
where the flouds ouerflow me.
3 I am weary of my crying, my
throate is dried ; mine eyes faile ivhile I
waite for my God.
4 They that hate mee without a
cause, are moe then the haires of mine
head : they that would destroy me, be-
ing mine enemies wrongfully , are
mightie : then I restored that which I
tooke not away.
5 O God, thou knowest my foolish-
nesse ; and my t sinnes are not hidde
from thee.
6 Let not them that waite on thee,
O Lord G o D of hostes , be ashamed
formy sake: let not those thatseeke thee,
be confounded for my sake , O God of
Israel.
7 Because for thy sake I haue borne
reproch : shame hath couered my face.
8 I am become a stranger vnto my
brethren , and an aliant vnto my mo-
thers children.
9 *For the zeale of thine house hath
eaten mee vp ; * and the reproches of
them that reproched thee, are fallen vp-
on me.
10 When I wept, and chastened my
soule with fasting, that was to my re-
proch.
11 I made sackecloth also my gar-
ment : & I became a prouerbe to them.
12 They that sit in the gate, speake
against mee; and / was the song of the
t drunkards.
4 G 2 13 But
t Heh. the
myre of
depth.
t Heb. depth
of waters.
t tfrt. gxue.
I Or, hea-
uens.
t Ileb. guil-
tinesse.
* John 2. 17.
•Rom. 15.3.
t Heb. drin-
kersofstrong
drinke.
Dauids prayer
Pfal
mes.
againft the wicked.
t Heb. make
haste to
heareme.
t Heb. to la-
ment viih
me.
• Mat 27.
38. mar. 19.
i3. iobn 19.
29.
■Rom.11.9
t Hebr. their
palace.
t Hebr. let
there not bee
a dweller.
t Hebr. thy
xcoundeU.
I Or, punish,
ment o/irii.
fuitie.
13 But as for mee, my prayer w vnto
thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time :
O God, in the multitude of thy mercie
heare me, in the trueth of thy saluation.
14 Deliuer m3 out of the mire, and
let me not sinke : let me bee deliuered
from them that hate me, and out of the
deepe waters.
15 Let not the water flood ouerflow
me, neither let the deepe swallow mee
vp, and let not the pit shut her mouth
vpon me.
16 Heare me, O Loed, for thy lo-
uingliindnesse is good: turnevnto mee
according to the multitude of thy tender
mercies.
17 And hide not thy face from thy
seruant, for I am in trouble : t heare me
speedily.
18 Draw nigh vnto my soule, and re-
deeme it : deliuer me because of mine
enemies.
19 Thou hast knowen my rcproch
and my shame and my dishonor : mine
aduersaries are all before thee.
20 Reproch hath broken my heart,
and I am full of heauines: and I loo-
ked ^/or some t to take pi tie, but there was
none ; and for comforters, but I found
none.
21 They gaue mee also gall for my
meat, *and in my thirst they gaue mee
vineger to drinke.
22 • Let their table become a snare
before them : and that which sliould haue
bene (oTfheiryie\fa.re,let it become a trap.
23 Let their eyes be darkened that
they see not; and make their loines con-
tinually to shake.
24 Powre out thine indignation vp
on them, and let thy wrathfull anger
take hold of them.
25 Let their t habitation be desolate,
and tlet none dwell in their tents.
26 For they persecute him who thou
hast smitten, and they talke to the griefe
of t those whom thou hast wounded.
27 Adde || iniquitie vnto their ini
quitie : and let them not come into thy
righteousncsse.
28 Let them bee blotted out of the
booke of the liuing, and not be written
with the righteous.
29 But I am poore, and sorowfuU :
let thy saluation (O God) set me vp on
high.
30 I will praise the name of God
with a song, and will magnifie him
with thankesgiuing.
31 This also shall please the Lord
better then an oxe or buUocke that hath
homes and hoofes.
32 The 1 1 humble shall see this, and
be glad : and your heart shall liue that
seeke good.
33 For the Lord heareth the
poore, and despiseth not his prisoners.
34 Let the heauen and earth praise
him, the seas, and euery thing that tmo-
ueth therein.
35 For God will saue Sion, and will
build the cities of ludah , that they
may dwell there, and haue it in posses-
sion.
36 The seede also of his seruants
shall inherit it : and they that loue his
name shall dwell therein.
PSAL. LXX.
Dauid solliciteth God to the speedie destruction
of the wicked, and preseruation of the godly.
IT To the chiefe musician, a p*aZweof Da-
uid, tobring to remembrance.
Ake fiaste,*0 God, to deli-
uer mee, make haste tto
helpe me, O Lord.
2 Let them be ashamed
and confounded that seeke
after my soule : let them be turned back-
ward, and put to confusion, that desire
my hurt.
3 *Let them be turned backe for a
reward of their shame, that say, Aha,
aha.
4 Let all those that seeke thee, re-
ioyce, and be glad in thee: and let such
as loue thy saluation, say continually,
Let God be magnified.
5 But I am poore and needy, make
haste vnto me, O God : Thou art my
helpe and my deliuerer, O Lord
make no tarrying.
PSAL. LXXI.
1 Dauid in confidence of faith and experience
of Gods fauour, prayeth both for himselfe,
and against the enemies of his soule. 14 He
promiseth constancie. 17 Hee prayeth for
perseuerance. 19 Hepraiseth God, and pro-
miseth to doe it cheerefully.
N *thee, O Lord, doe
I put my trust, let me ne-
uer be put to confusion.
2 Deliuer mee in thy
righteousnesse, and cause
me to escape : incline thine eare vnto
Or, meeke.
t Hebr. cree-
peth.
me, and saue me.
3 tBee
• Psal. 40.
14, &c.
t Hebr. to
my helpe.
• Psal. 3S.4.
and 71. 13.
"Psal. 31.2.
Dauids hope.
Pfal
mes.
Gods benefits.
^ Hebr.be
thou to me
\for a rocke
I of habita-
tion.
iJfebr.
watch, or
obserue.
t Hebr. vnto
oM age, and
gray haires.
t Hebr. thine
arme.
3 t Bee thou my strong habitation
whereunto I may continually resort :
thou hast giuen commandement to saue
mee, for thou art my rocke, and my for
tresse.
4 Deliuer me, O my God, out of the
hand of the wicked , out of the hand of
the vnrighteous, and cruel man.
5 For thou art my hope , O Lord
God : thou art my trust from my
youth.
6 By thee haue I bene holden vp
from the wombe : thou art hec that
tooke mee out of my mothers bowels,
my praise slialbe continually of thee.
7 I am as a wonder vnto many
but thou art my strong refuge.
8 Let my mouth bee filled with thy
praise, arul with thy honour all the day
9 Cast me not off in the time of old
age ; forsake me not when my strength
faileth.
10 For mine enemies speake against
mee : and they that + lay waite for my
soule, take counsell together,
11 Saying, God hath forsaken him :
persecute and take him, for there is none
to deliuer him.
12 0 God, be not farre from mee : O
my God, make haste for my helpe.
13 Let them be confounded and con
sumed , that are aduersaries to my
soule : let them bee couered wi^Areproch
and dishonour, that seeke my hurt.
14 But I wil hope continually, and
will yet praise thee more and more.
15 My mouth shall shew foorth thy
righteousnesse, ajid thy saluation all the
day : for I know not the numbers
thereof.
16 I will goe in the strength of the
Lord God : I will make mention of
thy righteousnesse, euen of thine onely.
17 O God, thou hast taught me from
my youth : and hitherto haue I decla-
red thy wonderous workes.
18 Now also t when I am old and
gray headed, O God, forsake me not :
vntill I haue shewed + thy strength vn-
to this generation, and thy power to eue-
ry one tlmt is to come.
19 Thy righteousnes also, O God, is
very high, who hast done great things :
O God, who is like vnto thee '?
20 Thou which hast shewed mee
great, and sore troubles, shalt quicken
mee againe, and shalt bring mee vp a-
gaine from the depth es of the earth.
21 Thou shalt increase my great-
nesse, and comfort me on euery side.
22 I will also praise thee t with the
psalterie, euen thy trueth , O my God :
vnto thee will I sing with the harpe,
0 thou Holy one of Israel.
23 My lippes shall greatly reioyce
when I sing vnto thee : and my soule,
which thou hast redeemed.
24 My tongue also shall talke of thy
righteousnesse all the day long: for they
are confounded , for they are brought
vnto shame, that seeke my hurt.
PSAL. LXXIL
1 Dauid praying for Solomon, sheweth tlie
goodnesse and glory of his, in type, and in
trueth, of Christes kingdome. 18 Hee bles-
seth God.
51 A Psalme ||for Solomon.
lue the King thy ludge-
ments , O God , and thy
Righteousnesse vnto the
Kings Sonne.
2 Hee shall iudge thy
people with righteousnesse , and thy
poore with iudgement.
3 The mountaines shal bring peace
to the people, and the litle hils, by righ
teousnesse.
4 Hee shall iudge the poore of the
people, he shall saue the children of the
needie , and shall breake in pieces the
oppressour.
•5 They shall feare thee as long as
the Sunne & Moone indure, through
out all generations.
6 Hee shall come downe like raine
vpon the mowen grasse : as showres
that water the earth.
7 In his dayes shall the righteous
flourish : and abundance of peace t so
long as the Moone endureth.
8 He shall haue dominion also from
sea to sea, and from the riuer, vnto the
ends of the earth.
9 They that dwell in the wilder-
nesse shall bowe before him : and his e-
nemies shall licke the dust.
10 The kings of Tarshish and of
the Isles shall bring presents : the
Kings of Sheba and Seba shall ofifer
gifts.
11 Yea, all Kings shall fall downe
before him : all nations shall serue him.
12 For hee shall deliuer the needy
when he crieth : the poore also, and him
that hath no helper.
13 He shal spare the poore and needy,
and
t Hebr. with
the instni.
meiit ofpaal-
teric.
\Or,of.
t Hebr. tilt
there be no
inoone.
The defcription
Pfal
ines.
of the wicked.
^Heb.<me
shall giue.
iHeb.»haa
be.
t Neb. shal-
beasasonne'
to continxte
hU/athers
name fore-
ver.
I Or, a
Ptalme/or
Asaph.
I Or, yet.
iHeb. cleane
of heart.
• lob. 21. 7-
psal. .17- 1.
lerem. 12. 1
iHeb.fat.
t Heb. in the
trouble ofo-
Ihermen.
t Heb. with
t Heb. they
paste the
thoughts of
the heart.
and shall saue the soules of the needy.
14 He shall redeeme their soule from
deceit and violence : and precious shall
their blood be in his sight.
15 And he shr.llliue,and to him +shal-
be giuen of the gold of Sheba ; prayer
also shalbe made for him continually,
and daily shall he be praised.
16 There shalbe an handfuU of
come in the earth vpon the top of the
mountaines; the fruit thereof shall
shake like Lebanon, and they of the citie
shall flourish like grasse of the earth.
17 His name tshall endure for euer :
t his name shalbe continued as long as
the sunne : and men shalbe blessed in
him ; all nations shall call him blessed.
18 Blessed be the Lord God, the
God of Israel, who only doth won-
derous things.
19 And blessed be his glorious name
for euer, and let the whole earth be filled
with his glory. Amen, and Amen.
20 The prayers of Dauid the sonne
of lesse, are ended.
PSAL. LXXIII.
1 The Prophet preuailing in a Temptation,
2 shewetn the occasion thereof, the prospe-
ritie of the wicked : 13 The wound giuen
thereby, diffidence. 15 The victory ouer it,
knowledge of Gods purpose, in destroying of
the wicked and sustaining the righteous.
f A Psalme || of Asaph.
(I Ruely God is good to Is
rael, euenio such as are tof
a cleane heart.
2 But as for mee , my
feete were almost gone
my steps had well-nigh slipt.
3 * For I was enuious at the foo-
lish , wlien I sawe the prosperity of the
wicked.
4 For there are no bands in their
death : but their strength is t firme.
5 They are not t in trouble a* other
men : neither are they plagued t like
other men.
6 Therefore pride compasseth them
about as a chaine : violence couereth
them as a garment.
7 Their eies stand out with fatnes :
tthey haue more then heart could wish.
8 They are corrupt, and speake wic-
ked lyconcermng-oppression : theyspeake
loftily.
9 They set their mouth against the
heauens; and their tongue walketh
through the earth.
10 Therefore his people returne hi-
ther : and waters of a full cup are wrung
out to them.
11 And they say , How doth God
know .? and is there knowledge in the
most High .'
12 Behold, these ai-e the vngodly :
who prosper in the world, they increase
in riches.
13 Verily I haue cleansed my heart
in vaine, and washed my hands in in-
nocencie.
14 For all the day long haue I bene
plagued , and t chastened euery mor-
ning.
15 If I say, I will speake thus : be-
hold, I should offend against the gene-
ration of thy children.
16 When I thought to know this,
t it was too painfull for me,
17 Vntill I went into the Sanctu-
arie of God ; then vnderstood I their
end.
18 Surely thou didst set them in slip-
pery places : thou castedst them downe
into destruction.
19 How are they brouffht into desola
tion as in a moment ? tney are vtterly
consumed with terrours.
20 As a dreame when one awaketh
>, O Lord, when thou awakest thou
shalt despise their image.
21 Thus my heart was greeued, and
I was pricked in my reines.
22 So foolish was I , t and igno-
rant : I was as a beast t before thee.
23 Neuerthelesse I am continually
with thee : thou hast holden me by my
right hand.
24 Thou shalt guide me with thy
counsell ; and afterward receiue me to
glory.
25 Whom haue I in heauen but thee?
and the7-e is none vpon earth that I
desire besides thee.
26 My flesh and my heart faileth :
iM^Godwthe tstrength of my heart, and
my portion for euer.
27 For loe, they that are farre from
thee, shall perish : thou hast destroyed
all them that goe a whoring from thee.
28 But it is good for me, to drawe
neere to God : I haue put my trust in
the Lord God, that I may declare all
thy workes.
PSAL. LXXIIII.
1 The Prophet complaineth of the desolation
of the Sanctuarie. 10 Hee moueth God to
helpe.
t Ileb. my
chastisement
was.
t Heb. it uias
labour in
mine eies.
t Heb. I
knew not.
t Heb. with
thee.
t Heb. rocke.
Prayers of the
Pfalmes.
Church afflidled.
I Or, A
psalmeyftr
Asaph to
giue instru-
ction.
I Or, tribe.
+ Hebr. they
haue sent
thy SanctU'
rie into tlie
fire.
t Hebr.
breake.
' Exod. 14.
21.
t Hebr.
breake.
y Or, whales
' Exo. 17. 5
num. 20. 11
iosh. 3. 13.
t Heb. riuers
of strength
helpe in consideration of his power. 18 Of
his reprochfuU enemies, of his children, and
of his Couenant.
Maschil of Asaph.
God, why hast thou cast vs
off for euer ? xohy doeth-
thine anger smoke against
the sheepe of thy pasture .'
2 Remember thy Con-
gregation which thou hast purchased of
olde : the || rod of thine inheritance
which thou hast redeemed, this mount
Sion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
3 Lift vp thy feete vnto the perpe-
tuall desolations : euen all that the ene-
mie hath done wickedly in the Sane-
tuarie.
4 Thine enemies roare in the midst
of thy congregations : they set vp their
ensignes^^r signes.
5 A man was famous according as
he had lifted vp axes vpon the thicke
trees.
6 But now they breake downe the
carued worke thereof at once, with axes
and hammers.
7 t They haue cast fire into thy San-
ctuary, they hauedefiled hy casting downe,
the dwelling place of thy Name to the
ground.
8 They said in their hearts. Let vs
t destroy them together : they haue
burnt vp all the Synagogues of God
in the land.
9 We see not our signes, there is no
more any prophet, neither is there a-
mong vs any that knoweth howe
long.
10 O God, how long shall the aduer-
sarie reproach ? shall the enemie blas-
pheme thy Name for euer .''
11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand,
euen thy right hand.'' plucke it out of thy
bosome.
12 For God is my King of old, wor-
king saluation in the midst of the earth.
13 * Thou didst tdiuidethe sea by thy
strength : thou brakest the heads of the
II dragons in the waters.
14 Thou brakest the heads of Leui-
athan in pieces, and gauest him to bee
meat to the people inhabiting the wil-
dernesse.
15 *Thou didst cleaue the fountaine
and the flood : thou driedst vp tmightie
riuers.
16 The day is thine, the night also is
thine : thou hast prepared the light and
the sunne.
t Heb. made
them.
^Heb.asceiu
deth.
17 Thou hast set all the borders of
the earth : Thou hast t made Summer
and Winter.
18 Remember this, tJiat the enemie
hath reproached, O Lord, and tliat
the foolish people haue blasphemed thy
Name.
19 O deliuer not the soule of thy tur-
tle doue vnto the multitude of the wicked
forget not the Congregation of thy
poore for euer.
20 Haue respect vnto the couenant :
for the darke places of the earth are full
of the habitations of crueltie.
21 O let not the oppressed retume a-
shamed : let the poore and needie praise
thy name.
22 Arise, O God, plead thine owne
cause : remember how the foolish man
reprocheth thee daily.
23 Forget not the voyce of thine ene-
mies : the tumult of those that rise vp
against thee, tincreaseth continually.
PSAL. LXXV.
1 The Prophet praiseth God. 2 Hee promiseth
to iudge vprightly. 4 He rebuketh the proud
by consideration of Gods prouidence. 9 He
praiseth Grod, & promiseth to execute iustice.
H II To the chiefe musician Al-taschith, • Or, to the
AJ?salme or song of Asaph. ^^Jjff.X
Nto thee, O God, doe we ^f]^,!^}l^
giue thankes, vnto thee doe, Asapti.
we giue thanks : for that
thy name is nere, thy won-
derous works declare.
I shall receiue the con- f Or, when i
will iudge vprightly. I'^'lit''"
3 The earth and all the inhabitants
thereof are dissolued : I beare vp the
pillars of it. Selah.
4 I said vnto the fooles, Deale not
foolishly : and to the wicked. Lift not vp
the home.
5 Lift not vp your home on high :
speake not with a stiffe necke.
6 For promotion commeth neither
from the East, nor from the West, nor
from the t South. iHekdesert
7 Rut God is the iudge : he putteth
downe one, and setteth vp another.
8 For in the hand of the Lord
there is a cup, and the wine is red : it is
full of mixture , and he powreth out of
the same : but the dregges thereof all the
wicked of the earth shall wring them
out, and drinke them.
9 Rut I will declare for euer ; I
will
2 II When
gregation, I
Vow, and pay.
Pfalmes.
Gods power.
IOr,/or
Asaph.
\Heb.to
Feare.
tOr,/or
A$aph.
•will sing praises to the God of lacob.
10 All the homes of the wicked also
will I cut off; but the homes of the
righteous shall be exalted.
PSAL. LXXVI.
1 A declaration of Gods maiestie in the Church.
11 An exhortation to serue him reuerently.
f To the chiefe musician on Neginoth,
aPsalme or song ||of Asaph.
' N ludah is God know-
en : his name is great in
Israel.
2 In Salem also is
his tabernacle, and his
dwelling place in Sion.
3 There brake he the arrowes of the
bowe, the shield, and the sword, and the
battell. Selah.
4 Thou art more glorious and ex-
cellent then the mountaines of pray.
5 The stout hearted are spoiled,
they haue slept their sleepe : and none of
the men of might haue found their
hands.
6 At thy rebuke, O God of la-
cob, both the chariot and horse are cast
into a dead sleepe.
7 Thou, euen thou art to be feared ;
and who may stand in thy sight when
once thou art angry .''
8 Thou didst cause iudgement to be
heard from heauen : the earth feared
and was still,
9 When God arose to iudgement, to
saue all the meeke of the earth. Selah
10 Surely the wrath of man shall
praise thee : the remainder of wrath
shalt thou restraine.
11 Vowe, and pay vnto the Lord
your God ; let all that be round about
him bring presents t vnto him that
ought to be feared.
12 Hee shall cut oft' the spirit of prin-
ces : hee is terrible to the kings of the
earth.
PSAL. LXXVII.
The Psalmist sheweth what fierce combate
hee had with diffidence. 10 The victory
which he had by consideration of Gods great
and gratious workes.
r To the chiefe musician , to ledu-
thim, a Psalme || of Asaph.
cryed vnto God with my
voice: e.uen vnto God with
my voice, and he gaue eare
vnto me.
2 In the day of my
t Heb. my
hatul.
trouble, I sought the Lord ; t my
sore ranne in the night, and ceased not :
my soule refused to be comforted.
3 I remerabred God , and was
troubled : I complained, and my spirit
was ouerwhelmed. Selah.
4 Thou boldest mine eyes waking
I am so troubled that I cannot speake.
5 I haue considered the dayes of
old, the yeeres of auncient times.
6 I call to remembrance my song
in the night : I commune with mine
owne heart , and my spirit made dili-
gent search.
7 Will the Lord cast off" for e-
uer? and will hee be fauourable nc
more ?
8 Is his mercy cleane gone for e-
uer .'' doth his promise faile t for euer-
more ?
9 Hath God forgotten to be graci
ous .'' hath he in anger shut vp his ten-
der mercies .' Selah.
10 And I sayd, This is my infirmi-
tie : but I will remembej- the yeeres of the
right hand of the most high.
11 I will remember the workes of
the Lord : surely I will remember
thy wonders of old.
12 I will meditate also of all thy
worke, and talke of thy doings.
13 Thy way, O God, is in the San
ctuarie : who is so great a God, as our
God.?
14 Thou art the God that doest won-
ders ; thou hast declared thy strength a-
mong the people.
15 Thou hast with thine arme redee-
med thy people , the sonnes of lacob
and loseph. Selah.
16 The waters saw thee , O God,
the waters saw thee : they were afraid;
the depths also were troubled.
17 t The cloudes powred out water,
the skies sent out a sound ; thine ar-
rowes also went abroad.
18 The voice of thy thunder was in
the heauen : the lightnings lightned the
world, the earth trembled and shooke.
19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy path
in the great waters : and thy foot-steps
are not knowen.
20 * Thou leddest thy people like a
flock, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
PSAL. LXXVin.
1 An exhortation both to learne and to preach
the Law of God. 9 The story of^ Gods
wrath against the incredulous and disobedi-
ent
t Heh. to ge-
neratiojiand
generation.
t Heb. the
clouds were
powredforth
with water.
•Exod.
Gods wonders
Pfal
mes.
in
Egypt.
\Ot,A.
Psalme^r
Asaphy io
giue iiuitrtu
ction.
Psal. 49. 5,
matth. 13.
35.
ZJeut. 4.
9. and e. 7.
t Hebr. that
prepared not
their heart.
t Hebr.
throwing
foorth.
' Exod. 14.
21.
Exod. 13.
21. and 14.
24.
• Exod. 17.
6. num. 20.
10. psal.
los. 44. I.
cor. 10. 4.
ent. 67 The Israelites being reiected, God
chose ludah, Sion, and Dauid.
ir IIMaschil of Asaph.
lue eare, O my people, to
my Lawe : incline your
cares to the wordes of my
mouth.
_ 2 * I will open my
mouth in a parable : I wil vtter darke
sayings of old :
3 Which we haue heard, & knowen
and our fathers haue told vs.
4 We will not hide them from their
children, shewing to the generation to
come , the praises of the Loud : and
his strength, and his wonderfull works
that he hath done.
5 For he established a Testimony in
lacob , and appointed a I^aw in Is-
rael , which he commaunded our fa-
thers : *that they should make them
knowen to their children.
6 That the generation to come
might know them , euen the children
which should be borne: who should arise
and declare them to their children :
7 That they might set their hope in
God, and not forget the works of God:
but keepe his Commandements,
8 And might not bee as their fa-
thers , a stubborne and rebellious gene-
ration, a generation tthat set not their
heart aright : and whose spirit was not
stedfast with God.
9 The children of Ephraim being
armed , a7id t carying bowes , turned
backe in the day of battell.
10 They kept not the couenant of
God: and refused to walke in his Law :
11 And forgat his workes : and his
wonders that he had shewed them.
12 Marueilous things did he in the
sight of their fathers : in the land of E-
gypt, in the field of Zoan.
13 * Hee diuided the Sea, and caused
them to passe through : and he made the
waters to stand as an heape.
14 *In the day time also he led them
with a cloud : and all the night with a
light of fire.
15 *riee claue the rockes in thewil-
demes : and gaue them drinke as cmt of
the great depthes.
16 Hee brought streames also out of
the rocke, and caused waters to runne
downe like riuers.
17 And they sinned yet more against
him : by prouoking the most High in the
wildernes.
18 And they tempted God in their
heart : by asking meat for their lust.
19 * Yea, they spake against God:
they said. Can God t furnish a table in
the wildernes ?
20 * Behold, he smote the rocke, that
the waters gushed out, & the streames
ouerflowed; can he giue bread also.'' can
he jirouide flesh for his people .''
21 Therefore the Lord heard
thw, and was wroth, so a fire was kind-
led against lacob : and anger also came
vp against Israel.
22 Because they beleeued not in
God : and trusted not in his saluation:
23 Though he had commanded the
cloudes from aboue : and opened the
doores of heauen :
24 * And had rained downe Manna
vpon them to eate, and had giuen them
of the come of heauen.
25 * II Man did eate Angels food: hee
sent them meat to the full.
26 He caused an East wind to tblow
in the heauen : and by his power hee
brought in the South wind.
27 He rained flesh also vpon them as
dust : and + feathered foules like as the
sand of the sea.
28 And hee let it fall in the midst of
their campe, round about their habita-
tions.
29 So they did eate, & were well fil-
led : for he gaue them their owne desire.
30 They were not estranged from
their lust : but while their meate *was
yet in their mouthes,
31 The wrath of God came vpon
them, and slew the fattest of them : and
tsmote downe the ||chosen men of Is-
rael.
32 For all this they sinned still : and
beleeued not for his wondrous works.
33 Therefore their dayes did he con-
sume in vanitie , and their yeeres in
trouble.
34 When hee slew them , then they
sought him : and they returned, and in-
quired early after God.
35 And they remembred that God
loas their rocke: and the high God, their
redeemer.
36 Neuerthelesse they did flatter
him with their mouth : and they lyed
vnto him with their tongues.
37 P'or their heart was not right
with him : neither were they stedfast in
his couenant.
38 But hee being full of compassion,
4 H forgaue
' Exod. 16.
lohne.
3).
I Or, euerg
one did eat
the bread of
the migfUy.
t Hebr. to
goe.
\Hebr.foule
of wing.
" Num. 11
4. I
t He& order. I
Kxod. 17.
num. 20.
Num. II.
t Heb. made
to bow.
I Or,s/ong
men.
Egypt plagued.
Pial
mes.
Daiiid chofen.
\lOr,rebea
against him.
1 1 Or, from
laJKclion.
t Heb. set.
* Exod. 7.
• Kxod. 8.
24. & 8. 6.
* Exod. 10.
13.
' Exod. 9.
23.
i Heb. kit.
led.
I Or, great
haile stones.
t Heb. he
shut Dp.
I Or, light,
nings.
t Heb. he
tDaigheda
pa£.
I Or, their
beasts, to the
murreine,
Exod. 9. 3.
Exod. 13.
i». & 9. 3.
• Exod. 14.
27. & 15.
in.
'red.
*Iosu.l3. 7.
forgaue their iniquity , and destroyed
theni not; yea many a time turned he his
anger away, and did not stirre vp all
his wrath.
39 For he reinembred that they were
but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and
commeth not againe.
40 How oft did they ||prouoke him
in the wildernesse : and grieue him in
the desert .''
41 Yea they turned backe and temp-
ted God : and limited the holy one of
Israel.
42 They remembred not his hand
nor the day when hee deliuered them
||from the enemie:
43 How he had t wrought his signes
in Egypt : and his wonders in the field
of Zoan :
44 *And had turned their riuers in-
to blood : and their flouds , that they
could not drinke.
45 • Hee sent diuers sorts of flies a
mong them, which deuoured them : and
frogges which destroyed them.
46 * He gaue also their increase vnto
the caterpiller : and their labour vnto
the locust.
47 'He t destroyed their vines with
haile : and their Sycomore trees with
II frost.
48 t He gaue vp their cattel also to
the haile : and their flockes to ||hot thun-
der-bolts.
49 He cast vpon them the fiercenesse
of his anger, wrath and indignation,
and trouble : by sending euill angels a-
niwig them.
50 t He made a way to his anger, hee
spared not their soule from death : but
gaue II their life ouer to the pestilence.
51 *And smote all the first borne in
Egypt: the chiefe of <Adr strength in the
tabernacles of Ham :
52 But made his owne people to goe
forth like sheepe : and guided them in
the wildernesse like a flocke.
53 And he led them on safely, so that
they feared not : but the sea *touer-
whelmed their enemies.
54 And he brought them to the bor-
der of his sanctuarie: euen to this moun-
taine which his right hand had pur-
chased.
55 • He cast out the heathen also be-
fore them, and diuided them an inheri
tance by line : and made the tribes of Is-
rael to dwell in their tents.
56 Yet they tempted and prouoked
the most high God : and kept not his
testimonies :
57 But turned backe , and dealt vn-
faithfuUy like their fathers : they were
turned aside like a deceitfull bowe.
58 * For they prouoked him to anger
with their high places : and moued him
to ielousie with their grauen images.
59 When God heard this , hee was
wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel :
60 * So that he forsooke the taber-
nacle of Shiloh : the ientwhich he placed
among men,
61 And deliuered his strength into
captiuitie : and his glory into the ene-
mies hand.
62 He gaue his people ouer also vn
to the sword : and was wroth with his
inheritance.
63 The fire consumed their young
men : and their maidens were not tgi
uen to mariage.
64 Their priests fell by the sword:
and their widowes made no lamen-
tation.
65 Then the Lord awaked as one
out of sleepe : and like a mighty man
that shouteth by reason of wine.
66 And he smote his enemies in the
hinder parts : he put them to a perpe-
tuall reproch.
67 Moreouer he refused the taber-
nacle of loseph : and chose not the tribe
of Ephraim.
68 But chose the tribe of ludah
the mount Sion which he loued.
69 And he built his sanctuarie like
high palaces : like the earth which he hath
t established for euer.
70 *He chose Dauid also his seruant,
and tooke him from the sheepe-folds :
71 *tFrom following the ewes great
with young , hee brought him to feed
lacob his people , and Israel his in-
heritance.
72 So he fed them according to the
integritie of his heart : and guided them
by the skilfulnesse of his hands.
PSAL. LXXIX.
1 The Psalmist complaineth of the desolation
of lerusalem. 8 Hee prayeth for deliue-
rance, 13 And promiseth thankefulnesse.
1 A Psalme ||of Asaph.
God, the heathen are come
into thine, inheritance, thy
holy temple liaue they defi-
led : they haue layd lerusa-
lem on heapes.
2 The
• Deut. 38.
2\.
1. King.
. 10.
t Heb. prai-
t Heb. fourth
(led.
• 1. Sam. 16
11. 2. Sam.
7. n.
• 2. Sam. 5.
2. I. Chron.
11.2.
t Heb. from
after.
I Or, /or
Asaph.
The troubles of
Pfal
iiies.
the Church.
" Psa. 44. 14
* Psa. 89. 45
let. 10. 25
■ Esa. 64. 9c
i Or^ tfie ini-
quities of
them that
were before
vs.
t Ileb. ven-
geance.
t Heb. thine
arme.
t Hebr. re-
serue the
children of
death.
t Ueb. to ge-
T^erationand
generation.
Or, for
Aeajih.
!i! The dead bodies of thy seruants
haue they giuen to bee meate vnto the
foules of the heauen : the flesh of thy
Saints vnto tlie beasts of the earth.
3 Their blood haue they shed like
water round about lerusalem : and
there was none to burie them.
4 * We are become a reproach to our
neighbours : a scorne and derision to
them that are round about vs.
5 * How long, Lord, wilt thou
be angry , for euer ? shall thy ielousie
burne like fire ?
6 * Powre out thy wrath vpon the
heathen that haue not knowen thee,
and vpon the kingdomes that haue not
called vpon thy name.
7 For they haue deuoured lacob
and laid waste his dwelling place.
8 *0 remember not against vs ||for-
mer iniquities, let thy tender mercies
speedily preuent vs : for we are brought
very low.
9 Helpe vs, O God of our saluati
on, for the glory of thy Name : and de
liuer vs, and purge away our sinnes for
thy Names sake.
10 Wherfore should the heathen say,
Where is their God.!" let him be knowen
among the heathen in our sight b?/ the
treuenging of the blood of thy seruants
which is shed.
11 Let the sighing of the prisoner
come before thee, according to the great-
nesse of tthy power: tpreserue thou
those that are appointed to die.
12 And render vnto our neighbours
seuen fold into their bosome , their re-
proach wherewith they haue reproched
thee, O Lord.
13 So we thy people and sheepe of
thy pasture, will giue thee thankes for
euer : we will shew forth thy praise tto
all generations.
PSAL. LXXX.
1 The Psalmist in his prayer complaineth of the
miseries of the Church. 8 Gods former fa-
uours are turned into iudgements. 14 Hee
prayeth for deliuerance.
IT To the chiefe Musician vpon Sho
shannim Eduth, a Psalme ||of
Asaph,
lue eare, O shepheard of
Israel, thou that leadest
Joseph like a flocke, thou
that dwellest betzoeene the
Cherubims, shine forth.
2 Before Ephraim and
thou smoke t
t Hebr. the
Cedars qf
God.
Beniamin, and Manasseh, stirre vp thy
strength : and tcome and saue vs. meb.comt
3 Turne vs againe, O God: and ^^r"""*""
cause thy face to shine, and we shall bee
saued.
4 O LoKD God of hosts, how
long twilt thou bee angry against the t iiehr. wut
prayer of thy people .'
5 Thou feedest them with the bread
of teares : and giuest them teares to
drinke in great measure.
6 Thou makest vs a strife vnto our
neighbours : and our enemies laugh a-
mong themselues.
7 Turne vs againe, O God of hosts,
and cause thy face to shine, and we shall
be saued.
8 Thou hast brought a vine out of
Egypt : thou hast cast out the heathen,
and planted it.
9 Thou preparedst roome before it :
and didst cause it to take deepe root, and
it filled the land.
10 The hilles were couered with the
shadow of it, and the boughs thereof
were like tthe goodly cedars.
11 She sent out her boughs vnto the
Sea : and her branches vnto the riuer.
12 Why hast thou then broken downe
her hedges : so that all they which passe
by the way, doe plucke her .''
13 The boare out of the wood doth
waste it : and the wild beast of the field
doth deuoure it.
14 Returne, we beseech thee, O God
of hosts : looke downe from heauen,
and behold, and visit this vine :
15 And the vineyard which thy right
hand hath planted: and the branch that
thou madest strong for thy selfe.
16 It is burnt with fire, it is cut downe:
they perish at the rebuke of thy coun-
tenance-
17 Let thy hand be vpon the man of
thy right hand : vpon the sonne of man,
whom thou madest strong for thy selfe.
18 So will not wee goe backe from
thee : quicken vs, and we will call vpon
thy Name.
19 Turne vs againe, O Lord God
of hosts, cause thy face to shine, and wee
shall be saued.
PSAL. LXXXI.
An exhortation to a solemne praising of God
4 God challengeth that duetie by reason of
his benefits. 8 God exhorting to obedience,
complaineth of their disobedience, which
proueth their owne hurt.
4 H 2 f To
Ifraels obftinacie.
Pfalmes.
lud^es are gods,
I Or,/*r A.
\Or,ag<Knst.
t Hebr,pas»ed
meajf.
• Exod. 17.
6.
I Or, »trife.
• Acts. 14.
6.
I Or. to the
hardnes of
their hearts
or imagina-
tion.
Or, yeelded
fainedobe'
aience. Heb.
Ij/ed.
t HOrr. with
(he fat of
wheat.
% To the cliiefe Musician vpon Git-
tith. A Psalme \\ of Asaph.
^ Ing alowd vnto God
our strength : make a ioy-
fVll noise vnto the God of
lacob.
2 Take a Psalme, and
bring hither the timbrell : the pleasant
harpe with the psalterie.
3 Blow vp the trumpet in the new
Moone : in the time appointed on our
solemne feast day.
4 For this was a Statute for Is
rael : and a Law of the God of lacob.
5 This he ordained in Joseph Jbr a
testimonie, when he went out || through
the land of Egypt : where I heard a Ian
guage, tliat I vnderstood not.
6 I remoued his shoulder from the
burden : his handes twere dehuered
from the pots.
7 Thou calledst in trouble, and
deliuered thee , I answered thee in the
secret place of thunder : I *proued thee
at the waters of ||Meribah. Selah.
8 Heare, O my people, and I will
testifie vnto thee : O Israel, if thou wilt
hearken vnto me :
9 There shall no strange God be in
thee : neither shall thou worship any
strange God.
\0 1 am the Lord thy God, which
brought thee out of the land of Egypt:
open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
11 But my people would not hearken
to my voice : and Israel would none
of me.
12 *So I gaue them vp ||vnto their
owne hearts lust : and they walked in
in their owne counsels.
13 O that my people had hearkned
vnto me : and Israel had walked in my
wayes !
14 I should soone haue subdued
their enemies , and turned my hand a-
gainst their aduersaries.
15 The haters of the Lord should
haue II submitted themselues vnto him :
but their time should haue endured for
euer.
16 Hee should haue fedde them also
twith the finest of the wheat : and with
honie out of the rocke , should I haue
satisfied thee.
PSAL. LXXXII.
1 The Psalmist hauing exhorted the ludges,
S and reproued their n^ligence, 8 prayeth
God to iudge.
I Or, for
Asaph,
Deut. 1.
17.
t Heb. iudge.
* Prou. 24.
II.
t Hebr. mo-
ued.
• lohn 10.
34.
I Or, for A.
soph.
IT A Psalme ||of Asaph.
Od standeth in the Con-
gregation of the mightie :
hee iudgeth among the
gods.
2 How long will yee
iudge vniustly : and accept the * persons
of the wicked ? Selah.
3 t Defend the poore and fatherlesse:
doe iustice to the afflicted and needie.
4 *Deliuer the poore and needy: rid
them out of the hand of the wicked.
5 They know not, neither wil they
vnderstand; they walke on in darknes:
all the foundations of the earth are tout
of course.
6*1 haue said, Ye are gods : and all
of you are children of the most High :
7 But ye shall die like men, and fall
like one of the Princes.
8 Arise, O God, iudge the earth : for
thou shalt inherite all nations.
PSAL. LXXXIII.
1 A complaint to God of the enemies conspira-
cies. 9 A prayer against them that op-
presse the Cnurch.
II A song or Psalme ||of Asaph.
Eepe not thou silence, O
God : hold not thy peace,
and be not still, O God.
2 For loe, thine ene-
^_^^ mies make a tumult: and
they that hate thee , haue lift vp the
head.
3 They haue taken craftie counsell
against thy people, and consulted a-
gainst thy hidden ones.
4 They haue said, Come, and let vs
cut them oft" from being a nation : that
the name of Israel may bee no more in
remembrance.
5 For they haue consulted together
with one t consent : they are confederate
against thee.
6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the
Ishmaelites : of Moab, and the Haga-
rens.
7 Gebal and Ammon, and Amalek :
the Philistines, with the inhabitants of
Tyre.
8 Assur also is ioyned with them :
t they haue holpen the children of Lot.
Selah.
9 *Doe vnto them as imfo the Mi-
dianites : as to * Sisera, as to labin, at
the brooke of Kison :
10 Which perished at En-dor : theyj's- an^2<
became
t Heb. heart.
t Hebr. they
haue bene an
arme to the
children of
Lot.
• ludg. 7.
22.
ludg. 4
The defire
Pfal
mes.
of the godly.
• ludg. 7.
2S. & B. 21.
I Or, of.
I Or, qfmul-
berU'trees
make him
a well t^c.
t Heb. coue-
reth.
il Or, from
companie to
companie.
became as dung for the earth.
1 1 * Make their nobles like Oreb, and
like Zeeb : yea all their princes as Ze-
bah, and as Zalmunna :
12 Who sayd , Let vs take to our
selues, the houses of God in possession.
13 O my God, make them like a
wheele : as the stubble before the wind.
14 As the fire burneth a wood : and
as the flame setteth the mountaines on
fire :
15 So persecute them with thy tem
pest : and make them afraid with thy
storme.
16 Fill their faces with shame : that
they may seeke thy name, O Lord.
17 Let them be confounded and
troubled for euer : yea let them be put to
shame, and perish :
18 That men may knowe, that thou,
whose name alone is lEHOVAH
art the most High ouer all the earth.
PSAL. LXXXIIII.
1 The Prophet longing for the communion of
the Sanctuarie, 4 sheweth how blessed they
are that dwell therein. 8 Hee prayeth to be
restored vnto it.
If To the chiefe musician vpon Gittith,
a Psalm e || for the sonnes of Korah
^g Ow amiable are thy ta-
bernacles, O LoED of
hostes !
2 My soule longeth
euen fainteth for the
courts of the Lord: my heart and
my flesh cryeth out for the liuing God.
3 Yea the sparrowe hath , found an
house, and the swallow a nest for her
selfe, where she may lay her young, euen
thine altars, O Lord of hostes, my
king and my God.
4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy
house : they wilbe still praysing thee.
Selah.
5 Blessed is the man whose strength
is in thee : in whose heart are the wayes
of them :
6 Who passing through the valley
of Baca, make it a well : the raine also
t fiUeth the pooles.
7 They goe || from strength to
strength : eueiy one of them in Zion ap-
peareth before God.
8 O Lord God of hostes,
heare my prayer : giue eare , O God of
lacob. Selah.
9 Behold , O God our shield : and
looke vpon the face of thine anointed.
10 For a day in thy courts, is better
then a thousand : tl had rather be a
doore keeper in the house of my God,
then to dwell in the tents of wicked-
nesse.
11 For the Lord God is a sunne
and shield : the Lord will giue grace
and glory : no good thing will he with-
hold from * them that walke vprightly.
12 O Lord of hostes : blessed is
the man that trusteth in thee.
PSAL. LXXXV.
1 The Psalmist out of the experience of former
mercies prayeth for the continuance thereof.
8 He promiseth to waite thereon, out of con
fidence of Gods goodnesse.
t//rf. /
would choose
rather to ail
at the thre-
thold.
Psal. 2. 12.
& 34. 9.
1[ To
the chiefe musician , a Psalme
for the sonnes of Korah.
O R D , thou hast bene
fauourable vnto thy
land : thou hast brought
backe the captiuity of
lacob.
2 * Thou' ha^t forgiuen the iniqui-
tie of thy people, thou hast couered all
their sinne. Selah.
3 Thou hast taken away all thy
wrath : || thou hast turned thy selfe {rom
the fiercenesse of thine anger.
4 Turne vs, O God of our saluati-
on : and cause thine anger towards vs
to cease.
5 Wilt thou be angry with vs for e-
uer? wilt thou drawe out thine anger
to all generations .''
6 Wilt thou not reuiue vs againe :
that thy people may reioyce in thee ?
7 Shew vs thy mercy, O Lord ;
and graunt vs thy saluation.
8 I will heare what God the
Lord will speake : for hee will speake
peace vnto his people , and to his
Saints : but let them not turne againe
to folly.
9 Surely his saluation w nigh them
that feare him ; that glory may dwell in
our land.
10 Mercy and truth are met togetfier:
righteousnesse and peace haue kissed
•ach other.
11 Truth shall spring out of the
earth : and righteousnesse shall looke
downe from heauen. j
12 Yea the Lord shall giue that
which is good : and our land shall yeeld
her increase. !
13 Righte-i
Or, of.
I Or, weU
pleased.
• Psal. 32. 1.
Or, thou
hast turned
thine anger
fromtoaxing
hot.
Dauids prayer
Pfal
mes.
in affli6lioii.
\Or,apray-
er^ being a
Psalme of .
Dttuid. -
I Or, one
tthom thou
fauowest.
Or,aUUie
day.
• loel 2. 13.-
" Deut. 3.
24.
• Deut. 6.
4. and 32.
39. Isa. 37.
16. and 44.
6. roar. 12.
20. ephes. 4.
6. 1 . cor. 8.
4.
• Psal. 24.
3. and 119.
33.
I Or, graue.
iHebr.
terrible.
• Deut. 34.
6. num. 14.
18. pwl.
103. 8. and
139. 4. and
Mi. 8.
13 Righteousnes shall go before him:
and shall set vs in the way of his steps.
PSAL. LXXXVI.
1 Dauid strengtheneth his prayer by the con-
science of his Religion, 5 by the goodnesse
and power of God. 11 He desireth the con-
tinuance of former grace. 14 Complayning
of the proud, he craueth some token of Gods
goodnesse.
A prayer of Dauid.
Ow downe thine eare,
O Lord, heare me :
for I am poore & needy.
2 Preserue my soule,
for \ am \\ holy : O thou
my God, saue thy ser-
uant, that trusteth in thee.
3 Be merciful vnto me, O Lord : for
I cry vnto thee || daily.
4 Reioyce the soule of thy seruant :
for vnto thee (O Lord) doe I lift vp
ray soule.
5 * For thou Lord art good, and rea-
dy to forgiue : and plenteous in mercie
vnto all them that call vpon thee.
6 Giue eare O Lord, vnto my
prayer : and attend to the voice of my
supplications.
7 In the day of my trouble I will
call vpon thee : for thou wilt answere
mee.
8 Among the gods there is none like
vnto thee (O Lord :) * neither are there
any workes like vnto thy workes.
9 All nations whom thou hast
made , shall come and worship before
thee, O Lord : and shall glorifie thy
Name.
10 For thou art great, and doest won-
derous things : * thou art God alone.
11 * Teach me thy way, O Lord
I will walke in thy trueth : vnite my
heart to feare thy Name.
12 I will praise thee, O Lord my
God, with all my heart : and I wil glo-
rifie thy Name for euermore.
13 For great is thy mercy toward me:
and thou hast deliuered my soule from
the lowest ||hell.
14 O God, the proud are risen a-
gainst mee, and the assemblies of t vio-
lent men haue sought after my soule :
and haue not set thee before them.
15 * But thou, O Lord, art a God full
|0f compassion, and gracious : long suf-
jfering, and plenteous in mercy and
trueth.
16 O turne vnto me, and haue mer-
cie vpon me, giue thy strength vnto thy
seruant : and saue the sonne of thine
handmaid.
17 Shew me a token for good, that
they which hate me may see it, and bee
ashamed : because thou, Lord, hast
holpen me, and comforted me.
PSAL. LXXXVII.
1 The nature and glory of the Church. 4 The
increase , honour and comfort of the mem-
bers thereof.
IT A Psalme or song || for the sonnes i Or, of.
of Korah.
Is foundation is in the
holy mountaines.
2 The Lord lo
ueth the gates of Zion
more then all the dwel-
lings of lacob.
3 Glorious things are spoken of
thee, O Citie of God. Selah.
4 I will make mention of Rahab,
and Babylon, to them that know mee ;
behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethio-
pia : this man was borne there.
5 And of Zion it shalbe said. This
and that man was borne in her : and
the highest himselfe shall establish her.
6 The Lord shall count when
he writeth vp the people : that this man
was borne there. Selah.
7 As wel the singers as the players
on instruments shall bee there : all my
springs are in thee.
PSAL. LXXXVIII.
A prayer contayning a grieuous complaint
f A song or Psalme || for the sonnes of i Or, of.
Korah, to the chiefe Musician vpon
Mahalath Leannoth, || Maschil of
Heman the Ezrahite.
Lord God of my sal-
uation, I haue cried day
and night before thee.
2 Let my prayer come
before thee : incline thine
eare vnto my cry.
3 For my soule is full of troubles :
and my life draweth nigh vnto the
graue.
4 I am counted with them that go
downe into the pit : I am as a man thtit
hath no strength.
5 Free among the dead , like the
slaine that lie in the graue, whom thou
remem-
lOr, A
Psalme of
Heman the
Ezrahite,
giuini; in-
strtiction.
Daiiids complaint.
"Pfal
mes.
God
s power
Or, hy thy
hand.
Or, all the
day.
Or, a,
psalmeyor
Ethan tlie
Ezrahite,
to giue in~
struction.
t Hebr. to
generation
and gene'
ration.
remembrest no more : and they are cut
off' II from thy hand.
6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest
pit : in darkenesse , in the deepes.
7 Thy wrath lieth hard vpon me :
and thou hast afflicted me with all thy
waues. Selah.
8 Thou hast put away mine acquain-
tance farre from mee : thou hast made
me an abomination vnto them : / am
shut vp, and I cannot come forth.
9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of
affliction, Loud, I haue called daily
vpon thee : I haue stretched out my
hands vnto thee.
10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the
dead ? shal the deadarise and praise thee ?
Selah.
11 Shall thy louing kindnesse be de-
clared in the graue .'' or thy faithfulnesse
in destruction .'
12 Shall thy wonders be knowen
in the darke ? and thy righteousnesse in
the land of forge tfuln esse .''
13 But vnto thee haue I cried, O
Lord, and in the morning shall my
prayer preuent thee.
14 Lord, why castest thou off" my
soule.'' whyXnAeai thou thy face from me.''
15 I am afflicted and ready to die,
from my youth vp : while I suffer thy
terrours, I am distracted.
16 Thy fierce wrath goeth ouer me :
thy terrours haue cut me off".
17 They came round about mee
II daily like water : they compassed mee
about together.
18 Louer and friend hast thou put
farre from me : and mine acquaintance
into darkenesse.
PSAL. LXXXIX.
1 The Psalmist praiseth God for his couenant,
5 For his wonderfuU power, 1 5 For the care
of his Church, 1 9 For his fauour to the king-
dome of Dauid. 38 Then complaining of
contrary euents, 46 He expostulateth, pray-
eth, and blesseth God.
IT II Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.
Will sing of themercies of]
the Lord for euer: with!
my mouth will I make
knowen thy faithfulnesse
;t to all generations.
2 For I haue said, Mercie shall bee
built vp for euer : thy faithfulnesse shalt
thou establish in the very heauens.
3 I haue made a couenant with my
chosen : I haue * sworne vnto Dauid
my seruant.
4 Thy seed will I stablish for euer :
and build vp thy throne tto all genera-
tions. Selah.
5 And the heauens shall praise thy
wonders, O Lord : thy faithfulnes
also in the congregation of the Saints.
6 For who in the heauen can be com-
pared vnto the Lord.'' who among
the sonnes of the mightie can be likened
vnto the Lord?
7 God is greatly to be feared in the
assembly of the Saints : and to bee had
in reuerence of all them that are about
him.
8 O Lord God of hosts, who
is a strong Lord like vnto thee .' or to
thy faithfulnesse round about thee .''
9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea :
when the waues thereof arise, thou
stillest them.
10 Thou hast broken ||Rahab in pie-
ces, as one that is slaine : thou hast scat-
tered thine enemies t with thy strong
arme.
1 1 * The heauens are thine, the earth
also is thine : as for the world and the
fulnes thereof, thou hast founded them.
12 The North and the South, thou
hast created them : Tabor and Hermon
shall reioyce in thy Name.
13 Thou hast t a mighty arme: strong
is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
14 Justice and iudgement are the
habitation of thy throne : mercie and
trueth shall goe before thy face.
15 Blessed is the people that knowe
the * ioyfull sound : they shall walke O
Loud in the light of thy countenance,
16 In thy name shall they reioyce all
the day : and in thy righteousnes shall
they be exalted.
17 For thou art the glory of their
strength : and in thy fauour our home
shall be exalted.
18 For the ||Lord is our defence:
and the holy One of Israel is our king.
19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy
holy one, and saidst, I haue laid helpe
vpon one that is mightie : I haue exal-
ted one chosen out of the people.
20 • I haue found Dauid my ser-
uant : with my holy oile haue I anoin-
ted him.
21 With whome my hand shall bee
established: mine arme also shall streng-
then him.
22 The enemie shall not exact vpon
him :
• 2. Sam.
11, &c.
t Ileb. to ge-
nerationand
generation.
Or, Egypt.
\Heb.vnth
the arme of
thy strength.
Gen. 1. 1.
psal. 34. I.
psal. JU. 12.
t Heb. an
arme with
might.
Or, esta-
blishmeiU.
'Num. las
I Or, oar
shield is of
l/ie LORD,
andourking
is 0/ the holy
One of
Israel.
•l. Sam. 16
12.
Gods promifes
Pfal
mes.
made to Dauid.
^ Heb. pro-
fane mptta-
tutes.
iHeb.Iwm
not make
voydfrom
him,
t Heb. to lye.
iHeb.ifI
lie.
•Rom. 7.
16. Luc. 1.
33. lohn. 12
S4.
him : nor the sonne of wickednesse afflict
him.
23 And I will beate downe his foes
before his face : and plague them that
hate him.
24 But my faithfulnesse and my
mercy shalbe with him : and in my name
shall his home be exalted.
25 I will set his hand also in the sea :
and his right hand in the riuers.
26 He shall crie vnto mee, Thou art
my father : my God, and the rocke of ray
saluation.
27 Also I will make him my first
borne : higher then the kings of the
earth.
28 My mercy will I keepe for him
for euermore : and my couenant shall
stand fast with him.
29 His seed also will I make to indure
for euer : and his throne as the dayes of
heauen.
30 If his children forsake my lawe,
and walke not in my iudgements ;
31 If they tbreake my statutes, and
keepe not my commandements :
32 Then will I visite their trans-
gression with the rod, and their iniqui-
tie with stripes.
33 Neuerthelesse, my louing kind-
nesse will I not vtterly take from him :
nor t suffer my faithfulnesse t to faile.
34 My couenant will I not breake :
nor alter the thing that is gone out of
my lippes.
35 Once haue I sworne by my holi-
nesse ; tthat I will not lye vnto Dauid.
36 • His seede shall endure for euer ;
and his throne as the sunne before
me.
37 It shalbe established for euer as
the Moone : and as a faithfull witnesse
in heauen. Selah.
38 But thou hast cast off and abhor-
red : thou hast bene wroth with thine
anointed.
39 Thou hast made voyd the coue
nant of thy seruant : thou hast profaned
his crowne, by casting it to the ground.
40 Thou hast broken downe all his
hedges : thou hast brought his strong
holds to ruine.
41 All that passe by the way, spoile
him : hee is a reproach to his neigh-
bours.
42 Thou hast set vp the right hand
of his aduersaries : thou hast made all
his enemies to reioyce.
43 Thou hast also turned the edge
of his sword : and hast not made him to
stand in the battaile.
44 Thou hast made his t glory to
cease : and cast his throne downe to the
ground.
45 The dayes of his youth hast thou
shortned : thou hast couered him with
shame. Selah.
46 How long. Lord, wilt thou
hide thy selfe, for euer ? shall thy wrath
burne like fire ?
47 Remember how short my time
is : wherefore hast thou made all men in
vaine .''
48 What man is he that liueth , and
shall not see death ? shall he deliuer his
soule from the hand of the graue .'*
Selah.
49 Lord, where are thy former lo-
uing kindnesses, rcAicA thou *swarest vn-
to Dauid in thy trueth ?
50 Remember (Lord) the reproach
of thy seruants : hoje I doe beare in my
bosome the reproache of all the mighty
people.
51 Wherewith thine enemies haue
reproached, O Lokd : wherewith
they haue reproached the foote-steppes
of thine Annointed.
52 Blessed be the Lord for euer
more, Amen, and Amen.
PSAL. XC.
1 Moses setting foorth Gods prouidence, 3
complaineth, of humane fragility, 7 diuine
chastisements, 10 and breuity of life. 12 He
prayeth for the knowledgeand sencible expe-
rience of Grods good prouidence.
I A prayer of Moses the man of God.
Ord, thou hast bene our
; dwelling place t in all ge-
; nerations.
2 Before the moun-
taines were brought forth,
or euer thou hadst formed the earth
and the world : euen from euerlasting
to euerlasting thou art God.
3 Thou turnest man to destruction
and sayest , Returne yee children of
men.
4 * For a thousand yeeres in thy
sight are but as yesterday || when it is
past : and as a watch in the night.
5 Thou carriest them away as with
a flood, they are as a sleepe : in the mor-
ningthey are like grasse which || groweth
6 In the morning it flourisheth, and
groweth
t Heb.
hrighnesse.
' 2. Sam. 7.
II Or, a pray.
er, being a
psalme of
Moses.
t Heb. in ge-
nerationand
generation.
* 2. Pet 3. 8.
II Or, tehen
he hath pas.
sed them.
Or,ischan.
getl.
Mans life Ihort.
Pfal
mes.
Gods prouidence.
t Ifeftr. tur-
ned away.
Or, as a
meditation.
t Hebr. as
forthedayes
m t?iem are
seuerUie
yeeres.
t Heb. cause
to come.
t Heb. lodge.
groweth vp : in the euening it is cut
downe, and withereth.
7 For we are consumed by thine an-
ger : and by thy wrath are we troubled.
8 Thou hast set our iniquities before
thee: our secret sinnes in the hght of thy
countenance.
9 For all our dayes are t passed a-
way in thy wrath : we spend our yeeres
1 1 as a tale that is told.
10 tThe dayes of our yeres are three-
score yeeres and ten, and if by reason of
strength they he fourescore yeeres, yet is
their strength labour and sorrow : for it
is soone cut off', and we flie away.
11 Who knoweth the power of thine
anger ? euen according to thy feare, so is
thy wrath.
12 So teach vs to number our daies :
that wee may t apply our hearts vnto
wisedome.
13 Returne (O Lord) how long?
and let it repent thee concerning thy
seruants.
14 O satisfie vs early with thy mer-
cie : that we may reioyce, and be glad all
our dayes.
15 Make vs glad according to the
dayeszvherein thou hast afflicted vs : and
the yeeres wherein we haue scene euil.
16 Let thy worke appeare vnto thy
seruants : and thy glory vnto their chil-
dren.
17 And let the beautie of the Lord
our God be vpon vs, and establish thou
the worke of our hands vpon vs : yea,
the work of our hands establish thou it
PSAL. XCL
1 The state of the godly. 3 Their safety. 9
Their habitation. 11 Their seruants. 14
Their friendj with the effects of them all.
^$ E that dwelleth in the se
^ cretplaceofthemosthigh:
shalltabidevnder the sha-
dow of the Almightie.
2 I will say of the
CUD, He is my refuge, and my for-
tresse : my God, in him will I trust.
3 Surely he shall deliuer thee from
the snare of the fouler: and from the noi-
some pestilence.
4 Hee shall couer thee with his fea-
thers, and vnder his wings shall thou
trust : his trueth shall bee thy shield and
buckler.
5 Thou shalt not bee afraid for the
terrour by night: nor for the arrow that
flieth by day :
6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh
in darknes : nor for the destruction, that
wasteth at noone-day.
7 A thousand shall fall at thy side,
and ten thousand at thy right hand : but
it shall not come nigh thee.
8 Onely with thine eyes shalt thou
behold : & see the reward of the wicked.
9 Because thou hast made the
Lord, zohich is my refuge, euen the
most High, thy habitation :
10 There shall no euill befall thee:
neither shall any plague come nigh thy
dwelling.
11 * For hee shall giue his Angels
charge ouer thee : to keepe thee in all
thy wayes.
12 They shall beare thee vp in their
hands : lest thou dash thy foot against a
stone.
13 Thou shalt tread vpon the Lion
and II adder : the yong Lion and the dra-
gon shalt thou trample vnder feete.
14 Because he hath set his loue vpon
me, therefore will I deliuer him : I wil
set him on high , because hee hath
knowen my Name.
15 He shall call vpon me, and I will
iswere him : I will bee with him in
trouble , I will deliuer him , and ho-
nour him.
16 With tlong life wil I satisfie him
and shew him my saluation.
PSAL. XCIL
1 The Prophet exhorteth to praise God, 4
for his great workes, 6 for his iudgements
on the wicked, 10 and for his goodnesse
to the godly.
ir A
for the
Psalme or song
Sabbath day.
T is a good thing to giue
;v thanks vnto the Lord,
and to sing/jrawf*vnto thy
t Name, O most High :
2 To shew foorth thy
louing kindnesse in the morning : and
thy faithfulnesse teuery night:
3 Vpon an instrument of tenne
strings, and vpon the psalterie : vpon
the llharpe with a solemne sound.
4 For thou. Lord, hast made
glad through thy worke : I will
umph in the workes of thy hands.
5 O Lord , how great are
workes ! and thy thoughts are
deepe.
6 A brutish man knoweth not : nei-
ther doeth a foole vnderstand this.
4 1 7 When
me
tri-
thy
very
• Mutt. 4. g,
luke 4. 10.
Or, Aspe.
i Heb. length
o/dayes.
t Hebr. in
the nights.
I Or, vpon
the solemne
sou ml with
the harpe.
Hrbr. Hig.
gaion.
Gods power.
Pfalmes.
Gods corredlion.
•How; 14.5
j 7 When the wicked spring as the
'grasse, and when all the workers of ini-
quitie doe flourish : it is that they shall be
destroyed for euer.
j 8 % But thou, Lord, art most
high for euermore.
9 For loe, thine enemies, O Lord,
for loe, thine enemies shall perish : all
the workers of iniquity shalbe scattred.
10 But my home shalt thou exalt like
the home of an vnicorne : I shalbe anoin-
!ted with fresh oyle.
11 Mine eye also shall see my desire on
I mine enemies : and mine eares shall
, heare mij desire of the wicked that rise vp
'against ine.
12 *The righteous shal flourish like
the palme tree : hee shall growe like a
cedar in Lebanon.
13 Those that be planted in the house
of the Lord, shall flourish in the
courts of our God.
1 4 They shal still bring forth fruit in
tHeikgreene old age : they shalbe fat, & t flourishing:
15 To shew that the Lord is vp-
right : hee is my rocke , and there is no
vnrighteousnesse in him.
P S A L. XCIII.
The Maiestie, Power, and Holinesse of
Christs Kingdome.
He Lord reigneth, he is
clothed with Maiestie, the
Lord is clothed with
strength, wherewithheeheith
girded himselfe : the world also is sta-
blished, that it cannot be moued.
2 Thy throne is established t of old:
thou «?•< from euerlasting.
3 The floods haue lifted vp, O
Lord, the floods haue lifted vp their
voice : the floods lift vp their waues.
4 The Lord on high w mightier
then the noise of many waters, yea then
the mightie waues of the Sea.
5 Thy testimonies are very sure :
holinesse becommeth thine house , O
Lord, tfor euer.
PSAL. XCIIIL
1 The Prophet calling for lustice, complaineth
of tyrannic and impietie. 8 Hee teacheth
Go<lsprouidence. 12 Hesheweth theblessed-
nesse of affliction. 16 God is the defender of
the afflicted.
t HA. from
then.
i Heb.lo
length of
dayet.
t Heb. God
((frmenget.
t Heb. thine
ftyrth.
Loud tGod, to whome
vengeance belongeth : O
God to whome vengeance
belongeth, tshew thy selfe.
1. Cor. 3.
20.
2 Lift vp thy selfe, thou iudge of the
earth : render a reward to the proud.
3 Lord, how long shall the wic-
ked.' how long shall the wicked tri-
umph .'
4 How long shal they vtter, and speake
hard things.' and all the workers of ini-
quitie boast themselues .-'
5 They breake in pieces thy people,
O Lord : and aflilict thine heritage.
6 They slay the widowe and the
stranger : and murder the fatherlesse.
7 *Yet they say. The Lord shall " Psai- lo.
not see: neither shall the God of lacob 20! 12! ''"'
regard it.
8 Vnderstand, yee brutish among
the people : and ye fooles, when will ye
be wise ?
9 * He that planted the eare, shall he • Exo. 4. 11
not heare.' he that formed the eye, shall
he not see .'
10 He that chastiseth the heathen,
shall not he correct .' hee that teacheth
man knowledge, sliall not he know ?
11 * The Lord knoweth the
thoughts of man : that they are vanitie.
12 Blessed is the man whome thou
chastenest , O Lord: and teachest
him out of thy Law :
13 That thou mayest giue him rest
from the dayes of aduersitie : vntill the
pit be digged for the wicked.
14 For the Lord will not cast off
his people : neither will he forsake his
inheritance.
15 But iudgement shall returne vn-
to righteousnesse : and all the vpright
in heart t shall follow it. t/Teftr. shall
16 Who will rise vp for mee against.*^ ''■'■'^"•
the euill doers .' or who will stand vpj
for me against the workers of iniquitie.'i
1 7 Vnlesse the Lord had bene my !
helpe: my soule had || almost dwelt mt Or, guickii/
silence.
18 When I said. My foote slippeth :
thy mercie, O Lord, held me vp.
19 In the multitude of my thoughts
within me , thy comforts delight my
soule.
20 Shal the throne of iniquitie haue
fellowship with thee : which frameth
mischiefe by a lawe .' j
21 They gather themselues together,
against the soule of the righteous : and'
condemne the innocent blood. |
22 But the Lord is my defence:
and my God is the rocke of my refuge.
23 And hee shall bring vpon them
their owne iniquitie, and shall cut them
offi
Gods greatneffe,
Pfal
mes.
and maieftie.
t Heb. pre-
veiUhiufdce.
t Heb. in
whose.
I Or, the
heightes of
lheliil!es,are
his.
t Heb. whose
the sea is.
Heb. 3. 7.
and 4. 7.
Num. 14.
22. &c.
t Heb. con-
tention.
Exod. 17.
and 7.
t Ileb. if
theff enter
into wy rest.
\. Cliron.
8. 23.
ofF in their owne wickednesse : yea the
Lord our God shall cut them off.
PSAL. XCV.
1 An exhortation to praise God, 3 for his
greatnesse, 6 and for his goodnesse, 8 And
not to tempt him.
Come, let vs sing vnto the
LoKD : let vs make a
ioyfull noise to the rocke
of our saluation.
_ _ 2 Let vs tcome before
his presence with thanksgiuing : and
make a ioyfull noise vnto him with
psalmes.
3 For the Lord is a great God :
and a great king aboue all Gods.
4 tin his hand are the deepe pla-
ces of the earth : || the strength of the
hilles is his also.
5 t The sea i,i his, and he made it : and
his hands formed the dry land.
6 O come, let vs worship and bowe
downe : let vs kneele before the Lord
our maker.
7 For he is our God, and we are the
people of his pasture, and the sheepe of
his hand : to day if yee will heare his
voyce,
8 * Harden not your heart , • as in
the tprouocation : and as in the day of
*temptation, in the wildernesse:
9 When your fathers tempted me :
proued me, and sawe my worke.
10 Fortie yeeres long was I grie-
ued with this generation : and sayd, It
is a people that doe erre in their heart :
and they haue not knowen my wayes.
11 Vnto whom I sware in my
wrath : tthat they should not enter in-
to my rest.
PSAL. XCVI.
1 An exhortation to praise God, 4 for his
greatnesse, 8 For his kingdome, 11 For
his generall iudgement.
* Sing vnto the Lord
a new song : sing vnto the
Lord all the earth.
2 Sing vnto the
Lord, blesse his name:
shew forth his saluation
from day to day.
3 Declare his glory among the hea-
then : his wonders among all people.
4 For the Lord is great, and
greatly to be praised : hee is to be feared
aboue all Gods.
5 For all the gods of the nations are
idoles : but the Lord made the hea-
uens.
6 Honour and maiestie are before
him : strength and beauty are in his san-
ctuary.
7 Giue vnto the Loed (O yee
kinreds of the people : ) giue vnto the
Lord glory and strength.
8 Giue vnto the Lord the glory
■^due vnto his name : bring an offering,
and come into his courts.
9 O worship the Lord, || in the
beautie of holinesse : feare before him all
the earth.
10 • Say among the heathen, that the
Lord reigneth : the world also shalbe
established that it shall not be moued :
he shall iudge the people righteously.
11 Let the heauens reioyce, and let
the earth be glad : let the sea roare , and
the fulnesse thereof.
12 Let the field be ioyfull, and all that
is therein : then shall all the trees of the
wood reioyce
13 Before the Lord, for hee com-
meth , for hee commeth to iudge the
earth : hee shall iudge the world with
righteousnesse, and the people with his
trueth.
PSAL. XCVIL
1 The Maiestie of Gods kingdome. 7 The
Church reioyceth at Gods iudgements vpon
Idolaters. 10 An exhortation to godUnesse
and gladnesse.
He Lord raigneth , let
the earth reioyce : let the
+ multitude of Isles bee
glad thereof.
2 Clouds and darke-
nesse are round about him : *righteous-
nesse and iudgement are the || habitati-
on of his throne.
3 A fire goeth before him : and bur-
neth vp his enemies round about.
4 His lightnings inlightned the
world : the earth sawe, and trembled,
5 The hilles melted like waxe at the
presence of the Lord : at the presence
of the Lord of the whole earth.
6 The heauens declare his righte-
ousnesse: and all thepeople seehis glory.
7 * Confounded be all they that serue
grauen images, that boast themselues
of idoles : worship him all yee gods.
8 Sion heard , and was glad , and
the daughters of ludah reioyced : be-
cause of thy iudgements, O Lord.
9 For thou. Lord, art high aboue
4 12 all
t Heb. of his
name.
Or, in the
Khriotts san-
ctuary.
* Psal. 93.
1. &»7. 1.
^Hehmany,
or,frreat
Isles.
* Psal. 89.
15.
I Or, esta-
blishment.
• Exod. 20.
4. Leult. 26
1. Deut. 6.
H. Heb. 1. 6.
Gods power,
Pfal
mes.
and goodneffe.
•PnL34.
IS. amoe J.
IS. roru. 11.
».
I Or, to the
memoriaU.
• Isa.S3.
lu.
I Or,reuea-
led.
■ Paal. 9C.
13.
t H«6r. ilag-
ger.
all the earth : thou art exalted farre a-
boue all gods.
10 'Yee that loue the Lord, hate
euil; hee preserueth the soules of his
Saints : hee de'iuereth them out of the
hand of the wicked.
11 Light is sowen for the righteous :
and gladnesse for the vpright in heart.
12 Reioyce in the Lord, ye righ-
teous : and giue thanks ||at the remem-
brance of his holinesse.
PSAL. XCVIIL
1 The Psalmist exhorteth the lewes, 4theGen-
tiles, 7 and all the creatures to praise God.
f A Psalme.
Sing vnto the Lord a
New song , for hee hath
done marueilous things :
his right hand, and his
holy arme hath gotten
him the victorie.
2 *The Lord hath made knowen
his saluation : his righteousnesse hath
hee II openly shewed in the sight of the
heathen.
3 Hee hath remembred his mercie
and his trueth toward the house of Is-
rael : all the ends of the earth haue scene
the saluation of our God.
4 Make a ioyfuU noise vnto the
Lord, all the earth : make a lowd
noise, and reioyce, and sing praise.
5 Sing vnto the Lord with the
harpe : with the harpe, and the voice of
a Psalme.
6 With trumpets and sound of cor-
net : make a ioyfull noise before the
Lord, the King.
7 Let the sea roare, and the fulnesse
thereof : the world, and they that dwell
therein.
8 Let the floods clap their handes :
let the hilles be ioyfull together
9 Before the Lord, * for he com-
meth to iudge the earth : with righte-
ousnesse shall hee iudge the world, and
the people with equitie.
PSAL. XCIX.
1 The Prophet setting foorth the Kingdome
of God in Zion, 5 exhorteth all, by the
example of forefathers, to worship Goo
at his holy Hill.
He Lord raigneth, let
tlie people tremble : he sit-
teth betweene the Cheru-
bims , let the earth t bee
mooued.
2 The Lord is great in Zion :
and he is high aboue all people.
3 Let them praise thy great and ter-
rible Name -.Jbr it is holy.
4 The Kings strength also loueth
iudgement, thou doest establish equitie :
thou executest iudgement and righte-
ousnes in lacob.
5 Exalt yee the Lord our God,
and worship at his footstoole '.Jbr ||he is
holy.
6 Moses and Aaron among his
Priests, and Samuel among them that
call vpon his Name : they called vpon
the Lord, and he answered them.
7 He spake vnto them in the cloudie
pillar : they kept his Testimonies, and
the Ordinance that he gaue them.
8 Thou answeredst them, O Lord
our God : thou wast a God that forga-
uest them, though thou tookest venge-
ance of their inuentions.
9 Exalt the Lord our God, and
worship at his holy hill : for the Lord
our God is holy.
PSAL. C.
1 An exhortation to praise God cheerefully, 3
for his greatnesse, 4 and for his power.
\ Psalme of Upraise.
Ake a ioyfull noise vnto
the Lord, tall ye lands.
2 Serue the Lord
with gladnes : come before
his presence with singing.
3 Know ye that the Lord, hee is
God, it is he that hath made vs, and || not
we our selues : wee are his people, and
the sheepe of his pasture.
4 Enter into his gates with thanks-
giuing, and into his Courts with praise :
bee thankfull vnto him, and blesse his
Name.
5 For the Lord is good, his mercy
is euerlasting : and his trueth endureth
tto all generations.
PSAL. CL
Dauid maketh avow and profession of godlines.
IT A Psalme of Dauid.
Will sing of Mercie and
Judgement : vnto thee,
O Lord, wil I sing.
2 I will behaue my
selfe wisely in a perfect
way, O when wilt thou come vnto me ?
I will walke within my house with a
perfect heart.
3 I will set no t wicked thing before
mine
Or, it is
holy.
Wr,thankes-
giuitig.
t Hebr. all
the earth.
I Or, and his
tee are.
t Hebr. to
generation,
and genera-
tion.
t Heb. thing
of Belial.
A prayer
Pfal
ines.
of the afflidled
I Or, perfect
in the way.
t Heb. shall
not be estU'
blished.
I Or, for.
I Or, (as
same reade)
into smoke.
1 Or,/lesh.
i • Esa. 40. B.
'iam. 1. 10.
mine eyes : I hate the worke of them
that turne aside, it shal not cleaue to me.
4 A froward heart shall depart
from me , I will not knowe a wicked
person.
5 Whoso priuily slandereth his
neighbour, him will I cut off: him that
hath an high looke, and a proud heart,
will not I suffer.
6 Mine eyes shall be vpon the faith-
full of the land , that they may dwell
with me: he that walketh ||in a perfect
way, he shall serue me.
7 He that worketh deceit, shall not
dwell within my house : he that telleth
lies t shall not tarie in my sight.
8 I will earely destroy all the wic-
ked of the land : that I may cut off" all
wicked doers from the citie of the
Lord.
PSAL. CII.
1 The Prophet in his prayer maketh a grieuous
complaint. 12 He taketh comfort in the eter-
nitie and mercie of God. 18 The mercies of
God are to be recorded. 23 He sustaineth his
weakenesse by the vnchangeablenes of God.
IT A prayer ||of the afflicted when he is
ouerwhelmed , and powreth out
his complaint before the Lord.
i Eare my prayer, O Lord:
and let my crie come vnto
thee.
2 Hide not thy face from
me in the day when! am in
trouble, incline thine eare vnto me : in
the day wlien I call, answere mee spee-
dily.
3 For my dayes are consumed ||like
smoke : and my bones are burnt as an
hearth.
4 My heart is smitten, and withe-
red like grasse : so that I forget to eate
my bread.
5 By reason of the voice of my gro-
ning, my bones cleaue to my ||skinne.
6 I am like a Pelican of the wilder
nes : I am like an owle of the desert.
7 I watch, and am as a sparowe
alone vpon the house top.
8 Mine enemies reproch me all the
day: and they that are mad against me
are sworne against me.
9 For I haue eaten ashes like bread
and mingled my drinke with weeping.
10 Because of thine indignation and
thy wrath : for thou hast lifted me vp,
and cast me downe.
11 *My dayes are like a shadow, that
declineth : & I am withered like grasse.
12 But thou, O Lord, shall en-
dure for euer : and thy remembrance
vnto all generations.
13 Thou shall arise, and haue mercie
vpon Zion : for the time to fauour her,
yea the set lime is come.
14 For thy seruants take pleasure in
her stones : and fauour the dust therof.
15 So the heathen shall feare the
Name of the Lord : and all the
kings of the earth thy glory.
16 When the Lord shall build vp
Zion : he shall appeare in his glory.
17 He will regard the prayer of the
destitute, and not despise their prayer.
18 This shall be written for the ge-
neration to come : and the people which
shall be created, shall praise the Lord.
19 For hee hath looked downe from
the height of his Sanctuarie : from
heauen did the Lord beholde the
earth :
20 To heare the groning of the pri-
soner : to loose t those that are appoin-
ted to death :
21 To declare the Name of the
Lord in Zion : and his praise in le-
rusalem :
22 When the people are gathered to-
gether : and the kingdomes to serue the
Lord.
23 He t weakened my strength in the
way : he shortened my dayes.
24 I said, O my God, take me not a-
way in the midst of my dayes: thy yeres
are throughout all generations.
25 *Of old hast thou laid the foun-
dation of the earth : and the heauens
are the worke of thy hands.
26 They shall perish , but thou shall
t indure, yea all of them shall waxe old
like a garment : as a vesture shall thou
change them, and they shalbe changed.
27 But thou art the same : and thy
yeeres shall haue no end.
28 The children of thy seruants shal
continue: and their seed shall be establi-
shed before thee.
PSAL. CHI.
1 An exhortation to blesse God for his mercie,
15 And for the constancie thereof.
A Psalme of Dauid.
Lesse the Lord, O my
soule : and all that is within
me, blesse his holy Name.
2 Bles.se the Lord, O
my soule : & forget not all his benefits.
3 Who
t Heb. the
children qf
death.
t Heb. affli-
cted.
* Heb. 1. 10
t Heb. stand
Gods great mercie :
Pfalmes.
Hi
IS power.
• Kxod. 34
7. deut. 34. 6
nnm. 14. 18
nehe. 9. 17.
psal. 86. 15.
ier. 34. 18.
t Heb. great
<^mercie.
♦ Heb. accor.
ding to the
height of the
beauen.
t Heb. U it
not.
• Deut. 7- 9.
t Heb. migh.
tyin$trenglh
3 Wlio forgiueth all thine iniquities :
who healeth all thy diseases.
4 Who redeemeth thy life from de-
struction : who crowneth thee with lo-
uing kindnesse ?nd tender mercies.
5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with
good things : so that thy youth is renew-
ed like the Eagles.
6 The Lord executeth righteous-
nesse : and iudgement for all that are
oppressed.
7 He made knowen his wayes vn
to Moses : his actes vnto the children of
Israel.
8 • The L o R D M mercifull and
gracious: slow to anger, and t plente-
ous in mercy.
9 Hee will not alwayes chide : nei
ther will he keepe his anger for euer.
10 Hee hath not dealt with vs after
our sinnes : nor rewarded vs according
to our iniquities.
11 For t as the heauen is high aboue
tlie earth : so great is his mercy toward
them that feare him.
12 As farre as the East is from the
West : so farre hath hee remooued our
transgressions from vs.
13 Like as a father pitieth his chil-
dren : so the Lord pitieth them that
feare him.
14 For he knoweth our frame : hee
remembreth that we are dust.
15 As for man , his dayes are as
grasse : as a flower of the field, so he flou-
risheth.
16 For the winde passeth ouer it, and
t it is gone ; and the place thereof shall
know it no more.
17 But the mercy of the Lord is
from euerlasting to euerlasting vpon
them that feare him: and his righteous-
nesse vnto childrens children :
18 *To such as keepe his couenant :
and to those that remember his com-
mandements to doe them.
19 The Lord hath prepared his
throne in the hcauens : and his king-
dome ruleth ouer all.
20 Blesse the Lord yee his An-
gels,tthat excell in strength, that do his
commandements : hearkening vnto
the voice of his word.
21 Blesse ye the Lord all yee his
hostes : ye ministers of his that doe his
pleasure.
22 Blesse the Lord all his worki
in all places of his dominion : blesse the
Lord, O my soule.
PSAL. CIIIL
1 A meditation vpon the mighty power, 7 and
wonderful! prouidence of God. 31 Gods
glory is eternall. 33 The Prophet voweth
perpetually to praise Crod.
Lesse the Lord, O my
soule, O Lord my God,
thou art very great : thou
art clothed with honour
_ _ and maiestie.
2 Who couerest thy selfe with light,
as with a garment : who stretchest out
the heauens like a curtaine.
3 Who layeth the beames of hii
chambers in the waters , who maketh
the cloudes his charet : who walketh
vpon the wings of the wind.
4 *Who maketh his Angels spirits: "Heb. 1.7.
his ministers a flaming fire.
5 t Who laid the foundations of the t Hebr. he
earth : that it should not be remoued for rf",' £"'^
earth vpon
her bases
6 Thou coueredst it with the deepe
as xvith a garment : the waters stood a-
boue the mountaines.
7 At thy rebuke they fled: at the
voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
8 II They go vp by the mountaines :
they goe downe by the valleys vnto the
place which thou hast founded for them.
9 Thou hast set a bound that they
may not passe ouer : that they turne not
againe to couer the earth.
10 tHe sendeth the springs into the
valleys : which trunne among the hilles.
11 They giue drinke to euery beast
of the field : the wild asses tquench their
thirst.
12 By them shall the foules of the
heauen haue their habitation : xvhich
tsing among the branches.
13 He watereth the hilles from his
chambers : the earth is satisfied with
the fruit of thy workes.
14 He causeth the grasse to grow for
the cattell , and herbe for the seruice of
man : * that he may bring forth food out
of the earth :
1.5 And wine that maketh glad the
heart of man, and toile to make his face
to shine: and bread which strengtheneth
mans heart.
16 The trees of the Lord are full
ofsappe: the cedars of Lebanon which
he hath planted.
17 Where the birds make their nests:
as for the Storke, the firre trees are her
house.
18 The
• Or, the
moiintainea
ascentt, the
valleys de-
scemt.
t Hebr. who
sendeth.
t Heb. waUce
t Heb. break
t Heb. give
a vopce.
Iosh.9. 13
t Hebr. to
make his
face shine
with oyle,
or more then
oyle.
Gods wifedome,
Pfal
mes.
and piouideuce
iHeb-allthe
beasts there-
of doe tram
pie on the
forrest.
^Heb.M.
• Psal. 143.
19.
^Hd>.slMtbe.
18 The hie hilles are a refuge for the'
wilde goates : and the rockes for the
conies.
19 He appointed the moone for sea-
sons ; the sunne knoweth his going
downe.
20 Thou makest darknesse, and it is-
night : wherein t all the beasts of the
forrest doe creese Jbrth.
21 The young lyons roare after
their pray : and seeke their meate from
God.
22 The sunne ariseth, they gather
themselues together : and lay them
downe in their dennes. I
23 Man goeth forth vnto his worke :
and to his labour, vntill the euening. I
24 O Lord, how manifold are
thy workes! in wisedome hast thou
made them all : the earth is full of thy
riches.
25 So is this great and wide Sea,'
wherein are things creeping innume-:
rable : both small and great beasts. i
26 There goe the shippes ; there is,
that Leuiathan, zchom thou hast tmade
to play therein.
27 * These waite all vpon thee : that
thou mayest giue them their meate in'
due season.
28 That thou giuest them , they ga-
ther : thou openest thine hand, they are
filled with good.
29 Thou hidest thy face, they are
troubled, thou takest away their breath,
they die : and returne to their dust.
30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit,
they are created : and thou renewest the
face of the earth.
31 The glory of the Lord t shall
endure for euer : the Lord shall re-j
ioyce in his workes.
32 Hee looketh on the earth, and it
trembleth ; he toucheth the hilles, andj
they smoke.
33 I will sing vnto the Lord as^
long as I Hue : I will sing praise to my
God, while I liaue my being. {
34 My meditation of him shalbe:
sweete : I will be glad in the Lord.
35 Let the sinners be consumed out
of the earth, and let the wicked bee no
more : blesse thou the Lord, O my
soule. Praise yee the Lord.
PSAL. cv.
1 An exhortation to praise God, and to seeke
out his workes. 7 The story of Gods proui-
dence ouer Abraham, 16 Ouer loseph, 23
Ouer lacob in Egypt, 26 Ouer Moses deli-
uering the Israelites, 37 Ouer the Israelites
brougnt out of Egypt, fed in the wildemesse,
and planted in (Janaan.
Giue *thankes vnto the
Lord, call vpon his name:
make knowen his deeds a-
mong the people.
2 Sing vnto him ; sing
Psalmcs vnto him : talke yee of all his
wondrous workes.
3 Glory yee in his holy name : let
the heart of them reioyce, that seeke the
Lord.
4 Seeke the Lord, and his
strength : seeke his face euermore.
6 Remember his maruellous
workes, that hee hath done : his won-
ders, and the iudgements of his mouth,
6 O yee seede of Abraham his ser-
uant : yee children of Jacob his chosen.
7 He is the Lord our God : his
iudgements are in all the earth.
8 He hath remembred his couenant
for euer : the word which he commanded
to a thousand generations.
9 * Which couenant he made with A-
braham, and his oath vnto Isaac :
10 And confirmed the same vnto
lacob for a law : and to Israel Jbr an
euerlasting couenant :
11 * Saying, Vnto thee will I giue
the land of Canaan : t the lot of your in-
heritance
12 When they were but a few men in
number : yea very few, & strangers in it.
13 When they went from one nation
to another : from one kingdome to ano-
ther people.
14 He suffred no man to doe them
wrong : yea he reproued kings for their
sakes :
15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed;
and doe my Prophets no harme.
16 Moreouer hee called for a famine
vpon the land : he brake the whole staffe
of bread.
1 7 Hee sent a man before them : *etien
loseph, who was sold for a seruant.
18 * Whose feete they hurt with fet
ters : the was layd in iron.
19 Vntill the time that his word
came : the word of the Lord tried
him.
20 * The king sent and loosed him :
euen the ruler of the people , and let him
goe free.
21 * Hee made him lord of his house :
and
• 1. Chron.
16. 8. Kaay.
12. 4.
Gen. 17.
2. & 22. 16.
and 2G. 3.
& 28. 13.
& 33. 11.
Luc. 1. 7. 73
Heb. 6. 17.
•Gen. 13.
13. & 15.
10.
t Heb. the
corde.
* Gen. ,)7.
28.
• Gen. ,-!!).
20.
t Heb. his
soule eanic
into yron.
•Gen. 41.
14.
' Gen. 41.
Plagues of Egypt.
Pfalmes.
Confeflion of finnes.
t Hebr. pot-
tettim.
•Gene. 46.
6.
"Kxod. 1.8,
• Exod. 3.
10.
• Exod. 7-
9.
\ Heb-tevrds
qfhusignes.
' Exod. 10.
•Exod. 7.
20.
• Exod. 8. 6.
" Exod. 8.
17. and H.
* Exod. 9.
23.
t Hebr. he
gaue their
raine, haile.
•Exod. 10.
4.
•Exod. 12.
29.
• Exod. 12.
• Exod. 12.
33.
•Exod. 13.
21.
• Exod. 16.
12.
* Exod. 17.
6. num. 20.
II. 1. cor.
10. 4.
and ruler of all his t substance :
22 To binde his princes at his plea-
sure : and teach his Senatours wise-
dome.
23 * Israel also came into Egypt :
and lacob soiourned in the land of
Ham.
24 And hee increased his people
greatly : and made them stronger then
their enemies.
25 * He turned their heart to hate his
people : to deale subtilly with his ser-
uants.
26 • Hee sent Moses his seruant : and
Aaron whom he had chosen.
27 * They shewed his t signes a-
mong them : and wonders in the land
of Ham.
28 * Hee sent darknesse, and made it
darke : and they rebelled not against his
word.
29 * Hee turned their waters into
blood : and slew their fish.
30 • The land brought foorth frogs
in abundance : in the chambers of their
kings.
31 * He spake, and there came diuers
sorts of flies : and lice in all their coasts.
32 * t Hee gaue them haile for raine :
and flaming fire in their laud.
33 Hee smote their Vines also, and
their figge trees : and brake the trees of
their coastes.
34 * He spake, and the locusts came :
and catterpillers , and that without
number,
35 And did eate vp all the herbes in
their land : and deuoured the fxuite of
their ground.
36 * Hee smote also all the first borne
in their land : the chiefe of all their
strength.
37 * Hee brought them foorth also
with siluer and gold : and there was not
one feeble person among their tribes.
38 • Egypt was glad when they de-
parted : for the feare of them fell vpon
them.
39 * He spread a cloud for a couering:
and fire to giue light in the night.
40 • The people asked, and he brought
quailes : and satisfied them with the
bread of heauen.
41 • He opened the rockc, and the wa-
ters gushed out : they ranne in the dry
places like a riuer.
42 For he remembred his holy pro-
mise : and Abraham his seruant.
43 And he brought forth his people
with ioy : and his chosen with t glad-
nesse :
44 • And gaue them the lands of the
heathen : and they inherited the labour
of the people :
45 That they might obserue his
statutes, and keepe his Lawes. Praise
ye the Lokd.
P S A L. CVI.
The Psalmist exhorteth to praise God. 4 He
prayeth for pardon of sinne, as God did with
the fathers. 7 The storie of the peoples re-
hellion, and Gods mercie. 47 Hee conclu-
deth with prayer, and praise.
t Raise ye the Lokd.
O * giue thankes vnto
the Lokd, for he is
good : for his mercie
endureth for euer.
2 * Who can vtter
the mighty acts of the
Lord.'' who can shew foorth all his
praise .''
3 Blessed are they that keepe iudge-
ment : and he that doeth righteousnesse
at all times.
4 Remember me, O Lord, with
the fmxonr that thou bearest vnto thy peo-
ple : O visite me with thy saluation :
5 That I may see the good of thy
chosen, that I may reioyce in the glad-
nesse of thy nation : that I may glory
with thine inheritance.
6 * Wee haue sinned with our fa-
thers : we haue committed iniquitie, we
haue done wickedly.
7 Our fathers vnderstood not thy
wonders in Egypt , they remembred
not the multitude of thy mercies : *but
prouoked him at the sea , euen at the
Red-sea.
8 Neuerthelesse hee saued them for
his Names sake : that hee might make
his mighty power to be knowen.
9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it
was dried vp : so hee led them through
the depthes, as through the wildernes.
10 And he saued them from the hand
of him that hated them : and redeemed
them from the hand of the enemie.
11 *And the waters couered their e-
nemies : there was not one of them left.
1 2 * Then beleeued they his words :
they sang his praise.
13 *tThey soone forgate his works :
they waited not for his counsell :
14 *But t lusted exceedingly in the
wildernes : & tempted God in the desert.
15 *And
t Hehr. sin-
king.
' losh. 13.
17. dcut. 6.
10.
t Heb. HeU-
leluiah.
•Psal. 1U7.
1. 118. 1.
and 136. 1.
• ludg. 13.
21.
• ludg. 7.
19.
•Exod. 14.
11,12,21.
•Exod. 14.
27. and 15.
5.
•Exod. 14.
31. & 15. 1.
•Kxod. 15.
14. & 17. 2.
t Heb. then
made haste*
they forgate.
•Exod. 17.
2. 1. cor. 10.
6.
t Heb. Imted
a lust.
Ifraels rebellion,
Pfalmes.
and idolatiie.
• Num. 11.
31.
* Num. 16.
2.
Numb. 16
31. deut.
U. 6.
• Num. 16.
35. and 46.
• Exa 32. 4
• Exod. 33.
13.
t Hebr. a
land of de-
sire.
Num. u.
2.
t Heh. to
make them
faU.
Num. 25.
Num. 25.
Num. 20.
Deut. 7. 1.
* ludg. 1. 21
15 * And he gaue them their request :
but sent leannesse into their soule.
16 * They enuied Moses also in the
campe : and Aaron the Saint of the
Loud.
17 *The earth opened and swallow-
ed vp Dathan : and couered the com-
pany of Abiram.
18 * And a fire was kindled in their
company : the flame burnt vp the wic-
ked.
1 9 * They made a calfe in Horeb : and
worshipped the molten image.
20 Thus they changed their glory,
into the similitude of an oxe that eateth
grasse.
21 They forgate God their Sauiour
which had done great things in Egypt :
22 Wonderous workes in the lande
of Ham : and terrible things by the red
Sea.
23 * Therefore he said that he would
destroy them , had not Moses his cho-
sen stood before him in the breach : to
turne away his wrath, lest hee should
destroy them.
24 Yea, they despised tthe pleasant
land : they beleeued not his word :
25 * But murmured in their tents
and hearkened not vnto the voyce of the
Lord.
26 Therefore he lifted vp his hande
against them : to ouerthrow them in the
wildernesse :
27 t To ouerthrow their seed also
among the nations, and to scatter them
in the lands.
!8 * They ioyned themselues also
vnto Baal- Peer: and ate the sacrifices
of the dead.
29 Thus they prouoked him to anger
with their inuentions : and the plague
brake in vpon them.
30 * Then stood vp Phinehas , and
executed iudgement: and so the plague
was stayed.
31 And that was counted vnto him
for righteousnesse : vnto all generati-
ons for euermore.
32 * They angred him also at the wa-
ters of strife : so that it went ill with
Moses for their sakes :
33 Because they prouoked his spirit:
so that hee spake vnaduisedly with his
lippes.
34 * They did not destroy the nati-
ons , concerning whom the Lord
commanded them :
35 * But were mingled among the
heathen, and learned their workes.
36 And they serued their idoles :
which were a snare vnto them.
37 Yea they sacrificed their sonnes,
and their daughters vnto deuils,
38 And shed innocent blood, etien the
blood of their sons and of their daugh-
ters, whome they sacrificed vnto thej
idoles of Canaan : and the land was
polluted with blood. '
39 Thus were they defiled with theirj
owne works : and went a whoringl
with their owne inuentions. j
40 Therefore was the wrath of the'
Lord kindled against his people : in- 1
somuch that he abhorred his owne in-j
heritance. j
41 And he gaue them into the hand
of the heathen : and they that hated
them, ruled ouer them.
42 Their enemies also oppressed
them : and they were brought into sub-
iection vnder their hand.
43 *Many times did he deliuer them:
but they prouoked Mm with their coun-
sell , and were || brought low for their
iniquitie.
44 Neuertheles he regarded their
affliction : when he heard their crie.
45 * And hee remembred for them
his couenant : and repented according
to the multitude of his mercies.
46 He made them also to be pitied,
of all those that caried them captiues.
47 Saue vs, O Lord our God,
and gather vs from among the heathen
to giue thankes vnto thy holy Name :
and to triumph in thy praise.
48 Blessed bee the Lord God of
Israel from euerlasting to euerlasting:
and let all the people say. Amen. Praise
ye the Lord.
P S A L. CVII.
1 The Psalmistexhorteth the redeemed, inprai-
sing God, to obserue his manifold prouidence
4 Ouer trauailers, 10 ouer captiues, 17 ouer
sicke men, 23 ouer Sea men, 33 and in diuers
varieties of life.
* Giue thankes vnto the
Lord, for hee is good :
for his mercie endureth for
euer.
2 Let the redeemed of
the Lord say so: whome he hath re-
deemed from the hand of the enemie :
3 And gathered them out of the
lands , from the East and from the
4 K West :
' ludg. 2.
y Or, impo-
verished., or
weakened*
* Deu. 30. S
" Psa. 106. 1
& 118. 1.&
136. 1.
Gods prefent
Pfalmes.
helpe in trouble.
iBtb.from
OtttM.
• lob. 33.
20.
West : from the North and tfrom the
South.
4 They wandred in the wildernes,
in a solitary way : they found no citie to
dwell in.
5 Hungry and thirstie : their soule
fainted in them.
6 Then they cryed vnto the Lord
in their trouble : and he deliuered them
out of their distresses.
7 And hee led them forth by the
right way : that they might goe to a ci-
tie of habitation.
8 Oh that men would praise the
Lord, for his goodnesse : and for his
wonderfuU workes to the children of
men.
9 For he satisfieth the longing soule :
and filleth the hungry soule with good-
nesse.
10 Such as sit in darknesse and in the
shadowe of death : being bound in affli-
ction and yron :
11 Because they rebelled against the
words of God : and contemned the
counsell of the most high :
12 Therefore hee brought downe
their heart with labour : they fel downe,
and there zeas none to helpe.
13 Then they cryed vnto the Lord
in their trouble : and he saued them out
of their distresses.
14 Hee brought them out of darke-
nesse , and the shadowe of death : and
brake their bands in sunder.
15 Oh that men would praise the
Lord for his goodnesse : and for his
wonderfull workes to the children of
men.
16 For he hath broken the gates of
brasse : and cut the barres of yron in
sunder.
17 Fooles, because of their trans-
gression, and because of their iniquities,
are afflicted.
18 * Their soule abhorreth all man-
ner of meate : and they drawe neere vn-
to the gates of death.
19 Then they crie vnto the Lord
in their trouble : he saueth them out of
their distresses.
20 Hee sent his word, and healed
them : and deliuered them from their
destructions.
21 Oh that men would praise the
Lord for his goodnesse : and for his
wonderfull workes , to the children of
men.
22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifi
ces of thankesgiuing : and declare his
workes with treioycing.
23 They that goe downe to the sea
in shippes : that doe businesse in great
waters :
24 These see the workes of the
Lord : and his wonders in the
deepe.
25 For he commandeth, and traiseth
the stormy winde : which lifteth vp the
wanes thereof
26 They mount vp to the heauen :
they goe downe againe to the depthes :
their soule is melted because of trouble.
27 They reele to and fro , and stag-
ger like a drunken man ; and tare at
their wits end.
28 Then they cry vnto the Lord
in their trouble : and hee bringeth them
out of their distresses.
29 He maketh the storme a calme : so
that the wanes thereof are still.
30 Then are they glad, because they
be quiet : so he bringeth them vnto their
desired hauen.
31 Oh that men would praise the
Lord for his goodnesse ; and for his
wonderfull workes to the children of
men :
32 Let them exalt him also in the
congregation of the people , and praise
him in the assembly of the Elders.
33 Hee turneth riuers into a wilder-
nesse : and the water springs into dry
ground :
34 A fruitful] land into tbarren-
nesse; for the wickednesse of them that
dwell therein.
35 * He turneth the wildernesse into
a standing water : and dry ground into
water-springs.
36 And there he maketh the hungry
to dwell ; that they may prepare a citie
for habitation,
37 And sowe the fields , and plant
vineyards ; which may yeeld fruits of
increase.
38 He blesseth them also, so that they
are multiplied greatly : and suffreth not
their cattell to decrease.
39 Againe , they are minished and
brought lowe through oppression, affli-
ction and sorrow.
40 * Hee powreth contempt vpon
princes : and causeth them to wander in
the II wildernesse, where tftere is no way.
41 * Yet setteth he the poore on high
Ijfrom affliction : and maketh Am fami-
lies like a flocke.
42 *The
t Heb. sin.
ging.
t Heb. ma-
kethtostand.
t Heb. all
their wise-
dameis swal-
lowed vp.
t Heb. aalt-
nesse.
* Isa. 41.
18.
lob. 12.
21.
Or, voi/d
place.
• 1. Sam. 2.
8. psal. 113.
7. & 8. ver.
I Or, after.
Gods great mercie.
Pfal
mes.
Dauids prayers.
• lob 22.
19. and 5.
16.
Or, skies.
' PsaL 60. 7,
42 * The righteous sliall see it, and
reioyce ; and all iniquitie shall stop her
raouth.
43 Who so is wise, and will ob-
serue those things ; euen they shall vn-
derstand the louing kindenesse of the
Lord.
PSAL. CVIIL
1 Dauid incourageth himselfe to praise God.
S Hee prayeth for Gods assistance ac-
cording to his promise. 11 His confidence
in Gods lielpe.
H A song or Psalme of Dauid.
" " " God , my heart is fixed :
I will sing & giue praise
euen with my glory.
2 Awake psaltery and
harpe : I my selfe will a-
wake early.
3 I will praise thee, O Lord, a-
mong the people: and I wil sing praises
vnto thee among the nations.
4 For thy mercy is great aboue the
heauens : and thy trueth reaeheth vnto
the 1 1 clouds.
5 * Be thou exalted, O God , aboue
the heauens : and thy glory aboue all
the earth :
6 That thy beloued may bee deliue-
red : saue with thy right hand, and an-
swere me.
7 God hath spoken in his holinesse,
I wil reioyce, I wil diuide Shechem
and mete out the valley of Succoth.
8 Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine,
Ephraim also is the strength of mine
head : ludah is my Lawgiuer.
9 Moab is my wash-pot, ouer Edom
wil I cast out my shooe: ouer Philistia
will I triumph.
10 Who wil bring me into the strong
citie ? who will leade me into Edom ?
11 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast
cast vs off.' and wilt not thou, O God,
goe foorth with our hostes .''
12 Giue vs helpe from trouble : for
vaine is the helpe of man.
13 Through God wee shall doe vali-
antly : for hee it is that shall tread downe
our enemies.
PSAL. CIX.
1 Dauid complayning of his slanderous ene-
mies, vnder the person of ludas deuoteth
them. 16 Hesheweth theirsinne. 21 Com-
playning of his owne misery, hee prayeth for
nelpe. 29 He promiseth thankfulnesse.
IT To the chiefe Musician, A
Psalme of Dauid.
Old not thy peace, O God
of my praise. I
2 For the mouth of the'
wicked, and the t mouth of + Hebr.
the deceitfull tare opened S
they haue spoken against t^**r.Aaue
agauist mee
me with a lying tongue.
3 They compassed mee about also
with wordes of hatred : and fought a-
gainst me without a cause.
4 For my loue , they are my aduer-
saries : but I ffiue my selfe vnto prayer.
5 And they haue rewarded me euill
for good : and hatred for my loue.
6 Set thou a wicked man ouer
him : and let {| Satan stand at his right
hand.
7 When he shall be iudged , let him
be t condemned : and let his prayer be
come sinne.
8 * Let his dayes be few : and let an-
other take his || office.
9 Let his children bee fatherlesse
and his wife a widow.
10 Let his children bee continually
vagabonds, & begge: let them seeke their
bread also out of their desolate places.
11 Let the extortioner catch all that
he hath : and let the strangers spoile his
labour.
12 Let there be none to extend mer-
cy vnto him : neither let there be any to
fauour his fatherlesse children.
13 Let his posteritie be cut off: and in
the generation folowing let their name
be blotted out
14 Let the iniquitie of his fathers be
remembred with the Lord: and let
not the sinne of his mother be blotted
out.
15 Let them be before the Lord
continually : that he may cut off the me-
mory of them from the earth.
16 Because that he remembred not
to shew mercy, but persecuted the poore
and needy man : that he might euen slay
the broken in heart.
17 As he loued cursing, so let it come
vnto him: as hee delighted not in bles-
sing, so let it be farre from him.
18 As he clothed himselfe with cur-
sing like as with his garment : so let it
come into this bowels like water, and^
like oyle into his bones.
19 Let it be vnto him as the garment
which couereth him : and for a girdle
wherewith he is girded continually.
4 K 2 20 Let
selues.
I Or, an ad-
tiersary.
t Hehr. ffoe
out guiltie,
or wicked.
' Act 1 . 20.
I Or, charge.
t Heb. with-
in him.
Chrifts Priefthood.
Pfalmes.
True wifedome.
t Heb. from
the iudgcs
o/hia soule.
I Or, more
then the
wotnbe of the
morning:
thou ihatl
haue, ifc,
•Heb. J. 6
and 7. 17.
20 Let this be the reward of luinej
aduersaries from the Lobd: and of
them that speake euill against my soule.
21 But do thou for me, O God the
Lord, for thy Names sake : because thy
mercie is good : deliuer thou me.
22 For I am poore and needie : and
my heart is wounded within me.
23 I am gone like the shadow, when
it declineth : I am tossed vp and downe
as the locust.
24 My knees are weake through fa
sting : and my flesh faileth of fatnesse.
25 I became also a reproch vnto
them : ichen they looked vpon me, they
shaked their heads.
26 Helpe me, O Lord my God:
0 saue me according to thy mercie.
27 That they may know, that this
j* thy hand : that thou, Lobd, hast
done it.
28 Let them curse, but blesse thou
when they arise, let them be ashamed,
but let thy seruant reioyce.
29 Let mine aduersaries be clothed
with shame : and let them couer them
selues with their owne confusion , as
with a mantle.
30 I will greatly praise the Lobd
with my mouth : yea I will praise him
among the multitude.
31 For he shal stand at the right hand
of the poore : to saue him tfrom those
that condemne his soule.
P S A L. ex.
1 The Kingdoms 4 The Priesthood, S The
conquest, 7 And the passion of Christ.
H A Psalme of Dauid.
He * Lord said vnto my
Lord , Sit thou at my
right hand : vntil I make
thine enemies thy foote
__ stoole.
The Lord shall send the rod
of thy strength out of Zion : rule thou
in the midst of thine enemies.
3 I'hy people shalbe willing in the
day of thy power , in the beauties of
holinesse ||from the wombe of the mor-
ning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
4 * The I^oRD hath sworne, and
will not repent, thou art a Priest for
euer : after the order of Melchizedek.
5 The Lord at thy right hand shall
strike through kings in the day of his
wrath.
6 He shal iudge among the heathen,
2
he shal fil </»^p^e«withthedead bodies
he shall wound the heads ouer ||many \ Or, great.
countries.
7 He shall drinke of the brooke in
the way : therefore shall hee lift vp the
head.
PSAL. CXL
1 The Psalmist by his example inciteth others to
praise God, for his glorious, 5 And gracious
workes. 10 The feare of Go<l breedeth
true wisedome.
t Raise yee the Lord.
I will praise the Lord
with my whole heart : in
the assembly of the vp-
right, and iri the Congre-
gation.
2 The workes of the Lord are
great : sought out of all them that haue
pleasure therein.
3 His worke i* honourable and glo-
rious : and his righteousnesse endureth
for euer.
4 Hee hath made his wonderfuU
works to be remembred : the Lord
is gracious, and full of compassion.
5 He hath giuen tmeate vnto them
that feare him : he will euer be mindfull
of his couenant.
6 He hath shewed his people the
power of his workes : that he may giue
tliem the heritage of the heathen.
7 The works of his hands are ve-
ritie and iudgment : all his commande-
ments are sure.
8 They t stand fast for euer and euer:
and are done in trueth and vprightnes.
9 He sent redemption vnto his peo-
ple, hee hath commanded his couenant
for euer : holy and reuerend is his
Name.
10 *The feare of the Lord w the
beginning of wisedome, ||a good vnder-
standing haue all they t that doe his com-
mandements .his praise endureth for euer.
PSAL. CXII.
1 Godlinesse hath the promises of this life, 4
And of the life to come. 10 The prosperitie
of the godly, shalbe an eye-sore to the wicked
t Raise ye the Lord.
Blessed is the man that
feareth the Lord,
that delighteth greatly
in his Commaunde-
ments.
2 His seed shall bee mightie vpon
earth
t Heb. Hal.
leluiah.
tHeb. pray.
t Heb. are
stablished.
• lob. 28. 28
pro. 1. 7. &
10.
eccles. 1. 16
Or, good
successe.
t Heb. that
doe them.
t Heb. Hal-
ieluiah.
A good man.
Pfal
mes.
Gods prefence.
t Hehiudge-
ment.
' 2. Cor.
9.9.
iHeb. Halle-
luiah.
' Dan. 2.
20.
'Mai. 1. 11,
t IJeb. e.val-
teth himselfe
to dwell.
1. Sam.
2. 8. psal.
107. 41.
t Heb. to
dwell in an
house.
earth : the generation of the vpright
shalbe blessed.
3 Wealth and riches shalbe in his
house : and his righteousnesse endureth
for euer.
4 Vnto the vpright there ariseth
light in the darknesse : hee is gracious,
and full of compassion, and righteous.
5 A good man sheweth fauour and
lendeth : he will guide his affaires with
t discretion.
6 Surely he shall not be moued for
euer : the righteous shalbe in euerlasting
remembrance.
7 He shall not be afraid of euill ti-
dings : his heart is fixed, trusting in the
Lord.
8 His heart is established, hee shall
not be afraid, vntill he seehis desire v^r\
his enemies.
9 * He hath dispersed, he hath giuen
to the poore : his righteousnesse endu-
reth for euer ; his home shalbe exalted
with honour.
10 The wicked shall see it, and be
grieued ; he shall gnash with his teeth,
and melt away : the desire of the wicked
shall perish.
PSAL. CXIII.
1 An exhortation to praise God for his excel-
lencie, 6 for his Mercy.
t Raise yea the Lord.
Praise, O y ee seruan ts of th e
Lord : praise the name of
the Lord.
2 * Blessed be the name
the Lord : from this time forth
and for euermore.
3 * From the rising of the siinne vnto
the going downe of the same : the
Lords name is to be praised.
4 The Lord is high aboue all
nations : and his glory aboue the hea-
uens.
5 Who is like vnto the Lord our
God : who tdwelleth on high :
6 Who humbleth himselfe to behold
the things that are in heauen, and in the
earth ?
7 * He raiseth vp the poore out of the
dust : and lifteth the needie out of the
dung-hill :
8 That he may set him with princes :
euen with the princes of his people.
9 He maketh the barren woman tto
keepe house ; to be a ioyfull mother of
children : Praise yee the Lord.
of
PSAL. CXIIII.
An exhortation by the example of the durabe
creatures, to feare God in his Chturch.
*Hen Israel went out of
Egypt, the house of la-
cob from a people of
strange language :
2 ludah was his san-
ctuarie : and Israel his dominion.
3 *The sea sawe it, and fled : lordan
was driuen backe.
4 The mountaines skipped like
rammes : and the little hilles like
lambes.
■5 What ailed thee , O thou sea, that
thou fleddest.'' thou lordan, that thou
wast driuen backe ?
6 Yee mountaines, that yee skipped
like rammes : and yee little hilles like
lambes ?
7 Tremble thou earth at the pre-
sence of the Lord : at the presence of the
God of lacob :
8 * Which turned the rocke into a
standing water : the flint into a foun-
taine of waters.
PSAL. CXV.
Because God is truly glorious, 4 and Idols
are vanity, 9 He exnorteth to confidence in
God. 12God is to be blessedforhis blessings.
Ot vnto vs, O Lord,
not vnto vs, but vnto thy
name giue glory : for thy
mercy, and for thy truthes
_ sake.
* Wherefore should the heathen
: Where is now their God ?
* But our God is in the heauens :
he hath done whatsoeuer he pleased.
4 * Their idoles are siluer and gold :
the worke of mens hands.
5 They liaue mouths, but they speake
not ; eies haue they, but they see not.
6 They have eares, but they lieare
not : noses haue they, but they smell not.
7 They hatie hands, but they handle
not, feete haue they, but they walke not:
neither speake they through their
throat.
8 They that make them are like vn-
to them : so is euery one that trusteth in
them.
9 O Israel, trust thou in the Lord :
he is their helpe and their shield.
10 O house of Aaron, trust in the
Lord : he is their helpe & their shield
11 Yee
• Exod.
13. .1.
• Exod. 14.
21. losh. 3.
2
say
3
• Exod.
17. 6. Num.
20. 11.
Psal. 42.
10. & 79.
10.
•PsaL 135.6
* Psal. 13«.
15.
Gods mercie.
Pfalines.
The Saints death.
iB^.toith.
' Dan. 2. 20.
t Hebr. in
my dayes.
Psal. 18.
5. 6.
t/f«6r.
found me.
•s. Cor. 4.
13.
* Rom. 3. 4.
11 Ye that feare the Lord trust in
the LoED : he w their helpe and their
shield.
12 The Lord hath bene mindfull
of vs, he will blesse vs, he will blesse the
house of Israel : he will blesse the house
of Aaron.
13 Hee will blesse them that feare the
Lord : -^both small and great.
14 The Lord shall increase you
more and more : you and your children.
15 You are blessed of the Lord
which made heauen and earth.
16 The heauen, etien the heauens are
the Lords: but the earth hath hee
giuen to the children of men.
17 The dead praise not the Lord :
neither any that go downe into silence.
18 * But we will blesse the Lord,
from this time foorth and for euermore.
Praise the Lord.
PSAL. CXVL
1 The Psalmist professeth his loue and duetie
to God, for his deliuerance. 12 Hee studi.
eth to be thankfull.
Loue the Lord : be-
cause hee hath heard my
voice, Sf my supplications.
2 Because hee hath in-
clined his eare vnto mee
therefore will I call vpon him tas long
as I Hue.
3 * The sorrowes of death compas-
sed me, and the paines of hell tgatehold
vpon me : I found trouble and sorrow.
4 Then called I vpon the Name
of the Lord : O Lord, I beseech
thee deliuer my soule.
5 Gracious is the Lord , and
righteous : yea our God is mercifull.
6 The Lord preserueth the
simple : I was brought low, and hee
helped me.
7 Returne vnto thy rest , O my
soule : for the Lord hath dealt boun-
tifully with thee.
8 For thou hast deliuered my soule
from death, mine eyes from teares, and
my feete from falling.
9 I wil walke before the Lord
in the land of the liuing.
10 * I beleeued, therfore haue I spo.
ken : I was greatly afflicted.
Ill said in my haste : *A11 men are
lyers.
12 What shall I render vnto the
Lord: for all his benefits towards
mee.''
13 I will take the cup of saluation :
and call vpon the Name of the Lord.
14 I will pay my vowes vnto the
Lord: now in the presence of all his
people.
15 Precious in y sight of the Lord :
M the death of his Saints.
16 Oh Lord, truely I am thy ser-
uant, I am thy seruant , and the sonne of
thy handmayde : thou hast loosed my
bonds.
17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of
thankes-giuing : and will call vpon the
Name of the Lord.
18 I will pay my vowes vnto the
Lord : now in the presence of all his
people :
19 In the Courts of the Lords
house, in the middes of thee, O leru-
salem. Praise ye the Lord.
PSAL. CXVII.
An exhortation to praise God for his mercie
and trueth.
* Praise the L o r d, all y e
nations : praise him all ye
people.
2 For his merciful kind-
^^ nesse is great toward vs :
and^the trueth of the Lord endureth
for euer. Praise ye the Lord.
PSAL. CXVIIL
An exhortation to praise God for his mercie.
5 The Psahnist by his experience sheweth
how good it is to trust in God. 19 Vnder
the type of the Psahnist, the comming of
Christ in his kingdome is expressed.
* Giue thankes vnto
the Lord, for hee m
good : because his mer-
cie endureth for euer.
2 Let Israel now
say : that his mercy en-
dureth for euer.
3 Let the house of Aaron now say
that his mercy endureth for euer.
4 Let them now that feare the
Lord, say : that his mercy endureth
for euer.
5 I called vpon the Lord t in di-
stresse : the Lord answered me, and
set me in a large place.
6 *The Lord is ton my side, I
will not feare : What can man doe vn-
to mee .''
7 The Lord taketh my part
with them that helpe me : therfore shall
I see
• Rom. 15.
n.
• Psal. 106.
1. and 107.
1. & 130. 1.
1. chron. 16.
7.
t Hebr. out
ofdistresse.
"Heb. 13. 6.
psal. 56. 4,
11.
^ Hebr. for
me.
The corner ftone.
Pfalmes.
Who are blefled.
• Psal. 146.
t Hebr. cut
them off.
t Hebr. cut
downe.
Exod. 15.
a. isa. 12. 2.
"Mat.2I.42
mar. 12. 10.
luK. 20. 17.
acts 4. 11.
l.'pet. 2. 4.
t Heb. this
is from the
LORD.
• Mat 21. 9.
I see my desire vpon them that hate me.
8 It M better to trust in the Lord :
then to put confidence in man.
9 * It is better to trust in the Lord :
then to put confidence in Princes.
10 All nations compassed me about :
but in the Name of the Lord, will
I t destroy them.
11 They compassed mee about, yea
they compassed mee about : but in the
Name of the Lord, I will destroy
them.
12 They compassed mee about like
Bees, they are quenched as the Hre of
thornes : for in the Name of the Lord
I wil t destroy them.
13 Thou hast thrust sore at mee that
I might fall : but the Lord helped
mee.
14 *The Lord is my strength and
song : and is become my saluation.
15 The voice of reioycing and salua-
tion is in the tabernacles of the righte-
ous : the Right hand of the Lord
doeth valiantly.
16 The Right hand of the Lord
is exalted : the Right hand of the
Lord doeth valiantly.
17 I shall not die, but Hue : and de-
clare the workes of the Lord.
18 The Lord hath chastened me
sore : but he hath not giuen me ouer vn-
to death.
19 Open to mee the gates of righte-
ousnesse : I will goe into them, and 1
will praise the Lord :
20 This gate of the Lord: into
which the righteous shall enter.
21 I will praise thee , for thou hast
heard mee : and art become my salua
tion.
22 * The stone which the builders re
fused : is become the head stone of the
corner.
23 tThis is the Lords doing : it
is marueilous in our eyes.
24 This is the day which the Lord
hath made : we will reioyce, and be glad
in it.
25 Saue now , I beseech thee , O
Lord: O Lord, I beseech thee,
send now prosperitie.
26 * Blessed be he that commeth in
the Name of the Lord : wee haue
blessed you out of the house of the
Lord.
27 God is the Lord, which hath
shewed vs light, bind the sacrifice with
cords : euen vnto the horns of the Altar.
28 Thou art my God, and I will
praise thee : thou art my God, I will ex-
alt thee.
29 O giue thanks vnto the Lord,
for he is good : for his mercy endureth for
euer.
PSAL. CXIX.
This Psalme conteineth sundry prayers, praises,
and professions of obedience.
ALEPH.
Lessed are the || vnde-
filed in the way : who
walke in the Law of
the Lord.
2 Blessed are they
that keepe his testimo-
nies : and that seeke him
with the whole heart.
3 They also doe no iniquitie : they
walke in his wayes.
4 Thou hast commaunded vs to
keepe thy precepts diligently.
5 O that my wayes were directed
to keepe thy statutes !
6 Then shall I not bee ashamed :
when I haue respect vnto all thy com-
mandements.
7 I will praise thee with vpright-
nesse of heart : when I shall haue lear-
ned t thy righteous iudgeinents.
8 I will keepe thy statutes : O for-
sake me not vtterly.
BETH.
I Or, perfect,
or sincere.
WHerewithall
man cleanse his wav ?
shall a yong
way ? by
taking heede thereto accor-
ding to thy word.
10 With my whole heart haue I
sought thee : O let me not wander from
thy Commandements.
11 Thy word haue I hidde in mine
heart : that I might not sinne against
thee.
12 Blessed art thou, O Lord :
teach me thy statutes.
13 With my lips haue I declared all
the iudgements of thy mouth.
14 1 haue reioyced in the way of thy
testimonies : as much as in all riches.
15 I will meditate in thy precepts :
and haue respect vnto thy wayes.
16 I will delight my selfe in thy sta-
tutes : I will not forget thy word.
GIMEL.
17 1 'XEale bountifully with thy ser-
uant ; that I may Hue , and
keepe thy word.
18 tOpen
D!
\ Hehr.iudg-
ments of thy
righteous-
nesse.
Dauids meditations.
Pfal
mes.
Gods promife.
tHeb.n. I
veale.
* Gen. 47. 9
I. chro. 29.
15. psal. 39.
12. heb. 11.
13.
t Heb. men
ofmi^ coun-
teU.
18 t Open thou mine eyes ,
may behold wonderous things
that I
out of
thy Law.
19*1 am a stranger in the earth : hide
not thy commaiidements from me.
20 My soule breaketh for the long-
ing : that it hath vnto thy iudgements at
all times.
21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that
are cursed : which doe erre from thy
Commandements.
22 Remooue from me reproch and
contempt : for I haue kept thy testimo-
nies.
23 Princes also did sit and speake a-
gainst me : bid thy seruant did meditate
in thy statutes.
24 Thy testimonies also are my de-
light : and t my counsellers.
• Psal. 2S. 4.
and 27. 11.
■nd8«. 11.
t Heb. drop-
petli.
DALETH.
25
MY soule cleaueth vnto the
dust : quicken thou mee accor
ding to thy word.
26 I haue declared my wayes, and
thou heardest me : * teach me thy Sta-
tutes.
27 Make me to vnderstand the way
of thy precepts : so shall I talke of thy
wonderous workes.
28 My soule tmelteth for heauines :
strengthen thou me according vnto thy
word.
29 Remoue from mee the way of ly-
ing : and grant me thy Law graciously
30 I haue chosen the way of trueth :
thy iudgements haue I laid before me.
31 I haue stucke vnto thy Testimo-
nies: O LoED put me not to shame.
32 I will runne the way of thy
Commandements : when thou shalt
enlarge my heart.
HE
33
TEach me , O Lord, the
way of thy Statutes : and
I shall keepe it tmto the end.
34 Giue me vnderstanding , and I
shall keepe thy Law : yea I shall ob-
serue it with my whole heart.
35 Make me to goe in the path of thy
commandements : for therein doe I
delight.
36 Incline my heart vnto thy testi-
monies : and not to couetousnesse.
toMJie™**! ^^ +Tume away mine eyes from
beholding vanitie : and quicken thou me
in thy way.
38 Stablish thy word vnto thy ser-
41
l;
uant : who is denoted to thy feare.
39 Turne away my reproch which
I feare : for thy iudgements are good.
40 Behold, I haue longed after thy
precepts : quicken me in thy righteous-
nesse.
VAV.
Et thy mercies come also vnto
me, O Lord : euen thy sal-
nation, according to thy word
42 II So shall I haue wherewith
to answere him that reprocheth me : for
I trust in thy word.
43 And take not the word of trueth
vtterly out of my mouth : for I haue
hoped in thy iudgements.
44 So shall I keepe thy Law con-
tinually : for euer and euer.
45 And I wil walke tat libertie : for
I seeke thy precepts.
46 I will speake of thy testimonies
also before kings, & wil not be ashamed.
47 And I will delight my selfe in
thy commandements, which I haue
loued.
48 My hands also will I lift vp vn-
to thy commandements, which I haue
loued : and I will meditate in thy sta-
tutes.
II Or^ so shall
I aiiswere
him that re-
j}roueth me
in a thing.
t Hebr. at
large.
49
ZAIN.
Emember the word vnto thy
seruant : vpon which thou
hast caused me to hope.
50 This is my comfort in my afflicti-
on : for thy word hath quickened me.
51 The proud haue had mee greatly
in derision : yet haue I not declined
from thy Law.
52 I remembred thy iudgements of
old, O Lord : and haue comforted
my selfe.
53 Horrour hath taken holde vpon
me, because of the wicked that forsake
thy Law.
54 Thy statutes haue bin my songs
in the house of my pilgrimage.
55 I haue remembred thy name, O
Lord, in the night, and haue kept thy
Law.
56 This I had : because I kept thy
precepts.
CHETH.
57 r I "^Hou art my portion , O
JL Lord, I haue said, that
I would keepe thy words.
58 I intreated thy t fauour with my
whole heart : be mercifull vnto mee ac-
cording to thy word.
59 I thought on my wayes : and
turned
\ Ileb./ace.
Dauids delight
Pfal
mes.
in Gods law.
Or, compa-
nies.
Psal. 19.
9. Prou. u.
1).
t Ileb. righ-
teausnesse.
t Heh. to
comfort me.
turned my feete vnto thy Testimonies.
60 I made haste, and delayed not to
keepe thy commandements.
61 The II bands of the wicked haue
robbed me : but I haue not forgotten
thy lawe.
62 At mid-night I will rise to giue
thankes vnto thee : because of thy righ-
teous iudgements.
63 I am a companion of all them
that feare thee : and of them that keepe
thy precepts.
oi The earth, O Lord, is full of
thy mercy : teach me thy statutes.
TETH.
G5
THou hast dealt well with thy
seruant , Oh Lord; accor-
ding vnto thy word.
66 Teach me good iudgement and
knowledge : for I haue beleeued thy
commandements.
67 Before I was afflicted , I went
astray : but now haue I kept thy word.
68 Thou art good , and doest good ;
teach me thy statutes.
69 The proud haue forged a lie a-
gainst me : but I will keepe thy precepts
with my whole heart.
70 Their heart is as fat as grease :
but I delight in thy law.
71 It is good for me that I haue
bene afflicted : that I might learne thy
statutes.
72 * The law of thy mouth is better
vnto me : then thousands of gold and
siluer.
lOD.
73
THy hands haue made me and
fashioned me : giue me vnder-
standing , that I may learne
thy commandements.
74 Tliey that feare thee will bee
glad when they see mee : because I
haue hoped in thy word.
75 I knowe, O Lord, that thy
iudgements are t right : and that thou in
faithfulnesse hast afflicted me.
76 Let , I pray thee , thy mercifull
kindnessebe+for my comfort; according
to thy word vnto thy seruant.
77 Let thy tender mercies come vn-
to me , that I may Hue : for thy lawe is
my delight.
78 Let the proud be ashamed , for
they dealt peruersly with me without
a cause : but I will meditate in thy pre-
cepts.
79 Let those that feare thee turne
vnto me : and those that haue knowen
thy testimonies.
80 Let my heart be sound in thy sta-
tutes ; that I be not ashamed.
CAPH.
81
MY soule fainteth forthysalua-
tion : but I hope in thy word.
82 Mine eyes faile for thy
word : saying. When wilt thou comfort
me?
83 For I am become like a bottle in
the smoke : yet doe I not forget thy
statutes.
84 How many are the dayes of thy
seruant ? when wilt thou execute iudge-
ment on them that persecute me ?
85 The proud haue digged pittes for
me : which arc not after thy law
86 All thy commaundements are
tfaithfuU : they persecute me wrongful-
ly ; helpe thou me.
87 They had almost consumed mee
vpon earth : but I forsooke not thy
precepts.
88 Quicken mee after thy louing
kindnesse : so shall I keepe the testimo-
nie of thy mouth.
LAMED.
89 _ .
is setled, in heauen
90 Thy faithfulnesse is tvnto all
generations : thou hast established the
earth, and it tabideth.
91 They continue this day according
to thine ordinances : for all are thy ser-
uants.
92 Vnlesse thy lawe had bene my de-
lights : I should then haue perished in
mine affliction.
93 I will neuer forget thy precepts :
for with them thou hast quickened me.
94 I am thine, saue me : for I haue
sought thy precepts.
95 The wicked haue waited for me
to destroy me : but I will consider thy
testimonies.
96 I haue scene an end of all per-
fection : but thy commandement is ex-
ceeding broad.
t Heb. faith,
fulnesse.
1^1 Or euer, O Lord, thy word
97
MEM.
How loue I thy Law ! it is
\_/ my meditation all the day
98 Thou through thy Com-
mandements hast made me wiser then
mine enemies : for tthey are euer with
mee.
99 I haue more vnderstanding then
4 L all
t Heb. to ge-
nerationand
generation.
t Heb. stan-
deth.
t Heb. it is
euer with
me.
Gods word a light.
Pfalmes.
Dauids zeale.
• Psal. 19. 9.
iHebr.palat.
I Or, candle.
^HOr.todo.
all my teachers : for thy Testimonies
are my meditation.
100 I vnderstand more then the an-
cients : because I keepe thy precepts.
101 I haue refrained my feete from
euery euill way : that I may keepe thy
word.
102 I haue not departed from thy
Judgements : for thou hast taught me.
103 *How sweet are thy words vnto
my t taste! yea, sweeter ihen hony to my
mouth.
104 Through thy precepts I get vn-
derstanding : therefore I hate euery
false way.
NVN.
105 r I iHy word wall lampe vnto my
1 feete : and a light vnto my
path.
106 I haue sworne, and I will per-
forme it : that I will keepe thy righte-
ous iudgements.
107 I am aflBicted very much
quicken mee, O Lord, according vnto
tny word.
108 Accept, I beseech thee, the free-
wil ofFrings of my mouth, O Lord:
and teach me thy iudgements.
109 My soule is continually in my
hand : yet doe I not forget thy Law.
110 The wicked haue layde a snare
for mee : yet I erred not from thy pre
cepts.
111 Thy Testimonies haue I taken
as an heritage for euer : for they are the
reioycing of my heart.
112 I haue inclined mine heart tto
performe thy Statutes , alway , euen
vnto the end.
SAMECH.
• Matth. 7.
23.
t Hebr. cau-
§e$t to ceate.
113
I Hate vaine thoughts : but thy
Law doe I loue.
114 Thou art my hiding place, and
my shield : I hope in thy word.
115 * Depart from me, ye euil doers:
for I will keepe the Commandements
of my God.
llo Vphold mee according vnto thy
word, that I may Hue : and let mee not
be ashamed of my hope.
117 Hold thou me vp, and I shall be
safe : and I will haue respect vnto thy
Statutes continually.
118 Thou hast troden downe all
them that erre from thy Statutes : for
their deceit is falshood.
119 Thou tputtest away all the wic-
ked of the earth like drosse : therefore I
loue thy Testimonies.
120 My flesh trembleth for feare of
thee : and I am afraide of thy Judge-
ments.
AIN.
121 TT Haue done ludgement and iu-
J_ stice : leaue mee not to mine op-
pressours.
122 Bee suretie for thy seruant for
good : let not the proud oppresse me.
123 Mine eyes faile for thy saluation;
and for the word of thy righteousnesse.
124 Deale with thy seruant accor
ding vnto thy mercie : and teach me thy
Statutes.
125 I am thy seruant, giue me vnder
standing : that I may know thy Testi-
monies.
126 It is time for thee, Lord, to
worke -.Jbr they haue made voyde thy
Law.
127 * Therefore I loue thy Com
raandements : aboue gold , yea aboue
fine gold.
128 Therefore I esteeme all thy pre
cepts concerning all things to be right
and I hate euery false way.
" Prou. 8.
11. psal. 19.
9.
PE.
129
iHy Testimonies are won-
I deifuU : therefore doeth my
soule keepe them.
130 The entrance of thy wordes gi-
ueth light : it giueth vnderstanding vn
to the simple.
131 I opened my mouth , and pan-
ted : for I longed for thy Commande
ments.
132 Looke thou vpon mee , and be
mercifuU vnto me : tas thou vsest to do
vnto those that loue thy Name.
133 Order my steps in thy word : and
let not any iniquitie haue dominion o
uer me.
134 Deliuer me from the oppression
of man : so will I keepe thy precepts
135 Make thy face to shine vpon thy
seruant : and teach me thy Statutes
136 Riuers of waters runne downe
mine eyes : because they keepe not thy
Law.
TSADDI.
137 "D Ighteous art thou , O
_J\_^LoRD : and vpright are thy
iudgements
138 Thy testimonies that thou hast
commaunded, are t righteous: and very
tfaithfull.
139 *My zeale hath tconsumed me:
because
t Hebr. ac-
cording to
the custome
towards
those-f S[C.
t Hebr. rif^h-
teousnesse.
t Heb.faUh-
fulnesse.
• Psal. eo. 8.
ioh. 2. 17.
t Heb. cut
me off.
Dauids griefe :
Pfal
mes.
t Heh. tried
or refined.
I Or, that I
may keepe.
i Heb. found
me.
Or, many.
145
I.
because mine enemies haue forgotten
thy words.
140 Thy word is very tpure: there-
fore thy seruant loueth it.
141 I am small and despised : yet doe
not I forget thy precepts.
1 42 Thy righteousnesse is an cuerla-
sting rigliteousnesse: and thy law is the
trueth.
143 Trouble and anguish haue t ta-
ken hold on me : yet thy commaunde
ments are my delights.
144 The righteousnesse of thy Te-
stimonies is euerlasting : giue me vnder-
standing, and I shall Hue.
KOPH.
Cried with my whole heart :
heare me, O Lord, I will
keepe thy statutes.
146 I cried vnto thee, saue me : ||and
I shall keepe thy testimonies.
147 I preuented the dawning of the
morning, and cried: I hoped in thy
word.
148 Mine eyes preuent the niffht wat-
ches : that I might meditate in thy
word.
149 Heare my voice according vnto
thy louing kindnesse : O Lord quic-
ken me according to thy iudgement.
150 They draw nigh that follow af-
ter mischiefs : they are farre from thy
Law.
151 Thou art neere, O Lord : and
all thy commandements are trueth.
152 Concerning thy testimonies, I
haue knowen of old: that thou hast
founded them for euer.
RESH.
153 /^Onsider mine affliction, and
\^_ydeliuer me : for I doe not for-
get thy Law.
154 Plead my cause, and deliuer me :
quicken me according to thy word.
155 Saluation is farre from the wic-
ked : for they seeke not thy statutes.
156 II Great are thy tender mercies, O
Lord : quicken me according to thy
iudgements.
157 Many a?-e my persecutors , and
mine enemies : yet doe I not decline
from thy testimonies.
158 I beheld the transgressours, and
was grieued : because they kept not thy
word.
159 Consider how I loue thy pre-
cepts : quicken me, O Lord, accor-
ding to thy louing kindnesse.
His hope.
160 tThy word J* true^row the begin-
ning : and euery one of thy righteous
iudgements endureth for euer.
SCHIN.
161 irjRinces haue persecuted mee
X^ without a cause : but my heart
standeth in awe of thy word.
162 I reioyce at thy word: as one
that findeth great spoile.
163 I hate and abhorre lying: but
thy Law doe I loue.
164 Seuen times a day doe I praise
thee : because of thy righteous iudge-
ments.
165 Great peace haue they which loue
thy law : & tnothing shall offend them.
166 Lord, I haue hoped for thy!
saluation : and done thy commande-
ments.
167 My soule hath kept thy testimo-
nies : and I loue them exceedingly.
168 I haue kept thy precepts and thy
testimonies : for all my wayes are before
thee.
TAV.
169 T Et my crie come neere before
I jthee , O Lord: giue mee
vnderstanding according to
thy worde.
170 Let my supplication come before
thee : deliuer me according to thy word
171 My lips shall vtter praise : when
thou hast taught me thy Statutes.
172 My tongue shall speake of thy
word : for all thy commandements are
righteousnesse.
173 Let thine hand helpe me : for I
haue chosen thy precepts.
174 I haue longed for thy saluation,
0 Lord: and thy Lawe is my de-
light.
175 Let my soule liue , and it shall
praise thee: and let thyiudgments helpe
me.
176 I haue gone astray like a lost
sheepe, seeke thy seruant : for I doe not
forget thy commandements.
P S A L. CXX.
1 Dauid prayeth against Doeg, 3 reproueth his
tongue, 5 complaineth of his necessary con-
uersation with the wicked.
H A song of degrees.
N my distresse I cried vn-
to the LoED : and hee
heard me.
2 Deliuer my soule, O
Lord, from lying lips:
and from a deceitfull tongue.
4 L 2 3 llWhat
t Heb. the I
t)eginningof\
thy word is
true.
t Heb. they !
shallhaue no
stumbling
blocke.
The godlies fafetie.
Pfalmes.
God faueth.
*Or,fchat
ihall the de-
odtfuU
tongue !nue
rnto thee ?
or tpfuit shail
it profit Oiecf
t Heb. ad-
ded.
I Or, It is as
the sharpe
arrowes of
the mighty
man leilh
eoates q/'iu-
iniper.
I Or, a man
t^peaee.
I Or, shall I
lift vp mine
e%es to the
hits? whence
shoitUl my
helpe come 9
Psal.
144. 7.
3 II What shall be giuen vnto thee?
or what shalbe tdone vnto thee, thou
false tongue?
4 II Sharpe arrowes of the migh-
tie : with coales of iuniper.
5 Woe is me, that I soiourne in Me-
sech : that I dwell in the tents of Ke-
dar.
6 My soule hath long dwelt with
him that hateth peace.
7 I am WJbr peace : but when I speak,
they are for warre.
PSAL. CXXI.
1 The great safety of the godly, who put their
trust in Gods protection.
H A song of degrees.
II Will lift vp mine eyes vn-
to the hilles : from whence
commeth my helpe.
2 • My helpe commeth
from the Loud : which
made heauen and earth.
3 He will not suffer thy foote to bee
moued : he that keepeth thee will not
slumber.
4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel ;
shall neither slumber nor sleepe.
5 The LoED is thy keeper : the
Lord is thy shade, vpon thy right
hand.
6 The sunne shall not smite thee by
day ; nor the moone by night.
7 The LoED shall preserue thee
from all euill : hee shall preserue thy
soule.
8 The LoBD shall preserue thy
going out , and thy comming in
from this time foorth and euen for
euermore.
PSAL. CXXIL
I Dauid professeth his ioy for the Church,
6 and prayeth for the peace thereof.
H A song of degrees of Dauid.
Was glad when they sayd
I vnto me : Let vs goe into
the house of the Loed.
2 Our feete shall
stand within thy gates
crusalcm.
3 Jerusalem is builded as a citie,
that is compact together :
4 Whither the tribes goe vp, the
tribes of the Lord, vnto the testimo-
nie of Israel : to giue thankes vnto the
name of the Lord.
5 For there tare set thrones of iudg-
ment : the thrones of the house of Da-
uid.
6 Pray for the peace of lerusalem :
they shall prosper that loue thee.
7 Peace be within thy walles : and
prosperitie within thy palaces.
8 For my brethren and companions
sakes : I will now say, Peace be within
thee.
9 Because of the house of the
Lord our God : I will seeke thy
good.
PSAL. CXXIII.
1 The godly professe their confidence in Grod,
3 and pray to be deliuered from contempt.
H A song of degrees.
Nto thee lift I vp mine
eyes : O thou that dwel
lest in the heauens.
2 Beholde , as the
eyes of seruants looke vn
to the hand of their Ma-
sters, and as the eyes of a maiden, vnto
the hand of her mistresse : so our eyes
watte vpon the Loed our God, vntill
that he haue mercy vpon vs.
3 Haue mercy vpon vs, O Lord,
haue mercy vpon vs : for we are excee-
dingly filled with contempt.
4 Our soule is exceedingly filled
with the scorning of those that are at
ease : and with the contempt of the
proud.
PSAL. cxxiin.
The Church blesseth God, for a miraculous deli-
uerance.
% A song of degrees of Dauid.
F it had not bene the
Loed who was on our
side : nowe may Israel
say :
2 If it had not bene the
Lord, who was on our side, when
men rose vp against vs :
3 Then they had swallowed vs vp
quicke : when their wrath was kindled
against vs.
4 Then the waters had ouerwhel-
med vs ; the streame had gone ouer our
soule.
5 Then the proud waters had gone
ouer our soule.
6 Blessed be the Lord : who hath
not giuen vs as a pray to their teeth.
7 Our soule is escaped as a bird out
of
t Heb. doe
sit.
Gods blefsings
Pfal
mes.
on the godly.
' Psal. 121.
t Hehr. wic-
kednesses
t Hebr. re-
turned the
returning 0/
Zion.
t Ilebr. fuith
magnified to
doe with
them.
I Or, sing,
ing.
I Or, seed,
basket.
of the snare of the foulers ; the snare is
broken, and we are escaped. ■
8 *Our helpe is in the name of the
LoBD : who made heauen and earth.
PSAL. CXXV.
1 The safety of such as trust in God. 4. A prayer
for the godly, and against the wicked.
H A song of degrees.
Hey that trust in the
Lord, shalbe as mount
Zion, which cannot be re
mooued , but abideth for
euer.
2 As the mountaines a7-e round a-
bout Jerusalem , so the Lord is
round about his people : from hence-
foorth euen for euer.
3 For the rod of t the wicked shall
not rest vpon the lot of the righteous :
lest the righteous put forth their hands
vnto iniquitie.
4 Doe good, O Lord, vnto those
that be good : and to them that are vp-
right in their hearts.
5 As for such as turne aside vnto
their crooked wayes, the Lord shall
lead them foorth with the workers of
iniquitie : but peace shalbe vpon Israel.
PSAL. CXXVL
1 The Church celebrating her incredible re-
turne out of captiuitie, 4 prayeth for, and
prophecieth the good successe thereof.
IT A song of degrees.
Hen the L o r d + turned
againe the captiuitie of Zi-
on : wee were like them
that dreame.
2 Then was our mouth
filled with laughter , and our tongue
with singing, then said they among the
heathen : The Lord thath done
great things for them.
3 The Lord hath done great
things for vs : whereq/'vie are glad.
4 Turne againe our captiuitie , O
Lord : as the streames in the South.
5 They that sow in teares : shall
reape in || ioy.
6 He that goeth forth and weepeth,
bearing || precious seed, shall doubtlesse
come againe with reioycing : bringing
his sheaues with him.
PSAL. CXXVIL
1 The vertue of Gods blessing. 3 Good chil-
dren are his gift.
H A song of degrees {| for
Solomon.
Xcept the Lord build
the house, they labour in
vaine that t build it: except
the Lord keepe the ci-
tie , the watchman wa-
keth but in vaine.
2 It M vaine for you to rise vp early,
to sit vp late , to eate the bread of sor-
rowes : ./or so hee giuetli his beloued
sleepe.
3 Loe, children are an heritage of the
Lord : and the fruit of the wonibe is
his reward.
4 As arrowes are in the hand of a
mightie man : so are children of the
youth.
5 Happie is the man that t hath his
quiuer full of them , they shall not be a-
shamed : but they || shall speake with the
enemies in the gate.
PSAL. CXXVIII.
The sundry blessings which follow them that
feare God.
H A song of degrees.
Lessed is euery one that
feareth the Lord : that
walketh in his wayes.
2 For thou shalt eat the
labour of thine handes :
happie shalt thou bee, and it shall be well
with thee.
3 Thy wife shalbe as a fruitful Vine
by the sides of thine house, thy children
like Oliue plants : round about thy
table.
4 Beholde that thus shall the man
be blessed; that feareth the Lord.
5 The Lord shall blesse thee out
of Zion : and thou shalt see the good of
lerusalem , all the dayes of thy life.
6 Yea, thou shalt see thy childrens
children : a7td peace vpon Israel.
PSAL. CXXIX.
1 An exhortation to praise God for sauing Is-
rael in their great afflictions. 5 The haters
of the Church are cursed.
H A song of degrees.
II Any a time haue they af-
flicted me from my youth :
may Israel now say.
2 Many a time haue
they afflicted me from my
youth : yet they haue not prcuailed a-
gainst mee.
3 The
I Or, of So.
lomon.
t Ilebr. are
Imitders of it
t Hebr. hath
filledhisqui-
uer with
them.
I Or, shall
subdue, as
Psal. I a. 45.
or, ttestroff.
I Or, much.
Dauids humilitie,
Pfalmes. and care for religion.
Or, which
watch vnto
the morning.
t Heb. lealke.
t Heb. won-
derfuU.
3 The plowers plowed vpon my
backe : they made long their furrowes-
4 The Lord is righteous : hee
hath cut asunder the cordes of the wic-
ked.
5 Let them all be confounded and
turned backe, that hate Zion.
6 Let them bee as the grasse vpon
the house tops : which withereth afore
it groweth vp :
7 Wherewith the mower filleth
not his hand : nor hee that bindeth
sheaues, his bosome.
8 Neither doe they which goe by,
say, The blessing of the Lord be vp-
on you : wee blesse you in the Name of
the Lord.
P S A L. CXXX.
1 The Psalmist professeth his hope in prayer
5 and his patience in hope. 7 Hee exnor-
teth Israel to hope in God.
H A song of degrees.
VT of the depths haue
I cryed vnto thee , O
Lord.
2 Lorde , heare my
voice: let thine eares be at-
tentiue to the voice of my
supplications.
3 If thou, Lord, shouldest marke
iniquities : O Lord, who shal stand ?
4 But there is forgiuenesse with
thee : that thou mayest be feared.
5 I wait for the Lord, my soule
doeth waite : and in his worde doe I
hope.
6 My soule waiteth for the Lord,
more then they that watch for the mor-
ning : II / say, more tJien they that watch
for the morning.
7 Let Israel hope in the Lord,
for with the Lord there is mercy : and
with him is plenteous redemption.
8 And hee shall redeeme Israel ,
from all his iniquities.
PSAL. cxxxl
Dauid professing his humilitie, 3 exhorteth
Israel to hope in God.
IT A song of degrees of Dauid.
iQrd, my heart is not
1 haughtie, nor mine eyes
loftie : neither doe 1 1 ex-
ercise my selfe in great
matters, or in things too
t high for mee.
2 Surely I haue behaued and qui-
eted t my selfe as a child that is weaned
of his mother : my soule is euen as a
weaned childe.
3 Let Israel hope in the Lord,
tfrom henceforth and for euer.
PSAL. CXXXII.
Dauid in his prayer commendeth vnto God
the religious care he had for the Arke. 8 His
prayer at the remouing of the Arke, 1 1 with
a repetition of Gods promises.
H A Song of degrees.
O R D remember Dauid,
and all his afflictions :
2 How he sware vnto
the Lord, and vowed
vnto the mightie God of
Jacob.
3 Surely I will not come into the
tabernacle of my house : nor goe vp into
my bed.
4 I will not giue sleepe to mine
eyes : or slumber to mine eyelids,
5 Vntill I finde out a place for the
Lord: tan habitation for the migh-
tie God of lacob.
6 Loe, wee heard of it at Ephrata :
we found it in the fields of the wood.
7 We will goe into his tabernacles :
we will worship at his footstoole.
8 * Arise, O Lord, into thy rest :
thou, and the Arke of thy strength.
9 Let thy Priestes be clothed with
righteousnesse : and let thy saints shout
for ioy.
10 For thy seruant Dauids sake
turne not away the face of thine An-
ointed.
11 The Lord hath sworne w
trueth vnto Dauid, hee will not turne
from it ; * of the fruit of tthy body will
I set vpon thy throne.
12 If thy children will keepe my co-
uenant and my testimonie, that I shall
teach them ; their children also shall sit
vpon thy throne for euermore.
13 For the Lord hath chosen Zi-
on : he hath desired it for his habitation.
14 This is my rest for euer : here
will I dwell, for I haue desired it.
15 I will II abundantly blesse her pro-
uision : I will satisfie her poore with
bread.
16 I will also clothe her priests with
saluation : and her Saints shall shout
aloud for ioy.
17 * There will I make the home of
Dauid to budde : I haue ordained
II lampe for mine Anointed.
18 His
t Heb. my
soule.
t Hebr.from
rune.
t Heb. habi-
tations.
2. Cliron.
fl. 41. num.
10. 35.
• 2. Sam. 7-
12. 1. kinc.
8. 25. 2. cTir.
6. 16. luke 1.
9. acts 2. 30.
t Heb. thy
belly.
I Or, surely.
Luc. 1. 09,
1 Or, candle.
Brotherly vnitie.
Pfal
mes.
Idoles are vanitie.
t Heh. etten
together.
lOr, in Ao-
Imeste.
18 His enemies will I clothe with
shame : but vpon himselfe shall his
crowne flourish.
PSAL. CXXXIII.
The benefite of the communion of Saints.
IT A song of degrees of Dauid.
Ehold how good and how
pleasant it is : for brethren
to dwell t together in v-
nitie.
2 It is like the precious
oyntment vpon the head, that ranne
downe vpon the beard , euen Aarons
beard : that went downe to the skirts
of his garments.
3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the
dewe that descended vpon the moun-
taines of Zion, for there the Lord
commanded the blessing : euen life for
euermore.
PSAL. CXXXIIII.
An exhortation to blesse God.
IT A song of degrees.
Eholde, blesse yee the
Lord, all yee seruants
of the Lord : which by
night stand in the house
of the Lord.
2 Lift vp your hands
II in the Sanctuary : & blesse the Lord.
3 The Lord that made heauen
and earth : blesse thee out of Zion.
PSAL. CXXXV.
An exhortation to praise God for his mercy,
5 for his power, 8 for his iudgements. 15
The vanitie of Idoles. 19 An exhortati-
on to blesse God.
Raise ye the Lord,
Praise ye the Name of
the Lord : prayse
him, O ye seruants of
the Lord.
2 Yee that stand
in the House of the
Lord : in the courts of the house of
our God.
3 Praise the Lord, for the Lord
is good : sing praises vnto his Name,
for it is pleasant.
4 For the Lord hath chosen
lacob vnto himselfe : and Israel for
his peculiar treasure.
5 For I know that the Lord is
great : and that our L. oko is aboue
all gods.
6 Whatsoeuer the Lord pleased,
that did he in heauen and in earth : in the
Seas, and all deepe places.
7 * Hee causeth the vapours to as-
cend from the ends of the earth, he ma-
keth lightnings for the raine : he brin-
geth the winde out of his treasuries.
8 * Who smote the first borne of E-
gypt : tboth of man and beast.
9 Who sent tokens and woonders
into the midst of thee, O Egypt : vpon
Pharaoh, and vpon all his seruants.
10 * Who smote great nations : and
slew mightie kings :
11 Sihon king of the Amorites, and
Og king of Bashan : and all the king-
domes of Canaan,
12 * And gaue their land Jbr an heri-
tage : an heritage vnto Israel his peo-
ple.
13 Thy Name, O Lord, endureth
for euer : and thy memoriall, O Lord,
t throughout all generations.
14 For the Lord will iudge his
people : and he will repent himselfe con-
cerning his seruants.
15 * The idoles of the heathen are
siluer and golde : the worke of mens
hands.
16 They haue mouthes , but they
speake not : eyes haue they, but they see
not :
17 They haue eares, but they heare
not : neither is there any breath in their
mouthes.
18 They that make them are like
vnto them : so is euery one that trusteth
in them.
19 Blesse the Lord, O house of
Israel : blesse the Lord, O house of
Aaron.
20 Blesse the Lord, O house of
Leui : ye that feare the Lord, blesse
the Lord.
21 Blessed be the Lord out of Zi-
on ; which dwelleth at lerusalem.
Praise ye the Lord.
PSAL. CXXXVL
An exhortation to giue thankes to God for
particular mercies.
* Giue thankes .vnto the "Psa. lofi.i
Lord, for hee is good : for ^anu." ''
hismercyendureth foreuer.
2 O giue thankes vnto
the God of gods : for his
mercy endureth for euer.
3 Ogiue
• ler. la 13.
• Exod. 12.
28.
t Heb.from
man vnto
beast.
Num. 21.
2. and 4. 25,
26, 34, 35.
•I08. 12. 7.
t Ileb. to ge-
Tierationatid
generation.
"Psal. 115.
4, s, e, 7, B,
9, 10.
Gods mercie.
Pfalmes.
Ifrael captiue.
'Ocn.1. 1-
•Gen- 1. 6.
ier. 10. 12.
•Gcn.1. 14.
t Heb./or
the rulings
by day.
• Exod. 12.
29.
• Exod. 13.
17.
• Exod. 14.
21. 22.
" Exod. 14.
28.
3 O giue thankes to the Lord of
lords : for his mercy endureth for euer.
4 To him who alone doth great
wonders : for his mercy endureth for
euer.
5 * To him that by wisedome made
the heauens : for his mercy endureth for
euer.
6 * To him that stretched out the
earth aboue the waters : for his mercy
endureth for euer.
7 * To him that made great lights :
for his mercy endureth for euer.
8 The sunne t to rule by day : for his
mercy endweth for euer.
9 The moone and starres to rule
by night : for his mercy endureth for
euer.
10 * To him that smote Egypt in
their first borne : for his mercy endureth
for euer.
11 * And brought out Israel from a-
mong them : for his mercy endureth for
euer.
12 With a strong hand and with a
stretched out arme : for his mercy endu-
reth for euer.
13 * To him which diuided the red
sea into parts : for his mercy endureth for
euer.
14 And made Israel to passe
through the midst of it : for his mercy
endureth for euer.
15 * But t ouerthrewe Pharaoh and
• Deut. 29.
7. paal. 13S.
10,& 11.
" Num. 21.
23.
Num. 21.
33.
• Io«h. 12. 7
iHeb-shaJced^^^^ lioste in the red sea : for his mercy
ojf- endureth for euer.
•Exod. 15. 16 •To him which led his people
^" through the wildernesse : for his mercy
endureth for euer.
17 To him which smote great
kings : for his mercy endureth for euer,
18 * And slue famous kings : for his
mercy endureth for euer.
19 * Sihon king of the Amorites :
for his mercy endureth for euer.
20 * And Og the king of Bashan : for
his mercy endureth for euer.
21 * And gaue their land for an heri-
tage : for his mercy enduj-eth for euer.
22 Euen an heritage vnto Israel his
seruant : for his mercy endureth for euer.
23 Who remembred vs in our lowe
estate : for his mercy endureth for euer,
24 And hath redeemed vs from our
enemies : for his mercy endureth for euer.
25 Who giueth foode to all flesh : for
his mercy endureth for euer.
26 O giue thankes vnto the God of
heauen : for his mercy endureth for euer.
PSAL. CXXXVII.
The constancie of the lewes in captiuity. 7 The
Prophet curseth Edom and Babel.
Y the riuers of Baby
Ion , there wee sate
downe , yea we wept
when we remembred
Zion.
2 Wee hanged our
harpes vpon the willowes , in the
midst thereof.
3 For there they that carried vs a-
way captiue , required of vs t a song,
and they that twasted vs, requiredafvs
mirth : saying. Sing vs one of the songs
of Zion.
4 How shall we sing the LordS
song : in a t strange land .''
5 If I forget thee, O lerusalem :
let my right hand forget her cunning.
6 If I doe not remember thee, let
my tongue cleaue to the roofe of my
mouth ; if I preferre not lerusalem a-
boue t my chiefe ioy.
7 Remember, O Lord, the chil-
dren oi Edom, in the day of lerusalem ;
who sayd, trase it, rase it : euen to the
foundation thereof
8*0 daughter of Babylon, who art
to be t destroyed : happy shall he be t that
rewardeth thee , as thou hast serued
3.
9 * Happy shall he be that taketh and
dasheth thy little ones against t the
stones.
PSAL. CXXXVIII.
1 Dauid praiseth God for the truth of his word.
4 He prophecieth that the kings of the earth
shall praise God. 7 He professeth his con-
fidence in God.
^ A Psalme of Dauid.
* Will praise thee with my
whole heart : before the
gods will I sing praise
vnto thee.
2 I will worship to-
wards tliy holy temple , and praise thy
name, for thy louing kindnesse and for
thy trueth : for thou hast magnified thy
word aboue all thy name.
3 In the day when I cried, thou an-
sweredst me : and strengthenedst mewith
strength in my soule.
4 All the kings of the earth shall
praise thee, O Lord : when they
lieare the words of thy mouth.
5 Yea they shall sing in the wayes of
the
t Heh. the
words of a
song.
t Heb. layd
vs on heapes.
t Heb. land
qfastranger.
t Heb. the
head of my
ioy.
t Heb. make
bare.
•Obad.
12, 13.
t Heb. wa-
sted.
t Heb. that
recompen-
seth viito
thee thy
deed which
thou didst
to vs.
Isa. 13. 16
t Heb. the
rocke.
Psal. 119.
4. C.
Nothing fecret
Pfal
mes.
to the eyes of God.
Or, win-
nowest.
Amos 9.
2, 3, 4.
lob 26. 6.
heb. 4. 13.
\Heb.darke-
neth not.
t Heh. as is
the darkenes
sois the light
the Lord: for great is the glory of
the Loud.
6 Though the Lord be high, yet
hatli he respect vnto the lowly : but the
proud he kiioweth afarre off.
7 Though I walke in the mids of
trouble, thou wilt reuiue me, thou shalt
stretch foorth thine hand against the
wrath of mine enemies : and thy right
hand shall saue me.
8 The Lord wil perfit that which
concerneth me : thy mercie, O Lord
endureth for euer: forsake not the works
of thine owne hands.
PSAL. CXXXIX.
1 Dauid praiseth God for his all-seeing proui-
detice, 17 And for his infinite mercies. 19
He defieth the wicked. 23 Hee prayeth for
sinceritie.
IT To the chiefe Musician, A Psalme
of Dauid.
Lord, thou hast sear-
ched mee, and knowen me.
2 Thou knowest my
downe sitting , and mine
vprising : thou vnderstan-
dest my thought afarre off.
3 Thou llcompassest my path, and
my lying downe, and art acquainted
with all my wayes.
4 For there is not a worde in my
tongue : but lo, O Lord, thou know-
est it altogether.
5 Thou hast beset me behind, and
before : and laid thine hand vpon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonder-
full for me : it is high, I cannot attaine
vnto it.
7 Whither shall I goe from thy
spirit .'' or whither shall I flie from thy
presence .''
8 * If I ascend vp into heauen,
thou art there : if I make my bed in
hell, behold, thou art there.
Q If 1 take the wings of the mor-
ning : and dwell in the vttermost parts
of the Sea :
10 Euen there shall thy hand leade
me : and thy right hand shall hold me.
11 * If I say. Surely the darkenes
shall couer me : euen the night shall bee
light about me.
12 Yea the darkenesse t hideth not
from thee, but the night shineth as the
day : t the darknes and the light are both
alike to thee.
13 For thou hast possessed my reines:
thou hast couered me in my mothers
wombe.
14 I will praise tliee, for I am feare
fully and wonderfully made, maruel
lous are thy works : and that my soule
knoweth fright well.
15 My II substance was not hid from
thee, when I was made in secret : and
curiously wrought in the lowest parts
of the earth.
16 Thine eyes did see my substance
yet being vnperfect, and in thy booke
tall my members were written, \\which
in continuance were fashioned : when
as yet there was none of them.
17 * Howe precious also are thy
thoughts vnto me, O God : how great
is the summe of them .''
18 7/^1 should count them, they are
moe in number then the sand : when I
awake, I am still with thee.
19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked,
0 God : depart from me therefore , ye
bloody men.
20 For they speake against thee wic-
kedly : and thine enemies take thy name
in vaine.
21 Doe not I hate them, O Lord,
that hate thee .'' and am not I grieued
with those that rise vp against thee ?
22 I hate them with perfect hatred
1 count them mine enemies.
23 Search me, O God, and knowe
my heart : trie mee , and knowe my
thoughts :
24 And see if there bee any t wicked
way in me : and leade me in the way e-
uerlasting.
PSAL. CXL.
1 Dauid prayeth to be deliuered ftom Saul and
Doeg. 8 He prayeth against them. 12 Hee
comforteth himselfe by confidence in God.
H , To the chiefe Musician, A Psalme
of Dauid.
Eliuer me, O Lord,
from the euill man : pre-
serue me from thet violent
man.
2 Which imagine mis-
chietes in their heart : continually are
they gathered together^;;- warre.
3 * They haue sharpned their tongues
like a serjient : adders poison is vnder
their lips. Selah.
4 Keepe me, O Lord, from the
hands of the wicked, preserue me from
the violent man: who haue purposed to
ouerthrow my goings.
4 M 6 The
t Ilebr.
greatly.
I Or,
strength or
body.
t Heb. aU
o/tkern.
Or, tuhat
dayes they
should be
fashioned.
" Psal.4a.6.
t Heb. way
o/paine, or
gnefe.
t Heh. man
of violences.
■ Rom. 3. 14
psal. 58. 9.
Prayers againft
Pfalmes.
the wicked,
Or, let
them not be
exaUed.
t Heb. a man
tedtot\s
ouerthrow.
5 The proude haue hid a snare for
me and cords, they haue spread a net by
the way side : they haue set grinnes for
me. Selah.
6 I said vnto the Lord, Thou
art my God : heare the voyce of my sup-
plications, O Lord.
I 7 O God the Lord, the strength
'of my saluation : thou hast couered my
head in the day of battell.
8 Grant not, O Lord, the de
sires of the wicked : further not his wic
ked deuice, \\lest they exalt themselues.
Selah.
9 As for the head of those that com-
passe me about: let the mischiefe of their
owne lips couer them.
10 Let burning coales fall vpon
them, let them be cast into the fire : into
deepe pits, that they rise not vp againe.
11 Let not an teuill speaker bee esta-
a^'3^1' Wished in the earth : euill shall hunt the
^j^ojj:'^^*''! violent man to ouerthrow him.
te^f&«?^; 12 I know that the Loud will
"J^rtf /""'iniaintai»e '^^^ <=«"^^ "^*^ afflicted : and
Umbehun- 'fj,g n^t of the poore.
13 Surely the righteous shall giue
thankes vnto thy Name: the vpright
shall dwell in thy presence.
PSAL. CXLI.
1 Dauid prayeth that his suit may bee accep-
table, 3 his conscience sincere, 7 and his
life safe from snares.
Psalme of Dauid.
O R D , I crie vnto
thee, make haste vnto
mee : giue eare vnto
my voice, when I crie
vnto thee.
2 Let my prayer
bee t set foorth before
thee as incense : and the lifting vp of my
hands a.» the Euening sacrifice.
3 Set a watch (O Lord) before
my mouth : keepe the doore of my lips.
4 Incline not my heart to any euill
thing, to practise wicked workes with
men that worke iniquitie : and let mee
not eate of their dainties.
5 II Let the righteous smite mee , it
shalbe a kindnesse : and let him reprooue
me, it shalbe an excellent oile, which shall
not breake my head : for yet my prayer
also shalbe in their calamities.
6 When their Judges are ouer-
throwen in stonie places , they shall
heare my words, for they are sweet.
t Hebr. di-
rected.
I Or, let the
righteoui
mile mee
kitidly, and
reproue me,
let not their
preciout oile
breake my
head, &c.
7 Our bones
graues moutli :
are scattered at the
as when one cutteth
and cleaueth wood vpon the earth.
8 But mine eyes are vnto thee , O
God the Lord : in thee is my trust,
tleaue not my soule destitute.
9 Keepe mee from the snare which
they haue laide for me, and the grinnes
of the workers of iniquitie.
10 Let the wicked fall into their
owne nets : whilest that I withal tes
cape.
PSAL.. CXLIL
Dauid sheweth that in his trouble, all his com-
fort was in prayer vnto God.
t Heb. make
not my soule
bare.
\ Hebr. passe
ouer.
f II Maschil of Dauid ; A prayer
when he was in the caue.
Cried vnto the
K with my voice : with my
voice vnto the Lord did
I make my supplication.
2 I powred out my
complaint before him : I shewed before
him my trouble.
3 When my spirit was ouerwhel-
med within mee, then thou knewest my
path : in the way wherein I walked,
haue they priuily laid a snare for me.
4 II I looked on my right hand, and
beheld, but the7-e was no man that would
know me, refuge t failed me : tno man
cared for my soule.
5 I cried vnto thee, O Lord, I
said, Thou art my refuge, and my porti-
on in the land of the liuing.
6 Attend vnto my crie , for I am
brought very low , deliuer mee from
my persecuters : for they are stronger
then I.
7 Bring my soule out of prison, that
I may praise thy Name : the righteous
shall compasse me about : for thou shalt
deale bountifully with me.
PSAL. CXLIII
1 Dauid prayeth for fauour in ludgment. 3 He
complaineth of his griefes. 5 He strength-
neth his faith by meditation and prayer. 7
Hee prayeth for grace, 9 for deliuerance,
10 for sanctification, 12 for destruction of
his enemies.
Psalme of Dauid.
Eare my prayer , O
Lord, giue eare to
my supplications : in thy
faithfulnesse answere me,
and in thy righteousnes.
2 And enter not into
iudge-
I Or, A
Psalme of
Dauid St.
Lor d|«'."* '■»*'"'•
I Or, Locke
on the right
hand, and
see.
t Hebr. pe-
rishedfrom
me.
t Hebr. no
man sought
after my
soule.
Mans life
Pfal
mes.
is but vanitie.
• Exod. 34.
7. rom. 3. 20
galat. S. 16.
am become
like. ^c.
t Heb. hid
me with
thee.
' 2. Sam. 22
2. 3. & .IS.
and 49. ver.
ses.
1 Or, my
mercie.
' lob. 7. 17.
psal. 8. .5.
heb. 2. 6.
iudgement with thy seruant : for in *thy
sight shall no man lining be iustified.
3 For the enemie hath persecuted!
my soule, he hath smitten my life downe
to the ground : hee hath made mee toj
dwell in darkenesse, as those that haue'
bene long dead.
4 Therefore is my spirit ouerwhel-
med within me : my heart within me is
desolate.
5 I remember the dayes of old , I
meditate on all thy workes : I muse on
the worke of thy hands.
6 I stretch forth my hands vnto
thee : my soule thirsteth after thee, as a
thirstie land, Selah.
7 Heare me speedily, O Lord,
my spirit faileth , hide not thy face from
mee : ||lest I be like vnto them that goe
downe into the pit.
8 Cause mee to heare thy louing
kindnesse in the morning, for in thee doe
I trust, cause mee to knowe the way
wherein I should walke : for I lift vp
my soule vnto thee.
9 Deliuer mee , O Lord, from
mine enemies : 1 1 flie vnto thee to hide
le.
10 Teach me to doe thy will, for thou
art my God , thy spirit is good : leade me
into the land of vprightnesse.
11 Quicken me, O Lord, for thy
names sake : for thy righteousnesse sake
bring my soule out of trouble.
12 And of thy mercy cut off mine ene-
mies, and destroy all them that afflict
my soule : for I am thy seruant.
PSAL. CXLIIIL
Dauid blesseth God for his mercie both to
him and to man. 5 Hee prayeth that God
would powerfully deliuer him from his ene-
mies. 9 He promiseth to praise God. 1 1 Hee
prayeth for the happy state of the kingdome.
IT A Psahne of Dauid.
Lessed he the Loud my
t strength , which teacheth
my hands tto warre, and'
my fingers to fight. |
_ 2 *||My goodnes and,
my fortresse, my high tower and my!
deliuerer, my shield, and he in whomei
I trust : who subdueth my people vn-,
der me. i
3 *LoRD, what is man, that thou
takest knowledge of him .-* or the sonne
of man , that thou makest account of
him .'
4 • Man is like to vanity : his dayes
are as a shadow that passeth away.
5 Bow thy heauens, O Lord,
and come downe : touch the moun-
taines, and they shall smoke.
6 'Cast fortn lightning, and scatter
them : shoote out thine arrowes, and
destroy them.
7 Send thine thand from aboue,
rid me, and deliuer me out of great wa-
ters : from the hand of strange children,
8 Whose mouth speaketh vanitie
and their right hand is a right hand of
falshood.
9 I will sing a new song vnto thee,
0 God : vpon a psalterie, and an instra
ment of ten strings will I sing praises
vnto thee.
10 Itli he that giueth ||saluation vnto
kings : who deliuereth Dauid his ser-
uant from the hurtfull sword.
11 Rid me, and deliuer me from the
hand of strange children, whose mouth
speaketh vanitie : and their right hand
is a right hand of falshood.
12 That our sonnes may he as plants
growen vp in their youth ; that our
daughters may he as corner stones, +po-
lished after the similitude of a palace :
13 That our garners may hee full,
affoording tall maner of store; that our
sheepe may bring forth thousands, and
tenne thousands in our streetes.
14 That our oxen 7nay he + strong to
labour, that there he no breaking in, nor
going out; that there be no complaining
in our streetes.
15 * Happy is that people that is in
such a case : yea, happy is that people,
whose God is the Lord.
PSAL. CXLV.
1 Dauid praisech God for his fame, 8 For his
goodnes, 1 1 For his kingdome, 14 For his
prouidence, 17 For his sauing mercie.
H Dauids Psalms of praise.
Will extoll thee, my God, O
King : and I will blesse thy
name for euer and euer.
2 Euery day wil I blesse
thee : and I will praise thy Name for
euer and euer.
3 Great is the Lord, and greatly
to be praised : tand his greatnes is vn-
searchablc.
4 One generation shall praise thy
works to another, and shal declare thy
mightie actes.
5 I will speake of the glorious ho-
4 M 2 nour
• P«aL39.
lob 14. 2.
Psal.
13, 14.
t Heh. handt
lOT,victory.
t Heb. out.
t Heb. from
kind to kind.
t Heb. able
to beare bur.
dens, or lea-
den with
flesh.
•PsaL33. 12
and 65. 4.
t Heb. and
ofhisgreat-
nesse there
is no search.
Gods goodneffe,
Pfal
mes.
and trueth.
tHei.lhings
ortronts.
t He6. de.
dare it.
• Exod. 34.
6, 7. num.
14. 18. psal.
86. i, li.
and 103. 8.
i Heb. great
inmercie.
i Hebr.a
kingdome
qf Mages.
Or.looke
vntoOiee.
Or,merci-
fuil,orboun-
tifuU.
» Heb. Hal-
leluiah.
nour of thy maiestie : and of thy won-
derous tworkes.
6 And men shall speake of the might
of thy terrible acts : and I wil t declare
thy greatnesse.
7 They shall abundantly vtter the
memory of thy great goodnesse : and
shall sing of thy righteousnesse.
8 • The Lord is gracious and
full of compassion : slow to anger, and
tof great mercy.
9 The Lord is good to all : and
his tender mercies are ouer all his
workes.
10 All thy workes shall praise thee,
0 Lord: and thy Saints shal blesse
thee.
11 They shall speake of the glory of
thy kingdome : and talke of thy power.
12 To make knowen to the sonnes
of men his mightie actes : and the glori-
ous Maiestie of his kingdome.
13 Thy kingdome is tan euerlasting
kingdome : and thy dominion endureth
throughout all generations.
14 The Lord vpholdeth all that
fall : and raiseth vp all those that bee
bowed downe.
15 The eyes of all || waite vpon thee
and thou giuest them their meat in due
season.
16 Thou openest thine hand : and
satisfiest the desire of euery lining thing.
17 The Lord is righteous in all
his wayes : and liholy in all his works.
18 The Lord is nigh vnto all
them that call vpon him : to all that call
vpon him in trueth.
19 Hee will fulfill the desire of them
that feare him : he also will heare their
cry, and will saue them.
20 The Lord preserueth all them
that loue him : but all the wicked will
he destroy.
21 My mouth shall speake the praise
of the Lord: and let all flesh blesse
his holy Name for euer and euer.
PSAL. CXLVL
1 The Psalmist voweth perpetual! praises to
God. 3 Hee exhorteth not to trust in man.
S God for his power, iustice, mercy and king-
dome, is onely worthy to be trusted.
^t Raise yee the Lord:
\y= prayse the Lord, O
• my soule.
2 While I Hue, will
I praise the Lord : I
will sing praises vnto my
• Psal. 118.
8,9.
Or, saltta-
tion.
God, while I haue any being.
3 *Put not your trust in Princes :
nor in the sonne of man, in whom there is
no ||helpe.
4 His breath goeth foorth, he retur-
neth to his earth : in that very day his
thoughts perish.
5 Happy is he that hath the God of
lacob for his helpe : whose hope is in
the Lord his God :
6 Which made heauen and earth, the
Sea, and all that therein is : which kee
peth trueth for euer :
7 Which executeth iudgement for
the oppressed, which giueth food to the
hungry : the Lord looseth the priso-
ners.
8 The Lord openeth the eyes
of the blinde, the Lord raiseth them
that are bowed downe : the Lord
loueth the righteous.
9 The Lord preserueth the stran-
gers, he relieueth the fatherlesse and wi-
dow : but the way of the wicked he tur-
neth vpside downe.
10 * The Lord shall reigne for e-
uer, euen thy God, O Zion, vnto all ge-
nerations : Praise ye the Lord.
PSAL. CXLVIL
The Prophet exhorteth to praise (Jod, for his
care of the Church : 4 his power, 6 and
his mercy : 7 To praise him for his proui-
dence : 12 To praise him for his blessings
vpon the kingdome : 15 for his power ouer
the Meteors : 19 and for his ordinances
in the Church.
Raise ye the Lord : for
it iygood to singpraises vn-
to our God : for it is plea-
sa\tt,a7id praise is comely.
2 The Lord doeth
build vp Jerusalem : he gathereth to-
gether the out-casts of Israel.
3 Hee healeth the broken in heart :
and bindeth vp their t wounds.
4 He telleth the number of the stars :
he calleth them all by their names.
5 Great is our Lord , and of great
power : this vnderstanding is infinite.
6 The Lord lifteth vp the meeke
hee casteth the wicked downe to the
ground.
7 Sing vnto the Lord with
thankesgiuing : sing prayse vpon the
harpe vnto our God :
8 Who couereth the heauen with
cloudes, who prepareth raine for the
earth :
" Exod. 15.
18.
t Heb griefs.
\Heb.o/his
vnderstan-
ding there is
no number.
Gods great power :
Pfal
mes.
His praife.
lob 39. 3.
psal. 104.
27. 28.
t Heh. who
maketh thy
border peace
t Heb.fat
(tfwheate.
t Heh. his
words.
iHeb.Hal.
leluiah.
earth : who maketh grasse to growe
vpon the mountaines.
9 • He giueth to the beast his foode :
and to the yong rauens which crie.
10 Hee dehghteth not in the strength
of the horse : he taiieth not pleasure in
the legs of a man.
11 The Lord taketh pleasure in
them that feare him : in those that hope
in his mercie.
12 Praise the L o e d, O lerusalem :
praise thy God, O Zion.
13 For hee hath strengthened the
barres of thy gates : hee hath blessed
thy children within thee.
14 tile maketh peace in thy borders:
and filleth thee with the t finest of the
wheate.
15 He sendeth forth his commande-
ment vpon earth : his word runneth
very swiftly.
16 He giueth snow like wooll : he scat-
tereth the hoare frost like ashes.
17 He casteth forth his yce like mor-
sels : who can stand before his cold ?
18 He sendeth out his word, and mel-
teth them : he causeth his wind to blow,
OTid the waters flow.
19 He sheweth t his word vnto la-
cob : his statutes and his iudgements
vnto Israel.
20 He hath not dealt so with any na-
tion : and as for his iudgements , they
haue not knowen them. Praise yee the
Lord.
PSAL. CXLVIII.
1 The Psalmist exhorteth the celestiall, 7 The
terrestriall, 11 And the rational! creatures
to praise God.
t Raise yee the Lord.
Praise ye the Lord from
the heauens : praise him in
the heights.
2 Praise yee him all his Angels :
praise ye him all his hosts.
3 Praise ye him Sunne and Moone :
praise him all ye starres of light.
4 Praise him ye heauens of hea-
uens : and ye waters that be aboue the
heauens.
5 Let them praise the Name of the
Lord: for he commanded, and they
were created.
6 Hee hath also stablished them for
euer and euer : he hath made a decree
which shall not passe.
7 Praise the Lord from the earth :
ye dragons and all deepes.
8 Fire and haile, snow and vapour :
stormie wind fulfilling his word.
9 Mountaines and all hilles : fruit-
full trees, and all cedars.
10 IJeastes and all cattell: creeping
things, and t flying foule.
11 Kings of the earth, and all people :
Princes, and all ludges of the earth.
12 Both young men and maidens :
olde men and children.
13 Let them praise the Name of the
Lord, for his Name alone is t excel-
lent : his glory is aboue the earth and
heauen.
14 Hee also exalteth the home of his
people, the praise of all his Saints ; euen
of the children of Israel, a people neere
vnto him. Praise ye the Lord.
PSAL. CXLIX.
1 The Prophet exhorteth to praise God for his
loue to the Church, 5 and for that power,
which hee hath giuen to the Church to rule
the consciences of men.
t Heb. birds
qfwing.
t Heh. exat-
t Raise yee the Lord:
Sing vnto the Lord a
new song : and his prayse
in the Congregation of
_ Saints.
2 J,et Israel reioyce in him that
made him : let the children of Zion bee
ioyfull in their King.
3 Let them praise his Name ||in the
dance : let them sing praises vnto him
with the timbrell and harpe.
4 For the Lord taketh pleasure
in his people : hee will beautifie the
meeke with saluation.
5 Let the Saints be ioyfull in glo-
ry : let them sing aloude vpon their
beddes.
6 Let the high praises oi God he tin
their mouth : and a two edged sword in
their hand :
7 To execute vengeance vpon the
heathen : and punishments vpon the
people.
8 To binde their Kings with
chaines : and their Nobles with fetters
of yron.
9 * To execute vpon them the iudge-
ment written : This honour Aazteall his
Saints. Praise ye the Lord.
PSAL. CL.
1 An exhortation to praise God, 3 with all kind
Praise
of instruments.
t Heb. Hal.
leluiah.
Or, wiih
the pipe.
\ Heb. in
their throat.
' Deut. 7. 1.
The feare of God.
Prouerbes.
Sinners intifings.
IOr,Contet.
t Raise ye the Lord.
? Praise God in his San-
ctuarie : Praise him in
the firmament of his
poT.er.
2 Praise him for his
mightie actes : Praise him according to
his excellent greatnesse.
3 Praise him with the sound of the
II Trumpet : Prayse him with the|
Psalterie and Harpe.
4 Praise him with the timbrell and
II dance : praise him with stringed in-
struments, and Organes.
5 Praise him vpon the loud cym-
bals : praise him vpon the high soun-
ding cymbals.
6 Let euery thing that hath breath,
praise the Lord. Praise yee the
Lord.
1 Or, Pipe.
^THE PROVERBES.
i Hebr.egui-
tie*.
I Or, aduue-
ment.
I Or, an elo^
quenttpcacli.
• lob ?S. 2S,
pnL III.
10. prou. 9.
10.
\ Or, the
principalt
part.
t H^>r. an
adding.
CHAP. L
The vse of the Prouerbes. 7 An exhorta-
tion to feare God and beleeue his word. 10
To auoyd the intisings of sinners. 20 Wis-
dome complaineth of her contempt 24
She threatneth her contemners.
H E Prouerbes
of Solomon the
Sonne of Dauid,
King of Israel,
2 To knowe
wisedome and in-
struction, to per-
ceiue the words of
vnderstanding.
To receiue the instruction of wis-
dome, iustice, and iudgement & t equitie,
4 To giue subtiltie to the simple, to
the yong man knowledge and || discre-
tion.
5 A wise man wil heare, and wil in-
crease learning : and a man of vnder-
standing shall attaine vnto wise coun-
sels :
6 To vnderstand a prouerbe, and
II the interpretation ; the wordes of the
wise, and their darke sayings.
7 f • The feare of the Lord is
lithe beginning of knowledge : but fooles
despise wisedome and instruction.
8 My Sonne , heare the instruction
of thy father, and forsake not the law of
thy mother.
9 For they shall be t an ornament of
grace vnto thy head, and chaines about
thy necke.
ion My Sonne, if sinners entise thee,
consent thou not.
11 If they say, Come with vs, let vs
lay wait for blood , let vs lurke priuily
for the innocent without cause :
12 Let vs swallow them vp aliue,
as the graue, and whole, as those that
goe downe into the pit :
13 Wee shall finde all precious sub-
stance, wee shall fill our houses with
spoile :
14 Cast in thy lot among vs, let vs
all haue one purse :
15 My Sonne , walke not thou in the
way with them ; refraine thy foot from
their path :
16 * For their feete runne to euil, and
make haste to shed blood.
17 Surely in vaine the net is spread
t in the sight of any bird.
18 And they lay wait for their orvne
blood , they lurke priuily for their oitme
Hues.
19 So are the waies of euery one that
is greedie of gaine : zohich taketh away
the life of the owners thereof.
20 II t Wisedome crieth without, she
• vttereth her voice in the streets :
21 Shee crieth in the chiefe place of
concourse, in the openings of the gates
in the city she vttereth her words, ,?a//?«^,
22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye
loue simplicitie ? and the scorners de
light in their scorning, and fooles hate
knowledge .''
23 Turne you at my reproofe : be-
hold, I will powre out my spirit vnto
you,
Isa. 59. 7.
rom. 3. 15.
t Hebr. in
the eyes of
euery thing
that hath a
wing.
i Ilefjr.wisC'
domes, that
is, e.vcellent
wisedome.
• Prou. 8. 1.
Reward of fooles.
Chap.ij.iij.
Wifedomes fruits.
•Isa. 65. 12.
and 66. 4.
ier, .
ezecb
7. 13.
•lob. 27.
9. isa. 1. 15.
ier. 11. 11.
& 14. 12.
" Micah. 3. 4
I Or, ease
of the simple.
you, I will make knowen my wordes
vnto you.
24 H * Because I haue called , and
yee refused, I haue stretched out my
hand, and no man regarded :
25 But ye haue set at nought all my
counsell, & would none of my reproofe:
26 I also will laugh at your calami-
tie, I wil mocke when your feare com-
meth.
27 * When your feare commeth as
desolation , and your destruction com-
meth as a whirlewinde ; when distresse
and anguish commeth vpon you :
28 * Then shall they call vpon mee,
but I will not answere ; they shall seeke
me early, but they shall not finde me :
29 For that they hated knowledge,
and did not choose the feare of the
Lord.
30 They would none of my counsel :
they despised all my reproofe.
31 Therefore shall they eate of the
fruite of their owne way, and be filled
with their owne deuices.
32 For the || turning away of the sim-
ple shall slay them, and the prosperity of
fooles shall destroy them.
33 But who so hearkneth vnto mee,
shall dwell safely , and shall be quiet
from feare of euill.
CHAP. II.
1 Wisedome promiseth godlinesse to her chil-
dren, 10 and safety from euill company,
20 and direction in good wayes.
Y Sonne, if thou wilt re-
ceiue my words, and hide
my commaundements
with thee;
2 So that thou incline
thine eare vnto wise-
dome, and apply thine heart to vnder-
j standing:
3 Yea if thou cryest after knowledge,
\Heh.giuest and tliftest vp thy voyce for vnderstan-
ding :
4 * If thou seekest her as siluer, and
searchest for her, asjor hid treasures :
5 Then shalt thou vnderstand the
feare of the Loud, and find the
knowledge of God.
6 * For the Lord giueth wise-
'• itinK- 3- 9- dome : out of his mouth commeth know-
ledge, and vnderstanding.
7 He layeth vp sound wisedome for
the righteous : lie is a, buckler to them
that walke vprightly.
thy voice.
' Mat. 13.
•lam. 1. 5. '
8 He keepeth the pathes of iudge-
ment , and preserueth the way of his
Saints.
9 Then shalt thou vnderstand
righteousnesse, and iudgement, and e-
quity ; 9/ea euery good path.
10 U When wisedome entreth into
thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant
vnto thy soule ;
11 Discretion shall preserue thee, vn-
derstanding shall keepe thee :
12 To deliuer thee from the way of
the euill man , from the man that spea-
keth froward things.
13 Who leaue the pathes of vpright-
nesse, to walke in the wayes of darke-
nesse :
14 Who reioyce to doe euill, and de-
light in the frowardnesse of the wic-
ked.
15 Whose wayes are crooked, and
they froward in their pathes.
16 To deliuer thee from the strange
woman, *euen from the stranger, which
flattereth with her words :
17 Which forsaketh the guide of her
youth, and forgetteth the couenant of
her God.
18 For her house inclineth vnto
death, and her pathes vnto the dead :
19 None that goe vnto her, returne
againe, neither take they hold of the
pathes of life.
20 That thou mayest walke in the
way of good men, and keepe the pathes
of the righteous.
21 * For the vpright shall dwell in
the land , and the perfect shall remaine
in it.
22 * But the wicked shall be cut off
from the earth, and the transgressours
shalbe 11 rooted out of it.
CHAP. III.
An exhortation to obedience, 5 to faith, 7
to mortification, 9 to deuotion, II to pati-
ence. 13 The happy gaine of wisedome. 1 9
The power, 21 and the benefits of wisedome.
27 An exhortation to charitablenesse, 30
peaceablenesse, 31 and contentednesse. 33
The cursed state of the wicked.
Y Sonne , forget not my
lawe ; *but let thine heart
keepe my commaunde-
ments :
2 For length of dayes,
:e, and peace shall they adde
3 Let
• Vrou. 5. 3.
and 7. 5.
• Psal. 37.
30.
•lob. 18.
1 7. psal.
104. 35.
I Or, pluckt
vp.
Deut. 0. 1.
& 30. 16.
\Heh.yeeres
Wifdomes praife.
Ti
rouer
bes.
Dauids care.
•Exod.lS.
9.deut.8.8.
■PBa.111.
10.
\Or,good
tueceste.
• 1. Chion.
18.9.
■ Rom. IS.
16.
t Hebr. me-
iieine.
t Uebt. tea-
brmg,or
mofttning.
• Exod. S3.
19. and 34.
36. deut.
S6. 2. &c.
mala. 3. 10.
&c. luke
14. 13.
• Deut. 88.
8.
• lob 5. 17.
bebr. 12. i.
apoc. 3. 19.
t Hebr. the
man that
dratceth out
vnder stan-
ding.
• lob 28.
15. &c. psal,
19. 10. pro.
8. vers. II.
and 19. and
16. 16.
\ Or, prepa-
red
•P«al. 37.
24. and 91.
II.
3 Let not mercy and trueth forsake
thee : *bind them about thy necke, write
them vpon the table of thine heart.
4 • So shalt thou find fauour , and
II good vnderstanding in the sight of
God, and man.
5 f Trust in the Lord with all
thine heart ; and leane not vnto thine
owne vnderstanding.
6 • In all thy wayes acknowledge
him, and he shall direct thy pathes.
7 f *Be not wise in thine owne
eyes : feare the Lord, and depart
from euill.
8 It shalbe t health to thy nauill,
and t marrow to thy bones.
9 * Honour the Lord with thy
substance, and with the first fruits of all
thine increase.
10 *So shall thy barnes be filled
with plenty, and thy presses shall burst
out with new wine.
11 IT * My Sonne, despise not the cha-
stening of the Lord : neither be wea
ry of his correction.
12 For whom the Lord loueth,
he correcteth, euen as a father the sonne,
in whom he delighteth.
13 IT Happy is the man that findeth
wisedome , and t the man that getteth
vnderstanding.
14 *For the merchandise of it is bet
ter then the merchandise of siluer, and
the gaine thereof, then fine gold.
15 She is more precious then Ru
bies : and all the things thou canst de-
sire, are not to be compared vnto her.
16 Length of dayes is in her right
hand : and in her left hand, riches and
honour.
17 Her wayes are wayes of plesant-
nesse : and all her pathes are peace.
18 She is a tree of life, to them that
lay hold vpon her : and happy is euery
one that retaineth her.
19 The Lord by wisedome hath
founded the earth ; by vnderstanding
hath he || established the heauens.
20 By his knowledge the depthes
are broken vp ; and the cloudes droppe
downe the dew.
21 f My Sonne, let not them depart
from thine eyes : keepe sound wisedome
and discretion.
22 So shall they bee life vnto thy
soule, and grace to thy necke.
23 *Then shalt thou walke in thy
way safely, & thy foot shall not stumble,
24 When thou lyest downe , thou
shalt not be afraide : yea, thou shalt lye
downe, and thy sleepe shalbe sweet.
25 Be not afraid of sudden feare, nei-
ther of the desolation of the wicked,
when it commeth.
26 For the Lord shalbe thy con-
fidence, and shall keepe thyfoote from
being taken.
27 IT Withhold not good from them
t to whom it is due, when it is in the
power of thine hand to doe it.
28 Say not vnto thy neighbour,
Goe, and come againe, and to morrow
I will giue, when thou hast it by thee.
29 ||Deuise not euil against thy neigh-
bour , seeing hee dwelleth securely by
thee.
30 IF Striue not with a man with-
out cause, if hee haue done thee no
liarme.
31 IF * Enuie thou not t the oppres
sour, and choose none of his wayes.
32 For the froward is abomination
to the Lord : * but his secret is with
the righteous.
33 f *The curse of the Lord is in
the house of the wicked : but he blesseth
the habitation of the iust.
34 * Surely he scorneth the scorners :
but he giueth grace vnto the lowly.
35 The wise shall inherite glory, but
shame t shalbe the promotion of fooles
CHAP. IIIL
1 Solomon, to perswade obedience, 3 shew-
eth what instruction hee had of his parents,
5 to study wisdome, 14 and to shun the
path of the wicked. 20 Hee exhorteth to
faith, 23 and sanctification.
£ Eare, ye children, the in-
struction of a father, and
attend to know vnder-
standing.
_^ 2 For I giue you good
doctrine : forsake you not my law.
3 For I was my fathers sonne,
* tender and onely beloued in the sight of
my mother.
4 *He taught me also, and said vnto
me. Let thine heart reteine my wordes :
keepe my commandements, and Hue.
5 Get wisedome, get vnderstanding :
forget it not , neither decline from the
wordes of my mouth.
6 Forsake her not, and she shall pre
serue thee : loue her, and she shall keepe
thee.
7 Wisedome is the principall thing,
there-
t Hebr. the
owners ther-
(tf.
I Or, pra-
ctise rweuUU
• Psal. 37. 1,
t //eftr. a
■man of vio-
lence.
• Psal. 26.
13.
• Mala. 2. 2,
• lam. 4. 6.
1. pet. 5. 5.
t Hebr. ex-
alteth the
fooles.
1 Chron.
29. I.
•l. Chron.
28. 9.
Keepe the heart.
Ch
ap.v.
Flee whoredome.
Chap. 1.9
Or, shee
shall com-
passe thee
with a
crowneqf
glory.
• Psal. 91.
11.
• Chap. 1
10, 15. i
1. 1.
t Heb. me-
dicine.
t Heb. aboue
all keeping.
t HeL/ro-
wardfiesse
of mouth
and peruers.
nes of lips.
t Or, all thy
wayes shalbe
ordered
aright.
* Deut. 5. 32
t/wrefore get wisedome : and with all thy
getting, get vnderstanding.
8 Exalt her , and shee shall promote
thee : shee shall bring thee to honour,
when thou doest imbrace her.
9 * She shall giue to thine head an-
ornament of grace, ||a crowne of glory
shall she deliuer to thee.
10 Heare, O my sonne, and receiue
my sayings : and the yeeres of thy life
shalbe many.
11 I haue taught thee in the way of
wisedome : I haue lead thee in right
pathes.
12 When thou goest, thy steps shall
not be straitned, *and when thou run-
nest, thou shalt not stumble.
13 Take fast hold of instruction , let
hernot goe; keepe her,forshe is thy life.
14 IF * Enter not into the path of the
wicked, and goe not in the way of euill
men.
15 Auoid it , passe not by it , turne
from it, and passe away.
16 For they sleepe not except they
haue done mischiefe : and their sleepe is
taken away vnlesse they cause some to
fall.
17 For they eate the bread of wicked-
nesse, and drinke the wine of violence.
18 But the path of the iust is as the
shining light that shineth more and
more vnto the perfect day.
19 The way of the wicked is as
darknes : they know not at what they
stumble.
20 f My Sonne, attend to my words,
incline thine eare vnto my sayings.
21 Let them not depart from thine
eyes : keepe them in the midst of thine
heart.
22 For they are life vnto those that
find them, and thealth to all their flesh.
23 f Keepe thy heart twith all dili-
gence : for out of it are the issues of life.
24 Put away from thee t a froward
mouth, and peruerse lips put farre from
thee.
25 Let thine eyes looke right on, and
let thine eye lids looke straight before
thee.
26 Ponder the path of thy feet, ||and
let all thy wayes be established.
27 * Turne not to the right hande
nor to the left : remoue thy foot fro euil.
CHAP. V.
1 Solomon exhorteth to the studie of wisedome.
3 He sheweth the mischiefe of whoredome
and riot. 15 He exhorteth to contentednes,
liberalitie, and chastitie. 22 The wicked are
ouertaken with their owne sinnes.
Y Sonne, attend vnto my
wisedome, and bowe thine
eare to my vnderstanding.
2 That thou mayest
regard discretion, and that
thy lips may keepe knowledge.
3 IT * For the lips of a strange woman
drop as an hony combe, and her t mouth
is smoother then oyle.
4 But her end is bitter as worme-
wood, sharpe as a two edged sword.
5 * Her feete goe downe to death :
her steps take hold on hell.
6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the
path of life, her wayes are moueable,
that thou canst not know them.
7 Heare me now therefore , O yee
children : & depart not from the words
of my mouth.
8 Remoue thy way farre from her,
and come not nie the doore of her house :
9 Lest thou giue thine honour vnto
others, and thy yeeres vnto the cruell:
10 Lest strangers be filled with +thy
wealth , and thy labors be in the house
of a stranger,
11 And thou mourne at the last, when
thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
12 And say. How haue I hated in-
struction, and my heart despised re-
proofe ?
13 And haue not obeyed the voyce of
my teachers, nor inclined mine eare to
them that instructed me ?
14 I was almost in all euill, in the
midst of the congregation & assembly.
15 If Drinke waters out of thine
owne cisterne , and running waters
out of thine owne well.
16 Let thy fountaines bee dispersed
abroad , and riuers of waters in the
streets.
17 Let them be onely thine owne,
and not strangers with thee.
18 Let thy fountaine be blessed : and
reioyce with the wife of thy youth.
19 Let her bee as the louing Hinde and
pleasant Roe, let her breasts tsatisfie
thee at all times, and be thou trauisht
alwayes with her loue.
20 And why wilt thou, my sonne,
be rauisht with a strange woman, and
imbrace the bosome of a stranger ?
21 * For the wayes of man are before
the eyes of the Lord, and he ponde-
reth all his goings.
4 N 22 f His
• Chap. a.
16. and G.
St.
t Heb.palate
* Chap. 7.
27.
t Hebr. thy
strength.
t Heb. water
thee.
t Heb. erre
thou alwayes
in her loue.
* lob 31. 4.
and 34. 31.
chap. 15. 3.
ier. 16. 17.
and 32. 19.
Of furetifliip.
Prouerbes.
Adulterie.
\Htb.tiime.
I Or, to thalt
tiumpre-
uaile with
Oigfriend.
• Cha. 13.4.
and 2«. 4.
and 24. 33.
t Heb. CO-
$telh forth.
t Heb. of hit
toule.
22 f His owne iniquities shall take
the wicked himselfe, and he shall be hol-
den with the coards of his tsinnes.
23 He shall die without instruction,
and in the greatnesse of his folly he shal
goe astray.
CHAP. VI.
I Against suretiship, Sldlenesse, ISAndmis-
cnieuousnesse. 16 Seuen things hatefull to
God. 20 The blessings of obedience. 25
The mischiefes of whoredorae.
Y Sonne, if thou bee
surety for thy friend , if
thou hast stricken thy
hand with a stranger.
2 Thou art snared
with the words of thy
mouth, thou art taken
with the wordes of thy mouth.
3 Doe this now, my sonne, and de-
liuer thy selfe, when thou art come into
the hand of thy friend : goe, humble thy
selfe, and ||make sure thy friend.
4 Giue not sleepe to thine eyes, nor
slumber to thine eyelids.
5 Deliuer thy selfe as a Roe from
the hand ofthehunter, and as a bird from
the hand of the fowler.
6 U Goe to the Ant, thou sluggard,
consider her wayes, and be wise.
7 Which hauing no guide, ouerseer,
or ruler,
8 Prouideth her meat in the Sum
mer, and gathereth her food in the har-
uest.
9 * How long wilt thou sleepe , O
sluggard ? when wilt thou arise out of
thy sleepe .''
10 Yet a little sleepe, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to sleepe.
11 So shall thy pouertie come as
one that trauaileth , and thy want as
an armed man.
12 H A naughtie person , a wicked
man walketh with a froward mouth.
13 He winketh with his eyes, he spea-
keth with his feete , hee teacheth with
his fingers.
14 Frowardnesse is in his heart, he
deuiseth mischiefe continually, he tsow-
eth discord.
15 Therefore shall his calamitie come
suddenly; suddenly shall hee be broken
without remedie.
16 f These sixe things doeth the
Lord hate ; yea seuen are an abomi
nation tvnto him :
17 t A proude looke, a lying tongue,
and hands that shed innocent blood :
18 An heart that deuiseth wicked
imaginations, *feet that be swift in run-
ning to mischiefe :
19 A false witnesse that speaketh lies;
and him that soweth discord among bre-
thren.
20 IT * My Sonne, keepe thy fathers
commandement , and forsake not the
law of thy mother.
21 Binde them continually vpon
thine heart, and tie them about thy
necke.
22 When thou goest , it shall leade
thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keepe
thee ; and when thou awakest, it shall
talke with thee.
23 * For the Commandement is a
lampe , and the Lawe is light : and
reproofes of instruction are the way of
life :
24 * To keepe thee from the euill
woman, from the flatterie ||of the
tongue of a strange woman.
25 * Lust not after her beautie in
thine heart ; neither let her take thee
with her eyelids.
26 For by meanes of a whorish wo-
man,a manisbrought to apiece of bread
and the t adulteresse vill hunt for the
precious life.
27 Can a man take fire in his bo-
some, and his clothes not be burnt ?
28 Can one goe vpon hote coales,
and his feete not be burnt ?
29 So he that goeth in to his neigh-
bours wife; whosoeuer toucheth her,
shall not be innocent.
30 Men doe not despise a thiefe, if he
steale to satisfie his soule , when hee is
hungry :
31 But j/'he be found, he shall restore
seuenfold, he shall giue all the substance
of his house.
32 But who so committeth adultery
with a woman , lacketh t vnderstan
ding : hee that doeth it, destroyeth his
owne soule.
33 A wound and dishonour shall he
get, and his reproch shall not be wiped
away.
34 For iealousie is the rage of a man :
therefore he will not spare in the day of
vengeance.
35 tHe will not regard any ransome;
neither will hee rest content, though
thou giuest many giftes.
CHAP.
t Hebr.
haughtie
eyes.
* Rom. 3.
i.
' Chap. 1. 8.
Psal. 19.9.
& 119. 105.
I Or, candle.
* Cha. 2. 16.
and 5. 3.
and 7. 5.
I Or, of the
strange
tongue.
Mat. 5. 28.
t Heb. the
woman of a
man, or a
mans wife.
^ Heb. heart.
t Hebr. he
will rmt ac-
cept the face
of any ran^
some.
The defcription
Chap.vij.viij.
of a harlot.
• Deut. 6. 8,
& 11. 18.
chap. 3. 3.
• Chap. 5. 3,
t Heb. the
sonnes.
t Heh. in the
eitejung of
the (lay.
' Chap. 9. 13
t Heb. slice
strciiffthciicd
her jfxtce and
sayd.
t Heb. ^ieace
offerings are
vponme.
CHAP. VII.
1 Solomon perswadeth to a sincere and kind fa-
miliaritie with wisedome. 6 In an example of |
his owne experience, he sheweth 10 the cun-
ning of an whore, 22 And the desperate sim-
plicitie of a yong wanton. 24 Hee dehortetli
from such wickednesse.
y Sonne, keepe my words,
and lay vp my commaun-
[4 dements with thee.
2 * Keepe my comman-
dements, and Hue: and my
le apple of thine eye.
3 Bind them vpon thy fingers, write
them vpon the table of thine heart.
4 Say vnto Wisedome , Thou art
my sister, and call Vnderstanding thy
kinsewoman,
5 *That they may keepe thee from
the strange woman, from the stranger
which flattereth with her words.
6 H For at the windowe of my
house I looked through my casement,
7 And behelde among the simple
ones, I discerned among tthe youths,
a yong man void of vnderstanding,
8 Passing through the streete neere
her corner, and he went the way to her
house,
9 In the twilight tin the euening,
in the blacke and darke night :
10 And behold, there met him a wo
man, with the attire of an harlot , and
subtill of heart.
11 (*She is loud and stubburne, her
feet abide not in her house :
12 Now is shee without, now in the
streetes, and lieth in waite at euery cor-
ner.)
13 So she caught him, and kissed him
and twith an impudent face, said vnto
him,
14 I haue tpeace offerings with me:
this day haue I paid my vowes.
15 Therefore came I forth to meete
thee, diligently to seeke thy face, and I
haue found thee.
16 I haue deckt my bed with coue-
rings of tapestrie, with earned workes,
wif/i fine linnen of Egypt.
17 I haue perfumed my bed with
myrrhe, aloes, and cynamom.
18 Come, let vs take our fill of loue
vntill the morning, let vs solace our
selues with loues.
19 For the good-man is not at home,
he is gone a long iourney.
20 He hath taken a bag of money
twith him, and will come home at |jthe
day appointed.
21 With much faire speech she caused
him to yeeld, with the flattering of her
lips she forced him.
22 He goeth after her t straightway,
as an oxe goeth to the slaughter, or as a
foole to the correction of the stocks,
23 Til a dart strike through his liuer,
as a bird hasteth to the snare , and
knoweth not that it is for his life.
24 IT Hearken vnto me now there-
fore, O ye children , and attend to the
words of my mouth.
25 Let not thine heart decline to her
wayes, goe not astray in her paths.
26 For shee hath cast downe many
wounded : yea many strong men haue
bene slaine by her.
27 * Her house is the way to hell, go-
ing downe to the chambers of death.
CHAP. VIII.
1 The fame, 6 and euidencie of wisedome. 10
The excellencie, 12 the nature, IS the
power, 18 the riches, 22 and the etemitie of
wisedome. 32 Visedome is to be desired for
the blessednesse it bringeth.
Oeth * not Wisedome crie .-*
& Vnderstanding put foorth
her voice .''
2 Shee standeth in the
top of high places , by the way in the
places of the pathes.
3 She cryeth at the gates, at the en-
trie of the citie, at the comming in at the
doores.
4 Vnto you , O men , I call , and
my voice is to the sonnes of man.
5 O yee simple , vnderstand wise-
dome : and yee fooles, be yee of an vn-
derstanding heart.
6 Heare , for I will speake of excel-
lent things : and the opening of my
lippes shalbe right things.
7 For my mouth shall speake truth,
and wickednesse is tan abomination to
my lippes.
8 All the words of my mouth are in
righteousnes, there is nothing tfroward
or peruerse in them.
9 They are all plaine to him that
vnderstandeth : and right to them that
find knowledge.
10 Receiue my instruction , and not
siluer : and knowledge rather then
choise gold.
11 *For wisedome is better then ru-
4 N 2 bies :
t Heb. in his
hand,
I Or, the
Newmoone.
t Heb. tud.
denlp.
* Chap. 2.
18. & 5. 5.
" Cha. 1. 20
t Heb. the
abomination
of my lips.
t Heb. wrea.
tiled.
• lob 28. 15
psal. 19. 11.
chap. 3. IS.
& 16. 16.
.
Chrifts eternitie.
Prouerbes.
Wifedomes feaft.
lOr.raMiA
• Piou. .1.
16.
• I>rou. 3.
14.
Or, tealke.
I Or, open
placet.
I Or, the
ehiefe part.
\ Or, a circle.
•Oen. l.IO.
iob. 38. lu.
ptaL M. 9.
jbies : and all the things that may be de~
'sired, are not to be compared to it.
I 12 I wisedome dwell with || pru-
dence, and find out knowledge of witty
inuentions.
13 The feare of the Lord is to
hate euill : pride and arrogancie, and the
euill way, and the ftoward mouth doe
I hate.
14 Counsell is mine, and sound wise-
dome : I am vnderstanding , I /uiue
strength.
15 By me kings reigne , and princes
decree iustice.
16 By me Princes rule, and Nobles,
euen all the Judges of the earth.
17 I loue them that loue me , and
those that seeke me early, shall find me.
18 *Riches and honour are with me,
yea durable riches and righteousnesse.
19 * My fruite is better then gold, yea
then fine gold , and my reuenue then
choise siluer.
20 I llleade in the way of righteous
nesse, in the midst of the pathes of iudg-
ment,
21 That I may cause those that loue
me, to inherite substance : and I will fill
their treasures.
22 The Lord possessed me in the
beginning of his way, before his works
of old.
23 I was set vp from euerlasting,
from the beginning, or euer the earth
was.
24 When there were no depthes , I
was brought forth : when there were no
fountaines abounding with water.
25 Before the mountaines were set-
led : before the hilles , was I brought
foorth :
26 While as yet he had not made the
earth, nor the || fields , nor the || highest
part of the dust of the world.
27 When hee prepared the heauens,
I was there : when he set ||a compasse
vpon the face of the depth.
28 When he established the cloudes
aboue : when he strengthned the foun-
taines of the deepe.
29 * When he gaue to the sea his de-
cree , that the waters should not passe
his commandement : when he appoin-
ted the foundations of the earth :
30 Then I was by him , as one
brought vp with him : and I was daily
his delight, reioycing alwayes before
him :
31 Reioycing in the habitable part of
his earth , and my delights were with
the sonnes of men.
32 Nowe therefore hearken vnto
me, O yee children : for blessed *are they
that keepe my wayes.
33 Heare instruction , and bee wise,
and refuse it not.
34 Blessed is the man that heareth
me : watching daily at my gates , wai-
ting at the postes of my doores.
35 For whoso findeth mee, findeth
life , and shall t obtaine fauour of the
Lord.
36 But hee that sinneth against me,
wrongeth his owne soule ; all they that
hate me, loue death.
CHAP. IX.
1 The discipline, 4 and doctrine of wisedome.
13 The custome, 16 and error of folly.
Isedome hath builded her
house : she hath hewen out
her seuen pillars.
2 She hath killed ther
beastes; she hath mingled
her wine : she hath also furnished her
table.
3 She hath sent forth her maidens ;
she cryeth vpon the highest places of the
citie.
4 Who so is simple, let him turne in
hither : as for him that wanteth vnder-
standing, she sayth to him :
5 Come, eate of my bread, and drinke
of the wine, which I haue mingled.
6 Forsake the foolish, and liue ; and
goe in the way of vnderstanding.
7 He that reproueth a scorner, get-
teth to himselfe shame : and he that re-
buketh a wicked man, getteth himselfe a
blot.
8 * Reproue not a scorner , lest hee
hate thee : rebuke a wise man , and hee
will loue thee.
9 Giue instruction to a wise man, and
he will be yet wiser : teach a iust man
and he will increase in learning.
10 * The feare of the Lord is the
beginning of wisedome : and the know-
ledge of the holy is vnderstanding.
11 *For by me thy dayes shall be mul
tiplied : and the yeeres of thy life shalbe
increased.
12 If thou be wise, thou shall be
wise for thy selfe : but j/"thou scomest.
thou alone shalt beare it.
13 IT * A foolish woman is clamo-
rous : she is simple, & knoweth nothing.
14 For
Psal. 119.
I, 2. and
128. I. luc.
II. 28.
t Heb. bring
foorth.
t Heb. her
killing.
Mat. 7-
* lob 28.
28.
psal. 111.
10. chap.
1.7.
• Chap.
10. 7.
' Chap.
The iuft blefled.
Chap.
X.
14 For slie sitteth at the doore of her
house on a seate, in the high places of
the Citie :
15 To call passengers who go right
on their wayes :
16 Who so is simple, let him turnein
hither : and as for him that wanteth
vnderstanding, she saith to him ;
17 Stollen waters are sweet, and
bread t eaten in secret is pleasant.
18 But hee knoweth not that the
dead are there ; and that her guests are in
the depths of hell.
CHAP. X.
From this Chapter to the fiue and twentieth, are
sundry obseruations of morall vertues, and
their contrary vices.
He Prouerbes of Solo-
mon : * A wise sonne ma
keth a glad father : but a
foolish Sonne is the hea-
uinesse of his mother.
2 * Treasures of wic-
kednesse profit nothing : but righteous-
nes deliuereth from death.
3 * The Loud will not suffer the
soule of the righteous to famish : but he
casteth away || the substance of the
wicked.
4 *Hee becommeth poore that dea-
leth xoith a slacke hand : but the hand of
the diligent, maketh rich.
5 Hee that gathereth in Summer,
is a wise sonne : but hee that sleepeth
in haruest , is a sonne that causeth
shame.
6 Blessings are vpon the head of the
iust : but * violence couereth the mouth
of the wicked.
7 * The memorie of the iust is blessed :
but the name of the wicked shall rot.
8 The wise in heart wil receiue com-
maundements : but a t prating foole
shall fall.
9 *He that walketh vprightly, wal-
keth surely : but he that peruerteth his
wayes, shalbe knowen.
10 *Hee that winketh with the eye,
causeth sorrow : but a prating foole
II shall fall.
11 *The mouth of a righteous man
is a well of life : but violence couereth
the mouth of the wicked.
12 * Hatred stirreth vp strifes : but
loue couereth all sinnes.
1 3 In the lips of him that hath vn
derstanding, wisedome is found : but a
The good tongue.
Hebr.
of secrecies.
•Chap. IS.
20.
'Chap. 11.
4.
• Psal. 37.
26.
I Or, the
wicked/or
their wic-
kedn£sse.
* Chap. 12.
24.
'Verse 11.
•Psal. 112.
s.
t Hebr. a
foole of lips.
I Or, shalbe
beaten.
* PsaL 23. 4.
Cha. 6. 13.
I Or, shalbe
beaten.
" Chap. 13.
14.
•l. Pet 4.8.
1. cor. 13. 4.
rod is for the backe of him that is voyd
of t vnderstanding.
14 Wise men lay vp knowledge : but
the mouth of the foolish m neere destru-
ction.
15 '*The rich mans wealth is his
strong citie : the destruction of the poore
is their pouertie.
16 The labour of the righteous ten-
detli to life : the fruite of the wicked to
sinne.
17 He is in the way of life that keepeth
instruction : but hee that refuseth re-
proofe, llerreth.
1 8 Hee that hideth hatred mith lying
lippes, and he that vttereth a slander, is
a foole.
19 In the multitude of words there
wanteth not sinne : but he that refrai-
neth his lippes, is wise.
20 The tongue of the iust is as choise
siluer : the heart of the wicked is little
worth.
21 The lippes of the righteous feed
many : but fooles die for want t of wise-
dome.
22 The blessing of the Loud, it
maketh rich, and hee addeth no sorrow
with it.
23 *It J* as a sport to a foole to doe
mischiefe : but a man of vnderstanding
hath wisedome.
24 The feare of the wicked , it shall
come vpon him : but the desire of the
righteous shalbe granted.
25 As the whirlewinde passeth , so
is the wicked no more : but the righte-
ous is an euerlasting foundation.
26 As vineger to the teeth , and as
smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to
them that send him.
27 * The feare of the Lord tpro-
longeth dayes : but the yeeres of the
wicked shalbe shortened.
28 * The hope of the righteous shall
bee gladnesse : but the expectation of the
wicked shall perish.
29 The way of the Lord w
strength to the vpright : but destructi-
on shall bee to the workers of iniquitie.
30 *The righteous shall neuer bee
remooued : but the wicked shall not in
habite the earth.
j 31 The mouth of the iust bringeth
foorth wisedome : but the froward
tongue shalbe cut out.
32 The lips of the righteous know
what is acceptable : but the mouth of
the wicked speaketh tfrowardnesse.
CHAP.
iHebr.
heart.
• Chap. 1
1.
Or, causeth
loerre.
t Hebr. of
heart.
•Chap. 14.
9.
• Chap. 9.
11.
i Hebr. ad-
deth.
• lob 8. 13.
and 11. 20.
psal. 112.
10.
' Psal. r25.
. and 37.
t Hebr. fro.
teardnesses.
Of tale-bearers.
rouer
bes.
A good woman.
• Leult. 19.
36. deut.
85. I J. cba.
IS. 11. and
ao. 10, 23.
t Heb. bai.
lances of de-
ceit.
i Heb. a per-
/eel ilone.
Chap. 16.
18. and IS.
33. and
18. 12.
•Cha. 13. 6.
•Cha. 10. 8
eiek. 7. 19-
zepb. 1. 18.
t Hei). recti-
fie-
• Cha. s. 22.
•Chap. 21.
18.
•lobs. 13.
\Heb.ieali
lute qf heart
\Heb.hee
thai tcalkelh
being a
lalebearer.
• I.King.
12. 1.
f Heb. thatbe
tore broken.
t Heb. those
Ihat utrike
band«.
CHAP. XI.
*t False ballancewabomi
nation to the Lord : butj
ta iust weight is his de-
light.
2*IFA«»pridecommeth,
then commeth shame : but with the low-^
ly is wisedome. [
3 * The integritie of the vpright
shall guide them : but the peruersenesse
of transgressours shall destroy them. I
4 * Riches profite not in the day of,
wrath : but righteousnesse deliuereth
from death. I
5 The righteousnesse of the perfect
shall t direct his way : but the wicked
shall fall by his owne wickednesse.
6 * The righteousnesse of the vp-
right shall deliuer them : but transgres-
sours shall be taken in their owne naugh-
tinesse. |
7 When a wicked man dieth, his ex-
pectation shall perish : and the hope of
vniust men perisheth.
8 * The righteous is deliuered out
of trouble, and the wicked commeth in'
his stead. I
9 'An hypocrite with his mouth de-,
stroyeth his neighbour : but through
knowledge shall the iust be deliuered.
10 When it goeth well with the righ-
teous, the citie reioyceth : and when the'
wicked perish, there is shouting.
11 By the blessing of the vpright the
citie is exalted ; but it is ouerthrowen by!
the mouth of the wicked. !
12 He that is tvoid of wisedome, de-
spiseth his neighbour : but a man of vn-
derstanding holdeth his peace.
13 t A tale-bearer reuealeth secrets :
but hee that is of a faithfull spirit, con-
cealeth the matter.
14 • Where no counsell is, the people
fall : but in the multitude of counsellers
there is safetie.
15 Hee that is suretie for a stranger,
tshall smart for it : and hee that hateth
tsuretiship, is sure.
16 A gracious woman retaineth
honour : and strong men retaine ri-
ches.
17 The mercifull man doeth good
to his owne soule : but he that is cruell,
troubleth his owne flesh.
18 The wicked worketh a deceitfull
worke : but to him that soweth righte-
ousnesse, shall be a sure reward.
19 As righteousnesse tendeth to life :
sohe that pursueth euill, pursueth it to his
owne death.
20 They that are of a froward heart,
are abomination to the Lord: but
such as are vpright in their way, are his
delight.
21 Though hand ioyne in hand, the
wicked shall not be vnpunished : but
the seede of the righteous shall be deli-
uered.
As a iewell of golde in a swines
snowt; so is a faire woman which tis
without discretion.
23 The desire of the righteous is one-
ly good : hit the expectation of the wic-
ked is wrath.
24 There is that scattereth, and yet
increaseth ; and there is that withholdeth
more then is meete, but it teiideth to po-
uertie.
25 *tThe liberall soule shalbe made
fat : and he that watereth, shall be wa-
tered also himselfe.
26 Hee that withholdeth come, the
people shall cursehim : but blessing shaU
be vpon the head of him that selleth it.
27 * He that diligently seeketh good,
procureth fauour : but hee that seeketh
mischiefe, it shall come vnto him.
28 He that trusteth in his riches, shall
fall : but the * righteous shall flourish
as a branch.
29 He that troubleth his owne house,
shall inherite the winde : and the foole
sJiall be seruant to the wise of heart.
30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree
of life : and hee that t winneth soules, is
wise.
31 * Behold, the righteous shalbe re
compensed in the earth : much more the
wicked and the sinner.
CHAP. XIL
Hoso loueth instruction ,
loueth knowledge : but he
that hateth reproofe , is
brutish.
2 A good man obtai-
netli fauour of the Lord : but a man
of wicked deuices will he condemne.
3 A man shall not bee established by
wickednesse : but the *roote of the righ-
teous shall not be mooued.
4 * A vertuous woman is a crowne
to her husband : but she that maketh a-
shamed, is as rottennesse in his bones.
5 The thoughts of the righteous
are right : but the counsels of the wicked
are deceit.
6* The
t Heb. de-
parteth
from.
* 2. Cor. 9. 9
t Heb. the
soule qf bles-
sing.
Psal. 7. 17.
and i). 16.
and 10. 2.
and 57. 7.
•Psal. I. 3.
and 92. 13.
iere. 17. 8.
t fJeb. la.
keth.
* I. Pet. 4.
18. _
• Chap. 10.
2S.
•1. Cor.
11.7.
Of lying lippes.
Chap.xiij.
The fliiggard,
• Chap. 1.
11. & 18.
• PsaL 37. 37
prou. II. 21
t Heb. per-
verse oy
heart.
Or, towels.
' Chap. 28.
19.
Or, the
fortresse.
t Heb. the
snare of the
wicked is in
the tranS'
gression of
lippes.
• Cha. 18. 7-
• Cha. 13. 2.
'.Chap. 3. 7.
\Heb.inthat
day.
•Cha. 14.5.
• Psal. 67. 5.
& 59. 8.
"Chap. 13.
16. & 15. 2.
•Cha. 10. 4.
I Or, deceit-
faU.
6 * The words of the wicked are to
lie in waite for blood : but the mouth of
the vpright shall deliuer them.
7 * The wicked are ouerthrowen,
and are not : but the house of the righte-
ous shall stand.
8 A man shall be commended accor-
ding to his wisedome : but hee that is
tof aperuerse heart, shall be despised.
9 Hee that is despised and hath a ser-
uant, M better then he that honoureth
himselfe, and lacketh bread.
10 A righteous man regardeth the
life of his beast : but the || tender mercies
of the wicked are cruell.
11 *Hee that tilleth his land, shall bee
satisfied with bread : but he that follow-
eth vaine persons, is void of vnderstan-
ding.
12 The wicked desireth ||the net of e-
uill men : but the roote of the righteous
yeeldeth fruit.
13 t*The wicked is snared by the
transgression of his lippes : but the iust
shall come out of trouble.
14 *A man shall bee satisfied with
good by the fruit oihis mouth, and the
recompence of a mans hands shall bee
rendred vnto him.
15 * The way of a foole is right in his
owne eyes : but he that hearkeneth vn-
to counsell, is wise.
16 A fooles wrath is t presently
knowen : but a prudent man couereth
ihame.
17 * He that speaketh trueth, shew-
eth foorth righteousnesse : but a false
witnesse, deceit.
18 * There is that speaketh like the
pearcings of a sword : but the tongue of
the wise is health.
19 The lippe of trueth shall bee esta-
blished for euer : but a lying tongue is
but for a moment.
20 Deceit is in the heart of them that
imagine euill : but to the counsellours
of peace, is ioy.
21 There shall no euill happen to
the iust : but the wicked shall bee filled
with mischiefe.
22 Lying lippes are abomination to
the Lord : but they that deale truely,
are his delight.
23 * A prudent man concealeth know-
ledge : but the heart of fooles proclai-
meth foolishnesse.
24 * The hand of the diligent shall
beare rule : but the ||slouthfull shall bee
vnder tribute.
2.5 * Heauinesse in the heart of man
maketh it stoope : but a good word
maketh it glad.
26 The righteous is more || excellent
then his neighbour : but the way of the
wicked seduceth them.
27 The slouthfull man rosteth not
that which he tooke in hunting : but the
substance of a diligent man is precious.
28 In the way of righteousnesse is
life, and in the path-way thereof titer e is
no death.
CHAP. XIII.
Wise ?.ox\x\theareth his fa-
thers instruction : but a
scorner heareth not re-
buke.
2 * A man shall eate
good by the fruit of his mouth : but the
soule of the transgressours, shaR eate
violence.
3 He that keepeth his mouth , kee-
peth his life : but hee that openeth wide
his lips , shall haue destruction.
4 The soule of the sluggard desireth,
and hath nothing : but the soule of the
diligent shall be made fat.
5 A righteous man hateth lying :
but a wicked man is loathsome, and
commeth to shame.
6 * Righteousnesse keepeth him that
vpri
ght in the
way
but wickednesse
ouerthroweth t the sinner.
7 There is that maketh himselfe
rich, yet hath nothing : there is that ma-
keth himselfe poore, yet hath great
riches.
8 The ransome of a mans life are
his riches : but the poore heareth not
rebuke.
9 The light of the righteous reioy-
ceth: *but the ||lampeof the wicked shall
be put out.
10 Onely by pride commeth conten-
tion : but with the well aduised is wise-
dome.
11 *'Weah\i gotten by vanitie shall be
diminished: but he that gathereth tby
labour, shall increase.
12 Hope deferred maketh the heart
sicke:but zc/tew the desire commeth, i^iia
tree of life.
13 Whoso despiseth the word, shall
be destroyed : but he that feareth the
commaundemeiit, || shall be rewarded.
14 *The lawe of the wise is a foun-
taine of life, to depart from the snares
of death.
15 Good
• Chap. 15.
13.
Or, abun-
dant.
• Chap. 12.
14.
•Chap. 11.
3, 5, «.
^Heb.sinne.
• lob. 18. 6.
& 21. 17.
I Or, candle.
* Chap. 10.
2. & 20. 21.
t Heb. with
the hand.
Or, sh/dl be
in peace.
Chap. 14.
27.
An ill meffenger.
Prouerbes.
RaQi
an
ger.
■Chtp. 11.
as. & IS. 3.
\Hebrjprea-
15 Good vnderstanding giueth fa-
uour : but the way of transgressours is
hard.
16 *Euery prudent man dealethwith
knowledge : but a foole tlayeth open
his folly.
17 A wicked messenger falleth into
mischiefe : but a faithfull ambassadour
is health.
18 Pouerty and shame shall be to Mm
that refuseth instruction : but he that re-
gardeth reproofe, shall be honoured.
19 The desire accomplished is sweet
to the soule : but it is abomination to
fooles to depart from euill.
20 He that walketh with wise men,
shall be wise : but a companion of fooles
t shall be destroyed.
21 Euill pursueth sinners : but to the
righteous, good shall be repayd.
22 A good man leaueth an inheri
tance to his childrens children : and the
•wealth of the sinner is layd vp for the
iust.
23 * Much food is in the tillage of the
poore : but there is that is destroyed for
want of iudgement.
24 * He that spareth his rod, hateth
his Sonne : but he that loueth him, cha-
steneth him betimes.
25 * The righteous eateth to the sa-
tisfying of his soule : but the belly of the
wicked shall want.
CHAP. XIIII.
Very wise woman buil-
deth her house; but the
foolish plucketh it downe
with her hands.
2 * He that walketh in
his vprightnesse, feareth the Lord :
[but he that is peruerse in his wayes,
despiseth him.
I 3 In the mouth of the foolish is a
jrod of pride : but the lippes of the wise
: shall preserue them.
4 Where no Oxen are, the crib is
jcleane : but much increase is by the
strength of the Oxe.
I 5 *A faithfull witnesse will not lye
but a false witnesse will vtter lyes.
6 A scorner seeketh wisedome, and
•Chap. 8. 9. fiiukth it not : but 'knowledge is easie
vnto him that vnderstandeth.
7 Goe from the presence of a foolish
man, when thou perceiuest not in him
the lippes of knowledge.
8 The wisedome of the prudent is
iHei.$halbe
broken.
• lob. 27.
17.
* Chap. 12.
II.
• Chap. 23.
IS.
•PsaL37.3.
& 34. 10.
•lob. 12.4.
• Exod. 20.
Iff. & 23. I.
chap. e. 19.
& 12. 17.
but the folly
at * sinne :
there is fa-
to vnderstand his way
of fooles is deceit.
9 Fooles make a mocke
but among the righteous
uour.
10 The heart knoweth his towne
bitternesse ; and a stranger doth not in-
termeddle with his ioy.
11 The house of the wicked shall bee
ouerthrowen : but the tabernacle of the
vpright shall flourish.
12 * There is a way which seemeth
right vnto a man : but the end thereof
are the wayes of death
13 Euen in laughter the heart is sor-
rowfull ; and the end of that mirth is
heauinesse.
14 The backslider in heart shall be
•filled with his owne wayes : and a
good m an shall he satisjied from h im selfe.
15 The simple beleeueth eueryword:
but the prudent man looketh well to
his going.
16 A wise man feareth, and depar-
teth from euill : but the foole rageth,
and is confident.
17 Hee that is soone angry , dealeth
foolishly : and a man of wicked deuices
is hated.
18 The simple inheri te folly : but the
prudent are crowned with knowledge.
19 The euill bowe before the good :
and the wicked at the gates of the righ-
teous.
20 * The poore is hated euen of his
owne neighbour : but tthe rich hath ma-
ny friends.
21 He that despiseth his neighbour,
sinneth : *but he that hath mercy on the
poore, happy is he.
22 Doe they not erre that deuise euil .'
but mercy and trueth shall he to them
that deuise good.
23 In all labour there is profit : but
the talke of the lippes tendeth onely to
penury.
24 The crowne of the wise is their
riches : but the foolishnesse of fooles is
folly.
25 * A true witnesse deliuereth
soules : butadeceitfull witnesse speaketh
lyes.
26 In the feare of the Lord
is strong confidence : and his children
shall haue a place of refuge.
27 *The feare of the Lord, m a
fountaine of life , to depart from the
snares of death.
28 In the multitude of people is the
kings
• Chap. 10.
23.
\ Heb.the
bUternesse
of his soule.
* Chap. 16.
23.
•Chap. 1.
31.
•Chap. m.
7.
t Heb. many
are the lo^
uers of the
rich.
•Psal. 112.
'Ver.
' Chap. 13.
■
The wickeds facrifice. Chap.xv.
The fooles ioy.
+ Hebr. short
o/spiril.
• Chap. 17.
.1. matt. 23.
4U.
t Hebr. to
nations.
Chap. 25.
14.
t Hebr. bel-
chethy or
bubblelh.
* Verse 28.
and chap.
12. 23.
and 13. 10.
* lob 34. 21 ,
prou. r>. 21.
iere. Iti. 17.
and 32. 1!).
hebr. 4. 13.
t Hebr. the
heating of
the tongue.
* Chap. 10.
1.
• Chap. 21.
27. anios 3.
22. isa. 1.
11. and 66.
3. iere. 6. 20.
and 7. 22.
I Or, instru-
ction, ^c.
* lob 26. 6.
kings honour : but in the want of peo-
ple is the destruction of the prince.
29 Hee that is slow to wrath, is of
great vnderstanding : but hee that is
thasty of spirit, exalteth folly.
30 A sound heart , is the life of the
flesh : but enuie, the rottennesse of the
bones.
31 *Hee that oppresseth the poore, re-
procheth his Maker : but hee that ho-
noureth him, hath mercy on the poore.
32 The wicked is driuen away in his
wickednes : but the righteous hath
hope in his death.
33 Wisedome resteth in the heart of
him that hath vnderstanding : but that
which is in the midst of fooles, is made
knowen.
34 Righteousnes exalteth a nation :
but sinne is a reproch tto any people.
35 The Kings fauour is toward a
wise seruant : but his wrath, is against
him that causeth shame.
CHAP. XV.
*Soft answere turneth a-
way wrath : but grieuous
words stirre vp anger.
2 The tongue of the
wise, vseth knowledge a-
right : but the mouth of fooles, tpow-
reth out *fooli.shnes.
3 *The eyes of the Lord are in eue-
ry place, beholding the euill & the good.
4 +A wholesome tongue is a tree of
life : but peruersnesse therein is a breach
in the spirit.
5 *Afoole despiseth his fathers in-
struction : but hee that regardeth re
proofe, is prudent.
6 In the house of the righteous is
much treasure : but in the reuenues of
the wicked is trouble.
7 The lippes of the wise disperse
knowledge: but the heart of the foolish,
doeth not so.
8 *The sacrifice of the wicked is an
abomination to the Loud : but the
prayer of the vpright is his delight.
9 The way of the wicked is an abo-
mination vnto the Lord : but he lo-
ueth him that foUoweth after righte-
ousnes.
10 II Correction is grieuous vnto him
that forsaketh the way : and he that ha
teth reproofe, shall die.
11 *Hell and destruction are before the
Lord : how much more then, the
hearts of the children of men ?
12 A scorner loueth not one that re-
proueth him : neitlier will he goe vnto
the wise.
13 * A merry heart maketh a cheere-
full countenance : but by sorrow of the
heart, the spirit is broken.
14 The heart of him that hath vn-
derstanding , seeketh knowledge : but
the mouth of fooles feedeth on foolish-
nesse.
15 All the dayes of the afflicted are
euill : but he that is of a merry heart,
hath a continuall feast.
16 * Better is little with the feare of
the Lord, then great treasure, and
trouble therewith.
17 * Better is a dinner of herbes
where loue is, then a stalled oxe, and ha-
tred therewith.
18 * A wrathfull man stirreth vp
strife : but he that is slow to anger, ap-
peaseth strife.
19 The way of the slouthfull man is
as an hedge of thornes : but the way of
the righteous is made tplaine.
20 * A wise sonne maketh a glad fa-
ther : but a foolish man despiseth his
mother.
21 * Folly is ioy to him that is t desti-
tute of wisedome : but a man of vnder-
standing walketh vprightly.
22 * Without counsell, purposes are
disappointed : but in the multitude of
counsellours they are established.
23 A man hath ioy by the answere of
his mouth : and a word spoken tin due
season, how good is it .''
24 * The way of life is aboue to the
wise, that he may depart from hell be-
neath.
25 * The Lord will destroy the
house of the proud : but he will establish
the border of the widow.
26 *The thoughts of the wicked are
an abomination to the Lord : but
the xvordes of the pure , are t pleasant
words.
27 Hee that is greedy of gaine, trou-
bleth his owne house : but he that ha-
teth gifts, shall Hue.
28 The heart of the righteous stu-
dieth to answere : but the mouth of the
wicked, powreth out euil things.
29 * The Lord is farre from the
wicked : but hee heareth the prayer of
the righteous.
30 The light of the eyes reioyceth
the heart : and a good report maketh the
bones fat.
4 0 31 The
• Chap. 17.
22.
• Psal. 37.
16. 1. tini. s
6. prou. 16.
• Chap. 17.
I.
* Chap. 26.
21. and 29.
22.
t Hebr. U t
raised vp as '
a causey. j
• Chap. 10. '
i
" Chap. 10.
23.
t Hebr. vopd
o/heart.
• See Chap.
II. ver. 14. I
t Hebr. in
his season.
* PhiL 3. 20.
col. 3. 2.
• Chap. 12.
7. and 14.
• Chap. 6.
18.
i Heb. words
ofpleasant-
nesse.
• Psal. 34.
16. and I4li.
18.
A iuft weight.
Pi
•ouei
bes.
Slow to
anger.
Or.
e<MM.
lOr.oky-
eth.
\Heb.posses-
selhan heart
•Cha.18. 12
• PsaL 37. s.
and S5. 3.1.
mat. 6. 25.
luke 12. 22.
1. pet.s. 4.
t Heb. rolle.
* lob 21. 30.
• Chap. 6.7.
and 8. 13.
t Heb. helde
innocent.
• PsaL .T7.
16. chap.
IS. 16.
•Vera. 1.
t He6. diui-
nation.
• Leult. 19.
3C. chap.
1.
\ Heb.aU
the stones.
' Chap. 19.
It.
•Cha.8. II
31 The eare that heareth the reproofe
of life, abideth among the wise.
32 He that refuseth |1 instruction, de-
spiseth his owne soule: but he that || hea-
reth reproofe, tgetteth vnderstanding.
33 The feare of the Lord is the in-
struction of wisedome; and * before ho-
nour is humilitie.
CHAP. XVI.
He * II preparations of the
heart in man , and the an-
swereof the tongue, i«from
the Lord.
2 *A11 the wayes of a
;nian arc cleane in his owne eyes: but the
Lord weigheth the spirits.
3 *t Commit thy workes vnto the
Lord, and thy thoughts shalbe esta-
blished.
4 The Lord hath made all
things for himselfe : *yea, euen the wic-
ked for the day of euill.
5 *Euery one that is proud in heart,
IS an abomination to the Lord
though hand ioyne in hand, he shall not
be tvnpunished.
6 By mercy and trueth iniquitie is
purged : and by the feare of the Lord,
men depart from euill.
7 When a mans wayes please the
Lord, he maketh euen his enemies
to be at peace with him.
8 * Better is a little with righteous-
nesse , then great reuenewes without
right.
9 *A mans heart deuiseth his way
but the Lord directeth his steps.
10 t A diuine sentence is in the lips of
the king : his mouth transgresseth not
in iudgement.
11 * A iust weight and ballance are
the Lords: tall the weights of the
bagge are his worke.
12 It is an abomination to kings to
commit wickednesse : for the throne is e
Btablished by righteousnesse.
13 Righteous lips are the delight of
kings : and they loue him that speaketh
right.
14 The wrath of a king is as messen-
gers of death : but a wise man will pa-
cific it.
15 In the light of the kings counte
nance is life , and * his fauour is as a
cloude of the latter raine.
16 * How much better is it to get wise-
dome, then gold ? and to get vnderstan-
ding, rather to be chosen then siluer .'
way that seemeth
but the end thereof
17 The high way of the vpright w to,
depart from euill : hee that keepeth his
way, preserueth his soule.
18 * Pride goeth before destruction :
and an hautie spirit before a fall.
19 Better it is to be of an humble spi-
rit with the lowly, then to diuide the
spoile with the proud.
20 II He that handleth a matter wise-
ly, shall finde good: and who so *tru-
steth in the Lord, happy is hee.
21 The wise in heart shall be called
prudent ; and the sweetnesse of the lips
increaseth learning.
22 * Vnderstanding is a well-spring
of life vnto him that hath it : but the in-
struction of fooles is folly.
23 The heart of the wise tteacheth
his mouth , and addeth learning to his
lippes.
24 Pleasant words are as an hony-
combe, sweete to the soule, and health
to the bones.
25 * There is
right vnto a man
are the wayes of death.
26 t Hee that laboureth, laboureth
for himselfe ; for his mouth tcraueth it
of him.
27 t An vngodly man diggeth vp e
uill : and in his lips tfiere is as a. burning
fire.
28 *A froward man t so weth "strife;
& a whisperer separateth chiefe friends.
29 A violent man enticeth his neigh-
bour, and leadeth him into the way that
is not good.
30 He shutteth his eyes to deuise fro
ward things : moouing his lips he brin
geth euill to passe.
31 The hoary head is a crowne of
glory, if it be found in the way of righ
teousnesse.
32 He that is slow to anger, is better
then the mighty : and he that ruleth his
spirit, then he that taketh a citie.
33 The lot is cast into the lap : but
the whole disposing thereof is of the
Lord.
CHAP. XVIL
Etter * M a drie morsell,
and quietnesse therewith;
then an house full of || sa-
crifices with strife
2 A wise seruant shall
haue rule ouer a son that
causeth shame : and shall haue part of
the inheritance among the brethren
3 * The
"Cha. 11.2.
and 18. 12.
Or, he that
VTulerstan-
deth a mat-
ter.
' Psal. 2.12.
and 34. 9.
and 125. 1.
isa. 30. 18.
iere. 17. 7.
• Chap. 13.
14.
t Heh. ma-
keth wise.
• Chap. 14.
12.
t Heb. the
soule of him
that Uioou-
reth,
t Heb. bow-
eth vnto
him.
tUehaman
0/ Belial.
• Chap. 6.
14, 19.
and 15. 18.
and 26. 21.
and 29. 22.
t Heb. seti-
dethfoorth.
" Chap. 15.
17.
II Or, good
cheere.
To hide finnes.
Chap.xviij.
Of tale-bearers.
• Psal. 26.2.
cha. 27. 21.
lere. 17. 10.
mala. 3. 3.
• Chap. 14.
13.
t Heb. held
innocent.
• Psal. 127.
4. and 128.
3.
t Heb. a lip
ofexct'lkncii.
t Heb. a lip
of lying.
• Chap. 18.
16.
i Hebr. a
stone of
grace.
• Chap. 10.
12.
I Or, procu-
reth.
I Or, a re'
proofe aweth
more a ivise
man, then to
strike a foole
an humtred
times.
• Rom. 12.
17.
1. thess. 5.
IS.
I. pet. 3. 9.
*F.xod. 23.7
isa. 5. 23.
chap. 24. 24
• Chap. 18.
24,
• Chap. G. 1.
and 11. 15.
t Heb. heart.
t Ileb. the
froward of
heart.
' Cha. 10. 1.
• Chap. 15.
13. and 12.
2S.
I Or, to a
medicine.
3 *Tliefiningpotisfor siluer, and the
furnace for gold : but the Lord trieth
the hearts.
4 A wicked doer giueth heed to false
lips : and a liar giueth eare to a naughtie
tongue
5 * Whoso mocketh the poore, reproa-
cheth his maker : and he that is glad at
calamities, shall not be tvnpunished.
6 *Childrens children a?-e the crowne
of old men : and the glory of children
are their fathers.
7 t Excellent speech becommeth not
a foole: much lesse doe flying lippes a
prince.
8 *A gift is a« a t precious stone in
the eyes of him that hath it : whitherso-
euer it turneth, it prosperetli.
9 *He that couereth a transgression,
Ifseeketh loue; but he that repeateth a
matter, separateth vety friends.
10 II A reproofe entreth more into a
wise man, then an hundred stripes in
to a foole.
11 An euill man seeketh onely rebel-
lion ; therefore a cruell messenger shall
be sent against him.
12 Let a beare robbed of her whelps
meet a man , rather then a foole in his
folly.
13 Whoso *rewardeth euill for good,
euill shall not depart from his house.
14 The beginning of strife is as when
one letteth out water: therfore leaue off
contention, before it be medled with.
15 *He that iustifieth the wicked, and
he that condemneth the iust : euen they
both are abomination to the Lord.
16 Wherfore is </tereapriceinthehand
of a foole to get wisedome, seeing lie hath
no heart to it ?
17 * A friend loueth at all times, and
a brother is borne for aduersitie.
18 * A man void of t vnderstanding
striketh hands, and becommeth suretie
in the presence of his friend.
19 He loueth transgression, that lo-
ueth strife: awfi he that exalteth his gate,
seeketh destruction.
20 tHe that hath a froward heart,
findeth no good, and he that hath aper-
uerse tongue, fallcth into mischiefe.
21 * He that begetteth a foole, doth it
to his sorrow : and the father of a foole
hath no ioy.
22 *A merrie heart doth good \\like a
medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the
bones.
23 A wicked man taketh a gift out
of the bosome, to peruert the wayes of
iudgement.
24 * Wisedome is before him that • Kccie». 2.
hath vnderstanding : but the eyes of a '■*■ ""**■ '•
foole arc in the ends of the earth. |
25 * A foolish Sonne is a griefe to his • chap. 10.
father, & bitternes to her that bare him. Il^.I.*- *"•
2o Also to punisli the lust m not good,
Tior to strike princes for equitie. j
27 * He tliat hath knowledge, spa- * lam. 1. 1».
reth his words : and a man of vnder-
standing is of II an excellent spirit. .iOr,a cooie
28 *Euen a foole, when he holdeth r,t„ .
, . . ,' . , , , " lob 13. «.
his peace, is counted wise : and he that
shutteth his lips, 2.? esteemed a man of vn-
derstanding.
CHAP. XVIIL
H rough desire a man ha-
uing II separated himselfe,
seeketh and intermedleth
with all wisedome.
2 A foole hath no de-
ght in vnderstanding, but that his
heart may discouer it selfe.
3 When the wicked commeth, then
commeth also contempt , and with ig-
nominie, reproch.
4 * The words of a mans mouth,
are as deepe waters, and the well-spring
of wisedome as a flowing brooke.
5 *It is not good to accept the per-
son of the wicked, to ouerthrowe the
righteous in iudgement.
6 A fooles lips enter into contenti-
on, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
7 * A fooles mouth is his destruction,
and his lips are the snare of his soule.
8 *The words of a ||tale bearer are
as wounds, and they goe downe into
the tinnermost parts of the belly.
9 Hee also that is slouthful in his
worke, is brother to him that is a great
waster.
10 * The name of the Lord is a
a strong tower : the righteous runneth
into it, and t is safe.
11 * The rich mans wealth is his
strong citie : and as an high wall in his
owne conceit.
12 * Before destruction the heart of
man is haughtie, and before honour is
humilitie.
13 He that tanswereth a matter be-
fore he heareth it, it is folly and shame
vnto him.
14 The spirit of a man will sustaine
his infirmitie : but a wounded spirit
who can beare .''
4 O 2 15 The
t Or, he that
.separateth
htmselfe, see^
keth accor-
ding to his
(lestre, and
intermed~
leth in every
businesse.
* Cha. 20. «.
• Chap. 24.
23.
leuit. 19. 15
deut. II. 7.
and 16. 19.
* Chap. 10.
14. and 12.
13. & 13. 3.
* Chap. 12.
18. and 26.
22.
I Or, whis-
perer.
It Or, like as
when men
are wounded
t Heb. cham-
bers.
PsaL 18. 2.
and 27. I. &
144. 2.
t Ileb. is set
alofte.
* Chap. 10.
15.
Chap. 11.
2. & 16. 18.
and 15. 33.
t Hebr. re-
turneth a
word.
•Chap. 17-
8.
A falfe witneffe.
Prouerbes.
The kings wrath.
• Chap. l«.
14. and 13.
• Chap. 19
14.
* lam. 2. 3.
• Chap. 17.
17.
■ Chap. 28. 6
• Chap. U.
SO.
■ F.xod. S3.
1. deut 19.
16. prou. 6.
9. and 21.
28.
t Heb. held
innocent.
1 Heb-aimtn
o/gi/U.
* Chap. 14.
SO.
t Ifeb. an
heart.
15 The heart of the prudent getteth
knowledge; and the eare of the wise|
secketh knowledge. j
16 * A mans gift maketh roome for
him, & bringeth him before great men.
17 He that is first in his owne cause,
seemeth iust; but his neighbour commeth
and searcheth him.
18 The lot causeth contentions to
cease, and parteth betweene the mighty.
19 A brother offended is harder to be
■wonne then a strong citie : and their con-
tentions are like the barres of a castle.
20 • A mans belly shall be satisfied
with the fruite of his mouth ; aiid with
the increase of his lippes shall he be
filled.
21 Death and life are in the power of
the tongue ; and they that loue it shall
eate the fruite thereof.
22 • Who so findeth a wife, findeth a
good thing, and obtaineth fauour of the
Lord.
23 The poore vseth intreaties , but
the rich answereth * roughly.
24 A man that hath friends must
shewe himselfe friendly : *and there is
a friend that sticketh closer then a bro-
ther.
CHAP. XIX.
* Etter is the poore that
walketh in his integrity,
then he that is peruerse in
his lippes, and is a foole.
_ 2 Also, that the soule
be without knowledge, it is not good;
and hee that hasteth with his feete, sin-
neth.
3 The foolishnesse of man penier-
teth his way : and his heart fretteth a-
gainst the Lokd.
4 * Wealth maketh many friends :
but the poore is separated from his
neighbour.
5 *A false witnesse shall not be tvn-
punished: andhe<Aa<speaketh lyes,shal
not escape.
6 Many will entreate the fauour of
the Prince : and euery man is a friend to
thim that giueth gifts.
7 * All the brethren of the poore doe
hate him : howe much more doe his
friends goe farre from him .'' hee pursu-
eth them with words , yet they are wan-
ting to him.
8 He that getteth twisedome loueth
his owne soule : he that keepeth vnder-
standing shall find good.
9 * A false witnesse shall not be vn- * Ver. s.
punished , and hee that speaketh lyes,
shall perish.
10 Delight is not seemely for a foole :
much lesse *for a seruant to haue rule o-
uer princes.
11 *The lldiscretion of a man defer-
reth his anger : and it is his glory to
passe ouer a transgression.
12 *The kings wrath is as the roa-
ring of a lyon : but his fauour is as dewe
vpon the grasse.
13 * A foolish Sonne is the calamity of
his father ; and the contentions of a
wife are *a continuall dropping.
14 House and riches, are the inheri
tance of fathers; and *a prudent wife is
from the Lord.
15 Slouthfulnesse casteth into a deep
sleepe : and an idle soule shall * suffer
hunger.
16 *He that keepeth the commande-
ment , keepeth his owne soule : but hee
that despisctli his wayes, shall die.
17 * Hee that hath pity vpon the
poore , lendeth vnto the Lord; and
II that which he hath giuen, will he pay
him againe.
18 * Chasten thy sonne while there
is hope; and let not thy soule spare ||for
his crying.
19 A man of great wrath shall suffer
punishment : for if thou deliuer him, yet
thou must fcloe it againe.
20 Heare counsell, and receiue instru-
ction , that thou mayest be wise in thy
latter end.
21 * There are many deuices in a mans
heart : neuerthelesse the counsell of the
Lord, that shall stand.
22 The desire of a man is his kind-
nesse : and a poore man is better then a
lyar.
23 The feare of the Lord tendeth
tolife,and/ifc' that hath it shall abide satis
fied : he shall not be visited with euill.
24 * A slouthfuU man hideth his'chap. is.
hand in his bosome, and wil not so much and^s!''' '*'
as bring it to his mouth againe.
25 *Smite a scorner, and the simple * Chap. 21.
twill beware; and reprooue one that + //gj. „,ia
hath vnderstanding, and he will vnder- be cunning.
stand knowledge.
26 He that wasteth his father , and
chaseth away his mother, is a sonne
that causeth shame, and bringeth re-
proch.
27 Cease, my sonne, to heare the in-
struction, that causeth to erre from the
words
Eccle. 10.
6. prou. 30.
22.
• Chap. 14.
29.
I Or,pru-
dence.
• Chap. 16.
15. and 20.
2. & 28. 15.
• Chap. 10.
1. & 15. 20.
and 1721.
& 25. and
chap. 21. 9.
• Chap. 27.
1.5.
• Chap. 18.
22.
• Chap. 10.
4. and 20.
13.
• Luc. 11.
28.
• Mat. 10.
42. and 25.
40. 2. cor.
9. 6. and 7.
I Or, his
deed.
• Chap. 13.
24. & 23.
13.
II Or, to his
destruction :
or, to cause
him to die.
t Heb. adde.
• lob. 23. 13
psal. 33. 10,
11. prou. 10
1. and 9. isa.
46. 10.
None is cleane.
Chap.xx.xxj.
Falfe ballance.
t Hebr. A
wiiriesse of
Belial.
* Chap. 19.
13. and 16.
U.
' Chap. 20.
Or, whiter.
* Chap. 18.
4.
Or,bountie.
Psal. 113.
• PsaL 51. 5.
lob 14. 4.
1. king. 8.
46. 2. chro.
6. 36. eccles.
7. 28. 1. ioh.
1. 8.
Deut. 25.
15. chap. II.
I. and. 16. 2.
t Hebr. a
atone, and a
stone.
t Hebr. an
ephah, and
an ephah.
Exod. 4.
II. psal. 94.
9.
Chap. 19.
15. and 12.
11.
• Chap. 27.
13.
Cha. 9. 17.
t Heb. Irread
lying, or
alshood.
%
O la'
is as the roaring of a Lion
words of knowledge.
28 t An vngodly witnesse scorneth
iudgement : and the mouth of the wic-
ked deuoureth iniquitie.
29 Judgements are prepared for
scorners , and stripes for the backe of
fooles.
CHAP. XX.
Ine is a mocker , strong
drinke is raging : and
whosoeuer is deceiued
thereby, is not wise.
The feare of a king,
loho so pro-
uoketh him to anger, sinneth against his
owne soule.
3 It is an honour for a man to cease
from strife: but euery foole will be med-
ling.
4 * The sluggard will not plow by
reason of the ||cold; therefore shall he
begge in haruest, and haue nothing.
5 * Counsell in the heart of man is
like deepe water : but a man of vnder-
standing will draw it out.
6 Most men will proclaime euery
one his owne ||goodnes : but a faithfull
man who can finde .''
7 The iust man walketh in his inte-
gritie : * his children are blessed after
him.
8 A king that sitteth in the throne
of iudgement , scattereth away all euill
with his eyes.
9 * Who can say , I haue made my
heart cleane, I am pure from my sinne?
10 * t Diuers weights , and diuers
t measures, both of them are alike abo-
mination to the Lord.
11 Euen a childe is knowen by his
doings , whether his worke be pure,
and whether it be right.
12 *The hearing eare, and the see-
ing eye, the Lord hath made euen
both of them.
13 * Loue not sleepe, lest thou come
to pouertie : open thine eyes, and thou
shalt be satisfied with bread.
14 It is nought, it is nought (saith the
buyer : ) but when he is gone his way,
tlien he boasteth.
15 There is gold, and a multitude of
Rubies : but the lips of knowledge are
a precious iewell.
16 *Take his garment that is suerty
for a stranger : and take a pledge of him
for a strange woman.
17 *t Bread of deceit is sweet to a
man : but afterwards his mouth shall
be filled with grauell.
18 * Euery jiurpose is established by
counsell : and with good aduice make
warre.
19 * He that goeth about as a tale-bea-
rer, reueileth secrets ; therefore meddle
not with him that ||flattereth with his
lippes.
20 * Who so curseth his father or his,
mother, his ||lampe shall be put out in'i^matt.'is!''
obscure darkenesse.
21 An inheritance may be gotten ha-
stily at the beginning : but the ende
thereof shall not be blessed.
22 * Say not thou , I will recom
pence euil : but wait on the Lord, and
he shall saue thee.
23 * Diuers waights are an abomi
nation vnto the Lord: and a tfalse
ballance is not good.
24 * Mans goings are of the Lord ;
how can a man then vnderstand his
owne way .''
25 It is a snare to the man who deuou
reth that which is holy : and after
vowes, to make inquirie.
26 * A wise king scattereth the wic-
ked, & bringeth the wheele ouer them.
27 The spirit of man is the || candle of
the Lord, searching all the inward
parts of the belly.
28 * Mercy and trueth preserue the
king : and his throne is vpholden by
mercy.
29 *The glory of yong men is their
strength : and the beautie of old men is
the gray head.
30 The blewnes of a wound tclean-
seth away euill : so doe stripes the in-
ward parts of the belly.
CHAP. XXI.
HE kings heart is in the
hand of the Lord, as
the riuers of water : hee
turneth it whithersoeuer
he will.
2 * Euery way of a man is right in
his owne eyes: but the Lord ponde-
reth the hearts.
3 *To doe iustice and iudgement, is
more acceptable to the Lord, then
sacrifice.
4 *tAn high looke, and a proud
heart, and ||the plowing of the wicked,
?* sinne.
5 The thoughts of the diligent tend
onely to plenteousnes : but of euery one
that
• Chap. 15.
32.
'Chap. II.
I0r,entisetk.
Exod. 21.
I Or, candle.
• Deut. 32.
35. cha. 17.
13. and 24.
29. rom. 12.
17. 1. thess.
5. 15. I. pet,
3. 9.
• Verse 10.
t Hebr. bal.
lances of de-
ceit.
Psal. 37.
23. cha. 16,
9. iere. lo.
23.
" Verse 8.
psal. 101. 5.
I Or, lampe.
Psal. 101.
I. chap. 29.
'4.
• Chap. 16.
31.
t Hebr. is a
purring me-
dicine a-
gaiiut etiill.
• Chap. 16.
2.
* 1. Sam. 15,
22. isa.1. 11.
hose. 6. 6.
mich. 6. 7.
chap. 15. 8.
• Chap. 6.
17.
t Hebr. hau.
tines of eyes.
I Or, the
light of the
wicked.
Keepe the mouth.
rouei
bes.
A good name.
• Ch»p. 10.
». ind IS.
II.
t Ueb. $a»e
IAem,or,
dweUtnth
litem.
* Chap. 25.
19. and 13.
3. and 27.
15.
t Heb. a wo-
man qf con-
tentions,
t Heb. an
house of so-
cietie.
* lam. 4. 5.
t Heb. is not
fauoured.
* Chap. 19.
25.
■ Hat. 18.
30.
• Cha. 17. f
and 18. 16.
Or, sport.
• Chap. 11.
18.
• Vctse 9.
t Heb. in the
landofthe
desert.
• Eccles. 9.
14.
• Chap. 12.
13. and
18.21.
f Heb. in the
wrath qf
pride.
' Cha. 13. 4
that is hastie, onely to want. I
6 *The getting of treasures by a ly-j
ing tongue, is a vanitie tossed to and fro
of them tliat seeke death. I
7 The robbery of the wicked shall
t destroy them ; because they refuse to
doe iudgement.
8 The way of man is froward and
strange : but as for the pure; his worke
is right.
9 * It is better to dwell in a comer
of the house top; then with a t braw-
ling woman in +a wide house.
10 * The soule of the wicked desireth
euill : his neighbour tfindeth no fauour
in his eyes.
11 *When thescorneris punished, the
simple is made wise: and when the wise
is instructed, he receiueth knowledge.
12 The righteous man wisely consi-
dereth the house of the wicked : but God
ouerthroweth the wicked for their wic-
kednesse.
13 * Wftoso stoppeth his eares at the
cry of the poore, hee also shall cry him-
selfe, but shall not be heard.
14 * A gift in secret pacifieth anger;
and a reward in the bosome , strong
wrath.
15 It is ioy to the iust to doe iudge-
ment : but destruction shalbe to the wor-
kers of iniquitie.
16 The man that wandreth out of
the way of vnderstanding , shall re
maine in the congregation of the dead.
17 He that loueth Upleasure, shall be a
poore man : hee that loueth wine and
oyle, shall not be rich.
18 *The wicked shalbe a ransome for
the righteous; and the transgressour
for the vpright.
19 *It is better to dwell tin the wil
dernesse , then with a contentious and
an angry woman.
20 There is treasure to be desired,
and oyle in the dwelling of the wise : but
a foolish man spendeth it vp.
21 Hee that followeth after righte
ousnesse and mercy, findeth life, righte-
ousnesse and honour.
22 * A wise man scaleth the citie of
the mightie, and casteth downe the
strength of the confidence thereof
23 * Whoso keepeth his mouth and
his tongue, keepeth his soule from trou-
bles.
24 Proud and haughtie scomer, is
his name, who dealeth tin proud wrath
25 *The desire of the slouthfull kil-
leth him : for his hands refuse to labour.
26 Hee coueteth greedily all the day
long : but the * righteous giueth and
spareth not.
27 * The sacrifice of the wicked is
abomination : how much more, when he
bringeth it t with a wicked minde .''
28 * t A false witnesse shall perish :
but the man that heareth, speaketh con-
stantly.
29 A wicked man hardeneth his
face: but as for the vpright, he||directeth
his way.
30 * There is no wisedome, nor vn-
derstanding , nor counsell against the
Lord.
31 *The horse is prepared against the
day of battell : but *||safetie is of the
LOKD.
CHAP. XXII.
* Good name is rather to
be chosen then great ri-
ches, and ||louing fauour
rather then siluer & golde.
2 *The rich and poore
meet together : the Lord is the ma-
ker of them all.
3 * A prudent man foreseeth the euill,
and hideth himselfe: but the simple passe
on, and are punished.
4 * II By humilitie and the feafc of the
Lord, are riches, and honour, and
life.
5 Thornes and snares are in the way
of the froward : he that doeth keepe his
soule, shalbe farre from them.
6 II Traine vp a childe t in the way
he should goe : and when he is olde, hee
will not depart from it.
7 The rich ruleth ouer the poore.
and the borrower is seruant t to the
lender.
8 * Hee that soweth iniquitie , shall
reape vanitie : ||and the rodde of his an-
ger shall faile.
9 *tHee that hath a bountifull eye
shall bee blessed : for hee giueth of his
bread to the poore.
10 *Cast out the scorner, and conten-
tion shall goe out ; yea strife , and re-
proch shall cease.
11 He that loueth purenesse of heart,
|[/6r the graceof his lips the king */ioZ/6e
his friend.
12 The eyes of the Lord preserue
knowledge , and he ouerthroweth the
j words of the transgressour.
13 * The slothfull man say th, There is
a lyon
•PsaL 112.9.
Cha. 15. 8.
isa 6fi. 3. ier.
G. 20. psal.
50. 9. amos
5. 22.
t Heb. in
wickednesse.
Chap. 19
6,9.
t Heb. a wit-
nesse of lyes
U Or, consi-
derelh.
' Ier. 9. 23.
* Psal. 33.
17.
* Psal. 3. 9.
I Or, victo-
ry.
'Eccles. 7. 2
I Or, fauour
is better
then, ^c.
* Chap. 29,
13.
• Chap. 27.
12.
• Psal. 1 12.
13.
II Or, llie re-
ward of hu-
militie, ^c.
I Or, cate-
chize.
t Heb. in his
way.
t Heb. to tlie
man that
leiuteth.
• lob 4. 8.
hos. 10. 13.
II Or, and
with the rod
of his anger
he shalbe
consumed.
• 2. Cor. 9. 6
t Heb. good
of eye.
Psal. 101. (
Or, and
hath grace
in his lips.
I Or, the
matters.
* Chap. 26.
13.
Of opprefsion.
Chap.xxiij.
Buy the trueth.
" Chap. 2.
16. and 23.
27. and 5. 3.
and 7. i-
' Chap. 13.
24. and 19.
18. and 23.
13. and 29.
15, 17.
t Heb. in (hy
betty.
I Or, trust
'thou also.
I Or, to those
that send
thee.
' Zach. 7- 10
' Chap. 23.
11. lob. 31.
21.
■ Chap. 6. 1
and II. 15.
' Chap. 13.
10. deut. 19
14. & 27. 7.
I Or, bound.
t Heb. ob.
icure men.
a lyon without, I shall be slaine in the
streetes.
14 * The mouth of strange women
is a deepe pit : he that is abhorred of the
Lord shall fall therein.
1.5 Foolishnesse is bound in the heart
of a child: but*\he rod of correction shal
driue it farre from him.
16 Hee that oppresseth the poore to
increase his riches, and he that giueth to
the rich, shall surely come to want.
17 Bow downe thine eare , and
heare the words of the wise, and apply
thine heart vnto my knowledge.
18 For it is a pleasant thing, if thou
keepe them t within thee ; they shall
withall be fitted in thy lippes.
19 That thy trust may bee in the
Loud, I haue made knowen to thee
this day, ||euen to thee.
20 Haue not I written to thee excel-
lent things in counsailes and know-
ledge :
21 That I might make thee knowe
the certainty of the words of truth ; that
thou mightest answere the words of
trueth II to them that send vnto thee.''
22 Rob not the poore because he is
poore, * neither oppresse the afflicted in
the gate.
23 * For the Lord will plead their
cause, and spoile the soule of those that
spoiled them.
24> Make no friendship with an an-
grie man : and with a furious man
thou shalt not goe ;
25 Lest thou learne his wayes, and
get a snare to thy soule.
26 * Be not thou one of them that
strike hands , or of them that are sure-
ties for debts.
27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why
should he take away thy bed from vn-
der thee .''
28 *Remoue not the ancient ||land
marke, which thy fathers haue set.
29 Seest thou a man diligent in his
businesse ? hee shall stand before kings
he shall not stand before tmeane men.
CHAP. xxin.
Hen thou sittest to eate
with a ruler, consider dili-
gently what is before thee
2 And put a knife to
thy throate , if thou be a
man giuen to appetite.
3 Be not desirous of his dainties
• I.Tim. 6. 9.
10.
t Heft, milt
thou cause
for they are deceitfull meate.
4 * Labour not to bee rich : cease
from thine owne wisedome.
5 t Wilt thou set thine eyes vpon
that which is not .'' for riches certainly ihme eyes to
make themselues wings, they fly away-*-""^"^
as an Eagle toward heauen.
6 Eate thou not the bread of him
that hath an euill eye, neither desire thou
his dainty meates.
7 For as he thinketh in his heart,
so is he : Eate, and drinke, sayth he to
thee, but his heart is not with thee.
8 The morsell which thou hast eaten,
shalt thou vomite vp , and loose thy
sweete words.
9 Speake not in the cares of a
foole : for hee will despise the wisedome
of thy words.
10 * Remoue not the old || land-
marke ; and enter not into the fields of
the fatherlesse.
11 * For their redeemer is mighty;
he shall plead their cause with thee.
12 Apply thine heart vnto in-
struction, and thine eares to the words
of knowledge.
13 * Withhold not correction from the
child : for j/'thou beatest him with the
rod, he shall not die.
14 Thou shalt beate him with the
rod , and shalt deliuer his soule from
hell.
15 My Sonne, if thine heart be wise,
my heart shall reioyce, ||euen mine.
16 Yea my reines shall reioyce, when
thy lippes speake right things.
17 * Let not thine heart enuy sin-
ners , but be thou in the feare of the
Lord all the day long.
18 *For surely there is an ||end, and
thine expectation shall not be cut off.
19 Heare thou, my sonne, and be wise,
and guide thine heart in the way.
20 * Be not amongst wine-bibbers ;
amongst riotous eaters t of flesh.
21 For the drunkard and the glut-
ton shall come to pouerty; and drousi-
nesse shall cloath a man with ragges.
22 * Hearken vnto thy father that
begate thee, and despise not thy mother
when she is old.
23 Buy the trueth , and sell it not; al-
so wisedome and instruction and vnder-
standing.
24 *The father of the righteous
shall greatly reioyce : and he that beget-
teth a wise child, shall haue ioy of him.
25 Thy father and thy mother shall
be
Chap. 22.
28. deut. 19
14. and 27.
17.
1 Or, bound.
' Chap. 22.
2.1. lob. 31.
21.
• Chap. 13.
24. and 19.
18. and 22.
15.
I Or, euen I
wil rcio>'ce.
• Chap. 24.
1. and 3. 31.
psal. 37. 1.
and 73. 3.
• Chap. 24.
14.
I Or, reward
Rom. 13.
13. eph. S.
18.
t Heb. of
theirflesh.
' Chap. 1. 8.
Chap. 10.
. & 15. 20.
fVgainft emiie.
Prouerbes.
The iuft falleth.
• Chap. il.
u.
• Chap. 7.
I Or, at a
robber.
•Isay.5. U
I Or, a cocka-
trice.
\H eh. in (he
heart of the
sea.
t Heb. I
knew it not.
Chap.
23. 17. and
24. 19. psaL
37. 1. &c
and 73. 3.
■ PuL lu. 7.
t Heb. is in
strength.
t Ileh.
Htrengthe-
neth might.
• Chap. 20.
18. and 11.
14. and IS.
22.
t Heb. nar-
be glad, and she that bare thee shall re-
ioyce.
26 My Sonne , giue me thine heart,
and let thine eyes obseiue my wayes.
27 * For an whore is a deepe ditch ;
and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
28 * She also lyeth in wait ||as_^ a
pray, and increaseth the transgressours
among men.
29 * Who luith woe .'' who hath sor-
row ? who hath contentions .'' who Iiath
babbling .'' who hath wounds without
cause .' who hath rednesse of eyes .''
30 They that tarry long at the wine,
they that goe to seeke mixt wine.
31 Looke not thou vpon the wine
when it is red, when it giueth his colour
in the cup,ic7«^n it moueth itselfe aright.
32 At the last it biteth like a serpent,
and stingeth like ||an adder.
33 Thine eyes shall behold strange
women, and thine heart shall vtter per
uerse things.
34 Yea thou shalt be as he that ly
eth downe tin the midst of the sea, or as
he that lyeth vpon the top of a mast.
35 They haue striken me, shalt tliou
say, and I was not sicke : they haue bea-
ten me, and + 1 felt it not : when shall I
awake .'' I will seeke it yet againe.
CHAP. XXIIII.
E not thou *enuious a-
gainst euill men , neither
desire to be with them.
2 *For their heart stti
_ _ dieth destruction , and
l)pes talke of mischiefe.
3 Through wisedome is an house
builded, and by vnderstanding it is esta-
blished.
4 And by knowledge shall the
chambers bee filled with all precious
and pleasant riches.
5 A wise man ti« strong, yea a man
of knowledge t encreaseth strength.
6 * For by wise counsell thou shalt
make thy warre : and in multitude of
counsellers there is safetie.
7 Wisedome is too high for a foole
he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
8 He that deuiseth to doe euill, shall
be called a mischieuous person.
9 The thought of foolishnesse j*
sinne : and the scomer is an abominati-
on to men.
10 If thou faint in the day of aduersi
tie, thy strength is t small:
neir
11 * If thou forbeare to deliuer them
that are drawen vnto death, and those
that are ready to be slaine :
12 If thou sayest. Behold, we knew
It not : doth not he that pondereth the
heart, consider it? and he that keepeth
thy soule, doth not he know il? and shall
not hee render to euery man *according
to his workes .''
13 * My Sonne, eate thou honie, be-
cause it is good, and the honie combe,
which is sweete tto thy taste.
14 So shall the knowledge of wise-
dome he vnto thy soule: when thou hast
found it, *then there shall be a reward,
and thy expectation shall not be cut off'.
15 Lay not waite, (O wicked man)
against the dwelling of the righteous :
spoile not his resting place.
16 *For a iust man falleth seuen
times, and riseth vp againe: but the wic-
ked shall fall into mischiefe.
17 * Reioyce not when thine enemie
falleth : and let not thine heart be glad
when he stumbleth :
18 Lest the Lord see it, and tit dis-
please him, and hee turne away his
wrath from him.
19 * II Fret not thy selfe because of e-
uill men; neither be thou enuious at the
wicked.
20 * For there shall be no reward to
the euill man : the || candle of the wicked
shall be put out.
21 My Sonne, feare thou the Loed,
and the king: and medle not with tthem
that are giuen to change.
22 For their calamity shall rise sud-
denly, and who knoweth the ruine of
them both ?
23 These things also belong to the
wise : * It i* not good to haue respect of
persons in iudgement.
24 * He that sayth vnto the wicked,
Tliou art righteous, him shall the peo-
ple curse ; nations shall abhorre
liim :
25 But to them that rebuke him
shall be deFight , and ta good blessing
shall come vpon them.
26 Euery man ii\va\\ kisse/«*lippes that
tgiueth a right answere.
27 Prepare thy worke without, and
make it fit for thy selfe in the field ; and
afterwards build thine house.
28 Be not a witnesse against thy
neighbour without cause : and deceiue
not with thy lippes.
29 * Say not, I will doe so to him as
he
" Psal. 82. 4
• lob. 34.
11. psal. 62.
12. ler. 32.
19. rom. 2.
G. apoc. 22.
12.
Psal. ID.
9. & 119.
103.
t Heb. vpon
thy palate.
' Chap. 23.
18.
* Psal. 34.
18. and 37.
24. iob. 5.
19.
• Psal. 35.
15. chap. 17
5. lob. 31.
29.
t Heb. it be
euill in his
•Psal. 37.1.
chap. 23.
17.
I Or, keepe
not company
with the wic-
ked.
Chap. 13.
9. iob. 21. 17
I Or, tampe,
t Hei. chan-
gers.
' Leuit. 19.
15. chap. 18.
5. and 28.
21. deut. 1.
17. and 16.
19. ioli. 7.
24.
• Chap. 17.
15. isa. 5. 23.
t Heb. a
blessing 0/
good.
t Heb. that
ansivereth
right words.
' Chap. 20.
Of flouthfulneire.
Chap.
XXV.
A ftirewd wife
t Hebr. set
my heart.
" Chap. 6.
9. &C.
t Hebr. a
man qf
shield.
he hath done to mee : I will render to
the man according to his worke.
30 I went by the field of the sleuth
full, and by the vineyard of the man
voyd of vnderstanding :
31 And loe, it was all growen ouer
with thornes, and nettles had couered
the face thereof, and the stone wall ther-
of was broken downe :
32 Then I saw, and t considered it
well, I looked vpon it, and receiued in-
struction.
33 * Yet a little sleepe, a little slum-
ber, a httle folding of the handes to
sleepe :
34 So shall thy pouertie come, as
one that traueileth, and thy want, as
tan armed man.
CHAP. XXV.
1 Obseruations about Kings, 8 and about
auoyiling causes of quarrels, and sundry
causes tnereof.
Hese are also Prouerbes of
Solomon, which the men
of Hezekiah king of lu-
dah copied out.
2 It is the glory of God
to conceale a thing : but the honour of
Kings is to search out a matter.
3 The heauen for height, and the
earth for depth, and the heart of Kings
is tvnsearchable.
4 Take away the drosse from the
siluer, and there shall come foorth a ves-
sell for the finer.
5 * Take away the wicked Jrom be-
fore the king, and his throne shalbe esta-
blished in righteousnes.
6 t Put not forth thy selfe in the pre-
sence of the king, and stand not in the
place of great men.
7 *ror better it is that it be said vnto
thee, Come vp hither ; then that thou
shouldest be put lower in the presence of
the Prince whom thine eies haue scene.
8 Goe not forth hastily to striue, lest
thou know not what to doe in the ende
thereof, when thy neighbour hath put
thee to shame.
9 * Debate thy cause with thy neigh-
bour/iiwi.sf//^,- and ydiscouer not a secret
to another :
10 Lest he that heareth it, put thee to
shame , and thine infamie turne not a-
way.
iHeb.si>oken 1 1 A word t fitly spoken is like apples
KfeJ! !of gold in pictures of siluer.
t Heb. there
is no search-
ing.
' Chap. 20.
t Helir. set
not out thy
glory.
•Liike 14.
10.
Matth. 5.
25. and IS.
15.
Or, disco-
tier not the
secret ofan~
other.
•Chap. 13.
17.
t Hebr. in a
gift offals,
hood.
"Chap. 14.
1. gene. 32.
4. and 16.
14. 1. sam.
25. 24.
Or, let thv
foote be set-
dome in thy
neighbours
house.
t Hebr.fua
of thee.
•Psal. 120.
4. chap. 12.
18.
12 As an eare-ring of gold, and an
ornament of fine gold, so is a wise repro-
uer vpon an obedient eare.
13 * As the cold of snow in the time of
haruest, so is a faithfull messenger to
them that send him : for hee refresheth
the soule of his masters.
14 Who so boasteth himselfe fof a
false gift, is like cloudes and winde with-
out raine.
15 • By long forbearing is a Prince
perswaded , and a soft tongue breaketh
the bone.
16 Hast thou found hony.'' eate so
much as is sufficient for thee : lest thou
be filled therewith, and vomit it.
17 II Withdraw thy foote from thy
neighbours house : lest he be + weary of
thee, and so hate thee.
18 A man that beareth false witnes
against *his neighbour, is a maule, and
a sword, and a sharpe arrow.
19 Confidence in an vnfaithfull man
in time of trouble, is like a broken tooth,
and a foot out of ioynt.
20 As hee that taketh away a gar-
ment in cold weather; awda« vinegervp.
on nitre; so is he chat singeth songs to an
heauy heart.
21 * If thine enemie be hungry, giue
him bread to eate : and if hee be thirstie,
giue him water to drinke.
22 For thou shalt heape coales of
fire vpon his head, and the Lord
shall reward thee.
23 II The North winde driueth a
way raine : so doeth an angrie counte-
nance a backbiting tongue.
24 * It is better to dwell in a comer
of the house top, then with a brawling
woman, and in a wide house.
25 As cold waters to a thirstie soule :
so is good newes from a farre coan-
trey.
16 A righteous man falling downe
before the wicked, is as a troubled foun-
taine, aud a corrupt spring.
27 It is not good to eat much hony :
so Jvr me7i to search their owne glory, is
not glory.
28 * Hee that Imth no rule ouer his • chap. le.
owne spirit, is like a citie that is broken ^^•
downe, and without walles.
CHAP. XXVL
Obseruations about fooles, 13 about slug-
gards, 17 and about contentious busie-
bodies.
4P
As
"Exod. 23.
4. rom. 12.
20.
I Or, The
Northwinde
bringeth
foorth ratTie,
so doeth a
backbiting
tongue, an
angry coun-
tenance.
* Chap. 21
9. and 19.
13.
Biifie-bodies.
Prouerl)es.
Of felfe-loue.
•Chap. 10.
3. psal.
Si. 9.
t Heb. his
oumeefa.
Or,vio-
lenee.
i Heb. are
l^tedvp.
I Or, as he
thalputteth
a pretious
stone in an
heapeqf
stones.
I Or, a great
manfrie-
ueth all, and
hee hireth
thefoole, he
hireth also
transgreS'
sors.
i. Pet i.
ti.
i Heb.Hera-
telh his folly.
• Chap. 22.
13.
■ Chap. 19.
24.
I Or, he is
weary.
\0r, is en-
raged.
t Hdk^mes
or tparkes.
t Heb. with-
out teofxi.
* Chap. 22.
10.
I Or, tehi.
sperer.
t Heb. is
silent.
* Chap. IS.
18. & 29. 22,
* Cha. 18. 8
S snow in summer , and
as raine in haruest : so ho-
nour is not seemely for a
foole.
9 As the bird by wan-
dring, as tlie swallow by flying: so the
curse causelesse shall not come.
3 * A whip for the horse, a bridle for
the asse ; and a rod for the fooles backe
4 Answere not a foole according to
his folly, lest thou also be like vnto him.
5 Answere a foole according to his
folly, lest hee be wise in this owne con-
ceit.
6 He that sendeth a message by the
hand of a foole, cutteth off" the feete, and
drinketh || dam mage.
7 The legges of the lame t are not
equall : so is a parable in the mouth of
fooles.
8 II As hee that bindeth a stone in a
sling ; so is hee that giueth honour to a
foole.
9 -^« a thorne goeth vp into the hand
of a drunkard ; so m a parable in the
mouth of fooles.
10 II The great God that formed all
things, both rewardeth the foole, and
rewardeth transgressours.
11 •As a dogge returneth to his vo-
mite : so a foole treturneth to his folly.
12 Seest thou a man wise in his
owne conceit ? there is more hope of a
foole then of him.
1 3 * The slothfull man say th, There is
a lion in the way, a lion is in the streets.
14 As the doore turneth vpon his
hinges : so doeth the slothfull vpon his
bedde.
15 * The slothfull hideth his hand in
his bosome, ||it grieueth him to bring it
againe to his mouth.
16 The sluggard is wiser in his owne
conceit, then seuen men that can render
reason.
17 He that passeth by, and ||medleth
with strife behnging not to him , is like
one that taketh a dog by the cares.
18 As a mad man, who casteth tfire
brands, arrowes, and death :
19 So is the man that deceiueth his
neighbour, & sayth, Am not I in sport?
20 t Where no wood is, there the fire
goeth out : so * where there is no || tale-
bearer, the strife tceaseth.
21 *As coales are to burning coales.
and wood to fire ; so is a, contentious
man to kindle strife.
22 • The words of a tale - bearer are
as woundes , and they goe downe into
the t innermost parts of the belly.
23 Burning lips, and a wicked heart,
are like a potsheard couered with siluer
drosse.
24 Hee that hateth , ||dissembleth
with his lips, and layeth vp deceit with-
in him.
25 When he tspeaketh faire, beleeue
him not : for tliere are seuen abominati-
ons in his heart.
26 II Wlu).^e hatred is couered by deceit
his wickednesse shall be shewed before
the whole congregation.
27 * Whoso diggeth a pit, shall fall
therein : and he that rolleth a stone, it
will returne vpon him.
28 A lying tongue hateth those that
are afflicted by it, and a flattering mouth
worketh ruine.
CHAP. XXVII.
1 Obseruations of selfe-loue : S of true loue :
1 1 of care to auoid offences : 23 and of the
housholde care.
Oast *not thy selfe of tto
morrow : for thou know-
est not what a day may
bring foorth.
2 Let another man
praise thee, and not thine owne mouth ;
a stranger, and not thine owne lips.
3 A stone is theauie, and the sand
weigh tie : but a fooles wrath is hea-
uier then them both.
4 t Wrath is cruell, and anger is out
ragious : but who is able to stand be-
fore llenuie.'*
5 Open rebuke is better then secret
loue.
6 * Faithfull are the woundes of a
friend : but the kisses of an enemy are
jldeceitfull.
7 * The full soule tloatheth an ho-
nie combe : but to the hungry soule e-
uery bitter thing is sweete.
8 As a bird that wandreth from her
nest : so is a man thai wandreth from
his place.
9 Oyntment and perfume reioyce
the heart : so doeth the sweetnesse of a
mans friend tby heartie counsell.
10 Thine owne friend and thy fa-
thers friend forsake not ; neither goe in
to thy brothers house in the day of thy
calamitie : for * better is a neighbour
that is neere, then a brother farre off.
11 • My Sonne, be wise, and make my
heart
t Heb, cham.
bers.
II Or, is
knowen.
t Heb. ma-
keth his
voice gra-
cious.
II Or, hatred
is couered
in secret.
• Eccles. 10.
s. psal. 17.
16. & 9. 15.
• lam. 4. IS,
&c.
t Heb. to
morrow day.
t Heb. hea-
uinesse.
^ Heb. wrath
is crueltie,
andangeran
ouerfl&wiTig.
Or, ielousie.
*PsaLl4l.«
iOr.eamest,
or frequent.
• lob 6. 7.
t Heb. trea-
deth vnder
foote.
f Heb. from
the counsell
of the soule.
* Chap. 17.
17. and 18.
24.
* Cha. 10. 1.
and 23. 24.
Know thy flocke.
Chap.xxviij.
A wicked ruler
' Chap. 22. 3
Chap. 20.
16.
• Chap. 19.
13.
" Eccles. 1. 8
t Hebr. not.
• Chap. 17. 3
t Hebr. set
thy heart.
tHebr.
strength.
t Hebr. to
generation
and gene-
ration.
\ Hebr. lift.
• Leult. 26.
36.
heart glad, that I may answere him
that reprocheth me.
12 * A prudent man foreseeth the euil,
and\ndicthh\mse\te:but the simplepasse
on, and are punished.
13 *Take his garment that is surety
for a stranger, and take a pledge of him
for a strange woman.
14 He that blesseth his friend with a
loud voice, rising earely in the morning,
it shall be counted a curse to him.
15 •A continuall dropping in a very
rainie day, and a contentious woman,
are alike.
16 Whosoeuer hideth her, hideth the
wind, and the ointment of his right
hand which bewrayeth it selfe.
17 Iron sharpeneth iron : so a man
sharpeneth the countenance of his
friend.
18 Whoso keepeth the figtree, shall
eate the fruit therof : so he that waiteth
on his master, shall be honoured.
19 As in water face answereth to face
so the heart of man to man.
20 *Hell and destruction are tneuer
full : so the eyes of man are neuer satis
fied.
21 * As the fining pot for siluer, and
the furnace for gold : so is a man to his
praise.
22 Though thou shouldest bray a
foole in a morter among wheate with
a pestell, yet will not his foolishnesse de-
part from him.
23 Be thou diligent to knowe the
state of thy flocks, am^ tlookewell to thy
herds.
24 For t riches are not for euer : and
doth the crowne endure tto euery gene-
ration ?
25 The hay appeareth, and the ten-
der grasse sheweth it selfe, and herbes of
the mountaines are gathered.
26 The lambes are for thy clothing,
and the goates ai-e the price of thy field.
27 And thou shalt haue goats milke
enough for thy food, for the food of thy
houshold, a.ndi Jbr the t maintenance for
thy maidens.
CHAP. XXVIII.
Grenerall obseruations of impietie and reli
gious integritie.
He* wicked flee when no
man pursueth : but the
righteous are bolde as a
lyon.
2 For the transgressi-
on of a land, many are the princes there-
of: II but by a man of vnder8tanding«nd'">r, ft^/m^
knowledge the state tJiereqf&h&W bee pro- "iJ',!,iingand
longed. [wMerfome
3 A poore man that oppresseth the 'liJtewise'L
poore, is like a sweeping raine + which ^^^^^'^^
leaueth no food. [out/oode.
4 They that forsake the law, praise
the wicked : but such as keepe the Law,
contend with them.
5 Euill men vnderstand not iudge-
ment: but they that seeke the Lord,
vnderstand all things.
6 * Better is the poore that walketh
in his vprightnesse, then he that is per-
uerse iti his wayes, though he be rich.
7 * Whoso keepeth the law, is a wise
Sonne : but he that tis a companion of
riotous men, shameth his father.
8 *He that by vsurie and tvniust
gaine increaseth his substance, he shall
gather it for him that wil pity the poore.
9 He that turneth away his eare
from hearing the law, euen his prayer
shalbc abomination.
10 *Who so causeththe righteous to
goe astray in an euill way, he shall fall
himselfe into his owne pit : but the vp-
right shall haue good things in posses-
sion.
11 The rich man is wise tin his owne
conceit : but the poore that hath vnder-
standing searcheth him out.
12 * When righteous men do reioyce,
there is great glory : butwhen the wicked
rise, a man is ||hidden.
13 *He that couereth his sinnes, shall
not prosper : but who so confesseth and
forsaketh them, shall haue mercie.
14 Happy is the man that feareth al-
way : *but he that hardeneth his heart,
shall fall into mischiefe.
15 As a, roaring lyon and a ranging
beare : so is a wicked ruler ouer the
poore people.
16 The prince that wanteth vnder-
standing, is also a great oppressour : but
he that hateth couetousnesse, shall pro-
long his dayes.
17 * A man that doth violence to the
blood of any person, shall flie to the pit,
let no man stay him.
18 * Whoso walketh vprightly, shall
be saued : but he that is peruerse in his
wayes, shall fall at once.
19 *He that tilleth his land, shal haue
plentie of bread : but he that followeth
after vaine persons, shall haue pouerty
enough.
4 P 2 20 A faith-
•Cha. 19. 1.
•Cha. 29. 3.
I Or,feedeth
gluttons.
•Chap. 13.
22. eccles. 2
26.
t Hebr. bu
increase.
• Chap. 26.
27.
t Heb. in his
eyes.
•lohnli. 10
eccles. 10. 6
and ver. 28.
I Or, sought
for.
• Psal. 32. «,
I. ioh. 1. 9.
and 10.
•Rom. 11
20.
• Gen. 9. 6.
exod. 21. 14
' Chap. 10.
• Chap. 12.
11.
All euill eye.
Prouerbes,
Corredt children.
• Chap. IS.
II. MDdiS.
t. I. tlni. 6. 9
I Or, vnpu-
• Chap. 18.
i, ft »*. i3.
I Or, he that
halkanevUI
e)i», haslelh
^ be rich,
WT. 20.
• Cha. 87. 6,
t Heb.aman
destroying.
• Chap. 13.
10.
• Deut. 15.
8. cha. 22. 9.
•Chap. 29.
2. and ver.
12. of this
chapter.
^ Heb.aman
o/reproofes.
■Chap. 11.
lu. and 28.
28. eccles.
10. J.
I Or, increa-
ted.
' Chap. 10.
1. and 15.
20. and 27.
II.
' Luk. 15.
13. chap. 5.
9. and 28. 7.
t Heb. a
vumofob-
Utiioru,
'lob 29.
16.
t Or, tela
eitie on fire.
20 A faithful! man shall abound
with blessings: *but hee that maketh
haste to be rich, shall not be || innocent.
21 * To haue respect of persons, is
not good : for, for a piece of bread that
man will transgresse.
22 II He that hasteth to bee rich, hath
an euill eye, and considereth not that
pouerty shall come vpon him.
23 * He that rebuketh a man, after-
wards shall find more fauour, then he
that flattereth with the tongue.
24 Who so robbeth his father or his
mother, and saith, it Is no transgres
sion, the same w thecompanion of t a de-
stroyer.
25 * He that is of a proud heart, stir-
reth vp strife : but he that putteth his
trust in the Lord, shalbe made fat.
26 Hee that trusteth in his owne
heart, is a foole : but who so walketh
isely, he shall be deliuered.
27 "He that giueth vnto the poore,
shall not lacke : but he that hideth his
eyes, shall haue many a curse.
28 "When the wicked rise, men hide
themselues : but when they perish, the
righteous increase.
CHAP. XXIX.
1 Obseruations of publike gouemement, IS
And of priuate. 220f anger, pride, theeuery,
cowardize, and corruption.
tE that being often repro-
ued, hardeneth his necke,
sh al suddenly be destroied
and that without remedy
2 * When the righteous
are ||in authoritie, the people reioyce :
but when the wicked beareth rule, the
people mourne.
3 * Whoso loueth wisedome, reioy-
ceth his father : *but hee that keepeth
company with harlots, spendeth his
substance.
4 The king by iudgement stabli-
sheth the land: but the that receiueth
gifts, ouerthroweth it.
5 A man that flattereth his neigh
bour, spreadeth a net for his feet.
6 In the transgression of an euill
man there is a snare : but the righteous
doth sing and reioyce.
7 * The righteous considereth the
cause of the poore : but the wicked regar-
deth not to Know it.
8 ScomefuU men || bring a citie into a
snare : but wise men turne away wrath
d If & wise man contendeth with
a foolish man , whether hee rage or
laugh, there is no rest.
10 tThe bloodthirstie hate the vp-
right : but the iust seeke his soule.
11 A foole vttereth all his mind : but
a wise man keepeth it in till after-
wards.
12 If a ruler hearken to lies, all his
seruants are wicked.
13 * The poore and the ||deceitful man
meet together: the Lokd lightneth
both their eyes.
14 *The King that faithfully iudg-
eth the poore, his throne shall be establi-
shed for euer.
15 *The rod and reproofe giue wise-
dome: but a *child left tohimsel/e bring-
eth his mother to shame.
16 When the wicked are multiplied,
transgression increaseth : *but the righ-
teous shall see their fall.
17 * Correct thysonne, and hee shall
giue thee rest : yea he shall giue delight
vnto thy soule.
18 Where there is novision,the people
II perish : but he that keepeth the Law,
happy is he.
19 A seruant will not be corrected by
words : for though hee vnderstand, hee
will not answere.
20 Seest thou a man that is hasty ||in
his words .'' there is more hope of a foole
then of him.
21 He that delicately bringeth vp his
seruant from a child, shall haue him be-
come his Sonne at the length.
22 *An angry man stirreth vp strife,
and a furious man aboundeth in trans-
gression.
23 * A mans pride shall bring him
lowe : but honour shall vpholde the
humble in spirit.
24 Who so is partner with a thiefe,
hateth his owne soule : hee heareth
cursing, and bewrayeth it not.
25 The feare of man bringeth a
snare : but who so putteth his trust in
the Loud, t shall be safe.
26 * Many seeke the + rulers fauour,
but euery mans iudgement commeth
from the Lord.
27 An vniust man is an abomination
to the iust : and he that is vpright in the
way, is abomination to the wicked.
CHAP. XXX.
1 Agurs confession of his faith. 7 The two
points of his prayer. 10 The meanest are
not
t Heb. men
ofblood.
Cha. 22. 2,
Or, the V-
surer.
' Chap. 20.
• See ver. 17
• Chap. 10.
1. and 17.21
and 25.
• Psal. 37.
36. and 58.
11. and 91. 8
•Chap. 13.
24. and 22.
15. and 23.
13, 14
IOr,ismade
naked.
Or, in his
matters.
•Chap. 15.
18. & 26. 21
• Chap. 15.
33. and 18.
12. iob 22.
29. luk. 14.
11. mat. 23.
12.
t Heb. shalbe
set on high.
•Cha. 19. 6
t Hebr. the
face of a
ruler.
Gods word pure.
Chap,
XXX.
Things vnfatiable.
tHeb.know.
lohn. 3.
13. iob. 38.
4. psal. 104.
3. isa. 40.
12.
PsaL 12. 7.
and 18. 32.
& 19. 8. &
119. 140.
t Heb. puri-
fied.
Deut. 4. 2.
and 12. 32.
apoc. 21. 19
t Heb. with-
hxMnot
from me,
* Mats. 11
t Heb. of my
allowance.
* Deut. 32.
15.
t Heb. belpe
thee.
t Heb. hurt
not with thy
tcngue.
• Chap. 6.
17.
• Psal. 52.
3. and 57. 5.
lob. 29. 17.
not to bee wronged. II Foure wicked ge-
nerations. IS Foure things insatiable. 17
Parents are not to bee despised. 18 Foure
things hard to be knowen, 21 Foure things
vntoUerable. 24 Foure things exceeding
wise. 29 Foure things stately. 32 Wrath
is to bee preuented.
He words of Agur the
Sonne of lakeh, euen the
prophecy : The man spake
vnto Ithiel , euen vnto
Ithiel and Veal.
2 Surely I am more
brutish then any man, and haue not the
vnderstanding of a man.
3 I neither learned wisedome, nor
thaue the knowledge of the holy.
4 * Who hath ascended vp into hea-
uen, or descended .'' who hath gathered
the wind in his fists ? who hath bound
the waters in a garment .' who hath
established all the ends of the earth .''
what is his name , and what is his
sonnes name, if thou canst tell ?
5 *Euery word of God fis pure : he
is a shield vnto them that put their
trust in him.
6 * Adde thou not vnto his words,
lest he reproue thee, and thou be found a
lyar.
7 Two things haue I required of
thee, tdeny me them not before I die.
8 Remoue farre from mee vanity
and lyes ; giue me neither pouerty, nor
riches; *feede me with foodtconuenient
for me.
9 * Lest I be full , and t deny tfiee,
and say. Who is the Lord .'' or lest I
be poore, and steale, and take the name
of my God in vaine.
10 t Accuse not a seruant vnto his
master; lest he curse thee, and thou be
found guilty.
11 There is a generation that curseth
their father, and doth not blesse their
mother.
12 There is a generation that are pure
in their owne eyes, and yet is not wash
ed from their filthinesse.
13 * There is a generation, O ho we
lofty are their eyes ! and their eye-lids
are lifted vp.
14 * There is a generation , whose
teeth are as swords, and their iaw-teeth
as kniues , to deuoure the poore from
off the earth, and the needy from among
men.
15 The horse-leach hath two daugh-
ters, cn/ing, Giue, giue. There are three
things that are neuer satisfied, ^m foure
things say not, fit is enough :
16 The graue ; and the barren
wombe; the earth t/uit is not filled with
water; and the fire that saith not. It is e-
nough.
17 The eye that mocketh at his fa-
ther, and despiseth to obey his mother;
the rauens of ||the valley shall picke it
out , and the young Eagles shall
eate it.
18 There be three things which are
too wonderfull for me; yea foure, which
I know not :
19 The way of an Eagle in the ayre ;
the way of a serpent vpon a rocke ; the
the way of a ship in the tmidst of the
sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
20 Such is the way of an adulterous
woman : she eateth , and wipeth her
mouth, and saith, I haue done no wic-
kednesse.
21 For three things the earth is dis-
quieted , and for foure which it cannot
beare :
22 * For a seruant when he reigneth,
and a foole when hee is filled with
meate :
23 For an odious woman when shee
is married, and an handmayd that is
heire to her mistresse.
24 There be foure things which are
little vpon the earth; but they a7-e t ex-
ceeding wise :
25 • The Ants are a people not
strong, yet they prepare their meate in
the summer.
26 The conies are but a feeble folke,
yet make they their houses in the rocks
27 The locustes fuiue no king , yet
goe they forth all of them tby bands.
28 The spider taketh hold with her
hands, and is in kings palaces.
26 There be three things which goe
well, yea foure are comely in going :
30 A lyon which is strongest among
beastes, and turneth not away for any:
31 II A gray-hound; an hee-goate al-
so ; and a king, against whom there is
no rising vp.
32 * If thou hast done foolishly in
lifting vp thy selfe , or if thou hast
thought euill, lai/ thine hand vpon thy
mouth.
33 Surely the churning of milke
bringeth forth butter; and the wringing
of the nose bringeth forth blood : so the
forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.
CHAP.
\ Heb.
wealth.
Or, the
brooke.
\ Heb. heart.
• Chap. 19.
10.
t Heb. wise
made wise,
• Chap. 6. 7
t Heb, go.
thered toge-
ther.
I Or, horse.
Heb. girt in
the loynes.
Iob. 21.5.
and 39. 37.
&c. and 40.
4.
The defciiptiou of
rouer
bes.
a
good
woman.
It Hebr. <U-
>ler.
It Hebr. qf
\aUthesonnes
(^affliction.
• PsaL 104.
IS.
i Hebr. bit-
terufnult.
t H<*r. the
tonneto/de-
ttrxiction.
• Leult. 19.
IS. deut. I.
16.
Chap. I!.
4.
CHAP. XXXI.
Lemuels lesson of chastitie and temperance.
6 The afflicted are to be comforted and
defendetl. 10 The praise and proper-
ties of a good wifd.
He wordes of King Le-
muel, the prophecie that
his mother taught him
2 What , my sonne
and what, the sonne of
my wombe ! and what,
the Sonne of my vowes !
3 Giue not thy strength vnto wo-
men, nor thy wayes to that which de-
stroyeth kings.
4 It M not for kings, O Lemuel, it
is not for kings to drinke wine, nor for
Princes, strong drinke :
5 Lest they drinke , and forget the
Law, and tperuert the iudgement tof
any of the afflicted.
D * Giue strong drinke vnto him that
is ready to perish, and wine vnto those
that be tof heauie hearts.
7 Let him drinke, and forget his po
uertie , and remember his misery no
more.
8 Open thy mouth for the dumbe in
the cause of all such as are t appointed
to destruction.
9 Open thy mouth , iudge righte-
ously, • and plead the cause of the poore
and needy.
10 IT • Who can finde a vertuous wo-
man.'' for her price is farre aboue Rubies.
11 The heart of her husband doeth
safely trust in her, so that he shall haue
no need of spoile.
12 She will doe him good, and not
euill, all the dayes of her life.
13 She seeketh wooU and flaxe, and
worketh willingly with her hands.
14 She is like the merchants ships,
she bringeth her food from afarre.
15 Shee riseth also while it is yet
night, and giueth meate to her house-
hold, and a portion to her maydens
16 She considereth a field, and tbuy-
eth it : with the fruit of her handes she
planteth a Vineyard.
17 She girdeth her loynes with
strength, and strengtheneth her armes.
18 t She perceiueth that her mer-
chandise is good ; her candle goetli not
out by night.
19 She layeth her handes to the
spindle , and her handes hold the di
staft'e.
20 tShe stretcheth out her hand to
the poore , yea she reacheth foorth her
handes to the needy.
21 She is not afraid of the snow for
her houshold : for all her houshold are
cloathed with || scarlet.
22 She maketh herselfe couerings
of tapestrie ; her cloathing is silke and
purple.
23 Her husband is knowen in the
gates, when he sitteth among the El-
ders of the land.
24 She maketh fine linnen , and sel-
leth it, and deliuereth girdles vnto the
merchant.
25 Strength and honour are her
cloathing; and she shall reioyce in time
to come.
26 She openeth her mouth with
wisedome; and in her tongue is the law
of kindnesse.
27 She looketh well to the wayes
of her housholde , and eateth not the
bread of idlenesse.
28 Her children arise vp, and call her
blessed; her husband also, and he prai-
seth her.
29 Many daughters || haue done
vertuously, but thou excellest them all.
30 Fauour is deceitfull , and beautie
is vaine : but a woman that feareth the
Lord, she shalbe praised.
31 Giue her of the fruit of her hands,
and let her owne workes praise her in
the gates.
t Hebr.
keth.
ta-
t Hebr. she
tasteth.
t Hebr. she
I Or, double
garments.
II Or, haue
gotten ri-
ches.
%
THE
The vanitie of
Chap.j.ij.
worldly things.
• Cha. 12. 9
1. 144. 4.
psal. 36. 6.
and 62. n.
• Cha. 2. 22,
and 3. 9.
•PsaL 104.5
& 119. 90.
t Heb. pan-
teth.
Psal. 104.
9. 10. iob
38. 10.
t Heb. re-
tume to goe.
* Cha. 3. 15.
fECCLESIASTES,
or the Preacher.
CHAP. I.
The Preacher sheweth that all humane cour-
ses are vaine : 4 Because the creatures are
restlesse in their courses, 9 They bring
foorth nothing newe, and all olde things are
forgotten, 12 And because he hath found
it so in the studies of wisedome.
He wordes of the
Preacher, the son
of Dauid , King
in lerusalem.
2 * Vanitie of
vanities, saith the
Preacher, vanitie
of vanities, all is
vanitie.
3 *What profile hath a man of all
his labour which hee taketh vnder the
Sunne .''
4 One generation passeth away,
and another generation corameth : * but
the earth abideth for euer.
5 The Sunne also ariseth, and the
Sunne goeth downe, and thasteth to
the place where he arose.
6 The winde goeth toward the
South , and turnetli about vnto the
North ; it whirleth about continually,
and the winde returneth againe accor-
ding to his circuits.
7 *A11 the riuers runne into the sea,
yet the Sea is not full : vnto the place
from whence the riuers come, thither
they treturne againe.
8 All things are full of labour, man
cannot vtter it : the eye is not satisfied
with seeing , nor the eare filled with
hearing.
9 *The thing that hath beene, it is
that which shall be : and that which is
done, is that which shall be done ; and
tfiere is no new thing vnder the sunne.
10 Is there any thing, whereof it
may be sayd. See, this is new ? it hath
beene already of olde time, which was
before vs.
1 1 Inhere is no remembrance of former
things ; neither shall there bee any re-
membrance of things that are to come,
with those that shall come after.
12 H I the Preacher was king ouer
Israel in lerusalem.
13 And I gaue my heart to seeke and
search out by wisedome, concerning all
things that are done vnder heauen :
this sore trauell hath God giuen to the
sonnes of man, ||to be exercised there-
with.
14 I haue scene all the workes that
are done vnder the Sunne, and behold,
all is vanitie, and vexation of spirit.
15 * That which is crooked , cannot
be made straight : and tthat which is
wanting cannot be numbred.
16 I communed with mine owne
heart, saying, Loe, I am come to great
estate, and haue gotten *more wisedome
then all they that haue beene before me
in lerusalem : yea my heart thad gi-eat
experience of wisedome & knowledge.
17 * And I gaue my heart to know
wisedome, and to know madnesse and
folly : I perceiued that this also is vex-
ation of spirit.
18 For in much wisedome is much
griefe : and hee that increaseth know-
ledge, increaseth sorrow.
CHAP. II.
1 The vanitie of humane courses in the workes
of pleasure. 12 Though the wise be better
then the foole, yet both haue one euent. 18
The vanitie of humane labour, in leaning it
they know not to whom. 24 Nothing better
then ioy in our labour, but that is Gods gift
Said in mine heart, Goe
to now, I wil prooue thee
with mirth, therfore enioy
pleasure : and behold, this
also is vanitie.
2 I said
Or, to a/,
flict them.
* Cha. 7. 13.
t Heb. de.
feet.
. King. 4.
30. and 10.
7,23.
t Heb. had
seene much.
' Cha. 2. 12.
and 7. 23.
The vanitie of all
Ecclefiaftes.
worldly things.
Chap. 1.
17.
\ Hcbr.lo
mth tnne.
iHebr.Ihe
number 0/
the daves of
their hfi.
Q I saide of laughter , It is mad :
and of mirth, What doeth it ?
3*1 sought in mine heart tto giue
my selfe vnto wine , ( yet acquainting
mine heart with wisedome) and to lay
hold on folly, till I might see what zcati
that good for the sonnes of men, which
they should doe vnder the heauen tall
the dayes of their life.
4 I made me great workes, I buil-
ded mee houses, I planted mee Vine-
yards.
5 I made mee gardens & orchards,
and I planted trees in them of all kinde
o/''fruits.
6 I made mee pooles of water , to
water therewith the wood that bring-
eth foorth trees :
7 I got me seruants and maydens,
iHeb. tonnes and had tseruants borne in my house ;
«rmjf hoiue. ^^g^ J },j,(j great possessions of great
land small cattell, aboue all that were in
llerusalem before me.
! 8 • I gathered mee also siluer and
gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings
and of the prouinces : I gate mee men
'singers and women singers, and the de-
t.*f*r- """ lights of the sonnes of men, fas musical
ment,and mstruments, and that ot all sorts.
9 So I was great, and increased
more then all that were before mee in
lerusalem ; also my wisedome remai-
ned with me.
10 And whatsoeuer mine eyes desi-
red, I kept not from them ; I with-
held not my heart from any ioy : for
my heart reioyced in all my labour; and
this was my portion of all my labour.
11 Then I looked on all the workes
that my hands had wrought, and on
the labour that I had laboured to doe :
• Chap. i.3.|and behold, all zeas * vanitie, and vexa-
tion of spirit, and there was no profit vn-
der the Sunne.
12 1[ And I turned my selfe to be-
hold wisedome, *and madnesse and fol-
ly : for what can the man (he, that com
meth after the king.'' \\euen that which
hath bene already done.
13 Then I saw tthat wisedome ex-
I.King.
28. and 10.
4.
inttrumentt.
Hiap. I.
and 7.
17.
23.
I Or, in tluue
thing! which
hauebene
alreadydone.
there it an celleth folly, as farre as light excelleth
f^SL:«larkenesBe,
more then in
foUti, S[C.
• Prou. 17.
24. chap. 8.
1.
t Af«frr. hap-
penethto
me,euenlo
me.
14 * The wise mans eyes are in his
head, but the foole walketh in darknes:
and I my selfe perceiued also that one
euent happeneth to them all.
15 Then said I in my heart , As it
happeneth to the foole, so it t happeneth
euen to me, and why was I then more
wise .'' then I said in my heart, That
this also is vanitie.
16 For there is no remembrance of the
wise,more then of the foole foreuer; see-
ing that which now is, in the dayes to
come shall be forgotten ; and how dieth
the wise man .'' as the foole.
17 Therefore I hated life, because
the worke that is wrought vnder the
Sunne is grieuous vnto mee : for all is
vanitie, and vexation of spirit.
18 H Yea I hated all my labour
which I had t taken vnder the Sunne:
because I should leaue it vnto the man
that shalbe after mee.
19 * And who knoweth whether he
shall be a wise man or a foole.'' yet shall
he haue rule ouer all my labour, where-
in I haue laboured, and wherein I
haue shewed my selfe wise vnder the
Sunne. This is also vanitie.
20 Therefore I went about to cause
my heart to despaire of all the labour
which I tooke vnder the Sunne.
21 For there is a man whose labour
is in wisedome and in knowledge , and
in equitie : yet to a man that hath not
laboured therein, shall hee t leaue it _/br
his portion ; This also is vanitie, and a
great euill.
22 • For what hath man of all his
labour, and of the vexation of his heart
wherein hee hath laboured vnder the
Sunne .''
23 For all his dayes are * sorrowes,
and his traueile , griefe ; yea his heart
taketh not rest in the night. This is also
vanitie.
24 H * There is nothing better for a
man, then that he should eat and drinke,
and that he || should make his soule en-
ioy good in his labour. This also I
saw, that it zoas from the hand of God.
2.5 For who can eate ? or who else
can hasten heretmto more then I .''
26 For God giueth to a man that is
good t in his sight , wisedome , and
knowledge , and ioy : but to the sinner
hee giueth traueile , to gather and to
heape vp that • he may giue to him that
is good before God : This also is vanitie
and vexation of spirit.
CHAP. III.
1 Bv the necessary change of times, vanitie is
added to humane trauaile. 1 1 There is an
exeellencie in Gods workes: 16 But as for
man, God shall iudge his workes there, and
here he shalbe like a beast.
To
t Hcbr. la.
boured.
• Psal. 40.
11. &c.
t Hebr.giue.
' Chap. 1.3.
and 3. 9.
' lob 14. 1.
• Cha. 3. 12,
22. and 5.
17. and 8.
15.
I Or, delight
his senses.
t Hebr. be.
fore him.
" lob 27.
17.
A time for all.
Chap.iij.iiij.
Man and beaft.
t Heb. to
beare.
t Heb. to be
farrefrom.
I Or, seeke.
•Chap. 1. 3.
•Cha. 1. 9.
t Heb. that
which is dri-
; uen awap.
i'Vere. 1
I Or, that
they might
cleare God.
and see, S(c.
OeueTyihingthereis a sea-
son, and a time to euery
purpose vnder the heauen.
2 A time tto be borne,
and a time to die : a time to|
plant, and a time to pluck vp that which
is planted.
3 A time to kill, and a time to heale
a time to breake downe, and a time to
build vp.
4 A time to weepe, and a time to
laugh : a time to mourne, and a time to
dance.
5 A time to cast away stones, and a
time to gather stones together : a time
to imbrace, and a time +to refraine from
imbracing.
6 A time to ||get, and a time to lose :
a time to keepe, and a time to cast away.
7 A time to rent, and a time to sow :
a time to keepe silence, and a time to
speake.
8 A time to loue, and a time to hate :
a time of warre, and a time of peace.
9 * What profite hath hee that wor-
keth, in that wherein he laboureth ?
10 1 haue scene the trauaile which
God hath giuen to the sonnes of men, to
be exercised in it.
11 He hath made euery thing beauti-
fuU in his time : also hee hath set the
world in their heart, so that no man can
finde out the worke that God maketh
from the beginning to the end.
12 I know that there is no good in
them, but fox arnan to reioyce, and to doe
good in his life.
13 And also that euery man should
eate and drinke , and enioy the good of
all his labour : it is the gift of God.
14 I know that whatsoeuer God
doeth, it shalbe for euer : nothing can be
put to it, nor any thing taken from it :
and God doth it, that men should feare
before him.
15 *That which hath beene, is now :
and that which is to be, hath alreadie
beene, and God requireth tthat which
is past.
16 IT And moreouer, I sawe vnder
the Sunne the place of iudgement, that
wickednesse was there ; and the place of
righteousnesse, that iniquitie toas there.
17 I said in mine heart, God shall
iudge the righteous and the wicked : for
thei-e is *a time there, for euery purpose
and for euery worke.
18 1 said in my heart concerning the
estate of the sonnes of men, ||that God
21 . chap.
i2. I«.
might manifest them, and that they
might see that they themselues are
beasts.
19 *For that which befalleth thei*P«ai. 49.
sonnes of men, befalleth beastes, euen
one thing befallctli them : as the one di-
eth, so dieth the other; yea they haue all
one breath, so that a man hath no prehe-
minence aboue a beast ; for all is vanitie.
20 All goe vnto one place, all are of
the dust, and all turne to dust againe.
21 Who knoweth the spirit t of man
that tgoeth vpward; and the spirit of f/^f^:
the beast that goeth downeward to the sending.
earth .^
22 * Wherefore I perceiue that there
is nothing better , then that a man
should reioyce in his owne workes : for
that is his portion ; for who shall bring
him to see what shalbe after him ?
CHAP. nil.
Vanitie is encreased vnto men by oppression,
4 By enuie, 5 By idlenesse, 7 By couetous-
nesse, 9Bysolitarinesse, 1 3 By wilfulnesse.
0*1 returned, and consi-
dered all the oppressions
that are done vnder the
sunne; & behold the teares
of such as were oppressed,
and they had no comforter : and on the
tside of their oppressours^Aere was pow-
er, but they had no comforter.
2 * Wherefore I praised the dead
which are already dead, more then the
liuing which are yet aliue.
3 * Yea better is he then both they,
which hath not yet been, who hath not
seene the euill worke that is done vnder
the Sunne.
4 H Againe I considered all tra-
uaile, and teuery right worke, that tfor
this a man is enuied of his neighbour :
this is also vanitie, and vexation of
spirit.
5 * The foole foldeth his hands to-
gether, and eateth his owne flesh.
6 * Better is an handful! with quiet-
nesse, then both the hands full xoitli tra-
uell and vexation of spirit.
7 H Then I returned, and I saw
vanitie vnder the Sunne.
8 There is one alone, and there is not
a second ; yea, he Imth neither childe nor
brother : yet is there no end of all his la-
bour, neither is his eye satisfied with
riches, neither sayth hee. For whom doe
I labour, and bereaue my soule of
4 Q good.'
t Heb. of the
•Cha. 2. 24,
and fi. 17.
Chap. «. 7,
&c.
t Heb. hand.
17.
lob 3.
&c.
lob 3.
16,21.
t Heb. aU
the rightnes
of worke.
t Heb. this is
t/te enuie of
a man from
his neigh~
bour.
' Prou. 6. 10
and 24. 33.
• Prou.. 15.
16. and 16.
18.
Mans focietie.
Ecclefiaftes.
How riches
t Hd>. teho
knoweth not
tobeadmo-
1. Sam. 15
22. psal. 50.
8. prou. 15.
8. &ai.27.
Or, tcord.
* Mat. 6. 7.
prou. 10. 19
• Deut. M.
21.
• Psal. 66.
13, 14.
good .'' this is also vanitie, yea it i^ a sore
trauell.
9 H Two are better then one; be-
cause they haue a good reward for their
labour.
10 For if they fall, the one will lift vp
his fellow, but woe to him that is alone,
when he falleth : for he hath not another
to helpe him vp.
1 1 Againe, if two lye together, then
they haue heate ; but howe can one be
warme alone ?
12 And if one preuaile against him.
two shall withstand him ; and a three
fold coard is not quickly broken.
13 If Better is a poore and a wise
child, then an old and foolish king t who
will no more be admonished.
14 For out of prison hce commeth
to raigne, whereas also he that is borne
in his kingdome, becommeth poore.
15 I considered all the liuing which
walke vnder the sunne, with the second
child that shall stand vp in his stead.
16 There is no end of all the people, e-
uen of all that haue beene before them :
they also that come after , shall not re-
ioyce in him : surely this also is vanitie,
and vexation of spirit.
CHAP. V.
I Vanities iii Diuine seruice, 8 in murmu-
ring against oppression, 9 and in Riches.
18 loy in riches is the gift of God.
Eepe thy foote when thou
goest to the house of God,
and be more ready to
heare, •thentogiuethe sa-
crifice of fooles : for they
consider not that they doe euill.
2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and
let not thine heart be hasty to vtter any
II thing before God : for God is in hea-
uen, and thou vpon earth : therefore
let thy words * be few.
3 For a dreame commeth through
the multitude of businesse, and a fooles
voyce is knowen by multitude of words.
4 • When thou vowest a vow vnto
God , deferre not to pay it : for he hath
no pleasure in fooles ; * pay that which
thou hast vowed.
5 Better is it that thou shouldest not
vowe , then that thou shouldest vowe
and not pay.
6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause
thy flesh to sinne, neither say thou be-
fore the Angel , that it was an errour :
wherefore should God be angrie at thy
voyce , and destroy the worke of thine
hands .''
7 For in the multitude of dreames
and many words, there are also diuers
vanities : but feare thou God.
8 If If thou seest the oppression of
the poore , and violent peruerting of
iudgement , and iustice in a prouince,
maruell not tat the matter : for he that
is higher then the highest, regardeth
and there be higher then they.
9 If Moreouer the profit of the
earth is for all : the king himselfe is ser-
ued by the field.
10 Hee that loueth siluer shall not be
satisfied with siluer ; nor he that loueth
abundance, with increase : this Is also va-
nitie.
1 1 When goods increase, they are in
creased that eate them : and what good
is there to the owners thereof, sauing the
beholding of them with their eyes .''
12 The sleepe of a labouring man is
sweete, whether he eate little or much
but the abundance of the rich will not
suffer him to sleepe.
13 There is a sore euill which I haue
scene vnder the Sun, namely riches kept
for the owners therof to their hurt.
14 But those riches perish by euill
trauell ; and he begetteth a sonne, and
there is nothing in his hand.
15 *As he came forth of his mothers
wombe, naked shall he returne to goe
as he came, and shall take nothing of
his labour, which he may carry away
in his hand.
16 And this also is a sore euill, that in
all points as he came, so shall hee goe :
*and what profit hath he that hath la-
boured for the winde .''
17 All his dayes also hee eateth in
darkenesse, and he hath much sorrowe,
and wrath with his sicknesse.
18 f * Behold that which I haue
scene : tit is good and comely^;?- one
to eate and to drinke, and to enioy the
good of all his labour that he taketh
vnder the sunne, tall the dayes of his
life, which God giueth him : for it is his
portion.
19 Euery man also to whom God
hath giuen riches and wealth, and hath
giuen him power to eate thereof, and
to take his portion, and to reioyce in his
labour ; this is the gift of God.
20 For he shall not much remember
the dayes of his life : because God an-
swereth him in the ioy of his heart.
CHAP.
fHeb.atthe
will or pur-
pose.
"lob. 1. 21.
1. tim. 6. 7.
psal. 49. 17.
' Chap. 1. 3
• Chap. 2.
24. and 3.
12.
t Heb. there
is a good
which is
comely, &c.
t Ueb. the
number of
the dayes.
• ()r, though
he glue 710/
much, yet he
remembreth
M
are miferable.
Chap.vj.vij.
A fooles laughter.
t Heb. saule.
t Heb. then
the walking
of tlie soule.
t Heb. the
number of
the dayes of
the life of
his vanitie.
Psal. U4.
4.
CHAP. VI.
1 The vanitie of riches without vse. .S Of chil
dren, 6 anil old age without riches. 9 The
vanitie of sight and wandring desires. 11
The conclusion of vanities.
Here is an euill which I
baue seen vnder the Sun,
and it is common among
men :
2 A man to whom God
hath giuen riches, wealth and honour,
so that he wanteth nothing for his soule
of all that he desireth, yet God giueth
him not power to eate thereof, but a
stranger eateth it : This is vanitie, and
it is an euill disease.
3 IT If a man beget an hundred chil-
dren, and liue many yeeres, so that the
dayes of his yeeres bee many : and his
soule be not filled with good, and also
that he haue no buriall, I say, tfiat an
vntimely birth is better then he.
4 For he commeth in with vanitie,
and departeth in darkenesse, and his
name shall be couered with darkenesse
5 Moreouer hee hath not scene the
Sunne, nor knowen any thing: this hath
more rest then the other.
6 H Yea though he liue a thousand
yeeres twice told, yet hath he scene no
good : Doe not all goe to one place .''
7 All the labour of man is for his
mouth, and yet the t appetite is not
filled.
8 For what hath the wise more then
the foole ? what hath the poore , that
knoweth to walke before the lining ?
9 IT Better is the sight of the eyes,
tthen the wandering of the desire : this
is also vanitie and vexation of spirit.
10 That which hath bene, is named
already, and it is knowen that it is man
neither may he contend with him that
is mightier then he.
11 H Seeing there be many things
that increase vanitie, what is man the
better ?
12 For who knoweth what is good
for man in this life, tall the dayes of his
vaine life, which he spendeth as *a sha-
dow ? for who can tell a man what shal
be after him vnder the sunne .''
CHAP. VII.
1 Remedies against vanitie, are a good name,
2 Mortification, 7 Patience, 1 1 vVisedome.
23 The difficultie of wisedome.
* Prou. 22. 1,
and IS. 30.
Or, anger.
Pro. 13. 18
& \i. 31. 32
t Heb, found
Deut. 16.
19.
* Good name is better then
precious ointment : and
the day of death, then the
day of ones birth.
2 II It is better to goe to
the house of mourning, then to goe to
the house of feasting : for that is the end
; of all men, and the liuing will lay it to
I his heart.
I 3 II Sorrow is better then laughter
jfor by the sadnesse of the countenance
the heart is made better.
I 4 The heart of the wise is in the
house of mourning : but the heart of
fooles is in the house of mirth.
5 * It i* better to heare the rebuke of
the wise, then for a man to heare the
song of fooles.
6 For as the t crackling of thomes
vnder a pot, so is the laughter of the
foole : this also is vanitie.
7 H Surely oppression maketh a
wise man mad : * and a gift destroyeth
the heart.
8 Better is the ende of a thing then
the beginning thereof: and the patient
in spirit is better then the proude in
spirit.
9 * Be not hastie in thy spirit to bee
angry : for anger resteth in the bosome
of fooles.
10 Say not thou. What is the cause
that the former dayes were better then
these.'' for thou doest not enquire twisely
concerning this.
11 IT Wisedome ||is good with an in-
heritance : and by it there is profite to
them that see the sunne.
12 For wisedome is a t defence, andf^Hebr. ska.
money is a defence: but the excellencie of
knowledge is, that wisedome giueth
life to them that haue it.
13 * Consider the worke of God : for
who can make that straight, which hee
hath made crooked ?
14 In the day of prosperitie be ioy-
full,but in the day of aduersitie consider:
God also hath tset the one ouer against
the other, to the end that man should
find nothing after him.
1.5 All things haue I scene in the
dayes of my vanitie : there is a iust man
that perisheth in his righteousnes, and
there is a wicked man that prolongeth
his life in his wickednes.
16 Be not righteous ouer mucJi, nei-
ther make thy selfe ouer wise : why
shouldest thou t destroy thy selfe ?
17 Be not ouermuch wicked, neither
4Q 2 be
"Pro. 14. 17
and 16. 32.
t Heb. out
ofwisedome.
I Or, as good
as an inheri-
tance, yea,
better too.
dowe.
' Chap. 1.
t Heb. made
t Heb. be
(lesotate9
thftumef
* Prou. ai.
ii. and U.
i. cha. 9. 16.
•Piou. »a9
1. kin.8. 46.
1. loh. 1. 8.
t Heb. giue
not thine
heart.
None is lull.
Ecclefiaftes.
The kings power.
t Ha. land
mine heart
compassed.
• Prou. M.
U.
iHethatu
goodbe/bre
God.
I Or, weis[h-
ingonething
after an-
other to
/indeout
the reason.
•Gen. 1.27.
• Prou. 17.
U.
t Heb. the
strength.
be thou foolish : why shouldest thou die
t before thy time ?
18 It is good that thou shouldest
take holde of this , yea also from this
withdraw not thine hand : for hee that
feareth God, shall come foorth of them
all.
19 •Wiscdome strengtheneth the
wise, more then ten mightie men which
are in the citie.
20 * For there is not a iust man vpon
earth, thatdoeth good, and sinneth not.
21 Also t take no heede vnto all
words that are spoken ; lest thou heare
thy seruant curse thee.
22 For often times also thine owne
heart knoweth, that thou thy selfe like-
wise hast cursed others.
23 IT All this haue I prooued by
wisedome : I said, I will be wise, but
it was farre from me.
24 That which is farre off, and ex
ceeding deepe, who can finde it out ?
25 1 1 applyed mine heart to know,
and to search, and to seeke out wisdome,
and the reason qftking's, aud to know the
wickednes of folly, euen of foolishnesse
and madnesse.
• And I finde more bitter then
death , the woman whose heart is
snares & nets, and her handes as bands :
t who so pleaseth God, shall escape from
her, but the sinner shall be taken by her.
27 Behold, this haue I found (saith
the Preacher) || counting one by one to
finde out the account :
28 Which yet my soule seeketh, but
I finde not : one man among a thou-
sand haue I found, but a woman a
mong all those haue I not found.
29 Loe, this onely haue I found,
*that God hath made man vpright : but
they haue sought out many inuentions.
CHAP. VIII.
1 Kings are greatly to bee respected. 6 The
Diuine prouidence is to be obserued. 12 It
is better with the godly in aduersitie, then
with the wicked in prosperity. leTheworke
of God is vnsearchable.
Ho is as the Wise man ?
and who knoweth the in-
terpretation of a thing?
* a mans wisedome ma-
keth his face to shine, and
ttliel)ol(liics of his face shalbe changed.
2 I counsell thee, to keepe the kings
commandement , and that in regard of
the oath of God.
I Bee not hastie to goe out of his
sight : stand not in an euill thing , for he
doeth whatsoeuer pleaseth him.
4 Where the word of a king is, there
IS power : and who may say vnto him.
What doest thou .''
5 Whoso keepeth the commande-
ment, t shall feele no euill thing : and a
wise mans heart discerneth both time
and iudgement.
6 IT Because to euery purpose there
is time, and iudgement ; therefore the
misery of man m great vpon him.
7 For hee knoweth not that which
shall be : for who can tell him, || when it
shall be ?
8 The7-e is no man that hath power
*ouer the spirit to retaine the spirit; nei-
ther hath he power in the day of death
and there is no || discharge in that warre,
neither shall wickednesse deliuer those
that are giuen to it.
9 All this haue I scene, and applied
my heart vnto euery worke that is
done vnder the Sunne : there is a time
wherein one man ruleth ouer another
to his owne hurt.
10 And so I saw the wicked buried,
who had come, and gone from the place
of the Holy , and they were forgotten
in the city, where they had so done : this
is also vanitie.
II Because sentence against an euill
worke is not executed speedily ; there-
fore the heart of the sonnes of men is
fully set in them to doe euill.
12 IT Though a sinner doe euill an
hundred times, and his dayes be prolon-
ged ; yet surely I know that *it shall be
well with them that feare God, which
feare before him.
13 But it shall not be well with the
wicked , neither shall hee prolong his
dayes which are as a shadow ; because
he feareth not before God.
14 There is a vanitie which is done
vpon the earth, that there be iust men
vnto whom it *happeneth according to
the worke of the wicked : againe, there
be wicked men , to whom it happeneth
according to the worke of the righte-
ous : I said, that this also is vanitie.
15 * Then I commended mirth, be
cause a man hath no better thing vnder
the Sunne, then to eate and to drinke,
and to be merrie : for that shall abide
with him of his labour, the dayes of
his life, which God giueth him vnder
the Sunne.
16 f When
t Heb. shall
know.
I Or, how it
shall be 'f
'lob 14. 9.
H Or, casting
of weapons.
Psal. 37.
lU, 11, 18,
19.
• Psa. 73. 13.
' Cha. 3. 22.
t Hebr. I
gaue, or set
to my heart.
All are alike.
Chap
.ix.x.
Wifdome defpifed.
Mala. 3.
14. psal. 73.
2. & 12. 13.
16 If When I applied mine heart to
know wisedome, and to see the busines
that is done vpon the earth : (for also
tliere is tluit neither day nor night seeth
sleepe with his eyes.)
17 Then I behelde all the worke of
God, that a man cannot finde out thfe
worke that is done vnder the Sunne :
because though a man labour to seeke it
out , yea further though a wise man
thinke to know it, yet shall hee not be
able to finde it.
CHAP. IX.
1 Like things happen to good and bad. 4
There is a necessitie of death vnto men.
7 Comfort is all their portion in this life.
1 1 Gods prouidence ruleth ouer all. 13 Wis-
dome is better then strength.
Or all this tl considered
in my heart, euen to de-
clare all this, that the
righteous , and the wise,
andtheirworkes,arein the
hand of God : no man knoweth either
loue, or hatred, bya\\ that is before them.
2 *A11 things come alike to all : there
is one euent to the righteous and to the
wicked , to the good and to the cleane,
and to the vncleane; to him that sacrifi-
ceth, and to him that sacrificeth not : as
is the good, so is the sinner, andhee that
sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
3 This is an euill among all things
that are done vnder the Sunne , that
there is one euent vnto all : yea also the
heart of the sonnes of men is full of euill,
and madnesse is in their heart while
they Hue, and after that thei/ goe to the
dead.
4 H For to him that is ioyned to all
the lining , there is hope : for a lining
dogge is better then a dead Lion.
5 For the lining know that they
shall die : but the dead know not any
thing, neither luiue they any more a re-
ward, for the memorie of them is for-
gotten.
6 Also their loue, and their hatred,
and their enuy is now perished ; neither
hauc they any more a portion for euer
in any thing that is done vnder the
Sunne.
7 IT Goe thy way , eate thy bread
with ioy, and drinke thy wine with a
merry heart ; for God now accepteth
thy workes.
8 Let thy garments bee alwayes
t Heir, see,
or enioy life.
* Chap, i,
24. and .1.
1 3. and A.
18.
• Prou. 29.
6.
white ; and let thy head lacke no oynt-
ment.
9 t Line ioyfully with the wife,
whom thou louest, all the dayes of the
life of thy vanitie, which he hath giuen
thee vnder the Sunne, all the dayes of
thy vanitie : *for that is thy portion in
this life, and in thy labour which thou
takest vnder the Sunne.
10 Whatsoeuer thy hand findeth to
doe, doe it with thy might: for there is no
worke, nor deuice, nor knowledge, nor
wisedome in the graue, whither thou
goest.
11 IT I returned, and saw vnder the
Sunne, That the race is not to the
swift, nor the battell to the strong, nei-
ther yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches
to men of vnderstanding , nor yet fa-
uour to men of skil; but time and chance
happeneth to them all.
12 * For man also knoweth not his
time, as the fishes that are taken in an
euil net, and as the birds that are caught
in the snare ; so are the sonnes of men
snared in an euill time, when it falleth
suddenly vpon them.
13 IT This wisedome haue I scene
also vnder the Sunne, and it seemed
great vnto me:
14 Therewas a little citie,and fewmen
within it ; and there came a great King
against it , and besieged it, & built great
bulwarks against it :
15 Now there was found in it a
poore wise man , and hee by his wise-
dome deliuered the citie; yet no man re
membred that same poore man.
16 *Then said I, Wisedome is better
then strength : neuerthelesse, the poore
mans wisedome is despised , and his
words are not heard.
1 7 The words of wise men are heard
in quiet, more then the cry of him that
ruleth among fooles.
18 Wisedome is better then weapons
of warre : but one sinner destroyeth
much good.
CHAP. X.
1 Obseruations of Wisedome and folly. 16
Of Riot, 18 Slouthfulnesse, 19 and Ma
ney. 20 Mens thoughts of Kings ought
to bee reuerend.
tEad flies cause the oynt- iHebr.jiies
ment of the Apothecarie ''■^'^''"'■
to send foorth a stinking
sauour : so doeth a little
folly him that is in repu-
tation
• Prou. 21.
22. chap. 7.
19.
Folly efteemed.
Ecclefiaftes.
God iudgeth all.
t H€b. hit
\ Heb.fnm
b^fifre.
hngUt.
' Prou.30.
• PsaL 7. 16.
prou. 26. 27
iHeb.the
magterofthe
tongue.
Prou. 10.
32. and 12.
13.
tUeb. grace.
iHeb-his
mouth.
Prou. 15,
2.
t Heb. mul-
tiplielh
words.
• Chap. .I.
21. and 6.
12.
■ laa. 3. 3, 4.
" Pf«l. 104.
14.
t Heb. ma-
kethrlad
thelCfe.
* Exod. 22.
28.
tadon for wisedome and honour.
2 A wise mans heart is at his right
hand : but a fooles heart at his left.
3 Yea also when hee that is a foole
walketh by the vay , t his wisedome
faileth him, and hee saith to euery one
that he is a foole.
4 If the spirit of the ruler rise vp
against thee , leaue not thy place ; for
yeelding pacifieth great offences.
5 There is an euill which I haue
scene vnder the Sunne , as an errour,
which proceedeth tfrom the ruler.
6 Folly is set tin great dignitie; and
the rich sit in lowe place.
7 I haue seene seruants *vpon
horses, and princes walking as ser-
uants vpon the earth.
8 * He that diggeth a pit , shall fall
into it ; and who so breaketh an hedge,
a serpent shall bite him.
9 Who so remoueth stones, shall be
hurt therewith : and hee that cleaueth
wood, shalbe endangered thereby.
10 If the yron be blunt , and he doe
not whet the edge, then must he put to
more strength : but wisedome is profita-
ble to direct.
11 Surely the serpent will bite with
out inchauntment, and ta babbler is no
better.
12 * The words of a wise mans
mouth are tgratious : but the lips of a
foole will swallow vp himselfe.
13 The beginning of the words of
his mouth is foolishnesse : and the end
of this talke is mischieuous madnesse
14 * A foole also tis full of words; a
man cannot tell * what shall be ; and
what shall bee after him who can tell
him.!'
15 The labour of the foolish weary
eth euery one of them ; because hee
knoweth not how to goe to the citie.
16 If *Woe to thee, O land, when
thy king is a child, and thy princes eate
in the morning.
17 Blessed art thou, O land, when
thy king is the sonne of nobles, and thy
princes eate in due season, for strength,
and not for drunkennesse.
18 IT By much slouthfulnesse the
building decayeth ; and through idle-
nesse of the hands the house droppeth
through.
19 f A feast is made for laughter,
*and wine maketh t merry : but money
answereth all things.
20 f •Curse not the king, no not in
I Or, con-
science.
thy II thought , and curse not the rich in
thy bed-chamber : for a bird of the aire
shall carry the voyce , and that which
hath wings shall tell the matter.
CHAP. XI.
1 Directions for charitie. 7 Death in life, 9 and
the day of iudgement in the dayes of youth
are to be thought on.
Ast thy bread tvpon the t Heb. vpon
waters : for thou shalt|t-S"{.
find it after *inany dayes. " Deut. is.
- — • • 'lO. Mat. 10
42. prou. 19
2 Giue a portion to
seuen and also to eight; for
thou knowest noc what euill shall be
vpon the earth.
3 If the clouds be full of raine, they
emptie themselues vpon the earth : and
if the tree fall toward the South, or to-
ward the North, in the place where the
tree faileth, there it shall be.
4 He that obserueth the wind, shall
not sow : and hee that regardeth the
clouds, shall not reape.
5 As thou knowest not what is the
way of the spirit, nor how the bones doe
growe in the wombe of her that is with
child : euen so thou knowest not the
workes of God who maketh all.
6 In the morning sowe thy seede,
and in the euening withhold not thine
hand : for thou knowest not whether
tshall prosper, either this or that, or
whether they both shall be alike good.
7 H Truly the light is sweet, and a
pleasant thing is it for the eyes to be-
hold the sunne
8 But if a man Hue many yeeres,
and reioyce in them all; yet let him re-
member the dayes of darkenesse , for
they shall be many. All that commeth
is vanitie.
9 H lleioyce, O young man, in thy
youth , and let thy heart cheere thee in
the dayes of thy youth , and walke in
the wayes of thine heart , and in the
sight of thine eyes : but know thou, that
for all these things, God will bring thee
into iudgement.
10 Therefore remoue || sorrow from
thy heart, and put away euill from thy
flesh ; for child-hood & youth are vanitie.
CHAP. XII.
1 The Creator is to he remembred in due
time. 8 The Preachers care to etUfie. 13
The feare of God is the chiefe Antidote
of vanitie.
* Remember
17.
t Heb. shall
be right.
Or, anger.
Repent betinie.
Chap.j.
The end of all.
' Prou. 22.6
Or, the
grinders
faile, be-
cause they
grind litte.
" Chap. 4.
10.
t Hebr. thy
loues.
2
the
ned
* Emember now thy Cre-
atour in the dayes of thy
youth, while the euil daies
come not, nor the yeeres
drawe nigh , when thou
say, I haue no pleasure in themL
While the Sunne, or the light, or
moone, or the starres be not darke-
, nor the cloudes returne after the
raine :
3 In the day when the keepers of:
the house shall tremble, and the strong!
men shall bowe themselues , and the
1 1 grinders cease, because they are fewe,
and those that looke out of the win-
dowes be darkened :
4 And the doores shal be shut in the
streets, when the sound of the grinding
is low, and he shall rise vp at the voice
of the bird, and all the daughters of mu-
sicke shall be brought low.
5 Also when they shalbe afraid of that
which is high, and feares shall bee in the
way, and the Almond tree shall flou-
rish, and the grashopper shall be a bur-
den, and desire shall faile: because man
goeth to his long home, and the mour-
ners goe about the streets :
6 Or euer the siluer corde be loosed,
or the golden bowle be broken, or the
pitcher be broken at the fountaine, or
the wheele broken at the cisterne.
7 * Then shall the dust returne to
the earth as it was : and the spirit shall
returne vnto God who gaue it.
8 H *Vanitie of vanities (saith the
preacher) all is vanitie.
9 And llmoreouer because the prea-
cher was wise, he still taught the people
knowledge, yea he gaue good heed, and
sought out, and *set in order many pro-
uerbes.
10 The preacher sought to finde out
t acceptable words, and that which was|
written was vpright, euen wordes of
trueth.
11 The wordes of the wise are as
goads, and as nailes fastened by the ma-
sters of assemblies, which are giuen from
one shepheard.
1 2 And further, by these, my sonne,be
admonished : of making many bookes
there is noend,andmuch ||studiei«awea-
rinesse of the flesh.
13 ^ II Let vs heare the conclusion
of the whole matter : Feare God, and
keepe his commandements, for this is
the whole duet'ie of man.
14 For God *shal bring euery worke
into iudgement, with euer secret thing,
whether it bee good, or wliether it bee
euill.
f
The Song of Solomon.
CHAP. I.
The Churches loue vnto Christ. 5 Shee con-
fesseth her deformitie, 7 And prayeth to bee
directed to his flocke. 8 Christ directeth her
to the shepheards tents. 9 And shewing his
loue to her, 11 Giueth her gracious pro-
mises. 12 The Church and Christ con-
gratulate one another.
^fM.
9^Q He song of songs,
which is Solo-
mons.
2 Let him
kisse mee with
the kisses of his
mouth :*fort thy
Loue is better
then wine.
• Gen. 3. 19
• Chap. I. i.
Or, the
mare teise
the Prea-
cher was,
•l. King. 4.
32.
t Heb. words
of delight.
I Or, rea-
ding.
I Or, the end
of the mat-
ter, euen all
that hath
bene heard,
is,
*Rom. 2. 16
and 14. 10.
l.cor. 5. 10.
3 Because of the sauour of thy good
ointments, thy name is as ointment
powred forth, therefore doe the virgins
loue thee.
4 * Draw me, we will runne after • loh. e. u.
thee : the king hath brought me into his
chambers : we will be glad and reioyce
in thee, we wil remember thy loue more
then wine: || the vpright loue thee. i Or, they
5 1 am blacke, but comely, (O ye^J^y.
daughters of lerusalem) as the tents
of Kedar, as the curtaines of Solo-
mon.
6 Looke not vpon me because I am
blacke, because the Sunne hath looked
vpon me : my mothers children were
angry with me, they made me the kee-
per of the vineyards, bid mine owne
vine-
Chrift, and
Solo
moiis
foil
g-
his Church.
I Or, atone
that is vai-
led.
Or,Cypm.
Or^my com-
panion.
• Chap. 4. 1
and 5. 12.
Or,gaUe-
riet.
t Heb. I de-
lighted and
latedoiene.
See.
t Heb. paiaie
t I/eb. houte
o/ttine.
\ i/«6. straw
me wUh ap-
plet.
Cbap. 8. 3.
vineyard haue I not kept.
7 Tell me, (O thou whom my soule
loueth) where thou feedest, where thou
makest thy Jiocke to rest at noone : for
hy should I be ||as one that turneth
aside by the flockes of thy companions.?
8 H If thou know not (O thou fai-
rest among women) goe thy way forth
by the footsteps of the flocke, and feede
thy kiddes beside the shepheards tents.
9 I haue compared thee, O my loue,
to a company of horses in Pharaohs
chariots.
10 Thy cheekes are comely with
rowes qfiewels, thy necke with chaines
of golde.
11 Wee will make thee borders of
golde, with studdes of siluer.
12 f While the king sitteth at his ta-
ble , my spikenard sendeth foorth the
smell thereof.
13 A bundle of myrrhe is my welbe-
loued vnto me ; he shall lie all night be-
twixt my breasts.
14 My beloued is vnto me, as a clu-
ster of IfCamphire in the vineyards of
Engedi.
15 Behold, thou aH faire, ||my loue :
behold, thou art faire, thou hast doues
eyes.
16 * Behold, thou art faire, my be-
loued ; yea pleasant : also our bedde is
greene.
1 7 The beames of our house are Ce-
dar, and our || rafters of firre.
CHAP. II.
The mutuall loue of Christ and his Church.
8 The hope, 10 and calling of the Church.
14 Christs care of the Church. 16 The pro-
fession of the Church, her faith and hope.
Am the rose of Sharon,
and thelillieof the valleys.
2 As the lillie among
thornes, so is my loue a-
mong the daughters.
As the apple tree among the trees
of the wood, so is my beloued among
the Bonnes. 1 1 sate downe vnder his
shadow with great delight, and his
fruit wa^ sweete to my t taste.
4 Hee brought me to the t banket-
ting house , and his banner ouer mee,
teas loue.
5 Stay me with flagons, t comfort
me with apples, for I am sicke of loue.
6 * His left hand is vnder my head,
and his right hand doeth imbrace me.
7 t * I charge you, O ye daughters
of lerusalem, by the Roes, and by the
hindes of the field, that ye stirre not vp,
nor awake my loue, till she please.
8 11 The voice of my beloued ! be-
hold ! hee commeth leaping vpon the
mountaines, skipping vpon the hils.
9 * My beloued is like a Roe , or a
yong Hart : behold, he standeth behind
our wall, he looketh foorth at the win-
dowe, tshewing himselfe through the
lattesse.
10 My beloued spake , and said vnto
me , Rise vp, my Loue, my faire one,
and come away.
11 For loe, the winter is past, the
raine is ouer, and gone.
12 The flowers appeare on the earth,
the time of the singing of'birds is come,
and the voice of tlie turtle is heard in
our land.
13 The fig tree putteth foorth her
greene figs, and the vines tvith the ten-
der grape giue a good smell. Arise, my
loue, my faire one, and come away.
14 U O my doue ! that art in the clefts
of the rocke, in the secret places of the
staires : let me see thy countenance, let
me heare thy voice, forsweet is thy voice,
and thy countenance is comely.
15 Take vs the foxes, the litle foxes,
that spoile the vines : for our vines haue
tender grapes.
16 II *My beloued is mine, and I am
his : he feedeth among the lillies.
17 *Vntill the day breake, and the
shadowes flee away : turne my beloued
and be thou * like a Roe, or a yong Hart,
vpon the mountaines ||of Bether.
CHAP. III.
1 The Church her fight and victorie in temp-
tation. 6 The Church glorieth in Christ,
Y night on my bed
sought him whome my
soule loueth. I sought
\ him, but I found him not-
2 1 will rise now, and
goe about the citie in the streets, and in
the broad wayes I will seeke him
whom my soule loueth : I sought him,
but I found liim not.
3 The watchmen that goe about
the citie, found me : to whom I said, Saw
ye him whom my soule loueth ?
4 It was but a litle that I passed
from them, but I found him whome
my soule loueth : I helde him , and
would not let him goe , vntill I had
brought
^ Heb. lad.
iure you.
Chap. 3. 5.
and 8. 4.
Verse 17.
t Heb.Jlou-
risking.
* Chap. 6. 3.
and 7. 10.
* Chap. 4. 6
• Chap. 8.
14.
I Or, qfdiui-
sion.
• Chap 2. 7.
and 8. 4.
' Chap. 8. «.
The beautie
Chap.iiij.v.
of the Church.
Or, a bed.
•Chap. 1.
IS. and 5.
12.
Chap. 6.
s, 6.
i Or, that
etUe of, Sfc.
• Chap. 7. 3.
brought him into my mothers house,
and into the chamber of her that con-
ceiued me.
5*1 charge you , O ye daughters
of Jerusalem , by the Roes and by the
Hindes of the field, that ye stirre not vp,.
nor awake my loue, till he please.
6 H *Who is this that commeth out
of the wildernes like pillars of smoke,
perfumed with myrrhe and frankin-
cense , with all powders of the mer-
chant ?
7 Behold his bed, which is Solo-
mons : threescore valiant men are about
it, of the valiant of Israel :
8 They all hold swords, being ex-
pert in warre : Euery man hath his
sword vpon his thigh , because of feare
in the night.
9 King Solomon made himselfe
a charet of the wood of Lebanon.
10 He made the pillars thereof of sil-
uer, the bottome thereof of gold, the co-
uering of it , of purple ; the midst there-
of being paued with loue, for the daugh-
ters of lerusalem.
11 Goe foorth, O yee daughters of
Zion, and behold king Solomon with
the Crowne wherewith his mother
crowned him in the day of his espou-
sals, and in the day of the gladnesse of
his heart.
CHAP. nil.
1 Christ setteth forth the graces of the Church.
8 He sheweth his loue to her. 1 6 The Church
prayeth to be made fit for his presence.
* Ehold, thou artfaire, my
loue, behold thouar^faire,
thou hast doues eyes with-
in thy lockes : thy haire is
as a *flockeofgoats,||that
ap])eare from mount Gilead.
2 Thy teeth are like a flocke ofsheepe
that are euen shorne , which came vp
from the washing : whereof euery one
beare twinnes, and none is barren a-
mong them.
3 Thy lips are like a threed of scar-
let, and thy speach is comely : thy tem-
ples are like a piece of a pomegranate
within thy lockes.
4 Thy necke is like the tower of Da-
uid builded for an armorie , whereon
there hang a thousand bucklers , all
shields of mightie men.
5 * Thy two breasts , are like two
yong Hoes , that are twinnes, which
feed among the lillies.
6 • Vntill the day tbreake, and the
shadowes flee away, I will get mee to
the mountaines of myrrhe , and to the
hill of frankincense.
7 * Thou a7-t all faire, my loue, there
is no spot in thee.
8 H Come with me from Lebanon
(my spouse,) with me from Lebanon :
looke from the top of Amana, from the
top of Shenir *and Hermon, from the
Lions dennes, from the mountaines of
the Leopards.
9 Thou hast ||rauished my heart,
my sister, mi/ spouse; thou hastrauished
my heart, with one of thine eyes, with
one chaine of thy necke.
10 How faire is thy loue, my sister,
my spouse! how much better is thy
loue then wine ! and the smell of thine
oyntments then all spices !
11 Thy lips, O my spouse ! drop as the
hony combe : hony and milke are vnder
thy tongue , and the smell of thy gar-
ments is like the smell of Lebanon.
12 A garden t inclosed is my sister,
my spouse : a spring shutvp, a fountaine
sealed.
13 Thy plants are an orchard of
pomegranates, with pleasant fruits,
llCamphire, with Spikenaed,
14 Spikenard and Saffron, Cala-
mus and Cynamom , with all trees of
Frankincense, Mirrhe and Aloes, with
all the chiefe spices.
15 A fountaine of gardens, a well of
liuing waters , and streames from Le-
banon.
16 IT Awake, O Northwinde, and
come thou South, blow vpon my gar-
den, that the spices thereof may flow
out : let my beloued come into his gar-
den, and eate his pleasant fruits.
CHAP. V.
1 Christ awaketh the Church with his calling.
2 The Church hauing a taste of Christes
loue, is sicke of loue. 9 A description of
Christ by his graces.
Am come into my gar-
den, my sister, my spouse,
I liaue gathered my
Myrrhe with my spice,
I haue eaten my honie
combe with my hony , I haue drunke
my wine with my milke : eate , O
friends, drinke, ||yea drinke abundant-
ly, O beloued !
2 IT I sleepe , but my heart wa-
4 R keth :
Chap. i.
17.
t Uebr.
breathe.
* Ephes. «.
27.
■ Deut. 3. 9.
I Or, taken
away my
heart.
• Chap. J. »,
t Hebr. bar-
red.
Or, Cypres,
I Or, and be
drunken
witli loues.
Ill watchmen.
Solomons fong.
The beautie of
tOr,((u
read)
sing, or run-
ning atoui.
keth : it i* the voyce of my beloued that
knocketh,«jyJn^-,Open to me, my sister,
my loue, my doue, my vndefiled : for my
head is filled with dewe, and my lockes
with the drops of the night.
3 I haue put off my coate, how shall
I put it on ? I haue washed my feete,
how shall I defile them?
4 My beloued put in his hand by
the hole oft/ie (lore, and my bowels were
moued ||for him.
5 I rose vp to open to my beloued,
and my hands dropped with myrrhe,
and my fingers with t sweete smelling
myrrhe, vpon the handles of the locke
ii I opened to my beloued, but my
beloued had with drawen himselfe, and
was gone : my soule failed when hee
spake : I sought him, but I could not
find him : I called him, but he gaue me
no answere.
7 The watchmen that went about
the citie, found me, they smote me, they
wounded me, the keepers of the walles
tooke away my vaile from me.
8 I charge you, O daughters of
Jerusalem, if ye find my beloued, tthat
yee tell him, that I am sicke of loue.
9 H What is thy beloued more then
anotlier beloued, O thou fairest among
women ? what is thy beloued more then
another beloued , that thou doest so
charge vs ?
10 My beloued is white and ruddy,
tthe chiefest among tenne thousand
1 1 His head is asthe mostfine gold, his
locks are || bushy, a/id blacke asaRauen.
12 *His eyes are sistheei^esotdoues by
the riuers of water, washed with milk,
i Het>.riuing and t fitly set.
13 His cheekes are as a bed of spices,
as II sweete flowers : his lippes like lillies.
\Beb.whai.
t Beb-attan-
dard bearer
I Or, curled.
• Chap. I.
IS. & 4. 1.
Oiat it fitly
placed, and
$et as a pre
dou..«/m« in dropping sweete smelling myrrhe.
OiefoUe of a
ring.
Or, totcers
of perfumes.
iHeh.his
palate.
14 His hands are as gold rings set
with the Berill : His belly is as bright iuo
rie, ouerlayd with Saj)liires.
15 His \eggcsareas pillars of marble
set vpon sockets of fine gold : his counte-
nance is as Lebanon, excellent as the
Cedars.
16 tHis mouth is most sweete, yea he
is altogether louely. This is my belo
ued, and this is my friend, O daughters
of lerusaiem.
CHAP. VI.
1 The Church professeth her faith in Christ.
4 Christ sheweth the graces of the Church,
10 and his loue towards her.
Hither is thy beloued gone ?
O thou fairest among wo-
men, whither is thy belo-
ued turned aside .'' that we
may seeke him with thee.
2 My beloued is gone downe into
his garden, to the beds of spices, to feede
in the gardens, and to gather lillies.
3*1 am my beloueds, & my beloued
is mine : he feedeth among the lillies.
4 IT Thou art beautifull , O my
loue, as Tirzah, comely as lerusaiem,
terrible as an armie with banners.
5 Turne away thine eyes from me,
for they haue ||ouercome me : thy haire
is *a flocke of goates, that appeare from
Gilead.
6 Thy teeth are as a flocke of sheepe
which goe vp from the washing, wher
of euery one beareth twinnes, and there
is not one barren among them.
7 As a piece of a pomegranat are
thy temples within thy lockes.
8 There are threescore Queenes
and fourescore concubines, and virgins
without number.
9 My doue, my vndefiled is but one ;
she is the only one of her mother, she is
the choice one of her that bare her :
The daughters sawe her, and blessed
her; yea the Queenes and the concubins,
and they praysed her.
10 % Who is she that looketh forth
as the morning, faire as the moone,
cleareasthe sunne,and terrible as an ar-
mie with banners ?
11 I went downe into the garden of
nuts to see the fruits of the valley, awd to
see whether the vine flourished, and the
pomegranats budded.
12 t Or euer I was aware, my soule
II made me like the chariots of Ammi-
nadib.
13 Returne, returne, O Shulamite;
returne, returne, that we may looke vp-
on thee : what will yee see in the Shula-
mite .? as it were the company ||of two
armies.
CHAP. VII.
1 A further description of the Church her
graces. 10 The Church professeth her faith
and desire.
Owe beautifull are thy
feete with shooes, O prin-
ces daughter ! the ioynts
of thy thighs are like ie-
^ wels, the worke of the
• Chap. 3.
16. and 7.
10.
II Or, they
Imue puffed
me vp.
• Chap. 4.
1 . and 2.
if a cunning workman.
2 Thy
t Heb. I
knew not.
I Or, set me
on the cha-
riot of my
wilting peo-
ple.
1 Or o/Ma-
hanaim.
the Church.
Chap.viij.
Spirituall loue
t Heb. mix-
ture.
' Chap. 4. 5
lOr,orimson
i H'''-l'->und
t Hebr.
streightly.
Or, of the
ancient.
• Chap. 2.
16. and 6. 3
t Heb. open.
* Gen. 30.
14.
t Hebr. they
should not
despise me.
2 Thy nauell is like a round goblet,
zohich wanteth not tlicour : thy belly is
like an heape of wheate, set about with
lillies.
3 * Thy two breasts are like two
yong Roes that are twinnes.
4 Thy necke is as a towre of yuo
ry : thine eyeslike the fish pooles in Hesh-
bon, by the gate of Bathrabbim : thy
nose is as the towre of Lebanon, which
looketh toward Damascus.
5 Thine head vpon thee is like || Car-
mel, and the haire of thine head like
purple, the king is theld in the galleries.
fi How faire, and how pleasant art
thou, O Loue, for delights !
7 This thy stature is like to a palme
tree, and thy breasts to clusters of' grapes.
8 I said, I will goe vp to the palme
tree, I will take hold of the boughes
thereof : now also thy breasts shall be as
clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy
nose, like apples.
9 And the roofe of thy mouth like
the best wine, for my beloued, that goeth
cforone + sweetely, causing the lippes ||of
those that are asleepe, to speake.
10 II * I am my beloueds, and his
desire is towards me.
11 Come, my beloued, let vs goe
forth into the field : let vs lodge in the
villages.
12 Let vs get vp earely to the vine-
yards, let vs see if the vine flourish, whe-
ther the tender grape tappeare, and the
pomegranates bud forth : there will I
giue thee my loues.
13 The * mandrakes giue a smell,
and at our gates are all maner of plea-
&9XA fruits, new and olde, which I haue
laid vp for thee, O my beloued.
CHAP. VIIL
1 The loue of the Church to Christ. 6 The
vehemencie of loue. 8 The calling of the
Gentiles. 14 The Church prayeth for
Christes comming.
That thou wert as my bro-
ther that sucked the brests
of my mother , xehen I
should find thee without,
I would kisse thee, yet 1 1
should not be despised.
2 I would leade thee, and bring thee
into my mothers house, wJio would in-
struct me : I would cause thee to drinke
of *spiced wine, of the iuice of my pome- •Prou. 9. 2.
gran ate. |
3 *His left hand should be vnder my "Chap. 2. 6
head, and his right hand should em-!
brace me. |
4*1 charge you, O daughters of'Chap. 3. s,
lerusalem , tthat ye stirre not vp, nor tHej. wAy
awake my loue vntill he please. shmM yee
5 (* Who is this that commeth vp wh^, ^ci "^
from the wildernesse, leaning vpon her 'Chap. 3. 6
beloued ?) I raised thee vp vnder the
apple tree: there thy mother brought
thee forth, there she brought thee forth,
that bare thee.
6 IF Set mee as a scale vpon thine
heart, as a seale vpon thine arme : for
loue is strong as death, iealousiej* t cruel t H«i. hard.
as the graue : the coales thereof are
coa,\esof(iTe,whichhath a most vehement
flame.
7 Many waters cannot quench
loue, neither can the floods drowne it
if a man would giue all the substance
of his house for loue, it would vtterly be
contemned.
8 IT We haue a litle sister, and shee
hath no breasts : what shall we doe for
our sister, in the day when she shall bee
spoken for ?
9 If she be a wall, we will build vp
on her a palace of siluer : and if she bee
a dore, we will inclose her with boards
of Cedar.
10 I aw a wall, and my breasts like
towers : then was I in his eyes as one
that found tfauour.
11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-
hamon, hee let out the vineyard vnto
keepers : euery one for the fruit thereof
was to bring a thousand pieces of siluer,
12 My vineyard which is mine, is be-
fore me : thou (O Solomon) must haue
a thousand, and those that keepe the
fruit thereof, two hundred.
13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens,
the companions hearken to thy voice :
cause me to heare it.
1 4 II t Make haste, my beloued, and
be thou like to a Roe, or to a yong Hart
vpon the mountaines of spices.
f
THE
4 R2
t Heb. peace
t Heb. flee
away.
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